A/N: Hi! Another chapter! It's a miracle!!! Sorry it took so long to get this up, but life interfered : (. Anyway, I only wrote the beginning paragraph, anything passed there came from the brilliant mind of Ashley Cook (thank you, thank you, thank you!). She is officially my co-author for this story since I'm too busy to do it all on my own (plus, I get constant writers block).

Btw, // \\ indicates a flashback. On with the story…

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So far the mission was going well, Sydney had retrieved the manuscript from Pedro Chavez's underground warehouse. Now the only thing left to do was meet up with Vaughn. Vaughn had been working on this for four months. While Sydney was stealing the manuscript, Vaughn was taking advantage of his undercover position a chief of security at Chavez's mansion. He was to get the code translation and meet Sydney at a previously determined location. They would copy the translated manuscript, then Vaughn would bring the copy and code translation back to the CIA, while Syd brought back the original manuscript back to SD-6. As she waited for Vaughn, she became increasingly nervous, she didn't know what to expect. She began to pace, thinking of what to say to him.

"Hi, Vaughn..... no. Hey! What's up?" she said to herself. "Ugh!" She sat down and looked at the ground with her head resting on her hands. She sighed. "What is he going to say?"

// "Uh, hey, um, before you go, I told Vaughn he'd be meeting an agent from Europe," Weiss told Sydney.

"Was that really necessary?" Sydney paused, then sighed, "And this agent is named…???"

Weiss hesitated, which made it seem like he was embarrassed to say it. "Uh, well, I'd like you to keep in mind, I uh, wanted to give Vaughn a little clue on who he'd be meeting, and, uh, since I said you'd be from Europe, in a way, it would kind of work." He looked at his feet. "Your name is.... Eunoe Hurr."

"E-excuse me? 'You know her'??? WOW! How creative!" she said sarcastically.

"Hey! Of course it's not spelled that way! It's E-U-N-O-E H-U-R-R!" he shot back. "And remember, I'm trying to give him a clue, if he's smart enough, of course. Plus I think it is creative, if I do say so myself." He said with a smug look on his face.

"Right....." she smiled, then looked at her watch, "I should get going."

"Syd, good luck. I mean, not only on the mission, but when you go meet Vaughn. I know it's going to be hard on both of you to see each other after so long." Weiss told her sincerely.

"Thanks." \\

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Vaughn had gotten the code translation with ease, now he was off to meet the other agent. Weiss had told him that the agent he was going to meet was named Eunoe Hurr from Europe. Eunoe Hurr, he thought, sounds like you know her.….what was wrong with that woman's parents? He got to the meeting place and saw a woman sitting down looking at the ground with her head resting on her hands. Her hair was covering her face. "Miss Hurr?" he questioned. She just sighed sadly. He went over to her, and knelt so they would be face to face. "Miss Hurr?" he asked again.

She knew she had to face him some time. Slowly, she looked up, smiled, and said, "Hi."

Vaughn was completely taken aback, which caused him to lose his balance from kneeling and land with his (sexy) butt on the floor. "Sydney...." he gasped.

She smiled wider, now happy that she finally saw his face after so long. "It's nice to see you too, Vaughn. Get up, I need a hug." She went over to him and pulled him up.

He was still shocked. She hugged him and he still just stood there. Then he straightened up. "Syd! It's you! You're here! You're here!" 'Wow,' he thought, 'did that sound really pathetic.'

Sydney was amused. "Yeah, it's me, I'm really here. In case you were wondering, I was just as surprised when Weiss told me it would be you I was meeting. Oh, and he wanted to see if you got the clue."

"Huh, what clue?" Vaughn asked.

"Eunoe Hurr, you-know her?"

"OH!" Vaughn said. "I never thought of it as a clue, I just thought the people who named her Eunoe Hurr were weird!" He shook his head at his stupidity.

She laughed. "It was a clue, not an answer, so don't worry about not getting it."

"Well, it sure is a surprise to see you here, and I'm glad you are you, instead of some Eunoe Hurr." Vaughn smiled. "Okay, well lets get the manuscript copied, and then we can go get a bite to eat at this restaurant close by and catch up. Sound good to you?"

Inside, Sydney exploded, she was finally going to have dinner with Vaughn. "That sounds great." she said.

He looked at her and their eyes locked. 'Still beautiful,' he thought. "Great," he whispered.

        Somewhere in the back of Vaughn's mind, an annoying voice could be heard shouting "no, you can't do this, you have to tell her!"

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As they were walking to the restaurant, they started talking. "How is everything back in L.A.?" Vaughn asked.

"Things are okay, you know how it is. I missed you, Vaughn." She sighed and shrugged. "Anyways, how are you doing?"

"I'm good, I live in DC now and....." Vaughn stopped. The little voice in his head had won. He knew what he had to do. He stopped walking, and grabbed Sydney's hands. "Sydney, there's something I need to tell you.

"Vaughn, what's wrong?" she asked, confused.

He sighed; he didn't want to say it, but it wouldn't be fair to keep it a secret. He looked at her sadly and said, "Syd... I'm engaged."

Inside, Sydney exploded again, but this time, it wasn't a good thing.