Snapshots
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Snapshots, Chapter 1: Until thenAuthor's Note:
First, you need to know that the story takes place before the SD-6 destruction. Irina is not there, and Francie is obviously the very nice Francie we once knew. Second, I just wanted to warn you about something. This is not a fic where there is a story. Well, of course there is some plot (don't worry!), but I made this fic to be like little snapshots of precise moments. It's like opening a photo album and telling a story with each pictures. So basically, you could easily read each chapter separately and still understand what it is about. There is no big link between chapters. I hope it is clear enough for you. If it's not, well, I think you'll understand when you read chapter 2 of this story.By the way, I just wanted to tell you that I've already finished this story, because I'm a very lousy "updater" and I didn't want you guys to wait like a billion years for the next chapter. So there are gonna be 9 chapters. Hope you enjoy it! And please do review! It really helps!
Rating
: General (If you see something that goes beyond that, just tell me. I'm not really good with rating, but I don't think there's heavy stuff in my story!)~ ~ ~ ~
What if I told you it was all meant to be,
Would you believe me
Would you agree
It's almost that feeling we met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you love has come here and now
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.
Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender
I can't explain
Well I may be dreaming but till I awake
Can we make this dream last forever
And I'll cherish all the love we share
A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Could this be the greatest love of all
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime
For the moment like this
Some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Oh Oh like this
Oh Oh Oh Oh
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Oh like this
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"Moments Like This", by Kelly Clarkson
Chapter 1 : Until then
Sydney woke up early on the sound of the radio. After barely forty-five minutes, she was ready to go to work. She didn't know what her plans were yet, but Sloane would probably be the one who she'd get that answer from. When she arrived at SD-6, she found her presumption to be correct as the big boss ordered her and a couple of coworkers in the conference room. Sydney sat in her usual chair, her thoughts beginning to drift away from Sloane's words. She was thinking about the meeting she was going to have after, more precisely about the man that she would be seeing. Lately, she had found herself thinking more and more about him. And not just in a friendly way. In the beginning, she wondered what it was. It certainly couldn't be something romantic, because having feelings toward your handler was something very dangerous and forbidden. But as time went on, she realized it was indeed love she was feeling, and it terrified her a bit. There were a ton of reasons why she shouldn't feel that way about Vaughn - it was against protocol, they could risk their life - but these arguments were soon forgotten as her feelings for him got deeper. Now, her major concern was if her love was returned.
"Agent Bristow? Agent Bristow? Sydney?" Sloane's voice woke her from her very interesting thoughts.
"I'm sorry. I'm a bit tired. What were you saying?" It was in her best interest to listen to the details of her next mission if she wanted to have something to say to Vaughn later on. So she reluctantly paid attention to what her boss was telling her, hoping it wouldn't last very long.
When she was finished at SD-6, she contacted her very gorgeous handler, and he told her to meet him at six o'clock at the warehouse. While Sydney was counting the minutes until their next meeting, Vaughn was trying to write a very important paper, but couldn't find the concentration to do it. His thoughts always floated away to Sydney. From the moment he first saw her, he knew he was in danger. Falling in love with that woman was something he wanted to avoid, but he rapidly found out that it was impossible to do so. All he could do, though, was to dream about the day where loving her would not put their friends and themselves in a very dangerous situation, where she loved him back, where they could have a normal relationship, where his life would be perfect…
Sydney arrived at the warehouse just a little bit before six o'clock. She was surprised to see that Vaughn wasn't there yet. He was almost always the first one to come in here, and she often had taken advantage of that fact by admiring him from afar, during a little time, just before she made her presence noticed to him.
Vaughn arrived a couple of minutes after Sydney, and she turned around when she heard his footsteps. She was wearing jeans and a tee shirt, and that was what made her even more beautiful: she could be extremely gorgeous to him even by wearing simple clothes.
"Hi!" Sydney said, as she approached him.
"Hey, how are you?"
"Fine. Well, Sloane is sending me again on a mission that is supposed to be for the benefit of America but is really just to magnify his power. But beside that, I'm doing great. Really great!" Sydney was getting tired of this endless operations that seemed to never lead to the destruction of SD-6 and to the end of Sloane's reign. Her emotions got to her a little bit. "Sorry... I didn't mean to complain to you like that."
"Hey, that's okay. You have every right to feel that way. And I have good news. If everything goes well for this mission, it will be a great step forward for the destruction of the Alliance."
Vaughn started explaining to Sydney her counter mission, and soon their meeting came to an end. But neither of them wished to leave; they both wanted to take advantage of this moment, their only moment when there could be just the two of them. Sydney knew that if she didn't find something to say to him, she would have to declare it a night. So, she said the first thing that came to her mind.
"So, how are you and Alice? Are you doing okay?"
'Why did I have to ask that?' Sydney thought. She mentally kicked herself for having said those words. She didn't care if they were completely and madly in love with each other. She didn't want to know that.
"Hum..." Vaughn wondered why she had asked that. It was clearly a sign that she didn't share his feelings. "Actually, we broke up."
"Oh, I'm sorry." She wasn't, but she figured it was the right thing to say. Telling him that she was really happy because she was head over heels in love with him and that it killed her to imagine him with another woman seemed a little bit inappropriate.
"It's okay. It was a mistake to get back together in the first place."
"Why did you do it then?" Sydney couldn't help herself; she was curious.
"Well..." Vaughn didn't know what to answer, because telling her the truth was admitting that he had feelings for her. He couldn't say that he got back with Alice because he thought it was the only way to stop thinking about Sydney. "I don't know really. It just happened. I thought that I still loved her, but I don't. Why do you ask?"
"I was just curious." So Vaughn was available… In a perfect world, she would have jumped with joy, made her move, and they would finally be together, but in this world, it didn't really change anything. It was still too dangerous to have a relationship with him, and it was still against the rules, but more importantly, she still didn't know how he felt about her.
"I should get going," Sydney sadly said. "It's getting late, and to tell you the truth, I'm beginning to be very hungry!"
"Yeah, me too!" Vaughn laughed. "Well, be careful out there."
"I will. Bye."
"Bye."
Sydney started to walk towards the door, but while doing so, her arms brushed up against Vaughn's as she got past him. The electricity that came off of it surprised both of them.
"Sorry," Sydney said, a bit embarrassed.
"It's okay." he said, still absorbed of what had happened.
They again said their good bye's, neither of them wanting to leave one another. But they had to, and Sydney left the warehouse, trying to do her best not to look back at the man she loved. Doing that may have resulted in urges taking over what her logic self knew to be right.
While Vaughn hated the fact that he couldn't spend more time with Sydney, he was looking forward to see her leave. He sighed once she was out of her sight, because if he had been a second more in her presence, he wouldn't have been able to control himself, and he would have run off to her and kissed her passionately.
However, these desires would have to be postponed until later, where being together would be a possible thing. Before seeing that happens, all they will be able to do was to dream about this future day, where the word perfect would find its meaning…
