Author's Note: Drum roll, please! And now, the stuff S/V shippers are made of. Lol. R & R, please. Thanks. Julie. ;)
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Vaughn pushed through all the bodies and loud music till he came to the back door. He looked out and smiled. Sydney sat across the yard in the gazebo. She looked so pretty. Vaughn slowly walked over to her and sat across from her. She lifted her head and smiled thinly.
"I'm sorry about."
"Don't worry about it. We all have our moments." Vaughn grinned. "I mean you should see Eric when he's drunk. Now that's a riot."
Sydney stifled a laugh. "I meant I'm sorry about last night. What I said.it didn't solve anything."
"No. No, it didn't." Vaughn sighed. "I don't know what you think Sydney, but this isn't a crush that I'm going to forget about in a week. Every since I met you, I've been captivated by you."
"Vaughn." Sydney was now in tears. "I.I don't know how I feel, but I know there is something there. I just don't want to get hurt."
"Love can't survive without hurt." At his words Sydney looked up sharply at Vaughn. Her tears had stopped, but her face was marred by confusion.
"Love?"
*****
The next day Weiss groaned as he woke up. He rubbed his eyes and looked around. He was lying on the floor of Vaughn's living room. *Oh crap. Now I'm gonna have to help Mike clean up* But as he opened his eyes more, he realized someone had already cleaned up.
"What the?"
"Hey, you're up?" Francie walked into the living and handed Weiss a glass of orange juice.
"Who cleaned up?"
"Syd and I did. I lost her somewhere last night. This morning she came bounding down the stairs, we cleaned, and then she disappeared again." She sat down across from Weiss, who sat up carefully as not to aggravate his pounding head.
"What about Mike?"
"Dunno. Haven't seen him since last night when he left to find Syd."
The two froze as they realized what Francie had just said. They looked at each other then raced up the stairs to the third floor. Weiss led the way to Vaughn's room. When they got there, they carefully pushed open the door and their jaws dropped.
Vaughn and Syd lay under the covers - fully clothed - and sleeping. Vaughn lay on his side with his arms around Sydney, who clutched his arms to her. Each had a blissful look on their faces.
Weiss and Francie quietly closed the door and grinned at each other. Weiss led Francie down the stairs.
"I think this is the start of a very successful friendship, Francie darling."
"Or a very long awaited relationship for the two sleepy heads in the other room."
"How true, how true." The two laughed and headed towards the kitchen. Each grinning at how happy their friend's had looked.