PART 9

Today the weather forecast had foreseen one of the hottest days of the year. The boys were all dressed up in shorts and t-shirts. To be on the safe way, Sydney had also added sun block, different kind of hats and caps in case the kids would play outside.

The big bag was filled with all that stuff as well as towels, bathing suits and different shapes like toys for the pool. There was for instance a very big whale, Vaughn had just bought recently. The kids were excited about using the new toy, each wanting to use it first.

The Weiss were famous for the large pool they had in the backyard. They very often gathered around there to enjoy their time as friends and so the kids could keep themselves busy. With this pool, Eric had made a dream come true that he always had as a child. Besides his adorable daughters loved to plunge in it and Amanda even turned out into a good diving person.

"Do we have everything?" Vaughn asked his wife, when she settled the last bag into the car.

"Water?" "Check" they quickly went through the different objects that were listed on a notepad. They had agreed that every time one of their kids had birthday, everyone would participate.

"Salad?" "Check" Vaughn scanned everything. Quickly they had finished and Vaughn grabbed Sydney's arm, giving her a worried look.

"Wait! I think we forgot something" he said.

"What?" she gave him an incredulous look.

"The boys!"

All the while they sat silently in the front of the car, the heat was killing them since the air condition wasn't on yet. The silence was almost too much for Vaughn. That's something they weren't quite used to.

"We're here dad!" "Were here mum!" They shouted and waved to the back.

"Oh there they are" Vaughn let out a long relieving sound.

"Michael! You're mean, you almost scared me there"

"Almost Mrs. Vaughn. And that baby of ours? Is it going to come too?" he had crouched down and spoke to Sydney's belly, rubbing it lightly. And as if on cue, he wasn't quite sure but apparently it had answered him with a little kick again.

"Hmmm yeah I think so" he lifted his eyes to Sydney's to meet her shining brown eyes with love. She loved to see him talk to her belly. The connection between father and baby was very important to him since he wasn't able to feel it grow inside him. Every syllab, every word, every sentence and every story he told him or her, made the connection grow.

"I think" he continued thinking over his words first "I think, the baby would like to have a swim in that pool. Do you think you can manage?"

"Well that all depends on you Mr. Vaughn, you know that?" Sydney replied with a mischievous smile, digging her fingers into his soft dirty brown hair that slowly started to catch a few strands of gray. But she thought he looked even sexier with each day passing.

"If I get a nice long back massage tonight, then I think we'll have a deal, so what do you say?"

"Deal!" they shook hands and stared at each other for a little while as Vaughn closed the back of the car. He leaned over to Sydney's to make sure the children couldn't hear him.

"Which one did you take? The green one?" he gave her a hopeful look but she shook her head.

"Nope the blue one." He felt disappointed but on second thought he shrugged his shoulder

"Whatever you look beautiful and sexy in anything Mrs. Vaughn" he guided his hands to her hips and pulled her closer to him. Their eyes never left each other until their lips touched and they shared a long sealing kiss.

"Mum! Dad!" Alex shouted from the car interrupting them "We're melting in here, and not only that, we're running late because of your kissing".

"Tell me again Syd" he rested his forehead on hers "Why did we have to have so many kids? Wasn't four enough? And now another one? I think the people are right, we're crazy!"

"No Michael, we're not crazy, we love kids, we're in love with each other and we love to make babies" She winked at him and started walking to the opposite side of the driver's seat, leaving him abashed behind.

"Syd you're gonna pay for this tonight!" he shouted at her.

"Oh really?" when he sat next to her in the car, starting it as well as the conditioning, he turned once again to look at her but her kinky smile was too much for him. Oh yes, he thought, she's going to pay big time for that tonight.