Chapter 2

Sydney opened her eyes and stretched, taking in her surroundings. When she remembered where she was she went in search of Michael. She found him ordering Chinese over the phone. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and squeezed his hand. The she jumped up and sat on the bench, patiently waiting until he was done ordering.

"Have a nice sleep?" he asked playfully once he hung up the phone.

"Well at the beginning it was absolutely fabulous but then it wasn't anywhere near as good," Sydney stated matter-of-factly.

"Really?" Michael asked, raising his eyebrows, "and why is that?"

"Well.." Sydney replied, "At first you were with me and then you left."

Sydney put on her puppy dog face and tried to look disappointed while Mike laughed.

"I'm sorry, do you forgive me?" he asked, putting on the same puppy dog face.

"Hmmm, yeh, I think so," she replied.

"Good," he said and kissed her softly on the lips. He pulled away and said, "Well we better go clean up the table in the lounge if you wanna eat on something," Michael stated.

"Awwww, but I don't wanna move," complained Sydney jokingly.

" Here, I'll help you out," he offered as he put his arms under her thighs and she locked her legs around his waist, giggling into his shoulder.

By the time they had finished clearing the table their dinner arrived. They sat down on the couch, him facing forward with her legs on his lap as they talked and watched TV. They both decided that Sydney would stay the night because it was already 9:00 and because, well, they didn't want to be apart when they didn't have to be.

About 15 minutes later all the leftovers were in the fridge and the rubbish in the bin. Then seeing as there was nothing on TV, they went to the video store. When they got home they decided to watch Miss Congeniality, after much begging from Sydney. Michael began to like the story when all the girls started modelling bathers.

"Ohhh, hello," Michael said to the TV screen, or more precisely the girl in the movie wearing a bikini.

"Hey!" said Syd, playfully slapping him on the shoulder. They both laughed.

"Just kidding baby, you look better in a bikini then any of those girls do anyway," Mike stated with a devilish smile as he placed a soft kiss at her neck.

Sydney giggled, "If you say so," came her reply.

Once the movie finished they were both pretty tired so they headed off to bed. Michael got into bed wearing boxer shorts and Sydney slipped in wearing a tank top and boxers. Sydney cuddled up to Mike and made herself comfortable with her head resting on his chest and their arms wrapped around each other.

"Love you," she said to him.

"I Love you too babe," he replied.