Thanks for all the rewviews again!! Ok, how good was last night's episode? So good. Wow, Vaughn's speech had me in a puddle. Enjoy the next chap.
Chapter 8.
Syd's POVI stayed in bed late the next morning just staring at my ceiling. I wasn't sleepy, but I just lay there thinking about what happened the night before. Everything was absolutely perfect. Vaughn and I finally kissed and it was amazing. I've kissed and been kissed before, but it was nowhere close to being compared to kissing Vaughn. He was really that good. I really did see fireworks in the sky like everyone said I would. That never happened to me when I was with Danny.
When I finally got out of bed Francie was in the kitchen making breakfast. She was so excited for Vaughn and I last night that she started clapping and telling us how happy she was.
"Hey Syd, do you want some breakfast?" Francie looked up at me as I walked over to the fridge to grab some orange juice.
"Actually, I'm not that hungry, but thanks."
"If you say so." She answered and continued to stir her scrambled eggs. The smell of the bacon laying on the counter filled up the whole apartment.
"So where did you disappear to last night at the party? We hardly saw you until the end."
"I was hanging out with Will. He's so nice Syd. He was telling me how he wants to be a writer and talked about his family. His sister sounds hilarious."
"Yeah? So is this going to turn into a thing?" It was nice to see that not only was I happy, Francie was as well.
"I dunno. I hope so."
Vaughn dropped by later that afternoon and brought me coffee ice cream, my favorite. We sat on the couch and started to watch TV. 5 minutes later he and I were making out. He had me lying on my back, pressed against the couch when Francie caught us. She told us to get a room and then started to laugh.
The next couple of days were just like the ones before. Vaughn and I were practically inseparable. If we weren't at my place, we were at his. We'd skip studying to hang out with each other. While this wasn't good for my schoolwork and grades, I felt the need to always be with him.
We shouldn't have even showed up for Chemistry on Tuesday morning. During the lecture Vaughn grabbed my hand under the lab table started drawing endless patterns on the palm of my hand. I had to stifle my laugh as his fingers continued to tickle me.
"Vaughn, stop. I'm trying to pay attention." I whispered.
"No you aren't." He answered as he gave me a smirk.
"Yes I am and you're making it difficult."
"Well, I can't concentrate on the lecture so I'm concentrating on you," I giggled quietly. "We don't have to be here, you know. We could just walk out."
"Yeah? And where would we go?"
"Back to my place." He winked at me as I found it even harder to control my laughter.
"Hey! You two right there! Will you stop already? Francie and I feel like we're watching the Young and the Restless back here." Both Vaughn and I glanced back to see Weiss and Francie sitting there with slightly serious looks on their faces.
"Sorry!" We whispered.
That night I had to spend it away from Vaughn. I haven't gotten any reading done and had 100 pages to catch up on in my 'A World of Ideas' book. And while the thought of spending time away from him was difficult, I had work to do.
Ever since Saturday night, spending these last few days with Vaughn were some of the best in my life. Even though we transitioned from being friends into being more than friends, nothing has really changed. He's still my best friend and we act completely the same. Well, except for the whole making out, kissing, and holding hands thing, everything is the same.
It's so easy to be with him because he understands me, knows me, and knows what I've been through in my life. I don't have to act different around him. There's no secrets in between us because we've known each other for a long time. Just the fact that our newfound relationship is built on years and years of friendship makes it that much better.
Vaughn's POV
It's pretty lonely not having Syd around tonight. We've fallen into the pattern of spending every single minute of our time with each other. Not that I'm complaining or anything because I'm definitely not. If I had it my way I'd want to be with her all the time. Being with her makes me so incredibly happy.
Now that I can hold her and kiss her, it's so much better than I have ever imagined. I've always been given the impression that guys always want space from their girlfriends, but not me. Even when we were just friends I always wanted to spend time with her.
Her smile lights up the room and her big cute dimples show on the sides of her face. Every time she smiles she makes me smile. It's contagious. The best part of her though is her sweetness. Syd is so sincere and nice to everyone and she makes me want to be a better person. She seems to have that effect on people.
"Where's your girlfriend tonight?" Weiss said as he walked into my room and grabbed the small plastic basketball off of the floor. He shot at the little hoop right above my door.
"She's at home studying. We both decided it was best if we took some time to ourselves tonight and get some studying in."
"That's good. You guys have been with each other 24/7 these last couple of days." Weiss threw me the basketball as I took a shot while sitting in my desk chair.
"I know. But, it's so much fun being with her."
"Yeah, you're lucky Mike. You got a good one. I don't even have a girlfriend to spend all my time with." Poor Weiss, he is always on the look out for a girl.
"Don't worry about it dude, you'll find a girl one day."
"I sure hope so. It's not as easy for me as it is for you. I don't have your boyish looks, buddy." I rolled my eyes.
"Screw this man, I can't concentrate on studying. You wanna go play Madden?" If I'm not going to study, I might as well spend my time getting better at videogames.
"Alright let's go so I can kick your butt."
On Wednesday night Syd and I were at my place watching a movie. We had the apartment to ourselves since Weiss was with Francie again. Apparently Francie hasn't motivated him enough to show up for Philosophy and still has to tutor him.
We were on my couch. I was in a sitting position while Syd was lying down with her head in my lap. A blanket was draped over her body but her feet were peeking out at the end. One of my hands was holding hers while my other was running my fingers through her long silky hair. Since Weiss and I didn't have any chick flicks on DVD's, we decided to watch The Godfather. It's one of my all time favorite movies. Syd's only seen parts of it but she seems to really be in to it.
I took the opportunity to talk to her during the part where Michael Corleone is in Italy since that part is kinda slow.
"Hey Syd. I was thinking. I know we're supposed to fly back home on Saturday, but I wanted to ask you. Do you want to drive back instead?" She lifted her head off my lap and sat straight up. Then turned around and faced me.
"Really? What about our plane tickets?"
"They're refundable unless we cancel within 24 hours. I think it'd be fun. Maybe we could stop in Santa Barbara on the way home." Suddenly her eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Seriously Vaughn? You want to do that?" I grabbed her hands that were clasped in her lap and ran my finger over her knuckles.
"Of course I do. I know your last class is Friday morning. We can leave after then instead of leaving on Saturday."
"Yeah that sounds great." She said and gave me a quick kiss on the lips.
"Yeah? Good. I'm glad you're happy."
"I'll always be happy when I'm with you Vaughn."
I smiled and then pulled her in for another kiss. This time it wasn't quick. She wrapped her arms around my neck as my hands immediately went around her back. Our kiss soon turned more passionate as she opened her mouth so my tongue could enter. As our tongues battled inside our mouths I slowly lowered my body, bringing Syd to lie on top of me.
When I pulled away after my lungs were burning for oxygen Syd wasted no time. She started to kiss my jaw and then nibble around my neck. Her hands found their way under my t-shirt and my breath hitched when I felt her fingers running over my stomach. Feeling her fingers on my bare skin caused me to close my eyes in pure bliss.
All of my thoughts were soon becoming irrational and everything began to get blurry. Just as my hands got under her top, my phone rang. After two rings neither of us could ignore it anymore and Syd took her lips off of my neck. I groaned as I reached for my cell phone and grabbed it off of the coffee table. With Syd still lying on top of me and her hands under my shirt, I took a glance at my caller ID and picked up. It was my mom. Leave it to my mom to call me when things were just getting interesting between Syd and I.
"Hey Mom." I said as Syd put her chin down on my chest and smiled.
"Hi Michael. I was just calling you to see how you were doing. I was making your favorite this evening, fettuccini al fredo, and I started to wonder how my son was doing."
"I'm doing good. I'm just finishing out this week and eager to come home. Syd is over here. We're watching a movie." Syd took that moment to start drawing patterns on my stomach with her fingers tips making me gasp. It didn't go unnoticed by my mom.
"Are you ok? Why did you gasp?"
"Oh, I'm fine. I just uhhh, hit my foot on the coffee table." I was never good at lying.
Sydney had to put her face into my chest to keep my mom from hearing her laugh in the background. I know my mom would be thrilled to find out we finally got together. But, it was something I wanted to tell her in person and would have to wait for this weekend.
"I see. How is my dear Sydney by the way? Tell her I said hello." I told Syd my mom said hi as she told me to say hi back to her.
"Syd says hi and she's doing well. We're actually not flying back on Saturday. We decided to drive back and refund our plane tickets."
"Oh lovely. Any particular reason you guys are driving back?" I knew that tone of voice in my mom and I knew that she knew something was going on. But I decided not to cave in.
"No. It was a last minute decision. Besides, it will save us some money."
"I can't wait to see you guys. Donovan is still sleeping on your bed. Even after I bought him a new pillow and put it at on the floor of my bed, he still won't come sleep in my room."
Oh my poor pup. How I missed Donny so much. I wish I could bring him up to San Francisco but I wouldn't have enough time for him. I'm always in and out of the apartment and going to classes. It would be hard for me to take care of him. Besides, he's much better off at home running around in the back yard and keeping my mom company.
"Aww, I miss Donovan. I'm excited to come home too. It'll be nice to spend a week at home and just relax with you."
"I know Michael. I'm looking forward to it too. I will make dinner for you and Sydney Sunday night. Tell her to come over, ok?" I didn't have to tell her. She heard my mom's voice through my cell phone and smiled up at me.
"Ok mom, I will."
"I will let you two kids go now. Take care. I will see you this weekend."
"Bye mom. Love you."
"Love you too, Michael."
Syd's POV
Hearing Vaughn tell his mother that he loved her was so cute. How many guys tell their moms they love them on the phone? Not too many. It was one of the things that made Vaughn who he was. He's always so caring and put his mom before anyone.
It was a good thing she called. I was getting a little carried away with Vaughn. And it's not like I wanted to stop or anything because I didn't. I was pretty close to not stopping after I slipped my hands under his t-shirt and started to feel his well-defined abs. I was reaching the point of no return after I started kissing his jaw and tasting his neck. Oh, what that boy does to me.
After Vaughn hung up with his mom I took my hands out from under his shirt and continued to lie on him with my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me as we held each other for a few minutes. None of us wanted to say anything in fear that it would ruin the moment.
If someone told me a month ago that this is where I would be, lying in Vaughn's arms while he rubs soothing circles on my back, I would've told them they were crazy. But this is exactly where I want to be.
The sounds from the movie are what brought us out of our daze. I looked to the TV to see Sonny getting out of his car and getting shot 40 times in the chest while blood is spilling everywhere. There was nothing more romantic than The Godfather.
I grabbed Vaughn's cell phone to look at the time. 11:00. I groaned as I read it. It was getting late and I had class the next day. As much as I wanted to just lie here forever, I needed to get going.
"Vaughn, I need to go." I said as I started to get up. But Vaughn pulled me back down to him.
"No, Syd. Stay with me."
"You know I want to…" Before I could finish my sentence, he interrupted.
"Good. It's settled then, you're staying with me tonight." I laughed. Sometimes Vaughn was too irresistible to say no to.
"As much as I want to, you know I can't. We both have class tomorrow."
"We could just skip it and do more of what we were doing before my mom called." Vaughn kissed me on the lips and made his way to the spot behind my ear. He found my sweet spot as a small moan escaped from my mouth. He started to trail wet kisses around my collar bone and on my throat.
"Vaughn… stop. If you keep doing that, I'm not going to leave." I said as I giggled.
"My plan is working then." I pulled up his head as my hands framed his face.
"If I stay here tonight, you know what will happen." It was true. If I stayed here tonight it would be very hard to control my emotions and my actions.
"Yeah, I know," He took a deep breath and continued. "I'd love to spend a night with you Syd. Not in that kind of way, but just to hold you in my arms all through the night and wake up to you by my side."
"You're making it hard for me to leave, pal." How could I leave after he said something like that?
"I know. But is it wrong to want to spend every moment with you?"
"No it's not wrong. Cause I want to spend every moment with you too."
He gave me a full dimpled smile, then picked up the palm of my hand and planted a kiss there. I slowly got up off of Vaughn and sat up on the couch. After taking a swig of water from the glass on the coffee table, I turned to him and ran my fingers along his jaw. When my fingers reached his chin, I put my finger on his adorable chin dimple.
"Alright, I'm gonna go." I said as my fingers continued to stroke his face.
"You sure now? It's my last offer."
"Yes I'm sure." I pulled him in for another long, searing kiss and then got up.
After putting on my coat, Vaughn walked me down the stairs and outside to my car. He started to shiver from the cold night air. I ran my hands up and down his arms trying to warm him up since he was only in a t-shirt. I felt the goose bumps under my fingers as the hair on his arms stood straight up. Before getting in my car he pulled me into his arms for a tight hug. We held each other for a good two minutes before finally pulling apart.
"I'll see you tomorrow Syd." He said as he placed a light kiss on my lips.
"See you tomorrow Vaughn."
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