A/N: here's the next chapter. Hope you like it! Please review. And THANKS SO much to KIT you're the best!
SURPRISES FOR SYD!
Chapter 2-
V. POV
"Here is where we should have been 3 years ago; here is Santa Barbara" I whisper to her as my arms snake around her waist from behind and my chin goes to rest on her shoulder. She turns to look at me.
"Santa Barbara?" she repeats just as softly.
"Yeah, looks like we finally made it after all."
With that said, she turns around, and pulls my lips down to hers for a very passionate kiss. We pull apart just enough to breathe and she thanks me. I wonder why, when it should be me thanking her, thanking her for being the wonderful person she is, thanking her for taking me back and for forgiving me after I caused her so much pain, thanking her for coming here with me, and thanking her for loving me just as I do her. So after we pull away from yet another sizzling kiss I grab her hand in mine and lead her to our room where I intend to show her how much she means to me, and how much I love her.
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The next morning as I open my eyes they fall once again on the beautiful woman in front of me, and I can't help but be excited about tonight and what I have planed. Looking over at the clock I realize that if I want any of that to happen I need to get up. As carefully as I can, I de-tangle my self from Sydney and find my boxers that were discarded on the floor last night. After a quick shower, I come back to see that Sydney has moved yet remains in a light sleep. She'll wake up soon, so I pick up the phone and order us some breakfast, wanting to start this perfect day out right. 15 minutes later I have just finished unpacking our clothes when I hear a knock at the door. Sydneys still not awake but I can tell she will be by time I re-enter the room. After thanking the man I come back into the bedroom with our breakfast, to see that my predictions were correct. She's sitting up in bed, and somehow managed to grab my shirt from the floor without getting out of the bed. As I make my way over to the bed to join her for breakfast I can't help but notice how big her smile is, and knowing I am the cause of it just makes me fall even more in love with her. Leaning down to kiss her I whisper softly to her the same thing I have for the past 10 months.
"Morning baby, I love you." And then she does the same; it's always the same every morning. We learn not take our time together for granted and I can't resist telling her how much I love her every morning.
"Morning honey, love you too."
"Did you sleep well? I got us some breakfast."
"Yes I did, and thank you, I'm hungry." she says as she moves the tray over towards her side of the bed. Climbing in the left side, which has become my side, I sit next to her leaning up against the headboard.
"Well eat quickly, because I've got big plans for us today." That peaks her interest and she stops eating her bagel to look at me, and I know what's coming next.
"I am not going to tell you, so just eat your bagel, then go get ready." I tell her turning back to my own bagel. 5 minutes later she's done eating and heads for a shower, while I make sure every thing is still on for tonight. 20 minutes later she's dressed, after many efforts to try and find out where we are going, we head out the door and to the car.
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The car ride is silent and uneventful until we pull up to our destination. The look on her face is priceless and yet again I am so happy I could give her this time away. As I go around to her door to help her out she just sits in her seat gazing out at the big black iron gates. Once I have her door open she finally acknowledges my presence and stares up at me.
"The zoo?" she asks with tears in her eyes. Who wouldhave known that the zoo could mean so much to a person, but to us it's not just a place to see animals we've seen at least 10 times in our life. It's a place that represents what should have been, and what can be, for us, for our futures together.
"Yeah, the zoo, let's go see that giraffe that you were telling me about." After I bought our tickets, we stand here in the middle of the streets of the zoo, looking at the map. I've seen many blueprints of terrorist organization's buildings, memorized the layouts of sewer pipes. Even the layouts of many hotels and apartment buildings, but none of these compare to the confusing map in my hands right now. Glancing over at Sydney, I can see her smirking at me.
"Ok, miss super spy, which way?" Grabbing my hand she leads me down a narrow path to the right. After passing the monkeys, snakes, birds, and elephants, we stand in front of the tall slender giraffes. Looking around at all of the different ones I try to spot the one with the crocked neck. However Sydney finds him first.
"Look over there Vaughn, do you see him?" she asks while practically jumping up and down. In my head this is the scene I saw replaying over and over again like a broken movie reel for the past 3 years and as tempted as I am to just get down on one knee in the saw dust in all, I want to let go of that time completely and start over anew. Give our moment a fresh, new light, to stop living in the past, and the what could have been and start looking at what is. As much I as want to ask right now, I know this is not our time, this is just an image that was created out of the darkness of death, not of our life of love. So I just nod my head and tell her I see the giraffe with the crocked neck and all, when in reality all I see is she. When she looks over at me I know I'm caught.
"Vaughn, your not looking" she whines as she takes my face in her hands and turns it so I am looking out at the vast field filled with animals.
"Oh right sorry." We stand there for about 10 more minutes just watching in silence.
After eating lunch by the duck pond, visiting the polar bears, the penguins, and the lions, we decide it's time to go.
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As we enter the hotel room Sydney heads for the shower saying she feels just a dirty as the pigs we saw today. Which is fine by me, because it gives me time to get ready for dinner. After setting out our outfits for tonight, I made sure to pack Sydney's favorite dress, and making one final call, I head to join Sydney for a shower.
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TBC...PLEASE tell me what you think! Next is dinner and maybe that big surprise well see. I think I am going to update my other fic before this one, but people seem to like this one more, so it depends on how many reviews I get.