Surprise
© Daphne Miles
Spoilers: None
Rating: Pg-13
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone, (although…I wouldn't mind owning Vaughn;)) so don't sue me!
Sydney walked down a dark hall, she looked around, and found that at the end of the hallway was an open door with light coming from the room. She approached it somewhat cautiously, and walked in. She looked around, it looked like a child's room. Sydney smiled as her eyes scanned the room. There was something vaguely familiar about the room. She noticed a woman standing near the window, her back turned to Sydney.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was in here." Sydney said as she started to back out towards the door. The woman was about Sydney's height, with her same color hair. She wore a blue dress, that seemed somewhat out of date. She didn't say anything. Sydney stopped.
"I'm sorry…um…do you need help or anything?" Sydney asked, wondering why the woman hadn't said anything, or even acknowledged her.
"I'm closer than you think Sydney." The woman said in an emotionless voice. The door slammed shut behind Sydney and the room went dark, she noticed a tiny night light in the corner of the room, the same one she had in her room when she was little, that's when she realized she was in her room from when she was a child.. The woman turned, but Sydney couldn't see her face. The woman walked to Sydney and put her hand on her face.
"Much Closer…"
*BEEP*BEEP*BEEP*
Sydney's eyes shot open at the sound of her alarm clock. Her body was in a cold sweat. She sat up and turned her alarm clock off. She lay her hand on her forehead as if to ease her thoughts. "What an odd dream." She said aloud. It took her only a moment to get her thoughts in order. Today was her wedding day, a day she had waited for, for so long. She tossed her covers aside and walked into her bathroom. She smiled, she had an hour until Francie would be there. She had so much to do. She was getting her nails done at 10:30, and her hairdresser would be at the hotel at noon. Francie would do her makeup afterwards. The wedding was at three, and they had to be at the hotel soon.
The hotel they had booked was one of the nicest in Southern California. It was over-looking the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Both the ceremony and the reception would be outdoors. The ceremony would be in the garden, and the reception in the courtyard near the beach.
Sydney took an extra long shower, and got dressed in some comfy clothes. She wrapped her hair up in a towel, when she heard Francie burst in.
"Syd! Sorry I'm early!" Francie called from the front room.
"That's ok! I'm in the bedroom!" Sydney yelled back.
Francie helped Sydney get everything they needed. Sydney mentally recalled her list of things.
"Ok…bag for the trip?"
"Check." Francie said as she put it in the back of the car.
"My Dress, your dress?"
"Check, Check."
"Make up bag, accessories, that kinda thing?"
"Check."
Sydney nodded, and raised her hand to her mouth thinking.
"I keep thinking I am forgetting something."
"Your purse?"
"Right." Sydney walked back into the house and grabbed her purse and cell phone from her night stand. She scanned her room for anything she might be forgetting. She walked out to the car and locked her house.
"Ok, I have everything."
"Allright! Lets go!" Francie hopped in the car, and soon they were on their way downtown.
~*~
Sydney drummed her newly finished nails on the window.
"It's fun having acrylics." She laughed. Francie shook her head and laughed as she opened the car door.
"Hotel next right?"
"No, I was thinking we should hit a strip bar first." Sydney said seriously as she slid into the car. Francie gave her an odd look.
"Kidding Fran." Sydney giggled and put her seat belt on. Francie laughed and did the same and they were off to the hotel.
~*~
Vaughn paced about in the large room marked 'Groom's Room.'
"Is she here yet?" He asked his good friend Eric Weiss who he had posted at the window, and warned not to leave for one minute until he saw Sydney was there safe and sound.
"Not yet, calm down man, she had a lot of stuff to do right?"
"Yea, I just think I will be calmer once I know she is here." Vaughn sat on a chair and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Yea sure you will." Eric said.
"Its just with everything we've been through, I can't help but be anal about something going wrong today, I'm probably just being paranoid right?"
"Yea, come on Vaughn, she's not going to leave you standing at the alter. I mean, have you SEEN the way she looks at you?" He smiled
Vaughn grinned, he had seen it, there was no love deeper than what he shared with Sydney.
"You're right."
Francie's car drove down the long driveway of the hotel. Sydney slid out of the car once they had parked and she looked around. She smiled and breathed in the fresh air of the ocean. She looked up to see Eric in the window. She smiled and waved at him.
"Vaughn, she's here." He said. Vaughn stood up from the chair he was sitting in.
"She is?!"
"No, I'm lying, just so you can get mad at me. YES she is here." He shook his head.
Vaughn smiled. It took all he had to keep from running to the window to see her, but he knew that it was 'bad luck' to see the bride before the wedding.
~*~
An hour later, Sydney's hair was finished, getting a last coat of hair spray. Her hair was perfect, exactly the way she wanted it to look like. It was swept up in a nest of chocolate brown curls, with a few loose, framing her face. She had baby's breath put in the curls, the tiny white flowers accenting her hair beautifully.
Francie had had her hair done, half up in a twist, her hair in loose curls otherwise. She smiled and pulled her makeup case onto the counter. She opened it all the way, to about 12 separate trays full of different shades of makeup. Francie was really good at doing makeup, she practically lived to give a makeover.
"All right Syd, come here." She said, sorting her makeup to get ready. Sydney smiled and walked over, she sat on the low counter so Francie wouldn't have to bend over too much to attend to her face.
Francie started with a light base, and worked top to bottom. She lightly dusted Sydney's eyes with baby blue shadow, followed by an almost iridescent color over it. Eyeliner and mascara was added lightly for an accent. She added only a light blush, to make it look natural, and put a shiny lipstick on her, so it seemed almost like she had a porcelain face. Sydney's flawless face was done perfectly, and she smiled at her reflection.
"Francie its perfect!" she smiled and hugged her best friend tightly.
"Syd, you better get your dress on. We have pre-pictures soon." Francie looked like a personal assistant or something, checking her date book. Sydney smiled.
"Fran, you better get yours on too!" Sydney smiled. Her best friend hadn't done her own makeup yet.
"All right, I'm going to go into the other room and get ready. If you need anything come get me." Francie said as she picked up her dress.
"Will do. Thanks sweetie." Sydney said. She walked to the bed and admired her dress.
~*~
"Vaughn, if you don't hold still, I am going to poke you really hard, and blood doesn't go well with a tux." Eric was trying to pin Vaughn's boutonnière on his black tux lapel, but Vaughn kept moving about.
"Sorry." Vaughn took a breath and stood still.
"There." Eric sat on the chair after finishing. The door opened and they both turned to see Jack Bristow walk in. Vaughn was still a bit intimidated by him, but didn't show.
"Hey, Eric would you mind…?" Jack said.
"No not at all. I'll go get a coke…or…something." He walked out, patting Vaughn on the shoulder on the way out. He shut the door before leaving.
"You're tie is crooked Vaughn." Jack said simply and Vaughn turned to the mirror to try to fix it.
"Here." Jack walked over and helped him with it. He put his hand on his shoulder.
"I have to say. I was skeptical at first. With you and Sydney I mean. I guess I didn't think anyone was good enough for her. But…you proved me wrong. I see how she is around you, and how you treat her. I have to say…I'm glad its you." He gave Vaughn that crooked smile he had.
Vaughn was speechless for a moment. "Well, thank you Jack…I'll do my best."
Jack nodded and as he walked out, he turned. "I also wanted to say, if you ever hurt her…I have a gun, and I know how to use it."
Vaughn nodded silently, "I…I wont."
Jack shook his head and chuckled as he walked out.
~*~
Sydney examined herself in the mirror, her dress still took her breath away. The first time she saw it she knew she had to have it. It had a full silk skirt, that had only a small train in the back, no more than a foot or so. The top had silk up to cut off like a strapless dress, then continued with a more of a mesh type see-through to come up to her neck, with silk lining the sleeves, that cut off to make it sleeveless, and the neck line. The front upper half had been beaded with exquisitely beautiful diamond like jewels.
Francie's dress was a beautiful ice blue, made of the same material as Sydney's dress, and swept around, to just barely touch the floor. The silk sleeves came up as cap sleeves, and fit Francie perfectly. Sydney couldn't wait to see her in it again.
Sydney was going through the things in her bag, making sure she had everything she needed. She heard the door open behind her and she smiled.
"Ok Francie let me see…" She looked up into the mirror, and caught in the reflection, someone else…not Francie. She whipped around, knocking her bag on the floor. Her breath caught in her chest, and there was a pain as her heart picked up a beat. The woman standing across from her was NOT Francie. It took Sydney only a moment to recognize her, and the words caught in her throat like a big lump. She stared at the woman in disbelief.
"Mom?!"
End 2/?
What didja think????
© Daphne Miles
Spoilers: None
Rating: Pg-13
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone, (although…I wouldn't mind owning Vaughn;)) so don't sue me!
Sydney walked down a dark hall, she looked around, and found that at the end of the hallway was an open door with light coming from the room. She approached it somewhat cautiously, and walked in. She looked around, it looked like a child's room. Sydney smiled as her eyes scanned the room. There was something vaguely familiar about the room. She noticed a woman standing near the window, her back turned to Sydney.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was in here." Sydney said as she started to back out towards the door. The woman was about Sydney's height, with her same color hair. She wore a blue dress, that seemed somewhat out of date. She didn't say anything. Sydney stopped.
"I'm sorry…um…do you need help or anything?" Sydney asked, wondering why the woman hadn't said anything, or even acknowledged her.
"I'm closer than you think Sydney." The woman said in an emotionless voice. The door slammed shut behind Sydney and the room went dark, she noticed a tiny night light in the corner of the room, the same one she had in her room when she was little, that's when she realized she was in her room from when she was a child.. The woman turned, but Sydney couldn't see her face. The woman walked to Sydney and put her hand on her face.
"Much Closer…"
*BEEP*BEEP*BEEP*
Sydney's eyes shot open at the sound of her alarm clock. Her body was in a cold sweat. She sat up and turned her alarm clock off. She lay her hand on her forehead as if to ease her thoughts. "What an odd dream." She said aloud. It took her only a moment to get her thoughts in order. Today was her wedding day, a day she had waited for, for so long. She tossed her covers aside and walked into her bathroom. She smiled, she had an hour until Francie would be there. She had so much to do. She was getting her nails done at 10:30, and her hairdresser would be at the hotel at noon. Francie would do her makeup afterwards. The wedding was at three, and they had to be at the hotel soon.
The hotel they had booked was one of the nicest in Southern California. It was over-looking the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Both the ceremony and the reception would be outdoors. The ceremony would be in the garden, and the reception in the courtyard near the beach.
Sydney took an extra long shower, and got dressed in some comfy clothes. She wrapped her hair up in a towel, when she heard Francie burst in.
"Syd! Sorry I'm early!" Francie called from the front room.
"That's ok! I'm in the bedroom!" Sydney yelled back.
Francie helped Sydney get everything they needed. Sydney mentally recalled her list of things.
"Ok…bag for the trip?"
"Check." Francie said as she put it in the back of the car.
"My Dress, your dress?"
"Check, Check."
"Make up bag, accessories, that kinda thing?"
"Check."
Sydney nodded, and raised her hand to her mouth thinking.
"I keep thinking I am forgetting something."
"Your purse?"
"Right." Sydney walked back into the house and grabbed her purse and cell phone from her night stand. She scanned her room for anything she might be forgetting. She walked out to the car and locked her house.
"Ok, I have everything."
"Allright! Lets go!" Francie hopped in the car, and soon they were on their way downtown.
~*~
Sydney drummed her newly finished nails on the window.
"It's fun having acrylics." She laughed. Francie shook her head and laughed as she opened the car door.
"Hotel next right?"
"No, I was thinking we should hit a strip bar first." Sydney said seriously as she slid into the car. Francie gave her an odd look.
"Kidding Fran." Sydney giggled and put her seat belt on. Francie laughed and did the same and they were off to the hotel.
~*~
Vaughn paced about in the large room marked 'Groom's Room.'
"Is she here yet?" He asked his good friend Eric Weiss who he had posted at the window, and warned not to leave for one minute until he saw Sydney was there safe and sound.
"Not yet, calm down man, she had a lot of stuff to do right?"
"Yea, I just think I will be calmer once I know she is here." Vaughn sat on a chair and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Yea sure you will." Eric said.
"Its just with everything we've been through, I can't help but be anal about something going wrong today, I'm probably just being paranoid right?"
"Yea, come on Vaughn, she's not going to leave you standing at the alter. I mean, have you SEEN the way she looks at you?" He smiled
Vaughn grinned, he had seen it, there was no love deeper than what he shared with Sydney.
"You're right."
Francie's car drove down the long driveway of the hotel. Sydney slid out of the car once they had parked and she looked around. She smiled and breathed in the fresh air of the ocean. She looked up to see Eric in the window. She smiled and waved at him.
"Vaughn, she's here." He said. Vaughn stood up from the chair he was sitting in.
"She is?!"
"No, I'm lying, just so you can get mad at me. YES she is here." He shook his head.
Vaughn smiled. It took all he had to keep from running to the window to see her, but he knew that it was 'bad luck' to see the bride before the wedding.
~*~
An hour later, Sydney's hair was finished, getting a last coat of hair spray. Her hair was perfect, exactly the way she wanted it to look like. It was swept up in a nest of chocolate brown curls, with a few loose, framing her face. She had baby's breath put in the curls, the tiny white flowers accenting her hair beautifully.
Francie had had her hair done, half up in a twist, her hair in loose curls otherwise. She smiled and pulled her makeup case onto the counter. She opened it all the way, to about 12 separate trays full of different shades of makeup. Francie was really good at doing makeup, she practically lived to give a makeover.
"All right Syd, come here." She said, sorting her makeup to get ready. Sydney smiled and walked over, she sat on the low counter so Francie wouldn't have to bend over too much to attend to her face.
Francie started with a light base, and worked top to bottom. She lightly dusted Sydney's eyes with baby blue shadow, followed by an almost iridescent color over it. Eyeliner and mascara was added lightly for an accent. She added only a light blush, to make it look natural, and put a shiny lipstick on her, so it seemed almost like she had a porcelain face. Sydney's flawless face was done perfectly, and she smiled at her reflection.
"Francie its perfect!" she smiled and hugged her best friend tightly.
"Syd, you better get your dress on. We have pre-pictures soon." Francie looked like a personal assistant or something, checking her date book. Sydney smiled.
"Fran, you better get yours on too!" Sydney smiled. Her best friend hadn't done her own makeup yet.
"All right, I'm going to go into the other room and get ready. If you need anything come get me." Francie said as she picked up her dress.
"Will do. Thanks sweetie." Sydney said. She walked to the bed and admired her dress.
~*~
"Vaughn, if you don't hold still, I am going to poke you really hard, and blood doesn't go well with a tux." Eric was trying to pin Vaughn's boutonnière on his black tux lapel, but Vaughn kept moving about.
"Sorry." Vaughn took a breath and stood still.
"There." Eric sat on the chair after finishing. The door opened and they both turned to see Jack Bristow walk in. Vaughn was still a bit intimidated by him, but didn't show.
"Hey, Eric would you mind…?" Jack said.
"No not at all. I'll go get a coke…or…something." He walked out, patting Vaughn on the shoulder on the way out. He shut the door before leaving.
"You're tie is crooked Vaughn." Jack said simply and Vaughn turned to the mirror to try to fix it.
"Here." Jack walked over and helped him with it. He put his hand on his shoulder.
"I have to say. I was skeptical at first. With you and Sydney I mean. I guess I didn't think anyone was good enough for her. But…you proved me wrong. I see how she is around you, and how you treat her. I have to say…I'm glad its you." He gave Vaughn that crooked smile he had.
Vaughn was speechless for a moment. "Well, thank you Jack…I'll do my best."
Jack nodded and as he walked out, he turned. "I also wanted to say, if you ever hurt her…I have a gun, and I know how to use it."
Vaughn nodded silently, "I…I wont."
Jack shook his head and chuckled as he walked out.
~*~
Sydney examined herself in the mirror, her dress still took her breath away. The first time she saw it she knew she had to have it. It had a full silk skirt, that had only a small train in the back, no more than a foot or so. The top had silk up to cut off like a strapless dress, then continued with a more of a mesh type see-through to come up to her neck, with silk lining the sleeves, that cut off to make it sleeveless, and the neck line. The front upper half had been beaded with exquisitely beautiful diamond like jewels.
Francie's dress was a beautiful ice blue, made of the same material as Sydney's dress, and swept around, to just barely touch the floor. The silk sleeves came up as cap sleeves, and fit Francie perfectly. Sydney couldn't wait to see her in it again.
Sydney was going through the things in her bag, making sure she had everything she needed. She heard the door open behind her and she smiled.
"Ok Francie let me see…" She looked up into the mirror, and caught in the reflection, someone else…not Francie. She whipped around, knocking her bag on the floor. Her breath caught in her chest, and there was a pain as her heart picked up a beat. The woman standing across from her was NOT Francie. It took Sydney only a moment to recognize her, and the words caught in her throat like a big lump. She stared at the woman in disbelief.
"Mom?!"
End 2/?
What didja think????