"Ok," Francie said. "Is he taking you to a Romance movie, or a drama movie?"
Sydney raised her eyebrows. "I don't know. Should I know?" Sydney looked over Francie's shoulder at Will who shook his head.
"Yes, you should!" Francie exclaimed.
Sydney saw Will shake his head. "Okay, well...why?"
"Why?" Francie nearly shouted. "Okay, lemme ask you this. Do you A) Plan on sleeping with him? or B) Crying for hours on his shoulder because little Helen was diagnosed with cancer?"
Sydney looked Francie confused. "I don't know..."
"A!" Francie yelled. "You go with A!"
"Okay, A it is!"
"Good girl."
"He could always take you to a horror movie," Will interjected. Francie slowly turned to him and threw him that 'shut up before I make you shut up' look.
"Why horror?" Sydney asked.
"Ignore him," Francie said, turning back to Sydney. "You haven't had sex in months, you need the romance movie."
"Francie!" Sydney exclaimed. Francie only shrugged at her. "It's only been three weeks!" Sydney whispered.
"Whatever...girlfriend, you need sex. You're too mean not gettin' any."
Sydney shook her head and heard the doorbell ring. Not seeing Francie or Will getting up, she said, "I'll get it."
When Sydney went to answer the door, Will got up from his seat and walked over to Francie. "You know, I took you to action movie."
Francie rolled her eyes. "No, you took me to a Lakers game where you drank so much beer that you passed out in the middle of 'it'."
"Oh." Will walked back to his seat. "That's not the way I remember it," he muttered.
"What was that?" Francie questioned
"I love you."
Francie turned to him and raised her eyebrows, not convinced. "Uh-huh."
Sydney smiled, expected to see Michael. She opened the door and her smiled quickly disappeared. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, you're not excited to see me?" Julian asked. "Are you waiting for your precious knight in armor to show?"
Sydney rolled her eyes. "What do want, Julian?"
Julian sighed. "We've been called in, by Sloane. They say they have a lead."
"Called? I haven't been called." Sydney said. The moment she said that, the cell phone in her pocket ringed. Hoping it was Michael, she opened it open and read the screen. 'Meeting, ASAP. Credit Dauphine. Sloane.' Sydney sighed.
Julian looked at Sydney and made a puppy dog face at her. "Oh, did you have a date tonight?"
"Shut up Julian," Sydney shot back.
"Look, wanna grab a ride in my car?"
"No."
"Come on, nothings gonna happen between us. I mean, I know you like the car and all..."
"Oh please. Would you grow up?" Sydney said. "I don't give a damn about how much money you have. I make the same figure."
"More," Julian muttered, jealous.
But Sydney didn't hear him. "Maybe that's why we weren't a good couple. Because you think I like guys with lots of money and ten cars parked in their garage."
"We were a good couple," Julian said. "We werea great couple, alright, and you can't deny that."
"Yeah, and I also can't deny how miserable we were."
Julian sighed and looked over at his car. "Okay, so when's your boyfriend getting here? Or is his scooter slowing his down, some?"
"Julian!"
Julian laughed and threw up his hands. "Okay, okay. But if go to the office without you, I'll get in trouble."
Sydney looked at Julian closely. "So?"
"Hey," a new voice said.
"Hey Michael." Sydney threw her arms around him. Julian looked at them in disgust and clenched his jaw. "Michael, this is Julian, Julian, Michael." Both shook hands.
"Hey," Michael said. Michael broke the hand shake and turned to Sydney, his back at Julian. Julian grabbed his hand in pain and Sydney looked at him, amused. "So, how do you two know each other?" Michael asked.
Julian stood by Sydney and smiled at Michael's tone of jealously. "We work together," he answered. "Yep, all the time, for years now."
Sydney softly hit Julian and he grabbed his arm in surprise. "Actually, I kinda have to bail on you. Something really important came up at work."
"Yeah, life or death. You know, gotta save the world." Julian added.
"Yeah," Michael said. "The Bank World," he said flatly.
Julian frowned at him. "Yes, as a matter of fact you-"
"Ok!" Sydney said, getting in between the two men. "Michael, I have to go. I will see you tomorrow, okay?"
"Yeah, sure." Sydney gave him a quick kiss and Julian walked her over to his car. "He looked very familiar to me," Julian said walking to the car.
Michael watched Sydney get in and they drive off. Hearing his phone ring, he answered it. "Yeah?"
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Irina set down the photos on the desk and crossed her arms. "Okay, so what do you want from me?"
Sloane looked up at Irina from his chair. "I'm not sure," he admitted. "Laura..."
Irina rolled her eyes. "My name is Irina, Arvin. Sydney is not here, you can call me that."
Sloane nodded. "Very well. Irina...Sydney is a fine agent, one of the best. She has a good heart and the smarts for this job. I don't want to see anything bad happen to her."
"Unless it risks SD-6."
"Yes. Her involvement with Michael Vaughn is not intentional, I know that."
"She's going to be crushed," Irina said. "If she truly cares about him."
Sloane stood up and came around his desk. "Sydney will be forced to make a decision. Between her lover, or her job."
Irina raised her eyebrow. "So, what exactly are you suggesting?"
"I am suggesting that we convince Sydney the CIA doesn't care about her or her friends, and that they are a threat. Make her believe they are in fact the enemy."
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Michael slowly walked into the briefing room and took his seat next to Jack. Kendall walked in after him and stood at the head of the room. Michael saw Dixon and Weiss sitting at the far end of the table and Nadia sitting next to Jack. "So, what's this about?" Michael asked.
"We got the name of an agent," Kendall announced. He hit a button close to him on the table and behind him the screen came to life, showing a picture. "This is Agent Julian Sark, of SD-6."
