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Chapter four:
Syd’s POV:
I wake up and reach for my husband but he is not there, damn. I look at the clock and I see that it is 10 o’clock. I walk to the lounge room, my daughter is watching The Little Mermaid, I look towards the kitchen and my husband is making breakfast. I could go sit with my daughter or I could go talk to my husband, hmm tough decision, Little Mermaid would be more fun, Little Mermaid it is then. I walk towards Amanda and sit next to her, she looks at me and grins.
“MUMMY” She squeals and then throws herself into my arms. I smile at her.
“Hi sweetheart”
“Are you going to watch The Little Mermaid with me?”
“Of course I am. I love this movie.”
“Good.” Oh she is so cute.
Michael comes out of the kitchen with breakfast for Amanda and me. He must have seen me come into the room.
“Hey babe. Your up.”
Yes I am and I see that you have made breakfast for Amanda and me.” I smile at him.
“Yeah, I hope you like it. I’m going to go have a shower and then I`ll have to go to work.”
“Ok”
The Little Mermaid has finished and Amanda and I are now watching The Lion King. I can here Michael walking down the hall way. I stand up to greet him when he reaches the lounge room. He smiles at me when he can see me, he is standing in the kitchen so I walk over to him.
“What are you doing today?” He asks me.
“I was thinking about going to see mum and dad and asking them if they wanted to have Amanda for the night. We can spend the night together without any interruptions.”
“Mmm I like the sound of that.”
“I thought that you would.”
“I have to go now, I should be home about 5.30”
“Ok see you then.” I say and then kiss him goodbye. He goes to say goodbye to Amanda. I here her say ‘Bye daddy I love you’ I walk over to Amanda, she is watching the TV so intently.
“Sweetie, how do you feel about going to see your grandparents today and then possibly staying the night?”
“Are you and daddy staying the night as well?”
“No, it will just be you and your grandparents.” She grins.
“YAY!! Im going to stay with Grammy and Grandpa.” She jumps up and runs to her room to start packing her things. I pick up the phone to call my parents. I dial there number and listen to the dial tone. Mum picks up the phone.
“Hello?”
“Hi mum”
“Sydney, sweetie. How are you going?”
“Im ok mum”
“That’s good. Now what was the reason for your call?”
“I was wondering if Amanda and I could come over today? And if Amanda could stay the night?”
“Of course you can come over today and of course Amanda can stay the night. Can I ask why Amanda needs to stay the night?”
“Michael and I just need some time for us, alone.”
“Ok. See you soon darling”
“Bye mum” Then I hang up the phone. I walk to the TV and turn it off, then I take the video out of the VCR. Just as I put the video away Amanda comes out of her room.
“Lets go” She says to me. I turn off the lights and grab my car keys.
“Alright Im ready to go.” Amanda runs out the front door and to the car. I get outside the door and turn around to lock it.
“Hurry up mummy” Amanda complains.
“Im coming Amanda” I get into the car and we start to make our way to my parents house.
We are almost at my parents house. Amanda is bouncing up and down in her seat. She is so excited.
“Amanda, stop that.” She stops bouncing up and down. We arrive at my parents house. I stop the car. I turn around to say something to Amanda but she is already out of the car. I get out of the car and I turn towards the front of my parents house and see Amanda in my dads arms, chatting easily. I lock the car. I then walk up to my dad, he sees me and then he smiles, I smile back.
“Hi dad”
“Hello Sydney” He puts Amanda down and wraps his arms around me in a tight hug. I smile against him, then we both let go at the same time.
“Lets go inside” Amanda goes inside first and yells out.
“Grammy” Mum turns around and smiles. She then gets off the couch and scoops Amanda up in her arms and they have a conversation. Mum puts Amanda down and gives me a hug.
“Hi mum”
“Hello darling”
“Come and sit down. We need to catch up.” Mum sits on one of the couches and I sit next to her, dad sits in one of the armchairs and Amanda curls up in dads lap.
“When do you go back to work Sydney.” Dad asks me.
“I go back to work Monday and Amanda will be with her nanny. I can't wait to see all of my students and start teaching again.” They both smile and then mum asks.
“How's Michael?”
“He is good. His job is going really well and he loves being a father”
“Of course he does. Being a father is the most precious thing in the whole world. Nothing is more incredible than being a father.” I never new dad felt that way. Amanda has decided to say something.
“Can we stop talking and watch a movie. Talking is boring.” Mum, dad and I all laugh at what Amanda has said.
“What do you want to watch?” Dad asks Amanda. She thinks about it.
“Do you have Aladdin?” Mum answers her question.
“Of course we have Aladdin. It is one of the best movies ever. I will put it on now”
“I will get some drinks” Dad says with a smile on his face.
“I will help you, dad” This is my chance to talk to dad about my nightmares. We have reached the kitchen.
“Dad can I talk to you about something?”
Sure, what is it?”
“My nightmares are back”
“The ones about Sloane?”
“Yes. Except this time he didn’t kill Michael, or me he killed you. Dad I am really scared, I don’t want you to die and I don’t want you to work for the CIA.”
“Well sweetie it's your lucky day then because I retired yesterday, from the CIA anyway. Your mum still has her job so we are ok money wise. I might get a different job but I don’t know yet.” I look at him and then grin.
“Oh dad I am so happy, I am so glad that you have quit the CIA.”
“Me too sweetie. Now lets get these drinks to everyone else.”
It is now 4.00pm I need to go home if I want to get home before Michael does.
“Well I should go home because Michael will be home soon and I want to be there when he arrives.” Everyone turns to look at me. Dad speaks up.
“Ok sweetie. I hope you have a good night.”
“Bye darling. Have a good time with Michael tonight.” Mum says to me. Amanda jumps into my arms.
“Bye mummy”
“Bye baby. Have fun and be good for your grandparents.”
“I am always good” I just laugh
“Bye everyone” I walk out the door and to my car and then I start my drive home.
I get home at 5.00pm. Michael will be home in half an hour. The phone starts to ring just as soon as I get in the house, I run to get to the phone.
“Hello?” I answer breathless.
“Hey Syd, its Michael. How long have you been home?”
“I just got home. That’s the reason why I am so breathless, I had to run to get the phone.”
“Sorry Syd”
“That’s ok. Don’t worry about it.”
“I hope you don’t mind but I made reservations at a nice Italian restaurant so go get ready.” I don’t get a chance to reply because Michael has hung up the phone. I need a shower.
I have just finished my shower, now what should I wear?
An hour later
I can see Michael on the couch, I wonder what he will think of my dress? I am wearing a dark blue sparkly halter neck dress that goes down to my knees. I walk further into the room, Michael must have heard me because he turns around. He looks me up and down. I think he likes what he sees.
“You look stunning”
“You don’t look so bad yourself.”
“Is that a new dress? I have never seen it before.”
“Yeah it is new. I got it the other day. Shall we go?”
“Yeah lets go”
We get to the restaurant and Michael tells the man that we have a reservation for two under the name Vaughn. The man finds our name and then takes us to our table. Michael pulls out my chair for me, he is so sweet. The waiter takes our order and then walks away.
“So, how was your day?” I ask him
“It was ok. I had a lot of paper work to do for some of my cases and so on but then Eric came by.”
“Oh yeah. What did he want?”
“There this new evil group, a lot like sd-6 and the CIA have this new double agent and Weiss is her handler. He just wanted some pointers.”
“What did you say?”
“Don’t break protocol” He says with a smirk. I just laugh.
“Michael you didn’t”
“I did. I also told him how hard it is not to get attached to you asset because your asset has no one that they can trust and you really want to help them. He walked out of my office muttering something like ‘thanks for nothing’” I laugh again.
“Sounds like some one might end up breaking protocol.”
“Yeah!! Anyway how was your day?”
“It was good. I spent the whole time at my parents house. I had fun. I also found out that dad quit the CIA. So I am really happy about that.”
“Are you excited about going back to work?”
“I am so excited!! I cant wait!! I want to see my students. See how they are going and what they have been doing. I especially cant wait to teach.”
We finish our meal and decide to leave the restaurant, we have spent two and a half hours here and now we are going home. We get home, Michael opens the front door and we walk in.
“How about we watch some movies and then go to bed?”
“How about we skip the movies and go straight t bed?”
“Why would we go to sleep, its so early”
“I never said sleep, I just said go to bed. We will definitely not be sleeping.”
End POV
Michael stood in the lounge room for five minutes totally shocked by what his wife has just said. He heres Sydney ask if he is coming. Michael snaps out of his trance and runs towards the bedroom. They didn’t get much sleep that night.
A week later:
Syd’s POV:
My alarm goes off in the morning. I am back to teaching and part of teaching is getting up really early in the morning. I feel a sudden wave of nausea and I jump out of bed and run to the bathroom. A few minutes later I come out of the bathroom and walk towards the kitchen. When I get to the kitchen my husband looks up at me and then he frowns.
“Have you been sick again?”
“Yeah”
“Syd you shouldn’t go to work when your sick in the morning.”
“Mike, I am always better as soon as I get to work.”
“I still think you should go to the doctors.”
“I will go if that’s what you want”
“Really?”
“Yeah, do you want me to go?”
“Yes please. I am so worried about you.”
“Ok I will book an appointment as soon as I get to work.”
“Good”
I am now on my way to work. I love my job, it is the best job that I could ask for. I wonder what’s wrong with me. I am late so I could be pregnant. I hope that I am not pregnant but at the same time I wish I were. I hope that I aren’t because I don’t want to take any more time off of work but I hope I am because I love kids and it would make Michael so happy. I don’t know, I probably not even pregnant.
I finally arrive at school and go straight to my office, I pick up the phone and call my doctor. I book an appointment near the end of my day, it will take five minutes off of my last class but that’s ok I will just let them out early.
It's near the end of my last class, all my students are working quietly, I look at the clock and its time for me to go.
“Everyone, I have an appointment and I have to leave now so I am letting you out five minutes early.” One of my students has the biggest smile on his face.
“You’re the best Mrs Vaughn” I just laugh.
“Thanks Adam. You can all go now” All of my students leave and I pack up my things. I walk out to my car and I am about to get in when one of my other students yells out
“Bye Mrs Vaughn, good luck in your appointment”
“Thanks Sarah” I yell back.
“No problem” She yells back at me.
I arrive at the doctors and I walk in the front door and go to the desk and tell the nice lady that I am here, she says thank you and that the doctor will be here in a minute.
The doctor comes out into the waiting room.
“Sydney Vaughn” I stand up and walk with the doctor to the room.
“So what seems to be the problem Mrs Vaughn?”
“Well every morning for the last week I have been vomiting and then when I get to work I am fine. I haven’t been to worried but my husband has and I was just wondering if something was wrong? And you can call me Sydney.”
“Ok Sydney. Has anything else happened? Have you been late with your cycle?”
“Yes, I have been late.”
“Have you taken a pregnancy test?”
“No, I haven’t”
“Well I would like you to take one now, if that’s ok with you.”
“That’s fine”
I am now waiting for the doctor to tell me my results from the pregnancy test. The doctor comes in and smiles at me.
“So what’s the verdict?” I ask the doctor.
“Sydney you are pregnant.” Oh my god!!
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Wow, ok”
“I need you to make another appointment for tomorrow and we will do a altra sound so then we will be able to determine the sex of the baby.”
“Ok, I’ll go do that now”
I have made an appointment, this time for 4.30 so I don’t miss out on any classes. I am now driving home to see Michael and tell him the news. I wonder how he will react, I hope he will be happy, he probably will, he is always happy when the subject of kids come up. He doesn’t have to go through all the pain though, stupid men they don’t know what pain is.
I walk in and see that Michael isn’t home yet but Amanda is. She is sitting on the couch with her nanny, they both look up and I smile at them. Amanda grins and jumps off the couch.
“Mummy” She runs and jumps into my arms.
“Hi sweetie, how was your day?”
“It was good.” I turn to Emma our nanny.
“Thanks for looking after her again Emma.”
“That’s ok Mrs Vaughn. I love looking after little Amanda here.”
“Did you want to stay for dinner?”
“Oh no! That’s alright I have to go home anyway.”
“Ok, well I will see you tomorrow.”
“Goodbye Mrs Vaughn”
“Bye Emma.”
“Bye Emma” Amanda says.
“Goodbye Amanda. Be good for your parents.” Then Emma leaves and I sit down with Amanda and we talk about our days and what we did. I wonder how Amanda will take having a brother or a sister. I here Mike come in the front door. It is time to tell him about the baby. Amanda jumps out of her seat at the kitchen table and runs to her father, they start talking. Michael comes in holding Amanda in his arms, he puts her in one of the chairs and walks around the table and places a kiss on the side of my head.
“How are you feeling babe?”
“I feel fine Mike”
“I am going to go get changed then when I come back I want to know all about your day.”
“Ok Mike”
“Amanda how about you watch some TV”
“Ok” I watch as my daughter jumps up and runs to the TV. Michael comes down and sits across from me.
“So, tell me about your day”
“Mike I know that the only thing you really want to talk to me about is the doctors appointment and how it went, so lets just talk about that.”
“You know me to well. So how did it go?”
“It went fine. The doctor said that everything is fine and that there is nothing wrong with my body. He did have some news though, that I didn’t know about and neither did you.”
“Well what is it.”
“Mike, your going to be a father again, I’m pregnant.”
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Mel
