Sydney looked out of the window and smiled. "The beach?" Vaughn nodded as he got out of the car, walked around to her side, and opened the door for her. He took hold of her hand and helped her up, immediately pulling her into his embrace.
"Yep, the place where it all started, one year ago." He smiled as he kissed the top of her head, hugging her closer to him. Sydney felt her eyes fill up as she looked out towards the ocean. Just when she thought she couldn't possibly love him anymore, he would go and do something like this, making her fall even more in love with him.
"Let's go for a walk." She whispered, slipping her hand in his and leading him towards the sand.
They walked along the beach hand in hand; both of them lost in their own thoughts. Vaughn was thinking back to the wedding, and although the beaches in LA differed a lot to the beach in Hawaii, he could still picture the whole ceremony as he looked down the beach. Sydney smiled, as she watched two little girls building castles in the sand, while their parents watched happily over them. She tightened her grip on his hand, her other hand coming up to hold his arm, as she snuggled closer into him. She always dreamed of having a family with Michael, and she knew that one day soon they would have one.
Vaughn stopped walking and sat down in the sand, tugging slightly on her arm for her to join him. She sat down in-between his legs, his arms wrapped securely around her. She closed her eyes as she leaned back into this chest, the sound of the waves hitting the shore filling her ears.
Flashback
Sydney smiled as she leaned back on Vaughn, his arms resting lightly infront of her. "Michael, I really don't think that I should be sitting on the sand in a wedding dress!" She informed him, looking down at her dress, which she knew would be covered in sand by the time she stood up. Michael laughed, his arms tightening around her as he placed light kisses down her neck.
"That's what we have dry cleaners for!" He replied between kisses. He knew that she was right, but at that moment he was too happy to care. All he could think about was that Sydney was now his wife. They were finally married.
"Ok, that's so not the point…" She trailed off, as the feeling of his lips on her skin made it difficult for her to remember what she was going to say. After a couple of seconds she shook herself out of the trance he had her under, and turned to face him. "My point being that I don't even know how much this dress cost, but I can probably tell you that it was far too expensive to be getting covered in sand." He smiled, lowering his lips to hers.
"You're right!" He stood up, holding out his hand to help her up. He pulled her up, his smile still on his face.
"What are we doing?" She asked. She knew that they probably weren't going back to the hotel, where they had left everyone partying. A little while after the party had started, the pair of them managed to slip away unnoticed, deciding that they wanted to be left alone for a while. They both weren't ready to go back yet.
"Dance with me." He whispered, loud enough for only her to hear, although the beach was almost deserted.
"What?" She wasn't quite sure if he was serious or not.
He took her in his arms, one hand resting on her lower back, the other holding one of her hands. "It's custom for the bride and groom to dance together on their wedding night." She laughed and slowly shook her head.
"Yeah, when there's music, and a crowd of people watching as they go 'Aww'" She found herself slowly moving sideways with him, although she seemed to be protesting.
He held her closer, his head resting lightly against hers. "We don't need music…we can listen to the sea!" His voice was hushed, as he brought his mouth closer to her ear. "And who needs people? All that matters is that it's you and me." He was now whispering, as he placed sweet chaste kisses on her ear, his lips lingering there for a few seconds afterwards.
Sydney smiled at his words, and nuzzled her head into the crook of his neck. And there they stood, dancing together, the moon and stars shinning down on them while the sea provided all the music that they needed.
End Flashback
After sitting on the beach for half an hour, Sydney stood up, pulling Vaughn up with her. "So, what are we doing next?" She asked, wrapping her arm around his waist.
"Well that's up to you!" He told her, softly kissing the side of her head. She looked up at him, waiting for him to explain. "You see, I picked the beach, so now you get to choose the next thing that we do!" Sydney smiled, as she thought about what they could do next.
"Ok." She took his car keys off him, and got in to the driver's side of the car.