A/N: I kind of jumped over the rest of the plane ride, so this picks up at
the airport. I figured if I kept them on the plane, this would end up very
really long. Vaughn and Syd are going back home now. It's not that I
don't love S/V, I just started writing a J/I fic and they came along for
the ride.
The four of them stood in the terminal of the Tokyo airport. It was time for Sydney and Vaughn to find a flight back to LA, but no one was ready to see them leave. Jack looked at his watch. "It's getting late. We should probably get to the hotel."
Sydney nodded and walked into her mother's open arms. They held each other for a few minutes while Jack and Vaughn watched, having said a quick goodbye which included Jack glaring at Vaughn. "Mom, go after dad," Sydney whispered in her mother's ear.
"What do you mean, Sydney?"
"He loves you; he just needs someone to make him realize it."
Irina smiled at her daughter, wondering when she got so good at reading both of her parents. "You know Sydney, you shouldn't be afraid to take your own advice." She motioned toward Vaughn, who was still watching them.
Sydney and Irina hugged and then Sydney hugged her father, giving him the same advice she had given her mother.
"Sydney, please butt out of my business. I mean it. And I meant what I said about what happened if I come home alone."
Sydney lightly slapped his cheek, shaking her head. "Don't even joke about that, dad." She moved away from her father, going to stand next to Vaughn. They both gave a final wave and walked in the opposite direction, toward a ticket counter. Irina watched with interest as her daughter reached for Vaughn's hand and he willingly gave it to her.
Jack took hold of Irina's elbow, pulling her with him as he walked to the baggage claim. "It's getting late," he said again as they walked. They claimed their baggage and went to rent a car.
The four of them stood in the terminal of the Tokyo airport. It was time for Sydney and Vaughn to find a flight back to LA, but no one was ready to see them leave. Jack looked at his watch. "It's getting late. We should probably get to the hotel."
Sydney nodded and walked into her mother's open arms. They held each other for a few minutes while Jack and Vaughn watched, having said a quick goodbye which included Jack glaring at Vaughn. "Mom, go after dad," Sydney whispered in her mother's ear.
"What do you mean, Sydney?"
"He loves you; he just needs someone to make him realize it."
Irina smiled at her daughter, wondering when she got so good at reading both of her parents. "You know Sydney, you shouldn't be afraid to take your own advice." She motioned toward Vaughn, who was still watching them.
Sydney and Irina hugged and then Sydney hugged her father, giving him the same advice she had given her mother.
"Sydney, please butt out of my business. I mean it. And I meant what I said about what happened if I come home alone."
Sydney lightly slapped his cheek, shaking her head. "Don't even joke about that, dad." She moved away from her father, going to stand next to Vaughn. They both gave a final wave and walked in the opposite direction, toward a ticket counter. Irina watched with interest as her daughter reached for Vaughn's hand and he willingly gave it to her.
Jack took hold of Irina's elbow, pulling her with him as he walked to the baggage claim. "It's getting late," he said again as they walked. They claimed their baggage and went to rent a car.
