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"Michael? C'mon, it's starting to rain." Sydney said quietly as she placed her hand of his shoulder.

"I.I just always thought that I would be with her when she went. I don't know why, I have always just thought that ever since my dad died. She took it so hard, and she tried to be strong for me at the same time. She was."

"Everything a mother should be." Sydney finished for him as she led him out of the cemetery.

"Yeah, yeah, she was." Michael replied as he put his arm around Sydney's waist.

"C'mon, there's a lot of people waiting for us back at your mom's house - and from what I've heard, I hope you're hungry," Sydney said with a smile.

"Starving," Michael replied as he got into Sydney's Landrover. As Sydney started the vehicle and let it warm up, Michael reached over to her and took her hand in his.

"Thanks for being here with me. I mean, you really don't know how much you mean to me. I want you to know that I love you. I want to tell you before I can't. I don't ever want to take a moment that we have together for granted again. I had to wait for so - "

Sydney cut him short with a sound kiss to his lips.

"I love you too Michael. I'm glad I could be here with you. And you're not getting rid of me for a long time buster," Sydney said as a big grin appeared on her face.

"Yeah," Michael replied with a smile. "It's finally over. I can hardly believe that I don't have to be your handler anymore."

"Well, I don't think that you have to stop doing that." Sydney replied coyly as she reached to put the vehicle in gear.

"I can handle you very well Agent Bristow," Michael replied as he reached over and took her face in his hands and kissed her passionately.

Michael released her from the kiss and gazed into her eyes.

"My mother would have loved you," he said quietly.

"Good," Sydney replied as she put her car into gear and drove out of the cemetery holding hands with Michael.

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