Author's Note: Here it is, folks!
He was so beautiful.
Sydney lay peacefully on their bed, watching as he slept. The sun had appeared a few hours before, but he still was dead to the world.
You talk in your sleep.
Really? What did I say?
Don't frost the pie. It sounded really important.
She can't help but think of all they had gone through to get to today, and all the times in the past few years that today seemed impossible.
Even normal couples don't always see their fifth wedding anniversary.
Stretching lazily she pulls away, grinning widely to herself when he sleepily mumbles her name before falling silent once more. Maybe she'll surprise him with breakfast in bed.
But he sleeps in so rarely that she doesn't want to disturb him and so she dresses quietly, tiptoeing to the door. The room is so peaceful that a sudden shout from the hallway jolts both her and Vaughn to full attention.
"MOMMY! Are you awake yet? I wanna play outside!"
Vaughn hardly manages to hide his smirk. "She's your daughter, Syd."
From somewhere down the hall, the other person suddenly awakened let loose with an ear-splitting wail, demanding to be released from his crib.
"Since Francie is my daughter, Dan is your son," she laughs. "And Francie isn't in diapers!"
He groans, sounding eerily like their four-year-old daughter pre-temper tantrum, but reluctantly heaves himself up. And then it's her turn to smirk, reaching over to lightly smack her husband's backside as he searches for pants. Or perhaps boxers.
"DADDY!"
They look at each before Vaughn laughs too, caught up in the sheer ridiculousness of it all. The sheer normalcy of it all.
"Happy Five Years, Mrs. Vaughn," he says dryly, stumbling over to kiss her.
She looks up at him, every inch as stunning as she had been on their beautiful October 1st meeting and wedding days. "Happy Five Years to you, Mr. Vaughn."
And that's all! While I go cry, please review!
Let me just say how amazing this has been. My first long fanfiction not involving real people⦠and all of you made this attempt so much fun! I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing! All of you that took time out of your day to leave me your thoughts... you made my year. Seriously.
The beginning of my first followup, called On the Brink, has been posted as well. Please feel free to check that out!
Until then, this is Jinnie signing off.
