Thanks for your reviews guys and here it is- the big date!

"No way!" Weiss stared at Vaughn in disbelief.

"It's true.We're going out Friday night." Vaughn replied, as he pulled into the carpark at Joey's, a local pizza place that was a favourite of theirs.

"Where are you taking her?"

"I'm not telling."

"Why?"

"Because Sydney wants it to be a suprise."

"Dude in case you can't see, I'm not Sydney." Weiss replied sarcastically.

"Dude." Vaughn imitated Weiss's tone. "I know but if you see her before Friday you will most likely spill the beans."

"I've been your best friend forever and you can't trust me a little secret. That hurts, Mike, that hurts."

"Fine." Vaughn relented. Weiss was always good at the guilt trip thing. I'll tell you."

"So what is the big plan?"

"Here's what I was thinking…"

"So where are you going and what are you going to wear?"

It was Friday afternoon and Sydney was getting the third degree from Francie.

"I don't know where we are going and Vaughn said to wear jeans."

"Jeans?"Francie pulled a disapproving face. "So he isn't taking you anywhere special."

""Just because I don't have to wear a fancy black dress and evil high heels, doesn't mean tonight won't be special."

"I still can't believe you guys actually got your act together. Will and I thought there would be at leasta month of pining."

"Yeah well, the rate things were going I thought the same."

"Until he swept you off your feet at the pier." Francie gushed, throwing herself on Sydney's bed.

"Francie! You make it sound as if we were stars in a tacky B-grade romance."

"Sydney- you love tacky B-grade romances." Francie pointed out, sitting up. "And besides, I would love to be a character in a tacky romance- they always end up with their man."

"You're going to end up with your man Francie. You never know, he may be closer than you think."

"Well, I'm not holding my breath." Francie stood up. "Come, on. I'll help you pick a fabulous top to wear tonight. You are going to want to look awesome."

"So where are we going?" Vaughn looked over at Sydney who was sitting in the passenger seat of his 4WD.

"It's a suprise Sydney. But I will disclose that there will be more than one destination tonight."

"Would the first happen to be a picnic somewhere?" she asked slyly.

"Wha-Oh come on! How did you know that? Did you speak to Weiss?"

"No. You forgot to cover up the basket in your boot. I saw it when we walked out.

"Oh."

"At least I don't know where we are going to have the picnic."

"I guess." Sydney tried to wipe the smile off her face. Poor Vaughn looked so dejected that his first surprise of the evening had been exposed. Picking up his hand, she kissed the back of it and smiled.

"Thank-you for planning tonight."

"Here we are." Vaughn announced as he pulled into the parking lot at the park. "Just promise me one thing."

"What?" asked Sydney as they got out of the car.

"No calling me Mr Arsehole or injuring your knee."

"Deal." They headed over towards the basketball court and sat down not far from it. Sydney could hardly belive it had been only two weeks since that day. So much in so little time had happened.

"What are you thinking?" Vaughn asked as he was setting out the food.

"Just about how we got here. It's been a bit of a ride."

"Worth every second." Vaughn replied, kissing her gently.

"Oh you reckon?" she joked. "I'll wait and see how tonight pans out before I decide that."

"Your words cut right through me Bristow."

"That's because you're weak!" Sydney retorted, pulling him back in for a long and heated kiss.

They spent about an hour at the park, eating, laughing and enjoying each others company. After they had finished and were seated back in Vaughn's car, he turned to Sydney, grinning.

"Yes Vaughn?"

"I need for you to do something for me."

"What?" Sydney asked apprehensively. She didn't like the mischevious glint that was lurking in Vaughn's eyes.

"Put on this blindfold."

"When can I take this off?" Sydney asked for about the tenth time since they had left the park. Vaughn once again couldn't help but laugh at the sight of her sitting there, her eyes covered with a black cloth.

"I told you- when I park the car." The evening was turning out better than he expected. They were having such a great time at the park that they probably could have stayed there all night. However Vaughn knew that Sydney would love their next destination.

He pulled into a carpark and turned to Sydney. "Ok, off with it." He watched as she ripped off the blindfold as gazed around, taking in her surroundings. When she realized where they were her brown eyes widened and her jaw dropped.

"Did you get tickets?" she asked, stunned. How could Vaughn have organized this at the last moment?

"Court side, twelve rows back."

"How did you get such good seats?"

"My boss has connections. The perks of owning a sports store."

"Vaughn, this is great! I haven't been to a Lakers game for ages!"

"Well, come on. Let's go in." He grabbed her hand as they walked inside the stadium, and took their seats.

"I hope you realize that this is going to be a problem for you Vaughn."

"Why? You going to leave me for an NBA macho man?"

"No, I was talking about our next date. Whatever you plan will never measure up to tonight."

Vaughn's heart leapt as Sydney mentioned their next date. "Yes, well, you'll be planning the next one Syd."

The game was fantasic and Vaughn loved every second of it. Sitting next to the girl of his dreams and watching one of the best sports was in everyway a perfect evening.

"Where to next?"

"Our final destination," Vaughn replied starting up his car and pulling out of the carpark. They drove in companiable silence, neither of them wanting to reach where they were headed. Because when they got there the night would be nearly over and neither Sydney nor Vaughn wanted it to end just yet.

"The pier?" Sydney asked as Vaugh parked the car near the familiar landmark.

"Not exactly."

"Where then?"

"The games arcade." Vaughn grinned. "It's about time that you regressed back to your inner twelve year old."

"Well, I suppose I can't rubbish your theory until I've tested it myself."

"Oh please, you've been dying to test it out! Because you Miss Bristow are just a big kid like me."

"And how do you suppose that?"

"Becasue we click." Vaughn said simply. "Now come on, I'm going to kick your butt in every single game."

"Yeah right." Sydney scoffed as he dragged her into the arcade. "You really need to do something about these delusions you suffer from, Vaughn."

They were there until the arcade closed, with Sydney winning some and Vaughn winnng some. Sydney had to admit that this was some of the best fun she'd had in a long time.

"So what are you thoughts on the theory?" Vaughn asked as they walked hand in hand down the pier.

"As much as it pains me, I think I have to agree with it."

"You don't like to be wrong, hey?"

"Who does?"

"Good point." Vaughn answered, putting his arm around Sydney's shoulders. She followed suit, putting her arm around his wait and leaning her head into his chest.

And the two of them continued to walk, content that they were where they belonged- in each other's arms.