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Chapter 4

Sydney sprang up from her chair and practically ran down the hall to Weiss's office. She flung the door open as he looked up from his paperwork and then slammed it shut again and started to pace. "He wants to meet me! Can you believe it? I mean what am I supposed to say? Oh, yeah and he's in LA! I mean what are the chances! He could be anyone! I mean he could be…"

"He could be the zipperman," Weiss said with a smirk. Or Mike.

"Who?"

"Nevermind. So he's in Los Angeles huh? When did you find this out?" he asked.

"Well I was reading his email and he started talking about the murals by the freeway in downtown, and I was like 'Oh my God', then he said he wanted to meet me! I mean I don't think I'm ready for this you know?"

"So just tell him you aren't ready to meet him yet," Weiss stated simply.

"But I don't want to hurt his feelings, or make him mad. Because then he may not want to talk to me at all. Its not like I don't want to, I've been dreaming of meeting him ever since we started talking, but its just, what if he isn't what I expect. I have this vision of a tall, handsome prince who will sweep me off my feet, and I'm afraid he won't be that in real life" she finished as she plopped down in a chair.

"So you're afraid he might end up being the zipperman," Weiss asked.

"Ok, who the hell is the zipperman?"

"Alright, how about you write him back and don't mention the whole meeting thing at all. Maybe he'll just forget that he asked you," Weiss proposed.

"Do you think that will work?" Sydney asked skeptically.

"Well it will at least buy you some time," he pointed out. She agreed that it would at least do that, so she thanked her handler and went back to her desk to write back to HockeyFan23.

This is getting interesting. Weiss thought. Both Syd and Mike involved with someone online. I have got to find out if they are talking to each other.

4 Days Later

It had been an insane week. Way too many debriefings and Weiss and Vaughn had been up late all week working on the operation for the take down of SD-6. They worked so hard on it that the schedule had got moved up and the mission was on for next week. So it was finally Friday and they were headed to a local CIA bar to try and unwind. Weiss hoped it would make Mike feel better because he had seemed a little down all week.

"So what's up with you man? You seem a little depressed," Weiss asked as they grabbed their beers and headed for a table in the corner of the room.

"I just feel so stupid," he paused. " I don't even know if I want to tell you, you are gonna make fun of me."

"Come on, what are best friends for?" Weiss joked. "No seriously, just tell me.

"You remember that girl I was telling you about? You know the one I was talking to on the internet? Well a few days ago I was writing to her about being back at home, and I asked her if she wanted to meet," Vaughn said.

Bingo, Weiss thought. "So what did she say?"

"Nothing! She wrote me back and didn't even mention the fact that I had said anything of the sort! I think I really screwed things up man," Vaughn said dejectedly.

"Dude, don't sweat it, maybe she just wants some time to think about it. She's probably just nervous just give her some time," Weiss said. Inside he was about to burst. Oh my god, they are talking to each other. I should probably tell him that the woman of his dreams is no other than Sydney Bristow. Or, not. Wait a minute, this could be fun. I'm the only one who knows they are talking to each other. Hmm, this could be interesting.

"Earth to Weiss," Vaughn said as he waved his hand in front of his friend's face. "Man you were about a million miles away."

"Sorry I was just thinking about some work stuff," he said quickly.

"Ahh, now that is the last thing I want to talk about right now," Vaughn said with a laugh.

"But hey while we are on the subject of work, what do you think about Sydney?" Weiss asked.

"Sydney? She's impressive. Really I read over some of your guys' ops and I must say that you guys are great together. She's an amazing agent," Vaughn said. "Other than that, I don't really know her too well. So I can't really make a judgment on her character."

Weiss almost started to laugh. Oh yes you do my friend, you just don't know it yet. "Well you will get the chance to know her on the mission next week," Weiss pointed out.

"Yeah I guess you're right, hey let's forget about work, the game is about to start anyway," Vaughn said as he took a swig of his beer.

Meanwhile at Sydney's apartment

Sydney sat staring intently at her screen. Although she had taken Weiss's advice and hadn't said anything to her internet friend about wanting to meet she still desperately wanted to meet him. So what if he wasn't what she expected? Eventually she was going to have to come into the real world, and face her fears. So she read over her email one last time:

To:  HockeyFan23

From:  AliceinWonderland

Look, I know you probably think that you freaked me out with your idea of us meeting. And, well, you did. I didn't know what to say. But I've been thinking about it and I've decided that I want to see you. The next week is kind of hectic at work for me but I was thinking maybe we could get together on Thursday night at around 8:00. There is this great pizza place I know in downtown called Joey's Pizza. Let me know what you think, and if you still want to do this.

Her hand hovered over the send button, she was still debating whether or not she wanted to still do it…