Two for Two

A/N: Sorry for the wait everyone. I am not the happiest with this chapter, so be sure to leave me a review and let me know what you thought! Also, thanks to Nicole at SD-1 for the beta!

Two for Two

Chapter 8: A Car Ride

Sydney's POV- Their apartment

"Hey Syd, you just about ready to go? Will and Maggie will be here any minute."

"One second. I just have to finish getting dressed. It takes a while for a girl to get ready you know."

"Oh you know that you would look gorgeous no matter what you wore."

"Vaughn… seriously. Like you just said they will be here any minute."

I feel as if I need to get him to stop because if he continues to talk this way to me, then Will and Maggie will end up walking in on something that I am sure they don't want to see.

I am surprised when I hear no response from him. But then I notice him standing behind me in the door leading into our bedroom.

"So, what do you think?"

It had taken me ages to figure out what to wear. Vaughn and Will both had refused to tell me exactly where we were going to eat, they just said to look nice but not too dressy. They just don't realize how hard it is to be a girl and pick out an outfit that fits that description.

"Syd, you look completely amazing."

He then walks over to me to give me a kiss. As we break apart all I see is love in his eyes and I just don't want to leave the room. As I am about to lean in again, I hear someone knock on the door.

I then heard Vaughn yell coming to them but I still just could not take my eyes off of him. I seriously don't think that he realizes how cute he is.

"Well Syd, as much as I would love to stay up here with you, we had better be going. Otherwise Will might send a search party for us."

"You're right. Let's go to dinner."

And once I say this, he grabs my hand and we walk down the stairs to go answer the door. I just stay with my arms wrapped around him as he opens the door. It just feels so normal that I can't seem to want to let go.

"Syd, hey it is great to see you."

"Will, you look very nice tonight. And who is this here with you?"

"Maggie, I would like you to meet Sydney. And of course you already know Mike."

"Mike, its nice to see you again."

"You too Maggie, Will."

"And Sydney, I am so glad that I finally get to meet you."

"It's great to finally meet you. I am so happy for you and Will, that you have found each other."

We all just stand there beaming at each other. Maggie and Will look so happy together, just as I imagined that they would. She is just a little bit shorter than he is with curly red hair and grayish colored eyes.

"So, do you know where these boys are taking us?"

"Not a clue. All Will has been saying today is that it will be nice. And this is with me threatening him. It must be pretty special since he didn't break."

"Yeah, Mike wouldn't tell me anything either."

"So are you ladies done with me and Will keeping you in suspense yet? Cause I for one am very hungry."

"I'm ready. Are you guys ready?"

"Sure. Mike, how about we just meet you and Syd there? That way we can each leave whenever we want."

"Yeah that sounds good to me."

Now I am even more curious. Where would we be going where we would not all want to leave at the same time?

Vaughn's POV- his car on the way to the surprise

Glancing over at Syd, I can tell that something is wrong with her. I know that she is curious about the surprise, but this is something else. It is like she has been hiding something from me and it is driving me crazy not knowing what it is.

"Syd, are you sure that you are okay? You are acting like you are worried about something?"

"I'm fine Vaughn. Besides now is not the time to talk about it."

I can't believe that she is acting this way. She looks like she is about to start crying any minute now, so I know that it is something major. I see an empty parking lot so I decide to pull over so that we can talk.

"Mike, what are you doing?"

"Syd, I know something is going on. You look like you are about to cry. Just please tell me what is wrong. No matter what, I will always love you."

"Does your mother know?"

"Does she know what?"

"About me? About what my mother did?"

"She knows about you, but not what your mother did."

"She will hate me."

"Syd, she will never hate you. She won't be able to. She knows how much I love you and so she will love you too. Plus you are her chance at having grandkids. Did you know…"

"Does she know about my disappearance?"

"She thinks that you died. What's going on Syd?"

"So she doesn't know about how I was involved in Lauren's death?"

"No. You are really scaring me now Syd. What is going on?"

"I had a dream the other day."

"What happened in your dream?"

"Well…it was our wedding day."

"That's nice. That would always be a good thing to dream about if you ask me."

"Yeah….As I look around, I see everyone that I love is there. They are here because they love and care for Vaughn and me. Will is here with a woman that I imagine to be a very pregnant Maggie. Dixon is here with his two kids. Marshall and Carrie are here along with Annie, their thirteen month old daughter, who they just had to name after Annie Lennox. Even Kendall and Devlin are here even though they have made it very clear that they have never approved of mine and Vaughn's relationship. The next person that I come to is Amelie, Vaughn's mother, my soon to be mother in law. She is probably one of the nicest people that I have ever met in my life; she doesn't even hold me responsible for her husband's death, even though it was my mom that pulled the trigger.

Irina is now in custody. About two months ago we were able to catch up with her and Sark and apprehend them both. That is what made Vaughn decide that the time was right to go ahead and propose to me. Now here we are at our wedding. I only wish that Laura, my mother, could be here. I don't imagine Irina to be my mother, all that woman has done is betray. I picture Laura as being my mother, she is the one that raised me and took care of me until she died in an awful car wreck when I was younger.

At least my dad and me are getting along now. I am standing here right now waiting for him to come join me and walk me down the aisle.

"Sydney, are you ready sweetie?"

"As ready as I ever will be daddy."

Then the church doors open and I see Vaughn standing at the alter. He is so handsome. He looks like he is about to start crying at any moment now.

As I get up front and take my place beside Vaughn, I look around the congregation once again. Only this time I notice that Amelie is holding a gun and pointing it straight at me.

"You little bitch you. You are the reason that Lauren is dead. William is dead. I will not let you deceive and kill my son too."

I hear a shot ring out and the next thing that I know, I have a horrible pain shooting throughout my whole body. And then my world goes black.

"And that's it."

"So you dreamed that my mom shot you?"

"Yeah. And why wouldn't she? She has to hate me."

At this point, Syd is now crying her head off, so of course I lean over and wrap my arms tightly around her.

"She won't hate you Syd. She never even liked Lauren. She knew that I could do better than her. That I had done better. What happened is not your fault."

"Yeah, but it is in my genes. My mother killed your father, her husband. And I killed Lauren, your wife, her daughter-in-law."

"You are not responsible for what your mother did."

"But it's still in my genes. She wouldn't want to have grandkids that have murder in their genes."

"Syd…she is going to love you. And the kids won't have genetic traits like that."

"Yeah, well, even if that is true I killed Lauren."

"Yeah, but not because you wanted to. You didn't even know who she was. You were probably forced to or brainwashed. We will find out what happened to you."

"But still…"

"Syd, I love you. My mom will love you."

"I love you too."

"So then why don't you put a smile on your face so that we can go see your surprise."

I hear her let out a laugh and at that moment I know that everything will end up being all right.

"Can I please have a little clue?"

"Will you let this dream drop then?"

"Vaughn…I hope that I can, but I just don't know."

"How long have you been letting this bother you? When did you have the dream?"

"It was what woke me up yesterday morning when I was in medical services."

"Oh Syd…you have to believe me that everything will be all right."

"I want to."

"You need to meet my mom. Then you will see that everything will be fine."

"And we'll tell her?"

"If you want to. I don't want you to feel like you have to."

"She deserves to know."

"Ok then, together we will tell her."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Now let's get to this surprise!"

"Sounds like a good idea to me."

And with this, I pull back on the road, knowing that eventually, one day, everything will be all right.