Glad you liked the super short previous chapter. Thanks for the reviews, follows and favorites. :o)

I've had a couple of requests for Annie and Auggie returning to Paris and some of you have asked about where Keith ended up. I figured this storyline was a great way to include both. This will be a multi-part storyline. Not exactly sure ow many parts, but I'm not planning on dragging it out.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Annie, Auggie or any other Character borrowed from Covert Affairs. Just my characters and alternate universe.

-The Anniversary Trip part 1-

"Why can't Ethan and I come with you? We wanna go to Paris too. We could go to Eurodisney," Elizabeth whined as Annie and Auggie packed their bags. They were going to Paris for a week to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary and their 13-year-old twins weren't very happy that they were spending the week at home.

"Liz, we've been over this already. You're not coming on this trip and that's final," Annie said firmly.

"It sucks!"

"Stop it. Whining won't get you anywhere. Keith will stay here with you and I know you usually enjoy spending time with him," Auggie cut in as he threw a pair of folded jeans into his suitcase. Elizabeth sighed and slumped back against the pillows on her parents' bed.

"I know. The only thing that makes this okay is that we don't have to stay at Aunt Danielle's house. It was okay when Chloe and Katia were there, but now it's just boring."

"I know Keith have some great plans for you, so I'm sure you'll have a great time this week."

"Oh, what kind of plans Dad?" Elizabeth's mood perked up at the mention of that.

"He told me he wants it to be a surprise, so I'm not telling. You'll just have to wait and see," Auggie replied with a grin as he closed his suitcase and locked it. "But I'm sure you and Ethan will have a great week."

Before she could make further arguments the doorbell rang.

"Liz, get the door please. It's probably Keith."

"I don't understand why he doesn't have a key. He's here all the time anyway, it's just weird that he has to ring the doorbell," Elizabeth stated as she jumped off the door and headed to the front door to let Keith in. The truth was that she and her brother were kind of excited about spending the week with Keith.

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"Hey Keith, come on in, " Elizabeth greeted him as she opened the front door.

"Hi Liz! I hope you're not too bummed about being stuck with me for the week," he said as he entered the hallway and dumped the duffle bag his lap by the coatrack just inside the door.

"Dad said you have some great plans, but he refuses to say what they are because it's a surprise."

"Him telling would kind of ruin the surprise, wouldn't it?" Keith said with a smile. He actually looked forward to spending the week looking after Elizabeth and Ethan. Annie and Auggie were the people he was closest to after his parents, they'd been a great support through his college years at Georgetown while he was still adjusting to his disability and he'd worked with Auggie at Murphy for almost seven years, until Auggie had accepted a management position at a security software company five years earlier. He was grateful for all of the support Auggie and Annie had provided when he was at the lowest point of his life and it felt great to be able to do something for them, even this long after. It wasn't the first time he watched the twins, but it was the first time he'd be in charge of them for a full week.

"I guess so. It better be great," Elizabeth teased as hip checked his shoulder. He quickly grabbed her and tickled her side. He'd found the ticklish spot when she was a toddler and it was still there.

"Stop it Keith!" she exclaimed between giggles. "That's just mean."

"Hey Keith, stop torturing my daughter, will ya'?" Auggie said with a laugh as he joined them in the hallway.

"She asked for it," Keith stated with a smile as Elizabeth hurried into her room.

"I have no doubts," Auggie said with a knowing smile. "Thanks for watching them this week. Annie and I wanted to go to Paris for our 10th anniversary, but as you might remember; between chicken pox and a stomach flu that just didn't happen."

"I'm happy to help. I'm sure we'll have a great time."

"Me too. They've been whining a bit about not going to Paris with us, but I know they're looking forward to spending the week with you."

"You and Annie deserve an adult getaway. I guess we should go over the practicalities before you leave; although I know this house almost as well as my own."

"Considering how much time you've spent here over the past 15 years you should," Auggie chuckled. "We've stocked the fridge and pantries, but if you need anything or take them out to eat just keep track of it and we'll pay you back when we get home, okay?"

"If I take them out to dinner I'll pay Aug, it's my pleasure. Don't argue with me on this, because you're not going to win."

"Fair enough," Auggie said, holding his hands up in defeat. They spent the next fifteen minutes going through a few more things and then it was time for Annie and Auggie to head to Dulles to catch their redeye flight to Charles de Gaulle.

"Am I a bad mother if I say that I'm actually looking forward to a week with only the two of us?" Annie asked Auggie while they waited to board their flight a couple of hours later.

"If that makes you a bad mother I'm an equally bad father," Auggie said as he gave Annie's hand a squeeze. "We've barely been away just the two of us since we became parents. We deserve this break and the kids will have a good time with Keith. We can take them to Europe later, they're a bit too young to really enjoy Paris I think."

"You're right. All they've nagged us about have been Eurodisney."

"Exactly. This trip is all about you and me. We can enjoy the food, wine, art and architecture without worrying about them getting bored, which they inevitably would've been. Stop worrying about Liz and Ethan, they're in good hands."

"I know Aug. I trust Keith implicitly and from what I've heard about his plans for the week they'll have a blast. I'm sure they'll curse our return after a week with their cool 'uncle'."

"Yeah, it'll probably be a bummer when their boring old parents show up again."

"Remember the last time we were waiting to board a flight to Paris?"

"Yeah, I was so excited about going to Paris with you. I'm sure you can guess what's my favorite memory from that trip."

Auggie wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulders. "I have a hunch," he chuckled.

"You really surprised me. I didn't expect you to propose at all, so when you tugged on my hand and made your little speech about not being able to kneel, so sitting in your wheelchair would have to do it took me a few seconds to connect the dots. Then you pulled the ring from your pocket and it dawned on me what was happening. I think it was the happiest moment of my life. That and the day I gave birth to the twins."

"I was so nervous," Auggie admitted. "I'd been playing with the idea of proposing for a while, but we'd barely been dating for a year and I didn't want to rush things, so I'd decided to wait. When made the plans to go to Paris I realized I couldn't miss the opportunity to propose there. It felt a bit cheesy, but I knew I would've regretted it if I didn't propose there."

"It was perfect," Annie said and placed a kiss on his cheek. "And look at us now. 15 years later we're still together, still happy and very much in love with each other. We've had our rough patches, but we've worked through them and I think they've made our marriage even stronger."

"I agree. I can't imagine spending my life with anyone else."

They sat in comfortable silence, holding hands, until it was time to board the plane. When the plane pushed back from the gate 40 minutes later they were holding hands again.

"Paris, here we come," Auggie whispered into Annie's ear just as they started accelerating down the runway.

"Yes," Annie replied with a smile.

-To be continued...-

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