~The "smut" chapter. . . but it's not that smutty because I don't want my story to be erased~ I hope you guys it (review~) -Jenn

18.

"I'll meet you there?"

He nodded, smiling at Sydney's face. Nodding his thanks to the waiter, he draped her coat across her shoulders and led her outside.

They separated in the shadows and went to their cars.

Sydney drove in a maze of roads and streets, looking behind her every couple of seconds to make sure she wasn't being followed. She went around a 5-block radius four times before parking in the shadow of a tree a block away from Vaughn's house. She walked across the street and onto his walkway, looking at the door with a smile on her face.

She reached out her hand to the doorknob and took a deep breath. *I am engaged. To Michael Vaughn* She rested her hand on the door but it flew open before she could turn the doorknob and she felt Vaughn's arms pull her in the doorway.

She laughed as he kicked the door closed behind him and kissed her, his hands moving downwards until he reached her hips and pressed her to him. Sydney closed her eyes though the room was dark and brought her own hands to the back of his head, feeling her heart flutter as she felt him plant kisses along her collarbone and in the hollow of her throat.

In the darkness she lightly traced his eyelids, ran a finger down his nose, and tentatively touched his lips. They parted slightly and lightly bit the tip of her finger before kissing it.

"Sydney, we're engaged. We are really engaged." She felt the breath from his mouth on her fingers and shuddered slightly. She kissed his cheek softly and traced lines down his chest until she was fingering the bottom of his shirt.

She felt him tense slightly at her touch but she brought her lips back to his. It was soft at first; the only word that could describe it was beautiful. But intensity quickly won over. Heat flushed her entire body and she felt him everywhere around her. She had never before felt so safe. She sighed as she leaned in the kiss, completely melting against him.

She slipped off his suit and smiled at the satisfying sound it made as it fell onto the floor. She felt his hands reach up to her hair and softly loosen the pins that held it until it fell freely around her shoulders and framed her face softly.

He slipped off a shoulder of her dress and softly kissed her shoulder.

"Oh Michael. . . I love you so much."

She felt his smile on her shoulder and felt like the happiest, luckiest person in the world. "I'm the luckiest person in the world." She whispered into his hair and she leaned into his embrace.

He picked her up then, as easily as if she weighed two pounds. "No you're not. I am." He whispered as he carried her into the bedroom.

She laughed. "We both are." She tugged at his shirt and pulled it over his head, making impatient sounds as it stuck for a second around his head. She heard his muffled laugh from inside the shirt and he finally reached to help her.

She silently gasped, as she always did, at the sight of Vaughn's bare torso. She lightly ran her fingernails along his well-defined muscles and buried her head in the crook where his neck met his shoulders, kissing the side of his neck.

He softly clasped her hands in his and brought them behind his back, pulling her against him and he slightly swayed. She smiled.

They were dancing.

She took back a hand with his in it and looked at it, illuminated by the moonlight. He was so beautiful. She brought his hand to her mouth and kissed his palm before placing it on her cheek.

Vaughn leaned forward and kissed her slightly on the cheek. She sighed, letting her free hand travel in circles on his bare back and felt him whisper words into her ear.

"Sydney, you are driving me crazy."

She smiled then, loving every bit of him more than she ever thought she could love anyone. She looked at him, eyes shining. "I haven't even begun yet, Mr. Vaughn."

He touched her cheek. "Please, call me Michael," he said, a slight laugh in his voice.

She shrugged her shoulder and slipped off the dress, letting it form a puddle at her feet. She heard Vaughn's sharp intake of breath and she guided his hands to her hips.

"Do you have any idea- Do you know how beautiful you are Sydney?" His voice was hoarse, almost a whisper and he leaned towards her again.

"Not half as beautiful as you are. You are the most wonderful- the sweetest- " She couldn't get the words out. "I can't even tell you how much I love you. There- There are no words." She felt the tears start up again and laughed. She loved this man so much she couldn't even control herself anymore. Her fingers danced along the top of his pants, finally finding the buckle and undoing it.

She pushed him down onto the bed and kissed him. "So let me show you."