One Year Later
Sydney leaned back on Francie's couch. "No, I never said
that." She argued with Will, who had his arm wrapped around Jackie. And she was
leaning into him rather comfortably. Both of them were sitting on the floor, while
Francie sat across from them, in front of the couch Sydney was on.
"Yeas you did. I swear.
Just last month you said, 'I will quit my job at the bank, once Danny falls in
love with Gwen.'" Will pointed a knowing finger at her. Danny, and Gwen, who were
sitting on a chair close to Will and Jackie, laughed.
"Well, how was I supposed
to know Danny and her would fall in love? They hated each other then." Sydney reached over and slapped Francie on the shoulder when
Francie snickered.
"So, now you have to
quit." Francie laughed again and dodged the next slap she'd known was going to
come.
"Off the work topic,
please." Michael said as he walked in from the kitchen. "I've got another three
days left of my vacation, please don't ruin them."
"How nice of you." Jackie
hit her brother on his leg, but he dodged it and walked towards Sydney.
When he sat down next to
her, she stretched so that she was leaning happily on him. "We're missing
someone." He noticed as he glanced towards Francie on the floor.
A knock on the door made
him smile as Will got up to get it.
"Sorry I'm late. Work's
been hectic without Mike around." Eric gave his friend a 'high five', and then
went to sit with Francie. "What'd I miss?" Francie pecked him on the cheek.
As everyone filled him in,
laughing once in a while, Sydney
looked around at all her friends.
First there were Francie
and Eric. They were happily engaged and currently living together. Which that
took a while since Francie had debated with Sydney about it. And Eric had debated with Michael about it.
Will and Jackie were the
ever loving couple; almost more sickening than Michael and Sydney. And everyone
knew they couldn't live without each other. They were no longer 'partners' at
the office, but saw each other there every chance they could get.
Danny was happy as ever
with Gwen in his life. Somehow, Gwen knew how to make him smile, like Sydney never could.
And Michael. Her Michael. The love of her life – her
handler – her best friend – her high school sweetheart. There were so many ways
to describe his role in her life, but none of them came close to how she felt
about him.
"What're you thinking
about?" His voice in her ear was enough to make her shiver.
"You." She smiled at the
look on his face. "I was just thinking that it's been a year since the 'hectic
events that brought everyone together'." They both laughed softly.
"Are you gonna say that
every time we mention it?" Michael kissed her cheek as he spoke in a whisper.
"You are the one who
called them that first." Sydney
nudged his arm. "I remember specifically, last week we were talking about-"
But Michael cut her off.
"I remember." He laughed and then sighed. "Do you wanna take a walk?" He linked
his hand in hers as she nodded. They both stood up, him pulling her up. "Guys,
we're gonna go for a walk." Michael let go of her hand to go grab their
jackets.
"Ok, have fun." Francie
called as Sydney grabbed her bag and followed Michael out the door.
After she got the jacket
on, he took her hand again.
As if inspiration struck,
Michael smiled. "Come on." He pulled her hand to the left.
"Where are we going?" Sydney laughed as he pulled her from street to street, never
stopping once.
"You'll see." He pulled
her close to him, but they kept moving. "I always had this nagging memory. One
of you telling me your favorite place." He pulled her through a small wooded
area and then stepped back for her to view where he'd taken her. "I finally
remembered."
"The park!" Sydney squealed and smiled. She hugged him tightly, "God, I
love you." She yelled. He spun her around quickly. "Swings." She walked over
and sat down on the first one. Michael stood in front of her, pushing her
slightly.
"Syd?" He smiled down at
her and bent so that they were at eye level. "Open your bag." He told her.
She complied and opened
it; looking inside it, she saw the blue notebook that had been a big part of
her life at one time.
"I put it in before we
left." Michael smiled. She'd let him read everything in it countless times
during the past year. "Open it."
Sydney did and flipped to the last page she'd written in.
-I'll always love him.-
"Turn
the page." Michael watched her fingers softly flip the page over to the next
one.
Sydney's eyes skimmed the almost blank page until they
landed on his neat scrawl in the middle.
Will
you marry me?
Looking
at him quickly, he smiled sweetly and her heart jumped. She leaned over and
kissed him softly. "Yes." She whispered.
Before she could do
anything else, he pulled her off the wings and kissed her, hugged her, and kissed
her again. Just plain loving her.
The notebook flew to the
ground, closing and landing with its cover facing the sky.
In the bottom corner, a
neat little heart with the signature Michael next to it said I love you.
But up at the top,
taped there, was fortune from a fortune cookie:
Soul mates always find each other.
A/N – So, how was that? I'm sorry, but I could not get rid of Danny… so
instead, I had him get someone else. I just couldn't get rid of him. Alice however has probably moved to some far away place
(maybe the moon, lol)
Anyway, Memory Book is now
finished. God, now I'm sad. Lol. Please review and tell me if you want some
kind of sequel… I posted at SD-1.com and they said yes, so I wrote a prologue
and when I read it over, I thought it seemed a little confusing to anyone who's
not writing it, lol. But if you want me to post a sequel then review and tell
me.
Ok? So just, review.