Chapter 5:

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or any of its characters, but I do own Katie!!

A/N: I changed Irina back to Laura! Sorry to confuse anyone! I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and don't break any bones! (Dear god, I sound like a teacher!!)

Oh, and by the way, I decided to put a bit of humor spread throughout the chapters.

Thanks for all the great reviews, yes, they are inspirational, but I'll be expecting more this chapter! I'm sorry it took so long, and yes, yet again, I have no excuse for it!! I'm sorry!!

Have fun reading!!

Hannah

Sydney knocked lightly on the door and waited. A few seconds later, Laura Bristow opened it.

"Sydney, darling, come on in!"

"Hi, mum!"

Sydney wheeled the pram into the lounge room and put the baby bag on the floor. She then turned around and gave her mother a loving hug. After Sydney and Laura chatted for a while Sydney realized that her father was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's dad?"

"Oh, he's having a shower, he should be out in a minute."

As soon as Laura finished her sentence, Jack walked into the room.

"Speak of the devil," said Sydney, giggling.

"Hi, honey!" said Jack.

"Hi dad, we were just talking about you."

"So I see! How are my two favorite girls?"

Laura cleared her throat.

"Apart from beautiful wife of course!" Jack was right, Laura was very pretty for her age. Her and Sydney looked much alike. Just then Sydney's cell phone rang.

"Sydney," she answered.

"Hey, babe, it's me!"

"Hey."

"When are you coming back? We have to go soon."

"Yeah okay, I'll be there soon!"

"Okay, see you soon!"

"Yep, See you!" Sydney hung up, kind of embarrassed.

"Sorry! Mum, dad, I'm going to have to go now!"

"That's okay Sydney," said Laura.

Sydney gave her mother instructions as how to care for Katie.

"Yeah, so I'm going to wake her up now before I go and then she can play, eat dinner and all the usual and be back asleep by eight-ish"

"I know all this Sydney, you forget that you were once this age too!"

"Sorry Mum."

Laura smiled. Sydney went over to the pram and gently awoke her daughter.

"Katie, sweetie, mummy's going now," she whispered.

Katie stirred and her beautiful eyes fluttered open to greet Sydney. Katie launched her arms around her mother's neck. Sydney lifted her out of the pram

"Mummy," she muttered sleepily, before burying her head into her mother's neck.

"Alright, mummy has to go now okay? I'll see you in a couple of days."

Sydney kissed her on the forehead and gave her one final squeeze before handing her over to Laura.

"Hi, Grandma!" she said a little more positively.

"Thanks for doing this guys!" Sydney said to her parents.

"No worries, our pleasure!"

"Bye!"

Katie waved as her mother walked out and shut the door behind her. Sydney walked out to her car, got in a let out a huge sigh of relief.

As soon as she walked through the door, Sydney could smell the sweet aroma of whatever Vaughn was cooking.

"Vaughn, I'm back!" Syd yelled down the hall.

"Finally!" Vaughn came running from their bedroom where he had quite obviously been packing.

"Whatever you are cooking, it smells absolutely beautiful!" She commented.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.

"What was that for?" asked Vaughn, after they parted.

"Because I love you so much! Does a woman have to have a reason to kiss her husband?"

"I suppose not. I better show you how much I love you then!"

He forced her backwards, so she was leaning back onto his arm. He then kissed all over her neck and lips. Sydney laughed uncontrollably. Once he had lifted her up again, she took his hand and led him down the hallway to their room. Vaughn shut the door as he walked in.

Sydney Vaughn opened her eyes to see her darling husband staring back at her.

"How long have you been awake?"

"A while," he whispered, " and I've been staring at you the whole time! You are so beautiful when you are sleeping," he finished, brushing a stranded piece of hair behind her ear. She smiled at him and shuffled over to lye on his bear chest.

They lay there, just snuggling, for about ten minutes. Sydney suddenly sat up.

"What?" asked Vaughn.

"What's the time?"

"Ah…… 7pm, why?"

"Because we are supposed to be at Dover airfield in an hour!" she said, hurridly getting out of bed. She put on her clothes and grabbed the suitcase from under the bed.

"Crap!" cursed Vaughn, jumping out of the bed.

"What?" asked Sydney.

"My dinner!" He yelled over his shoulder, running down the hall.

Luckily, his dinner was far from ruined; it was absolutely perfect. He put the beautifully cooked roast pork on the stovetop to cool, while he helped Syd pack.

As they were traveling together, Sydney and Vaughn decided it wasn't worth taking two suitcases, so they packed all their clothes into one.

Ten minutes later, they were all packed, including a beautiful picture of their beloved daughter.

"Stay here," Vaughn said to his wife, as he ran down the hall.

Sydney had made the bed and just finished zipping up the suitcase before Vaughn called, " Syd, it's ready!"

Sydney made her way down the hall, to the dining room. When she walked into the room she was overwhelmed with what she saw. There were red candles slowly melting all around the room, the table was set for two, and the small roast sat in the middle of the table, perfectly craved, with a lush, colourful salad next to it.

"Wow, Vaughn, you've really outdone yourself this time!" she said kissing him and sitting down to the meal.

Sydney and Vaughn talked about Katie, work and all sorts of different things, as they ate.

"Vaughn, that was absolutely beautiful! You're welcome to do that anytime you like!" she said, stacking her plate on top of his, after finishing.

"Don't push it honey!"

She smiled and took the dishes to the kitchen and put them in the sink, "We should go soon sweetie!" she said moving close to Vaughn, "We have to be there in fifteen minutes."

"Yeah, alright, we'll clean this up when we get back!"

They grabbed the bags and stuff that they needed, and put them in the boot of the car.

Sydney grabbed a few last things from the house before joining Vaughn in the car.

"I'm so excited!" she squealed.

Vaughn laughed and ran his hand down her cheek before starting the car and reversing out of the driveway.

A/N: Yep, it's that time again!! REVIEWING time!!! Please review!!!!

P.S. Merry Christmas