Sydney arrived home with an armful of groceries. She dumped everything onto the countertop and quickly distributed it to the appropriate cupboards. She moved upstairs and changed out of her work clothes into a pair of comfy flannel pajama pants and her favorite old t- shirt. She settled in on the couch with ice cream in one hand and remote in the other. Ahh! A relaxing night for once. She switched the television on and began scanning for an old sappy movie. Her phone rang. Sydney sighed. Typical, she thought to herself. After letting it ring three times she finally answered. "Hello?" "Joey's Pizza?" Sydney's heart quickened as the familiar voice came across the line. "Sorry wrong number." She fumbled for the 'end' button. Sydney really hadn't been expecting to hear from Vaughn this evening. She had assumed that he'd at least have a date or something. Then again, she was beginning to think he was fast becoming a workaholic. Perhaps in an attempt to finish SD-6 off more quickly. She wasn't really sure why he would be contacting her for a meeting tonight. She smiled to herself and went upstairs to change. Maybe she didn't really care what the reason was.just that she got to see Vaughn again.

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Vaughn wasn't sure how long it had taken him to muster up the courage to call Sydney. No one else knew that they were going to meet so he hurried to get ready so that he could scan the warehouse for bugs before she got there. He hoped that she wouldn't be offended or anything. When they had chatted earlier in the day she had seemed blue. Vaughn had decided that maybe he could make her feel a bit better. And maybe in the process feel a little less depressed. He smiled to himself as he pulled his jacket on and headed out to the car with several bags in tow. If this didn't help them both he didn't know what would. It was going to be quite an evening.