Vaughn glanced over at Sydney when he stopped at the red light. She was fuming but he had the idea that it wasn't over anything that he had done. But she wouldn't say a word to him about any of it. Shaking his head, he pressed the gas down when the light turned green again and drove off. "Are you going to say anything?"
Sydney sighed and said, "Turn here, I want to get some coffee." Vaughn matched her sigh and pulled the car over like she ordered. Once the car was stopped and turned off, she got out and looked at him through the window, "Do you want to come in?" He nodded and followed her into the coffee shop. She didn't say anything except to order her coffee.
Vaughn ordered the same thing she did, and followed her to a table to wait for their orders. "Now do you want to tell me?"
Sydney stared down at the table and when she finally looked up, her eyes were rimmed in tears. "My dad works for the CIA."
He suddenly knew why she was so upset. His father had worked for the CIA and it had gotten him killed, "Syd..."
"That's not all of it. He wasn't even going to tell me but he had to because I broke into Lauren's home and found proof."
"Whoa," He stopped her, "You broke into Lauren's home?"
"Well, Piper did too." Sydney defended, "And yeah, I did. Her family's not pressing charges, thank God." She ran a hand through her hair and sighed again, "But Vaughn, I'm scared."
Vaughn reached across the table and covered both her hands with his, "Syd, just because my father lost his life to the job doesn't mean that yours will."
"But what if he does," Sydney asked, "What if he gets himself killed? I'll have no one. My mom's gone and my dad's running off to all corners of the world trying to get himself killed." The clerk looked over at them hearing Sydney's rant. Shaking her head, Sydney lowered her voice, "The only family I have is my dad and like an aunt, uncle and one cousin in Italy somewhere. I hate my dad cause he's never home but I can't lose him."
The same clerk that had stared at Sydney for yelling came over and set the two disposable coffee cups in front of them and wandered back to her counter to help another costumer. Vaughn waited until the clerk left to get out of his chair and go over to where Sydney sat. He pulled her out of her chair, and said softly, "You're not going to lose him, Syd. He may be a workaholic, but he isn't stupid enough to get himself killed."
Sydney nodded, and reached down for her coffee, "Do we have to go back to school?"
"Not if you don't want to," Vaughn said, reaching for his coffee as well.
"I don't want to," Sydney said with finality.
"Okay," He said, guiding her out of the shop and into the car. "Any idea of where you want to go?" He asked, turning the engine over.
She thought about if for a moment, "The beach."
"Nice choice," He answered, pulling into traffic.
"So can I ask a question now?" She asked, after about a half mile of silence.
"Sure," He shrugged, glancing over at her for a split second.
Sydney sipped at her coffee before asking, "Where do you and Lauren stand?"
Vaughn took a deep breath and let it out slowly, "We don't stand anywhere any more." Sydney glanced at him, confused and he continued, "We broke up yesterday. You were right, she was cheating on me and with Sark of all people."
Sydney leaned over, wrapping her arms around his waist as best she could in car, "I'm sorry."
"Don't be," He answered, pulling the car to a stop in front of the beach, "I'm not." Sydney smiled and snuggled deeper into his shirt.
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"Have you seen Sydney?" Piper asked Francie sitting down at their usual table during lunch.
Francie shrugged, and flipped through the magazine in front of her, "Nope. But I don't have her in any of my classes. I thought she came to school with you."
"She did, but she hasn't shown up to any classed we've had so far and she kind of disappeared after we got to school." Francie shrugged and let the subject drop.
"Where is she?" Lauren demanded, storming up to the table very rudely.
"Where's who?" Piper answered innocently.
"Sydney," Lauren snapped.
Piper shrugged, "I have no idea." Obviously, she had just been asking France if she had seen Sydney.
Lauren obviously didn't believe her, "Tell me where that bitch is."
"Why?"
"Why?" Lauren echoed, incredulously, "I'll you why, she thinks she came come in and break up me and Michael with her pouty lips and big brown eyes. Well, she's got another thing coming."
"I think that you broke up you and Vaughn on your own with a little help from Sark." Piper answered, calmly. Lauren looked like she was going to explode. With a little "hmph" she stormed off. "Speak of the devil," Piper added, seeing Sydney and Vaughn appear in the cafeteria doorway. Sydney caught sight of her, waved, and headed over, dragging Vaughn with her. "And where were you two?"
"Coffee and talking," Sydney answered, sitting down and kind of having to force Vaughn to sit as well.
"What'd did you do to him? Train him to be your little puppy dog?" Piper asked with a smile, watching Vaughn be silent and let Sydney push him around.
"Yes," Sydney replied, matching Piper's smile, "and his new name is Donovan." Vaughn opened his mouth to protest but was interrupted.
"Whose new name is Donovan?" Will asked, sitting next to Francie.
"Vaughn," Sydney said before Vaughn could get a word in.
Throwing up his hands, Vaughn finally said, "Fine. My new name is Donovan. You are a very, very, weird woman." Sydney grinned and said nothing.
"So I take it that you are friendly terms again?" Piper asked, with a hinting tone in her voice, "Maybe more?"
"Friends for now, we'll see how it goes this weekend at Weiss's party." Sydney replied, taking some of Francie's food. Piper raised an eyebrow at this, meaning that Sydney would have to tell her everything eventually.
"Cole asked me out!" Phoebe gushed, running up to the table.
"And hello to you too, Phoebe." Piper said, telling Phoebe to be less rude.
Phoebe gave her look and ignored what Piper was hinting at, "Cole asked me to go to Weiss's party this weekend with him. He and I are going. Together."
Francie squealed and abandoned her magazine, "Tell me everything." Phoebe shot a look at Piper, Sydney, Will, and Vaughn who obviously weren't interested and dragged Francie out of the cafeteria to tell her.
"Yes, food," Sydney said, sliding into Francie's spot and digging into her lunch. Piper chuckled, "Oh, before I forget, next weekend Paige, Phoebe, and I have to go up to the manor to get some stuff, and I was wondering if you wanted to come along?"
Sydney thought about it, trying to remember if she had anything to do. "Alright, yeah, that would be cool."
"Manor? You lived in a manor?" Will asked, overhearing the invite.
"That's just what we called it. Well, our Grams had dubbed it 'The Halliwell manor' and the rest of us just followed," Piper explained. Will nodded and went back to his lunch, finding nothing interesting about a house that was called a manor but wasn't one.
A/N: Erm, yeah, filler chapters aren't really my thing. Sorry this one was so short, I'm readjusting to being back and I think my muse decided that since I am no longer on vacation, she has to take one now. Grrr, me and my muse don't really get along.
lil-whitelighter1114888- Thank ya bunches and I love Sydney and Vaughn too. Soo cute!
LeoPiper24/7- Ah, so you're just very intiutive, I get it. And do you mean Syd and Vaughn are together? As far as I know they are together, they were making out in the season finale, so I think that's a yes.
pyschokitty3- That's has to suck being without internet for 19 days. I went for like nine and I about died! Yeah, I just wanted to remind everyone of the cliffhanger that I had left them with before I went on that vacation. Hehe, I like the "previously on..." it helps me remember what's going on because my memory sucks! And I can never seem to write anything without some form of humor. Good to know it is appreciated.
Lost Darkness- hehe, I want to play hide and go seek now. But my personalities hate me at the moment cause I won't let them read anything but this fanfiction. What can I say, I run a tight ship.
p3charmed4eva- fantabulistico, I love that word. fwabahabaski! me and my friend made up that word, it doesn't really mean anything, we just came up with it and it stuck. It's still cool though. Me love PL fluff too, actually me love all kinds of fluff, so I can't wait to write more of it, either. Yay, fluff!
Princess Pinky- Yeah, it took me forever to get on a computer and write the freaking chapter. Actually, it took me like an hour and a half to write the chapter, and a week and a half to get on a computer. Very messed up combination. I will put in more of the Phoebe and Cole-ness, I still feel soo incredibly stupid for leaving them out so far. My muse did not have the same idea I had, and she threatened to take away my inspiration if I didn't go with what she said. Did I mention that we don't get along very well?
syad yniar- Of course there will be another Piper/Leo chapter. Did I mention that I love them? Cause I do and they had better be getting back together. Stupid Brad Kern, he makes me so mad, I just wanna hit him with a bat. Ookaay, before I start ranting (more) about how much I hate Kern, I'm changing the subject. I would give me friends candies but I love the candies more than them most of the time and giving others the candies is just not an option. I have a giant sweet tooth! And I want to go to England! Is it alright to say that I am very very jealous of your (ex) twin? Cause I am.