Chapter 7 –
About ten minutes later, after an extreme overdose of worry about what would happen if SD-6 found out about her two friends, Sydney was finally calm.
"So... now that you are not about to rip my head off... can you tell me what Devlin told you?" Vaughn smiled... a nice smile.
Sydney took it in and smiled back. "Yeah." She plopped on the couch and sighed. "I'm still worried though."
"Will and Francie will be fine... I'll make sure of that... anything for you." Vaughn sat and put his arm around her.
"Ok." She snuggled against him. "Anyway, Devlin told me that I could have a job with you and Eric... I could help with counter missions and go on my own little missions... also..." She untangled herself from Vaughn's arms and walked toward the door, where she threw her coat and a folder.
When she sat back down he put his arm back around her.
"I think that Devlin has an idea about us... because..." Her voice trailed as she opened the folder. A piece of paper fell onto her lap and she threw the other papers on the coffee table in front of them. "This is my new apartment." She held up the paper.
"Oh my God..." Vaughn took the paper. "This is about five houses down... he may have an idea about us... but if he doesn't then he's just made a big mistake."
Sydney laughed. A real laugh. Which made Vaughn laugh too.
"Devlin also told me that Eric already knows... how much do you wanna bet that Eric convinced him about this?" Sydney asked tilting her head to look at Vaughn.
"Knowing Eric I think he could've set this up... I just wanna know how Haladki is going to take the news." Vaughn's smiled widened at the thought of Sydney walking into the office and entering Vaughn's office... Haladki just watching.
"Hey, you awake in there?" Sydney snapped her fingers in front of his face.
Vaughn jumped at the short sound and then smiled. "Yeah. Sorry."
Sydney smiled and kissed him. "Devlin also said that while I'm helping you, I will be going on small missions... smaller then the ones SD-6 sent me on."
"Really?" A hint of worry sounded and Sydney snuggled closer.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Sydney entwined her hand in his.
"Mm." Vaughn put his chin on her head closing his eyes.
"He also told me that Barnett thinks that if I'm 'found' that you should be taking off as my handler." Sydney took her head out from under his chin.
He laughed softly. "Well... that wouldn't matter now would it?"
Sydney shook her head. "Now, there is a problem about getting things from my old apartment to my new apartment."
"Hmm..." Vaughn pretended to think. "Well... me and Eric can go in and pretend to be something... like cops who want to search to see if you had enemies to kidnap you."
Sydney laughed and sat up completely. Her smiled faded as she remembered Will and Francie...
"What?" Vaughn sat up and kept his hand in hers.
"I'm just worried... about Will and Francie." She told him, looking towards him.
"I told you. I'll talk to Eric and Devlin." Vaughn kissed her neck. "I promise you that I will take care of it... Meanwhile..." He smiled when she turned around.
He moaned when her lips crashed on his. Falling back on the couch, he leaned on one of his arms. The other hand her body pausing on the places that earned a low cry from her throat.
God, he tastes good. Sydney thought as her hands pulled at the buttons on his shirt. When she finished with the buttons she slid her hands across his chest, marveling at the gasp that came from him.
His hand, the free one, moved under her tank top and caressed her bare side. She pushed him away a bit and slipped the tank top over her head.
She sighed against his lips as her hand ran down his chest. His lips left her mouth again... moving to her neck, shoulder...
Soon all clothes, everything in the way, had been discarded.
With soft moans and cries they proceeded to ecstasy.
God, the thing she was most amazed about, the thing that baffled her was how well they fit together. How perfect he was.
As the last wave came Sydney whispered, "I love you."
"I love you too." Vaughn slid beside her and they both fell into a blissful sleep.
The Next Day
"Weiss." Vaughn walked into the office.
"Yeah." Weiss looked up as Vaughn entered. "Hey. Heard about Sydney... you should have seen Haladki's face when Devlin told us... God, it was priceless."
Vaughn smiled. "I would have loved to be there, but I was busy."
Weiss nodded. "So... what's going on with you and Sydney?" His smiled widened. The knowing looked filled his eyes.
"So you are the one who arranged the apartment." Vaughn stated, his own smiled forming.
"I knew you'd like that." Weiss looked down at the folders on his desk and whispered, "I met a girl..."
"Tell me something new." Vaughn plopped down into the chair across from the desk. Weiss was always meeting women. Some actually lasted for more then a day... most didn't. He'd make excuses. One was that she talked too much, one was that she had too many problems... The guy couldn't keep a girl.
"No... I mean... it's just... I met her two days ago and she's different then the others." Weiss sat down and looked past Vaughn to the wall behind him.
"So... how'd you meet her?" Vaughn tried to catch his eye, but it was no use.
"I was at Tricks the other night... you know that bar where you got drunk and..."
"Don't go there." Vaughn rubbed his head remembering that night. "Keep going."
"Yeah, anyway. I was at the table we sat at that night and I was just looking around. I had a beer and then I noticed this girl. She was sitting alone and she looked... depressed. So, I went to her table and sat down. She looked at me like I was nuts... I made small conversation like I would with someone I've known forever. Soon we were talking and laughing and I asked why she looked depressed before. She told me that a day or two before she found out that her boyfriend cheated on her and she kicked him out of the apartment." Weiss took a deep breath.
"So, why is she so different from all the others?" Vaughn asked finally making eye contact.
"She's gorgeous and smart... funny... the thing is, I don't think she knows how to take care of herself. And that's..." He stopped there.
"I say you should give this one a chance. If your beating yourself up this much about whether or not to, then you might as well... I think you'll be surprised." Vaughn looked at his watch then at Weiss who was nodding.
"So, you want to go get Sydney's things now?" Weiss got up and followed Vaughn to the door.
Francie's House
"Sydney's alive... I know it's been a day, but I still can't believe it..." Francie looked at Will. "Where is your computer?"
"At my house..." Will ran a hand through his hair.
"I have an idea... so lets go get it..." Francie pulled Will up and out the door.
The car smelled of fast food... Yuck. Francie thought.
"So..." Will started when they were on the road. "Where were you Monday night?"
"I was drowning in self-pity." Francie smiled at the thought.
"Self-pity?" Will glanced at her then back out the windshield.
"Yeah." Francie looked out her window. "A couple days ago I found out Charlie cheated on me and I kicked him out of the apartment."
"Damn." Will ran a hand through his hair. "You don't need shit like that right now. Not with Sydney and doing this..."
"No it's fine... that night... I went to Tricks... you know the place were you and Jenny sang 'Daydream Believer'?" Francie smiled.
Will grimaced. "Don't remind me..."
"Anyway, I met a guy. He's really nice and sweet and funny..." Francie looked at Will. "And I like him."
"Well, you don't waste any time do you?" Will smiled at Francie.
"I don't know... I guess I just knew that Charlie didn't mean 'that much' to me. And I knew something was going on... Maybe that's why I didn't care." Francie told him.
"Anyway, I think that if this new guy likes you and you like him then you should pursue all this... from that look on your face I can tell you like him... go for it." Will smiled and looked at the road.
Francie smiled and looked out the window.
