Sorry bout the shortness of the last chapter I'm new at this hehe...but thanks tons for the pointers...I can use as many as I can get!...with finals coming up I don't have a great amount of time to update but I'll definitely try

Yea and again I don't own Alias =(

The Drive

Sydney's house was only about a ten minute drive from Vaughn's house but it took him about two hours to actually get there. The first five were spent getting himself in the car. The next two gaining the courage to start it. On his way to her house he suddenly realized he had no idea what he was going to say so he continued past her house and found himself as the pier. He sat in his car and just stared at where him and Sydney talked years before. He could picture her, hear her, feel her hand warm his. He thought that they were in a tough situation back then, he could never have imagined what would happen in the future. Back then he was her savior, her ally.

Flashback

"I'm sorry to call you, I just didn't know who else to call..."

Knowing that she even called, for whatever reason, knowing she could trust him, made his heart skip a beat. As she spilled her heart to him he finally received the hard evidence that this strong resilient young women was just as vulnerable as anyone else. And he realized he could be the one to save her from that pain. Her tears broke his heart. Suddenly he had the impulse to make sure she knew.

"Okay, listen to me. There's something you need to know. When you first walked into my office with that stupid Bozo hair, I thought you were crazy. I thought you might actually be a crazy person. But I watched you, and I read your statement, and I've seen... I've seen how you think, I've seen how you work, I've seen how you are in this job. In this job, you see darkness. You see the worst in people and though the jobs are different and the missions change, and the enemies have a thousand names, the one crucial thing, the one real responsibility you have is to not let your rage, and your resentment, and your disgust, darken you. When you're at your absolute lowest, at your most depressed, just remember that you can always... you know. You got my number."

Then her hand slipped onto his. Probably just an act of thanks but to him it meant the world. Ever since that day he knew, he knew that Sydney Bristow could do something to him no one else could. She could make him feel like he never has before. And for the rest of his life he would fight to save that. Or so he thought.

End Flashback

Within the next hour he had driven to the buffs, the observatory, the train station, the park, and finally the first restaurant they ate at together, actually being able to sit at the same table and talk while looking into each other's eyes. After remembering each conversation and each feeling he had while with her he knew that he didn't need to know what to say, once he saw her the words would just come out, he hoped.

Finally he pulled into her drive way. He closed his eyes for a minute and imagined that he was just coming home from work to Sydney. He'd walk in using his key and she'd greet him with a short but provoking kiss which he would return with a longer, deeper hello. Just like they used to do. He'd cook her dinner or vice-versa and they'd just talk over dinner about everything and nothing. Then he'd be able to slip his arms around her and settle themselves on the couch until eventually they'd move into the bedroom and he'd watch her sleep. Just like before. But that wasn't the situation he was in. But he prayed that if this went well one day that could be his reality.

He opened his door and made the walk which seemed to take forever to reach the door. As he went to knock he saw his watch read 12:30.Although it was late he couldn't turn back now. He was finally here there was no running now. Reluctantly he forced his hands to make a sound connecting with the hard wood. He heard the shuffling of feet and watched the door knob turn slowly then took a deep breathe and didn't let it go.