A/N: I am such a space cadet. I forgot that my family is taking a week and half long vacation starting tomorrow and I will absolutely no access to a computer. I remembered earlier this week. I am so sorry, which is why there are three chapters up today. I spent all night and all today typing these up and putting the finishing touches on them. So I'm sleep deprived, that's what the nine-hour drive tomorrow is for, right? Enjoy!

The next day

Sydney sighed, throwing her books into her locker, then slammed it shut. She had just come from science, usually a good class for her but her ex had been assigned her lab partner. Let's just say it was uncomfortable and full of awkward silences broken only by cruel accusations.

"Don't take your anger out on the locker, knowing you with that arm, you'll break the poor thing," Vaughn quipped.

Sydney laughed, turning to face him, "Then who do you suggest I take it out on?" I know, how about the cheating witch who has the nerve to call herself your girlfriend, she added, silently. She couldn't bring herself to tell Vaughn that his girlfriend wasn't faithful and wasn't sure if he would believe her if she did.

"I don't know, you seem to hate Weiss a little bit. You can kick his ass."

Sydney laughed again, "And this coming from his supposed best friend? I feel the love between you two, I really do."

Vaughn made a face at her, "So is there any reason you attacked your locker?"

"Science, Danny, it wasn't pretty," Was all that she explained.

Vaughn made a sympathetic grimace. He had heard the rumors that the "perfect couple" had broken up because Sydney had a crush on Vaughn, though she denied it furiously, claiming it was another reason that she never elaborated on. "Oh, sorry."

"Don't be," Sydney was already past her sour mood, "So what are you doing this weekend?"

"Lauren wants to go to the mall and get shoes or something of that nature." Sydney flinched, hearing the name Lauren. If it was legal, she would have killed Lauren a long time ago for doing to Vaughn was she was doing. The flinch went unnoticed by Vaughn. "What about you?"

"I'm helping Piper get ready for her date tomorrow and then I'm all by myself. I hate being single." Sydney sighed.

"If you hate being single so much, why don't you just go out with Will already?" It was an innocent enough question to anyone but Sydney.

She gave him the death glare, "Will and I are just friends," She said through clenched teeth, "Nothing more."

Vaughn mentally kicked himself for making Sydney angry. That was the last thing he wanted to do, but she did look cute when she was angry. "Okay, okay, just friends, got it." Sydney unclenched her teeth and seemed to take on a brighter mood, "How about you come to the mall with me and Lauren?"

Sydney shook her head, "Um, no, that would not be a good idea. Lauren hates me enough as it is. I don't think I need to give her another reason. Maybe another time."

"Definitely," Vaughn agreed, "Look I have to go."

"Go, I'm fine," Sydney said. He had the feeling she was putting on an act but chose to let her do that if that's what she wanted.

"Okay, I'm email you tonight." She nodded and he took off down the hall. The halls were deserted, considering it was Friday and school was out.

She took one step before someone ran into her, "Oh, I'm sorry, Sydney. I didn't see you there, well I did see you. I can see, I just got my eyes checked last week. Perfect vision. The good ole 20/20." Sydney smiled. Marshall was such a sweet heart. Most people viewed him as the super smart person who just went on and on but for some reason Sydney could put up with rambling and actually join in. "Anyway, I wasn't paying attention because of this new I-pod I got yesterday. I was thinking about adding a camera to it, do you think that would be too much because I can also put in a..."

Sydney interrupted him, "Marshall. It's alright. Really," She added, reassuringly. "And I really want to hear more, really, but I have to meet Rosa." Rosa was the Bristows' housekeeper, "because my car broke down three days ago and she's giving me a ride. You know my email," She called over her shoulder.

"Bye," Marshall called after her.

Sydney ran outside just as Rosa was pulling up. She breathed a sigh of relief. Rosa hated to wait especially for Sydney. Sydney had tried begging her father into firing the housekeeper but he never got around to it, so she was stuck. "Hey Rosa," She said, cheerily, getting into the old car.

"Hello," Rosa grunted, and as soon as Sydney was belted in, took off towards the Bristow mansion. She dropped Sydney off and sped off. She had the weekend off and was obviously glad to leave Sydney alone. Jack was supposed to go on another business trip over the weekend.

Sighing, Sydney unlocked the front door and pushed it open. She went inside, closing the door behind her.

"Hello, Sydney."

She jumped, throwing her bag into the air and catching it lightning fast before looking to her father. "I thought you had a business trip." She managed to say, still completely shocked to see her father home before five o'clock.

"It got cancelled. They made me take the weekend off." Jack answered, turning back to his paper.

"Bout time," She mumbled. "So, is there any chance of you taking me and a friend to the mall tomorrow?" She asked, hopefully.

"Sure," Jack answered, casually as if he gave his daughter a ride to the mall all the time. "What friend?"

"Piper," She answered, reaching into the fridge to get a soda.

He looked up suddenly, "One of the Halliwell girls?"

Sydney nodded, still searching in the fridge for something to drink, "Yeah, Piper Halliwell. How'd you know?" She smiled triumphantly, finally finding a diet coke in the back of the fridge.

"I work with her father." He answered, trying to let the subject drop.

Sydney didn't have the same plan, "You do? I thought he was an accountant or something like that? I didn't know he worked with an airplane parts company."

"I mean, I have worked with him the past. We keep in touch." Jack was desperately trying to cover up his mistake of almost telling Sydney that he and Victor worked for the same agency, not the front companies they pretended to work for.

"Hmmm," Sydney mused. She had the feeling he was lying but decided not to say anything about it to him, "Anyway, tomorrow at 3-ish and you are not bailing out of this." Sydney closed the fridge door and headed upstairs to her room. Closing the door behind her softly, she ran to her phone and quickly dialed Piper's number.

"Hello?" Piper picked up after the third ring.

"Piper, it's Sydney." Sydney said quickly.

"Oh hey Syd. Did you get some form of transportation for tomorrow?" Piper asked. Phoebe had begged their dad into letting her have the car for the entire weekend, leaving Piper and Sydney car less for their shopping trip.

"What?" Sydney asked, forgetting for a second about what she had just reminded her father about, "Oh yeah, my dad's taking us. But that's not why I called, Piper, what does your dad do?"

"For a living?" Piper questioned.

"Yeah," Sydney said.

Piper thought about it, "I don't know, something with numbers, why?"

"Has he ever worked with an airplane part company?" Sydney posed another question, and not answering Piper's.

"No, not that I know of. Why?"

Sydney let out the breath that she had been holding in, "No reason. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay," Piper agreed, hanging up. Sydney replaced the receiver, confused. Piper would know who Victor was dealing with because he told her. Piper had told Sydney that it was part of a deal the girls had with their father, he had to include them in important business deals and whatnot and Piper usually got this information. But then, that would mean that her father and Piper's father had met somewhere else. But where?

Downstairs, Jack replaced the receiver after he was sure that Sydney had hung up. He had almost been fount out, along with Victor. Almost, but if Jack knew Sydney, she'd figure it out eventually. She always did.

A/N: I was getting tired of writing Eric instead of Weiss, so it is Weiss now. I was confusing myself there for awhile. So Weiss now, no more Eric. Just had to clarify that.