2. soggy cereal and joeys pizza
"Damn it," Sydney yelled, trying to mop the spreading coffee stain on her new blouse. The heat from the coffee on her palm reminded her with a painful zing of the burn from the iron she got minutes ago. She threw the rest of what Sark told her she would need into her suitcase. She frowned at how Sark had gained control over the mission and prayed Sloane was over reacting about Sark. She wasn't in the mood for a crazy mission. Finally packed, she sat down attempting to eat her now soggy bowl of cereal. Of course the phone rang.
"Hello?" she asked, now agitated and hungry.
"Joey's pizza?" the familiar voice asked.
"Wrong number," she sighed and grabbed her coat.
He sat there listening for her footsteps. He'd gotten pretty good at telling her mood. Today they were short and hard. She was mad and in a hurry. He swallowed and stood up.
"Hey Syd," Vaughn smiled, judging her reaction hoping he hadn't picked a bad day to ask.
"Hey," she replied, "how was your weekend? How's Alice?" It had slipped, but now she was glad she had brought it up.
"It was good. Umm..Alice is fine." Why did she have to bring Alice up?
"Well, I'm glad you finally found someone. You guys seemed really close at the bar."
"Yeah I guess we did."
"Well I'm glad." she enjoyed his discomfort, he more than deserved it. Not once did he ever mention Alice. Not once. She never kept anything that important from him. She had trusted him.
"So why did you call me? I thought my dad was going to make the switch before Sark was supposed to so that sd-6 and Doble would both get fakes."
"Yeah that's still the plan. Kendall wanted me to make sure you knew to watch Sark." He didn't think she'd buy it.
"And? you called me down for that?"
"Syd, actually I was wondering well. Alice and I have friends with season tickets to the Kings and we have two extra tickets so I was thinking maybe Will and you could go. We'd even see each other there."
He had to be kidding. He actually had the audacity to "invite" her on a double date with him and Alice.
"Vaughn, is this a joke?"
"Syd, no!" He couldn't understand her.
"If the CIA saw us there it would end both are careers or worse if sd-6 saw us there it would jeopardize our lives, over a stupid hockey game." She looked at his face. It truly was hurt. "Vaughn, any other time I would have loved to go with you to see a hockey game, but you know we cant go. Let alone your girlfriend and my best friend, too."
"Yeah, your right, I'm sorry."
"Bye Vaughn." and she yelled flying out the door.
"Syd..?" he asked, no answer.
"Have a good trip," he sighed and walked away.
"Damn it," Sydney yelled, trying to mop the spreading coffee stain on her new blouse. The heat from the coffee on her palm reminded her with a painful zing of the burn from the iron she got minutes ago. She threw the rest of what Sark told her she would need into her suitcase. She frowned at how Sark had gained control over the mission and prayed Sloane was over reacting about Sark. She wasn't in the mood for a crazy mission. Finally packed, she sat down attempting to eat her now soggy bowl of cereal. Of course the phone rang.
"Hello?" she asked, now agitated and hungry.
"Joey's pizza?" the familiar voice asked.
"Wrong number," she sighed and grabbed her coat.
He sat there listening for her footsteps. He'd gotten pretty good at telling her mood. Today they were short and hard. She was mad and in a hurry. He swallowed and stood up.
"Hey Syd," Vaughn smiled, judging her reaction hoping he hadn't picked a bad day to ask.
"Hey," she replied, "how was your weekend? How's Alice?" It had slipped, but now she was glad she had brought it up.
"It was good. Umm..Alice is fine." Why did she have to bring Alice up?
"Well, I'm glad you finally found someone. You guys seemed really close at the bar."
"Yeah I guess we did."
"Well I'm glad." she enjoyed his discomfort, he more than deserved it. Not once did he ever mention Alice. Not once. She never kept anything that important from him. She had trusted him.
"So why did you call me? I thought my dad was going to make the switch before Sark was supposed to so that sd-6 and Doble would both get fakes."
"Yeah that's still the plan. Kendall wanted me to make sure you knew to watch Sark." He didn't think she'd buy it.
"And? you called me down for that?"
"Syd, actually I was wondering well. Alice and I have friends with season tickets to the Kings and we have two extra tickets so I was thinking maybe Will and you could go. We'd even see each other there."
He had to be kidding. He actually had the audacity to "invite" her on a double date with him and Alice.
"Vaughn, is this a joke?"
"Syd, no!" He couldn't understand her.
"If the CIA saw us there it would end both are careers or worse if sd-6 saw us there it would jeopardize our lives, over a stupid hockey game." She looked at his face. It truly was hurt. "Vaughn, any other time I would have loved to go with you to see a hockey game, but you know we cant go. Let alone your girlfriend and my best friend, too."
"Yeah, your right, I'm sorry."
"Bye Vaughn." and she yelled flying out the door.
"Syd..?" he asked, no answer.
"Have a good trip," he sighed and walked away.