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irionelissa: The dealings with the watch are pretty much the same to what happened in the show. If you look at chapter one you will see that Vaughn's watch stops when he meets Sydney for the first time. I go into more in this chapter.
"Sydney, are you awake?" Sydney rolled over and looked at her alarm clock. 7.30 am. What the hell was Francie doing waking her up at this hour when she didn't have a classuntil 11am? Then Sydney remembered- the dinner with Will.
"How did it go?" Sydney asked, sitting upright. Francie came across and sat next to her.
"Really good Syd. We've decided to move slowly, but we're going to give the whole relationship thing a chance."
"Francie, that's great!" Sydney flung her arms around her best friend. "You two are going to be an awesome couple."
"Speaking of awesome couples, how are things going with Vaughn?"
"Incredible." Sydney replied, with a huge grin. "I met his mum yesterday."
"What? Why didn't you tell me you were going to meet her?"
"It wasn't a planned thing Francie. I was at Vaughn's and Juliette just popped by to see him."
"What is she like?"
"Vaughn. You want to know how he turned out to be such a great person- just talk to his mum." Sydney answered. "You should see them together. I wish I shared just a tiny bit of what they have with my dad."
"So they're real close?"
"Yup."
"He's not like a mummy's boy is he?" Francie asked.
"No! It's not like she pampers and fusses over him. They treat each other as equals and value what each other has to say. Oh, and it's not the end of the world if one of them says 'I love you.'"
"Syd, you're dad does love you."
"I know, but would it kill him to say it?"
"Well , have you ever said it to him?" Francie asked.
"No...but-"
"Sydney, I understand that your relationship with him is complicated, but oneof you has to make the first move. Why not you?" With that Francie left the bedroom, leaving Sydney to ponder over what had just been said.
"Well, I think that was the worst movie I have ever seen." Vaughn announced as he and Sydney walked out of the cinema Friday night.
"Not the worst, but it was definately right down there." Sydney replied as Vaughn put his arm around her shoulders. "So, should we recommend it to Weiss?"
"Yeah, he would probably love it." Vaughn laughed, opening the passenger door of his car for Sydney, and then walked around to the driver's door.
"So what do you want to do now?" Sydney asked Vaughn after he started th car.
"I'm taking you back to my place."
"Why? It's still pretty early." Sydney pointed out. "I thought we could kick on to somewhere else."
"No, we're going back to my place because there is something I want to show you and I can't wait any longer to do it."
"What?"
"It's a surprise."
"Oh come on Vaughn! Just tell me."
"No." he grinned. "I thought you said you liked surprises."
"Only when it suits me, and right now it doesn't, so please?"
Vaughn shook his head. "My apartment is ten minutes away. I think you can wait unil then."
"Where is the surprise?" Sydney was literally jumping up and own in anticipation as Vaughn let them into his apartment. He'd barely gotten the front door opened before Sydney had pushed through it and strided inside.
"In my bedroom," Vaughn said, laughing at her childlike antics. Sydney grinned and grabbed his hand, dragging him into his bedroom.
"Show me!"
"Sit down." Vaughn instructed and Sydney plopped down on the bed, as he went and got something from the top shelf of his wardrobe. "I wanted to show this." he said, sitting down next to Sydney.
"What is it?"
"The newest addition to my Walls of Fame." Sydney looked down to see a framed photo of her and Vaughn in his hands. She remembered Weiss taking this picture at the Halloween party. Vaughn's arm was around her as he whispered, grinning, into her ear. She couldn't remember what it was he had said, but she was laughing in the picture. She felt her cheeks go warm at the memory of Vaughn's breath in her ear.
"I'm going to be on your Walls of Fame?" she finally spoke, feeling elated.
"Uh huh. Right there." Vaughn pointed to the wall directly opposite his bed. "This one is taking pride of place."
"This is a pretty great surprise." Sydney said, pulling Vaughn in for a long kiss. "Can you put it up now?" Vaughn jumped up and hung the picture on the hook that was already in the wall. After he was done he sat back down on the bed and wrapped his arm around Sydney. They sat there in silence and Sydney couldn't help but smile at the photo of her and Vaughn opposite them.
"Francie was right."
"Huh?" Vaughn shifted slightly so he could look at her.
"Alice in Wonderland and a sexy goth do make a good couple."
"So I'm sexy?"
"Just when you're wearing eyeliner and fake piercings." Sydney said, placing a hand on his cheek. "Other than that you're just cute."
"I suppose cute is better than nothing." Sydney smiled at him and places a soft kiss on his lips and then nestled into his chest. A few minutes later she grabbed his wrist.
"What's the time?" she asked, looking at his watch.
"I wouldn't know. It's still broken."
"Well, why don't you get it fixed?"
Vaughn looked down at her and then sat up straight, his index finger circling the glass face of his watch.
"I don't really want to."
"Why?"
"This watch belonged to my dad." Sydney didn't speak, but her eyes encouraged Vaughn to continue. "Before he gave it to me he said that you could set your heart by this watch." He looked into Sydney's eyes. "It stopped October 1st- the day we met."
"The day in the courtyard?"
"Yeah," Vaughn replied. "Sydney I've known since that day that you were the one for me. That's why I reacted so badly when I thought you had a boyfriend. I thought fate was kicking me in the balls."
Sydney laughed as she grabbed his hand and kissed it.
"I've been wanting to tell you about it, but I didn't want to scare you off. So I've been waiting for the right time."
"I think that now was perfect timing." Sydney whispered in his ear.
Looking down at Sydney, Vaughn pressed his lips into hers. What started as a slow soft kiss gradually intensified a Sydney slid down, pulling Vaughn down on top of her. As Vaughn placed soft, wet kisses along her collarbone, Sydney started unbuttoning his shirt, and running her finger down his defined chest.
"You are so beautiful." Vaughn murmured, before placing his lips back on Sydney's neck.
"You're just saying that to get into my pants." Sydney joked, shivering slightly as she felt Vaughn's laughter against her neck.
"Yeah, maybe. Is it working?"
"I think it might be." Sydney replied, bringing his face to her, so she could kiss him. Vaughn however, pulled away slightly and propped himself up.
"Seriously Syd. You are the most amazing person I have ever met. I don't want to be anywhere else when you are in my arms. I love you Sydney, and don't you ever forget that."
Sydney brought a hand up and stroked Vaughn's cheek. "I love you too, Vaughn." she said, staring into his beautiful green eyes. "Now come here!"
Sydney pulled Vaughn back down, kissing him hungrily, acutely aware of how right this felt. They were where they belonged- together.