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Sydney walked into the warehouse and tried to smile when she reached Vaughn.
She was grumpy because she hadn't been able to sleep on the plane.
Vaughn could tell that she wasn't in the best of moods, so he made the mission debriefing as short as possible.
Fifteen minutes later, Sydney was ready to head home.
She was supposed to have dinner with Will and Francie.
But, as she turned to leave Vaughn's soft call made her turn back around.
He was standing there holding a pie.
"It's Lemon Meringue," he said.
Sydney just stood there staring at him.
Suddenly she walked over, took the pie, and set it down on the crate.
Turning back around, she reached out and hugged him.
"Thank you" she whispered.
When she pulled away there were tears glistening in her eyes.
"You just made my day 100% better" she said.
Vaughn smiled shyly. "Well I made it, so I don't know if it's any good."
Sydney smiled widely. "I'm sure it's great."
"Thanks again" she called over her shoulder as she headed out the door.
When she walked in the door Will and Francie were setting the table for dinner.
Francie looked up and smiled. "Hey girl, you actually made it in time for dinner."
Sydney mock frowned. "Don't mess with me. Cause if you do I might not share my pie."
"OOH pie! Where'd you get that?" Will asked.
Sydney smiled. "A coworker gave it to me. And I was just kidding about not sharing, we'll have it for dessert."
After dinner and dessert, which everyone agreed was fabulous; they all watched some TV until Syd announced that she was going to bed.
Will took that as a hint to go home, so he excused himself and went home.
The next morning, Sydney and Francie finished off the pie for breakfast.
Francie left for the restaurant while Sydney was still eating.
After she finished, Sydney stood up and walked over to the trashcan to throw the empty pie tin away.
But right before she tossed it into the trash, she noticed a bunch of carved marks in the bottom of it.
Squinting at it, she slowly lifted it closer.
Her eyes widened in disbelief, there was some kind of coded message carved right into the bottom of the pie tin!
Just then she heard Francie open the front door, and call out that, "She had been halfway to the restaurant, when she realized that she was still wearing her chicken slippers.
Sydney ignored her, and slipped away to her bedroom to decode the message.
It took her about five minutes to finish decoding it.
After Sydney had finished, she just stared at the message in disbelief.
Shaking her head as if to clear her vision, she whispered, "It can't be true. That can't be right!"
Grabbing her notebook, she redecoded the message two more times.
The results remained the same.
Finally she sat back looking totally freaked out, as she continued to stare at the message.
It looked so real, and scary written in her bold handwriting on the stark white paper.
It read, "Sydney I love you!"
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