"Sydney, come on, you're acting crazy. Tell me where we're going." Silence.
"Please?"
Sydney looked away from the road for a moment and into Vaughn's pleading green eyes. "Nope. I'm hoping that you'll remember when you see it."
By the time Sydney had stopped and parked the car the sun had almost completely gone down and nighttime was engulfing the atmosphere. "Ok, so let me get this straight. You drove all the way here to show me where the carnival is?"
"No." She said, defeated. "The carnival is way over there. We're here, at the pier. You don't remember any of this?"
Vaughn was silent as he walked over to the railing and gazed out at the calming waves in the water. This wasn't entirely new to him. He felt something.
***
"Michael! Look at the time! You're not seriously going to go running out of bed just because you're agent is a psycho!"
"Don't call her that!" He barked. "I have to go, it's my job. She could be in trouble, she needs me." He said, grabbing his pants and his shirt.
"No, I'm sick of this." His heart broke at the sight of her beginning to cry. "Michael, I'm not going to be second to this woman. I swear, sometimes I don't even know why I love you when you've obviously fallen for someone else."
"Alice please. It's not like that. I love you, you know that."
"I don't doubt that you love me. But answer me this one question Mike, honestly." She lowered her voice. "Are you still in love with me?" She kept her stare at the ground and when she didn't hear an answer she looked into his eyes and she knew it was over.
"Allie. Alice please." He pleaded with her.
"Go, go run off and be the hero we both know you are." She fixed the color of his jacket. He walked over and kissed her gently.
"We'll talk when I get back." He said as he walked out the door, knowing deep down that when he got back she would have had all her stuffed packed up and would be out of there.
***
"Alice." He said, still staring at the water.
"What?" Sydney questioned, not believing she was hearing right.
"I remember, Alice. I remember the fight we had before I came here. The reason why we broke up."
Sydney couldn't believe her ears. "What else, what else do you remember?" She walked over and grabbed his hand on the railing, like she did so long again that night in the same place, only this time their bodies weren't so far apart.
***
"I had his blood on my hands."
"Sydney." He interrupted.
"I feel like I'm losing my mind, like I don't know who I am anymore, or what I'm doing, or why I'm doing it..."
::beep:: Vaughn watched as she took her frustration out on the innocent beeper, throwing it into the water below. "You just threw your beeper into the Pacific."
A fragment of a smile accompanied with a sobbed laugh. "I know."
***
"You're friend, he died in Morocco. You had his blood on your hands. That's why you called and you were crying. I remember it was the first time I saw you, the real you. I saw the vulnerable Sydney. And from then on, everything was different."
"Oh my God Vaughn." Sydney pulled him into a hug. "What else do you remember." She said into his shoulder.
Vaughn lingered in the hug, enjoying the feel of her silky hair and the smoothness of her skin. "That's all I remember. I'm sorry."
"No, don't be sorry! We're making progress. Wow." Sydney was stunned. She hadn't expected his memory to come back that soon. She also was processing the fact that she was the reason that Vaughn and Alice had broken up. In a way she felt sorry for her. She could only imagine what it felt like, having your boyfriend being called off at all hours of the night to listen to some girl who you had no idea of. Her heart really went out to her. Then again, she remembered how much of a normal life Alice must have. By now she probably had another boyfriend, a normal job, and a normal existence. And all of Sydney's guilt for Alice disappeared.
"This is one of my favorite places you know. Or, well you used to know anyway." Vaughn listened to Sydney talk. "That's why I came here that night. My father stood me up for dinner, so I came here to my special place. I always feel so normal here. And then that night when you came, you were such a comfort to me. I felt that as long as I had you on my side that I could do anything I wanted. Taking down SD-6 was just a matter of time as long as you were with me. I guess that's why I brought you here tonight." She looked at the moon longingly. "After that night you became so much more than a handler to me. You became a friend. You were my best friend."
"I still am Sydney. I'm still that same guy. I just need time, time to remember and get my memory back. To push the ghosts of my mind and take control of my life again. But no matter what, I'm still here for you, I'll always be here for you." Vaughn looked at Sydney who's body seemed to be glowing in the moonlight and he knew that he would never see any woman look as beautiful as Sydney looked right at this moment. Although her eyes were puffy with tears from his speech and she looked tired, he knew. He just knew that she was it. He was in love with Sydney and wanted to be with her more than anything.
"Thank you." Vaughn reached out and grabbed her hand. "Come on, we should be getting back home. It's late."
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Sydney looked away from the road for a moment and into Vaughn's pleading green eyes. "Nope. I'm hoping that you'll remember when you see it."
By the time Sydney had stopped and parked the car the sun had almost completely gone down and nighttime was engulfing the atmosphere. "Ok, so let me get this straight. You drove all the way here to show me where the carnival is?"
"No." She said, defeated. "The carnival is way over there. We're here, at the pier. You don't remember any of this?"
Vaughn was silent as he walked over to the railing and gazed out at the calming waves in the water. This wasn't entirely new to him. He felt something.
***
"Michael! Look at the time! You're not seriously going to go running out of bed just because you're agent is a psycho!"
"Don't call her that!" He barked. "I have to go, it's my job. She could be in trouble, she needs me." He said, grabbing his pants and his shirt.
"No, I'm sick of this." His heart broke at the sight of her beginning to cry. "Michael, I'm not going to be second to this woman. I swear, sometimes I don't even know why I love you when you've obviously fallen for someone else."
"Alice please. It's not like that. I love you, you know that."
"I don't doubt that you love me. But answer me this one question Mike, honestly." She lowered her voice. "Are you still in love with me?" She kept her stare at the ground and when she didn't hear an answer she looked into his eyes and she knew it was over.
"Allie. Alice please." He pleaded with her.
"Go, go run off and be the hero we both know you are." She fixed the color of his jacket. He walked over and kissed her gently.
"We'll talk when I get back." He said as he walked out the door, knowing deep down that when he got back she would have had all her stuffed packed up and would be out of there.
***
"Alice." He said, still staring at the water.
"What?" Sydney questioned, not believing she was hearing right.
"I remember, Alice. I remember the fight we had before I came here. The reason why we broke up."
Sydney couldn't believe her ears. "What else, what else do you remember?" She walked over and grabbed his hand on the railing, like she did so long again that night in the same place, only this time their bodies weren't so far apart.
***
"I had his blood on my hands."
"Sydney." He interrupted.
"I feel like I'm losing my mind, like I don't know who I am anymore, or what I'm doing, or why I'm doing it..."
::beep:: Vaughn watched as she took her frustration out on the innocent beeper, throwing it into the water below. "You just threw your beeper into the Pacific."
A fragment of a smile accompanied with a sobbed laugh. "I know."
***
"You're friend, he died in Morocco. You had his blood on your hands. That's why you called and you were crying. I remember it was the first time I saw you, the real you. I saw the vulnerable Sydney. And from then on, everything was different."
"Oh my God Vaughn." Sydney pulled him into a hug. "What else do you remember." She said into his shoulder.
Vaughn lingered in the hug, enjoying the feel of her silky hair and the smoothness of her skin. "That's all I remember. I'm sorry."
"No, don't be sorry! We're making progress. Wow." Sydney was stunned. She hadn't expected his memory to come back that soon. She also was processing the fact that she was the reason that Vaughn and Alice had broken up. In a way she felt sorry for her. She could only imagine what it felt like, having your boyfriend being called off at all hours of the night to listen to some girl who you had no idea of. Her heart really went out to her. Then again, she remembered how much of a normal life Alice must have. By now she probably had another boyfriend, a normal job, and a normal existence. And all of Sydney's guilt for Alice disappeared.
"This is one of my favorite places you know. Or, well you used to know anyway." Vaughn listened to Sydney talk. "That's why I came here that night. My father stood me up for dinner, so I came here to my special place. I always feel so normal here. And then that night when you came, you were such a comfort to me. I felt that as long as I had you on my side that I could do anything I wanted. Taking down SD-6 was just a matter of time as long as you were with me. I guess that's why I brought you here tonight." She looked at the moon longingly. "After that night you became so much more than a handler to me. You became a friend. You were my best friend."
"I still am Sydney. I'm still that same guy. I just need time, time to remember and get my memory back. To push the ghosts of my mind and take control of my life again. But no matter what, I'm still here for you, I'll always be here for you." Vaughn looked at Sydney who's body seemed to be glowing in the moonlight and he knew that he would never see any woman look as beautiful as Sydney looked right at this moment. Although her eyes were puffy with tears from his speech and she looked tired, he knew. He just knew that she was it. He was in love with Sydney and wanted to be with her more than anything.
"Thank you." Vaughn reached out and grabbed her hand. "Come on, we should be getting back home. It's late."
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Ok, I'm a little unsure of how this chapter was, so you guys need to let me know. Was it too corny? not corny enough? Too stupid? Let me know, because I'm using all your feedback to write these chapters. Let me know what you like and what you don't like about it and I'll do my best to accommodate. I love the feedback, so please don't stop leaving it! :D
It might be a few days before I can get the next chapter up, I'm working A LOT the next few days and won't be home much at all to write. But I'll update as soon as I can, I promise!