Chapter 5: The Talk
A few hours later Sydney was ready to drop Cassie off at Stacey's house.
"Are you ready, pumpkin?"
"Yes mommy." The girl's sad face broke Sydney's heart.
"Oh, honey, I know. Mommy doesn't like it either but I have to go and beside I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with Stacey."
"Yeah. Mommy?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"Will you be there when I wake up in the morning?"
"Of course I will. I promise." Sydney hugged her daughter and kissed her hair.
An hour later she had dropped her daughter off and arrived at the local airport.
She already saw her father waiting for her at the CIA plane. She walked over to him.
"Hey dad!"
"Good evening Sydney! Ready for your mission?"
"Yeah, I think I am."
"Good. I'll see you when you get back."
"OK. Bye!"
"Bye!" Jack went back to his car and Sydney walked over to the plane.
She went into the plane and saw that Vaughn was already inside. She walked over to where he was seated and she took place in the seat next to his.
He noticed something in her eyes and he decided to ask her about it.
"Are you ok? You look…sad." She let out a big sigh.
"It's just…Cassie started crying when I left and it broke my heart to see her like that." He could tell that she loved her daughter very much.
"Is that her name?" Sydney nodded.
"It's beautiful!"
"Thanks." She bit her lip before she continued. "I guess I have a few things to explain to you, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess you do. But there are a few things that I need to tell you too." They were both silent for a while until Sydney started to speak.
"The day you told me you were leaving, I came by to tell you I was pregnant."
"Why didn't you tell me?" His voice was not much louder than a whisper.
"I didn't want you to stay just because I was carrying your child."
"Sydney, you should have told me. I mean, we have a daughter. I'm a father and I didn't know. We could have had a normal family if I hadn't left. It's my fault that she didn't know her father for the last five years!" He felt so stupid and he didn't know how he could ever make it up to her.
"Vaughn, please…It's my fault too! I should have told you sooner!" She gently touched his hand and he intertwined his fingers with hers. She was startled but didn't break the contact.
"I've missed you Syd! Everyday I wished I hadn't been so selfish to let you go. There wasn't a day that passed by without thinking of you. I never stopped loving you and I never will!" He had tears in his eyes when he looked at her. She was touched about what he had just said.
"Oh, Vaughn! I've missed you too! Everyday I wished that you could hold me in your arms and tell me that everything would be fine. Every time Cassie learnt something new, I wished you were there to see it!" Tears were streaming down her cheeks too.
"I love you Sydney!" He leaned over to her and held her in his arms. She held him too and whispered in his ear "I love you too Vaughn!"
After a while they broke their embrace and they just held each others hand.
"Does Cassie know about me?" Sydney nodded.
"She knows the truth. I told her that you had to go work in France and that you couldn't take us with you. She hasn't seen any pictures of you."
"I'd love to get to know her." Sydney looked at him.
"I would love that too." They smiled and Vaughn suddenly did what he already wanted to do for five years. He kissed her and much too his surprise, she kissed him back.
It started as a little kiss but it soon deepened. They broke the kiss after a while and they couldn't stop smiling.
"You know…Cassie already likes you!"
"She does?" He was surprised.
"Yeah. The day we met at the mall, she couldn't stop talking about you!" Vaughn smiled and answered "I think I'm going to love her. Actually, I already do!"
"She's an angel!"
"So are you!" They kissed again. They only broke apart when they heard the captain saying they were landing.
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