One Way Ticket

[Dallas Dumaine]

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[attr="class","drewright"] "A number six then?" Dallas glanced at Sydney, looking for her confirmation before placing the order with the register operator. Despite the woman's apparent attitude, there wasn't a line forming behind them – they weren't holding anything up. Dallas turned back to Valerie, the person manning the front counter, according to her name tag. They could always fill out a survey later – something normal for a married couple to do. In the meantime, Dallas saw no reason to make a scene and cast attention on themselves before their flight. "We'll have a number six, please." After paying for their meal and carrying to the tray of food over to a nearby table, Dallas took the seat across from Sydney. Even after all this time – their many undercover identities – thinking of her as someone other than Paige, or Reese's Cup, still felt strange. As Air Marshals, things were returning to a level of normalcy, though he found himself wishing for a chance to return to the DEA. Just not if it meant sacrificing their marriage, or daughter. He wondered, briefly, if Sydney felt the same way. "I know we discussed this already," Dallas began. The two of them had decided teaching – the suburban house, complete with the white picket fence – wasn't them. They were agents at heart – even if this was the closest they ever came to reaching that lifestyle once more. Dallas wanted to be completely honest with her. "This… what we're doing now is more our speed. But it's still not us. I want you to know: I want more. If that means using these positions as a stepping stone to getting our old jobs back, that's what I want to work towards." Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

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[Sydney Dumaine]

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[attr="class","Sydneynert"]Number six, right food. There was a small confirmation nod as she decided to follow Dallas’ lead. They didn’t need to make a scene at work anyway. He was probably right about that. Though she could say a year ago they would probably both have been flipping tables and tossing things over the counter giving her the third degree about poor customer service.

Though as she picked up a piece of a breadstick she’d torn off she listened to Andrew Dallas go on about their jobs at the DEA and wanting them back. “That’s the closest we could ever get to being ourselves again. It’s not the safest of jobs. Then again what toll is being gone all the time going to take on Emerson with our current jobs. I used to think being part of the Alphabet soup was all glitz and glamour when I was younger. It’s torn our lives apart to start over.” Wait were they actually having a conversation that didn’t involve just a series of eye movements and a closed bedroom door?

Sydney popped the bread in her mouth before it got cold taking the time to gather what she wanted to say next. “I’m all for going back. But at the end of the day I just want to come home to you, to our daughter.” She could hardly believe there were words coming out of her mouth. This is what husband and wives did but this wasn’t a Peanut Butter Smore’s thing. Sydney wasn’t sure how well it worked for them. She generally didn’t discuss much since that night in the bathroom almost a year ago. They’d not even lasted a year as college professors before they were right back here.

Chicago was a dangerous place for them, for Emerson and Sydney still wasn’t sure how she felt about it. But that was their job now, here in Chicago. Even if they went back to the DEA they wouldn’t be sneaking around an undercover house like they used to. “I’m useless to them where I used to be after everything that happened. I’m burned and the desk really isn’t my thing. No offense.” She shook her head. “Not that I don’t want to go back. I miss it.” She added plucking a piece of pepperoni off one of the slices of pizza.

∵ Dallas Dumaine ∵

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[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

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[Dallas Dumaine]

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[attr="class","drewright"] Dallas and Sydney weren't the type of people to have heart-to-heart conversations, but neither did it require a trained investigator to see they weren't happy with the life the Marshals had created for them. In some ways, Dallas wondered how much better this life would be. The constant travel would frequently keep them from Emerson, even if they had a couple of babysitters lined up. And yet the DEA remained firm on one point: they wouldn't take the two agents back. As good as they were -- as they had been -- it still wasn't enough. "I can't really picture us anywhere else," Dallas explained. The Marshals may have been an armed federal agency, but it felt like a pale facsimile of the real thing. Blown covers because of the Chicago Police Department, a daughter in their lives... things had changed too much to ever go back to the way things were. "Undercover is out the window, but there has to be something... some case we can make to convince them this is the best option for all parties involved. Even if it involves proving ourselves all over again." Taking a bite of pizza, Dallas contemplated their situation -- another thing he didn't really do. He was more 'act first' and 'think later' than... whatever this was supposed to be. This kind of planning for their future was new to him, but since Emerson had come along, it had proven to be necessary. "But it's not just about us anymore. About what we want. It's about Emerson." Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

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[Sydney Dumaine]

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[attr="class","Sydneynert"]For the first time in a while they were talking and discussing their family and his words struck a chord with her. Bringing Emerson up saying it wasn’t about what they wanted. Right, like she wouldn’t think about their daughter in all of this mess. She swallowed down the sarcastic reply he was baiting out of her. There were times she wondered if he had forgotten she’d popped a child out after having spent nine months in her own little version of hell.

Everything was an adjustment period. Sydney hated those. The last time she’d had an adjustment period she’d been a hormonal crying mess in the bathroom. Sydney wanted what was normal. Normal to her was not having a routine to follow. Routine in her life was like rubbing sandpaper on a papercut.

Finally, she was able to express herself without starting a fight, for the first time in the history of ever. “I do think about her you know.” It was hard not to with those cute adorable little feet going as she managed to start rolling over just a few days ago. Then there was the whole grabbing Sydney’s jewelry and tasting everything she got her hands on. It was a different kind of adjusting. Sydney picked at a small piece of the pepperoni off of Dallas’ pizza before deciding that the side salad that went with the combo was far more appealing than the pizza itself.

∵ Dallas Dumaine ∵

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[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

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[Dallas Dumaine]

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[attr="class","drewright"] Dallas watched Sydney dig into her salad, not quite sure how to respond after his wife had misinterpreted what he'd been trying to say. Every time he wanted to have a normal conversation, to put what he was feeling or thinking into actual words, things took a turn for the worse because he had trouble saying what he really meant. This was the reason the two of them stuck to non-verbal communication as much as possible. It was just… easier that way. "I didn't mean to imply that, Sydney. You've been great with Emerson." Surprisingly, she didn't try biting his head off – at least not yet – but there was still time for that. Maybe she was waiting to see what he said next. Dallas worried that take two wouldn't improve upon their misunderstanding, but leaving things in this state wasn't really an option either. "I wanted this, pushed for it – the return to action," he explained. "That's on me. I want to spend as much time as possible with Emerson as we can – not pass her off on your brother and his girlfriend. We don't get these years back." Some days Dallas thought it might be easier if the CPD hadn't gone and screwed everything up, but then what would have become of them? Their path to marriage hadn't taken a normal route. In fact, it had taken that monumental screw-up to move forward with things. Setting the slice of pizza back down on his plate, Dallas sighed. "I just don't know, Sydney. I'm… conflicted." Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

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[Sydney Dumaine]

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It wasn’t that Sydney thought Dallas had implied it, it was more she was used to everyone implying that she did something wrong. It had been that way from day one in Graceland, and then there was her screw up with Solsbury. How could she possibly, after messing everything up be a decent parent? No, in her mind Dallas was a hundred times more the parent than she was. Though she smiled when a bit when he spoke. “I’m sorry… I shouldn’t be so defensive.” her guilty conscious sometimes came off defensively at the wrong people.

“I could stay home. It’s not like we can just quit our jobs and stay home all the time. At least one of us has to work.” She was trying to sound logical, though she saw both sides of it. Both of them working the same schedule would mean more time that Emerson spent with someone watching over her. But could they really afford just one income. It was a decision that Sydney had weighed before without mentioning a word to Dallas. One she wasn’t really financial sure they could handle either, so she’d just not brought it up.

“Then let me stay home.” She wasn’t too fond of the idea, Sydney wasn’t exactly the soccer mom type. On the other front, she couldn’t have Dallas’ back in the field and she would worry and probably have five hundred drag marks on the carpet from rearranging things to pass the time. Sydney, like Dallas was one for action. One or both of them was going to have to change things yet again. One thing Sydney hated was so much change. It made her feel like she had less control of things than she actually did. “This isn’t exactly a partner job anyway right?” She was arguing against he very thing she’d been so adamant about. No wonder he was conflicted. “Makes two of us.” She agreed. There would be no biting heads off, just a discussion as she poked at the salad some more and stuffed a crouton in her mouth. If she was chewing she didn’t have to talk right?

∵ Dallas Dumaine ∵

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[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

[attr="class","cred"]MADE BY VEL OF WW + ADOX 2.0

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[Dallas Dumaine]

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[attr="class","drewright"] Dallas shook his head, a sad smile spreading across his face. Defensive had become a part of their DNA – they expected the worst and so they braced themselves for it. In the past, he would have fired off a scathing comment in reply; now there were times Dallas could show a surprising amount of wisdom. In the months following their untimely relocation to Indiana, some of his hotheadedness had cooled, which let him take a step back and view things with a fresh perspective. He shrugged off Sydney's small outburst. "We were both broken. We're teaching each other to be whole again. There are bound to be some bumps along the way." That's when Sydney proposed an alternative that absolutely floored him. Mostly because it wasn't an option at all. Although, Dallas supposed, they needed to consider every possible angle – almost like this was a tactical situation to be analyzed. Dallas was good with those; by viewing their dilemma that way, maybe he could come up with an answer they would otherwise struggle to find. "On our salaries, we both need to work, if we want to give Emerson the life she deserves. Besides, I can't picture you as the stay-at-home type. Maybe we could at least take safer jobs within a federal agency?" They could get involved with training new agents, or make the switch over to an intelligence analyst. Dallas bit into his slice of pizza, thoughtfully chewing on his food. Although in Sydney's case, the less interaction she had with a computer the better. Her and technology didn't always get along. "I've gotten used to having you around during the day. I'd hate to lose you as a partner. We make such a good team – we're not the only ones to think so, since our current job has kept us together." Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

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[Sydney Dumaine]

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[attr="class","Sydneynert"]Why he dismissed her apologies, she would never know. If Sydney apologized, then she felt like it was needed. When he just shrugged at her apology she poked at a little bit more of the salad. Maybe playing with a green pepper would distract her. Oh well that was probably wishful thinking. She was probably still broken, she was just lucky to have someone who understood her. Though trying to eat proved a great way not to talk when she didn’t want to as long as she participated in the conversation right?

Hearing Dallas say they both need to work, well she was half expecting it and it was likely true. “Yes, because you could picture me as someone’s secretary? Pft” Maybe when pigs flew she would be caught dead behind a desk. Or if the right person came along but there was no way in hell she would be happy at a desk job. Then again, she didn’t think Dallas would either. Though she would follow him anywhere and that went without being said.

“To be fair, I don’t think I could trust any other partner, or even trust someone else to be your partner.” It was true, Dallas meant everything to her and if someone else screwed up it would be their head. “You know full well that moving to a safe job isn’t your cup of tea. We tried that in Indiana or have you forgotten how terrible teaching and lecturing is?” She wasn’t even going to mention the mountains of paperwork that happened.

∵ Dallas Dumaine ∵

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[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

[attr="class","cred"]MADE BY VEL OF WW + ADOX 2.0

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[Dallas Dumaine]

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[attr="class","drewleft"] [attr="class","drewleft2"]

[attr="class","drewright"] As both he and Sydney finished up their meals, Dallas looked at his watch, trying to gauge how much time they would need to make the short trek to the gate in order to catch their flight. They had maybe a couple minutes left before they needed to start heading that way, but there was no need to rush, so Dallas continued to banter back and forth with his wife. Nothing wrong with being a little playful to maintain their cover. "How about as my secretary? That position could come with some nice benefits," Dallas teased. Sydney could let her imagination fill in the blanks there. Not that she was wrong, per se. It wasn't as if either of them would ever be caught dead in that position. Teaching had been bad enough... that could actually be worse. Although, it allowed for some amusing thoughts, one of which Dallas shared. "Could you imagine? Good luck getting past the front desk, if I ever said I didn't want to see someone." But Sydney had hit the nail on the head. If it came down to taking a safer job or staying out in the field with another partner... well, neither choice was exactly ideal. Dallas trusted Sydney to have his back – not another Marshal, not another agent. Sydney. Perhaps there was a workaround to be found – something that offered more safety, but with the opportunity to occasionally jump back into the action. "Maybe a job that combines the two?" Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

deltra of gangnam style

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[Sydney Dumaine]

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[attr="class","Sydneynert"]Sydney made a face. “You telling me that any secretary gets those benefits? Shame on you.” She hip checked Dallas as they got up from the table. Any reason to touch and be close to him. Sydney was much less willing to admit that having Dallas around was something she’d come to appreciate. Sydney wasn’t exactly the warm and touchy feely type but Dallas was an exception. Sydney shuffled her carry on bag over her shoulder and headed down towards their gate.

To be fair, Sydney wanted what Dallas did. Their lifestyle wasn’t conducive to a child. They were so used to not thinking about that and now all they wanted to do was spend time with her. The bottom line was they still had to work. ”It still leaves Emerson with someone else...” Sydney trusted people about as far as she could throw a whale. Tanner and Beth were still a far cry from someone she trusted with Emerson. But Sydney trusted Dallas and he trusted them. Though she had to admit that Beth was good with kids, something Sydney hadn’t yet mastered.

Though when Dallas started joking Sydney genuinely laughed. “Over my dead body.” Though she was fairly certain most people. Dallas continued to be having some sort of dream. ”You’re dreaming Dallas, the CPD screwed up any chance of things ever being the same.” Not that their old jobs were the best idea when they had a young child to come home to at the end of the day.

∵ Dallas Dumaine ∵

[attr="class","Sydneyner2"]

[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

[attr="class","cred"]MADE BY VEL OF WW + ADOX 2.0

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[Dallas Dumaine]

[attr="class","drewnah"]

[attr="class","drewleft"] [attr="class","drewleft2"]

[attr="class","drewright"] Dallas stifled an amused chuckle. The two of them had made a habit of sneaking around Solsbury, so why wouldn't they take full advantage of a private office? Work could be stressful, as they well knew, particularly in their jobs, but blowing off steam could be fun. Much like how Dallas would only accept one partner alongside him, his wife had no reason to be jealous of the benefits this position offered. "That's exactly what I'm saying. Since there's only one candidate for the job." A non-existent job that, realistically, the DEA would never offer, but the idea might prove to be better than the reality. At least, in said scenario, one of them wouldn't be venturing out into the field, instead staying behind in an office environment, which would give them some additional peace of mind. The other would be working in a supervisory capacity – a position that would reduce the amount of fieldwork. Yet, if something were to happen – an arrest gone wrong, perhaps – Emerson wouldn't be left without two parents. As a made-up proposal, it gave Dallas and Sydney something to think about. Dallas finally let out that amused chuckle. Sure, he was dreaming, but fictional notion aside, that wasn't even the more improbable scenario. Might as well share that one with his wife too. The direction things were going, she could use a good laugh. "Besides, director of the agency sounded even less plausible." [attr="class","drewright2"]

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[Sydney Dumaine]

[attr="class","Sydneyner"]

[attr="class","Sydneyner1"]

[attr="class","Sydneyback"]

[attr="class","Sydneynert"]Sydney was the jealous type. Sydney was also the vindictive type and no one so much as touched Dallas without her slicing heads. Not that she didn't trust Dallas, she'd just been hurt so many times it was a reaction to feeling like she had something to lose. Making her marriage work had been something she'd wanted to work but still tried to run from. It was complicated.

Sydney knew their jobs were dangerous and she knew that coming home at the end of the day was a blessing. Sydney, like Dallas, wanted everything to be picture perfect with Emerson. The child that Sydney hadn't been so sure she wanted and now was so protective of. Why did they have to discuss this here and now? It wasn't as if it was normal airport conversation and it wasn't helping with their whole blending in concept. Sydney was slower at coming around about things than Dallas who seemed to be jumping into them headfirst and taking Sydney along for the ride.

One thing Sydney couldn't do was laugh at that notion. “You never know. You would make one hell of a director.” It was an honest compliment. Sydney started cleaning up as they finished their food. They still had a plane to catch. There was a lot that she didn't let on about. Sydney stopped pulling Dallas against the wall for a second she looked up at him and while she already knew losing him wasn't an option, the reality hit her that the same could be said of her. The chances of Emerson losing one or both parents was statistically high. Not something Sydney was ready to face.

∵ Dallas Dumaine ∵

[attr="class","Sydneyner2"]

[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

[attr="class","cred"]MADE BY VEL OF WW + ADOX 2.0

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[Dallas Dumaine]

[attr="class","drewnah"]

[attr="class","drewleft"] [attr="class","drewleft2"]

[attr="class","drewright"] Dallas shook his head, his mind already made up. Sydney, it seemed, had a higher opinion of his own abilities than he did. Put him in the field, he could take down bad guys without batting an eyelash, but ask him to lead – to be the face behind the tough decisions? That was another story entirely, and one that didn't bear consideration. "Can you really imagine me behind a desk?" Worse, Dallas might actually have to deal with the media – something he most certainly didn't have the temperament for. While he might be the more willing to jump headfirst into new things, he recognized that he still had his limitations. Not the least bit appealing, and he left his answer at that, continuing to walk with Sydney towards their gate. It was a moot point anyway. Dallas deflected their conversation elsewhere. "Maybe it'll be a quiet flight. No… turbulence." Turbulence being unruly passengers or a hijacker wanting to take over the plane. In this day and age, the possibility was, unfortunately, very real, and he'd been a federal agent long enough to know that threats like those were always ever-present dangers. Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

deltra of gangnam style

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[Sydney Dumaine]

[attr="class","Sydneyner"]

[attr="class","Sydneyner1"]

[attr="class","Sydneyback"]

[attr="class","Sydneynert"]Sydney smirked. “You'd make being a leader look sexy.” Dallas really needed to gain more confidence in himself. Sydney had already pegged that from day one in the bedroom back at solsbury. He put up a front, but then again so had she. Until the front turned into falling for him. Damn it, why had they not followed their rules again? Then again if they hadn't who knows what they would have done with each other.

One thing Sydney knew when she heard it was a deflection. Typical. Sydney took a quiet but heavy sigh as she grumbled under her breath. “Your middle name is turbulence.” It was followed by a hip shove. It appeared that their plane was in the process of pulling into the gate. Just enough time to sit down for a bit before they were shoved into a small space. Small spaces were not Sydney's thing. While she wasn't claustrophobic, she got to fidgeting. They weren't even boarded yet and she was fidgeting.

Her particular point of focus was her wedding band that she twisted around her finger again and again and again. The bands on there now were not the same ones the FBI had issued her, they were the ones that Dallas had put there himself. As annoying as he could be, at the end of the day she was thankful she had him. Though getting her to admit it? Sitting in his lap she rested her head on his shoulder. Nope her body language could fill in the blanks.

∵ Dallas Dumaine, ∵

[attr="class","Sydneyner2"]

[attr="class","Sydneynerlyric"]You just risked everything
You gotta know which rules to break

[attr="class","cred"]MADE BY VEL OF WW + ADOX 2.0

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[Dallas Dumaine]

[attr="class","drewnah"]

[attr="class","drewleft"] [attr="class","drewleft2"]

[attr="class","drewright"] "I'm glad you think so." For something that began only as a way to relieve their stress, their relationship had come a long way -- playful, affectionate, loving. It had just taken things going really wrong for them to figure it all out. And Sydney had been there to support him -- to pick him up when he needed it most. Just like she was now. The same way Dallas tried to be for her. Because that's what partners did. "For what it's worth, I wouldn't be able to keep my eyes off my hot secretary." Their connection allowed Dallas to read in between the lines. With Sydney as his wife, the ability could only be described as a prerequisite. But, as they both knew, she wasn't the only one that found it difficult to have an actual conversation using those little things called words. As Sydney settled into his lap and his hands wrapped around her waist, a smirk slowly spread across his face. Yup. That told him everything he needed to know. It was too bad they were in a public airport with thousands of people around them. There were ups and downs, of course, as there were in any relationship. Not that they could ever describe themselves as a normal couple. They dreamed of a quieter life because of Emerson, but they longed for the action of old. The white picket fence, their failed experiment proved that much. At the end of the day, Sydney chose to marry turbulent. "Maybe," Dallas chuckled. "But you enjoy the ride." The attendant at the counter appeared to be finished getting first class boarded and announced the next section. According to their instructions, their boss didn't want them to be first or last on the plane. There shouldn't be anything to tip off they were Air Marshals. "Speaking of rides, I think that puts us up next." Sydney Dumaine [attr="class","drewright2"]

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