Title: One wedding and a near funeral
Author: AnnaSun
Summary: The take down of SD-6 is about to commence and troubles arise for Sydney and Vaughn.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimers note: I don't own Alias but I do this fanfic
Chapter 18: Baby names and baby things.
A loud, piercing scream emitted from Sydney's mouth. Vaughn was immediately woken up and looked over at her white form. Sydney's face was as white as a sheet and her body drenched in sweat. Her hand was clenched around her abdominal area, her face contorted in shear pain. Vaughn flew from his chair as sobs racked her frail form. He enveloped her in his arms and tried to calm her down a little.
"Shhh, Syd, Shhh. Tell me what's wrong? Please talk to me."
Sydney whimpered through the pain, breathing deeply with each sharp pain that hit her.
"It hurts Vaughn, It hurts so much. Take the pain away. Please just take the pain away."
Sydney's eyes bulged out in pain and screamed again just as Dr Meadbowbrooke came in. Vaughn looked at the Doctor, his worry lines creasing.
"She's in lots of pain. She was screaming and she's looks very hot."
The Doctor nodded and told Vaughn to step aside. She got to work checking Sydney's vitals, doing blood samples and also looking at her abdomen.
Finally she spoke "At the moment her temperature is 103 which is very high. I'm afraid that her abdomen area is very ridged and is infected. It looks like you have lost the baby." She put her hand on Vaughn's shoulder for sympathetic support "I'm sorry it had to come to this."
Vaughn shot up in his chair, sweat on his brow. He glanced across at Sydney and did a double take just to be sure. The room was silent, only the ticking of the clock. Sydney was fast asleep and it was only a dream. He signed and tried to get back to sleep but felt Sydney start to stir. Her eyes opened and she smiled happily at Vaughn's face.
"Hey" she said, kissing him on the forehead. She broke away worried.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing" he replied, trying to hide it his problem.
"There's something you're telling me. I know when you are worried because those cute worry lines on your forehead come out to play." she smiled again and kissed his forehead , trying to kiss away his worries .
"Okay I lied. I had a nightmare. You were screaming and in pain and then…and then…you, we lost the baby. It felt so real. I'm so glad it was just a dream. I had to look at you twice to make sure it was you."
Sydney smiled "I'm right here, honey. I'm never going anywhere."
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Dr Meadowbrooke entered the room and smiled kindly at Sydney.
"Hello Sydney. The Nurse told me your blood pressure is back to normal. Let's try and keep it that way. I'm going to have to move you to another ward as I need this room for another patient who was involved in a car accident. I'm also going to start you on some bland solid food today and see how you go. You are making a fast recovery and hopefully after the weeding you will be able to fly home if all goes well. I'm just going to check your abdomen and see how that's healing. It may still feel a little tender as Surgeon Groat had to open a rather large slit to get to the infection. Just tell me to stop if it hurts, okay?"
Sydney nodded and the Doctor pulled Sydney's gown up and placed her hands over Sydney abdomen, palpitating it a little and working her fingers away from the middle and back out to check for any spreading infection. Luckily the Doctor found none. Sydney had her hand in Vaughn's. She screwed up her face a few times but wasn't in as much pain as before.
"Well it looks like it's healing up well. Does it still give discomfort?"
"Sometimes when I move or I don't sit up slowly. It hurts a lot when I'm sick. When I retch it pulls it a lot."
"Right okay. When are you being sick?"
"Mornings and earlier this afternoon I was sick. ."
"I'm going to ask the nurse to give you some anti-nausea medicine to your IV line every morning and afternoon to try and stop you feeling 'morning sickness' so badly. I don't want to really intervene with your pregnancy cycle but I don't want your abdomen to cause you too much pain. Also the antibiotics you are on seem to be working so you'll be on those for a little while longer to help the healing process go a little quicker. Is everything okay?"
"Yes, that's fine. Thank you"
"Good. Are you ready to be moved to ward 47?"
Both Sydney and Vaughn's eyes grew wide at the word 47 but decided it was just a coincidence.
"Sure" Sydney replied, a little nervously
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Sydney was snuggled up in her bed, trying to eat some soup and crackers. She rolled her eyes and sighed.
"When will these watermelon cravings stop!? They are driving me mad. I want to eat one now!" Sydney pouted like a child who wasn't allowed ice-cream.
Vaughn chuckled
"Let's see how well you handle these crackers first."
"Vaughn!" Sydney cried "It's easy for you to say. You don't have to eat them. They are so icky."
Sydney took another bite and spooned more soup into her mouth. It was better than nothing she thought. There was a bought of silence until Vaughn broke it.
"I was thinking. This baby we are going to have, well we'll have to call it something."
Sydney looked at Vaughn.
"That's a good question. What do you suggest? We don't know what sex it is. I want that to be a surprise"
"Me too" Vaughn replied.
"I like the name Jake if it's a boy or Steve"
"Jake sounds nice but not Steve. If it was a girl I'd like Madi, Emma or Alex" Sydney said.
"Alex is a really nice name. When I was little I had a teddy called Alex but it was boy."
Sydney smiled "It was all Sindy's when I was little. It was years until I got the 'Sindy dream house.' I only played with it for a while until I picked up a new hobbie."
Sydney put her food on the bedside table.
"Have you had enough then?" Vaughn asked.
"Yes. It was horrible though. I'm never going to trust Will again telling me that hospital food was good!"
Vaughn laughed.
"What do you like for boys names?" he asked
"Well I like Jake but also Pete and Joseph"
"I like Joseph too."
"Any other names?" Sydney asked
"I can't think of any but Joseph and Alex are firm favourites at the moment."
Sydney caught Vaughn off guard on the lips and they shared a passionate kiss, only breaking away for oxygen.
"I love you Vaughn"
"I love you too Sydney. With all my heart and soul."
To be continued…