Note From Author: Review, review, review!!!! (Sorry this chapter is kind of short!)

Sydney walked out into the hallway and towards the elevator in a state of shock, annoyance, and confusion. She had always had her suspicions that Chris liked her, but she never expected him to act on those feelings. And why was he being so pushy about it? She couldn't tell what she was feeling more, flattered or creeped out.

As she entered the elevator she ran into Gage. He opened his mouth to say hello, but then closed it as he saw Syd's confounded face and her rush to get into the elevator. Instead of getting out of the elevator, he stayed with Sydney as the door closed. Syd looked up in surprise,

"Hey Gage."

"Hi, . . . are you okay?" he replied.

"Uh," Sydney said, "I'm not exactly sure. Sort of."

"What happened? You look like you've seen a ghost!" Gage asked lightheartedly.

"It's Chris." Sydney said more calmly.

"What about him?" Gage asked with a slight tension in his voice.

"Well . . ." Sydney started to say, but couldn't continue.

"Syd, did he do something?" Gage asked.

"He, . . ." Sydney took a deep breath, "he asked me out."

Gage, very similar to Sydney's reaction, choked on nothing.

"Like, on a date?" Gage asked in shock.

Syd nodded.

"Well?" Gage pressed.

"Well what?" Syd replied.

"Did you agree?" he asked.

Sydney said nothing at first, thinking,

"Why should I tell Gage about my social life? It's none of his business anyway."

But as Syd thought about the idea of ever dating Chris, she couldn't help herself. She burst out laughing.

Gage smiled and said, "I'll take that as a no."

"Of course not!" Sydney gasped, still laughing.

While Syd was still in the middle of her laughing fit the elevator doors swung open. And there stood Trivette and Walker. Trivette was wide eyed as he looked at Sydney in shock. Walker just smiled and chuckled slightly. Right when Walker was about to say something Alex walked up behind him and looked at Sydney trying to control herself.

"Did I miss something?" she asked.

Sydney took a deep breath and stopped her hysterics,

"Um, hi." was all Syd could think to say.

Walker then asked with a smile,

"Something tells me I don't want to know."

"That's probably a good idea." Sydney answered.

They all joined Syd and Gage in the elevator and headed up to the office. Now that she had regained her composure, Sydney didn't mind facing Chris again.

When they entered the office Chris was no where in sight. Syd frowned, she hoped she hadn't hurt Chris' feelings. She liked him, . . . just not the way he liked her.

Later that day when Sydney was packing up to leave she found a small note placed under her keys. She curiously picked it up and read it. It said,

"Syd,

If you ever change your mind, you know where to find me. I know we haven't known each other that long, but I think this could really work. I love you, even if you don't love me. Yet.

Love,

Your Romeo (aka Chris)"

Every bone in her body told Sydney to crumple up the note and never give it another thought. Couldn't Chris understand that she simply wasn't interested in him?! But for some unknown reason she subtly placed it in her bag. She didn't know what she was going to do with it, but for some reason she wanted to keep it. Perhaps it was her ranger instincts, she had been trained to keep all "evidence" no matter how insignificant it seemed. Sydney figured she throw it out when she got home. But by the time she entered her apartment she had completely forgotten about the note. It never made it to the trash can. Instead it aged at the bottom of her purse, slowly gaining dust . . .