A/N: Hey. I'm back with chapter 2 of my story. I appreciate those of you who offered baby names. I have one picked out but I am always willing to take your suggestions under consideration, with me if I like yours better, I might just change it! Well here is the next chapter. It takes place shortly after the last one and its one of those chapters that sometimes you just gotta write. Nothing but fluffy goodness and full of the things I love best, including Gene Kelly. For those of you who have read my previous two fics that accompany this one, if you can tell me the connection to this chapter and the third chapter of the first one, you will become my new best friend! Don't forget that I don't own a thing, and by that I mean seriously. And if there are people from J.J's world who are thinking they might wanna sue, don't bother, I have $5.10 in my bank account! HA! The life of a 16 yr old! Please read and review as always since it makes my day. Also I am still looking for a title for my series which may or may not end with this installment, haven't decided yet. Send love please! - Secret Agent Girl



CHAPTER 2 - COMFORT IN A MOVIE





Vaughn woke suddenly and wondered why he was up. The clock blinked 2:17 at him and he was about to close his eyes again when he heard a noise coming from the bathroom. It was then that he noticed he was alone. He got out of bed and walked to the bathroom, knocking on it lightly. "Syd?" He opened the door to find her hunched over the toilet, having just gotten sick. "Oh, Sydney." He knelt down next to her and rubbed her back. Tears were streaming down her face. "Shh. It's ok baby. It's going to be ok." He soothed as she was sick again.

He stood and got a washcloth from the shelf and ran it under the sink. He knelt back down and placed it on the back of her neck. "Thank you." He heard her murmur before she was sick again.

After 10 minutes she sat back and pushed herself against the wall. He went back with her and slipped a few strands of hair that had fallen out of her ponytail behind her ear. "Can I do anything?" He asked voice full of concern.

"Glass of water?" She offered.

"Ok." He kissed her forehead and rushed from the room to return a moment later, glass in hand.

"Thank you." She took a sip and closed her eyes, leaning her head back against the wall.

"I'm sorry Syd." He offered, wishing he could stop all the pain she was going through.

"It's ok." She replied.

He helped her stand and led her back to bed. She slipped under the covers and curled up next to him, facing him, and he draped his arms around her, drawing circles on her back as she drifted to sleep.

He woke before her the next morning and carefully slipped from bed without disturbing her. He slipped down into the kitchen and picked up the phone and dialed.

She woke to find herself lying on his lap as Vaughn sat, watching TV, quietly. He noticed her waking and turned down the already quiet volume, even lower. "I'm sorry did I wake you?"

"No." she shook her head as she sat up. Looking at the clock she saw the time and bolted up completely straight. "Michael, its 9:30."

"I know."

"But it's Monday. We both work on Monday."

"No, I called earlier. We both have the flu." He told her.

"Why would you do that?" She asked as she leaned against the headboard.

"Because you were up really late last night and you threw up 4 times while I was in the bathroom with you. I can only imagine how many times you did before I came in."

"Mike, I have morning sickness. It's going to last for at least the next two months. I cannot skip work everyday because of it."

"I know. But last night was the first time the nausea hit you, and it hit you hard because you were crying Syd. I just figured you might need a day to just sleep and relax."

"Thank you." She leaned up against his chest as he turned up the sound a bit.

"You're welcome."

She couldn't have been more thankful for her day off. She hadn't realized how tired she was when she found herself falling asleep while watching TV with Vaughn. She woke up to a silent and empty room, Vaughn having made his way downstairs shortly after she had fallen back to sleep, not wanting to wake her up again. She was about to go downstairs to find him when a sudden wave hit her and she rushed to the bathroom.

She was joined quickly by Vaughn, after hearing her frantic footsteps from downstairs, who knelt by her side, rubbing her back and whispered comforting words into her ear as she got sick. When she had finished, he helped her sit back and handed her a glass of water.

A few minutes later, they found their way downstairs and Vaughn went to the kitchen while Sydney curled up on the couch. "Mike?" she called as her body began to shake with shivers.

"Yeah?" He stuck his head out of the kitchen.

"I'm freezing. Could we get a fire going? Please?"

"Sure." He went over to the fireplace and within a few moments, there was a roaring fire, pulsating heat through the house.

"Thank you." She wrapped a blanket around herself, trying to block out the cold.

"Uh-Huh. I'll be right back, ok?" She nodded as he ran up the stairs. He returned a moment later with his Kings sweatshirt in hand. He passed it to her to find her face light up. "Here." She smiled wide and slipped it over her head and took a deep breath into the fabric. It was her favorite sweatshirt and she was constantly stealing it from him. "What?" He asked as she breathed deeply into it again.

"It smells like you." He smiled and moved down to sit next to her.

He grabbed the remote and turned on the TV and DVD player. "I got the perfect thing to make you feel better."

"What's that?"

"Look." He pointed to the screen as the movie began.

She smiled. "Singing in the Rain." She kissed him on the cheek before settling down in the couch, his arm draped over her stomach, rubbing back and forth in a soothing motion as she sat sideways, her head resting on his leg. "Thank you."

Towards the end of the movie, the phone rang and Vaughn rose to answer it, Sydney never moving her focus from the movie. "Hello?"

"OH! Mike! Hi! It's Francie."

"Oh, hey."

"I was just gonna leave a message. What are you doing home at 1:00 in that afternoon on a Monday?"

"Syd has officially been welcomed into the wonders of pregnancy so I figured she could use a relaxing day."

"Ah, morning sickness?"

"You bet. She's watching a movie now."

"Yeah? Who picked it out?"

"I did."

"Oh."

"Why?" Vaughn laughed lightly.

"Well, I would have known what movie it was if she had chosen it. It would have been her comfort movie. Sydney is notorious for her comfort movie."

"Comfort movie?"

"Yeah. Whenever she was sick, or lonely or sad she would watch it for comfort. After Danny died, she watched it a lot. There was even a weekend, a few years ago, a little more than a year before we met actually, when she watched it like 6 or 7 times." Vaughn heard Francie laugh on the other end. "Will was living with us then and he went crazy! He threatened to throw it out at one point. Especially when she pulled out the soundtrack to it!"

"What's the movie?"

"Singing in the Rain." Vaughn smiled as he heard the sound from the movie coming form the living room.

"Good to know. You want to talk to Sydney?" Vaughn asked as he peered into the living room.

"Nah, I was just calling to say Hi and just gab with Syd. I'll let her watch the movie. Just tell her I will call her later tonight and that I hope she feels better."

"Will do. Bye Francie."

"Bye."

Vaughn hung up and returned to his place on the couch. Sydney was so engrossed with the movie, which was on its final five minutes that she barely acknowledged his presence, except for the fact the she cuddled back up to him and welcomed his hand back to her stomach. She squeezed his hand slightly as they finished the movie in silence.

When it was over, Sydney sat up and stretched. "So I have good taste, huh?" Vaughn asked.

"Very." She kissed him lightly.

"And I didn't even know it was your comfort movie."

"What?"

"That was Francie who called a little while ago and she told me about your 'comfort movie'."

"Wow." She smiled. "I had completely forgotten about that. I haven't needed it to be my 'comfort movie' for so long. Last time I watched it was the night before our wedding, during our "Gene Kelly Marathon!"" She smiled.

"So what happened the weekend you watched it 7 times?" he asked, curious as to what could have made her need that much comfort. He wondered since he had never known about something that she was upset about.

She thought hard for a moment before remembering the time he was talking about. "Oh, *that* weekend." She stood up and walked towards the window. "That was the weekend I met Alice."

Vaughn looked at her. "Oh." 'Great!' he thought. 'Let's upset my pregnant wife by reminding her of that. Stupid, stupid!' He stood and walked to stand directly in front of her. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry. That was over 2 years ago and I ended up with you anyways didn't I?"

"Yes. Yes you did." He smiled and cupped her face in his hands. "Forever and always." He kissed her slowly. He pulled back and leaned his forehead against her. He placed his hand on her flat stomach and smiled. "I can't wait until you start to show."

She laughed. "Well I can! I can also wait for the even sorer back and the swollen ankles and I can DEFINATLY wait for when it becomes hard for me to walk. I'm going to look hideous."

"You're going to look beautiful." He smiled and kissed her again. "Just like you always do."

The next few weeks crept by for Sydney as winter break approached. Her morning sickness hadn't gotten any better though neither did her craving for Kailua ice cream. As her 10th week moved on, she was surprised that she was as tired as she was. By the time she would get home from school at around 4:00, she was exhausted. She despised doing it, but she had to start cutting back on the hours she would stay after, it was just too taxing.

When the week long vacation break in February came, Sydney was just about to enter her 15th week. She was just over 3 months pregnant and had yet to being to show fully, though to the touch you could feel a little something, though she was in no rush. On the Monday of vacation, she planned on going into the city to have dinner with Francie, since she missed Vaughn's monthly meeting due to an excessive amount of exhaustion and nausea.

While Sydney was going to be spending the evening with Francie, Vaughn was going into the city so that he, Will, and Weiss could all go to a Kings game, though Will had wished it was a Coyotes game.

Though they were perfectly able to drive home after the game, which ended roughly around 10:15, Francie insisted that due to Sydney's 'condition' as she called it, that they stay the night in Sydney's old room, which due to Francie's amazing success with her restaurant, she had simply turned into a guest room, not having the need for a roommate.

Sydney and Vaughn arrived at Francie's around 5:00 and after the smallest of waits, Vaughn left with Will and Weiss for the game.

Sitting down in her old apartment, on her old couch, which Francie refused to get rid of, ("Too many good memories!"), Sydney felt very at peace with her life, everything from the end of SD-6 and her move out of the city, to her pregnancy. She sat, curled up, just staring at the fire as Francie brought her a cup of tea. "Here." Francie smiled as she handed Sydney the mug, sitting down with her own cup of coffee.

"UH! What I wouldn't give to have coffee!" Sydney moaned, sipping her tea.

"Sorry, Hun. No caffeine."

"Yeah, I know. Mike reminds me every morning when I reach for the coffee pot." They laughed. "He always seems to make me even grumpier at the fact that it's morning. I swear there are some mornings were I am so horrible, he's about ready to let me have the coffee." She smiled. "So what's the plan?" Sydney asked taking another sip.

"I'm cooking for you tonight while you just sit and relax." Francie smiled.

"OH! Thank you! That's so sweet. You know you don't have to do that!"

"I know, but I want to." The two laughed and talked as they enjoyed each other's company.

At 11:00 the door opened to reveal a smiley faced Vaughn. He was shocked and a little annoyed to find Sydney sitting on the couch, alone, mug in hand, as she stared into the fire. "What are you doing up?"

"Hello to you too. I was just waiting for you to come home. How was the game?"

"Fine. Kings won 3-1." He took off his jacket and walked over to her. "You should be sleeping." He sat down next to her and took the mug from her.

"It's tea, don't worry." She stated as he glanced into her cup. "I couldn't sleep so I decided to try some lavender tea. That's my third cup." She smiled as he handed the mug back to her.

"Are you ok?" He looked into her eyes.

"I'm fine. I just couldn't sleep alone." She admitted in a small voice.

"I know the feeling." He smiled as they stood and walked down the hall. "I never slept when you were out on missions."

They entered the room and Sydney slipped under the covers as Vaughn got changed. "You comfort me. You make me feel safe. Besides I had a feeling you'd be home soon." He slipped in next to her and she rested her head on his chest, her eyes drifting shut almost as soon as he put his arm around her. He smiled as he heard her breathing steady and she drifted off to sleep.

She bolted up right and ran to the bathroom, just making it to the toilet. Vaughn glanced at the clock, 2:15, and ran to the kitchen to get her a glass of water as he thought, "Right on time." He returned to the bathroom and knelt beside her in the same fashion he had for the past two months. "Shh." He whispered as he rubbed circles in her back.

Francie came bounding into the room. "Syd? Is everything ok?" She had heard the noise and had immediately awoken, worried.

Vaughn looked up at Francie and smiled. "Everything is fine." He told her as she sighed in relief. "We go through this every night." He turned back to Sydney as she was sick again. He rubbed her back as she finished up and collapsed next to the toilet. Vaughn handed her the glass of water and brushed her hair out of her face.

"Than you." She took a sip from the water and leaned back. "Sorry to wake you, Fran."

"Oh, sweetie, it's ok. Are you ok?" Francie's voice was full of concern.

Sydney smile and with Vaughn's help, stood. "Yeah. Lucky for me though, my second trimester starts in about a week and the morning sickness will leave."

They walked from the room and Sydney sat down on the bed. Vaughn sat next to her and rubbed her lower back. "You're sure you are ok?"

"I'm fine Francie, really. Go back to bed." Sydney smiled as Francie nodded.

"Ok. Feel better, sweetie." Francie kissed Sydney on the cheek and went back to her room.

Sydney and Vaughn slipped back into bed and Sydney whispered "Thank you" as she snuggled into him, her back against his chest.

He draped an arm over her waist and rested his hand on the small pouch that he could feel. "No problem. I love you."

"I love you too." She whispered as she drifted slowly off to sleep.







A/N: So what did you guys think? Again if anyone can figure out what is the same from this chapter and the first chapter of Through it All, you will become my best friend! I'm actually just looking to see how many people have read my stories! Mind you, I didn't even know I did it until like a week ago when I went back and looked at something from these chapters! HAHA! Well please review and let me know what you think. I live for reviews! O and you know what I loved about the last new episode? THE CRAZY ASIAN DENTIST! He is in all of my stories; at least by name cuz I think he's wicked cool!!! HA! Please review! - Secret Agent Girl