Chapter 8: A Beautiful Day
Vaughn was the first who woke up the next morning. Sydney was still asleep and she had Vaughn's arm around her waist.
He leaned carefully on one elbow and looked at her. Vaughn smiled and leaned over to place a gentle kiss on her shoulders. Sydney stirred lightly and opened her eyes.
She then turned around and snuggled closer to Vaughn. He gave a kiss on her hair and she placed a kiss on his chest.
"Morning beautiful!" Sydney smiled.
"Morning!" She looked up at him and they kissed. Minutes later they broke apart.
"Did you sleep well?"
"Like a baby! You?"
"I've never slept better in my life than I've slept last night."
"I know. I feel the exact same way!"
"Syd?" Vaughn looked very serious.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have any regrets?"
"What do you mean? About last night?" He just nodded and he was afraid of her reaction to his question.
"Never. Do you regret it?" She was suddenly afraid that maybe he would regret every thing they've done last night.
"Not in a million years! It's just that I thought that maybe you would regret it…because it happened so all of a sudden." She kissed him on his lips.
"Vaughn…everything that happened yesterday and last night was great and I don't regret any of it! I love you with every inch of my body and nothing can ever stop me from that!" He kissed her back.
"Thank you for saying that!"
"You don't have to thank me because it's the truth! I love you Michael!"
"I love you too!" Sydney got out of bed and went towards the bathroom. She turned to Vaughn.
"I'm going to take a shower. Do you want to join me?"
"Absolutely!" He got up too and followed her into the bathroom.
Ten minutes later they were dressed and they headed downstairs to the kitchen.
Vaughn made coffee and helped Sydney preparing pancakes and bagels.
They were laughing and joking and the most important thing of all was that they were both happy.
A little while later Cassie came downstairs and entered the kitchen. She wasn't even surprised to find Vaughn in the kitchen too. The little girl ran over to where Vaughn and Sydney were standing and Vaughn picked her up.
"Hi mommy, hi daddy!"
"Hey sweetie!" Vaughn gave her a kiss and put her back on the floor.
She went over to the table and placed herself in front of a huge pile of pancakes. Sydney smiled to Vaughn when she saw the look on her daughter's face.
Both Sydney and Vaughn went to sit down too and the three of them started having breakfast.
They were finally experiencing the life of a normal family.
A half an hour later they were finished cleaning up and they went to the garden.
Cassie and Vaughn went to play with a ball and Sydney started reading her book. Once in a while she looked up to see how her little girl and Vaughn were doing.
They were having a great time and Sydney was pleased to see that they got on well.
She was suddenly interrupted when she heard the doorbell.
Sydney went into the house and opened the door.
"Hey, Syd!" It was Weiss.
"Hey Eric! Come in!"
"Thanks." Weiss walked inside and gave Syd a kiss on the cheek.
"So…what brings you here?"
"Well, I heard that my buddy Mike was back and I wanted to know how he was doing."
"Then why do you come to my place?"
"Because, miss smart ass, I went to his place but he wasn't there and I thought that maybe he was here!" She smiled.
"You thought right! He's in the garden."
"Thanks." They both walked into the garden and he saw Vaughn and Cassie running through the garden. Cassie soon spotted Weiss and she ran over to him.
"Uncle Eric!" Weiss picked her up and gave her a kiss.
"Hey muffin!" Cassie giggled because she loved it when Weiss called her like that. In the meantime Vaughn too had come over as to where Weiss was standing.
"Hey Eric!"
"Hey Mike! Long time no see!"
"I know. But I'm back now. How are you?"
"I'm great. What about you?"
"I couldn't be better. I'm back home; I have a beautiful daughter and a fantastic girlfriend." He smiled widely.
"So, I guess that you two are back together, right?" He looked at Vaughn and then at Sydney.
They both took each others hand.
"Yup!" Weiss let out a big sigh.
"Finally! Because I'm telling you; you two were made for each other!"
"Thanks Eric!"
"No problem." Suddenly Cassie interrupted their conversation.
"Uncle Eric?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"Will you come and play now?"
"Of course!" They all followed Cassie and they were soon occupied by tickling Cassie, throwing the ball and playing hide and seek.
The four of them had a great time and after an hour or two, Weiss left.
The whole day they Vaughn and Sydney had enjoyed each others company and they didn't want to leave each other by the end of the day.
"Do you really have to leave?"
"Syd…I can't wear the same clothes for three days! I have to go home and get changed!" He hugged her.
"I know! I just don't like it!"
"Look…I promise that I'll be back tomorrow, ok?"
"You better be!" He smiled and they kissed. Vaughn walked to his car and gave Sydney one last kiss.
"I love you!"
"Love you too! Be careful!"
"I will. Bye!"
"Bye!" He got in his car and she went back inside and went to bed.
An hour later she was fast asleep when suddenly the doorbell rang. She went downstairs and opened the door. Sydney was surprised when she saw it was Vaughn.
"Vaughn, what's wrong? Are you ok?" She didn't know what he was doing on her doorstep so late so she just started panicking.
"Syd, I'm fine. Nothing's wrong!"
"Are you sure?" He smiled.
"Yes, I'm sure! Would you please stop worrying?" He went over to her and took her in his arms. Sydney relaxed a bit.
"Ok. But what are you doing here so late?" He looked into her eyes as he said…
"I came home to this empty place and I realized that there was only one place where I wanted to be…and that was with you! So I took some clothes and drove back here as fast as I could." She smiled and leaned over to kiss him.
"You're crazy!"
"And I love you!" They went back inside and the walked hand in hand to the bedroom.
Authors Note: I would like to thank all of you for reviewing…It really made my day!
I hope you all let me know what you think of this chapter…Now; I don't know when I'll be able to post the next chapter.
It probably won't be until next week….Sorry!
Anyway…Enjoy reading!
Lots of love --Ms.MV--
