irishwatson
Cadet
originaly posted in the r-rated section but nothings r-rated so here it is!I wasn't happy with how sydney told vaughn she was pregnant, this is set in the season 4 finale!
THIS HAS BEEN EDITED!!!!Author's Note: This is my first alias fanfic so please be kind... I wasn't happy with how vaughn proposed and how sydney told him she was pregnant. this takes place on the season 4 finale just before they leave to fight Yelena and save the world. there are a few scenes from the finale that i have reworded, this is after sydney and nadia saved irina. Oh and Vaughn never married Lauren, I'm not sure if this is going to be R Rated or not so i've just posted it here just in case.....season 4 finale spoilers
Vaughn walked into the appartment he had been sharing with sydney for the last 6 months
"Syd, You home?" called Vaughn,
Vaughn sees Sydney standing in the door way.
"hey i got your message..." begun vaughn but he stopped when he noticed Sydney's tear stained cheeks "hey whats wrong? is it Irina?"
Vaughn put down his suitcase and picked sydney up in his arms as she clung to him
Vaughn carried sydney to the couch and sat her down, he sat next to her and held her
"has something happened?" asked vaughn
"Um, the doctor called" whispered sydney
"what did he say?" asked vaughn intwining his fingers with sydney's
"um...i know we always said we'd wait to have a family...wait til Yelena, Slone, Sark, and everyone was gone, to wait til the world was a safer place... i know we always said we would look into our options of IVF and adoption when the time was right, because i couldn't have kids, because my eggs were um stolen, like so many other things, by Rambaldi. I know the world isn't as safe as we had hoped. When ever we made love we never used protection... because i couldn't have kids... i have no idea how your going to react to this... i don't want to loose you...i'm just going to say it...Vaughn i love you so much...and i don't how, but by some miracle...I'm Pregnant" said Sydney who had been looking at their hands the whole time,
"Your Pregnant?" he asked "how is that possible?"
"I don't know" said Sydney "Where are you with this, Vaughn? I just need to know how you feel. Is it something you want?"
"The truth?" asked Vaughn
"of course" replied sydney looking up at Vaughn
"your Right, What we do — the things we see everyday. Honestly, no. I didn't think this was what I wanted. I mean, bringing a baby into this world? That is so messed up. I just assumed th-that I'd wait. That we'd wait." said Vaughn
"For?" Asked Sydney
"For things to be safe, or at least safer." replied Vaughn
"Yeah i get it" said Sydney looking down at her hands, holding back the tears "Um ok, If thats what you want...but i'm keeping it...even if it means loosing you"
"Syd look at me" said vaughn. sydney slowly raised her eyes and looked into vaughn's eyes to see his reaction expecting to see fear, hurt, hatred but was surprised to see Love and Joy "You didn't let me finish; But looking at you, all I can think about is what our kid is goign to be like. I'm not worried about the world. I just ... I can't wait to meet thi-this new little person. Syd of course we're keeping it...its a miracle...syd that babies apart of you...apart of us...sure the timings not perfect but WE'RE HAVING A BABY!"
Sydney smiles
"Really? I mean it's pretty great, right?" asked Sydney
"You're going to be an amazing mom, and I'm going to be a disaster. I've never changed a diaper." said Vaughn
"Neither have I! We're going to have to call Marshall to assist." Laughed Sydney
Vaughn smiled and kissed Sydney
"i am so happy" he said "How far along are you?" asked vaughn
"about six weeks" said Sydney
"so, Our baby was conceived...in Russia when we were posing as Karen and Dave" Said vaughn
"yeah, in that Pink Bathroom" said Sydney smiling
Vaughn Laughed
sydney's smiled faded
"what?" asked vaughn
"um its stupid, its just that our baby was conceived when we were pretending to be someone else, i don't know i wish it had been when we were us" whispered sydney
"syd, our alias' may have been Karen and Dave, but i was making love to you not karen, and if i remember correctly, when you climaxed you screamed my name not Dave's. i remember thinking it was a miracle we hadn't been exposed then" smiled Vaughn "we may have been posing as karen and dave but we were making love as Sydney and Vaughn. and we may not have conceived the baby in russia, we may have conceived when we were taking things "slow" after our first APO Mission, or after you posed as Charlene or after you were buried alive, any one of those times"
sydney smiled
"the point is this child was conceived in love" whispered vaughn "our little mirracle, i dont really care about when we concieved, i just care about the fact that its a little of both of us, and that it was natural, IVF and Adoption weren't as appealing to me as having one naturally"
Vaughn gently pushed sydney back so that she was lying on her back and he was above her
"i love you so much" whispered Vaughn kissing her stomach "and i love you baby...Daddy's little miracle"
sydney giggled as vaughn kissed her lips softly and gently
"syd..." begun Vaughn
"yeah?" asked sydney
"Will you marry me?" asked vaughn "wait before you answer that, i need you to know, this isn't a because i feel responsible or because we are expecting our first child, or me wanting to do the right thing... I have been carrying this ring around for weeks trying to find the perfect time to ask you, i had this ring in my pocket when i dropped you off before you died...before you were taken, what i said to you in the dealership was true... We were going to Santa Barbara, i had booked the Presidential Suite at the Biltmore, i had this whole romantic weekend planned a candle lit dinner on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. when i had told you about Santa Barbara you couldn't stop talking about the Giraffe with the crooked neck, the way your face lit up, so when i got home after dropping you off, i got home and cancelled all my plans with the intention of kneeling on one knee in sawdust and asking you to spend the rest of your life with me in front of the Giraffe with the crooked neck... of course that didn't happen... when i was packing my bag, i was staring at the ring when i got a phone call from weiss telling me to get to your appartment ASAP... and when i got there they were wheeling Will out... your appartment was nothing but a big black, wet shell.... i heard there were two bodies, i ran in there, weiss tried to stop me...but i had to...i ran over to your body...or what i thought was your body... the body was so black...i couldn't see your beautiful eyes, your beautiful hair, i couldn't believe it was you, i didn't want to believe it was you then... i-i saw the charred silver neck lace that held Danny's engagement ring, that you had worn around your neck as a reminder of what you were fighting for..." vaughn stopped and gave into the tears he had been fighting. "i took it off your neck and held it my hands with my engagement ring and cried, then i held you and cried...i don't know how long i was sitting there crying...weiss came over with your dad...your dad was crying, i never even thought jack bristow was capable of crying... we hugged each other for what seemed an eternity...dixion was there and so was marshall...dixion went to zip up the body bag but i wouldn't let him... i kissed your hand, they said we needed a photo of you to put in the bag, i put one of the ones from my wallet in there, i then kissed your head and zipped the bag up, i didn't need DNA results, when i saw the necklace i really thought it was you... "
Vaughn stopped to wipe away his tears, Sydney listened to him crying silently, vaughn had never really talked to her about that night
"i scattered your ashes off the cliff at Santa Barbara and everyday for those two years i wore that chain around my neck, with danny and my ring on it... some people thought it was weird that i was wearing two engagement rings around my neck, expecially the fact that i was wearing the ring of my fiance' and the ring that she had been given by another man... but that was all i had left of you except for a few photos that i kept in my wallet...I'm so sorry i gave up on you....and then two years later, after quitting the CIA, i got a call when i was at a bar drinking away my sorrows. to go to Hong Kong. than when you came back... i wanted so much to propose to you...but i couldn't, not until the Covenant was gone. a few weeks ago i decided it was time... i asked your dad for his permision, then i told Nadia and Weiss, i even asked will for his permission"
Vaughn took the necklace out from his pocket
sydney gasped tears in her eyes
"vaughn i thought i had lost this, with everything else" whispered sydney
"thats why i kept it, i should have given it back to you in Hong Kong but i wanted to give it to you when the time was right..." said vaughn
vaughn un did the clasp and slid his ring off, and then put the chain and Danny's ring around her neck
"sydney i want you to keep wearing danny's ring around your neck, he ment alot to you and i don't want you to forget him, i'm not trying to replace him...he was a good man, and he loved you so much...and i know a part of you still loves him and always will, i want you t keep wearing it, i just want you not to wear it when we make love... at our wedding and on a honeymoon... those are the times i want you all to myself" said vaughn
sydney smiled as Vaughn picked up sydney's left hand and went to place the ring on her finger when he stopped, he sat sydney up and knelt in front of her
"I was gonna take you to the beach, Santa Barbara. We’d go out for a walk, maybe when the sun was setting. But now we’re here, and i don't know whats going to happen in Savogda, And I may never get another chance to do this again. sydney You are my Best Friend, You are my lfe line both on and off the field, you are the love of my life, my Sole Mate and the mother of my unborn child. You were taken from me once but i promise you i will never let that happen again...i promise to love, protect and care for you and our child for the rest of my life. Sometimes I wake up before you do, and I watch you sleep. And I’m overwhelmed because. . .you’re so amazing. And I don’t know why I’m lucky enough to have you in my life, but you’re here with me. And I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you trying to make you as happy as you make me. Sydney Anne Bristow, Will you marry me?"
Sydney smiled
"yes! Yes i will marry you!" she smiled as vaughn slid the ring on her finger and kissed him passionatley when air was an issue they seperated and vaughn lent his forehead against sydney's "I love you so much"
"i love you too" whispered Vaughn
Vaughn hugged Sydney tight
"I swear to god i won't ever let you go" he whispered "God you just told me we are having a baby and then you agree to be my wife...god i am the happiest person on earth. I promise you i won't ever disapoint you, i will the token husband, I will go to the supermarket at all hours to fulfil your cravings, i will be there when the baby first kicks, i will be there for every single ultrasound, doctors appointment, i will be there when our baby comes into the world, i will massage your feet, i will massage your back nightly, i will get up in the middle of the night when our baby is crying, i will go to every single soccer game, recital, parent teacher interview, i will tell you daily how much i love you and how beautiful you are, everytime i will kiss you it will be with passion, even when our kids are teenagers and tell us to get a room, and i plan to show you every single moment of the day for the rest of our lives how much i love you, whether it's holding your hair back when you make friends with the toliet bowl, or pulling your chair out, or opening doors for you, or making you coffee, or doing jobs around the house, or holding you when you cry, putting up with your abuse when your in labour, making love to you every night, having showers with you, taking you dancing, saving your life, being your "invisible friend" when your on missions, taking you out for dinner or just kissing you. i will never let you feel neglected, alone, or unloved"
sydney smiled tears pouring down her cheeks
"that wasn't supposed to make you cry" whispered vaughn wiping her tears away
"these are happy tears, how did i end up with someone so perfect?" asked sydney
vaughn smiled and sat down next to her pulling her close to him, wrapping one arm protectively around her stomach and the other hand stroking her hair as she rested her head on his chest vaughn tilted sydney's chin with his finger and lent down and kissed her, sydney pulled away and got up and straddled him, kissing him passionately, vaughn cupped her face as licked his tongue over her lips seeking entrance, which sydney allowed, vaughn thrust his tongue into sydney's welcoming mouth, sydney sucked on vaughns toungue while vaughn slid his hand up sydney's top, vaughn looked at sydney wih such love and desire as he gently stroked her breasts she looked so beautiful from her red bruised lips to her small yet ample breasts that fit perfectly in his hands.
sydney smiled stroking his face, she knew she was having an effect on him, she could feel his hardness growing agaist her thigh
"you have no idea how much i want you right now" whispered vaughn
" I have a few ideas" smiled sydney grabbing his shaft throught the fabric of his pants, vaughn moaned
"do we have time?" he asked
"we always have time" she whispered
"we have to make it quick...are you ready for me?" asked vaughn
"i always am sweetheart" she whispered nibbling his ear
"guys you home?" called Nadia
"felgercarb" said sydney grabing a blanket and draping it over them
nadia and weiss walked in just us they were covering themselves
"Syd did you tell him...." begun nadia "oh... um sorry"
sydney buried her face into vaughns chest embarrassed
"yeah she told me" said vaughn "um can you guys give us a minute?"
"yeah" said nadia and weiss gave him the thumbsup before leaving
"syd you ok?" asked vaughn
"yeah" she said siting next to him "weiss nadia you can come in"
nadia and weiss came back in
"sorry we should have knocked, i just came to get my stuff" said nadia
"your stuff? why?" asked sydney
"i'm moving in with eric" said nadia
"really? thats great" said sydney "i told vaughn that i was pregnant and we are getting married"
nadia squealed and ran over to sydney while sydney showed her the ring
"vaughn had this before i went missing, and then he found this necklace on the body they thought was me, i wore this necklace constantly as it was a reminder of what i was fighting for, it had danny's engagement ring on it. and vaughn hade been wearing it along with my ring around his neck" said sydney
"thats so sweet" said nadia hugging sydney
vaughn shook weiss' hand
"congrats man... i thought the necklace was familiar" said weiss
ten minutes later nadia and weiss had gone with a few of nadia's things agreeing to come back for dinner the next night. sydney and vaughn were sitting on the couch vaughn wrapping one arm protectively around her stomach and the other hand stroking her hair as she rested her head on his chest vaughn tilted sydney's chin with his finger and lent down and kissed her
"i wish we could stay like this forever" whispered sydney "but we have to go save the world"
sydney had ment this as a joke but vaughn just sat there silent, sydney sat up and looked at him
"thats was a joke" she whispered "i better go get ready"
sydney went to stand up when vaughn stopped her
"syd, wait, i would be lying if i told you i was ok with you jumping out of a plane into god knows what and fighting your aunt and destroying yet another red ball, Syd i know better then to try and stop you... but promise me you'll be safe, promise me that i won't have to Bury you and our un born child..." whispered Vaughn
"i promise you i'll be ok. Vaughn i have to do this Yelena she betrayed Nadia, she used Nadia, i let the woman into my house, she's been playing mind games with us for months...she had us think my mum was dead and that you father was alive... i have to do this" said sydney "and besides your coming with me"
"i know its just..." begun vaughn when sydney stopped him
"don't say it...ok? lets go save the world then when we come back we can celebrate" said sydney
vaughn smiled as he followed sydney out the door
On the Plane
Vaughn walks to Sydney and sits next to her
"how are you feeling?" asked vaughn
"scared...when it's just me risking my life i'm not that nervous or scared but this times different...my actions could put your life in danger, or nadia's or my mum's even my dad's not to mention our baby" whispered sydney
Irina who had been walking past heard this
"baby?" she asked sydney "Oh my God... are you pregnant?"
Sydney nodded
"Yes but please don't tell dad, he won't let me do this and i have to" whispered Sydney
Jack walked over having heard the conversation
"i already know, the doctor called me...to tell me since i am director and your father....i'm not happy with you risking the life of my grandchild but i agree you have to do this" said jack
Sydney nodded
"i know your scared but you'll be ok, we won't let anything happen to our child ok?" said vaughn
sydney nodded leaning her head against vaughn's chest, vaughn wrapped his arms around her and stroked her face, kissing her forehead, irina and jack smiled before walking away
"i love you" whispered sydney
"i love you too" said Vaughn
"vaughn, this is going to be my last mission, once Yelena is gone, i'm leaving APO, The CIA i just want to be a normal mother. Besides Marshall, Nadia, Dad, Weiss, Dixion and My mum will ensure that Sark and Sloane don't get away" said Sydney " i want to be a stay at home mother, watching our baby grow, i want a house in santa barbara, but i don't want to be worring constantly about whether or not your gonna come home...vaughn lets retire, lets be normal parents"
Vaughn smiled
"Retirement sounds perfect" he whispered kissing her gently
Sydney kisses Vaughn’s hand. She fingers the back of Vaughn’s head. She takes her hand away to look at her ring and Smiles.
"I had a thought." said sydney
"Yeah?" smiled vaughn
"What if we just blow off the whole big-wedding thing? What if we just do it on the beach?" suggested sydne
"the beach?" Smiled vaughn
"What do you think?" asked sydney
"I like it. Barefoot on the beach, you’d look sexy as hell. Oh, but wait. What about your dad? He doesn’t look like the kind of guy who likes to have sand between his toes." laughed vaughn
"That’s true." laughed sydney "So. . .we won’t invite him."
"Your father?" asked vaughn in disbelief
"What if we don’t invite anyone? We just elope?" suggested sydney
"You’re serious?" he asked
sydney nodded
"I would love it." she smiled
"All right. Then we’ll elope." said vaughn "after this we'll go to santa barbara and elope"
"Have I told you that I love you?" asked sydney
vaughns laughs
"Yeah. Go ahead, tell me again."
"I love you." she whispers playing with his hair again
"I love you too." he smiled
"I know. Say it again." she whispered
"i love you syd" he whispered "i can't wait to be your husband"
vaughn lifted up her shirt ad kissed her stomach
"and i love you too baby" he says in a baby voice
sydney laughs kissing him
"when we get there and you have to dismantle the ball, i wish i could go with you" whispered vaughn
"It’s a one-person job. My mum will relay up the wiring instructions. I can disarm the device myself." smiled Sydney
"You can’t outrun the wall of water that thing’s gonna turn into." argued Vaughn
"How are you going to help me?" asked Sydney
"We’ll figure something out. You’ll run faster if I’m chasing you." Smile Vaughn
"I’ll be fine. And they need you in the bunker. If we don’t get Elena. . ." argued Sydney "and besides i don't want you with me after what happened in tapai, i know mum said the water is save, but i don't want you getting sick again and i dont want you to get caught in the water again. i want our baby to grow up with a father, a healthy father"
"syd..." Begun Vaughn "when the ball turns into water, i want you to run like mad, don't stop ok? dont stop til your with me and your safe"
sydney nodded with tears pouring down her cheeks
"i'm scared, not just about the water, but if i don't come back, i'm scared you won't be able to survive loosing me again" cried sydney
"just come back to me" replied vaughn
"Just in case, Vaughn I forgive you" she whispered
"For what?" asked Vaughn
"For thinking i was dead for 2 years for giving up, i want you to stop blaming yourself, you weren't to know" whispered sydney tears in her eyes
Vaughn wraps his arm around her and they kiss, vaughn crying into her shoulder, he had been waiting for her to say that for so long
"Come back to me safely" he beggs "both of you
"i will" she whispered kissing him
"Savogda in 5 minutes get ready to jump" said jack
Vaughn stood up and helped sydney stand up, he then helped her into her parachute then his own, as the hatch opened he held her hand as they jumped into Savogda....
Vaughn and Irina are working on the brakes.
"You shouldn’t wait." said Irina
"For what?" asked Vaughn
"I saw the ring." replied Irina
"Yeah, you know what? You killed my father. The way I see it, I don’t have to ask for your blessings." Replied Vaughn
"Despite that, you may have them. Along with some advice." Said irina
"Marital advice from you. Wondeful. Like what, don’t betray your spouse?" Scoffed Vaughn
"Yeah, that’d be one of them. But even between a husband and a wife, some secrets are acceptable. However, your activities are not." Said Irina
"i don't know what your talking about, Sydney and I have no secrets! I love your Daughter, i intend to marry her, i have been wanting to marry her for years, in fact i had planned to propose to her the night she was taken... we are having a child together. If this whole martial advice charade was some abstract way of getting information on my feelings for your daughter, like when i asked you for the cure...then you really need to work on your approach. I assure you though, i will not betray her and our child like you did to Jack and Sydney. I am willing to be civil to you, not because i like you or because i trust you because i don't, you kill my father. I am willing to be civil to you because god only knows why, but sydney loves you and thinks you have changed and if you hurt her or our child i will give you the same respect you showed my father and kill you to the point that you can only be IDd by your dental records. I Love Sydney and I will do anything to protect her" said Vaughn
"Thats all i wanted to know" said Irina smiling
TBC
At the end of finale
Vaughn helped sloane get Nadia's unconcious form into the elevator and then turned to see sydney running and the Muller device coming apart, she was almost at the elevator when she tripped and fell, the ball was disolving into water
"SYDNEY!!!" yelled Vaughn
when sydney didn't get up vaughn was about to go and get her when sloane closed the wire door
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" yelled Vaughn
"VAUGHN! WE HAVE TO GO! NADIA NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION!!" Yelled sloane "IF WE DON'T GO RIGHT NOW NADIA WILL DIE!"
Vaughn saw the water coming towards sydney and now knew how sydney must have felt in Tapai when he was stuck behind the door about to be engulfed in water
without another thought vaughn opened the door and ran and grabbed sydney water already up to his knees, he carried sydney's soaked form into the elevator the wall of water behind them and slammed the door shut the water crashing into the elevator as they desended down into the bunker
"Vaughn! is sydney ok? we have lost comms with her!" said Jack in vaughns ear
before vaughn had a chance to reply they reached the bunker
sloane ran nadia out and vaughn ran sydney out as Irina closed the door
"Vaughn is she ok? What happened? Is she breathing? is the baby ok?" asked Jack "put her on the table, check if she's breathing, warm her up----"
"JACK!" yelled Irina "let the boy breathe"
vaughn layed sydney down on a table and checked her pulse
"she's not breathing" he answered
vaughn begun to perform CPR
"1-2-3 Come on syd your stronger then this your stronger then rambaldi! 1-2-3" he breathed "oh god come on don't leave me again"
vaughn begun to cry and couldn't perform CPR properly
"Vaughn let me do it" said Irina moving vaughn out of the way
"1-2-3....1-2-3" breathed Irina
suddenly sydney begun to cough and she struggled to sit up
"Oh thankgod!" said vaughn hugging her
"what happened? Your wet" coughed sydney Vaughn laughed as he shivered "the device?"
"its gone, you destroyed it, you tripped and fell, i run back to get you" explained vaughn
Jack Handed Vaughn two Blankets, Vaughn took off Sydney's shirt leaving her with a Tank top and wrapped the blanket around her, he took off his jacket and wrapped the other blanket around himself and wrapped his arms around sydney
"you came after me?" asked sydney
"yep" nodded vaughn his teeth clattering as he shivered
Sloane Handed Nadia to Irina who took her over to another table to check on her
"is she going to be ok?" asked Weiss worried
"i don't know, i think i can stop the bleeding but i'm more worried about her waking up, shes still infected" said Irina "Breathe Eric"
Weiss smiled nervously
"wait who shot her?" he asked
"i did" said sloane everyone looked at sloane "she was choking sydney, i did what i had to, i shot her in the shoudler so that she would fall and be knocked out except she moved and i got an artery"
"you saved sydney then you were willing to let her die" said vaughn looking at sloane
"I'm sorry, ok vaughn i was just worried about nadia" said sloane "according to the properacy...'
"Shut up about rambaldi!!!!" Yelled Vaughn "Sloane saw that sydney was knocked out, you saw the ater was coming, it was already up to our knees! you knew i was going to go get her and you shut the god damn door! you almost killed my finance and my unborn child!"
"child?" asked sloane confused
"Sydney's Pregnant!" yelled vaughn "you have been saying for years that Sydney's like your daughter and then you are more then willing to sacrafice her for Nadia and Rambaldi! you only saved Nadia because she has a conection with rambaldi!"
"Vaughn! this is not the time, at twisted as his motives may have been i really think he thought he was doing the right thing" said Jack
"thanks to him, Sydney almost drowned, how can we be sure that we can even trust him, i mean after all he bretrayed us, thats why he's here, i don't care if he says that he did it to stop Yelena. I don't trust him... I could have been morning for sydney and my unborn child right now!" Yelled Vaughn
sydney squeezed his arm
"i'm ok vaughn" she whispered
"i shouldn't have let you go up there by yourself" said vaughn softly "i was so scared it was like..."
"Tapai all over again?" offered sydney
"yeah but reversed" said vaughn "how are you feeling?"
"i'm ok, vaughn its just a concussion" begun sydney
"Syd you werent breathing" said vaughn
sydney kissed vaughn
"i love you" she whispered
"i love you too" he smiled
"now when can we go home, i want to start retirement" announced sydney
"retirement?" asked jack
"yeah tonight was my last mission" said sydney "and vaughns"
"we're gonna be a normal family" said vaughn
"and dad before you say im walking away from my responsibilities to this country, we know you and the rest of APO will help keep the world safe" smiled sydney
"actually i was going to say, that i'm glad that your kids arent going to have the child hood you had because i never wanted that" smiled jack
sydney smiled
"Hows nadia Ir-Mum?" asked sydney
irina smiled
"ive stoped the bleeding with stiches it should hold til we get back to america i've also sedated her" said irina "eric?"
"yes um Mrs Bristow-- i mean um Miss Dervako -- i mean laura no irina, im sorry i don't know what to call you" stumbled weiss
"Irina is fine" said irina "um apparently my tactics of getting information is to abstract so im going to be blunt... How long have you been dating Nadia for?"
vaughn smiled at the fact that she had listened to him
"Um about a month" said Weiss
irina nodded
"i like you,your face is very expressive, i know when your lying" she said, Weiss looked scared "that was a joke eric"
weiss laughed and looked at vaughn
"she was joking" he laughed
vaughn nodded and looked back at sydney
"syd" he said
"yeah?" she asked
"um here's your ring" said vaughn
Sydney smiled as Vaughn presented her with her engagement ring that she had given him for safe keeping
Vaughn handed it to her
"No" whispered Sydney. vaughn looked at her confused "you put it on"
vaughn smiled slipping it on to her finger
"I love you" smiled Vaughn kissing Sydney
"i love you too michael" she whispered
"you called me Michael" beamed Vaughn
"yes i did" smiled sydney
"you never call me michael" whispered Vaughn "at least not clothed"
sydney blushed kissing vaughn
"ok Evac team is 5 minutes away" annouced Jack "when we get back to LA, i want sydney at home, Weiss to go with Nadia to the hospital, and Sloane to come with me to chase where even those your intentions may have been good, you will most likely be charged for Esponage"
"what about Vaughn?" asked Sydney
"vaughn will come back to APO with me for Debrief on what happened on the roof, and to inform Marshall on whats going on...i promise i won't keep him long" said jack
sydney nodded
"Jack no offence, but can i do the debrief tomorrow, when i clean out my desk?" asked vaughn "i'd really like to go home with sydney"
"fine" said Jack
vaughn nodded
the evac team arrived and Took Nadia into the Helicopter for medical attention, weiss followed
"who are you?" they asked
"im eric weiss her boyfriend" said weiss
"i'm sorry you can't fly with us, if Miss Santos wakes up during the flight, it could get violent, we don't like love ones seeing them get Sedated" said one of the Medics
Weiss nodded and kissed Nadias forehead
"i'll see you when you get to LA, they'll make you better then i can show you some magic tricks and make you smile" whispered Nadia "I love you my sweet Nadia"
weiss stood there crying as he watched them load nadia into the Chopper, vaughn came up behind him and hugged him as weiss cried into his shoulder just how weiss had hugged him two years ago when they scattered "sydney's ashes"
"that was the first time i ever told her i loved her, and she doesn't even know" sobbed weiss
"she'll be ok" said vaughn
"ok the second Teams here" announced Jack "sydney, vaughn and weis, get on this one" said jack "i'll escort the prizoners on the next one"
"dad, mum helped us...." whispered sydney
"i know, but she's still a furgative, i wish i didn't have to but I'm sorry Irina i have to take you in" said jack
Irina nodded
"um since i cooperated, maybe you could talk them into letting me out on day release when sydney gives birth and on sydney's wedding?" said irina
"i'll try" said jack
Sydney hugged Irina
"i love you mum" she whispered
Irina smiled
Sydney turned to sloane
"thankyou" she whispered hugging him, sloane looked surprise but hugged her back "nadia will be ok"
Vaughn led sydney and Weiss into the Chopper
"we'll see you back at LA" said jack
Sydney and Vaughn Sat in the helicopter arm in arm then when they got to the air strip, got into the jet with weiss and once again sat in each others arms, vaughn had his hand on Sydney's stomach
"i can't wait til you start to show. you'll be so beautiful" said vaughn
"i'll be as big as a house!" laughed Sydney
"You'll still be Beautiful. i mean your having our baby, i mean how is that not beautiful?" asked vaughn
"which would you prefer... a girl or a boy?" asked sydney
"i don't really mind, i mean as long as it has your smile, your dimples and my eyes and chin i dont mind" said vaughn "a boy would be good because then i could teach him hockey, but i could teach a girl too, um i really dont mind... as long as our baby's healthy and so are you, i couldn't be happier"
sydney smiled as vaughn leant into sydney's stomach
"You're gonna be just like your mom, aren't you?" said Vaughn
Sydney laughed
"Oh, I hope not. I hope she's a doctor or a teacher or just anything that does not involve wearing a wig."
"I don't know. I think she'd look pretty cute in a little pink wig. or he well Maybe not. You okay?" asked vaughn noticing Sydney wince as she moved in her seat
"Yeah, it just...I'm still a little sore, I guess. We came so close, Vaughn." she whispered
"Syd…" begun vaughn
"no i was so sure, that Sloane never changed, but he was willing to risk Nadia's life to save mine, i know he paniked at the end, but still he was willing to risk his own life just to stop yelena, to stop rambaldi's end game" whispered sydney
"lets not talk about it" said vaughn "your ok, the babies fine, nadia's getting the help she needs..."
sydney nodded
"do you know any jokes?" asked sydney
vaughn laughed
"only the grasshoper joke but thats not very funny" said vaughn
"um i need to think about something other then the fact that nadia is on her way back to LA to be put in a coma, or the fact that my mum, who is alive, prooved herself tonight, only to still be arrested" said Sydney
"i yelled at your mum today" said vaughn
"you did?" asked sydney "why?"
"she offered me marital advice, as a way of learning my true intentions" said vaughn
"your the one who told her to change her tactics?" asked sydney
vaughn nodded and sydney smiled
"ok distractions..." thought Vaughn "um where do you want to go for our honeymoon?"
"Santa Barbara" answered Sydney quickly causing vaughn to laugh
"um ok, where do you want to get married?" asked vaughn
"on the beach at santa Barbara" said Sydney "on the cliff"
vaughn nodded
"i think i already know the answer but where do you want to live?" asked vaughn
"Santa Barbara" said Sydney "in a nice house overlooking the ocean"
"thought so, um when do you want to get married?" asked vaughn
"after nadia's better, i can't get married without my maid of honor, with Mum and Dad there, your mum their, Weiss there, Will and my dad giving me away, Sloane there, Dixion, Marshal, Carrie, Francie and Mitchel there" said sydney
"before or after the baby?" asked Vaughn
"i don't mind" answered sydney
"tradional or casual?" asked vaughn
"casual but classy casual" answered sydney "me in a simple white sun dress, you in white Pants and a white shirt, everyone else in white and shades of blue - but no hawian prints or Prizon jump suits, No roses, just me holding a simple bird of paradise, no church, outside on the beach, everyone sitting on white wooden chairs, maybe two bali flags blowing in the wind, no priest just a minister in white"
"ok baby names" said vaughn
Sydney smiled
"lets have one if its a girl and one if its a boy, i don't want to find out til the babies born" said sydney
vaughn nodded
"I always liked the name Owen." said Sydney
"Owen. Sounds like something you name a Hampster" said vaughn
sydney laughed
"ok you don't like Owen... Clementine is cute." said sydney
"For a fruit." replied Vaughn
"It's also a name." smiled Sydney
"It's also a campfire song." smiled Vaughn
"well if you don't like any of my suggestions what are you ideas" said Sydney
"What do you think about Oscar?" asked Vaughn
"What if we have a girl?" asked Sydney
"I meant for a girl." Laughed Vaughn
"What about Isabel?" Asked Sydney
"Isabel Sydney Vaughn. No Isabel Sydney Bristow Vaughn" smiled Vaughn
"that's Pretty" smiled sydney Tears in her eyes "i Like That"
"me too" said Vaughn "I wish she were here already. I wanna meet her.
"You will." said sydney "for a boy, how about Micheal William Vaughn"
"no" said Vaughn "Micheal Daniel William Vaughn"
sydney looked up at Vaughn
"really?" she asked
"yes" said Vaughn "if you like it"
"I love it" she whispered kissing vaughn
Vaughn begun to nibble gently on Sydney's neck, sydney moaned quietly so that weiss wouldn't hear, vaughn looked at sydney's neck to see a bruize around sydney's neck, he hadn't seen before, from when nadia choked her with the chain, vaughn stopped biting and gently touched the bruise
'vaughn what?" asked sydney then she felt him touch her neck
"vaughn, its ok, it doesn't hurt" she whispered "keep going"
vaughn didn't hear her and kept looking at her neck, he could still see the scar from when that guy bit her, his hands trailed to her left shoulder, his fingers traced the scar from where Irina had shot her, he touched the side of her head when there was a brusie and dried blood from where she had hit her head. sydney knew what he was doing but didn't say anything. vaughn traced his fingers down her jaw, she had had 3 teeth removed by force. vaughn then traced his fingers down her right arm, the scar from when she had fought Dixion under one of her many alias'. he then saw the scar on her stomach, the stomach that ment medically she couldn't get pregnant but by some mericle she was pregnant. vaughn looked up at sydney and saw nothing but love in those beautiful chocolate coloured eyes of hers.
he cradeled her face in his hand
"You have been hurt so many times..." he whispered "how can you just bounce back so easily?"
"i'm ok" she whispered "when i'm with you i forget all about the pain, vaughn you have been hurt too, you almost drowned in Tapai, i stabbed you after i came back...you went on living for two years thinking i was dead...your father...god i wish i could take the pain away from you"
"you do" smiled vaughn "every single day, everytime you smile"
sydney kissed vaughn then nervously smiled tucking a strand of hair behind her ear
"what?" asked vaughn
"it just struck me...this time next year we are going to be married and have a child" said sydney
vaughn smiled then his smile faded
"is that overwelming...are you having second thoughts?" he asked
"oh god no! vaughn i want to marry you more then anything and when our baby makes its appearance i will be complete" said sydney "what should we refer to the baby as?"
"what do you mean?" asked vaughn
"i mean i feel a little odd calling our child 'It'" said sydney "how about bean?"
"bean?" laughed vaughn "no how about....bub?"
"bub" said sydney "i like that"
sydney put her hand on her stomach
"are you a bub?" she asked "i think bub's a bub"
vaughn smiled, cradling her head is in his hand he kissed her, sydney smiled as vaughn begun to nibble her neck again, sydney threaded her fingers through his hair and moaned as he nibbled on her ear
Sydney begun to cry making vaughn stop instantly
"whats wrong did i hurt you?" he asked
"no you didnt you could never hurt me...its just Nadia..." whispered sydney crying softly
vaughn nodded wrapping his arms around her and letting her bury her head into his chest, her tears leaving dark grey wet patches on his light grey t-shirt when sydney's crying had sudsided she lent up and looked at vaughn
"do you want to talk about it?" he asked
"i dont know...its just that if i had gone and switched the line manually instead of her this wouldnt have happened" whispered sydney
"syd if you had got caught... Yelena would have killed you...she didnt kill Nadia because she raised nadia...also your mum would have had to destroy the device and no one would have been there to interogate yelena....it would have been worse" whispered vaughn "the air strike would have happened it would have been alot worse"
sydney nodded knowing he was right
"i love you" whispered vaughn "i love you so much, i don't tell you enough, i could never tell you enough"
"i love you too" whispered sydney
sydney kissed vaughn and as vaughn deepened the kiss they were interupted by weiss clearing his throat they parted and looked up at weiss, his usual red cheeks, laughing eyes and cheeky smile were replaced by red swollen eyes, worried eyes, a grim expression and generaly sad expression
"how you coping?" asked sydney holding her hand out to him
weiss smiled saddly exepting her hand
"um you know, the girl i love is in a coma after her aunt infected her and her father shot her" said weiss, he had ment it as a joke but he burst into tears
"weiss sick down" said sydney
weiss nodded and sat across from vaughn and sydney
"um i need to know what happened" said weiss
sydney looked at vaughn who nodded
"um when Nadia tried to manually start the train on the tracks, when she got grabbed by the infected, i thought she was gone... but according to mum she somehow got away...then she was tricked by one of yelena's men, and yelena infected her...knowing i wouldn't hurt nadia...as i was destroying the ball, she came and attacked me...i was fighting her off...mum was saying i had to kill her...i couldnt...i knocked her out or i thought i did...i chained her up then went back to the device...she came up from behind and begun to choke me with the chain...i couldnt breathe i begged her to stop but it wasnt nadia anymore...then sloane shot her from bewhind in the should... exept nadia moved and he gt her in the neck... he did what he had to do... if her shot her in the shoulder she would have collasped.... it was a very risk shot...he could have got me....Weiss he prooved rambaldi wrong "the passenger and the chosen will fight it out and only one will survive" one of us were ment to kill the other... weiss he went against rambaldi to save us" said sydney
"I dont blame you syd...or your mum belive it or not...i also believe that sloane thought he was doing the right thing" i blame yelena" whispered weiss
weiss looked down at vaughn's hand which was placed protectively on sydney's stomach
"how far along are you?" asked weiss
"6 weeks" smiled sydney, then sydney felt guilty and her smile faded
" syd your pregnant...you can be happy..nadia would want that and when she wakes up..."begun weiss but trailed off when he saw sydney crying
"i've been so selfish weiss!" cried sydney "i've been thinking about the baby and the fact that i'm getting married, i forgot you too were moving in together! how much of a bitch does that make me?"
"shhh" whispered vaughn hugging sydney again
"i forgot as well" said weiss
"are you going to be ok?" asked sydney
"yeah this is probaly just nadia's way of getting out of the unpacking" said weiss, he tried to smile but burst into tears
vaughn looked at his crying finace and his crying friend and his heart broke
suddenly the pilot's voice came over the radio
"we are decending into LA now ETA 10 minutes" he announced
"Weiss are you going to be ok?" repeated sydney "you can come home with us if you want"
"yeah weiss i dont think you should be alone right now" said vaughn worried about his best friend
"no you guys have some celebrating to do...i will be fine" said weiss
"ok but if you need anything, just drop by okay" said sydney
"okay" said Weiss
"are you going to go see her tonight?" asked vaughn
"um no i thought i'd wait to tomorrow when it was less hetic" said weiss "the truth is i dont think i can handle it. will you guys come with me tomorrow?"
vaughn nodded
"of course" said sydney
they sat in silence as the plane landed, they got up from there seats exchanged hugs and departed
Vaughn opened the door for sydney and turned on the light
sydney sighed as she walked inside
vaughn put down their bags and wrapped his arms around her from behind kissing her neck
sydney smiled and turned around in his embrace and kissed him before resting her head on his shoulder
"are you going to be ok?" asked vaughn
"as long as i am with you, and in your arms, i will be fine" answered sydney
vaughn nodded kissing her head
"you tired?" he asked
"exhausted" replied sydney "i know you wanted to make love when we got home..."
"syd its fine, we can make love another night" said vaughn
"thankyou" she whispered
vaughn nodded as he took her hand and led her to the bedroom
he sat her on the edge of the bed and begun to undress her and dress her in her pjs and the same himself, sydney smiled as
he kissed her head and stroked her hair out of her eyes
"I love you....your so beautiful, so strong, so brave, so inteliligent, so sexy" whispered vaughn
to any body else these would have been nothing but incoherent ramblings but to sydney they made sense and spoke volumes
sydney kissed vaughns chest
"nadia's going to be okay right?" asked sydney " i mean you survived the red ball"
"that was a little different that was the liquid inside the ball, nadia was effected by the water effected by the red ball..." vaughn decided to change tatics "she'll be fine...shes strong, she's young...she's healthy"
sydney nodded but couldn't fight the tears, vaughn held her as she cried
"i know i've only known her a little over a year, but i can't imagine my life without her, i dont how i survived 30 years without her in my life...without a sister" cried sydney "because of Sloane and his need for power, rambaldi, I lost Danny, i lost 2 years of my life, Will was kidnapt, diane was murdered, emily died, Francie was doubled...i don't think i could handle it if i lost nadia too, i know sloane did what he had to do but still.... Rambaldi scares me, even though he's been dead fr years, he still influences our live, his followers, what if they target us? or bub? vaughn i want them all dead or in jail...i can't handle it"
"look at me, i told you before... i won't let those people touch you! okay? we will have the best security system, your father on speed dial, we will get apo to keep our security clearance so that we know what threats there are... we will move to santa barbara"
suddenly there was a knock at the door sydney wiped away her tears as vaughn kissed her forehead before he got up to get the door, sydney slowly followed him into the lounge to see him open the door to reveal a very tired, exausted red eyed weiss
"weiss" said sydney
"i'm sorry i got home, and saw some of nadia's stuff and just couldn't stay, i was wondering if i could crash here tonight?" asked weiss trying not to focus on the boxes of naida's stuff that was still to be moved to his place
"of course" answered sydney
"um i did find this at my place" said weiss handing sydney a envelope addressed to her in nadia's hand writting
"it was on the table, nadia must have wrote it while i was in the shower, i havent read it, i just thought you might want it" said weiss
sydney nodded tears in her eyes
"thankyou, um im going to go to my room and read it" said sydney vaughn looked up at her concerned "i'll be okay, set weiss up, there are fresh sheets in the linen press"
"i'll just sleep in nadia's bed it's ok... i need to feel close to her right now... i know that sounds insane" said weiss
"it doesnt" said sydney, hugging weiss and squeezing vaughns hand
Her feet took her to the bedroom door, the lump in her throat finally releasing the pent up tears from hours previous, hours of avoiding Vaughn and Weiss' concerned eyes and held out hands. She deserved no comforting, no release from the threshold of guilt sydney found herself in. The one time she needed nadia the most was the one time she couldn't.
She pushed the heavy wooden door shut behind her and sat on the edge of her bed, tucking her knees to her chest
as she unfolded the letter and begun to read
Dearest Sydney,
having grown up in an orphanage i was never very good at voicing by feelings, instead i would write them down, i had no one to share them to except for sophia but we all know now that that was a mistake. I have always wanted a family, a father with a normal 9-5 job, a mother who stayed home cooking, cleaning, a mother who was like a best friend, a sister who i could share everything with, a two car garage, a white picket fence and maybe a dog. what i got was unexpected. a father who is struggling between good and evil and an obsession with a dead inventor, a mother who was KGB and came over to seduce an american, killed several people and is now working with United states to help us, two aunts, one who is remorseful for her sins the other who betrayed me over and over, i also got a sister who was even better then i could have ever imagined, i still remember the first time i met you, i was pretending to be brain dead yet we still managed to kick ass! You were right being cautious in trusting my father i only wish i had put aside my childish fantasys and listened to you. I also got more then i ever wanted, great friends You, Vaughn, Eric, Dixion and Marshall, i also got a great father like figure...your dad i know you two dont have the best relationship...but sydney he's still your dad all he wants to do is protect you. i also got weiss, he's so funny, perfect and romantic... i feel like i'm falling in love with him- hard. and then tonight i find out that not only am i moving in with weiss. but i'm going to be an aunt too! i'm so excited and happy for you and vaughn!
Okay weiss is out of the shower now
I love you so much sydney
Love your sister
Nadia
Sydney folded up the letter finally allowing the silent tears of pain and guilt to flow freely down her cheeks. Sydney brought her hands to the side of her face and cradled her head, feeling her heart steadily beating the blood round her body, and hating herself and her destiny. Her blood, her "chosen one" prophecy and rambaldi were the reasons why nadia was fighting for her life right now.
Sydney had given so much over the last twenty four hours. So tired, and yet she couldn't bring herself to sleep. There was still so much left unsaid. She wanted to thank nadia, for saving her life so many tines. Apologise, for ruining and losing hers. to tell nadia she loved her and just to hug her. And the tears came thicker and faster, harder and stronger.
Then finally a lifeline came.
In the midst of blurred vision and blood pounding to her ears, the faint sound of a door opening and closing It broke through the grief and pain, piercing her conscious, and she knew he would be there for as long as she needed him.
Vaughn sat down on the edge of the bed, and silently, feeling the pain emanating from her, wrapped his arms around Sydney's frail, shaking form. The tears flowed over her hands, and she bundled her body closer to his, needing the protection his arms offered, needing the comfort he held within his form. Vaughn wrapped one arm around her quaking back, and held her elbows with the other, encircling her completely.
He wanted to sob the tears she was weeping, feel the hurt she was drowning in, take away all the pain that crowded her head. He wanted to stop the hurting and crying, the pain emanating from her, the guilt she was collapsing under unnecessarily. He wanted to whisper to her, that it would be okay, that things would be all right. That it wasn't her fault and never had been, that fate had simply seen it's chance and snatched at the air.
But instead he simply held her, wrapped his arms tighter around his Fiance's form, trying to block out any more pain entering, trying to relay his strength to her. Vaughn rested his head atop Sydney's and allowed her tears to fall, watching dark spots of navy appear on his midblue sweater. He permitted her every whimper and opened his arms wider as she tightened her grip on his sleeves and crawled further into his chest and torso.
She didn't need to be strong, she didn't need to put on a brave face, or smile and put a mask over look of pain. She'd been strong for too long, held on to the frayed edges of sanity and hope for hours on end.
And through the hazy light of shimmering tears, her hand slipped into his and her first words shook his soul. In the blackness of sadness and turmoil, she had found the light in him and held on.
"Thankyou."
Vaughn responded in kind, by simply releasing her from his hold and tucking strands of Sydney's hair, wet from tears, behind her delicate ears. Softly, he brought two fingers under Sydney's chin, lifting her head so the red of her eyes matched his saddened pupils. His heart thundered in the pride he held for her.
"I'm here. I'm right here. You don't have to be strong now Sydney."
She knew she didn't. She knew she didn't have to be someone she wasn't with Vaughn, or try to look on the bright side of things. At the end of the day he was there for her, to crawl into his arms, to laugh and smile or sob for hours on end. Her lifeline, to whatever held her to this earth. To love, to hope, to a glint of light in the never-ending sea of black. To allow her to cry, a luxury too few people had ever permitted.
six years old, her own mother's funeral. Taken out of the church as her tears fell, the opportunity to mourn a loss taken away. Not maliciously, not intentionally. But still disallowed. Her tears wiped dry, strong, reassuring words uttered. But not permitted to cry.
thirty six years old, Danny's death. Grief had overwhelmed her, but there were all the arrangements to be made, the hymns to be chosen. Even what kind of wood she wished the casket to be made of. Each decision left to her, the burden of making the right decision resting upon sydney's shoulders alone. And each distraction would keep her from bursting into tears, each fit of hysteria from the other mourners allowed Sydney's mind to drift to their grief and not her own. Her only tears, she had stopped herself. Not allowed to cry or grieve, halted by her own sense of conscious and guilt. Why should she get to cry? Why, when she had tried to make others stop doing do, claiming that danny wouldn't want to see them cry. should Sydney herself be permitted the luxury of release?
But now, Vaughn simply held her. Tightly, so Sydney felt as protected as she needed, but loose enough to allow her to wipe the occasional tears tickling her nose or licking their way down Vaughn's neck. And he allowed her tears and permitted her utter grief, despair and helplessness. Because she deserved it, because she had been strong for so long. Because he was her lifeline, and in another time and place, she would be his, be it in this lifetime or another.
When vaughn felt sydney's tears subside he pulled away just enough so that he could look at her, wiping away her tears
"you ok?" he asked
"not really but i will be" said sydney
vaughn nodded kissing her forehead
FEEDBACK? Will isn't in Whitness protection, Francie was doubled but wasn't killed, they found her after sydney went missing and Francie and Will live in a CIA safe house in Santa Barbara
Vaughn Held Sydney close as she calmed down before looking at her
"are you okay? i mean you and the baby?" he asked
sydney smiled at his concern
"we are both fine" she whispered
"ok well i want you to be checked out bu the doctor tomorrow just in case" said vaughn
Sydney nodded
there was a knock at the door
"i'll get it!" yelled Weiss
sydney smiled as Weiss answered Her door
suddenly there was a knock at sydney's bedroom door
"come in!" called sydney
weiss opened the door and peeked in, when he relised they were both clothed he opened the door fully
"uh vaughn, mr Bristow is here and he has his i'm-not-happy-and-I-may-just-kill-you face-on" said weiss
Vaughn sighed and kissed Sydney on the lips
"Ok, will you be okay?" he asked
"i will be fine" smiled sydney "love you"
"love you too" said vaughn "i won't be long"
vaughn stood up
"can you stay with her?" asked vaughn weiss nodded "ok when i come back i don't want to walk into an Oprah tear fest"
sydney laughed
"doctor phill's more our style" said weiss
vaughn closed the door behind him and saw jack standing right in front of him
"Woah! ok you scared me a little there. um would you like to sit down, or a drink?" asked vaughn nervously
"i am not you high school prom date Mr Vaughn" said jack
"um ok what can i do for you Agent...i mean Jack...i mean Mr Bristow" said vaughn
"What are you intentions with my daughter?" asked jack
"i think i've made my intentions pretty clear, I love sydney very much, we are engaged and we are having a child together" said vaughn
"yes but is this a marriage of convenience, because sydney is pregnant or what? it seems a little hasty" said Jack
"this is not a marriage of convenience, i did not ask sydney to marry me because i felt responsible! i had plans to ask her before i found out she was pregnant, remember i asked you for your permission but you just shot me down, so you have lost any say in our engagement or the events of the wedding..." said vaughn
"we were interupted" said jack "how long have you wanted to marry my daughter?"
"ever since i met her, i knew i wanted her in my life, then the night she was taken, we had been making plans to go to santa barbara, i was going to pop the question then we found her... well those plans didnt work out...then when she came back...i didnt want to get hurt again...even though it wasnt her fault i pushed her away...that wont happen again...even if sydney wasnt pregnant we would still be having this conversation right now... we both know you dont like me...." said vaughn
"thats not truth i'm sure your a fine man but i dont believe you are good enough for my daughter, if you ever hurt Sydney or that child i will kill you, and if i dont kill you, you will wish i had" said Jack
"ok i won't hurt sydney or our child but not because you have threatened me but because i love her so much and i would never be able to forgive myself if i hurt her, and i assure you just the thought of hurting sydney or our child is worse then anything you could ever threaten. I love her more then anything in this whole entire world!" said vaughn " i am going to marry sydney, jack and i would like a bit of respect, i have learnt from my past mistakes, i have risked my career and my life multiple times to protect sydney, i am not going to hurt her! and frankly you scare the felgercarb out of me, can you please just try to show me some respect even if its just in front of sydney?"
"fine, it takes a brave man to stand up to their future fatherin law and say what you just said....i used to believe that you had no back bone..." said jack
"and has that assesment changed at all?" asked vaughn
"you remind me alot of your father, he was a good man" said jack "you retired from the CIA today, how are you going to support sydney and your child?"
"well i have an appartment that i just sold, my fathers inheritence that i haven't touched, my savings and i plan to teach french in santa barbara, i already have a job there actually, and put a deposit on a house in santa barbara on monday, i dont know what sydney plans to do but i'm going to try and stay at home while she is pregnant because this is a high risk pregnancy" said vaughn
"ok well i guess welcome to the family in order" said jack shaking vaughns hand
"now go back to sydney she needs you, tell her i'll see her tomorrow" said jack
"ok good night" said vaughn
with that jack left and vaughn returned to sydneys bedroom
"and he returns, we didnt here any yelling or the sound of things breaking...did you kill him?" asked weiss
"No, i just stood my ground, he gave me the whole I'll-kill-you-if-you-hurt-my-daughter-and-if-i-don't-kill-you-you'll-wish-i-had speech you know Maffia style" said vaughn
"and what did you say?" asked sydney
"i basically told him he didnt scare me and that i would never hurt you and demanded respect, in a tiny little squeek" smiled vaughn
weiss laughed
"ok i gotta go back to bed, cya syd, cya mouse boy" laughed weiss leaving
sydney smiled
"you stood up to my dad!" she smiled
"hey i guess i did" smiled vaughn
THIS HAS BEEN EDITED!!!!Author's Note: This is my first alias fanfic so please be kind... I wasn't happy with how vaughn proposed and how sydney told him she was pregnant. this takes place on the season 4 finale just before they leave to fight Yelena and save the world. there are a few scenes from the finale that i have reworded, this is after sydney and nadia saved irina. Oh and Vaughn never married Lauren, I'm not sure if this is going to be R Rated or not so i've just posted it here just in case.....season 4 finale spoilers
Vaughn walked into the appartment he had been sharing with sydney for the last 6 months
"Syd, You home?" called Vaughn,
Vaughn sees Sydney standing in the door way.
"hey i got your message..." begun vaughn but he stopped when he noticed Sydney's tear stained cheeks "hey whats wrong? is it Irina?"
Vaughn put down his suitcase and picked sydney up in his arms as she clung to him
Vaughn carried sydney to the couch and sat her down, he sat next to her and held her
"has something happened?" asked vaughn
"Um, the doctor called" whispered sydney
"what did he say?" asked vaughn intwining his fingers with sydney's
"um...i know we always said we'd wait to have a family...wait til Yelena, Slone, Sark, and everyone was gone, to wait til the world was a safer place... i know we always said we would look into our options of IVF and adoption when the time was right, because i couldn't have kids, because my eggs were um stolen, like so many other things, by Rambaldi. I know the world isn't as safe as we had hoped. When ever we made love we never used protection... because i couldn't have kids... i have no idea how your going to react to this... i don't want to loose you...i'm just going to say it...Vaughn i love you so much...and i don't how, but by some miracle...I'm Pregnant" said Sydney who had been looking at their hands the whole time,
"Your Pregnant?" he asked "how is that possible?"
"I don't know" said Sydney "Where are you with this, Vaughn? I just need to know how you feel. Is it something you want?"
"The truth?" asked Vaughn
"of course" replied sydney looking up at Vaughn
"your Right, What we do — the things we see everyday. Honestly, no. I didn't think this was what I wanted. I mean, bringing a baby into this world? That is so messed up. I just assumed th-that I'd wait. That we'd wait." said Vaughn
"For?" Asked Sydney
"For things to be safe, or at least safer." replied Vaughn
"Yeah i get it" said Sydney looking down at her hands, holding back the tears "Um ok, If thats what you want...but i'm keeping it...even if it means loosing you"
"Syd look at me" said vaughn. sydney slowly raised her eyes and looked into vaughn's eyes to see his reaction expecting to see fear, hurt, hatred but was surprised to see Love and Joy "You didn't let me finish; But looking at you, all I can think about is what our kid is goign to be like. I'm not worried about the world. I just ... I can't wait to meet thi-this new little person. Syd of course we're keeping it...its a miracle...syd that babies apart of you...apart of us...sure the timings not perfect but WE'RE HAVING A BABY!"
Sydney smiles
"Really? I mean it's pretty great, right?" asked Sydney
"You're going to be an amazing mom, and I'm going to be a disaster. I've never changed a diaper." said Vaughn
"Neither have I! We're going to have to call Marshall to assist." Laughed Sydney
Vaughn smiled and kissed Sydney
"i am so happy" he said "How far along are you?" asked vaughn
"about six weeks" said Sydney
"so, Our baby was conceived...in Russia when we were posing as Karen and Dave" Said vaughn
"yeah, in that Pink Bathroom" said Sydney smiling
Vaughn Laughed
sydney's smiled faded
"what?" asked vaughn
"um its stupid, its just that our baby was conceived when we were pretending to be someone else, i don't know i wish it had been when we were us" whispered sydney
"syd, our alias' may have been Karen and Dave, but i was making love to you not karen, and if i remember correctly, when you climaxed you screamed my name not Dave's. i remember thinking it was a miracle we hadn't been exposed then" smiled Vaughn "we may have been posing as karen and dave but we were making love as Sydney and Vaughn. and we may not have conceived the baby in russia, we may have conceived when we were taking things "slow" after our first APO Mission, or after you posed as Charlene or after you were buried alive, any one of those times"
sydney smiled
"the point is this child was conceived in love" whispered vaughn "our little mirracle, i dont really care about when we concieved, i just care about the fact that its a little of both of us, and that it was natural, IVF and Adoption weren't as appealing to me as having one naturally"
Vaughn gently pushed sydney back so that she was lying on her back and he was above her
"i love you so much" whispered Vaughn kissing her stomach "and i love you baby...Daddy's little miracle"
sydney giggled as vaughn kissed her lips softly and gently
"syd..." begun Vaughn
"yeah?" asked sydney
"Will you marry me?" asked vaughn "wait before you answer that, i need you to know, this isn't a because i feel responsible or because we are expecting our first child, or me wanting to do the right thing... I have been carrying this ring around for weeks trying to find the perfect time to ask you, i had this ring in my pocket when i dropped you off before you died...before you were taken, what i said to you in the dealership was true... We were going to Santa Barbara, i had booked the Presidential Suite at the Biltmore, i had this whole romantic weekend planned a candle lit dinner on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. when i had told you about Santa Barbara you couldn't stop talking about the Giraffe with the crooked neck, the way your face lit up, so when i got home after dropping you off, i got home and cancelled all my plans with the intention of kneeling on one knee in sawdust and asking you to spend the rest of your life with me in front of the Giraffe with the crooked neck... of course that didn't happen... when i was packing my bag, i was staring at the ring when i got a phone call from weiss telling me to get to your appartment ASAP... and when i got there they were wheeling Will out... your appartment was nothing but a big black, wet shell.... i heard there were two bodies, i ran in there, weiss tried to stop me...but i had to...i ran over to your body...or what i thought was your body... the body was so black...i couldn't see your beautiful eyes, your beautiful hair, i couldn't believe it was you, i didn't want to believe it was you then... i-i saw the charred silver neck lace that held Danny's engagement ring, that you had worn around your neck as a reminder of what you were fighting for..." vaughn stopped and gave into the tears he had been fighting. "i took it off your neck and held it my hands with my engagement ring and cried, then i held you and cried...i don't know how long i was sitting there crying...weiss came over with your dad...your dad was crying, i never even thought jack bristow was capable of crying... we hugged each other for what seemed an eternity...dixion was there and so was marshall...dixion went to zip up the body bag but i wouldn't let him... i kissed your hand, they said we needed a photo of you to put in the bag, i put one of the ones from my wallet in there, i then kissed your head and zipped the bag up, i didn't need DNA results, when i saw the necklace i really thought it was you... "
Vaughn stopped to wipe away his tears, Sydney listened to him crying silently, vaughn had never really talked to her about that night
"i scattered your ashes off the cliff at Santa Barbara and everyday for those two years i wore that chain around my neck, with danny and my ring on it... some people thought it was weird that i was wearing two engagement rings around my neck, expecially the fact that i was wearing the ring of my fiance' and the ring that she had been given by another man... but that was all i had left of you except for a few photos that i kept in my wallet...I'm so sorry i gave up on you....and then two years later, after quitting the CIA, i got a call when i was at a bar drinking away my sorrows. to go to Hong Kong. than when you came back... i wanted so much to propose to you...but i couldn't, not until the Covenant was gone. a few weeks ago i decided it was time... i asked your dad for his permision, then i told Nadia and Weiss, i even asked will for his permission"
Vaughn took the necklace out from his pocket
sydney gasped tears in her eyes
"vaughn i thought i had lost this, with everything else" whispered sydney
"thats why i kept it, i should have given it back to you in Hong Kong but i wanted to give it to you when the time was right..." said vaughn
vaughn un did the clasp and slid his ring off, and then put the chain and Danny's ring around her neck
"sydney i want you to keep wearing danny's ring around your neck, he ment alot to you and i don't want you to forget him, i'm not trying to replace him...he was a good man, and he loved you so much...and i know a part of you still loves him and always will, i want you t keep wearing it, i just want you not to wear it when we make love... at our wedding and on a honeymoon... those are the times i want you all to myself" said vaughn
sydney smiled as Vaughn picked up sydney's left hand and went to place the ring on her finger when he stopped, he sat sydney up and knelt in front of her
"I was gonna take you to the beach, Santa Barbara. We’d go out for a walk, maybe when the sun was setting. But now we’re here, and i don't know whats going to happen in Savogda, And I may never get another chance to do this again. sydney You are my Best Friend, You are my lfe line both on and off the field, you are the love of my life, my Sole Mate and the mother of my unborn child. You were taken from me once but i promise you i will never let that happen again...i promise to love, protect and care for you and our child for the rest of my life. Sometimes I wake up before you do, and I watch you sleep. And I’m overwhelmed because. . .you’re so amazing. And I don’t know why I’m lucky enough to have you in my life, but you’re here with me. And I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you trying to make you as happy as you make me. Sydney Anne Bristow, Will you marry me?"
Sydney smiled
"yes! Yes i will marry you!" she smiled as vaughn slid the ring on her finger and kissed him passionatley when air was an issue they seperated and vaughn lent his forehead against sydney's "I love you so much"
"i love you too" whispered Vaughn
Vaughn hugged Sydney tight
"I swear to god i won't ever let you go" he whispered "God you just told me we are having a baby and then you agree to be my wife...god i am the happiest person on earth. I promise you i won't ever disapoint you, i will the token husband, I will go to the supermarket at all hours to fulfil your cravings, i will be there when the baby first kicks, i will be there for every single ultrasound, doctors appointment, i will be there when our baby comes into the world, i will massage your feet, i will massage your back nightly, i will get up in the middle of the night when our baby is crying, i will go to every single soccer game, recital, parent teacher interview, i will tell you daily how much i love you and how beautiful you are, everytime i will kiss you it will be with passion, even when our kids are teenagers and tell us to get a room, and i plan to show you every single moment of the day for the rest of our lives how much i love you, whether it's holding your hair back when you make friends with the toliet bowl, or pulling your chair out, or opening doors for you, or making you coffee, or doing jobs around the house, or holding you when you cry, putting up with your abuse when your in labour, making love to you every night, having showers with you, taking you dancing, saving your life, being your "invisible friend" when your on missions, taking you out for dinner or just kissing you. i will never let you feel neglected, alone, or unloved"
sydney smiled tears pouring down her cheeks
"that wasn't supposed to make you cry" whispered vaughn wiping her tears away
"these are happy tears, how did i end up with someone so perfect?" asked sydney
vaughn smiled and sat down next to her pulling her close to him, wrapping one arm protectively around her stomach and the other hand stroking her hair as she rested her head on his chest vaughn tilted sydney's chin with his finger and lent down and kissed her, sydney pulled away and got up and straddled him, kissing him passionately, vaughn cupped her face as licked his tongue over her lips seeking entrance, which sydney allowed, vaughn thrust his tongue into sydney's welcoming mouth, sydney sucked on vaughns toungue while vaughn slid his hand up sydney's top, vaughn looked at sydney wih such love and desire as he gently stroked her breasts she looked so beautiful from her red bruised lips to her small yet ample breasts that fit perfectly in his hands.
sydney smiled stroking his face, she knew she was having an effect on him, she could feel his hardness growing agaist her thigh
"you have no idea how much i want you right now" whispered vaughn
" I have a few ideas" smiled sydney grabbing his shaft throught the fabric of his pants, vaughn moaned
"do we have time?" he asked
"we always have time" she whispered
"we have to make it quick...are you ready for me?" asked vaughn
"i always am sweetheart" she whispered nibbling his ear
"guys you home?" called Nadia
"felgercarb" said sydney grabing a blanket and draping it over them
nadia and weiss walked in just us they were covering themselves
"Syd did you tell him...." begun nadia "oh... um sorry"
sydney buried her face into vaughns chest embarrassed
"yeah she told me" said vaughn "um can you guys give us a minute?"
"yeah" said nadia and weiss gave him the thumbsup before leaving
"syd you ok?" asked vaughn
"yeah" she said siting next to him "weiss nadia you can come in"
nadia and weiss came back in
"sorry we should have knocked, i just came to get my stuff" said nadia
"your stuff? why?" asked sydney
"i'm moving in with eric" said nadia
"really? thats great" said sydney "i told vaughn that i was pregnant and we are getting married"
nadia squealed and ran over to sydney while sydney showed her the ring
"vaughn had this before i went missing, and then he found this necklace on the body they thought was me, i wore this necklace constantly as it was a reminder of what i was fighting for, it had danny's engagement ring on it. and vaughn hade been wearing it along with my ring around his neck" said sydney
"thats so sweet" said nadia hugging sydney
vaughn shook weiss' hand
"congrats man... i thought the necklace was familiar" said weiss
ten minutes later nadia and weiss had gone with a few of nadia's things agreeing to come back for dinner the next night. sydney and vaughn were sitting on the couch vaughn wrapping one arm protectively around her stomach and the other hand stroking her hair as she rested her head on his chest vaughn tilted sydney's chin with his finger and lent down and kissed her
"i wish we could stay like this forever" whispered sydney "but we have to go save the world"
sydney had ment this as a joke but vaughn just sat there silent, sydney sat up and looked at him
"thats was a joke" she whispered "i better go get ready"
sydney went to stand up when vaughn stopped her
"syd, wait, i would be lying if i told you i was ok with you jumping out of a plane into god knows what and fighting your aunt and destroying yet another red ball, Syd i know better then to try and stop you... but promise me you'll be safe, promise me that i won't have to Bury you and our un born child..." whispered Vaughn
"i promise you i'll be ok. Vaughn i have to do this Yelena she betrayed Nadia, she used Nadia, i let the woman into my house, she's been playing mind games with us for months...she had us think my mum was dead and that you father was alive... i have to do this" said sydney "and besides your coming with me"
"i know its just..." begun vaughn when sydney stopped him
"don't say it...ok? lets go save the world then when we come back we can celebrate" said sydney
vaughn smiled as he followed sydney out the door
On the Plane
Vaughn walks to Sydney and sits next to her
"how are you feeling?" asked vaughn
"scared...when it's just me risking my life i'm not that nervous or scared but this times different...my actions could put your life in danger, or nadia's or my mum's even my dad's not to mention our baby" whispered sydney
Irina who had been walking past heard this
"baby?" she asked sydney "Oh my God... are you pregnant?"
Sydney nodded
"Yes but please don't tell dad, he won't let me do this and i have to" whispered Sydney
Jack walked over having heard the conversation
"i already know, the doctor called me...to tell me since i am director and your father....i'm not happy with you risking the life of my grandchild but i agree you have to do this" said jack
Sydney nodded
"i know your scared but you'll be ok, we won't let anything happen to our child ok?" said vaughn
sydney nodded leaning her head against vaughn's chest, vaughn wrapped his arms around her and stroked her face, kissing her forehead, irina and jack smiled before walking away
"i love you" whispered sydney
"i love you too" said Vaughn
"vaughn, this is going to be my last mission, once Yelena is gone, i'm leaving APO, The CIA i just want to be a normal mother. Besides Marshall, Nadia, Dad, Weiss, Dixion and My mum will ensure that Sark and Sloane don't get away" said Sydney " i want to be a stay at home mother, watching our baby grow, i want a house in santa barbara, but i don't want to be worring constantly about whether or not your gonna come home...vaughn lets retire, lets be normal parents"
Vaughn smiled
"Retirement sounds perfect" he whispered kissing her gently
Sydney kisses Vaughn’s hand. She fingers the back of Vaughn’s head. She takes her hand away to look at her ring and Smiles.
"I had a thought." said sydney
"Yeah?" smiled vaughn
"What if we just blow off the whole big-wedding thing? What if we just do it on the beach?" suggested sydne
"the beach?" Smiled vaughn
"What do you think?" asked sydney
"I like it. Barefoot on the beach, you’d look sexy as hell. Oh, but wait. What about your dad? He doesn’t look like the kind of guy who likes to have sand between his toes." laughed vaughn
"That’s true." laughed sydney "So. . .we won’t invite him."
"Your father?" asked vaughn in disbelief
"What if we don’t invite anyone? We just elope?" suggested sydney
"You’re serious?" he asked
sydney nodded
"I would love it." she smiled
"All right. Then we’ll elope." said vaughn "after this we'll go to santa barbara and elope"
"Have I told you that I love you?" asked sydney
vaughns laughs
"Yeah. Go ahead, tell me again."
"I love you." she whispers playing with his hair again
"I love you too." he smiled
"I know. Say it again." she whispered
"i love you syd" he whispered "i can't wait to be your husband"
vaughn lifted up her shirt ad kissed her stomach
"and i love you too baby" he says in a baby voice
sydney laughs kissing him
"when we get there and you have to dismantle the ball, i wish i could go with you" whispered vaughn
"It’s a one-person job. My mum will relay up the wiring instructions. I can disarm the device myself." smiled Sydney
"You can’t outrun the wall of water that thing’s gonna turn into." argued Vaughn
"How are you going to help me?" asked Sydney
"We’ll figure something out. You’ll run faster if I’m chasing you." Smile Vaughn
"I’ll be fine. And they need you in the bunker. If we don’t get Elena. . ." argued Sydney "and besides i don't want you with me after what happened in tapai, i know mum said the water is save, but i don't want you getting sick again and i dont want you to get caught in the water again. i want our baby to grow up with a father, a healthy father"
"syd..." Begun Vaughn "when the ball turns into water, i want you to run like mad, don't stop ok? dont stop til your with me and your safe"
sydney nodded with tears pouring down her cheeks
"i'm scared, not just about the water, but if i don't come back, i'm scared you won't be able to survive loosing me again" cried sydney
"just come back to me" replied vaughn
"Just in case, Vaughn I forgive you" she whispered
"For what?" asked Vaughn
"For thinking i was dead for 2 years for giving up, i want you to stop blaming yourself, you weren't to know" whispered sydney tears in her eyes
Vaughn wraps his arm around her and they kiss, vaughn crying into her shoulder, he had been waiting for her to say that for so long
"Come back to me safely" he beggs "both of you
"i will" she whispered kissing him
"Savogda in 5 minutes get ready to jump" said jack
Vaughn stood up and helped sydney stand up, he then helped her into her parachute then his own, as the hatch opened he held her hand as they jumped into Savogda....
Vaughn and Irina are working on the brakes.
"You shouldn’t wait." said Irina
"For what?" asked Vaughn
"I saw the ring." replied Irina
"Yeah, you know what? You killed my father. The way I see it, I don’t have to ask for your blessings." Replied Vaughn
"Despite that, you may have them. Along with some advice." Said irina
"Marital advice from you. Wondeful. Like what, don’t betray your spouse?" Scoffed Vaughn
"Yeah, that’d be one of them. But even between a husband and a wife, some secrets are acceptable. However, your activities are not." Said Irina
"i don't know what your talking about, Sydney and I have no secrets! I love your Daughter, i intend to marry her, i have been wanting to marry her for years, in fact i had planned to propose to her the night she was taken... we are having a child together. If this whole martial advice charade was some abstract way of getting information on my feelings for your daughter, like when i asked you for the cure...then you really need to work on your approach. I assure you though, i will not betray her and our child like you did to Jack and Sydney. I am willing to be civil to you, not because i like you or because i trust you because i don't, you kill my father. I am willing to be civil to you because god only knows why, but sydney loves you and thinks you have changed and if you hurt her or our child i will give you the same respect you showed my father and kill you to the point that you can only be IDd by your dental records. I Love Sydney and I will do anything to protect her" said Vaughn
"Thats all i wanted to know" said Irina smiling
TBC
At the end of finale
Vaughn helped sloane get Nadia's unconcious form into the elevator and then turned to see sydney running and the Muller device coming apart, she was almost at the elevator when she tripped and fell, the ball was disolving into water
"SYDNEY!!!" yelled Vaughn
when sydney didn't get up vaughn was about to go and get her when sloane closed the wire door
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" yelled Vaughn
"VAUGHN! WE HAVE TO GO! NADIA NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION!!" Yelled sloane "IF WE DON'T GO RIGHT NOW NADIA WILL DIE!"
Vaughn saw the water coming towards sydney and now knew how sydney must have felt in Tapai when he was stuck behind the door about to be engulfed in water
without another thought vaughn opened the door and ran and grabbed sydney water already up to his knees, he carried sydney's soaked form into the elevator the wall of water behind them and slammed the door shut the water crashing into the elevator as they desended down into the bunker
"Vaughn! is sydney ok? we have lost comms with her!" said Jack in vaughns ear
before vaughn had a chance to reply they reached the bunker
sloane ran nadia out and vaughn ran sydney out as Irina closed the door
"Vaughn is she ok? What happened? Is she breathing? is the baby ok?" asked Jack "put her on the table, check if she's breathing, warm her up----"
"JACK!" yelled Irina "let the boy breathe"
vaughn layed sydney down on a table and checked her pulse
"she's not breathing" he answered
vaughn begun to perform CPR
"1-2-3 Come on syd your stronger then this your stronger then rambaldi! 1-2-3" he breathed "oh god come on don't leave me again"
vaughn begun to cry and couldn't perform CPR properly
"Vaughn let me do it" said Irina moving vaughn out of the way
"1-2-3....1-2-3" breathed Irina
suddenly sydney begun to cough and she struggled to sit up
"Oh thankgod!" said vaughn hugging her
"what happened? Your wet" coughed sydney Vaughn laughed as he shivered "the device?"
"its gone, you destroyed it, you tripped and fell, i run back to get you" explained vaughn
Jack Handed Vaughn two Blankets, Vaughn took off Sydney's shirt leaving her with a Tank top and wrapped the blanket around her, he took off his jacket and wrapped the other blanket around himself and wrapped his arms around sydney
"you came after me?" asked sydney
"yep" nodded vaughn his teeth clattering as he shivered
Sloane Handed Nadia to Irina who took her over to another table to check on her
"is she going to be ok?" asked Weiss worried
"i don't know, i think i can stop the bleeding but i'm more worried about her waking up, shes still infected" said Irina "Breathe Eric"
Weiss smiled nervously
"wait who shot her?" he asked
"i did" said sloane everyone looked at sloane "she was choking sydney, i did what i had to, i shot her in the shoudler so that she would fall and be knocked out except she moved and i got an artery"
"you saved sydney then you were willing to let her die" said vaughn looking at sloane
"I'm sorry, ok vaughn i was just worried about nadia" said sloane "according to the properacy...'
"Shut up about rambaldi!!!!" Yelled Vaughn "Sloane saw that sydney was knocked out, you saw the ater was coming, it was already up to our knees! you knew i was going to go get her and you shut the god damn door! you almost killed my finance and my unborn child!"
"child?" asked sloane confused
"Sydney's Pregnant!" yelled vaughn "you have been saying for years that Sydney's like your daughter and then you are more then willing to sacrafice her for Nadia and Rambaldi! you only saved Nadia because she has a conection with rambaldi!"
"Vaughn! this is not the time, at twisted as his motives may have been i really think he thought he was doing the right thing" said Jack
"thanks to him, Sydney almost drowned, how can we be sure that we can even trust him, i mean after all he bretrayed us, thats why he's here, i don't care if he says that he did it to stop Yelena. I don't trust him... I could have been morning for sydney and my unborn child right now!" Yelled Vaughn
sydney squeezed his arm
"i'm ok vaughn" she whispered
"i shouldn't have let you go up there by yourself" said vaughn softly "i was so scared it was like..."
"Tapai all over again?" offered sydney
"yeah but reversed" said vaughn "how are you feeling?"
"i'm ok, vaughn its just a concussion" begun sydney
"Syd you werent breathing" said vaughn
sydney kissed vaughn
"i love you" she whispered
"i love you too" he smiled
"now when can we go home, i want to start retirement" announced sydney
"retirement?" asked jack
"yeah tonight was my last mission" said sydney "and vaughns"
"we're gonna be a normal family" said vaughn
"and dad before you say im walking away from my responsibilities to this country, we know you and the rest of APO will help keep the world safe" smiled sydney
"actually i was going to say, that i'm glad that your kids arent going to have the child hood you had because i never wanted that" smiled jack
sydney smiled
"Hows nadia Ir-Mum?" asked sydney
irina smiled
"ive stoped the bleeding with stiches it should hold til we get back to america i've also sedated her" said irina "eric?"
"yes um Mrs Bristow-- i mean um Miss Dervako -- i mean laura no irina, im sorry i don't know what to call you" stumbled weiss
"Irina is fine" said irina "um apparently my tactics of getting information is to abstract so im going to be blunt... How long have you been dating Nadia for?"
vaughn smiled at the fact that she had listened to him
"Um about a month" said Weiss
irina nodded
"i like you,your face is very expressive, i know when your lying" she said, Weiss looked scared "that was a joke eric"
weiss laughed and looked at vaughn
"she was joking" he laughed
vaughn nodded and looked back at sydney
"syd" he said
"yeah?" she asked
"um here's your ring" said vaughn
Sydney smiled as Vaughn presented her with her engagement ring that she had given him for safe keeping
Vaughn handed it to her
"No" whispered Sydney. vaughn looked at her confused "you put it on"
vaughn smiled slipping it on to her finger
"I love you" smiled Vaughn kissing Sydney
"i love you too michael" she whispered
"you called me Michael" beamed Vaughn
"yes i did" smiled sydney
"you never call me michael" whispered Vaughn "at least not clothed"
sydney blushed kissing vaughn
"ok Evac team is 5 minutes away" annouced Jack "when we get back to LA, i want sydney at home, Weiss to go with Nadia to the hospital, and Sloane to come with me to chase where even those your intentions may have been good, you will most likely be charged for Esponage"
"what about Vaughn?" asked Sydney
"vaughn will come back to APO with me for Debrief on what happened on the roof, and to inform Marshall on whats going on...i promise i won't keep him long" said jack
sydney nodded
"Jack no offence, but can i do the debrief tomorrow, when i clean out my desk?" asked vaughn "i'd really like to go home with sydney"
"fine" said Jack
vaughn nodded
the evac team arrived and Took Nadia into the Helicopter for medical attention, weiss followed
"who are you?" they asked
"im eric weiss her boyfriend" said weiss
"i'm sorry you can't fly with us, if Miss Santos wakes up during the flight, it could get violent, we don't like love ones seeing them get Sedated" said one of the Medics
Weiss nodded and kissed Nadias forehead
"i'll see you when you get to LA, they'll make you better then i can show you some magic tricks and make you smile" whispered Nadia "I love you my sweet Nadia"
weiss stood there crying as he watched them load nadia into the Chopper, vaughn came up behind him and hugged him as weiss cried into his shoulder just how weiss had hugged him two years ago when they scattered "sydney's ashes"
"that was the first time i ever told her i loved her, and she doesn't even know" sobbed weiss
"she'll be ok" said vaughn
"ok the second Teams here" announced Jack "sydney, vaughn and weis, get on this one" said jack "i'll escort the prizoners on the next one"
"dad, mum helped us...." whispered sydney
"i know, but she's still a furgative, i wish i didn't have to but I'm sorry Irina i have to take you in" said jack
Irina nodded
"um since i cooperated, maybe you could talk them into letting me out on day release when sydney gives birth and on sydney's wedding?" said irina
"i'll try" said jack
Sydney hugged Irina
"i love you mum" she whispered
Irina smiled
Sydney turned to sloane
"thankyou" she whispered hugging him, sloane looked surprise but hugged her back "nadia will be ok"
Vaughn led sydney and Weiss into the Chopper
"we'll see you back at LA" said jack
Sydney and Vaughn Sat in the helicopter arm in arm then when they got to the air strip, got into the jet with weiss and once again sat in each others arms, vaughn had his hand on Sydney's stomach
"i can't wait til you start to show. you'll be so beautiful" said vaughn
"i'll be as big as a house!" laughed Sydney
"You'll still be Beautiful. i mean your having our baby, i mean how is that not beautiful?" asked vaughn
"which would you prefer... a girl or a boy?" asked sydney
"i don't really mind, i mean as long as it has your smile, your dimples and my eyes and chin i dont mind" said vaughn "a boy would be good because then i could teach him hockey, but i could teach a girl too, um i really dont mind... as long as our baby's healthy and so are you, i couldn't be happier"
sydney smiled as vaughn leant into sydney's stomach
"You're gonna be just like your mom, aren't you?" said Vaughn
Sydney laughed
"Oh, I hope not. I hope she's a doctor or a teacher or just anything that does not involve wearing a wig."
"I don't know. I think she'd look pretty cute in a little pink wig. or he well Maybe not. You okay?" asked vaughn noticing Sydney wince as she moved in her seat
"Yeah, it just...I'm still a little sore, I guess. We came so close, Vaughn." she whispered
"Syd…" begun vaughn
"no i was so sure, that Sloane never changed, but he was willing to risk Nadia's life to save mine, i know he paniked at the end, but still he was willing to risk his own life just to stop yelena, to stop rambaldi's end game" whispered sydney
"lets not talk about it" said vaughn "your ok, the babies fine, nadia's getting the help she needs..."
sydney nodded
"do you know any jokes?" asked sydney
vaughn laughed
"only the grasshoper joke but thats not very funny" said vaughn
"um i need to think about something other then the fact that nadia is on her way back to LA to be put in a coma, or the fact that my mum, who is alive, prooved herself tonight, only to still be arrested" said Sydney
"i yelled at your mum today" said vaughn
"you did?" asked sydney "why?"
"she offered me marital advice, as a way of learning my true intentions" said vaughn
"your the one who told her to change her tactics?" asked sydney
vaughn nodded and sydney smiled
"ok distractions..." thought Vaughn "um where do you want to go for our honeymoon?"
"Santa Barbara" answered Sydney quickly causing vaughn to laugh
"um ok, where do you want to get married?" asked vaughn
"on the beach at santa Barbara" said Sydney "on the cliff"
vaughn nodded
"i think i already know the answer but where do you want to live?" asked vaughn
"Santa Barbara" said Sydney "in a nice house overlooking the ocean"
"thought so, um when do you want to get married?" asked vaughn
"after nadia's better, i can't get married without my maid of honor, with Mum and Dad there, your mum their, Weiss there, Will and my dad giving me away, Sloane there, Dixion, Marshal, Carrie, Francie and Mitchel there" said sydney
"before or after the baby?" asked Vaughn
"i don't mind" answered sydney
"tradional or casual?" asked vaughn
"casual but classy casual" answered sydney "me in a simple white sun dress, you in white Pants and a white shirt, everyone else in white and shades of blue - but no hawian prints or Prizon jump suits, No roses, just me holding a simple bird of paradise, no church, outside on the beach, everyone sitting on white wooden chairs, maybe two bali flags blowing in the wind, no priest just a minister in white"
"ok baby names" said vaughn
Sydney smiled
"lets have one if its a girl and one if its a boy, i don't want to find out til the babies born" said sydney
vaughn nodded
"I always liked the name Owen." said Sydney
"Owen. Sounds like something you name a Hampster" said vaughn
sydney laughed
"ok you don't like Owen... Clementine is cute." said sydney
"For a fruit." replied Vaughn
"It's also a name." smiled Sydney
"It's also a campfire song." smiled Vaughn
"well if you don't like any of my suggestions what are you ideas" said Sydney
"What do you think about Oscar?" asked Vaughn
"What if we have a girl?" asked Sydney
"I meant for a girl." Laughed Vaughn
"What about Isabel?" Asked Sydney
"Isabel Sydney Vaughn. No Isabel Sydney Bristow Vaughn" smiled Vaughn
"that's Pretty" smiled sydney Tears in her eyes "i Like That"
"me too" said Vaughn "I wish she were here already. I wanna meet her.
"You will." said sydney "for a boy, how about Micheal William Vaughn"
"no" said Vaughn "Micheal Daniel William Vaughn"
sydney looked up at Vaughn
"really?" she asked
"yes" said Vaughn "if you like it"
"I love it" she whispered kissing vaughn
Vaughn begun to nibble gently on Sydney's neck, sydney moaned quietly so that weiss wouldn't hear, vaughn looked at sydney's neck to see a bruize around sydney's neck, he hadn't seen before, from when nadia choked her with the chain, vaughn stopped biting and gently touched the bruise
'vaughn what?" asked sydney then she felt him touch her neck
"vaughn, its ok, it doesn't hurt" she whispered "keep going"
vaughn didn't hear her and kept looking at her neck, he could still see the scar from when that guy bit her, his hands trailed to her left shoulder, his fingers traced the scar from where Irina had shot her, he touched the side of her head when there was a brusie and dried blood from where she had hit her head. sydney knew what he was doing but didn't say anything. vaughn traced his fingers down her jaw, she had had 3 teeth removed by force. vaughn then traced his fingers down her right arm, the scar from when she had fought Dixion under one of her many alias'. he then saw the scar on her stomach, the stomach that ment medically she couldn't get pregnant but by some mericle she was pregnant. vaughn looked up at sydney and saw nothing but love in those beautiful chocolate coloured eyes of hers.
he cradeled her face in his hand
"You have been hurt so many times..." he whispered "how can you just bounce back so easily?"
"i'm ok" she whispered "when i'm with you i forget all about the pain, vaughn you have been hurt too, you almost drowned in Tapai, i stabbed you after i came back...you went on living for two years thinking i was dead...your father...god i wish i could take the pain away from you"
"you do" smiled vaughn "every single day, everytime you smile"
sydney kissed vaughn then nervously smiled tucking a strand of hair behind her ear
"what?" asked vaughn
"it just struck me...this time next year we are going to be married and have a child" said sydney
vaughn smiled then his smile faded
"is that overwelming...are you having second thoughts?" he asked
"oh god no! vaughn i want to marry you more then anything and when our baby makes its appearance i will be complete" said sydney "what should we refer to the baby as?"
"what do you mean?" asked vaughn
"i mean i feel a little odd calling our child 'It'" said sydney "how about bean?"
"bean?" laughed vaughn "no how about....bub?"
"bub" said sydney "i like that"
sydney put her hand on her stomach
"are you a bub?" she asked "i think bub's a bub"
vaughn smiled, cradling her head is in his hand he kissed her, sydney smiled as vaughn begun to nibble her neck again, sydney threaded her fingers through his hair and moaned as he nibbled on her ear
Sydney begun to cry making vaughn stop instantly
"whats wrong did i hurt you?" he asked
"no you didnt you could never hurt me...its just Nadia..." whispered sydney crying softly
vaughn nodded wrapping his arms around her and letting her bury her head into his chest, her tears leaving dark grey wet patches on his light grey t-shirt when sydney's crying had sudsided she lent up and looked at vaughn
"do you want to talk about it?" he asked
"i dont know...its just that if i had gone and switched the line manually instead of her this wouldnt have happened" whispered sydney
"syd if you had got caught... Yelena would have killed you...she didnt kill Nadia because she raised nadia...also your mum would have had to destroy the device and no one would have been there to interogate yelena....it would have been worse" whispered vaughn "the air strike would have happened it would have been alot worse"
sydney nodded knowing he was right
"i love you" whispered vaughn "i love you so much, i don't tell you enough, i could never tell you enough"
"i love you too" whispered sydney
sydney kissed vaughn and as vaughn deepened the kiss they were interupted by weiss clearing his throat they parted and looked up at weiss, his usual red cheeks, laughing eyes and cheeky smile were replaced by red swollen eyes, worried eyes, a grim expression and generaly sad expression
"how you coping?" asked sydney holding her hand out to him
weiss smiled saddly exepting her hand
"um you know, the girl i love is in a coma after her aunt infected her and her father shot her" said weiss, he had ment it as a joke but he burst into tears
"weiss sick down" said sydney
weiss nodded and sat across from vaughn and sydney
"um i need to know what happened" said weiss
sydney looked at vaughn who nodded
"um when Nadia tried to manually start the train on the tracks, when she got grabbed by the infected, i thought she was gone... but according to mum she somehow got away...then she was tricked by one of yelena's men, and yelena infected her...knowing i wouldn't hurt nadia...as i was destroying the ball, she came and attacked me...i was fighting her off...mum was saying i had to kill her...i couldnt...i knocked her out or i thought i did...i chained her up then went back to the device...she came up from behind and begun to choke me with the chain...i couldnt breathe i begged her to stop but it wasnt nadia anymore...then sloane shot her from bewhind in the should... exept nadia moved and he gt her in the neck... he did what he had to do... if her shot her in the shoulder she would have collasped.... it was a very risk shot...he could have got me....Weiss he prooved rambaldi wrong "the passenger and the chosen will fight it out and only one will survive" one of us were ment to kill the other... weiss he went against rambaldi to save us" said sydney
"I dont blame you syd...or your mum belive it or not...i also believe that sloane thought he was doing the right thing" i blame yelena" whispered weiss
weiss looked down at vaughn's hand which was placed protectively on sydney's stomach
"how far along are you?" asked weiss
"6 weeks" smiled sydney, then sydney felt guilty and her smile faded
" syd your pregnant...you can be happy..nadia would want that and when she wakes up..."begun weiss but trailed off when he saw sydney crying
"i've been so selfish weiss!" cried sydney "i've been thinking about the baby and the fact that i'm getting married, i forgot you too were moving in together! how much of a bitch does that make me?"
"shhh" whispered vaughn hugging sydney again
"i forgot as well" said weiss
"are you going to be ok?" asked sydney
"yeah this is probaly just nadia's way of getting out of the unpacking" said weiss, he tried to smile but burst into tears
vaughn looked at his crying finace and his crying friend and his heart broke
suddenly the pilot's voice came over the radio
"we are decending into LA now ETA 10 minutes" he announced
"Weiss are you going to be ok?" repeated sydney "you can come home with us if you want"
"yeah weiss i dont think you should be alone right now" said vaughn worried about his best friend
"no you guys have some celebrating to do...i will be fine" said weiss
"ok but if you need anything, just drop by okay" said sydney
"okay" said Weiss
"are you going to go see her tonight?" asked vaughn
"um no i thought i'd wait to tomorrow when it was less hetic" said weiss "the truth is i dont think i can handle it. will you guys come with me tomorrow?"
vaughn nodded
"of course" said sydney
they sat in silence as the plane landed, they got up from there seats exchanged hugs and departed
Vaughn opened the door for sydney and turned on the light
sydney sighed as she walked inside
vaughn put down their bags and wrapped his arms around her from behind kissing her neck
sydney smiled and turned around in his embrace and kissed him before resting her head on his shoulder
"are you going to be ok?" asked vaughn
"as long as i am with you, and in your arms, i will be fine" answered sydney
vaughn nodded kissing her head
"you tired?" he asked
"exhausted" replied sydney "i know you wanted to make love when we got home..."
"syd its fine, we can make love another night" said vaughn
"thankyou" she whispered
vaughn nodded as he took her hand and led her to the bedroom
he sat her on the edge of the bed and begun to undress her and dress her in her pjs and the same himself, sydney smiled as
he kissed her head and stroked her hair out of her eyes
"I love you....your so beautiful, so strong, so brave, so inteliligent, so sexy" whispered vaughn
to any body else these would have been nothing but incoherent ramblings but to sydney they made sense and spoke volumes
sydney kissed vaughns chest
"nadia's going to be okay right?" asked sydney " i mean you survived the red ball"
"that was a little different that was the liquid inside the ball, nadia was effected by the water effected by the red ball..." vaughn decided to change tatics "she'll be fine...shes strong, she's young...she's healthy"
sydney nodded but couldn't fight the tears, vaughn held her as she cried
"i know i've only known her a little over a year, but i can't imagine my life without her, i dont how i survived 30 years without her in my life...without a sister" cried sydney "because of Sloane and his need for power, rambaldi, I lost Danny, i lost 2 years of my life, Will was kidnapt, diane was murdered, emily died, Francie was doubled...i don't think i could handle it if i lost nadia too, i know sloane did what he had to do but still.... Rambaldi scares me, even though he's been dead fr years, he still influences our live, his followers, what if they target us? or bub? vaughn i want them all dead or in jail...i can't handle it"
"look at me, i told you before... i won't let those people touch you! okay? we will have the best security system, your father on speed dial, we will get apo to keep our security clearance so that we know what threats there are... we will move to santa barbara"
suddenly there was a knock at the door sydney wiped away her tears as vaughn kissed her forehead before he got up to get the door, sydney slowly followed him into the lounge to see him open the door to reveal a very tired, exausted red eyed weiss
"weiss" said sydney
"i'm sorry i got home, and saw some of nadia's stuff and just couldn't stay, i was wondering if i could crash here tonight?" asked weiss trying not to focus on the boxes of naida's stuff that was still to be moved to his place
"of course" answered sydney
"um i did find this at my place" said weiss handing sydney a envelope addressed to her in nadia's hand writting
"it was on the table, nadia must have wrote it while i was in the shower, i havent read it, i just thought you might want it" said weiss
sydney nodded tears in her eyes
"thankyou, um im going to go to my room and read it" said sydney vaughn looked up at her concerned "i'll be okay, set weiss up, there are fresh sheets in the linen press"
"i'll just sleep in nadia's bed it's ok... i need to feel close to her right now... i know that sounds insane" said weiss
"it doesnt" said sydney, hugging weiss and squeezing vaughns hand
Her feet took her to the bedroom door, the lump in her throat finally releasing the pent up tears from hours previous, hours of avoiding Vaughn and Weiss' concerned eyes and held out hands. She deserved no comforting, no release from the threshold of guilt sydney found herself in. The one time she needed nadia the most was the one time she couldn't.
She pushed the heavy wooden door shut behind her and sat on the edge of her bed, tucking her knees to her chest
as she unfolded the letter and begun to read
Dearest Sydney,
having grown up in an orphanage i was never very good at voicing by feelings, instead i would write them down, i had no one to share them to except for sophia but we all know now that that was a mistake. I have always wanted a family, a father with a normal 9-5 job, a mother who stayed home cooking, cleaning, a mother who was like a best friend, a sister who i could share everything with, a two car garage, a white picket fence and maybe a dog. what i got was unexpected. a father who is struggling between good and evil and an obsession with a dead inventor, a mother who was KGB and came over to seduce an american, killed several people and is now working with United states to help us, two aunts, one who is remorseful for her sins the other who betrayed me over and over, i also got a sister who was even better then i could have ever imagined, i still remember the first time i met you, i was pretending to be brain dead yet we still managed to kick ass! You were right being cautious in trusting my father i only wish i had put aside my childish fantasys and listened to you. I also got more then i ever wanted, great friends You, Vaughn, Eric, Dixion and Marshall, i also got a great father like figure...your dad i know you two dont have the best relationship...but sydney he's still your dad all he wants to do is protect you. i also got weiss, he's so funny, perfect and romantic... i feel like i'm falling in love with him- hard. and then tonight i find out that not only am i moving in with weiss. but i'm going to be an aunt too! i'm so excited and happy for you and vaughn!
Okay weiss is out of the shower now
I love you so much sydney
Love your sister
Nadia
Sydney folded up the letter finally allowing the silent tears of pain and guilt to flow freely down her cheeks. Sydney brought her hands to the side of her face and cradled her head, feeling her heart steadily beating the blood round her body, and hating herself and her destiny. Her blood, her "chosen one" prophecy and rambaldi were the reasons why nadia was fighting for her life right now.
Sydney had given so much over the last twenty four hours. So tired, and yet she couldn't bring herself to sleep. There was still so much left unsaid. She wanted to thank nadia, for saving her life so many tines. Apologise, for ruining and losing hers. to tell nadia she loved her and just to hug her. And the tears came thicker and faster, harder and stronger.
Then finally a lifeline came.
In the midst of blurred vision and blood pounding to her ears, the faint sound of a door opening and closing It broke through the grief and pain, piercing her conscious, and she knew he would be there for as long as she needed him.
Vaughn sat down on the edge of the bed, and silently, feeling the pain emanating from her, wrapped his arms around Sydney's frail, shaking form. The tears flowed over her hands, and she bundled her body closer to his, needing the protection his arms offered, needing the comfort he held within his form. Vaughn wrapped one arm around her quaking back, and held her elbows with the other, encircling her completely.
He wanted to sob the tears she was weeping, feel the hurt she was drowning in, take away all the pain that crowded her head. He wanted to stop the hurting and crying, the pain emanating from her, the guilt she was collapsing under unnecessarily. He wanted to whisper to her, that it would be okay, that things would be all right. That it wasn't her fault and never had been, that fate had simply seen it's chance and snatched at the air.
But instead he simply held her, wrapped his arms tighter around his Fiance's form, trying to block out any more pain entering, trying to relay his strength to her. Vaughn rested his head atop Sydney's and allowed her tears to fall, watching dark spots of navy appear on his midblue sweater. He permitted her every whimper and opened his arms wider as she tightened her grip on his sleeves and crawled further into his chest and torso.
She didn't need to be strong, she didn't need to put on a brave face, or smile and put a mask over look of pain. She'd been strong for too long, held on to the frayed edges of sanity and hope for hours on end.
And through the hazy light of shimmering tears, her hand slipped into his and her first words shook his soul. In the blackness of sadness and turmoil, she had found the light in him and held on.
"Thankyou."
Vaughn responded in kind, by simply releasing her from his hold and tucking strands of Sydney's hair, wet from tears, behind her delicate ears. Softly, he brought two fingers under Sydney's chin, lifting her head so the red of her eyes matched his saddened pupils. His heart thundered in the pride he held for her.
"I'm here. I'm right here. You don't have to be strong now Sydney."
She knew she didn't. She knew she didn't have to be someone she wasn't with Vaughn, or try to look on the bright side of things. At the end of the day he was there for her, to crawl into his arms, to laugh and smile or sob for hours on end. Her lifeline, to whatever held her to this earth. To love, to hope, to a glint of light in the never-ending sea of black. To allow her to cry, a luxury too few people had ever permitted.
six years old, her own mother's funeral. Taken out of the church as her tears fell, the opportunity to mourn a loss taken away. Not maliciously, not intentionally. But still disallowed. Her tears wiped dry, strong, reassuring words uttered. But not permitted to cry.
thirty six years old, Danny's death. Grief had overwhelmed her, but there were all the arrangements to be made, the hymns to be chosen. Even what kind of wood she wished the casket to be made of. Each decision left to her, the burden of making the right decision resting upon sydney's shoulders alone. And each distraction would keep her from bursting into tears, each fit of hysteria from the other mourners allowed Sydney's mind to drift to their grief and not her own. Her only tears, she had stopped herself. Not allowed to cry or grieve, halted by her own sense of conscious and guilt. Why should she get to cry? Why, when she had tried to make others stop doing do, claiming that danny wouldn't want to see them cry. should Sydney herself be permitted the luxury of release?
But now, Vaughn simply held her. Tightly, so Sydney felt as protected as she needed, but loose enough to allow her to wipe the occasional tears tickling her nose or licking their way down Vaughn's neck. And he allowed her tears and permitted her utter grief, despair and helplessness. Because she deserved it, because she had been strong for so long. Because he was her lifeline, and in another time and place, she would be his, be it in this lifetime or another.
When vaughn felt sydney's tears subside he pulled away just enough so that he could look at her, wiping away her tears
"you ok?" he asked
"not really but i will be" said sydney
vaughn nodded kissing her forehead
FEEDBACK? Will isn't in Whitness protection, Francie was doubled but wasn't killed, they found her after sydney went missing and Francie and Will live in a CIA safe house in Santa Barbara
Vaughn Held Sydney close as she calmed down before looking at her
"are you okay? i mean you and the baby?" he asked
sydney smiled at his concern
"we are both fine" she whispered
"ok well i want you to be checked out bu the doctor tomorrow just in case" said vaughn
Sydney nodded
there was a knock at the door
"i'll get it!" yelled Weiss
sydney smiled as Weiss answered Her door
suddenly there was a knock at sydney's bedroom door
"come in!" called sydney
weiss opened the door and peeked in, when he relised they were both clothed he opened the door fully
"uh vaughn, mr Bristow is here and he has his i'm-not-happy-and-I-may-just-kill-you face-on" said weiss
Vaughn sighed and kissed Sydney on the lips
"Ok, will you be okay?" he asked
"i will be fine" smiled sydney "love you"
"love you too" said vaughn "i won't be long"
vaughn stood up
"can you stay with her?" asked vaughn weiss nodded "ok when i come back i don't want to walk into an Oprah tear fest"
sydney laughed
"doctor phill's more our style" said weiss
vaughn closed the door behind him and saw jack standing right in front of him
"Woah! ok you scared me a little there. um would you like to sit down, or a drink?" asked vaughn nervously
"i am not you high school prom date Mr Vaughn" said jack
"um ok what can i do for you Agent...i mean Jack...i mean Mr Bristow" said vaughn
"What are you intentions with my daughter?" asked jack
"i think i've made my intentions pretty clear, I love sydney very much, we are engaged and we are having a child together" said vaughn
"yes but is this a marriage of convenience, because sydney is pregnant or what? it seems a little hasty" said Jack
"this is not a marriage of convenience, i did not ask sydney to marry me because i felt responsible! i had plans to ask her before i found out she was pregnant, remember i asked you for your permission but you just shot me down, so you have lost any say in our engagement or the events of the wedding..." said vaughn
"we were interupted" said jack "how long have you wanted to marry my daughter?"
"ever since i met her, i knew i wanted her in my life, then the night she was taken, we had been making plans to go to santa barbara, i was going to pop the question then we found her... well those plans didnt work out...then when she came back...i didnt want to get hurt again...even though it wasnt her fault i pushed her away...that wont happen again...even if sydney wasnt pregnant we would still be having this conversation right now... we both know you dont like me...." said vaughn
"thats not truth i'm sure your a fine man but i dont believe you are good enough for my daughter, if you ever hurt Sydney or that child i will kill you, and if i dont kill you, you will wish i had" said Jack
"ok i won't hurt sydney or our child but not because you have threatened me but because i love her so much and i would never be able to forgive myself if i hurt her, and i assure you just the thought of hurting sydney or our child is worse then anything you could ever threaten. I love her more then anything in this whole entire world!" said vaughn " i am going to marry sydney, jack and i would like a bit of respect, i have learnt from my past mistakes, i have risked my career and my life multiple times to protect sydney, i am not going to hurt her! and frankly you scare the felgercarb out of me, can you please just try to show me some respect even if its just in front of sydney?"
"fine, it takes a brave man to stand up to their future fatherin law and say what you just said....i used to believe that you had no back bone..." said jack
"and has that assesment changed at all?" asked vaughn
"you remind me alot of your father, he was a good man" said jack "you retired from the CIA today, how are you going to support sydney and your child?"
"well i have an appartment that i just sold, my fathers inheritence that i haven't touched, my savings and i plan to teach french in santa barbara, i already have a job there actually, and put a deposit on a house in santa barbara on monday, i dont know what sydney plans to do but i'm going to try and stay at home while she is pregnant because this is a high risk pregnancy" said vaughn
"ok well i guess welcome to the family in order" said jack shaking vaughns hand
"now go back to sydney she needs you, tell her i'll see her tomorrow" said jack
"ok good night" said vaughn
with that jack left and vaughn returned to sydneys bedroom
"and he returns, we didnt here any yelling or the sound of things breaking...did you kill him?" asked weiss
"No, i just stood my ground, he gave me the whole I'll-kill-you-if-you-hurt-my-daughter-and-if-i-don't-kill-you-you'll-wish-i-had speech you know Maffia style" said vaughn
"and what did you say?" asked sydney
"i basically told him he didnt scare me and that i would never hurt you and demanded respect, in a tiny little squeek" smiled vaughn
weiss laughed
"ok i gotta go back to bed, cya syd, cya mouse boy" laughed weiss leaving
sydney smiled
"you stood up to my dad!" she smiled
"hey i guess i did" smiled vaughn