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A/N: Hey, guys. I am finally updating! This will be the final chapter of this story! I do not watch Alias anymore and have not for a while, so I will be finishing the Alias stories that I have started on here but that aren't finished yet. But I will not be writing anymore new Alias stories. Please remember to review! My Alias stories have nothing to do with whatever is happening on the show now.
Once Sydney got to the CIA where Irina was being held, she headed for her mothers cell.
Irina looked up as Sydney walked inside her actual cell.
She looked shocked that Sydney had actually ventured into her cell with no glass between them.
"Hi, mom." Sydney said.
Irina quickly composed her emotions. "Hello, Sydney." Then she patted the spot beside her, inviting Sydney to take a seat too.
Sydney smiled slightly and perched on the edge of the bed. She was glad they had given her mother a pillow and a blanket.
They both sat there side by side, quietly thinking their own thoughts for a few minutes.
Sydney sat there wondering how to start the conversation.
Irina sat there marveling at her daughter's closeness.
Irina resisted the urge to hug her. She didn't want a repeat of the incident on the roof. She understood why they had done it, but it just seemed absurd that a mother couldn't hug her own daughter. Especially when she had waited almost thirty years to be able to hug Sydney. Before she could continue this train of thought, she felt Sydney shift on the mattress, which caused her to turn and face her.
Sydney was looking at her with an uncertain expression on her face. But before Irina could say anything, Sydney blurted out in a whisper, "I'm in love with Agent Vaughn."
Irina was not surprised at this. She had already known that Sydney loved Agent Vaughn, and that he in turn loved her daughter. She was surprised, however, that Sydney was admitting it out loud.
Sydney continued to stare at her mother, waiting for her to say something.
"I know." Irina said.
"You do?" Sydney asked in disbelief.
"Of course." Irina stared at her daughter.
"What do you think I've been telling you all along?"
Sydney just looked at her in silence.
"Have you told him that you love him?" Irina asked her quietly.
Sydney looked shocked. "Of course not. I can't. We have rules." She protested.
Irina regarded her calmly. "Tell him." She said simply. "Tell him before it's to late."
Sydney thought of Vaughn's sweet face and of him slipping a wedding band on her hand and knew that she had to tell him how she felt. But she was still scared.
"What if he doesn't love me too?" Sydney asked her mom.
Irina just looked at her and laughed. "Tell him, and see what he says."
Sydney smiled hugely and shocked Irina by hugging her tightly and whispering, "I love you, mom."
Irina started to cry as she clung to her precious daughter and gasped out. "I love you too, sweetheart."
Sydney was smiling as she left her mothers cell.
When she got home, she picked up her car keys and her cell phone. As she headed out to her car she dialed his number.
"Meet me at the warehouse." She commanded when he picked up.
"Okay, be right there." he replied.
Sydney met Vaughn outside of the warehouse. He was just climbing out of his car.
"What are you doing out here? Why aren't you inside?" Vaughn asked her.
"This." Sydney replied as she kissed him.
"What was that for?" Vaughn asked in shock.
"I love you and I want to marry you after we bring Sd-6 down. Until then we remain as we are. Friends and co-workers." Sydney stated.
Vaughn stared at her in shock not answering, just staring.
"Vaughn? Aren't you going to answer? It's not everyday someone proposes to you, you know." Sydney said with a light laugh.
Vaughn slowly began to smile and leaned in for a kiss. Sydney let him kiss her and then stepped back. "Well?"
"I can't believe you just proposed to me." Vaughn replied.
"That's not an answer, Vaughn."
"I just can't believe it."
"Vaughn!"
"Okay, okay. Of course I'll marry you. But when we do bring Sd-6 down I get to propose. That's how it should be." Vaughn said with his eyes twinkling merrily.
"Why, Mr. Vaughn, are you a schovinist?" Sydney asked in a joking tone.
"Not at all. But I have been waiting for years to propose. You just asked me first. Totally unfair by the way. So I get to propose last." Vaughn answered.
"Well…if you insist. I suppose I could deal with that." Sydney said.
"Good, then it's settled." Vaughn grinned.
Sydney smiled and kissed him again. "That was the last one until the day we marry."
"And that day will be?" Vaughn asked.
"Well, you have to ask me first." Sydney giggled.
"I thought you just asked me. Well, technically, you told me." Vaughn said.
"Well… Remember you want to do the proposal so go ahead." Sydney said.
"Fine." Vaughn replied and then turned serious as he got down on one knee and gazed adoringly up at her.
"Sydney Ann Bristow, I have loved you ever since I saw you in that hideous red wig." Sydney burst out laughing, but quickly sobered at Vaughn's mock stern look. "As I was saying, I love you and fervently hope that you will be my wife and lifelong friend. To share the good times and the bad. Will you marry me?"
"Yes, I will marry you, as soon as Sd-6 is gone." Sydney replied.
"Well, I would kiss you, but you said no more kisses until our wedding day." Vaughn said with a small laugh.
"That's right. You may have a hug." Sydney said as she hugged him and walked to her car.
"So, we just pretend that this never happened?" Vaughn asked.
"Yes. We are only, and will remain, only friends and coworkers until the day we get married." Sydney said seriously.
"I can live with that. It's a deal." Vaughn said as he to got in his car and drove away.
THE END!
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