Vaughn sighed and redialed Sydney's number. Her friend Will had hung up on him. Will answered the phone again.

"Listen, I need to talk to Sydney. It's important," Vaughn said

"Who are you?"

"This is Vaughn. I think you've heard of me. Please put Sydney on the phone."

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Will had to think of who Vaughn was, but then he remembered. Her handler at the CIA. One of the Good Guys. He sounded younger than he expected. He thought back to the picture frame. Could there be more to their relationship than protocol allowed? Sydney took the phone into the other room where Will couldn't hear. He wondered what they were talking about.

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Sydney hated leaving Will in the dark about the situation, but she knew he would be terribly upset if he knew Francie was on a date with the man who had him tortured.

"What's happening?" she asked Vaughn.

"Sark took her to a dance club. They are dancing and seemingly enjoying each other's company. We'll see what happens."

"What if it goes smoothly and they go out again? We can't keep having someone follow them all the time. Sark probably knows he has people following him, and if he was going to hold her hostage, he would wait until he was sure no one was following."

"You have a point. Hopefully it wont come to that. Anyway, I just wanted to update you on the situation."

"Thanks."

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"What was that about?" Will asked Sydney when she returned.

"Vaughn is concerned about something Sark is doing. Nothing to worry about though."

Will thought Sydney looked pretty tense for something she didn't have to worry about.

"Sydney, about what I said.." Will began again.

"Will, I'm sorry to tell you this, but there is someone else."

Will's heart sunk.

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Sydney was surprised by the face she saw in her minds eyes when she told Will she was in love with someone else. But her thought quickly returned to Francie and her worries. She didn't even notice the crestfallen look on Will's face.

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Francie was having the time of her life with the mysterious Zadrian. She couldn't believe when the time came for him to take her home. He kissed her goodnight at the door but before she went in he said, "Francie, I had an amazing time tonight. I wish I could see you again, but I live overseas and I must get back home to my friends and family. I am sorry." He grasped her hand. "I'll give you my address. Write me, promise?"

Francie promised. She took the address from Zadrian and went inside.

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Sydney sighed with relief when she saw her friend walk in the door safely. She couldn't help but glance out the window and see Sark walking to her car.

"So, how did it go?" Sydney asked.

"Great. I had an amazing time. Zadrian was fabulous. It's too bad he lives overseas and we can't go out again."

Sydney tried not to smile as relief flooded her veins.

"Oh, Francie," Sydney said. "I have to tell you something. It's kind of a secret so we have to make sure Will doesn't hear."

"Okay!" said Francie excitedly. "What is it?"

And Sydney told Francie was about who it was she thought of when talking to Will.

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Sydney walked into Marshall's office first thing when arriving at SD-6 the next day.

"Um, oh, Sydney, Hi! Um, what's up?"

She took a piece of candy from his dish and sat down in his inflatable chair.

"Hey, Marshall, how would you like to go out sometime?" she said, smiling.

THE END

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Sorry this took me so long to get the end up. I had it done way before this, I don't know what the problem was. My apologies!