A/N: Ok seriously, school is the most boring thing on earth. That is why
right now I am sitting in the library typing this out for all you lovely
people during my way too long free period (140 minutes is just too long!)
Anyway, I have here chapter 6 of this story, though I know a lot of you
thought this was done due to my last note. Sorry about the confusion, I was
just excited to get that chapter typed up finally because it took me three
days with all the interruptions that I had come my way. Well here is the
next chapter. I have two more after this and then I'm not so sure. I am
having wicked writers block. I mean really really badly. So after you read
this chapter, let me know what you think should happen next. I have the two
written but after that it could go anywhere. I am open to all suggestions,
except those that have Sydney and Vaughn split, sorry I just can't do it!
Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, it is one that I felt was a lot of fun to write, and I hope that you all enjoy it. Please remember that I don't own a blessed thing. And I mean a thing, I'm only 16 and I don't have a job! Please read and review, I love to read the reviews.
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CHAPTER 6 - ALL THINGS FRENCH AND LEATHER
"What about this?" Vaughn asked pointing to the picture in the magazine.
"NO! I already told you. I'm not doing it!" Sydney replied as she leafed through her own magazine.
"I don't understand *why* though."
"Because, Mike. Danny is only two months old! I'm not taking him trick or treating!" She laughed as he held up a picture of a tiny infant dressed as a Hershey's Kiss.
"But . . ."
"If you want the candy so badly, just go buy it yourself!" She cut him off as she smiled. They sat in his office at the CIA, leafing thought magazines as Vaughn waited out the time until his meeting. Danny snoozed in his carrier on top of the desk. Sydney gazed at her son as she sat on Vaughn's lap. "Besides, we have Francie's party that night."
"Yeah, but he's not going to be there." Vaughn smiled.
"So? Seriously, Mike. What's with the whole desire to have him trick or treat?"
"Well." He smiled. "If you must know, it's a thing my dad use to do." She turned on his lap to face him, urging him to further explain. "That was his way to get candy. My mom would take me out and when I got home, he would go through all the candy with me and pick out all the stuff I didn't like and keep it for himself, reimbursing me with the extra leftovers that were left from when he was passing the stuff out at our house."
She smiled and laughed lightly. "So that's why? So you can take all your son's candy, since he doesn't have any teeth and hasn't started on solids yet." He nodded and she kissed him softly.
"What was that for?" He asked as she pulled back.
"Just because." He smirked and pulled her to him again.
"God. Don't you two *ever* get sick of each other?" A voice called from the doorway.
Sydney pulled back and smiled. "No." She turned to the door and smiled at the figure standing there. "Eric, how are you?"
"Good. Good. Though obviously not as good as you two." Weiss called as he walked towards the desk and gazed at the little boy who was just starting to wake. "Hey, bu-uddy." Danny began to cry soundly and Weiss stepped back, frightened. "What did I do?!"
"Nothing." Sydney smiled kindly.
"Well, I don't know. If I had that face come into view just as I woke, I'd freak out too." Vaughn smirked.
"Michael!" Sydney cried as she slapped him lightly on the arm. "You did nothing wrong, Eric." She reassured him as she stood and grabbed a bottle from the diaper bag on the floor. "He's just hungry." She smiled and picked up her fussing son. "Aren't you sweetie?" She cooed as she gave her son the bottle and he took to it instantly,
devouring its contents.
"Geez! That kid can eat!" Weiss remarked as he laughed.
"Yeah, well he's bulking up for his hockey career." Vaughn smiled as he stroked his son's head as he ate peacefully in Sydney's arms.
"Ah," Weiss nodded, knowingly. "It all makes sense now. He's going to be the Kings' best player."
Sydney rolled her eyes at the two as Danny emptied the bottle. "That's it. No more hockey!" She joked, laughing at their shocked faces.
"Don't joke about that!" Vaughn insisted with mock seriousness. "Comments like that are divorce worthy."
"Please." She placed Danny back in the carrier and placed the empty bottle back into the diaper bag. "You'd be lost without me."
"That's true." Vaughn smiled and kissed her lightly.
"Here we go again!" Weiss cried.
"Sorry." Sydney smirked. "Eric, we really need to find you a girl."
Weiss rolled his eyes. "Come on Mike. Meeting time." Weiss turned and left the office, leading the way to the meeting.
"Ok." Vaughn called and turned to Sydney and kissed her again. "You're going to be ok?"
"We'll be fine." She smiled at his concern.
"Ok. I love you."
"I love you too."
"I'll call you when I am done. I shouldn't be long."
"Ok." He kissed her and walked out of the office. Sydney turned to Danny and smiled down at him. "What do you say we go see Grandpa? Huh? Yeah, I think Grandpa would love to see you." She took Danny's happy smile and gurgles as a yes and gathered his things and proceeded to leave the office.
When she arrived at Jack's office, his secretary acknowledged her with a kind smiled. "Lucy. How are you?" Sydney asked as she approached the desk. She liked this woman and was pleased to see she had lasted over a year and a half.
"Mrs. Vaughn! I'm great! How are you?"
"Good. Good." She placed the carried on top of the desk. "This, is Danny."
"Hi, sweetie!" She cooed as she smiled at the happy infant. "Oh, Mrs. Vaughn, this is for you. I keep forgetting to give it to your dad when he plans his days off to go see you." She reached down and extracted a gift bag.
"Thank you, so much! And please, call me Sydney." She smiled as she took the bag. "You know, you are the only person that has lasted more than a month with my dad? What's your secret?" She smiled as Lucy blushed slightly.
"Oh, well, I guess I'm just not scared of him. Apparently that was a big problem with his previous secretaries." Lucy smiled.
"Yeah, that's true. Hell, even my husband is still a little frightened of him." She smiled wide and motioned towards the door. "Is he in?"
"Oh, yeah, go on in."
Sydney thanked her, picked up the carrier and proceeded into the office. "Hi, Dad." She called as she entered and closed the door behind her.
"Sydney. Daniel!" Jack called as he stood and removed his grandson from the carrier. "How are you?" he asked as he bounced the baby in his arms and kissed Sydney lightly on the cheek.
"We're good. Just waiting for Mike and thought that we'd come see Grandpa." She smiled as her father sat down, still holding Danny against his chest. She suddenly wondered if he was ever this gentle when she was a baby.
"Well, I appreciate it." Sydney smiled as she watched her father as he held her son. He was so gentle and kind. It was a part of her father that was showing more and more as time moved on and he spent more time with his grandson, a part of him she thought he had lost when her mother left. "So how are you doing?"
"Good. I'm going back to work soon, so I'm really excited about that. I miss it a lot."
"When do you go back?" Jack asked as Danny began to fuss in his arms. Sydney moved to relieve her dad of the infant but Jack held up his hand and stood. Bouncing the boy softly as he whispered a gentle hum of "Shh". He walked over to the diaper bag on the chair and extracted a pacifier. The boy instantly calmed at the motion and Jack
nudged the pacifier into the boy's mouth.
"Wow. You need to teach that to Mike." Sydney smiled as Jack sat back down. "Anyway, I go back at the beginning of November."
"What are you going to do with Daniel here?" Jack whispered as Danny began to close his eyes. Sydney smiled at the fact that her father never called her son Danny, it was always Daniel.
"Brigitte is going to be staying with him during the day until Mike and I can find a really good day care."
"I see." He leaned back and observed his daughter.
"What?" She asked when she noticed his staring. He raised his eyebrows questioningly. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She questioned a smiled playing across her face.
"Just observing." Jack smiled. "You just look different than I remember."
"What's that supposed to mean? You saw me last week!" She laughed lightly.
"I know. Its just you seem so much happier than you used to be. After finding out about SD-6, I didn't think I'd ever see you happy again."
She smiled her dimples out in full force. "Well, that might have to do with the fact that I *am* happy. I am truly happy."
Jack stood as Sydney's pager went off. "I know you are." He told her as he placed his grandson back in the carrier. The infant fussed for only a moment before falling back asleep. He leaned over and kissed his daughter's cheek. "You better go."
"I know." She smiled and pulled her father into a hug.
"What was that for?"
"For being a great dad." She smiled and picked up the carrier. "I'll see you next weekend?" He looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "Francie's party?" she prompted.
"Oh, yes. What about Daniel?"
"He's staying with Brigitte. She lives half way between here and our place so we can drop him off on the way there and pick him up on the way home."
Jack smiled. "Good. I'll see you next week then."
"Bye Dad." She smiled as she walked out of the office.
She entered Vaughn's office to find him gathering his things. "Hi."
"Hey. How's your dad?" he asked as she entered, closing the door behind her.
"He's fine. How was your meeting?" She placed the carried on the desk and walked around it to him.
"Oh it was absolutely grand!" He replied sarcastically. "Remember when you would tell Francie and Will that you would spend hours working with boring bank clients?" She nodded. "I would have gladly welcomed that today."
She laughed and kissed him lightly. "I'm sorry."
She pulled away but he grabbed her and kissed her long and hard. "It's ok. Now."
She smiled and went to put on her coat. "Ready to get out of here?"
"Oh, yeah." He smiled and picked up the carrier. "Time to get the *hell* out of here." She smiled as he looped his free arm around her waist and they walked out of the CIA.
As they drove down the highway, Sydney looked through another magazine trying to decide on a costume for Francie's party. "You know, with at the character's I've played, you'd think I'd be able to decide on a simple Halloween costume!" Vaughn laughed as Sydney turned another page.
"Well if you want *my* opinion . . ."
"I'm not being the French maid." She cut him off, keeping a straight face.
"And how do you know I was going to say that?" He turned his head slightly to look at her.
"Because I know you. And I'm also not wearing the blue dress that is basically a rubber suit; the Taipei outfit that has basically no shirt or the black lace 'barely there' dress." She smiled as they pulled into their driveway.
Vaughn laughed as they got out and pulled Danny from the car. "Well there was always that dress when you went to . . ."
"No." She cut him off with a smile. "I'm not wearing *anything* I had to wear for SD-6. The guys in wardrobe had a dirty mind when it came to my outfits."
"Well, I never complained." Vaughn smiled as they entered the house.
"Yeah, well you're a guy. Besides, the CIA had good taste when it came to your outfits, you were always in suits."
"Ah, no. In Taipei I had that leather outfit." He reminded her as she smirked.
"What?"
"Well, the CIA wasn't involved in that mission and I sort of had to pick out those outfits myself, and well, I just wanted to see you in leather pants." She confessed as she put her sleeping son in his crib.
"Really?" He called after her as she entered their room.
"Well, yeah." She smiled as he approached her.
"Huh."
"What?"
"I just never took you for the tight leather pants type."
"Well now you know. You looked *good* in them." She smiled as he walked to her and captured her in a kiss.
"How good?"
"Shh." She called as she pulled him to her and down to their bed.
She filled her coffee cup again and turned back to Vaughn. "So did you decide?" She asked as she sat down next to him. Francie's party was that night and she had yet to pick a costume.
"Yeah. I am going as a lawyer."
"You are not!" She cried.
"What!? Why?"
"BECAUSE. Halloween is going as something fun and outrageous. A lawyer wears a suit. You wore a suit for YEARS as an agent. BESIDES you ARE a lawyer. And that is a boring costume!" She informed him as she took a sip of coffee.
"So then what should I go as?"
"Anything in leather." She told him with a sly smile.
He smiled and thought for a moment. "Ok, here's the deal. I will go in leather pants, if, *if*, you go as a French maid."
She thought for a moment. "Deal."
"Really?" He raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "Huh, I didn't think it'd be *that* easy to break the famous Sydney Bristow. I don't think anyone has ever broken you that quickly."
"Well, they never tried the leather pants, now did they?" She joked pulling a smile on his face.
"That afternoon they prepared to leave for LA. Sydney packed everything Danny would need for his visit with his grandmother, as well as a bag filled with the maid uniform. As she placed it in her duffel bag, she laughed softly. "My father is going to be there tonight." She thought. The idea of her father seeing her dressed as a French maid caused her to laugh. "At least he didn't pick the Las Vegas outfit." She thought as she zipped up the bag, grabbed it along with the diaper bag and picked up her son, who had been sitting on her bed surrounded by pillows, showing off his talent for holding up his own head.
She walked downstairs and set the bags by the door before entering the kitchen. Vaughn sat reading the newspaper. She shifted Danny on her hip and sighed. "He's getting so big."
Vaughn looked up and smiled. "Good. He'll be just as tall as his dad, just as strong as his mother and the best hockey player on earth." She rolled her eyes and smiled.
She walked over to Vaughn and handed him his son. She kissed him softly before standing up. "Mmm." She smiled.
"What?"
"Just picturing you in leather."
He shook his head and laughed. "Your mommy's crazy." He told his son who giggled back at him.
They piled into the car and drove to Brigitte Vaughn's home. When they arrived, Sydney went to ring the bell while Vaughn extracted Danny form the car. The door opened and Brigitte appeared looking thrilled to see them. "Sydney!" She cried as she hugged her daughter-in-law. "How are you?"
"I'm good." Sydney replied as Vaughn appeared by her side.
"Bonjour Michel." She replied as she embraced her son, instantly slipping into her native tongue.
Vaughn hugged his mother with one arm as he held the carrier with the other. "Bonjour Maman. Comment ca va?" He replied staying in French.
"Good. Good." She smiled and brought them into the house. They entered the living room and Sydney unstrapped her son, holding him close as they sat on the couch. "So you're going to a Halloween party. What are you going as?" Brigitte asked.
"We are surprising each other." Sydney replied quickly causing Vaughn to smirk, the last thing she wanted to do was inform her mother-in-law of their costumes.
"Ah." Brigitte nodded, smiling.
"Ok." Vaughn stood. "We better get going. We still have a bit of a drive and then we promised Francie that we'd held set up." he hugged his mother. "We'll see you later."
Vaughn picked up Danny from Sydney's arms as Sydney hugged Brigitte. "Thank you again for doing this."
"Oh, it's my pleasure. Really."
Sydney turned to Vaughn and Danny. "Bye sweetie." She kissed her son's forehead. "I love you."
Vaughn bounced Danny lightly. "Bye kiddo." He placed a small kiss on his son's forehead. He handed Danny to his mother and took his wife's hand. "Bye Mom. We'll see you later." He pulled Sydney out of the house and into the car.
"Huhhh" She whimpered softly as they entered the car.
"He's going to be fine. My mom knows what she is doing."
"I know. I just have never left him anywhere before."
Vaughn laughed lightly and ran his hand through her hair. "Get used to it Syd. You go back to work in a week."
She sighed. "I know, I know." She smiled at him and took his hand in her own. "But tonight I am not going to worry about my son. I'm going to focus on having fun."
"Good."
"That and my husband in his leather pants." She smiled and Vaughn couldn't help but laugh.
They arrived at Francie's restaurant and walked in to find the place all decked out. "Wow, Francie." Sydney exclaimed as she entered and embraced her friend. "This place looks amazing! We were all prepared to help you decorate but you've got it all done!"
"Well, Will was here earlier. And get this - he's brining a DATE tonight!" Francie exclaimed as they all went to the bar and took a seat.
"No way!" Sydney exclaimed. "What's her name?!"
"Becky."
"HA! What is with him and girls with a 'Y' at the end of their names? There was Jenny and Stacey and Kathy . . ."
"Don't forget Emily." Francie chimed in.
"Wow." Vaughn stated, shocked. "What *is* with him? Is it some weird fetish of his?"
"Gotta be." Francie smiled. "Not to mention he had the BIGGEST crush on Sydney."
"He did not." Sydney blushed.
"Yeah, Syd, he did." Francie restated.
"Yeah, he did." Vaughn informed her.
"And how would you know?" Sydney turned to him.
"First time we met, when we wanted him to be hypnotized, the look he gave me when I admitted to the picture frame. He was totally infatuated with you." Vaughn smiled as Sydney turned bright red.
"Stop right now, the both of you." She turned to the bartender. "I need a drink." She smiled. "I'll have a double . . ."
"Water." Vaughn cut her off. She turned to him and scowled. "You're still nursing." He reminded her.
"UH! Water please." Sydney moaned causing Vaughn and Francie to laugh.
An hour later, people were zooming around the restaurant as music blared in the background. Sydney stood in the bathroom, double checking her outfit. Her hair was piled on the top of her head and her skirt was just a bit too short. "God I feel like I'm on a mission again." She thought to herself, a smiled on her face.
Francie appeared by her side, smiling. "You look so cute!" She smiled widely causing Sydney to blush. "Your dad just got here."
"Yeah? Did he dress in his usual suit?"
"Yeah. Does he even own any other clothes?"
"I don't think so." Sydney smiled. "Have you seen Mike yet?"
"Uh, yeah." Francie's smiled was huge. "How did you get him to wear . . ."
"DON'T!" Sydney cut in. "We know the basis of the outfits but not the specifics. I just know he's wearing leather. That was the deal; I'll be the slutty French maid if he wears leather." Sydney smiled, wide.
"Well then come on! He looks *so good*!" Francie smiled and the two walked out of the bathroom.
When they reached the main room, Sydney glanced around to find Vaughn leaning against the bar talking to Weiss, his back to her. Francie wasn't joking when she had said he looked good. He was in a pair of tight leather pants, with a long leather trench coat and his hair was tousled. From his back, it looked to Sydney like he had tried to re-create the Taipei outfit exactly. She smiled as she walked over to him and spoke softly, with a slight French accent, really getting into it. "Bonjour Monsieur. You do know that you look absolutely amazing in those pants, right?"
Vaughn smiled at her voice and turned only to have his eyes and smiled widen. "Good God, Sydney." She blushed and smiled slyly. "How the hell am I supposed to behave myself tonight?" he asked leaning in closely to her.
She smiled and pulled him into a kiss. "I've been asking myself the same question." She let her eyes wander over him and she smiled widely. He was wearing a tight black t-shirt that accentuated every muscle and his eyes were sparkling a deep green, perfect contrast to his dark black outfit. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Wearing the pants."
He smiled and kissed her. "Anything to get you in that French maid's uniform Seriously Syd, we might have to leave early." He smiled mischievously.
"We have to pick your son up at your mother's Michael." She reminded him, backing away slightly.
"I don't know if I can handle waiting till we get home, Syd. I think I might have to get Francie's house keys." He smiled.
"Fight it." She joked. She grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the dance floor. She turned to him and put his hand on her back. He grasped her other hand and they began to dance as a soft slow melody rang through the room.
"I love you." He whispered.
She leaned back and kissed him softly. "I love you too."
As the song ended, Francie in her sorceress costume came rushing up. "Hey, Will's here with the new 'Y' girl. Come on." She smiled and the three walked to greet their friend.
They met him by the door and Sydney had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop from laughing. Will was wearing a white lab coast and a stethoscope around his neck, an ID badge on his pocket stating that he was "Dr. Love". Despite the irony of having someone who pretended to be a heroin addict for two years dressing up as a doctor, it was Becky's costume that Sydney had to hold back her laughter from; she was dressed as a cheerleader. Sydney smiled and gave Will a hug, whispering into his ear, "Not only does her name end in 'Y' but a cheerleader?" She pulled back and smiled, earning a look from Will.
"So how's Danny?" He asked, changing the subject quickly.
"Getting big." Sydney smiled noting the subject change.
"Good, good. Getting ready to play with the Coyotes."
"Kings." Vaughn cut in.
"We'll see." Will smiled. "Sydney, Mike, this is Becky. Becky this is Sydney and Michael Vaughn."
"Hi." Becky shook their hands. She was a petit blond and spoke with a lot of pizzazz in her voice.
"Nice to meet you." Sydney managed to speak without falling into a fit of giggles. She turned to Vaughn quickly however. "Mike, I need a drink."
"Ok." He smiled, noting the message in her tone and eyes.
"I'll join you." Francie called. "I've got to check on a few things, anyways."
They all smiled at Will and Becky and made their way to the bar. The moment they got there, Sydney turned to see Will and Becky turning to the dance floor and she immediately spun back around and burst out into a fit of laughter. "OH. MY. GOD!" She cried as Francie joined her in laughing.
"What is so funny?" Vaughn asked.
"Every year Will has brought some girl to my party." Francie began to explain. "And every year for the last 5 years, it has been some girl whose name ends in 'Y' and every single one of them have come in a cheerleader's uniform." Sydney began to laugh again.
"Are you serious?" Vaughn asked, a smile creeping across his face.
"Oh, yeah. It all started with Jenny, who was an actual cheerleader." Francie replied as she went behind the bar and handed Sydney another bottle of water before venturing off to check that everything was going smoothly.
"She reminded me of someone." Sydney stated simply as she took a sip of the water.
"Yeah? Who?" Vaughn asked as he stole her bottle and took a long drink.
"Alice." Vaughn had to hold his mouth closed tightly, almost spitting out the water.
"Alice? My ex Alice? He choked.
"Uh-huh." She nodded taking another sip. "What's the big deal?" She asked noticing his expression.
"Nothing, nothing."
"It's not like you still have the need for some blond or anything, right?" She eyed his questioningly.
"No, of course not." He smiled and kissed her lightly. "I've got all I could ever want."
"Good answer." She smiled.
Around 9:45 Sydney was dancing with Francie and Will when Vaughn walked to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Hey, babe, we've gotta get going. It's gonna be almost 11 by the time we get to my mom's as it is."
"Ok." She smiled. "Bye you guys!" She hugged her friends. "I'll talk to you all later."
"Bye Syd!" They called as she went to go change.
She walked out of the bathroom, back in her jeans and favorite blue sweater. She saw her father and Vaughn, who was back in jeans and a sweater himself. She approached them and smiled as she leaned against Vaughn. "I'm all set. Hi Dad."
"Sydney." Jack smiled.
"Syd, your dad's going to come by on Monday and give you time to go do errands and everything. He's going to spend the day with Danny."
"That'll be great!" She smiled and hugged her father. "I'll see you on Monday then."
"Bye Jack." They left the restaurant and entered the car. As they drove down the highway, Vaughn smiled widely at Sydney.
"What?" She asked.
"I definitely loved the outfit."
She shook her head in disbelief and laughed. "Well I have it right in my bag. We get home quickly enough; I might just slip it back on."
"Don't tell me that!" Vaughn exclaimed trying to keep a straight face.
"Why?"
"Because I don't need to be breaking every traffic law in the state of California to get us home." He smiled.
They arrived at Brigitte's house around 11 and despite the late hour, Brigitte seemed very cheerful. "He has just been fed." She informed them as she handed the boy to Sydney.
Danny stared up at his mother and smiled. "Hi sweetie. Oh, Mommy missed you." She bounced the boy softly before placing him in the carrier and buckling him in.
"Thanks again for this Mom." Vaughn gathered Danny's bag and kissed his mother goodbye.
"It was my pleasure. I'm just glad you had fun." She smiled at their happy faces. "I'll see you in a week."
"Ok. Bye." The three exited the house and Sydney attacked the carrier to its car seat.
As they drove home, Sydney kept peering back at her son who had fallen asleep. "He's not going anywhere, Syd."
"I know. I know." She smiled turning back around. "Uh. He's getting so big." Vaughn just smiled and reached out and took her hand in his, holding it tightly.
When they arrived home, Sydney took her sleeping son and placed him gently in his crib. She clicked on the monitor and stood, watching her son sleep peacefully. She felt a presence behind her and leaned into it as Vaughn placed his arms around her waist and put his chin on her shoulder. "He's so beautiful when he sleeps." She whispered as she leaned against Vaughn.
"Yeah, he is."
Sydney clicked off the light and walked into their bedroom, closing the door behind her. She pulled Vaughn to her and kissed him.
Vaughn pulled away and smiled. "I don't need the outfit."
She smiled. "Why?"
"Seeing you with my son, remembering that you are the mother of my child, that's enough." He pulled her to hi and brought her down to the bed. "You and only you are the only thing I will ever need."
A/N: Ok, there's chapter 6. I hope you liked it. And I hope I get a really great response to this wicked fluffy chapter. It was fun to write and I hope you all enjoyed it. Let me know by clicking the pretty purple button and REVIEW! Lots of Love! - Secret Agent Girl
P.S. - Jennifer - I love you for that last review . . . Someday that prince WILL come! O man!
Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, it is one that I felt was a lot of fun to write, and I hope that you all enjoy it. Please remember that I don't own a blessed thing. And I mean a thing, I'm only 16 and I don't have a job! Please read and review, I love to read the reviews.
Thanks to all of you, who have reviewed in the past, I really appreciate it. And thanks to all whom reviewed my story, Graduation. I felt so loved! Here is it for you. Thanks for listening to my pointless ramblings! Please review! I would love to make it to 60 by the end of this chapter! - Secret Agent Girl
CHAPTER 6 - ALL THINGS FRENCH AND LEATHER
"What about this?" Vaughn asked pointing to the picture in the magazine.
"NO! I already told you. I'm not doing it!" Sydney replied as she leafed through her own magazine.
"I don't understand *why* though."
"Because, Mike. Danny is only two months old! I'm not taking him trick or treating!" She laughed as he held up a picture of a tiny infant dressed as a Hershey's Kiss.
"But . . ."
"If you want the candy so badly, just go buy it yourself!" She cut him off as she smiled. They sat in his office at the CIA, leafing thought magazines as Vaughn waited out the time until his meeting. Danny snoozed in his carrier on top of the desk. Sydney gazed at her son as she sat on Vaughn's lap. "Besides, we have Francie's party that night."
"Yeah, but he's not going to be there." Vaughn smiled.
"So? Seriously, Mike. What's with the whole desire to have him trick or treat?"
"Well." He smiled. "If you must know, it's a thing my dad use to do." She turned on his lap to face him, urging him to further explain. "That was his way to get candy. My mom would take me out and when I got home, he would go through all the candy with me and pick out all the stuff I didn't like and keep it for himself, reimbursing me with the extra leftovers that were left from when he was passing the stuff out at our house."
She smiled and laughed lightly. "So that's why? So you can take all your son's candy, since he doesn't have any teeth and hasn't started on solids yet." He nodded and she kissed him softly.
"What was that for?" He asked as she pulled back.
"Just because." He smirked and pulled her to him again.
"God. Don't you two *ever* get sick of each other?" A voice called from the doorway.
Sydney pulled back and smiled. "No." She turned to the door and smiled at the figure standing there. "Eric, how are you?"
"Good. Good. Though obviously not as good as you two." Weiss called as he walked towards the desk and gazed at the little boy who was just starting to wake. "Hey, bu-uddy." Danny began to cry soundly and Weiss stepped back, frightened. "What did I do?!"
"Nothing." Sydney smiled kindly.
"Well, I don't know. If I had that face come into view just as I woke, I'd freak out too." Vaughn smirked.
"Michael!" Sydney cried as she slapped him lightly on the arm. "You did nothing wrong, Eric." She reassured him as she stood and grabbed a bottle from the diaper bag on the floor. "He's just hungry." She smiled and picked up her fussing son. "Aren't you sweetie?" She cooed as she gave her son the bottle and he took to it instantly,
devouring its contents.
"Geez! That kid can eat!" Weiss remarked as he laughed.
"Yeah, well he's bulking up for his hockey career." Vaughn smiled as he stroked his son's head as he ate peacefully in Sydney's arms.
"Ah," Weiss nodded, knowingly. "It all makes sense now. He's going to be the Kings' best player."
Sydney rolled her eyes at the two as Danny emptied the bottle. "That's it. No more hockey!" She joked, laughing at their shocked faces.
"Don't joke about that!" Vaughn insisted with mock seriousness. "Comments like that are divorce worthy."
"Please." She placed Danny back in the carrier and placed the empty bottle back into the diaper bag. "You'd be lost without me."
"That's true." Vaughn smiled and kissed her lightly.
"Here we go again!" Weiss cried.
"Sorry." Sydney smirked. "Eric, we really need to find you a girl."
Weiss rolled his eyes. "Come on Mike. Meeting time." Weiss turned and left the office, leading the way to the meeting.
"Ok." Vaughn called and turned to Sydney and kissed her again. "You're going to be ok?"
"We'll be fine." She smiled at his concern.
"Ok. I love you."
"I love you too."
"I'll call you when I am done. I shouldn't be long."
"Ok." He kissed her and walked out of the office. Sydney turned to Danny and smiled down at him. "What do you say we go see Grandpa? Huh? Yeah, I think Grandpa would love to see you." She took Danny's happy smile and gurgles as a yes and gathered his things and proceeded to leave the office.
When she arrived at Jack's office, his secretary acknowledged her with a kind smiled. "Lucy. How are you?" Sydney asked as she approached the desk. She liked this woman and was pleased to see she had lasted over a year and a half.
"Mrs. Vaughn! I'm great! How are you?"
"Good. Good." She placed the carried on top of the desk. "This, is Danny."
"Hi, sweetie!" She cooed as she smiled at the happy infant. "Oh, Mrs. Vaughn, this is for you. I keep forgetting to give it to your dad when he plans his days off to go see you." She reached down and extracted a gift bag.
"Thank you, so much! And please, call me Sydney." She smiled as she took the bag. "You know, you are the only person that has lasted more than a month with my dad? What's your secret?" She smiled as Lucy blushed slightly.
"Oh, well, I guess I'm just not scared of him. Apparently that was a big problem with his previous secretaries." Lucy smiled.
"Yeah, that's true. Hell, even my husband is still a little frightened of him." She smiled wide and motioned towards the door. "Is he in?"
"Oh, yeah, go on in."
Sydney thanked her, picked up the carrier and proceeded into the office. "Hi, Dad." She called as she entered and closed the door behind her.
"Sydney. Daniel!" Jack called as he stood and removed his grandson from the carrier. "How are you?" he asked as he bounced the baby in his arms and kissed Sydney lightly on the cheek.
"We're good. Just waiting for Mike and thought that we'd come see Grandpa." She smiled as her father sat down, still holding Danny against his chest. She suddenly wondered if he was ever this gentle when she was a baby.
"Well, I appreciate it." Sydney smiled as she watched her father as he held her son. He was so gentle and kind. It was a part of her father that was showing more and more as time moved on and he spent more time with his grandson, a part of him she thought he had lost when her mother left. "So how are you doing?"
"Good. I'm going back to work soon, so I'm really excited about that. I miss it a lot."
"When do you go back?" Jack asked as Danny began to fuss in his arms. Sydney moved to relieve her dad of the infant but Jack held up his hand and stood. Bouncing the boy softly as he whispered a gentle hum of "Shh". He walked over to the diaper bag on the chair and extracted a pacifier. The boy instantly calmed at the motion and Jack
nudged the pacifier into the boy's mouth.
"Wow. You need to teach that to Mike." Sydney smiled as Jack sat back down. "Anyway, I go back at the beginning of November."
"What are you going to do with Daniel here?" Jack whispered as Danny began to close his eyes. Sydney smiled at the fact that her father never called her son Danny, it was always Daniel.
"Brigitte is going to be staying with him during the day until Mike and I can find a really good day care."
"I see." He leaned back and observed his daughter.
"What?" She asked when she noticed his staring. He raised his eyebrows questioningly. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She questioned a smiled playing across her face.
"Just observing." Jack smiled. "You just look different than I remember."
"What's that supposed to mean? You saw me last week!" She laughed lightly.
"I know. Its just you seem so much happier than you used to be. After finding out about SD-6, I didn't think I'd ever see you happy again."
She smiled her dimples out in full force. "Well, that might have to do with the fact that I *am* happy. I am truly happy."
Jack stood as Sydney's pager went off. "I know you are." He told her as he placed his grandson back in the carrier. The infant fussed for only a moment before falling back asleep. He leaned over and kissed his daughter's cheek. "You better go."
"I know." She smiled and pulled her father into a hug.
"What was that for?"
"For being a great dad." She smiled and picked up the carrier. "I'll see you next weekend?" He looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "Francie's party?" she prompted.
"Oh, yes. What about Daniel?"
"He's staying with Brigitte. She lives half way between here and our place so we can drop him off on the way there and pick him up on the way home."
Jack smiled. "Good. I'll see you next week then."
"Bye Dad." She smiled as she walked out of the office.
She entered Vaughn's office to find him gathering his things. "Hi."
"Hey. How's your dad?" he asked as she entered, closing the door behind her.
"He's fine. How was your meeting?" She placed the carried on the desk and walked around it to him.
"Oh it was absolutely grand!" He replied sarcastically. "Remember when you would tell Francie and Will that you would spend hours working with boring bank clients?" She nodded. "I would have gladly welcomed that today."
She laughed and kissed him lightly. "I'm sorry."
She pulled away but he grabbed her and kissed her long and hard. "It's ok. Now."
She smiled and went to put on her coat. "Ready to get out of here?"
"Oh, yeah." He smiled and picked up the carrier. "Time to get the *hell* out of here." She smiled as he looped his free arm around her waist and they walked out of the CIA.
As they drove down the highway, Sydney looked through another magazine trying to decide on a costume for Francie's party. "You know, with at the character's I've played, you'd think I'd be able to decide on a simple Halloween costume!" Vaughn laughed as Sydney turned another page.
"Well if you want *my* opinion . . ."
"I'm not being the French maid." She cut him off, keeping a straight face.
"And how do you know I was going to say that?" He turned his head slightly to look at her.
"Because I know you. And I'm also not wearing the blue dress that is basically a rubber suit; the Taipei outfit that has basically no shirt or the black lace 'barely there' dress." She smiled as they pulled into their driveway.
Vaughn laughed as they got out and pulled Danny from the car. "Well there was always that dress when you went to . . ."
"No." She cut him off with a smile. "I'm not wearing *anything* I had to wear for SD-6. The guys in wardrobe had a dirty mind when it came to my outfits."
"Well, I never complained." Vaughn smiled as they entered the house.
"Yeah, well you're a guy. Besides, the CIA had good taste when it came to your outfits, you were always in suits."
"Ah, no. In Taipei I had that leather outfit." He reminded her as she smirked.
"What?"
"Well, the CIA wasn't involved in that mission and I sort of had to pick out those outfits myself, and well, I just wanted to see you in leather pants." She confessed as she put her sleeping son in his crib.
"Really?" He called after her as she entered their room.
"Well, yeah." She smiled as he approached her.
"Huh."
"What?"
"I just never took you for the tight leather pants type."
"Well now you know. You looked *good* in them." She smiled as he walked to her and captured her in a kiss.
"How good?"
"Shh." She called as she pulled him to her and down to their bed.
She filled her coffee cup again and turned back to Vaughn. "So did you decide?" She asked as she sat down next to him. Francie's party was that night and she had yet to pick a costume.
"Yeah. I am going as a lawyer."
"You are not!" She cried.
"What!? Why?"
"BECAUSE. Halloween is going as something fun and outrageous. A lawyer wears a suit. You wore a suit for YEARS as an agent. BESIDES you ARE a lawyer. And that is a boring costume!" She informed him as she took a sip of coffee.
"So then what should I go as?"
"Anything in leather." She told him with a sly smile.
He smiled and thought for a moment. "Ok, here's the deal. I will go in leather pants, if, *if*, you go as a French maid."
She thought for a moment. "Deal."
"Really?" He raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "Huh, I didn't think it'd be *that* easy to break the famous Sydney Bristow. I don't think anyone has ever broken you that quickly."
"Well, they never tried the leather pants, now did they?" She joked pulling a smile on his face.
"That afternoon they prepared to leave for LA. Sydney packed everything Danny would need for his visit with his grandmother, as well as a bag filled with the maid uniform. As she placed it in her duffel bag, she laughed softly. "My father is going to be there tonight." She thought. The idea of her father seeing her dressed as a French maid caused her to laugh. "At least he didn't pick the Las Vegas outfit." She thought as she zipped up the bag, grabbed it along with the diaper bag and picked up her son, who had been sitting on her bed surrounded by pillows, showing off his talent for holding up his own head.
She walked downstairs and set the bags by the door before entering the kitchen. Vaughn sat reading the newspaper. She shifted Danny on her hip and sighed. "He's getting so big."
Vaughn looked up and smiled. "Good. He'll be just as tall as his dad, just as strong as his mother and the best hockey player on earth." She rolled her eyes and smiled.
She walked over to Vaughn and handed him his son. She kissed him softly before standing up. "Mmm." She smiled.
"What?"
"Just picturing you in leather."
He shook his head and laughed. "Your mommy's crazy." He told his son who giggled back at him.
They piled into the car and drove to Brigitte Vaughn's home. When they arrived, Sydney went to ring the bell while Vaughn extracted Danny form the car. The door opened and Brigitte appeared looking thrilled to see them. "Sydney!" She cried as she hugged her daughter-in-law. "How are you?"
"I'm good." Sydney replied as Vaughn appeared by her side.
"Bonjour Michel." She replied as she embraced her son, instantly slipping into her native tongue.
Vaughn hugged his mother with one arm as he held the carrier with the other. "Bonjour Maman. Comment ca va?" He replied staying in French.
"Good. Good." She smiled and brought them into the house. They entered the living room and Sydney unstrapped her son, holding him close as they sat on the couch. "So you're going to a Halloween party. What are you going as?" Brigitte asked.
"We are surprising each other." Sydney replied quickly causing Vaughn to smirk, the last thing she wanted to do was inform her mother-in-law of their costumes.
"Ah." Brigitte nodded, smiling.
"Ok." Vaughn stood. "We better get going. We still have a bit of a drive and then we promised Francie that we'd held set up." he hugged his mother. "We'll see you later."
Vaughn picked up Danny from Sydney's arms as Sydney hugged Brigitte. "Thank you again for doing this."
"Oh, it's my pleasure. Really."
Sydney turned to Vaughn and Danny. "Bye sweetie." She kissed her son's forehead. "I love you."
Vaughn bounced Danny lightly. "Bye kiddo." He placed a small kiss on his son's forehead. He handed Danny to his mother and took his wife's hand. "Bye Mom. We'll see you later." He pulled Sydney out of the house and into the car.
"Huhhh" She whimpered softly as they entered the car.
"He's going to be fine. My mom knows what she is doing."
"I know. I just have never left him anywhere before."
Vaughn laughed lightly and ran his hand through her hair. "Get used to it Syd. You go back to work in a week."
She sighed. "I know, I know." She smiled at him and took his hand in her own. "But tonight I am not going to worry about my son. I'm going to focus on having fun."
"Good."
"That and my husband in his leather pants." She smiled and Vaughn couldn't help but laugh.
They arrived at Francie's restaurant and walked in to find the place all decked out. "Wow, Francie." Sydney exclaimed as she entered and embraced her friend. "This place looks amazing! We were all prepared to help you decorate but you've got it all done!"
"Well, Will was here earlier. And get this - he's brining a DATE tonight!" Francie exclaimed as they all went to the bar and took a seat.
"No way!" Sydney exclaimed. "What's her name?!"
"Becky."
"HA! What is with him and girls with a 'Y' at the end of their names? There was Jenny and Stacey and Kathy . . ."
"Don't forget Emily." Francie chimed in.
"Wow." Vaughn stated, shocked. "What *is* with him? Is it some weird fetish of his?"
"Gotta be." Francie smiled. "Not to mention he had the BIGGEST crush on Sydney."
"He did not." Sydney blushed.
"Yeah, Syd, he did." Francie restated.
"Yeah, he did." Vaughn informed her.
"And how would you know?" Sydney turned to him.
"First time we met, when we wanted him to be hypnotized, the look he gave me when I admitted to the picture frame. He was totally infatuated with you." Vaughn smiled as Sydney turned bright red.
"Stop right now, the both of you." She turned to the bartender. "I need a drink." She smiled. "I'll have a double . . ."
"Water." Vaughn cut her off. She turned to him and scowled. "You're still nursing." He reminded her.
"UH! Water please." Sydney moaned causing Vaughn and Francie to laugh.
An hour later, people were zooming around the restaurant as music blared in the background. Sydney stood in the bathroom, double checking her outfit. Her hair was piled on the top of her head and her skirt was just a bit too short. "God I feel like I'm on a mission again." She thought to herself, a smiled on her face.
Francie appeared by her side, smiling. "You look so cute!" She smiled widely causing Sydney to blush. "Your dad just got here."
"Yeah? Did he dress in his usual suit?"
"Yeah. Does he even own any other clothes?"
"I don't think so." Sydney smiled. "Have you seen Mike yet?"
"Uh, yeah." Francie's smiled was huge. "How did you get him to wear . . ."
"DON'T!" Sydney cut in. "We know the basis of the outfits but not the specifics. I just know he's wearing leather. That was the deal; I'll be the slutty French maid if he wears leather." Sydney smiled, wide.
"Well then come on! He looks *so good*!" Francie smiled and the two walked out of the bathroom.
When they reached the main room, Sydney glanced around to find Vaughn leaning against the bar talking to Weiss, his back to her. Francie wasn't joking when she had said he looked good. He was in a pair of tight leather pants, with a long leather trench coat and his hair was tousled. From his back, it looked to Sydney like he had tried to re-create the Taipei outfit exactly. She smiled as she walked over to him and spoke softly, with a slight French accent, really getting into it. "Bonjour Monsieur. You do know that you look absolutely amazing in those pants, right?"
Vaughn smiled at her voice and turned only to have his eyes and smiled widen. "Good God, Sydney." She blushed and smiled slyly. "How the hell am I supposed to behave myself tonight?" he asked leaning in closely to her.
She smiled and pulled him into a kiss. "I've been asking myself the same question." She let her eyes wander over him and she smiled widely. He was wearing a tight black t-shirt that accentuated every muscle and his eyes were sparkling a deep green, perfect contrast to his dark black outfit. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Wearing the pants."
He smiled and kissed her. "Anything to get you in that French maid's uniform Seriously Syd, we might have to leave early." He smiled mischievously.
"We have to pick your son up at your mother's Michael." She reminded him, backing away slightly.
"I don't know if I can handle waiting till we get home, Syd. I think I might have to get Francie's house keys." He smiled.
"Fight it." She joked. She grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the dance floor. She turned to him and put his hand on her back. He grasped her other hand and they began to dance as a soft slow melody rang through the room.
"I love you." He whispered.
She leaned back and kissed him softly. "I love you too."
As the song ended, Francie in her sorceress costume came rushing up. "Hey, Will's here with the new 'Y' girl. Come on." She smiled and the three walked to greet their friend.
They met him by the door and Sydney had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop from laughing. Will was wearing a white lab coast and a stethoscope around his neck, an ID badge on his pocket stating that he was "Dr. Love". Despite the irony of having someone who pretended to be a heroin addict for two years dressing up as a doctor, it was Becky's costume that Sydney had to hold back her laughter from; she was dressed as a cheerleader. Sydney smiled and gave Will a hug, whispering into his ear, "Not only does her name end in 'Y' but a cheerleader?" She pulled back and smiled, earning a look from Will.
"So how's Danny?" He asked, changing the subject quickly.
"Getting big." Sydney smiled noting the subject change.
"Good, good. Getting ready to play with the Coyotes."
"Kings." Vaughn cut in.
"We'll see." Will smiled. "Sydney, Mike, this is Becky. Becky this is Sydney and Michael Vaughn."
"Hi." Becky shook their hands. She was a petit blond and spoke with a lot of pizzazz in her voice.
"Nice to meet you." Sydney managed to speak without falling into a fit of giggles. She turned to Vaughn quickly however. "Mike, I need a drink."
"Ok." He smiled, noting the message in her tone and eyes.
"I'll join you." Francie called. "I've got to check on a few things, anyways."
They all smiled at Will and Becky and made their way to the bar. The moment they got there, Sydney turned to see Will and Becky turning to the dance floor and she immediately spun back around and burst out into a fit of laughter. "OH. MY. GOD!" She cried as Francie joined her in laughing.
"What is so funny?" Vaughn asked.
"Every year Will has brought some girl to my party." Francie began to explain. "And every year for the last 5 years, it has been some girl whose name ends in 'Y' and every single one of them have come in a cheerleader's uniform." Sydney began to laugh again.
"Are you serious?" Vaughn asked, a smile creeping across his face.
"Oh, yeah. It all started with Jenny, who was an actual cheerleader." Francie replied as she went behind the bar and handed Sydney another bottle of water before venturing off to check that everything was going smoothly.
"She reminded me of someone." Sydney stated simply as she took a sip of the water.
"Yeah? Who?" Vaughn asked as he stole her bottle and took a long drink.
"Alice." Vaughn had to hold his mouth closed tightly, almost spitting out the water.
"Alice? My ex Alice? He choked.
"Uh-huh." She nodded taking another sip. "What's the big deal?" She asked noticing his expression.
"Nothing, nothing."
"It's not like you still have the need for some blond or anything, right?" She eyed his questioningly.
"No, of course not." He smiled and kissed her lightly. "I've got all I could ever want."
"Good answer." She smiled.
Around 9:45 Sydney was dancing with Francie and Will when Vaughn walked to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Hey, babe, we've gotta get going. It's gonna be almost 11 by the time we get to my mom's as it is."
"Ok." She smiled. "Bye you guys!" She hugged her friends. "I'll talk to you all later."
"Bye Syd!" They called as she went to go change.
She walked out of the bathroom, back in her jeans and favorite blue sweater. She saw her father and Vaughn, who was back in jeans and a sweater himself. She approached them and smiled as she leaned against Vaughn. "I'm all set. Hi Dad."
"Sydney." Jack smiled.
"Syd, your dad's going to come by on Monday and give you time to go do errands and everything. He's going to spend the day with Danny."
"That'll be great!" She smiled and hugged her father. "I'll see you on Monday then."
"Bye Jack." They left the restaurant and entered the car. As they drove down the highway, Vaughn smiled widely at Sydney.
"What?" She asked.
"I definitely loved the outfit."
She shook her head in disbelief and laughed. "Well I have it right in my bag. We get home quickly enough; I might just slip it back on."
"Don't tell me that!" Vaughn exclaimed trying to keep a straight face.
"Why?"
"Because I don't need to be breaking every traffic law in the state of California to get us home." He smiled.
They arrived at Brigitte's house around 11 and despite the late hour, Brigitte seemed very cheerful. "He has just been fed." She informed them as she handed the boy to Sydney.
Danny stared up at his mother and smiled. "Hi sweetie. Oh, Mommy missed you." She bounced the boy softly before placing him in the carrier and buckling him in.
"Thanks again for this Mom." Vaughn gathered Danny's bag and kissed his mother goodbye.
"It was my pleasure. I'm just glad you had fun." She smiled at their happy faces. "I'll see you in a week."
"Ok. Bye." The three exited the house and Sydney attacked the carrier to its car seat.
As they drove home, Sydney kept peering back at her son who had fallen asleep. "He's not going anywhere, Syd."
"I know. I know." She smiled turning back around. "Uh. He's getting so big." Vaughn just smiled and reached out and took her hand in his, holding it tightly.
When they arrived home, Sydney took her sleeping son and placed him gently in his crib. She clicked on the monitor and stood, watching her son sleep peacefully. She felt a presence behind her and leaned into it as Vaughn placed his arms around her waist and put his chin on her shoulder. "He's so beautiful when he sleeps." She whispered as she leaned against Vaughn.
"Yeah, he is."
Sydney clicked off the light and walked into their bedroom, closing the door behind her. She pulled Vaughn to her and kissed him.
Vaughn pulled away and smiled. "I don't need the outfit."
She smiled. "Why?"
"Seeing you with my son, remembering that you are the mother of my child, that's enough." He pulled her to hi and brought her down to the bed. "You and only you are the only thing I will ever need."
A/N: Ok, there's chapter 6. I hope you liked it. And I hope I get a really great response to this wicked fluffy chapter. It was fun to write and I hope you all enjoyed it. Let me know by clicking the pretty purple button and REVIEW! Lots of Love! - Secret Agent Girl
P.S. - Jennifer - I love you for that last review . . . Someday that prince WILL come! O man!