** -- denotes a dream

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Chapter Three

**"Can we please get a puppy?" they cooed together, ironically giving their parents their best puppy dog eyes.

"The mess," their parents said at the same time.

"We promise to clean up after it," Brooke suggested.

"And take care of it no matter what it needs," Adam added with a slight smile, reminding Sydney so much of the charm that drew her to Vaughn almost immediately, and she knew Adam would be a heartbreaker when he grew up.

Sydney sighed, feeling herself ready to give in, "Let us talk about it and we'll decide."

Adam and Brooke nodded enthusiastically and Brooke grabbed Adam's hand and started pulling him away, "We'll let you talk now."

Vaughn laughed and turned back towards her, his arms around her waist, "So?"

"I'm not going to be able to say no to them when they pierce me with those precious green eyes," Sydney confessed.

"Me either," he shook his head, "But we never could say no to them, could we?"

"I don't remember a single time," she replied.

"Brooke! Adam!" Vaughn called, and an instant later the two kids skidded to a halt into the kitchen.

"Yes?" they both asked sweetly.

"You can get a puppy," Sydney explained, "But..."

"We're getting a puppy!" Brooke exclaimed happily, "We're getting a puppy!"

"...the minute your father or I have to take care of it, the puppy is getting taken away, understand?"

They both nodded enthusiastically, "We promise!"**

The phone woke her from her happy little dream this time as she reached across the bed and grabbed it off the nightstand.

"Hello?" she asked sleepily.

"What are you doing?" he questioned, then paused, "You weren't sleeping were you?"

"No," she yawned, "I was dreaming."

"Yeah?"

She nodded even though he couldn't see her, "Yeah I was."

"About what?" he asked.

"You, me, the future," she explained.

"Good dream or bad dream?"

"Good dream," she murmured, "Very good dream."

"Tell me about it," he requested.

"I'll give you a hint," she told him, "What's half of you and half of me?"

"Uh...half hot man, half woman?"

"No!"

"Half man, half hot woman?"

"No!"

"Half hot man, half hot woman?"

"No!" she exclaimed again, "Vaughn...seriously."

"I was being serious," he defended, "And that was not a very good clue."

"Yes it was!" Sydney said, "If I were you I would have known what it was already!"

"Hold on a second, your father's coming my way," Vaughn explained.

Jack stopped next to Vaughn's desk and glared down at the young man, "Agent Vaughn don't you have work you should be doing?"

"Yes sir," Vaughn nodded, "I just took a little break."

"Personal calls at work," Jack scoffed, "Who exactly are you talking to Agent Vaughn?"

"My mother," Vaughn lied, "She just called from France."

Thinking it was his mother and not Sydney, Jack walked away, throwing one last glare for good measure over his shoulder as he strolled away.

"Phew! That was close," Vaughn sighed.

"Your mother?" Sydney questioned, "I'm your mother?"

"It was the first thing I could think of," he admitted sheepishly.

"I sure hope I'm not your mother," she chuckled, "Because that wouldn't be right."

"You're DEFINITELY not my mother," he clarified, "Now tell me the dream!"

"Nope," she shook her head, "I gave you your hint, that's all you're getting."

"But I want to know!" he whined.

"You have work to do, you can think about it more while you're working," and she disconnected.

With a content sigh and a sheepish smile, she drifted off to sleep again.

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Only to be woken up two hours later by a knock on the door.

She dragged herself to the door, running a hand self-consciously through her hair as she pulled the door open, only to be met by the same delivery boy as before.

"Sign here please," he requested, and she did, anxious to see what she now had received.

The delivery boy went outside and grabbed the present, having a little problem bringing the gift in,

In the door he came with a giant, snow white teddy bear, taller and wider than Sydney herself.

With a huge smile on her face, she grabbed the card which was clutched in the bear's hand, and read:

I will find out one way or another, I know your weaknesses, and I'm prepared to use them when I get home to find out what your dream was about.

-V.

Dragging the bear behind her into her room, she laid it on Vaughn's side of the bed and cuddled into it until Vaughn could come home and take its place.

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Her phone rang again and she cursed as she rolled over the big teddy bear to grab it.

"Hello?"

"Twins - Adam and Brooke - that's what I want their names to be."

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TBC...

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Sorry if the end seemed sort of freaky, I just had the thought come to me!

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