Three weeks was way too long. Sydney had thought that she could do it, but
had decided about a week and a half in that she was wrong. The thought of
being parted for that long made Sydney walk a little faster. "Passenger
Smith, Passenger Eric Smith, please go to a white courtesy phone." The loud
speaker rang out as Sydney rushed through the airport. She hurriedly weaved
in and out of groups of people as she made her way down to gate 34A. She
was so busy trying to look for the gate she had totally missed him walking
toward her. She stood on her tip toes trying to see ahead of the massive
crowd, but her view was blocked completely.
"Can I help you find something?" She heard someone to her right ask. She nodded, not pausing in her search of the crowd. A second later she thought she recognized that voice and turned to see him standing there, not six feet from her. He just stood smiling at her, a bag over one shoulder and his coat in the other hand. He smiled, and laughed at herself as she quickly stepped toward him, and was wrapped into his embrace.
"Were you going to tell me you were standing there or what?" She said as she looked into his sexy green eyes.
"Well you just looked so cute, I just thought maybe you were looking for someone else." Vaughn smiled, as she kissed him. They embraced again before releasing one another.
"I'm so happy to see you!" Sydney said grabbing hold of Vaughn's hand.
"Me too!" He said as they began walking. "So where's Ryan?"
"I have recently discovered the amazing concept of a sleep over!" Sydney said smiling as they turned the corner and stepped onto a moving walkway.
"Oh really." Vaughn laughed.
"I haven't told him you were coming. He missed you so much, I thought that we could surprise him tomorrow when we pick him up." Sydney said leaning back against the walkway's railing. Vaughn stood across from her and smiled.
"That sounds great!" He said admiring how wonderful she looked. As if she didn't always look absolutely stunning, but after three weeks of being away from her Vaughn couldn't help but stare.
"So I take it Dame and Alex had to stay." Sydney said not able to wipe the silly-school girl grin off of her face.
"Oh, you know what I left them at the gate." Vaughn laughed, joking. "No really, they are staying with my mom, they'll come out next weekend." He said as they stepped off of the walkway.
"Okay." They stepped onto an escalator, and in no time were in Sydney's car on the way to her house. Three weeks previously Vaughn, Damien, and Alex had come to Colorado to visit Sydney and Ryan. And a week before that Sydney and Ryan had visited LA. The last two months had gone by at lightning speed, and Sydney and Vaughn both wished that they could slow down time and just savor their moments together.
It was late December now and in true Colorado form there wasn't a flake of snow on the ground. Even as they began to ascent into the foothills the landscape was still snow-less. Vaughn stared out the window and watched the sun beginning to set over the mountains. Flashes of purple and orange sprang up everywhere, and the mountains were silhouetted in a deep blue, and accented by snow at their peaks. Vaughn had forgotten how much he loved Colorado compared to LA, but also remembered that a certain 5'10", brown haired, gorgeous woman had something to do with it as well.
When they reached Sydney's town home Vaughn grabbed his bag and followed Sydney into the house through the garage door.
"You know it didn't hit me before but, we've got the entire house to ourselves." Vaughn said setting down his bag and following Sydney through the kitchen. She didn't respond but led him into the dining room where she'd already laid out two beautiful place settings. "What smells so good?" Vaughn asked as Sydney lit the candles at the center of the table. She again didn't respond but smiled secretively at him from across the table. He laughed to himself.
"Sit down, I'll be right back." Sydney said as she walked past him into the kitchen.
"Can I help?" He asked following her.
"No, I just have to grab two things and I'll be right there. Oh, but you can pour the wine, it's on the table." She looked up at him as she pulled to plates from the cupboard. "Go, I'll be right there." She said sternly, and then smiled and resumed her work. Vaughn obeyed and poured two wine glasses before he sat down at the table. He had only to wait a minute before Sydney came into the dining room carrying two steaming plates. She set them both down, and Vaughn looked at the feast she had spread before him.
"To make up for Thanksgiving." Sydney smiled as she sat down in the chair adjacent to Vaughn's.
"Oh Syd you didn't have to do this." Vaughn said leaning over the table and planting a gently kiss on her lips. "This is wonderful."
"I'm glad you like it, I'm just sorry we had to miss your mother's thanksgiving dinner. I feel really bad." She said taking a sip from her water.
"Syd she understood, and she forgave you instantly. Me on the other hand, well lets just say I'm on probation." He smiled. "It wasn't your fault that the plane was delayed. I cut it too close with the timing and it got messed up, don't worry at all. Having mom out here for Christmas make up for everything, trust me." He smiled before digging in to his mashed potato's. Sydney smiled back and also began to eat.
After dinner Vaughn built a fire in the living room fireplace and the pair cuddled on the couch. Sydney and Vaughn both stared into the fire, and Vaughn stoked Sydney's hair. He sipped from the wine glass in his other hand, and then offered it to Sydney. "No I'm alright." She said waving the glass away. Vaughn had noticed that she hadn't touched her wine at dinner. "Did you notice it's your favorite." Sydney said turning to look at him.
"Of course I did. Do you not like it?" He said setting the glass carefully down on the ground.
"No," Sydney said hesitating, "I just feel really dehydrated, I think I just need to drink water." She smiled again before resting her head on his chest.
"I talked to your father before I left." Vaughn said softly.
"Oh really what did he say?"
"He wanted to know if he could bring anything with him. I told him just himself." Vaughn replied.
"Good." Sydney smiled shifting slightly to look up at Vaughn again. Vaughn bent his head down and kissed her gently on the lips. Soon the kiss deepened and before long Vaughn was carrying Sydney up the stairs to the bedroom. "I never thought I'd be so happy to have Ryan out of the house." Sydney said breathlessly as Vaughn gently set her down on the bed.
"Oh yeah, why's that." Vaughn said as he ripped off his tie and bent down to kiss Sydney.
"Because of this," Sydney said grabbing Vaughn's shirt, kissing him fiercely, and pulling him down onto the bed.
Later that night Vaughn lay on his side with his head propped up on his elbow, watching Sydney. She was only lightly sleeping and without warning her eyes fluttered open. She looked up at Vaughn. "What?" She said sleepily.
"Nothing." He smiled.
"What is it?" She persisted softly.
"You're just beautiful when you sleep, that's all." Vaughn said as he bent his head down and kissed Sydney. When he pulled back Sydney's expression had changed drastically; She looked worried, and apprehensive. "What's wrong?" Vaughn asked.
Sydney hesitated, and looked up at the ceiling before speaking. "Vaughn..Michael. There's something I have to tell you." She paused and took a deep breath. "Tell me that you love me." She sighed looking at him straight in the eye.
Vaughn looked at her, now worried by her expression. "Sydney, what, of course I love you, what's wrong." Sydney reached up and touched his face. "Just kiss me Vaughn." She said running her fingers through his hair and pulling him toward her. They kissed gently for a few seconds before Vaughn pulled away.
"Sydney what's wrong, you're scaring me." He said as he saw tears forming in her eyes. Sydney just stared at him, and moved her hand down to where his hand was resting on her stomach. She grabbed hold of his hand and moved it down slightly so that it rested on at very lowest part of her stomach. She held it there and then sighed softly. She opened her mouth to speak, but found she had to force the words out.
"I'm pregnant."
"Can I help you find something?" She heard someone to her right ask. She nodded, not pausing in her search of the crowd. A second later she thought she recognized that voice and turned to see him standing there, not six feet from her. He just stood smiling at her, a bag over one shoulder and his coat in the other hand. He smiled, and laughed at herself as she quickly stepped toward him, and was wrapped into his embrace.
"Were you going to tell me you were standing there or what?" She said as she looked into his sexy green eyes.
"Well you just looked so cute, I just thought maybe you were looking for someone else." Vaughn smiled, as she kissed him. They embraced again before releasing one another.
"I'm so happy to see you!" Sydney said grabbing hold of Vaughn's hand.
"Me too!" He said as they began walking. "So where's Ryan?"
"I have recently discovered the amazing concept of a sleep over!" Sydney said smiling as they turned the corner and stepped onto a moving walkway.
"Oh really." Vaughn laughed.
"I haven't told him you were coming. He missed you so much, I thought that we could surprise him tomorrow when we pick him up." Sydney said leaning back against the walkway's railing. Vaughn stood across from her and smiled.
"That sounds great!" He said admiring how wonderful she looked. As if she didn't always look absolutely stunning, but after three weeks of being away from her Vaughn couldn't help but stare.
"So I take it Dame and Alex had to stay." Sydney said not able to wipe the silly-school girl grin off of her face.
"Oh, you know what I left them at the gate." Vaughn laughed, joking. "No really, they are staying with my mom, they'll come out next weekend." He said as they stepped off of the walkway.
"Okay." They stepped onto an escalator, and in no time were in Sydney's car on the way to her house. Three weeks previously Vaughn, Damien, and Alex had come to Colorado to visit Sydney and Ryan. And a week before that Sydney and Ryan had visited LA. The last two months had gone by at lightning speed, and Sydney and Vaughn both wished that they could slow down time and just savor their moments together.
It was late December now and in true Colorado form there wasn't a flake of snow on the ground. Even as they began to ascent into the foothills the landscape was still snow-less. Vaughn stared out the window and watched the sun beginning to set over the mountains. Flashes of purple and orange sprang up everywhere, and the mountains were silhouetted in a deep blue, and accented by snow at their peaks. Vaughn had forgotten how much he loved Colorado compared to LA, but also remembered that a certain 5'10", brown haired, gorgeous woman had something to do with it as well.
When they reached Sydney's town home Vaughn grabbed his bag and followed Sydney into the house through the garage door.
"You know it didn't hit me before but, we've got the entire house to ourselves." Vaughn said setting down his bag and following Sydney through the kitchen. She didn't respond but led him into the dining room where she'd already laid out two beautiful place settings. "What smells so good?" Vaughn asked as Sydney lit the candles at the center of the table. She again didn't respond but smiled secretively at him from across the table. He laughed to himself.
"Sit down, I'll be right back." Sydney said as she walked past him into the kitchen.
"Can I help?" He asked following her.
"No, I just have to grab two things and I'll be right there. Oh, but you can pour the wine, it's on the table." She looked up at him as she pulled to plates from the cupboard. "Go, I'll be right there." She said sternly, and then smiled and resumed her work. Vaughn obeyed and poured two wine glasses before he sat down at the table. He had only to wait a minute before Sydney came into the dining room carrying two steaming plates. She set them both down, and Vaughn looked at the feast she had spread before him.
"To make up for Thanksgiving." Sydney smiled as she sat down in the chair adjacent to Vaughn's.
"Oh Syd you didn't have to do this." Vaughn said leaning over the table and planting a gently kiss on her lips. "This is wonderful."
"I'm glad you like it, I'm just sorry we had to miss your mother's thanksgiving dinner. I feel really bad." She said taking a sip from her water.
"Syd she understood, and she forgave you instantly. Me on the other hand, well lets just say I'm on probation." He smiled. "It wasn't your fault that the plane was delayed. I cut it too close with the timing and it got messed up, don't worry at all. Having mom out here for Christmas make up for everything, trust me." He smiled before digging in to his mashed potato's. Sydney smiled back and also began to eat.
After dinner Vaughn built a fire in the living room fireplace and the pair cuddled on the couch. Sydney and Vaughn both stared into the fire, and Vaughn stoked Sydney's hair. He sipped from the wine glass in his other hand, and then offered it to Sydney. "No I'm alright." She said waving the glass away. Vaughn had noticed that she hadn't touched her wine at dinner. "Did you notice it's your favorite." Sydney said turning to look at him.
"Of course I did. Do you not like it?" He said setting the glass carefully down on the ground.
"No," Sydney said hesitating, "I just feel really dehydrated, I think I just need to drink water." She smiled again before resting her head on his chest.
"I talked to your father before I left." Vaughn said softly.
"Oh really what did he say?"
"He wanted to know if he could bring anything with him. I told him just himself." Vaughn replied.
"Good." Sydney smiled shifting slightly to look up at Vaughn again. Vaughn bent his head down and kissed her gently on the lips. Soon the kiss deepened and before long Vaughn was carrying Sydney up the stairs to the bedroom. "I never thought I'd be so happy to have Ryan out of the house." Sydney said breathlessly as Vaughn gently set her down on the bed.
"Oh yeah, why's that." Vaughn said as he ripped off his tie and bent down to kiss Sydney.
"Because of this," Sydney said grabbing Vaughn's shirt, kissing him fiercely, and pulling him down onto the bed.
Later that night Vaughn lay on his side with his head propped up on his elbow, watching Sydney. She was only lightly sleeping and without warning her eyes fluttered open. She looked up at Vaughn. "What?" She said sleepily.
"Nothing." He smiled.
"What is it?" She persisted softly.
"You're just beautiful when you sleep, that's all." Vaughn said as he bent his head down and kissed Sydney. When he pulled back Sydney's expression had changed drastically; She looked worried, and apprehensive. "What's wrong?" Vaughn asked.
Sydney hesitated, and looked up at the ceiling before speaking. "Vaughn..Michael. There's something I have to tell you." She paused and took a deep breath. "Tell me that you love me." She sighed looking at him straight in the eye.
Vaughn looked at her, now worried by her expression. "Sydney, what, of course I love you, what's wrong." Sydney reached up and touched his face. "Just kiss me Vaughn." She said running her fingers through his hair and pulling him toward her. They kissed gently for a few seconds before Vaughn pulled away.
"Sydney what's wrong, you're scaring me." He said as he saw tears forming in her eyes. Sydney just stared at him, and moved her hand down to where his hand was resting on her stomach. She grabbed hold of his hand and moved it down slightly so that it rested on at very lowest part of her stomach. She held it there and then sighed softly. She opened her mouth to speak, but found she had to force the words out.
"I'm pregnant."