Disclaimer: Blah blah blah yet again blah blah I don't own Alias blah blah blah etc.

A/N: Wow! I'm on a roll! This is like, what, the 4th chapter since Sunday? I already have Chapter 9 written (which will be the last!) but I probably won't have time to post it until later today! So enjoy this and I'll just keep you waiting!

A/N: The song is 'The Saddest Song' by The Ataris. Just so you know.

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~Breathing Again~

~Chapter 8: The Beginning of the End~

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*Only two more days, until your birthday

Yesterday was mine

You'll be turning five

I know what it's like, growing up without your father in your life

So I pretend, I'm doing all I can

And I hope someday you'll find it in your heart

To understand

Why I'm not around

And forgive me for not being in your life

I remember waiting

For you to come

Remember waiting

For you to call

Remember waiting there to find nothing at all

I remember waiting

For you to come

Remember waiting

For you to call

Remember waiting there to find nothing at all

Maybe someday

You'll really get to know me

Not just from letters read to you

I pray I get the chance

To make it up to you

We've got a lot of catching up to

So I pretend, I'm doing all I can

And hope someday you'll find it in your heart

To understand

Why I'm not around

And forgive me for not being in your life

I remember waiting

For you to come

Remember waiting

For you to call

Remember waiting there to find nothing at all

I remember waiting

For you to come

Remember waiting

For you to call

Remember waiting there to find nothing at all

Forgive me!

I'm so sorry!

I will make it up to you.*

"Aidan, we need to talk." Sydney didn't want to say it but she knew he needed to know. It was time she told him.

Sark looked at her as she took her head off his shoulder where it had been resting for the past half hour. The pair had been sitting silently, looking over the lake in the middle of the development where the party was.

As Sark looked at Sydney, something clicked inside his mind. And he realized that he needed to tell her how he used to feel; how he still felt.

Sydney opened her mouth but Sark stopped her before she could say anything.

"Sydney, before you say whatever you're going to say, I need to tell you something first."

"Are you sure it's that important Aidan?"

"Yeah, Syd, it is." Sydney looked like she wasn't about to give up so Sark went on quickly. "Listen, Syd. That day when you walked out on me, I was so in love with you. And I stayed in love with you. Sydney. After you shut the door I made a promise to always love you. And I kept that promise."

Sydney's brown eyes filled with tears. "I can't believe it."

Sark looked hurt. "Well I guess I'll just go back to the party now." He started to get up but Sydney grabbed his arm and pulled him back down, giving him a soft kiss on the lips.

She smiled. "I love you, too."

Sark pulled her into his arms and kissed her deeply and she returned his kiss. Just as they were coming up for air, her cell phone rang.

"Damn," she whispered, out of breath. Sark smiled at her as she dug her phone out of her coat pocket and flipped it open.

"Hello?"

"Sydney!" It was Jack Bristow, and he sounded worried, a rare emotion for him.

"Dad? What's wrong?"

"She's gone. They took Adrienne."

TBC.!!

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A/N: Dun dun dun! I love cliffhangers! But only in my own stories cuz I know what's happening next! As I said, the next chapter is the last but the sequel's already being planned. But if you want it you have to REVIEW!! Hint hint nudge nudge wink wink!