Title: The Simple Life

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or its characters.

Summary: AU. No CIA or SD-6. Syd and Vaughn are married. S/V.

Authors Notes: Once again thanks to everyone who has reviewed this. I appreciate it. Your reviews help provide more inspiration for me to keep writing. I wrote this over the weekend when it was SO hot and after I came back from the beach I was too hot to do anything but write. So here goes Chapter seven……. (Wow I can't believe I'm already up to chapter seven). Please Review.

Chapter 7:

Time was passing by slowly for Sydney and Michael. It had been a little over five weeks since they had first felt the baby move. Since then they had been for another ultrasound and they had more pictures of their unborn child to clutter their desks at work and stuck up on the fridge at home. Christmas had come and gone, as had the New Year.

They only had a small Christmas with their parents, Angela and Eric coming over for Christmas dinner. Michael insisted that he cook, so Sydney could rest and she reluctantly agreed. She had woken up on Christmas morning and instead of her husband sleeping next to her she found a bunch of flowers and moments later Michael came down the hall carrying a tray of food and the two of them shared breakfast in bed. Michael bought her a broken heart necklace that said 'True Love' on it and Sydney brought him a new watch that he had been looking at for ages. Sydney spent most of Christmas Day sitting on the couch watching movies (at Michaels' instruction) while he cooked dinner. Angela and Eric were the first to arrive and Angela sat down with Syd, who by that stage was extremely bored of watching movies, and Eric went into help Michael. Sydney's parents were the next to arrive. They had been overseas since July and hadn't spoken to Syd since August. Sydney got up to answer the door and Jack and Laura were surprised to see her baby bump, which had grown more in the past few weeks, they simultaneously hugged their daughter and after they came into the apartment Laura went to congratulate Michael with Jack close behind. Once again the women retreated to the couch while the men stayed in the kitchen. A little over half an hour later Michael's parents arrived. Once again Sydney answered the door. Bridgette and William were surprised that Sydney was 'expecting' as Michael hadn't mentioned it (Him and Syd had agreed to tell their parents at Christmas). She led them into the apartment and shortly after they arrived Michael served dinner. After dinner was cleared they all retreated to the living area and Sydney sat on Michaels lap as they talked til the small hours of the morning.

On New Year's Eve they went out for dinner at their favourite restaurant before returning home to watch the fireworks and other celebrations on TV. Michael had wanted to go to the beach and watch the fireworks but Sydney said she was tired and he immediately agreed to return home. Sometimes Sydney and Angela laughed about how protective Michael was of her now. She was flattered by all the extra attention she received from her husband and how he took care of practically everything in the house, just because he wanted her to rest. Shortly after New Years they celebrated their first wedding anniversary. They went out to dinner that night and Michael announced that he had booked them into a resort in Miami for the week and that they were leaving the next day. Sydney nearly fell out of her chair. She couldn't believe it. They went to Miami and they had a wonderful time, walking up the beaches and relaxing by one of the resorts many pools. When they came back Angela began to drop subtle hints to Eric about their upcoming anniversary. Eric pretended to ignore her hints but he was secretly planning a holiday for them, with Michael's help of course.

About two weeks after they returned from Miami Sydney was teaching a class when she suddenly felt lightheaded. She ignored it and continued to teach. In the middle of a sentence she suddenly collapsed. One of her students ran to call an Ambulance and Sydney was rushed to hospital. Angela heard the commotion and when she found out what had happened she called Michael who was at the hospital minutes after Sydney arrived. She was admitted and taken to one of the wards after the Doctors ran some tests. When she arrived at the ward she was still unconscious, Michael sat down beside her and began speaking to her softly. He kept telling her that she needed to wake up, not just for him but also for their inborn child. He was sitting there holding her hand, listening to the steady beep of her heart monitor when she slowly began to wake up. It was at that moment that her Doctor arrived. He gave Sydney a couple of minutes to fully wake up before he told her the test results. She had contracted a slight case of food poisoning and they wanted her to stay in hospital overnight for observation and to take a few days off work. They also wanted to preform an ultrasound to make sure the baby was unharmed. An hour later they were nervously waiting for the nurse to come and preform the ultrasound. Sydney was worried she had a million thoughts running through her head mostly they were about whether her baby was ok. Michael too was worried about Sydney and the baby's health. The nurse came in half an hour later. She preformed the ultrasound and declared that the baby was unharmed. They both let out a sigh of relief and Sydney managed to convince Michael to go home for the night. As he left he promised that he would be back the next day. It was getting late by the time he arrived back at their apartment. As soon as he walked in the door the phone rang. He picked it up "Hello."

"Hey Michael, its Angela."
"Hey Angela, how are you?" he asked.

"I'm fine, look I was wondering how Syd is?"

"She got food poisoning, they're keeping her in overnight and then she has to have few days off work but she'll be fine."

"That's good. What about the baby?"
"The baby's fine, they did another ultrasound and it was normal."

"That is great."

"Sorry Angela, I've gotta go I've had a hell of a day and I'm really tired."
"Yeah sure, tell Syd I might come and see her in a day or so."

"Sure, bye."
"Bye."

After his conversation with Angela was finished he went to bed but he got little sleep, he was still worried about Syd.

 The next day he went into pick up Sydney and he found that she was still asleep and that she had an IV attached to her arm. He was concerned about this and went to find the Doctor. He told him that it was just to keep her hydrated and that she would still be going home today. Michael breathed a sigh of relief and before returning to her room he called work and told them that he was having a couple of days off and then he called the school and told them Sydney was having a few days off as well. By the time he arrived back at her room she was waking up. He walked over to her and leaned over to kiss her gently on the lips. He sat down and they began to talk when the Doctor came in and released her. Michael took her straight home and sat her on the couch with the TV remote and a large stack of DVDs he had rented. He was heading to the table to do some work when Syd asked for a drink, he immediately obliged and when he brought her the drink she motioned for him to sit on the couch with him. He sat down and she leaned against his strong body. He wrapped his arms around her and they stay like that all day watching movie after movie after movie. They pretty much spent the next couple of days like that. Angela and Eric had both been round to visit and see how Syd was. Four days after she released from hospital they both returned to work. Sydney was no longer sick and they were sure they had seen almost every movie in the video shop by now. Since Sydney had been sick Michael had been extra protective of her. He insisted that she spend her time resting cos he was afraid that something might happen to her, the food poisoning incident had also scared Sydney to a degree, she started to watch what she ate because she was afraid that if it happened again they might not be so lucky.

A/N: What did you think??? Was it good or bad??? These chapters keep getting longer. Hee Hee, I'm gonna try and write another one on Secrets and Lies so I can post these together. Anyways please review. LOL Alyce.