Author's note: While writing Not My Intention I got this idea of Sydney and Adrian in the future. It wouldn't really fit in that one as it is about them during canon time, so I decided to write this lovely one-shot. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to review.

See the bottom for information on the title if. A clue: it's from a song that was sung on the TV show I Love Lucy.

Happy reading!


My Baby and Me

A Future!Sydrian Fanfiction

By Danielle Cheri

"Hey! How's my adorable grease monkey this evening?" Adrian asked over his shoulder as his wife walked into the kitchen.

"Exhausted." Sydney said, kissing his cheek. "And how is Van Gogh?"

"Almost done with supper. And I have a great idea for my next painting. This one will be a good sell for sure."

"Good." She sat down at the table with a sigh. "I really need to take a shower, but I can't make my feet move and I feel like hell."

"Didn't you go to the doctor for that?"

"Appointment is tomorrow morning. Will you come with me?"

"Yeah, sure." He sat down beside her and put his hand on top of hers. "Do you think it's anything serious?"

"I have a suspicion that it's only something small, but something that could change our lives forever."

He looked at her critically.

She put her head down on top of their joined hands and kissed his. "I think I might be pregnant."

Adrian stared at her for a moment before he finally said, "Oh."

She sat up. "That doesn't sound like an excited sound. You were the one who wanted to start actively trying."

"I just…" He jerked her onto his lap and kissed her hard. "I'm trying to contain it until we know for sure."

"Well, I have all the signs." She smiled. "And I…I took a test this morning. It was positive."

"Get another one." He demanded. "Two positives can't be false."

"Not enough time." She nodded toward the stove where her husband had just been standing.

"Oh, that?" He got up and pulled the pots off the burners. "That can wait." He turned everything off.

She put her hands on the sides of his face. "I'm tired, Adrian."

"I know you are, honey, but I—"

"Will be with me at the doctor tomorrow when they confirm it. We're having a baby." She kissed him softly.

He rested his forehead against hers as he wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close. "I love you so much."

"And I love you." She kissed him again. "Along with being tired and a little nauseated, I am now starving a lot of the time. How long until supper is done?"

"Just a few more minutes, my dearest love. You have long enough to take a shower, if you want." He went back to work as she wandered out of the room.


"So, my dad called today." Adrian said as they ate.

"Why?" Sydney asked incredulously.

"He wanted to talk about how things were going with us. I think he's still hoping I'll divorce you and marry a Moroi girl."

"After seven years of marriage?" She held the fork up to her mouth. "I'm not letting you go." She took a bite and smiled.

"I know. And now a baby."

"Yeah." She reached across the table and placed a hand on top of his. "You're my favorite vampire. You know that?"

"Yeah. And you're my favorite human." He grinned. "So, this kid…"

"Yeah, we should start talking about that. My father is out of the picture entirely, so there's probably no way he or she will be recruited to Alchemy."

"True, but you're still in contact with Zoe. If they find out—"

"I very much doubt the Alchemists want a dhampir working with them anyway."

"Which brings us to…?"

"You've known from the start how I feel about sending my children off to learn to be fighters. Rose and Dimitri and Eddie are good friends of ours, but I don't want our kids to go through what they went through."

"And that's a perfectly fine way of thinking." He assured her.

"But can we live off the grid? You know, away from everyone else?"

"I think so. The Keepers do."

"We're not the Keepers, Adrian."

"I know, Syd. We can live similar to them and not actually be like them. We're both intelligent and we make decent money. We'll just live as though we're humans. One of whom has to take regular trips to a local feeder."

"And is connected to the mind of another vampire. No big deal." She threaded her fingers through his. "They'll ask questions."

"And we'll answer them. I want to be honest about it as much as possible. We have regular visits from Jill and Eddie so I can heal the darkness in her. And Rose and Dimitri pop in on occasion."

"And if they're anything like their father, our kids will notice the differences between me and them and you and regular humans."

"Especially my fangs." He tapped them with his fork.

"Those too." She cleaned her plate and squeezed his hand as he stood. "So this is happening?"

"It is." He walked up behind her at the sink and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Leave the dishes for later." He kissed her neck. "Come up to bed. I want to celebrate."

"I'm exhausted, Adrian. The only way sex is happening is if you just let me lay there. And I may even fall asleep. I am that tired."

"Then go upstairs and lay down. I'll wash these dishes up and then bring you ice cream."

"Too cold for ice cream. Hot cocoa?"

"You got it, babe." He kissed her cheek again. "Go on up. I'll be there in a bit."

Several minutes later, Adrian walked up the stairs to the room he and Sydney shared carrying two steaming cups of hot cocoa. He paused in the door a moment to see his wife was curled up on her side asleep. He set the cups on the table and curled up behind her.

"You still have your shoes on." She mumbled.

"How do you know?" He challenged.

"Because I can feel them tugging at the sheets."

He kicked his shoes off and then wrapped them around her ankles. "That better?"

"Mmm, much better." She snuggled into him. "Did you bring the cocoa?"

"I did. But I thought you were asleep."

"I never fall asleep completely unless you are in bed with me." She rolled onto her back.

"I'm sorry for those nights when my muse takes over."

"It's fine." She kissed him and then pushed herself up, reaching over him for one of the cups. "Thank you, Adrian."

He kissed her temple and buried his nose in her hair. "Anything for you, my love." He took the other cup and leaned back on the headboard, pulling her into him. "I wanted to take you on a trip for our tenth anniversary."

"Oh, what kind of trip?"

"To anywhere you want to go. We could go now. Take a couple weeks. I'm not under any deadlines and you can make your own schedule at the shop." He took a sip of his drink. "What do you say?"

"I don't know where I'd want to go." She thought for a while as she sipped her cocoa. "Somewhere warm. With a beach. We'll bring a couple chairs with a large umbrella for you." She patted his knee. "And something with good night life. You can drag me dancing or to museums. I just want sun."

"The good thing about a dhampir child is that you can bring him to the beach to play in the sun and sand like normal people." He breathed her in again. "I love you, Sydney. I feel like I don't say it enough sometimes."

"You say it plenty, Adrian. And you show it. And now we get to show everyone how much we love each other."

"Babies aren't always about that."

"But ours is. I wouldn't have attempted this in any way if I didn't love you as much as I do." Sydney put her cup on the table and then took Adrian's from him and put it there as well. She pulled him down onto the bed. "Fall asleep with me."

"Let me get out of these clothes." He kissed her and stood, undressing with a speed he usually reserved for when she was especially ready for lovemaking. He turned out the light and then got back in with her.

She rested her forehead against his and sighed. "Goodnight, sweetheart."

He kissed her softly. "Goodnight, my love." He smoothed his hand over her back and side. He brought it around to rest on her stomach.

She smiled as she drifted off and put her hand on top of his. That was how they fell asleep that night and many nights after.


Post-story author's note: So as to the title, when Lucy became pregnant, she showed up at Ricky's nightclub and sent an anonymous request for him to sing a song with the line, "We're having a baby, my baby and me." and he had no clue it was her. He thought it was all the other couples sitting happily around. And he was so excited when he found out it was Lucy. That moment sits vividly in my mind, even after only seeing it once on Nick at Nite when I was quite young.