Sydney and Weiss headed to Dairy Queen for lunch, and each ordered a hamburger and a blizzard. As they went to sit down, Weiss grabbed a pair of sporks.

          "I didn't know they had these here," he commented.

          "Neither did I. Then again, I didn't think it would be important to keep track of which fast food places carry sporks." Weiss looked at her in dismay.

          "How can you not? Sporks are the epitome of brilliance!"

          "What? How do you figure?" With an aggravated sigh, Weiss pulled out one of the sporks.

          "Syd, look at this. It's a spoon. It's a fork. You can eat your salad, or you can finish your soup. And, I bet it would make a great weapon." He nodded confidently.

          "You may have a point on the first thing there, but really Weiss- a weapon? You'd have to be certifiably crazy to try to use this thing as a weapon."

          "What? Syd, take a good look. You can totally use one of these to prod someone. It's like a cow prod… or something."

          "Yeah… or something," Sydney said dryly. Weiss shook his head.

          "Syd… I can't believe you. You know I'm going to have a talk with Mike about you, right?"

          "And tell him what? That I don't like sporks?"

          "You don't like them? You didn't mention that!"

          "So sorry, let me correct myself: tell him that I don't think sporks are the definition of brilliance?"

          "That's exactly what I'll do."

          "Oh really? And just what is Vaughn supposed to do about it?" Weiss remained thoughtfully silent as he finished his hamburger.

          "If I told you, I'd have to kill you."

          "Meaning you don't know."

          "Exactly." Sydney rolled her eyes.

          "You're goofy, Weiss," she noted as she started on her blizzard.

          "Goofy? Me? Syd, I am completely serious."

          "Whatever Weiss." The rest of lunch was passed with companionable idle chatter, and fifteen minutes later, they were back at the JTF.

          "Thanks Weiss. You know, just because Vaughn's gone, you don't have to keep me occupied."

          "You're welcome, and are you kidding? Vaughn's in Spain for a year- I get to make my move on you!" he grinned widely, and she laughed.

          "And are you going to tell Vaughn that, too?"

          "Umm… no. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid."       

          "No, you're not. Thanks again, lunch was fun. But really, that spork thing is a bit unhealthy."

          "Syd, someday, you'll realize just how important sporks are in this world of ours. And when you do, you will thank me for being the first person to try to make you understand the necessity of those marvelous items."

          "Weiss… I don't know about you."

          "No one does, Bristow… no one does…" With that, and one more grin, he wandered away. She returned to her desk to take care of some more paperwork regarding the Alliance. Three hours later, Sydney was done. She walked out to the parking lot and was opening her car door when she noticed something on the windshield, stuck under the wipers. She almost laughed out loud when she realized what it was: a spork. She tucked it into her purse and headed home.

star: Hehe the communication gets better in coming chapters, I promise! Those short e-mails just won't do, nope…

PenguinFlavoredFilm: This one's going to be updated very often- aiming for at least every other day, if not more- since it's got to be finished by April 14th, end date of the SD-1 April challenge.

Jelei: I love writing the Weiss parts, so I'm glad you like reading them!

Kimmers: Yeah, they quite likely will get pretty frustrated… but I'll take care of that…

nana: You're counting the weeks?? LOL good, now I don't have to… hehe.

Ana: Review much appreciated! Thanks for reading!

sheeplover: Thanks! I thought the six month thing would be fun… but it's the one year mark I'm really looking forward to…

rach: Hehe, hinting at anything in particular? LOL.

charmedgal005: I'm not sure if Sark will make an appearance or not… ooh, wait, that would be good… I might just do that…

nattie700: Jealousy… I hadn't quite planned on having any of that… but maybe I can work it in.

Jade: Hehe yeah, this is a bit happier than Man… I thought it would be fun to take a vacation from the world of angst that I tend to live in when writing my fics… hehe.