Title: Three Little Words

Author: Chickiee-Dee

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or its characters.

Summary: Sequel to Secrets and Lies. "Vaughn, I'm pregnant." The three words that changed their lives. S/V.

Authors Notes: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. I appreciate it. This next chapter is for you guys. I'm gonna keep updating this, whether people review it or not, I'm finding it easier to write than A Not So Simple Life, but I will try and update that ASAP, I've just been working on Summer Lovin' cos I had all these ideas and I thought if I didn't write them down, then I'd forget then since I have the worst memory. Ok heres the next chapter, I'm gonna try and write it before Alias starts tonight, so I have about 2 ½ hours. I will also aim to post another chapter before Alias on Thursday (I'm so happy, Alias is on twice a week now :D :D :D). Ok enough babbling, heres chapter 5.  (Also remember Lauren is in this story but she's nice and Syd and Vaughn like and respect her. She's different to the Lauren on the show.) :D

Chapter 5

Saturday arrived quickly and Sydney nervously anticipated meeting her future mother in law. She woke up in the morning after having only a couple of hours sleep, Amanda had kept her awake most of the night, amazingly Vaughn always seemed to sleep through it (something Sydney HATED him for). The past few days had been hell for Sydney, she was surviving on minimal sleep since Vaughn was at the Ops Centre most of the day. Syd rarely saw him, something she blamed entirely on Kendall. Jack had been to see her though, presumably to make sure that Irina hadn't harmed his grand daughter, although he never admitted that to Syd, she just knew.

At the moment, Sydney was once again alone in the apartment, Vaughn was helping Lauren move in with Weiss. Sydney frowned and collapsed onto the couch, falling into an exhausted slumber. She was woken up moments later by the ringing phone and Amanda's cries, respectively. Swearing to herself, Syd lifted her tired body off the couch and picked up the ringing phone "Hello."
"Hello" a female voice replied "I'm looking for Michael Vaughn."

"Vaughn's not here at the moment."

"No dear, not Vaughn, Michael Vaughn."

"Michael isn't here at the moment, can you please call back later?" Sydney replied angrily into the phone, as she attempted to calm her screaming daughter.

"I'm sorry, could you please repeat that, I couldn't quite hear you."

"Michael isn't here at the moment" Syd repeated, getting more and more annoyed.

"Can you please take a message for me?"

"I guess."

"I'm just confirming with him that I will be coming for dinner tonight."

"Sure, I'm sorry I have to go, the babies crying. Goodbye." Sydney hung up the phone before the person could reply. Almost instantly Sydney regretted her actions, the conversation replayed in her head and she realised that she'd just hung up on Bridgette Vaughn. "Shit!" she yelled "Now what's she gonna think of me?" Shaking her head, Sydney returned her attention to Amanda, who was still crying uncontrollably. Sydney lay her daughter down on the change table and checked her diaper. She changed it and put Amanda back to bed, hoping that the little girl would take the hint and go back to sleep, thus allowing Sydney to have a bit of a rest. Amanda seemed to understand and quickly fell asleep again. After watching her for a few moments, Sydney walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her. As she entered the hall Sydney almost crashed into Vaughn, who had left Weiss to help Lauren unpack. "Hey sweetie" Vaughn said as he kissed her cheek gently.

"Hey, your back early."

"Lauren didn't have much stuff. Did you just put Amanda to bed?"

"Yeah, so if you even think about disturbing her, I'll wake you up when she cries in the night."

"Wouldn't dream of it" he replied, running his fingers over her face "God you look tired."

"Well I look how I feel, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to have a sleep." Sydney turned to head into the bedroom, but was stopped by Vaughn's arm, turning her to face him. She looked up at him curiously before he leaned down and kissed her gently. He soon deepened the kiss and without breaking the contact, he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom, kicking the door shut behind them.

Afterwards, they lay with the smooth sheets wrapped around their bodies, Sydney sleeping peacefully in Vaughn's arms. Vaughn placed soft kisses down the side of her face, causing her to smile in her sleep. As he lay there, all Vaughn could think about was how much he loved Sydney and Amanda, and how beautiful Sydney looked when she slept. Over the past couple of weeks Sydney had lost a lot of her excess weight, and was close to regaining her former shape. Vaughn remembered how excited she was after realising how much weight she'd shed, it gave her confidence and it made her feel more beautiful. He didn't really care what she looked like, he'd told her that so many times "Syd it doesn't matter what you look like outside, your still the same person inside and I love you mind, body and soul."  Now, as he watched his fiancé sleep, he couldn't help but think about the day when they would marry although, they hadn't made any progress in planning the wedding, they'd been way too busy with Amanda. Suddenly, Vaughn's thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock at the front door.

Vaughn got out of bed carefully, so he wouldn't disturb Sydney, and walked out to answer the door. Standing on the other side was Bridgette Vaughn. "Hi Maman" he said as he hugged her tightly "I'm glad you could come but aren't you a little early?"

"Michael my dear, its almost six o'clock."

"Really, we must have slept longer than I thought, oh well, please come in." He moved himself out of the doorway and Bridgette entered the small apartment, looking around curiously. "If you'll give me a minute, I'll just get dressed." Bridgette nodded and Vaughn rushed off down the hall. He re-appeared moment's later wearing jeans and a shirt and he rushed into the kitchen "Would you like a drink Maman?"

"Yes please." Vaughn handed her a glass before taking a seat next to her. "Where is this Sydney, you've told me so much about?"

"Sleeping, Amanda keeps her up most of the night and she's really tired."

"Ahh, I remember the sleepless nights all to well." As soon as Bridgette finished speaking, a loud cry was heard and Vaughn quickly stood up and rushed up to Amanda's room, hoping to calm her before Sydney woke up. He succeeded and a few minutes later, Vaughn came back down the hall carrying his baby daughter in his arms. "Maman, this is Amanda." The little girl took Bridgette's breath away,

"Michael, she's so beautiful" Vaughn smiled and placed Amanda into Bridgette's waiting arms.

Sydney emerged from the bedroom a couple of hours later. Michael and Bridgette were sitting in the living room talking, Amanda had been put back to bed earlier. As Sydney came out she yawned, stretching her slender body as she did so. Bridgette had heard footsteps coming down the hall and turned in time to see Sydney stretching. As Syd stretched, the singlet top she was wearing lifted up slightly, exposing the scars that crossed her stomach. After stretching a second time Sydney looked over at the couch and saw Michael sitting there with a woman, she presumed to be his mother. Not knowing what to do, Sydney walked over to Michael, kissing his forehead, as she took a seat next to him. Bridgette smiled at her "You must be Sydney." She nodded in response,

"I'm sorry I was rude on the phone earlier, I was asleep when you called and then Amanda started to cry."

"That's ok, I understand." Sydney tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, nervously and began to look at the floor, indicating to Vaughn how she was feeling. He squeezed her hand, in an effort to comfort her. Syd looked over at him and smiled, dropping her head to rest on his shoulder. "Well Sydney" Bridgette began, sensing Sydney's discomfort "tell me about yourself."

"Um, I was born in Virginia, I was a toddler when I moved to Los Angeles."

"What do you do for a living?"

"I work with Vaughn, but I could teach English, if I wanted."

"Do you have any siblings?"

"No, I'm an only child."

"What do your parents do?"
"Dad, works with us and my Mum, she's… in jail" Bridgette didn't quite catch the end of Sydney's sentence, she sort of trailed off after 'my mum she's.'

"What was that dear?" Sydney repeated it again, still too quiet for Bridgette to hear.

"My mother is in jail." Bridgette looked horrified.

"Your-Your-Your mother is a criminal?" Sydney nodded slowly, "Wh-Wh-What did she do?"

Sydney's eyes filled with tears "She murdered people." Bridgette looked at her in disbelief "Your mother is a murderer?" Sydney nodded slowly, allowing the tears that filled her eyes to spill out "Excuse me" she said as she ran up the hall, trying to wipe the tears from her eyes. Bridgette looked over at Vaughn, he filled in the blanks for her "Maman, Sydney's mother worked for the KGB. She was the one who killed Dad." She didn't reply, the look on her face said it all, and she quickly stood up, picked up her coat and left. Vaughn, still sitting on the couch, wiped tears from his own eyes before following Sydney up the hall. He found her crying uncontrollably on the bed and he sat with her until she'd cried herself to sleep.

A/N: What did you think? Was it good or bad? Review and let me know. Until next time, LOL Alyce :D