Sydney walked back and forth through her apartment nervously. She waited for a phone call, a simply phone call, but waiting for Simon to call was killing her with anticipation. She was to see him on Wednesday, along with him, would be her daughter. Wednesday seemed so far away, so distant, and yet it was Monday. Just two days away. 'Only two days, I can make it. So calm down, Syd, calm down.'

A ring echoed through the silent room. She took a deep breath before reaching out and grasping onto her cell phone. She clicked the on button and listened for a second, before greeting her caller. "Hello?" Sydney asked through the phone, erasing all her emotion before doing so.

The caller delayed for 2 minutes and Sydney was on the urge of hanging up. But Sydney was too eager to plan her contact for Wednesday. Another voice, though came onto the phone, one Sydney never expected to hear.

"Joey's pizza."

Sydney instantly became flustered. She had expected Simon to be calling, Simon, not some number calling for a pizza joint. But suddenly, Sydney remembered those words, those being spoken to her many times in the past. And she realized exactly who was on the phone instead.

"Vaughn!" She screamed into the phone. Joy shot through her veins and a smiled cracked onto her face. Then nervousness took over a second after. "Oh my God, Vaughn, I am so sorry, God I am so sorry."

The voice on the other line said nothing. But then the voice seemed saddened, before it hung up. "I think I have the wrong number." A dial tone met her ears before Sydney hung up herself.

Sydney grabbed her jacket and keys before racing out her door. She drove instantly to somewhere she had not been to for such a long time. Her car stopped in front of an old warehouse.

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"Momma, whae?" A small English girl asked the man holding her in his lap.

"Michelle, Momma is coming on Wednesday, alright?" Simon looked down on the little girl, whom he loved more than life itself. He only hoped, what he said to the child was true. He was afraid that Julia would not come. She loved her child, if possible more than himself, but somehow, Simon wondered, if Julia had completely lost herself. And in the process lost everything that once mattered, including, her own daughter.

"O-tay!" Michelle smiled and crawled up Simon's chest and laid a sloppy kiss on his cheek. "May me haf stowy now?"

Simon smiled and lifted the girl up high in the air. "You may little angel." She giggled as he spun her around before taking her into her light pink room. He placed her on the pink lace sheet on top her canopy bed and kneed in front of her. "Do you have a certain book you want me to read?"

Michelle placed her placed her chubby hand under her chin. Simon watched as the young girl mimicked a thinking posture. He smiled as Michelle frowned as she thought. "Nope, tewl me stowy!" Simon nodded his head and Michelle grinned as she stood and jumped on her bed.

Simon scoped her up and placed her on the ground. "Pajamas on first!" Michelle stuck her tongue out at him before stumbling off towards her closet. Simon followed and opened the door. The two walked in and Michelle seceded to wear a pink footie. After a failed attempt of dressing herself she allowed Simon to help her.

"Weady?" She jumped into her overly large bed and got under her cloudy pink blanket. "Wait, whae Co-oh?" Simon handed Michelle her stuffed bear and Michelle nuzzled her head into its soft fur. "Weady!"

"Yep, so what story did you have in mind?" Simon asked the child. While she laid in deep thought, Simon sat next her form.

A smiled appeared on her cherubic face. "Da one of Mamma and her angel."

A/N: Oh well, I didn't update for a long time. I'm sorry. But one little thing was that the last time I did update this story was the last time there was an update of Malli's Phoenix Child (8-15). I'm still sad, because apparently, she died. A lot of people died in the 3 weeks of each other.

Oh well, like it, love it, hate it, loathe it? Please, PLEASE review. Suggestions, criticisms (helpful ones), praise, corrections, etcetera, etcetera.

Laterz

Marry Christmas