skscutie asked me if I could write a story about her and Special Agent Ray. It's been written in Sidney's POV and I hope you like it, skscutie!
Sidney belongs to skscutie
xxx'jes
Eszie

A Secret Lover

I walk through the dark-blue hallways of the U.Z.Z. base. I work here for a few years now and I just know that this day promised to be a good day. I mean, the birds are whistling, the sun is shining, what else do I need?

"Hey, Sydney!" I hear and Anita and Victor walk to me.

"Hi, Anita. Hi, cousin." I say with a smile.

"Well, it seems someone loves her work." Victor says, trying to tease me.

"It's a beautiful day." I say and I walk to my locker. I try to open my locker, damn this thing, it always stuck when I try to open it. I finally got it opened and something falls on the floor. "What's this?"

"What's what?" Anita asks and she comes to me.

"That looks like a note." Victor says. "What does it say?"

"My dearest Sydney, I admire you for such a long time. You are so beautiful and I want to ask you. I'll pick you up at seven, if you want to go out with me. Your Secret Lover."

"You got a secret admirer." Anita says with a smile.

"So, are you going tonight? Victor asks.

"Sure, why not?" I say and I place the note back in my locker. Wow, a secret admirer. I'm not really sure if I should really go, I mean, I love Ray. But he never told me that he loves me. And, well, it's always nice to have a free dinner, right?

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It's almost seven 'o clock and I'm looking to myself in the mirror. I don't really feel nervous, but it is someone I might not know. I mean, he is a secret admirer. Someone's ringing at the doorbell and I open the door.

"I am here to pick you up, miss."

I look to the man. He's old and he's wearing an uniform, but why? He steps aside and I follow him to a limousine. Wait a minute, a limousine? Wow! That's what I call amazing! But who would do such a thing for me? The man, who turns out to be the chauffeur of the limousine, opens my door and I step inside. It was really huge, but there was nobody else there, like I expected. Suddenly, I see a note, lying there next to the champagne bottle. I grab the note and I smile when I see what's writing down. It says: My dearest Sydney, don't be afraid, you'll meet me soon. The chauffeur knows where he needs to go, you'll meet me soon enough. I smile and I can't wait for the moment when the limousine stops.

And a few moments later it happens. The chauffeur opens the door and he helps me to step out of the limousine. I look around. We're standing in front of a very chic restaurant. I walk inside and a waiter brings me to a table.

I'm waiting for minutes and suddenly the waiter comes to my table.

"Are you Ms. Volt?" he asks and I nod. "I have a note for you." and he gives me a letter.

I look to the letter and I read it. It says that my secret admirer is sorry, but he sent the chauffeur the wrong way. So I have to go back to the limousine and this time he'll send the chauffeur the right way. I grumble. My first date since a long time and it goes wrong immediately. So, I go back to the limousine and the chauffeur opens my door.

"He's truly sorry, miss." the chauffeur says and I only nod. I hope he has a good excuse for this.

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A little bit later stops the limousine again. I step outside and I look up. We're standing outside the U.Z.Z. base! But, this must be a mistake! I mean, it's not a fancy restaurant or something like that. It isn't even a snack bar. Well, if you count the food in the canteen, maybe it is something like a snack bar, but definitely not a place where I want to have my date! So I look to the chauffeur. "Are you sure this is the right place?" I ask him.

"Yes, miss." he says "He gave me this coordinates."

I sigh as I walk to the door of the U.Z.Z. base. I open the door and I look around. Everywhere are candles burning and it gives the place something quite romantic. Suddenly, I see a arrow lying on the ground and I decide to follow it.

After a lot of minutes following the arrows, I walk into the canteen. What on earth is going on?

"If you want to walk with me, miss." I hear a familiar voice saying and I look into the eyes of my own cousin.

"Victor? What's going on?" I ask to him, but he doesn't say a thing. In stead, he leads me to a table and shoves my chair away from the table. I can't think of anything else then to sit down and to see what happens next.

"Is this seat taken?" suddenly sounds behind me and I turn around.

"R…Ray?" I stumble and Ray smiles. "No, you…you can sit down."

"Thank you." Ray says with a smile and he sits down at the other end of the table. I can't believe it. Ray? The man I loved ever since the first day I met him? He did something like this, special for little odd me? I'm quiet just long enough to let Ray ask if there's something wrong. But I shake my head, I'm feeling great!

"Your dinner." sounds and Victor and Anita walk to us and they place two places in front of us. They made my favorite food!

"Thank you." I whisper and I look to Ray. "You organized this, didn't you?" I ask.

Ray smiles. "You busted me, ma'am." he says playfully.

"But, why?" I ask.

"Just like I said in the first note, I admire you truly." Ray says. "And I wanted to ask you something."

"Like what?" I ask. Oh, if he just knew how long I waited to hear him saying that.

"Sydney Volt, do you want to…" He's really going to ask me! I feel that I start to cry tears of happiness. "Do you want to go with me to the U.Z.Z. Valentine Ball?"

I give him a strange look. This wasn't exactly the question I was hoping for, but it's a start, right? I mean, if it really works out, he'll ask me that question! "Of course I want to go with you." I say with a big smile and Ray bends over the table and gives me a kiss on my cheek. "But, why did you send the chauffeur first to some fancy restaurant?"

"Because these two weren't ready yet." Ray said and he nodded to Victor and Anita. "They weren't finished with the food, so I had to send you somewhere else. But, now we're going to the ball together, do you want to go with me to that fancy restaurant later?"

"I can't wait!" I say and I see Victor and Anita smiling. They both just knew I loved Ray for so long, that's why they wanted to help him! I give them a thankful smile and I enjoy the rest of the evening together with my great love, Ray. I really do hope that he'll ask me that important question one day!