A/N: Hope you guys like this chapter…it's longer than the others so it took just a little longer to put it up. Sorry, but I think it was worth the wait!!!!!!!

Chapter 7

Sydney opened the door to her apartment and stepped inside. She dumped her stuff on the couch as Francie greeted her.

"Hiya, Hun!"

"Hey Francie!"

"Wow! You're home early for once! Really early!"

"Yeah, I got the afternoon off!"

"Well, it's about time. You work way too hard for that bank. Hey, let's call Will and celebrate!"

Um, ok… sure." Sydney wasn't exactly too thrilled to see Will right now. Sure she loved him and hoped he was all right, but she was still mad at him for what he has said on the phone, and in front of Vaughn too! 'How could he think such a thing! He needs to learn to trust me, plus I should be able to do whatever the hell I feel like doing without making sure that it's all right with him!' Sydney was getting even angrier about it now. She tried to calm herself down, 'He only said it because he cares, he worries about you.'

"Hey are you ok, Syd?" Francie could see that something was bothering her.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little pissed at Will. He's such a jerk sometimes, but I guess that it's just because he cares."

"What did he do?"

"Nothing really, I was just talking to him on the phone and he said something really damn stupid."

"What'd he say to you?"

"Nothing important" Sidney sighed at her words. It was important all right; she just didn't really want to say anything.

" Look Syd, I know you well enough to know that it's not just nothing important, ok? You know you can tell me."

"Well," Sydney sighed, "ok." She would have to say something about Vaughn, but she would completely avoid the fact that she had feelings for him, even if it meant lying… again. "Well, I was on this trip with a guy from work and-" Francie cut her off.

"You mean "the" guy from work? You know, the one that gave you the Christmas present?"

"Yeah, that's him." Sydney was starting to get a little bit nervous. "So anyways, he heard me say something about us staying in a hotel and started screaming into the phone stuff about us getting separate rooms and beds and stuff!" Sydney was really mad again. Francie just giggled.

"Well, he is kind of overprotective." Francie was having trouble getting the words out, she was laughing so hard.

"Still," Sydney was dead serious," I should be able to do whatever I want without having him lecture me about it!"

"Even if it's having sex with the guy from work?" Francie started giggling wildly.

"Francie!!!"

"I was just kidding sweetie, don't worry!" Francie was still laughing.

"So I guess we better not call Will, huh?"

"I guess not, at least give me some time to cool down." Francie just couldn't help it. She started laughing again. This time Sydney gave in, she started laughing too. If you really thought about it, it was pretty funny.

Francie turned on the TV.

"I'll be right back, Francie, I'm gonna go change into something more comfortable."

"Ok, let's watch this movie Syd, It's supposed to be really good."

"Sure" Sydney changed into her flannel Pajama pants and a skin-tight white tank top. She plopped down on the couch next to Francie as the movie started. Just then, the phone rung.

"I'll get it, Syd." Francie got up and answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Joey's Pizza?"

"WRONG NUMBER!" Francie screamed into the phone. "I swear, if someone calls asking for that pizza place again I'm gonna go ballistic!"

"I think you already did Francie!" Sydney laughed. "You know what we're missing? Popcorn, I'm gonna go get some from the store, ok?"

"Sure" Sydney went into her room, slipped on a sweater, grabbed her purse and went back into the living room. "Bye Francie, I'll be right back!" She said as she took her keys from the kitchen counter and walked out the door.

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: hope you liked it…I was going to make it longer, but… I figured this was long enough for now. Anyways, look for more chapters this afternoon b/c I'll probably put up chapter 8 today.