You guys are so great. I’m SO sorry I didn’t get to post yesterday but I am STILL computerless so I have to use the school’s computers. My mother is STILL being stupid, so… blah. Whatever. Here goes Ch. 4. Oh, and it’s the return of the POV’s!
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Ch. 4- The Return of an Enemy
At Home (Vaughn POV)
“Home sweet home,” I said with a sigh as I turned the key in the lock. Today has been exceptionally long, and right now all I want to do is fall into bed. But first I have to check in at work, then we have to put Jacklyn to bed, then I have to look over some paperwork and… well, my job is just never done.
“Sydney! Does Jackie need a bath tonight?”
“Don’t know, don’t care!” she called from the kitchen. It was nights like these I knew she let Jackie roam around the living room while she went and got a large glass of wine. And a quart of peanut butter chocolate ice cream.
“Do you want me to put Jackie to bed?” I came into the kitchen, carrying my sleeping daughter. She had gone out like a light five minutes after we walked in the door.
“You’ll be my favorite husband if you do,” she said, turning her head enough to look at me. She had her arms and head leaning on the counter, hair splayed across her face.
“I’m you only husband, and I better be your favorite,” I yell as I carry Jackie upstairs and place her in her bed. That night, she could sleep in her clothes. I didn’t honestly care if she slept naked that night. After that, I jogged downstairs to Sydney.
“Mike? How did everything become so messed up?” She was still in the same position as before, except the wine glass was already half empty and a quarter of the ice cream was already gone.
“I think it messed up the day… well, the day you joined SD-6 and the day I joined the CIA.”
“That sounds about right.”
Sydney POV
Classified Intel. Protocol. Those words turn to stone in my mouth now. The project I was supposed to end which my father had begun wasn’t anything major. It was paperwork. Sure, it was collecting info on one of America’s biggest threats- but most of the work was already done. I only had to find out who and what he was currently working for and on. No problem. Just hunt him down, then take him down. And if you believe that, then you’ll believe when an ugly little man tells you you’re working for your country, your country is actually benefiting from your work. Ha.
He was standing there just looking at me. Sometimes I wonder how he could be so patient with me, especially in situations like this. Where all I want to do is wonder where’s an ACME anvil at a time like this.
“Sydney… Sydney, are you alright?”
“No. Mike, I know this has something to do with my father. I just know it.”
“How do you know it?”
“I was coming in today… hold on.” I went over to my purse, got out my lipstick, and opened it. It beeped twice, and I began again.
“Alright, I was coming in to work today because I got a message there was some work I needed to finish. Some of my father’s work. I don’t know, Mike, it’s just, it’s like our problems from the wedding are starting all over again.”
He pulled me into a rough hug. Being the idiot I am, I sobbed on his shoulder for quite possibly the millionth time. I wonder how he ever got it dry.
“Hey, if it’s him, we’ll fight him together. You know that.”
“I just… I’m not the same person I was back then Mike. I might not be able to fight him this time. I can’t protect you and Jackie.”
“No, Sydney, you’re not the same person you were back then.”
“What?”
“No, you’re not. You’re stronger. Back then, you really didn’t have a reason to fight, especially after losing your dad—”
“Mike, no. You’re my reason for fighting. I love you too much to lose you, understand?”
“Sydney, don’t worry about me. The only person you need to worry about right now is Jackie. She needs you. Look, we’ll take him out together. I’m going to be right by your side the whole way.”
“Really?”
“Really. And don’t ever forget that.”
Ladies, if you can find a guy who gives you kisses that make your heart stop, I mean really stop, hang on to him for dear life because they come one in a million. I don’t know how I could ever even contemplate being in love with anyone else when I had someone as good as him right in front of me the whole time. Well, almost anyone. Danny has always been the exception to the rule.
“Syd… I’ve got to call into the office… see how the situation is going… Syd…”
“You… wanna go… be my guest…”. Of course, this was all said between kisses. Worst part was, neither of us wanted to break it up.
“Well… things probably… hmm… haven’t… progressed that much… I probably don’t need to… hmm… Syd…”
“Hmm… yes?…”
“You know we…. Hmm… haven’t…”
“… sure…”
“That’s not what I was going to say,” he said, breaking the kiss and laughing. “What I was going to say was how we haven’t talked to your mother in a while and how I was thinking you should talk to her and see if she knows anything about this project you’ll be working on.”
“Let’s not think about work tonight. Especially my mother,” I said, pulling him in for another round. There are those times when you just have to let go, and this was one of them.
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That night was definitely one of the best nights of my life. But in the spy world, people are always watching. Old enemies who never let go of the grudge they had against you five years ago. Naivety is one of my worst faults, especially when it comes to thinking the man you thought was gone forever could never come back. Whoever said revenge was sweet had no idea what the hell they were talking about.
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More coming later!
~Me :angel2: