This is my new SV fic with a little Wadia and Lark thrown in. In this Lauren is Vaughn's younger sister and she and Sydney get along famously. I hope you like it.
Plot: Sydney and Vaughn are divorced and she hates him, but he wants her back.
True Colors
Chapter 1
"Well Nadia, you do know how to show your sister a good time. There is nothing in the world I'd rather do than spend the day with my ex-husband and his bimbo girlfriend." Sydney Bristow complained rather loudly. She had done that since she had been coerced into coming to this thing.
"This is Lauren's book release party and she would never forgive you if you missed it. Yes, your ex husband is going to be here with the airhead Alice and it must suck seeing them together but just zone them out. You're not here for him, you're here for Lauren who just happens to be Mike's sister." Nadia reassured as the two searched for Lauren through the masses.
"There she is, let's go congratulate her before the swarm of shutterbugs get to her. Besides, you don't need to talk to Mike, he might not show up today," Nadia concluded and started dragging Sydney to where the tall blonde woman was chatting with some of the guest.
"He's a lot of things, a cheating, heartbreaking, bimbo dating jackass but he's never missed anything that was important to his sister. He's here, I can smell it. My skin just got the creeps, that's a sure sign that he's here." Sydney replied slightly bitterly and scanned the room for any sign for her former husband.
"Well, good that you're not bitter or anything. That sunny disposition of yours is always uplifting," Nadia quipped as the twosome reached Lauren.
"There's the woman of the hour. You look marvelous and you got your book published, congrats," Nadia said hugging Lauren with a huge smile on her lips. Sydney rolled her eyes; it was easy for Nadia to smile. She was happily married to a guy that didn't get up and go to bed with the first cheap floozy he came across. After four years of wedded bliss, she and Eric were still acting like newlyweds and that was sort of nauseating, they barely ever came up for air when placed in the same room.
"Thanks Nadia. I'm so happy right now. Plus can I tell you a secret? I think Julian's going to propose tonight. He's taking me out for dinner and it's very hus hus." Lauren beamed looking the very definition of a woman who had everything she had ever wanted.
Sydney briefly hugged her former sister-in-law and congratulated before leaving Lauren and Nadia to catch up and gossip. She needed a stiff drink right about now.
"Sydney, you came," said a voice that belonged to her ex husband Michael Vaughn. Sydney ignored it and continued walking while chanting on the mantra 'drop dead' under her breath.
Sydney and Vaughn had been next-door neighbors in their childhood who had hanged out a lot during their formative years because her sister Nadia and his sister Lauren were best friends. She had had a big crush on him for years that he mostly ignored until their senior year of High School when they had been chosen as Prom king and queen. After that, they had been a couple and gotten married after college seven years ago. Life had been pretty good until 9 months ago she had caught him cheating on her.
"Syd, stop. I wanna talk to you," Michael said walking behind her and determined to talk to her. He knew that his ex was highly emotional and mean when cornered, so just getting her attention tonight would be winning half the battle.
"Why do you want to talk me? I have nothing to say to you and I would drink poison than to waste my time listening to you," Sydney said angrily and turned to face him with her hands on her hips.
"I was a stupid, self-absorbed jackass who didn't appreciate what he had. I know I hurt you so much and I don't deserve your forgiveness." Michael said taking her hands onto his. She quickly pulled her hands away with a look of annoyance.
"Are you waiting for me to disagree with what you said? I'm not going to, you're an ass and an ingrate who I never wish to see again. Where's the bimbo tonight by the way? Did she find another man to leech on?" Sydney said in a nonchalant tone and swept her gaze through the room to see if his girlfriend was nearby.
"Me and Alice are over; she was a big mistake that I'll regret for the rest of my life. I want you back Sydney, I never realized what I had before I lost it. Say you can give me a second chance?" Michael pleaded, giving Sydney his best lost puppy expression.
"You betrayed me, you took me for granted and you thought you could go to bed with anyone wearing a skirt. I don't trust you and without trust there is nothing. You can be as sorry as you want, but we are not getting back together. I'm moving on with my life, you were the one who threw away 11 years together," Sydney pointed out and Michael felt like her eyes were staring a hole right through him.
"Trust me, I will do everything in my power to make this right between us. I can be that same Michael you fell in love with and again sweep you off your feet. I will find my way back to you. You came tonight and I know you feel the connection between us, something that strong will never die," Michael said surely and matched the look of intensity that was in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, but this is nothing short of hilarious. When I think you can't sink any lower, you come up with something totally laughable and preposterous. I came tonight because of Lauren, you know your sister. She is the only Vaughn that I will ever show any interest on and there is nothing you can do about that. And as far as the concept of getting back together, no way in hell. There is nothing you can do that will change how I feel about you. Actually, I'd rather sleep with Osama Bin Laden than ever stoop to being your fool again. You can't use and abuse me anymore, so don't waste your breathe," Sydney scoffed and walked away with a feeling of satisfaction lingering in her stomach.
"You'll see Syd, we'll be together and I can be the man you want me to be," Michael shouted to the retreating back of the brunette woman who he still loved. He was also sure that Sydney loved him back as much as he did, she was too angry to see it yet, but she would soon.
To Be Continued…
