Chapter 7: getting comfortable
Sydney's POV
The past three months had gone by quickly. Vaughn and I were getting along and found out new things about each other each day. I got use to sleeping next to him and waking up with his arm around my waist. It was comforting; it made me feel safe to have a muscular, good-looking man to wake up to every morning.
We had gotten into a routine. Our surveillance was going well and Danny and Alice had moved into their house. We had kept low around them, as both of us had history with one of them that would ruin the mission. Both of us enjoyed our jobs as teachers, and I was even considering doing it full time rather then my job with the CIA. Vaughn and I would talk about our classes together at night and occasionally would help each other with our lesson plans.
It had been three months since we had moved into this neighbour and started the mission. I was missing Francie and Will, but I knew that once this was over I would get to spend more time with them. I also found myself developing feelings for Vaughn. I am not sure what exactly they were but decided that it was friendship. We had been spending 24/7 with each other since the start of this mission; it was bound to rub off in some way. I knew that I was not the only one that missed my friends and family. Vaughn had told me that he had a dog and that he had left him in the care of his friend at the CIA- Weiss. He clearly didn't trust Weiss with his dog and told me that he would probably come home to an overweight dog. I laughed remembering Weiss and how he liked to eat all the wrong sorts of foods.
Vaughn POV
It had been a few months since the start of the mission and Sydney and I were getting along really well. I had a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach whenever I saw. I wasn't sure what this feeling was; I had never felt like this before.
We had been spending most of our time together and the only alone time we got was during school. However we both worked at the same school and spent our free time together going over surveillance or other information regarding the mission. We would even sometimes help each other with our lesson plans. It was great that Sydney could speak fluent French and it had really come in handy when I wanted to play a game with my students. She had helped me think of a game and translate it into French.
I found myself growing more and more attracted to her as the days went on. I had to tell myself however that it was just the mission, and because we were in close proximity of each other all the time. But somehow my heart wouldn't let these excuses pass. We got along great and had similar interests.
I could tell however that she was missing her friends and family. It was getting closer to Thanks Giving and I knew that it was our time limit for the mission. We hadn't really had any great discoveries yet. However we had planned to go to the local masked ball. We knew that Danny and Alice would be there and thought it would be a perfect way to see them in action without them being able to know who we were. It was a great plan. We would go undercover and find out what the covenant was planning and be back home in time for Thanks Giving.
We both had found our costumes and purchased our tickets to the ball. This night was the big night. We had decided to use comms for this mission so that we could be in constant contact with each other. Part of the plan was to also go to Danny and Alice's house and look through the information as well as attend the ball.
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