Author's Note:  Thanks so much for all the reviews.  Keep 'em coming, please.  I know a lot of people wanted something really good to happen in this chapter, but I couldn't make it the same old, same old.  I hope you guys like it.  And keep hope, happy endings are still in sight.

Julie ;)

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"I mean I thought I had seen it all the day Weird Wayne put on a suit and aced a test, but this?  This takes the cake."  Weiss grinned.  "Don't get me wrong, I am totally for you two.  Actually a little relieved.  Cause if the tension had been any tighter, it would have snapped."

"Eric…" Weiss put up his hand and interrupted Vaughn. 

"I don't want an explanation.  I figure the two of you are old enough to know what you did, and not make up any silly excuses.  But, just incase you aren't, I'm not gonna give you guys the chance."

"Weiss…" 

"I know, I know.  It's secret time."  He then favored the two with a stern look.  "But not for long.  I crack under pressure."  Weiss then grinned and started to walk away.  "By the way, there are some cranky people in section d waiting for their drinks."  He laughed and left Vaughn and Sydney alone.

For a few minutes the two just watched were Weiss had gone from view.  Finally Sydney sighed and turned back to Vaughn, who tried not to laugh.  He suddenly found their situation very funny.  But a quick look from Sydney quieted down.

"We have to be logical about this."  She started to pace and run her hands threw her hair.  Vaughn smiled.

"Why?  We know we like each other.  The feeling is definitely mutual.  And you can't tell me you didn't feel anything when we kissed."  When she didn't answer, Vaughn threw up his hands and sighed loudly.  "Sydney, we can't do this."

"I know.  I mean it would hurt Danny and…"

"No."  Vaughn put his hands on Sydney's shoulders and looked straight into her eyes.  "We can't fool ourselves into thinking nothing happened.  We can't just see each other on Monday and meet and talk about who won tonight.  This isn't a game Sydney."

"Vaughn."  Sydney was now on the verge of tears.  "I won't deny I felt something, cause I did.  But it won't work.  I mean I have Danny.  And you're leaving for college at the end of the year.  Us, we would lead to nothing but heartache."

"You don't know that."  Vaughn's face softened and he brushed Sydney's tears away with his thumbs.  "You feel safe in your relationship with Danny.  But Syd, we have something different.  You can't just give up on that.  Not when we haven't even had a chance to experience it."

For a moment Sydney didn't say anything.  She just looked at Vaughn with teary eyes.  "Yes I can."  She gave him one last look before turning and running down the hall, away from Vaughn.

When he was five, Vaughn had lived next door to a little girl named Jean.  They had become boyfriend and girlfriend.  A week later, she had left him for a boy who had given her a teddy bear.  Vaughn had thought his heart had broken back then.  But compared to what had just happened, Jean was a bug on the wall.

TBC