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A/N: No, this is not an illusion. I have actually updated. Sorry about the long gap between updates. This chapter was posted on sd-1 but then it went offline etc. etc. (I didn't have a backup). I'm sorry about that. Skip past the italics if you remember what's going on.

Previously on Inevitable:

"I am so sorry miss." I apologized and that's when she looked up and I noticed her face for the first time.

Chapter 10- Deadly cravings

"Some say that, time changes, best friends can, become strangers."-- Good Charlotte.

---Sydney's POV---
I took a step back, grabbing my stomach as if to protect my daughter from her.

"What are you doing here, Lauren?" I demanded to know.

"I could ask you the same thing." she retorted, getting up.

"How'd you survive? You were dead. We all saw that." I crossed my arms.

"Agent Bristow, you of all people should know, that just because everyone thinks you're dead, doesn't mean you're dead. I mean, look at your mother and you and Alison. See my point?" she enlightened me. "And if you do me a favor and don't tell the CIA I'm alive, I wont tell them you've been knocked up, and by the looks of it, since you were going to your mother for help, by someone they'd probably like to see dead."

"Excuse me, who says I'm pregnant?" I argued.

"Miss Bristow, I'm not stupid, you're a CIA field agent, you're not growing a beer belly." she retorted.

"What makes you think I haven't told them?" I questioned.

"Again, I point out that you went to your mother for help, and in your eyes, you looked like you were considering it." she pointed out.

"Listen to me, you annoying little mosquito, you stole the man I loved and convinced anyone else who had doubts, that I was dead. So, you are wrong if you believe I wont hesitate to squash you like a bug." I whispered in an anger, grabbing her shirt so she couldn't get away.

"No, you wont do that. Because, I'm sure that father doesn't know you're here, and neither do your precious friends, also, by from the way you looked walking out of the building, Irina wasn't much of a help either. Your stuck between a rock and a hard place and this time you have no one to bail you out. It's actually quite amusing. And, loved?"

"Loved?" I asked confused.

"You said, and I quote, 'you stole the man I loved'. Loved as in past tense." I informed her.

"You know what I mean." I started.

"You're right, I do. Well, it's nice to know you'll keep our little promise. Good day Miss-" she started, I grabbed her hand as she began to walk away.

"I never agreed to anything." I told her.

"So, you'll do what, tell the CIA you saw me here, but please enlighten me, Miss Bristow, what did you say you were doing here again?" she smiled. "Yes, let's go back to the CIA and try a little honesty while we're at it. Let's see who they're more pissed off at?"

"Look, I wont tell them I saw you here if you help me with this pregnancy, ok?" I asked, hesitantly.

Lauren looked at me like I was growing another head. "How do I know you wont just rat on me after this is all over?"

"Trust, Lauren. I don't change my alliances every time the wind blows." I smiled.

"Exactly, it's with them, so why would you keep your word?" she asked.

"Yes or no? I don't have all day." I prompted her for an answer.

"Ok, but while with me, you'll have to do what I say. But, don't worry I wont send you on any missions. You wouldn't be much of a help pregnant anyway." She told me.

I ran the scenario over in my head, of how she could betray me and of how she could help me. "Okay, deal."

We shook on it, and she led me out of the city.

---Irina's POV---
I stood there, leaning against the doorframe watching Sydney walk away with Lauren.

"I know you're mad, but… Lauren? Please, Lord, watch over her child." I whispered, closing me eyes.

I pulled out my cell phone, hitting speed dial. "Hello, Robert? Yes, I need you to follow my daughter and if Lauren makes any attempt to hurt her, kill her on contact.

---Sark's POV---
I had tuned out Jack, by now. He didn't trust me, but we had to go through with the mission. He stared at me again, with dubious eyes.

"You go first, in case they start shooting." he smiled.

A Few hours later

---Sydney's POV---
We had landed in a house I recognized as her parents' house. I cringed, remembering hearing Vaughn have sex with her on the table. I had already checked the whole house for bugs and had placed a few of my own. I sat now, at the kitchen table, waiting for Lauren to come back from Maternity shopping. She went to go buy me maternity clothes, and other things I'd need for the baby. Of course I wasn't putting them on until I had checked every millimeter of each item.

"You're lucky." she called, walking into the kitchen. "I've wanted a child since I was a teenager. I really hope you two are happy. Oh, I put the clothes and the breast pump in the guest bedroom."

She bought me a breast pump? I smiled, staring up at her. "Thanks. I really wish my mom were here."

"I could bring my mum over here if you want." she suggested.

I grinned a thousand watt smile. "That's so cute the way you make it sound like we're friends."

"Just trying to help." she remarked. "Anyways, I know how vacillating pregnant woman can be. So, later we can go shopping."

"I just want to get some sleep. Oh, and a banana." I started.

"Oh, mum's got a few bananas." she commented.

"With lime juice poured over it, with a piece of orange on top of it and fudge with mustard and tuna on the side, oh and some vinegar with whip cream on top and a fudge brownie to top it off." I finished.

"Wow, sounds… delicious." Lauren made a face.

"I know!" I yelled, happily. "Is there a TV in here?" I asked.

"Um, I think so.." she started.

"There'd better be, because then I'm going to miss my favorite episode of Charmed." I cried. "Can I have me food now? I'm gonna get huge!" I walked out of the kitchen, in hysterics.

"No, you look fine!" Lauren called after me. "Jeez, it's going to be like living with a 6 year old."

And a few hours after finding the Television, Lauren found me watching Charmed.

"Hey, Sydney, I'm making…" she started.

"Shhhhhh…." I shushed her. "I'm watching Charmed."

"Okay, I'll just…" she began.

"Shhhhhh." I yelled louder.

Lauren, sat down on the leather couch and waited for the show to go on commercial.

"I'm making dinner, you want some?" she asked me.

"What is it?" I asked, snacking on a potato.

"It's fish and chips." she began.

"What kind of food is that?" I questioned. "I want a double cheeseburger with fries and a Mcflurry with a diet coke."

"A diet coke?" Lauren questioned.

"Yes, did I stutter?" I asked.

I could feel Lauren glaring at me.

"I wouldn't do that, makes you look older, and age faster. So while I look like I could still be under 30, you'll be looking like my grandma." I chastised her.

"Whatever." she muttered.

"Hey, do you have avocado and eggs?" I asked.

"Would you like to eat that too?" she asked.

"No, it's good for your hair, well separately anyways." I enlightened her. "but I wonder what they'd taste like together."

"Well, let me go get your food." she answered.

"And bring some avocado and eggs!" I yelled after her.

"Why did I agree to this?" she mumbled.

The next day

I was sitting at the table eating fish when I must have swallowed a bone, because I began choking.

"Jeez!" Lauren yelled. She tried the Heimlich Maneuver but I was still couching. She balled her fist up and went to hit my back when suddenly someone broke into the house. He aimed his gun at Lauren, but she dodged it, pulling out hers, shooting and killing him instantly. She hit my back hard and the coughing stopped.

"What caused you to choke?" she asked.

"I don't know…" I eyes her suspiciously.

"Here, let me get you something to wash that down with." she told me, hurrying to the fridge. She poured something that looked like grapefruit juice, I couldn't tell from where I was.

"There's no sugar in it, my mom's diabetic. But, you can put some sugar in it if you want, the sugar's over there." she pointed to another counter, handing me the cup and a spoon.

"Thanks." I walked over to the other counted and spooned into my cup 3 spoonfuls of sugar. I took a few sips of it and smiled. "I didn't, I didn't know that about your mom. Sorry. Hey, this is really good, did you make it?"

"Yea, I've been making it for mum for quite awhile. Hey, do you think, if we weren't involved in his whole mess and we didn't have the history that we did that we could have been friends?" she asked.

I shrugged taking a few more sips of the Grapefruit juice.

"Do, you wanna listen to the radio?" she asked.

"Not really, but thanks for offering." I replied. I felt my stomach start to feel funny. It grumbled as if it were empty, but I had just eaten awhile ago. It grumbled again and this time a sharp pain ran down my body. I doubled over in pain far worse then the cramps I got when it was my time of the month. My breathing became labored as I glanced up at Lauren. "What the hell did you do to me?"

"Nothing!" Lauren seemed shocked that I would accuse her of something like that. She rushed over to me. "Maybe it's the weird food, you've been eating. It's not natural. Or maybe…" a smile formed on her face and I knew she had done something.

"Or maybe… it's your baby you should be worrying about." she smiled.

A/N: Comments? Questions? No review, no update; as simple as that. I'm not too happy about this chapter.