A/N: Ok So I seriously debated not typing this up until Thanksgiving
Break.that was until a reviewer threatened my well being! AHH!! BUT THAT IS
OK. Anyways.here is the sequel to 'Through it All'. I hope you like it.And
thanks to all of you who read and reviewed 'Through it All' I got over 30
reviews! I felt so proud! And thanks to Wanton who threatened my strongly
enough to make me sit my butt down and TYPE AWAY!
This story takes place LITERATLY the same night that the last one took place. I could have kept the first going but I felt that WHOLE would be a good final chapter and these next chapters could stand alone. I'm not sure how long its going to be but at least more than 3 chapters since I already have those written and its not done.but I KNOW that this week in history I will write more!!
BUT I know that's a wicked long A/N but I wanted to thank everyone who reviewed and read my story.It would make me the happiest person in the world to receive like 40 reviews for this one.and the more reviews the faster I type!
SO HERE IT IS THE FIRST CHAPTER OF "WAITING FOR THAT ONE PERFECT MOMENT" THE SEQUEL TO "THROUGH IT ALL". Thanks to all again! Please Read and Review.don't forget I own nothing and you want to distribute? Just ask! - Secret Agent Girl
WAITING FOT THAT ONE PERFECT MOMENT
CHAPTER 1 - THE BEGINNING
She stood and stared at the door. She breathed deeply and could barely believe that she was actually standing there. He lightly touched her arm as he passed her and walked up to the door. He slipped the key inside the lock and turned it until he hear it unlock with a faint *click*.
Vaughn turned back to Sydney and smiled as she stood and stared at his apartment. "Are you coming in?"
"I don't know." She replied nervously.
"You don't know?" She shook her head no. "You don't know? Sydney, are you having second thoughts about things?"
"WHAT? No! No, Michael, not even for a second." She unconsciously ran her right hand over her newly obtained ring on her left hand. "It's just, it's just if I go in there, with you, it's really truly over. I mean before when you were at my place it was almost like a dream, but if I go in there then it's real. Everything I've been through in the past decade is over. I'm not sure if I know how to live, if I'm not a spy."
He smiled and walked down his porch stairs and framed her face with his hands. He kissed her slowly. "Hey. You know that you can. I fell in love with Sydney Bristow the woman, not the spy." He leaned his forehead against her and smiled. "Come on. It's late and you're still wearing my jacket so I'm freezing." She giggled and took his hand in hers.
"Yeah, let's go inside."
They walked into his apartment, hand in hand. Sydney smiled as a small white bulldog ran up to them, barking. "DONOVAN!" Vaughn yelled as the god jumped at Sydney and placed two dirty paws on her black skirt. "Get down!"
"It's ok, Mike. Hey, Donovan!" She knelt down and brought the dog into a hug. "OOHH!!" She smiled. She stood back up and removed Vaughn's coat from around her shoulders and hung it loosely over his black leather couch.
"So.THIS," he fanned his hand over the room. "This is my living room." He grasped her hand and started to wander around the apartment showing Sydney everything.
When they neared his bedroom they stopped just in front of the closed door. "So, Agent Vaughn. What, per say, lies behind this door?" She giggled at him as he leaned in and kissed her long and fully.
"Oh, babe, behind this door lies something spectacular."
"Really?" She raised her eyebrows and her smile grew. "And what would that be?"
"MMM." He kissed her again as he opened the door behind him and pulled her close. His arm was around her waist pulling her with him as he stepped into the room. "The future." He spun her around and kicked the door shut behind him as they collapsed on his bed, Sydney's giggles ringing through the house.
Her eyes fluttered open as the sun peaked through the shades in the room. Breathing deeply she took in the scent of the room. It smelled like him. A smile crept across her face as the events of the previous day replayed through her head. Her eyes drifter to her left had and the diamond glittered at her. She shifted her body to allow her gaze to fall on the man lying next to her, watching her sleep. "Hey."
"Hey." He smiled back at her.
"There was something so very special about last night. However it didn't happen until a moment ago." She smiled at his bewildered look.
"Yeah? What's that?"
"For the first time since you and I go together, I got to wake up to you still being next to me." He smiled and leaned down to kiss her but she spoke quickly, if not quietly, before he could. "You make me happier than I ever thought I could be."
With that he leaned down and kissed her and when he pulled back he smiled at her, green eyes shining. "I know the feeling."
A few hours later, Vaughn turned around, coffee pot in hand, and refilled his cup and hers as she sat at his counter. "What time's your meeting?"
"Hmm." She took a sip of the coffee. "In about 2 and a half hours. Which means, I have to get home with in the half hour if I'm going to make it on time. Because I have to go and shower and so forth."
"You can shower here, you know." He smiled, wide.
"Yes, I know." She giggled. "However, we came here right after your mother's last night and I didn't bring any clothes, which mean that while you would show up in a suit, I don't think Devlin or my father would appreciate me showing up in your sweatpants and over sized Kings jersey." She smiled as she took another sip of coffee.
"I think you look cute like that." He smiled at her.
"You would. Besides. I want to talk to Francie before I go to the meeting. I want to tell her before I tell anyone else."
"AH." He nodded knowingly. "Fine. Besides, I don't really want to explain to your father WHY you're wearing my clothes." He chuckled as she laughed. He leaned over and kissed her. "I'm gonna go shower and get dressing and then we'll go to your place. Ok? Deal?"
"Deal." She smiled. "Besides, I'd love to see the news. Cant wait to see just how EVIL they make Sloane out to be." She smiled, fully.
He laughed as he kissed her once more and then walked off to go shower. 15 minutes later Vaughn reappeared in his usual blue suit and waked over to where Sydney was sitting, curled up on his couch. "You ready, Syd?"
She leaned back to look at him as he leaned over the back of the couch. She sighed. "Yeah. Let's go."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just sad that instead of spending my first full day of freedom being with you and Francie and Will, I have to go to a big meeting where I tell all my friends that they've been lied to for up to a period of 20 years."
"I know." He rubbed her shoulders. "But I will be there and so won't your father." He took her hand and led her out of his apartment and they ventured off to her place.
When they entered her apartment, they found Francie and Will watching TV. The second that Sydney and Vaughn walked through the door, smiling, Francie knew something had happened, something big.
She squealed with excitement and ran to Sydney dragging her down the hallway. Will glanced over at Vaughn, who just shrugged and joined him, watching TV. "So, what happened that made Francie spaz?" Will asked Vaughn, his gaze still on the TV.
"Oh, uh, I asked Sydney to marry me last night." Vaughn glanced at Will and watched his expression change from passive to jealous and then back to passive again.
"Huh, congratulations."
"Thanks."
Back in Sydney's room Francie couldn't stop crying. "OH! Syd, it's so beautiful. And he's such a good guy!"
"I know." Sydney was crying lightly as Francie poured over her ring.
"And doing it by his father's grave? Oh, Sydney, that is so amazing!"
"I know, I know. I have to get ready though, for my big meeting. We can talk about this when I get back right?"
"OH! Of course! I'll just go bug Mike about it and make sure Will doesn't attack him!" Francie giggled as she wiped her eyes and hugged Sydney again.
Sydney smiled as Francie exited her room and proceeded to the living room where Will and Vaughn sat watching a hockey game and arguing over the teams.
"PLEASE!" Will exclaimed. "The Coyote's are ten times better than the Kings!"
"No way. No way! The Kings are the greatest team!" Vaughn fought back with a smile on his face.
As Francie moved into the living room she ran over to the couch and plopped down next to Vaughn and gave him a giant hug. He smiled at her enthusiasm and hugged her back. "So I guess you're ok with it?"
"OH! So very much!" She couldn't stop smiling.
An hour later, Sydney emerged from her room in a black skirt suit ready to face the world. When she walked into the living room, she found her two best friends and fiancé laughing and talking. She smiled at the sight of the three of them and knew that she would never have to worry about the three of them getting along. "Ok. I'm ready." Sydney announced.
Vaughn turned his head and looked at Sydney, smiling. "Hey, babe, who's the best hockey team in the league?"
She smiled at him and thought for a moment. "Hmm. The Kings, no contest." Vaughn smiled and turned to will grinning.
"PLEASE!" Will replied to Vaughn's victorious smirk. "Of course she's gonna pick your team! She walked in wearing your Kings shirt. PLUS, she's marring you. It's like law. She has to side with you."
"HEY! SHE is standing right here, and SHE can make her own decisions." Sydney butted in, pointing to herself for emphasis. "And I like the Kings. Mike has nothing to do with it." She smiled sweetly at Vaughn and extended her hand to him. "We have to go though, Michael, or else I'm gonna be late and you'll have to explain to my father that I'm late because you were arguing with Will over which hockey team is the best in the league!" She smiled as he stood and grasped her hand.
"Yeah, Mike - you go because I don't need to be in trouble with Jack. He scares me." Will chimed in.
"Jack scares you? Yeah, well you don't have to tell him that for the past year you've been secretly seeing his daughter against ALL rules and now you and her are getting married. I could be pleasantly surprised if he doesn't jump up and pull a gun on me, like he did the first time I met him." Vaughn chuckled at the memory from the Japanese restaurant over 3 years ago.
"Hey, my father is not that scary!" Sydney piped up as her and Vaughn put on their jackets.
"Ok, Syd." Will replied sarcastically.
"Uh huh. Sure." Vaughn added.
"Oh. Come on Michael. We'll see you guys later ok? I'll call when I know more about when." Sydney told Will and Francie as she grabbed her purse and cell phone.
"OK, Syd." Will called as he settled back down in front of the TV.
"OK. Bye Syd. Bye Mike." Francie waved.
"Bye." The couple called as they exited the apartment and made their way to Vaughn's car.
It was 15 minutes until the meeting when Sydney and Vaughn entered Vaughn's office to relax a moment before entering the conference room. She sat down in one of the chairs facing the desk and stared at her ring. "Syd?" Vaughn questioned noticing something was wrong.
"I have this memory." She began slowly never moving her gaze from the ring glistening on her left hand. "Actually it's several. All meetings that I had in my first years at SD-6. The way Sloane would talk about the pride he had in us for helping the country.."
"Syd, wait." Vaughn interrupted.
"What? Why?" She wanted to let him know what she was feeling.
"Because, I think that this story is the one you should tell all those from SD-6 who believed what you once believed. I think that they would be able to understand it all better if you told them through that story." He smiled at her and walked over to where she was sitting and forced her to stand up and look into his eyes. "It's going to be ok. Really, I promise."
"I'm glad you're here." She said in a little voice.
"Me too. Me too." He held her close then and was about to kiss he when her father walked in asking them to go into the conference room. It was time.
"Ok." Sydney replied collection herself, not even slightly embarrassed at being caught in Vaughn's arms, despite Vaughn's bright red face. She looked at Vaughn as her father left the room and smiled. "After the meeting it's your turn to get nervous."
"Yeah? Why is that?"
"Because," she smiled as they left his office and rounded the corner to the conference room. "Because after the meeting, we're telling my father that we are getting married." She smiled mischievously as all the color drained from his face and before he could say otherwise she pushed open the conference room door and walked in.
Two hours later the conference room was almost completely empty, with the exception of Sydney, Vaughn, Jack, Dixon, and Marshall. Dixon and Marshall were staying to talk to Dir. Devlin and were about to go to tier meeting with the Director when Dixon pulled Sydney to the side and whispered in her ear. "I'm proud of you."
"Thanks." She smiled back at him.
"And that guy, Agent Vaughn?"
"He's a good guy."
"Yeah. He seems like it." He paused for a moment and his eyes ended up on her left hand that was lying across her chest over her right arm. "You two are gonna be very happy together. I just better get an invite." He smiled at her wide eyed look.
She stared at him. Both her and Vaughn had been completely professional. It had taken all of her strength to not look at him and smile when she felt his gaze on her during the entire meeting. "What?"
"Come on, Sydney. It's me. You cant hide stuff from me." He thought for a moment back on the last few years. "Well you know what I mean!" He smiled at her. "You've got this look about you when he's near. It's different than any look I've ever seen you get. And that ring proves it." She smiled as he pointed to her glittering left hand. "How long have you been seeing him?"
"A little over a year."
"That explains it. This past year, you've been a whole lot happier that before. I've never seen you this happy." He smiled at her and gripped her hand. Marshall walked up then and motioned for Dixon to leave with him. Dixon nodded and gave Sydney a hug. "I'm proud of you." He whispered in her ear again. As he walked towards the door her turned back to her. "Don't forget what I said! I expect one!" He smiled as she nodded yes and turned from the room and left.
Sydney turned back to where her father stood waiting as Vaughn sat in a chair. "Well, I better be going." Jack stated as he began towards the door.
"Actually, Dad, do you have a minute?" Sydney asked him apprehensively. "I need to talk to you about something. We, we, need to talk to you about something." She pointed to Vaughn and herself and her father sat down. Sydney walked over and took a seat across from her father and next to Vaughn. "Dad, you know I resigned yesterday?" He nodded. "Good. Well, I finished school last year, you know, and I plan on trying to have a normal life. And one of the normal things in life is having a family." She paused for a moment and grasped Vaughn's hand under the table.
Jack took the moment of silence to jump in. "You two are getting married." He stated factually glancing between the two.
"Yeah. How long have you known?" She questioned. His tone told her that he had known for quite a while.
"Around six months."
"Dad, I know you,."
"You are a big girl Sydney. I cant control you. I have thought many times over the past few months about getting Vaughn here off your case, but I couldn't bring myself to do it." He breathed deeply and glanced down at the table for a moment. Glancing back at the two his expression softened. "I'm ok with it."
Sydney stood up and walked to her father, who stood at her arrival and was caught slightly off guard when she took and embraced him, tears welling in her eyes. "Thank you Daddy."
"You love him?" She nodded against his shoulder at whispered question. "And you're happy?" He whispered again as she pulled back.
"More than I've ever been."
"Good. Good." Jack turned to Vaughn now, who stood and walked over to the two. Jack extended his hand to Vaughn, who took it and shook it. "I'm holding you to your promise, Agent Vaughn."
"What, what promise?" Vaughn was puzzled.
"The one you threatened me with last year. That you would not betray my daughter's trust. I'm holding you to that."
"Yes, sir." Vaughn replied with a small smile on his face. That had happened just weeks before he and Sydney had gotten together.
"And if you hurt her in ANY way, remember that I have become a master in torture and those techniques, you never forget those."
"DAD!" Sydney exclaimed as a smile crept across her face.
"I promise, Jack." Vaughn replied, his hand still being held by Jack.
"Good. Then welcome to the family." He gave a small smile as he released Vaughn's hand.
"Thank you."
20 minutes later, Vaughn and Sydney stood at the pier, looking out over the water. "Why?" She asked him, breaking the silence.
"Why what?" He questioned turning to her marveling at being able to stand this close to her at the pier.
"Why, do you want to be part of the most dysfunctional family ever?"
"Because I woe something to those crazy people you call parents, though your mother owes me, so it's ok." He smiled. " I owe them my greatest thanks for they gave me you and you have made my life complete."
She turned to him and pulled him close to kiss him. "MMM."
"What?"
"Kissing you here, it's something I've wanted to do for over three years now."
"Good." She looked at him questioningly. "Just like to know I wasn't the only one feeling that way." He smiled and kissed her again.
She looked into the water as he positioned himself behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and placing his chin on her shoulder. "You know that night I three my beeper in there?"
"Yeah." He smiled at the memory.
"That's when I knew."
"Knew what?"
"That I could fall in love again. You came to me, so late in the night and you gave me such hope and comfort. Of course I still thought you were married so I only hoped to meet someone as good of a person as you." She smiled and held her hands over him. She lowered her voice. "Lucky for me, I got you, no imitation required."
He chuckled and kissed her neck. "Come on. Let's go out to dinner with Francie and Will. I', becoming addicted to being with you in public." She smiled as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards his car.
A/N: TADA! There is chapter one! Since Thanksgiving break is right around the corner I'm sure I'll post most if not ALL of the other chapters I had already written waiting to be typed. The more reviews I get however, the quicker I type.This is an example of that since I only finished my last story 3 days ago!!! REVIEW PLEASE! DID YOU LIKE?? LET ME KNOW! - Secret Agent Girl
This story takes place LITERATLY the same night that the last one took place. I could have kept the first going but I felt that WHOLE would be a good final chapter and these next chapters could stand alone. I'm not sure how long its going to be but at least more than 3 chapters since I already have those written and its not done.but I KNOW that this week in history I will write more!!
BUT I know that's a wicked long A/N but I wanted to thank everyone who reviewed and read my story.It would make me the happiest person in the world to receive like 40 reviews for this one.and the more reviews the faster I type!
SO HERE IT IS THE FIRST CHAPTER OF "WAITING FOR THAT ONE PERFECT MOMENT" THE SEQUEL TO "THROUGH IT ALL". Thanks to all again! Please Read and Review.don't forget I own nothing and you want to distribute? Just ask! - Secret Agent Girl
WAITING FOT THAT ONE PERFECT MOMENT
CHAPTER 1 - THE BEGINNING
She stood and stared at the door. She breathed deeply and could barely believe that she was actually standing there. He lightly touched her arm as he passed her and walked up to the door. He slipped the key inside the lock and turned it until he hear it unlock with a faint *click*.
Vaughn turned back to Sydney and smiled as she stood and stared at his apartment. "Are you coming in?"
"I don't know." She replied nervously.
"You don't know?" She shook her head no. "You don't know? Sydney, are you having second thoughts about things?"
"WHAT? No! No, Michael, not even for a second." She unconsciously ran her right hand over her newly obtained ring on her left hand. "It's just, it's just if I go in there, with you, it's really truly over. I mean before when you were at my place it was almost like a dream, but if I go in there then it's real. Everything I've been through in the past decade is over. I'm not sure if I know how to live, if I'm not a spy."
He smiled and walked down his porch stairs and framed her face with his hands. He kissed her slowly. "Hey. You know that you can. I fell in love with Sydney Bristow the woman, not the spy." He leaned his forehead against her and smiled. "Come on. It's late and you're still wearing my jacket so I'm freezing." She giggled and took his hand in hers.
"Yeah, let's go inside."
They walked into his apartment, hand in hand. Sydney smiled as a small white bulldog ran up to them, barking. "DONOVAN!" Vaughn yelled as the god jumped at Sydney and placed two dirty paws on her black skirt. "Get down!"
"It's ok, Mike. Hey, Donovan!" She knelt down and brought the dog into a hug. "OOHH!!" She smiled. She stood back up and removed Vaughn's coat from around her shoulders and hung it loosely over his black leather couch.
"So.THIS," he fanned his hand over the room. "This is my living room." He grasped her hand and started to wander around the apartment showing Sydney everything.
When they neared his bedroom they stopped just in front of the closed door. "So, Agent Vaughn. What, per say, lies behind this door?" She giggled at him as he leaned in and kissed her long and fully.
"Oh, babe, behind this door lies something spectacular."
"Really?" She raised her eyebrows and her smile grew. "And what would that be?"
"MMM." He kissed her again as he opened the door behind him and pulled her close. His arm was around her waist pulling her with him as he stepped into the room. "The future." He spun her around and kicked the door shut behind him as they collapsed on his bed, Sydney's giggles ringing through the house.
Her eyes fluttered open as the sun peaked through the shades in the room. Breathing deeply she took in the scent of the room. It smelled like him. A smile crept across her face as the events of the previous day replayed through her head. Her eyes drifter to her left had and the diamond glittered at her. She shifted her body to allow her gaze to fall on the man lying next to her, watching her sleep. "Hey."
"Hey." He smiled back at her.
"There was something so very special about last night. However it didn't happen until a moment ago." She smiled at his bewildered look.
"Yeah? What's that?"
"For the first time since you and I go together, I got to wake up to you still being next to me." He smiled and leaned down to kiss her but she spoke quickly, if not quietly, before he could. "You make me happier than I ever thought I could be."
With that he leaned down and kissed her and when he pulled back he smiled at her, green eyes shining. "I know the feeling."
A few hours later, Vaughn turned around, coffee pot in hand, and refilled his cup and hers as she sat at his counter. "What time's your meeting?"
"Hmm." She took a sip of the coffee. "In about 2 and a half hours. Which means, I have to get home with in the half hour if I'm going to make it on time. Because I have to go and shower and so forth."
"You can shower here, you know." He smiled, wide.
"Yes, I know." She giggled. "However, we came here right after your mother's last night and I didn't bring any clothes, which mean that while you would show up in a suit, I don't think Devlin or my father would appreciate me showing up in your sweatpants and over sized Kings jersey." She smiled as she took another sip of coffee.
"I think you look cute like that." He smiled at her.
"You would. Besides. I want to talk to Francie before I go to the meeting. I want to tell her before I tell anyone else."
"AH." He nodded knowingly. "Fine. Besides, I don't really want to explain to your father WHY you're wearing my clothes." He chuckled as she laughed. He leaned over and kissed her. "I'm gonna go shower and get dressing and then we'll go to your place. Ok? Deal?"
"Deal." She smiled. "Besides, I'd love to see the news. Cant wait to see just how EVIL they make Sloane out to be." She smiled, fully.
He laughed as he kissed her once more and then walked off to go shower. 15 minutes later Vaughn reappeared in his usual blue suit and waked over to where Sydney was sitting, curled up on his couch. "You ready, Syd?"
She leaned back to look at him as he leaned over the back of the couch. She sighed. "Yeah. Let's go."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just sad that instead of spending my first full day of freedom being with you and Francie and Will, I have to go to a big meeting where I tell all my friends that they've been lied to for up to a period of 20 years."
"I know." He rubbed her shoulders. "But I will be there and so won't your father." He took her hand and led her out of his apartment and they ventured off to her place.
When they entered her apartment, they found Francie and Will watching TV. The second that Sydney and Vaughn walked through the door, smiling, Francie knew something had happened, something big.
She squealed with excitement and ran to Sydney dragging her down the hallway. Will glanced over at Vaughn, who just shrugged and joined him, watching TV. "So, what happened that made Francie spaz?" Will asked Vaughn, his gaze still on the TV.
"Oh, uh, I asked Sydney to marry me last night." Vaughn glanced at Will and watched his expression change from passive to jealous and then back to passive again.
"Huh, congratulations."
"Thanks."
Back in Sydney's room Francie couldn't stop crying. "OH! Syd, it's so beautiful. And he's such a good guy!"
"I know." Sydney was crying lightly as Francie poured over her ring.
"And doing it by his father's grave? Oh, Sydney, that is so amazing!"
"I know, I know. I have to get ready though, for my big meeting. We can talk about this when I get back right?"
"OH! Of course! I'll just go bug Mike about it and make sure Will doesn't attack him!" Francie giggled as she wiped her eyes and hugged Sydney again.
Sydney smiled as Francie exited her room and proceeded to the living room where Will and Vaughn sat watching a hockey game and arguing over the teams.
"PLEASE!" Will exclaimed. "The Coyote's are ten times better than the Kings!"
"No way. No way! The Kings are the greatest team!" Vaughn fought back with a smile on his face.
As Francie moved into the living room she ran over to the couch and plopped down next to Vaughn and gave him a giant hug. He smiled at her enthusiasm and hugged her back. "So I guess you're ok with it?"
"OH! So very much!" She couldn't stop smiling.
An hour later, Sydney emerged from her room in a black skirt suit ready to face the world. When she walked into the living room, she found her two best friends and fiancé laughing and talking. She smiled at the sight of the three of them and knew that she would never have to worry about the three of them getting along. "Ok. I'm ready." Sydney announced.
Vaughn turned his head and looked at Sydney, smiling. "Hey, babe, who's the best hockey team in the league?"
She smiled at him and thought for a moment. "Hmm. The Kings, no contest." Vaughn smiled and turned to will grinning.
"PLEASE!" Will replied to Vaughn's victorious smirk. "Of course she's gonna pick your team! She walked in wearing your Kings shirt. PLUS, she's marring you. It's like law. She has to side with you."
"HEY! SHE is standing right here, and SHE can make her own decisions." Sydney butted in, pointing to herself for emphasis. "And I like the Kings. Mike has nothing to do with it." She smiled sweetly at Vaughn and extended her hand to him. "We have to go though, Michael, or else I'm gonna be late and you'll have to explain to my father that I'm late because you were arguing with Will over which hockey team is the best in the league!" She smiled as he stood and grasped her hand.
"Yeah, Mike - you go because I don't need to be in trouble with Jack. He scares me." Will chimed in.
"Jack scares you? Yeah, well you don't have to tell him that for the past year you've been secretly seeing his daughter against ALL rules and now you and her are getting married. I could be pleasantly surprised if he doesn't jump up and pull a gun on me, like he did the first time I met him." Vaughn chuckled at the memory from the Japanese restaurant over 3 years ago.
"Hey, my father is not that scary!" Sydney piped up as her and Vaughn put on their jackets.
"Ok, Syd." Will replied sarcastically.
"Uh huh. Sure." Vaughn added.
"Oh. Come on Michael. We'll see you guys later ok? I'll call when I know more about when." Sydney told Will and Francie as she grabbed her purse and cell phone.
"OK, Syd." Will called as he settled back down in front of the TV.
"OK. Bye Syd. Bye Mike." Francie waved.
"Bye." The couple called as they exited the apartment and made their way to Vaughn's car.
It was 15 minutes until the meeting when Sydney and Vaughn entered Vaughn's office to relax a moment before entering the conference room. She sat down in one of the chairs facing the desk and stared at her ring. "Syd?" Vaughn questioned noticing something was wrong.
"I have this memory." She began slowly never moving her gaze from the ring glistening on her left hand. "Actually it's several. All meetings that I had in my first years at SD-6. The way Sloane would talk about the pride he had in us for helping the country.."
"Syd, wait." Vaughn interrupted.
"What? Why?" She wanted to let him know what she was feeling.
"Because, I think that this story is the one you should tell all those from SD-6 who believed what you once believed. I think that they would be able to understand it all better if you told them through that story." He smiled at her and walked over to where she was sitting and forced her to stand up and look into his eyes. "It's going to be ok. Really, I promise."
"I'm glad you're here." She said in a little voice.
"Me too. Me too." He held her close then and was about to kiss he when her father walked in asking them to go into the conference room. It was time.
"Ok." Sydney replied collection herself, not even slightly embarrassed at being caught in Vaughn's arms, despite Vaughn's bright red face. She looked at Vaughn as her father left the room and smiled. "After the meeting it's your turn to get nervous."
"Yeah? Why is that?"
"Because," she smiled as they left his office and rounded the corner to the conference room. "Because after the meeting, we're telling my father that we are getting married." She smiled mischievously as all the color drained from his face and before he could say otherwise she pushed open the conference room door and walked in.
Two hours later the conference room was almost completely empty, with the exception of Sydney, Vaughn, Jack, Dixon, and Marshall. Dixon and Marshall were staying to talk to Dir. Devlin and were about to go to tier meeting with the Director when Dixon pulled Sydney to the side and whispered in her ear. "I'm proud of you."
"Thanks." She smiled back at him.
"And that guy, Agent Vaughn?"
"He's a good guy."
"Yeah. He seems like it." He paused for a moment and his eyes ended up on her left hand that was lying across her chest over her right arm. "You two are gonna be very happy together. I just better get an invite." He smiled at her wide eyed look.
She stared at him. Both her and Vaughn had been completely professional. It had taken all of her strength to not look at him and smile when she felt his gaze on her during the entire meeting. "What?"
"Come on, Sydney. It's me. You cant hide stuff from me." He thought for a moment back on the last few years. "Well you know what I mean!" He smiled at her. "You've got this look about you when he's near. It's different than any look I've ever seen you get. And that ring proves it." She smiled as he pointed to her glittering left hand. "How long have you been seeing him?"
"A little over a year."
"That explains it. This past year, you've been a whole lot happier that before. I've never seen you this happy." He smiled at her and gripped her hand. Marshall walked up then and motioned for Dixon to leave with him. Dixon nodded and gave Sydney a hug. "I'm proud of you." He whispered in her ear again. As he walked towards the door her turned back to her. "Don't forget what I said! I expect one!" He smiled as she nodded yes and turned from the room and left.
Sydney turned back to where her father stood waiting as Vaughn sat in a chair. "Well, I better be going." Jack stated as he began towards the door.
"Actually, Dad, do you have a minute?" Sydney asked him apprehensively. "I need to talk to you about something. We, we, need to talk to you about something." She pointed to Vaughn and herself and her father sat down. Sydney walked over and took a seat across from her father and next to Vaughn. "Dad, you know I resigned yesterday?" He nodded. "Good. Well, I finished school last year, you know, and I plan on trying to have a normal life. And one of the normal things in life is having a family." She paused for a moment and grasped Vaughn's hand under the table.
Jack took the moment of silence to jump in. "You two are getting married." He stated factually glancing between the two.
"Yeah. How long have you known?" She questioned. His tone told her that he had known for quite a while.
"Around six months."
"Dad, I know you,."
"You are a big girl Sydney. I cant control you. I have thought many times over the past few months about getting Vaughn here off your case, but I couldn't bring myself to do it." He breathed deeply and glanced down at the table for a moment. Glancing back at the two his expression softened. "I'm ok with it."
Sydney stood up and walked to her father, who stood at her arrival and was caught slightly off guard when she took and embraced him, tears welling in her eyes. "Thank you Daddy."
"You love him?" She nodded against his shoulder at whispered question. "And you're happy?" He whispered again as she pulled back.
"More than I've ever been."
"Good. Good." Jack turned to Vaughn now, who stood and walked over to the two. Jack extended his hand to Vaughn, who took it and shook it. "I'm holding you to your promise, Agent Vaughn."
"What, what promise?" Vaughn was puzzled.
"The one you threatened me with last year. That you would not betray my daughter's trust. I'm holding you to that."
"Yes, sir." Vaughn replied with a small smile on his face. That had happened just weeks before he and Sydney had gotten together.
"And if you hurt her in ANY way, remember that I have become a master in torture and those techniques, you never forget those."
"DAD!" Sydney exclaimed as a smile crept across her face.
"I promise, Jack." Vaughn replied, his hand still being held by Jack.
"Good. Then welcome to the family." He gave a small smile as he released Vaughn's hand.
"Thank you."
20 minutes later, Vaughn and Sydney stood at the pier, looking out over the water. "Why?" She asked him, breaking the silence.
"Why what?" He questioned turning to her marveling at being able to stand this close to her at the pier.
"Why, do you want to be part of the most dysfunctional family ever?"
"Because I woe something to those crazy people you call parents, though your mother owes me, so it's ok." He smiled. " I owe them my greatest thanks for they gave me you and you have made my life complete."
She turned to him and pulled him close to kiss him. "MMM."
"What?"
"Kissing you here, it's something I've wanted to do for over three years now."
"Good." She looked at him questioningly. "Just like to know I wasn't the only one feeling that way." He smiled and kissed her again.
She looked into the water as he positioned himself behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and placing his chin on her shoulder. "You know that night I three my beeper in there?"
"Yeah." He smiled at the memory.
"That's when I knew."
"Knew what?"
"That I could fall in love again. You came to me, so late in the night and you gave me such hope and comfort. Of course I still thought you were married so I only hoped to meet someone as good of a person as you." She smiled and held her hands over him. She lowered her voice. "Lucky for me, I got you, no imitation required."
He chuckled and kissed her neck. "Come on. Let's go out to dinner with Francie and Will. I', becoming addicted to being with you in public." She smiled as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards his car.
A/N: TADA! There is chapter one! Since Thanksgiving break is right around the corner I'm sure I'll post most if not ALL of the other chapters I had already written waiting to be typed. The more reviews I get however, the quicker I type.This is an example of that since I only finished my last story 3 days ago!!! REVIEW PLEASE! DID YOU LIKE?? LET ME KNOW! - Secret Agent Girl