Sydney slowly opened her eyes and adjusted to the light in the room. Once
her eyes were adjusted she tried to get out of bed but something was
holding her down, it appeared to be an arm, a manly arm. She smiled
knowing whom the arm belonged too; She turned around to face him, and
watched him sleep.
Sydney thought back on the previous day, what it was like to see Vaughn again. She had so many questions regarding his disappearance. It really hurt her to see Vaughn in so much pain and to know that she caused part of that pain hurt even more; she closed her eyes in pain.
When She opened her eyes again she thought back to another part of yesterday, when she had spoken about Vaughn with her friends and family, Julian was so supportive but she could sense that he was a little worried about Vaughn being back and also about her feelings for Vaughn.
Sydney reached up to trace the outline of his face with her fingers.
Julian stirred and then slowly opened his eyes and smiled at Sydney, "Morning Beautiful."
"Morning, Time to get up." stated Sydney.
"Aww that's no fun."
Sydney laughed, "Too bad, But we have to be debriefed this morning." Sydney said as she climbed out of bed. "And we need to talk about something before we go."
"What do we need to talk about?" Julian asked as he watched Sydney dress.
"I will tell you at breakfast." Sydney turned on her heal leaving Julian to get changed.
Julian walked out into the kitchen, grabbed some breakfast and then sat across from Sydney, "So lets talk." He suggested
"Julian, I know yesterday that you seemed fine about Vaughn being back but I know you and I know that you are not entirely comfortable with it." Sydney said as she looked him in the eye. Julian sighed.
"Your right Syd, I am a little worried." He takes a deep breath. "It took you a long time to move past him and now that he is back you will regret your decision to stay with me. That you will convince yourself that you don't deserve happiness, "He paused taking in her expression, "That you should have tried a bit harder, but most of all, I'm scared that you will leave to go back with him."
Sydney watched as Julian looked down at his hand, she pushed back her chair and walked over to kneel in front of him.
Sydney reached up and cuped his face in her hands, "Julian.....yes I still have feelings for Vaughn, just like I still have feelings for Danny and Noah, I loved all of them but not one of those men compares to you." Sydney told him. "I have never loved anyone more than I love you. I would [b]never[/b] leave you, not now, not ever."
Julian placed his hands on her hips, pulled her up and into his lap. His hand cupped under her chin and their lips met, slowly and gently at first, until their lips parted and their tongues explored each other, dancing and flicking in and out, back and forth. They finally pulled apart panting heavily.
"I love you Syd."
"I love you too Julian. Now get up off your arse and get out to the car, we have to go to work." Julian laughed.
Sydney and Julian rushed into headquarters and walked quickly towards the debrief. When they got into the room everyone looked up at them, they were late.
"Sorry that we're late." Sydney declared.
"We got distracted." Julian added.
"Not a problem, take a seat." Kendall stated. Sydney and Julian sat next to each other, next to Will. Vaughn scowled at them across the table.
"As you know the covenant is a new organization that we are trying to gain information on." Kendall paused. "We have been led to believe that they were the ones who have held Agent Vaughn for the past two years." Gesturing towards Vaughn as he announced this new information.
"We already have a lot of information regarding the covenant." Will pointed out.
"Yeah but not enough." Sark said.
"Sark is correct. That is why we want to send an Agent in undercover." Everyone in the room looks at Kendall with wide eyes.
"Who do you want to send in?" Sark questioned
"Our first choice was you...."
"Absolutely not!" Sydney growled looking dangerous.
"BUT we decided against it" Kendall shot a look at Sydney as he said this. "We decided that Tippin would be going in."
"That's just as bad." Sydney hissed.
"That's ok Syd." Will remarked and then resumed. "I will do it."
"Good!" Kendall paused. "Sark you will be his handler." Sark nodded and smiled at Will who smiled back.
"Dismissed." Kendall barked.
Once outside the debrief room Julian stopped Will, "Will come over to Syd's apartment in ten minutes and we will talk about everything."
"Ok Julian, I will be there." Will turned walked away as Sydney came up behind Julian, wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his back.
"Everything ok?" She questioned.
"Yeah, it's just not fair that. Will shouldn't have to go in there, it should be me." He remarked angrily. Sydney dropped her hands from his waist and stepped in front of him.
"You have already been in that position." Sydney pointed out.
"Exactly, I would be able to make it believable."
"So will Will. He will be fine especially as you as his handler and I can help because of my experience as a double agent." Sydney explained.
"But..." Julian was cut off by Sydney's lips connecting with his, kissing him slowly but deeply. Julian pulled back and rested his forehead against Sydney's.
"We have to meet Will at your apartment now but we will finish this later." He exclaimed.
"Promise?" Sydney questioned with a wicked smile.
"Promise!" Julian declared, kissing Sydney on the top of her head.
Across the room Vaughn watched with a disgusted look on his face. How Sydney could ever be with Sark was beyond him. Vaughn turned away for two seconds and when he turned back Sydney and Sark were kissing. Vaughn's heat felt like it had been ripped out of his chest, chopped up into little pieces and mashed so it resembled some revolting substance. He closed his eyes hoping that when he opened them Sydney and Sark would be gone. He opened his eyes to see Weiss standing there in front of him.
"Hey man!" Eric said casually.
"Hey Eric! What's up?"
"I just wanted to say that I am glad that you are back, I missed you. I thought we could catch up later and I could fill you in on anything you don't know or give you better details on things you already know." Eric suggested.
"Lunch?"
"I can't; I am going out with Nadia." At Vaughn's confused look Eric added "My girlfriend."
"Ok well how about dinner?"
"That's cool, my place?"
"Yeah sure." Eric started to walk off but he stopped and turned around.
"Mike, she is happy, happier than I have ever seen her. Instead of glaring at her and Julian, you should be happy for her." stated Eric and then walked off.
Sydney thought back on the previous day, what it was like to see Vaughn again. She had so many questions regarding his disappearance. It really hurt her to see Vaughn in so much pain and to know that she caused part of that pain hurt even more; she closed her eyes in pain.
When She opened her eyes again she thought back to another part of yesterday, when she had spoken about Vaughn with her friends and family, Julian was so supportive but she could sense that he was a little worried about Vaughn being back and also about her feelings for Vaughn.
Sydney reached up to trace the outline of his face with her fingers.
Julian stirred and then slowly opened his eyes and smiled at Sydney, "Morning Beautiful."
"Morning, Time to get up." stated Sydney.
"Aww that's no fun."
Sydney laughed, "Too bad, But we have to be debriefed this morning." Sydney said as she climbed out of bed. "And we need to talk about something before we go."
"What do we need to talk about?" Julian asked as he watched Sydney dress.
"I will tell you at breakfast." Sydney turned on her heal leaving Julian to get changed.
Julian walked out into the kitchen, grabbed some breakfast and then sat across from Sydney, "So lets talk." He suggested
"Julian, I know yesterday that you seemed fine about Vaughn being back but I know you and I know that you are not entirely comfortable with it." Sydney said as she looked him in the eye. Julian sighed.
"Your right Syd, I am a little worried." He takes a deep breath. "It took you a long time to move past him and now that he is back you will regret your decision to stay with me. That you will convince yourself that you don't deserve happiness, "He paused taking in her expression, "That you should have tried a bit harder, but most of all, I'm scared that you will leave to go back with him."
Sydney watched as Julian looked down at his hand, she pushed back her chair and walked over to kneel in front of him.
Sydney reached up and cuped his face in her hands, "Julian.....yes I still have feelings for Vaughn, just like I still have feelings for Danny and Noah, I loved all of them but not one of those men compares to you." Sydney told him. "I have never loved anyone more than I love you. I would [b]never[/b] leave you, not now, not ever."
Julian placed his hands on her hips, pulled her up and into his lap. His hand cupped under her chin and their lips met, slowly and gently at first, until their lips parted and their tongues explored each other, dancing and flicking in and out, back and forth. They finally pulled apart panting heavily.
"I love you Syd."
"I love you too Julian. Now get up off your arse and get out to the car, we have to go to work." Julian laughed.
Sydney and Julian rushed into headquarters and walked quickly towards the debrief. When they got into the room everyone looked up at them, they were late.
"Sorry that we're late." Sydney declared.
"We got distracted." Julian added.
"Not a problem, take a seat." Kendall stated. Sydney and Julian sat next to each other, next to Will. Vaughn scowled at them across the table.
"As you know the covenant is a new organization that we are trying to gain information on." Kendall paused. "We have been led to believe that they were the ones who have held Agent Vaughn for the past two years." Gesturing towards Vaughn as he announced this new information.
"We already have a lot of information regarding the covenant." Will pointed out.
"Yeah but not enough." Sark said.
"Sark is correct. That is why we want to send an Agent in undercover." Everyone in the room looks at Kendall with wide eyes.
"Who do you want to send in?" Sark questioned
"Our first choice was you...."
"Absolutely not!" Sydney growled looking dangerous.
"BUT we decided against it" Kendall shot a look at Sydney as he said this. "We decided that Tippin would be going in."
"That's just as bad." Sydney hissed.
"That's ok Syd." Will remarked and then resumed. "I will do it."
"Good!" Kendall paused. "Sark you will be his handler." Sark nodded and smiled at Will who smiled back.
"Dismissed." Kendall barked.
Once outside the debrief room Julian stopped Will, "Will come over to Syd's apartment in ten minutes and we will talk about everything."
"Ok Julian, I will be there." Will turned walked away as Sydney came up behind Julian, wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his back.
"Everything ok?" She questioned.
"Yeah, it's just not fair that. Will shouldn't have to go in there, it should be me." He remarked angrily. Sydney dropped her hands from his waist and stepped in front of him.
"You have already been in that position." Sydney pointed out.
"Exactly, I would be able to make it believable."
"So will Will. He will be fine especially as you as his handler and I can help because of my experience as a double agent." Sydney explained.
"But..." Julian was cut off by Sydney's lips connecting with his, kissing him slowly but deeply. Julian pulled back and rested his forehead against Sydney's.
"We have to meet Will at your apartment now but we will finish this later." He exclaimed.
"Promise?" Sydney questioned with a wicked smile.
"Promise!" Julian declared, kissing Sydney on the top of her head.
Across the room Vaughn watched with a disgusted look on his face. How Sydney could ever be with Sark was beyond him. Vaughn turned away for two seconds and when he turned back Sydney and Sark were kissing. Vaughn's heat felt like it had been ripped out of his chest, chopped up into little pieces and mashed so it resembled some revolting substance. He closed his eyes hoping that when he opened them Sydney and Sark would be gone. He opened his eyes to see Weiss standing there in front of him.
"Hey man!" Eric said casually.
"Hey Eric! What's up?"
"I just wanted to say that I am glad that you are back, I missed you. I thought we could catch up later and I could fill you in on anything you don't know or give you better details on things you already know." Eric suggested.
"Lunch?"
"I can't; I am going out with Nadia." At Vaughn's confused look Eric added "My girlfriend."
"Ok well how about dinner?"
"That's cool, my place?"
"Yeah sure." Eric started to walk off but he stopped and turned around.
"Mike, she is happy, happier than I have ever seen her. Instead of glaring at her and Julian, you should be happy for her." stated Eric and then walked off.