Chapter 12

Disclaimer: I do not own ALIAS..don't sue me...this is all from my head based on my love for the show. This goes the same for Jason Bourne from the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum and which ever production company that has rights over it, they are not mine.

Everyone had the weekend off, as the CIA analysis the Covenant documents Sydney and Vaughn got from Gerodi Cirocco's house, and for the first time in a while, Vaughn had the feeling that when they say that they had the weekend off, Dixon meant it, considering they have not had a day off for the past months. This would be the perfect time to do something special for both of them, and he knows just what to do.

He was up before she was, from the sound of her breathing that he knew very well, she would not be up for a couple more hours, which he used to prepare everything and make the necessary phone calls.

Everything was in place when he finally settled down beside on the bed and watched until she grumbled something and shuffled on the bed, the way he knew she would. He was the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes, he smiled that soft wistful smile that he does whenever she caught him watching her. It was the same smile that she returned to him, before greeting him, "Hi."

"Hey."

They stared at each other for a few more minutes before she noticed the fact that he was already dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt; and that the smell of coffee is in the air. "You're up early. What time is it?"

"It's only eight but you have to get up, we're going somewhere."

Sydney pouted and gave him the best puppy dog eyes she can muster, "Michael, you are aware that it is our day off right? Then we do not have to be anywhere until Monday."

He laughed, "You and those eyes, but it won't work this time." He leaned down and kissed her, not minding the morning breath, "Precisely, it is our day off, which is why we have to enjoy it. Now, pick your cute butt up and get in the shower, I want to be there by noon."

This made Sydney curious and mentally thought of places that needed a couple of hours to travel to get to from LA.

Vaughn smirked, "I know what you are doing, but I promise you it will be worth it, now go."

Sydney gave him a quick kiss, "Then I promise that I will enjoy it," as she sauntered towards their bathroom.

Vaughn lay back down on the bed, still warm from where her body had risen from and though to himself, this will be the best day off yet, nothing is going to stop them from going forward in their relationship.

They were on their way to a place they both have never been to before and when Sydney saw the sigh, she threw herself towards Vaughn who was driving, hands around his neck giving him a big kiss.

"I can't believe we are finally going, after three years, it's unbelievable." She told him before kissing him again as he tried to keep the car steady as they made their way towards Santa Barbara.

Michael laughed, "I did promise you, didn't I? And I thought this would be the best time, before we get busy with the documents we found."

"Hush," Sydney put her fingers over his mouth, "From now on we must promise that whenever we are together out of the CIA, we try not to talk about work."

He could not help but smiling, because being the dedicated CIA agents that they were, they could not help not talking about work even not in the office, but it was nice just to be with each other, "I agree."

"Good." Sydney smiled, she could not help it, the smile just is just bursting out of her, she agrees with Vaughn, this is the best time to go somewhere alone together, the freedom of leaving every single complicated thing in her life in LA is intoxicating, and she knew that by the end of the trip she would not want to go back.

"Vaughn?"

He laughed. "Are we back to this again?" he joked, thinking of their conversation the night before about their aliases.

She smiled, as she too remembered their repartee the night before, but her smile turned wistful as she came back to the present and remembered where Vaughn was taking her. "Thank you."

He turned his eyes from the road and saw the wistful gaze she has, as she looked outside the car window, "I'll do anything for you, Syd."

She nodded, and still with that wistful voice and her head towards the car window, "I know."

He did not answer instead he picked up her hand and kissed it, as he concentrated on driving them towards a weekend they will never forget.

They were driving in silence for half an hour before Vaughn pulled over to a stop halfway towards Santa Barbara. He killed the engine but did not make a move to open the car door, deep in thought.

Sydney noticed this, so instead of opening the door, she turned to him and asked, "Is something wrong?"

Michael turned his head towards her and saw the concern in her face, the concern that was directed towards him. "I was going to give this to you when we get to Santa Barbara," he started as he pulled a folded piece of paper from his jacket which he gave to Sydney, "But I was thinking that it was better to give it to you now before we get there, for you know a clean slate."

Sydney took the paper and looked at him with a curious gaze, "What is it?"

"Open it."

The first she saw was the headline that was on top of the paper, Certificate of Annulment, she turned her questioning gaze towards Vaughn.

"I appealed to the legal division of the CIA to pursue these papers when Lauren decided to join Sark, at that time all I felt was betrayal and that I was used, I did not want anything to do with her, with my life. I guess everyone knew about it, they did not even get Lauren's signature, they just handed me this after we got back yesterday."

Sydney nodded, not knowing what to say, instead she wrapped her arms around him and they both felt the tranquility of being free from the ghost of a person in the past.

They had not talked about Lauren since Palermo, and with papers that are in her hands right now, she was not a ghost in their relationship anymore, she was the past, a hurdle they had overcome in their relationship which had stood strong.