Title: A lie followed by a secret
Disclaimer: obviously I don't own them. You know that, I know that, ok we all know that.
Rating: PG-13 (I don't think it's that high yet, but later I might use some not so nice words and I just wanted to be on the safe side.)
Review: Any words of wisdom you could bestow upon me to help me improve or if you just like the story would be greatly appreciated. Also reviews help me to post the next chapter. So if you guys like it and want more then I will need reviews to know this. If you give me these then I promise to post another chapter. Ok done now.
Summary: Sydney and Vaughn are having problems. Hopefully they can find a way to work them out.
A/N: Ok this is my first Alias fic. I think there is a possibility that I could have written it better but between work and college life is stressful enough as it is without worrying about every single little detail. However if you guys like it enough I may pay more attention to it and make sure it's up to the best of my abilities. So just let me know what you think. I should be able to post a new chapter daily for at least the first nine chapters. So if you're done reading this now on with the story. Thanks again for reading.
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Her first day back to work she'd gone to SD-6 first. Then she headed to the CIA for a briefing on how close they were to the takedown. Although she knew he wouldn't be she'd half expected Vaughn to be there. She was glad that he wasn't though. She wasn't sure if she could face him yet and not have him know something was up. She wasn't sure if she trusted herself to not let it slip somehow. Knowing that there was a part of her that wanted him to fix things, but she couldn't let him know that. What caught her off guard was that after the meeting she was walking down the hall to leave and he walked in the door.
He looked at her as they walked in each other's direction. It looked as though he wanted to talk to her. She managed to keep her face blank until just before they were about to pass each other. Then she gave him the deadliest glare that said if he came near her she would kick his ass. She saw him almost stop as they passed each other, but she kept right on walking letting her face become blank again and acting as though he wasn't even there.
He'd been surprised to see her. She'd been gone for six months and all that Devlin was willing to tell Weiss was that she'd asked for some time off and that she'd be back after awhile. No one else had known what'd happened to her either.
Then he'd seen her after she'd been gone for a month. He'd told her it was because he wanted to tell her about him and Alice getting married and that she should move on, but secretly he hoped that she wouldn't move on. He knew it wasn't fair, but he wasn't in a very rational state of mind at the time. He wanted her all to himself he was just afraid of putting her life at risk while she was still with SD-6. He couldn't see jeopardizing her life just so he could be with her. He wanted her it was true, but he refused to be that selfish and if it made her hate him...so be it.
So he'd told her that he was moving on with Alice, and he'd tried. He'd tried as hard as he could, but it just hadn't worked out. He'd made himself believe that he could be in love with her again, but try as he might he wasn't able to force himself to be in love with one woman when he was truly in love with another. He had called off his engagement with Alice two weeks before the wedding. He hadn't meant to hurt her, but he had been trying so hard to move on that he was willing to overlook that he wasn't in love with her. But when it had come down to it he couldn't do that to her or himself. She of course hated his guts now. He felt bad, but what could he do.
He hadn't felt it was right to mislead her and he knew she'd felt that something was wrong. They'd both known that they weren't truly in love. It couldn't work out for them. His mother had told him to only marry someone if he was sure that she was the one. He knew who the one was, but he valued her life over his own wants and needs. Even when she'd begged him to change his mind, that they could make it work. He knew it was too big of a risk. She might be willing to jeopardize her life, but he couldn't live with himself if something had happened to her because she was with him.
He wanted to let her have her way and be with him. He'd wanted it so badly that it hurt, but he'd forced himself to turn away from her and pretend that he didn't love her the way that he really did. Now she would never smile at him again. He'd never meet her at the warehouse again whether it had been just to talk or to give her a countermission. She'd never greet him with a grin on her face and that look in her eyes that got to him so badly. All he got were icy stares that could kill.
For the first couple of weeks the looks had been hurt and confused more than anything. She'd looked close to tears all the time. Then over the course of one weekend she'd come back full of focus. Ready to work her ass off. She didn't let him phase her anymore and she no longer looked hurt. She looked determined, except of course on rare occasion when they made eye contact. Then her eyes were cold and unwelcoming. Anything but warm and inviting and no sign of the hurt that had been there only days before. She'd hidden it away. He wasn't allowed to see her anymore. The only part of her he got to see was Agent Bristow. That was all.
Now five months since the last time he'd seen her, five months since he'd stopped taking part in the SD-6 takedown operation here she was again. He had no idea what was going on. He knew she hadn't been hurt at least not physically. Yet he hadn't known why she'd been gone for so long. He also had no way to find out. The CIA volunteered no information to him about anything concerning the SD-6 case or the agents that were a part of it. He was out of the loop.
Now she was back and he wanted to know why and what'd happened while she was gone.
She walked out of the building and waited until she got into her car to let any emotions come to the surface. As she drove home all she could think about was the fact that Devlin had told her SD-6 would be coming down within the week that and the fact that she'd just seen Vaughn for the first time in five months. She couldn't decide between being happy about SD-6 coming down or hurt from seeing Vaughn. She went with the first one.
Now she knew that even if her daughter didn't have her father she would be safe. No one would ever hurt her if Sydney could help it. And she planned to. So she headed home to see Kaylie and let Will have some freedom so he could hang with Sarah. She needed the alone time with her daughter. She needed someone to talk to that would just listen and that couldn't share any secrets that she might tell her.
She spent the rest of the day with her just talking.
Disclaimer: obviously I don't own them. You know that, I know that, ok we all know that.
Rating: PG-13 (I don't think it's that high yet, but later I might use some not so nice words and I just wanted to be on the safe side.)
Review: Any words of wisdom you could bestow upon me to help me improve or if you just like the story would be greatly appreciated. Also reviews help me to post the next chapter. So if you guys like it and want more then I will need reviews to know this. If you give me these then I promise to post another chapter. Ok done now.
Summary: Sydney and Vaughn are having problems. Hopefully they can find a way to work them out.
A/N: Ok this is my first Alias fic. I think there is a possibility that I could have written it better but between work and college life is stressful enough as it is without worrying about every single little detail. However if you guys like it enough I may pay more attention to it and make sure it's up to the best of my abilities. So just let me know what you think. I should be able to post a new chapter daily for at least the first nine chapters. So if you're done reading this now on with the story. Thanks again for reading.
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Her first day back to work she'd gone to SD-6 first. Then she headed to the CIA for a briefing on how close they were to the takedown. Although she knew he wouldn't be she'd half expected Vaughn to be there. She was glad that he wasn't though. She wasn't sure if she could face him yet and not have him know something was up. She wasn't sure if she trusted herself to not let it slip somehow. Knowing that there was a part of her that wanted him to fix things, but she couldn't let him know that. What caught her off guard was that after the meeting she was walking down the hall to leave and he walked in the door.
He looked at her as they walked in each other's direction. It looked as though he wanted to talk to her. She managed to keep her face blank until just before they were about to pass each other. Then she gave him the deadliest glare that said if he came near her she would kick his ass. She saw him almost stop as they passed each other, but she kept right on walking letting her face become blank again and acting as though he wasn't even there.
He'd been surprised to see her. She'd been gone for six months and all that Devlin was willing to tell Weiss was that she'd asked for some time off and that she'd be back after awhile. No one else had known what'd happened to her either.
Then he'd seen her after she'd been gone for a month. He'd told her it was because he wanted to tell her about him and Alice getting married and that she should move on, but secretly he hoped that she wouldn't move on. He knew it wasn't fair, but he wasn't in a very rational state of mind at the time. He wanted her all to himself he was just afraid of putting her life at risk while she was still with SD-6. He couldn't see jeopardizing her life just so he could be with her. He wanted her it was true, but he refused to be that selfish and if it made her hate him...so be it.
So he'd told her that he was moving on with Alice, and he'd tried. He'd tried as hard as he could, but it just hadn't worked out. He'd made himself believe that he could be in love with her again, but try as he might he wasn't able to force himself to be in love with one woman when he was truly in love with another. He had called off his engagement with Alice two weeks before the wedding. He hadn't meant to hurt her, but he had been trying so hard to move on that he was willing to overlook that he wasn't in love with her. But when it had come down to it he couldn't do that to her or himself. She of course hated his guts now. He felt bad, but what could he do.
He hadn't felt it was right to mislead her and he knew she'd felt that something was wrong. They'd both known that they weren't truly in love. It couldn't work out for them. His mother had told him to only marry someone if he was sure that she was the one. He knew who the one was, but he valued her life over his own wants and needs. Even when she'd begged him to change his mind, that they could make it work. He knew it was too big of a risk. She might be willing to jeopardize her life, but he couldn't live with himself if something had happened to her because she was with him.
He wanted to let her have her way and be with him. He'd wanted it so badly that it hurt, but he'd forced himself to turn away from her and pretend that he didn't love her the way that he really did. Now she would never smile at him again. He'd never meet her at the warehouse again whether it had been just to talk or to give her a countermission. She'd never greet him with a grin on her face and that look in her eyes that got to him so badly. All he got were icy stares that could kill.
For the first couple of weeks the looks had been hurt and confused more than anything. She'd looked close to tears all the time. Then over the course of one weekend she'd come back full of focus. Ready to work her ass off. She didn't let him phase her anymore and she no longer looked hurt. She looked determined, except of course on rare occasion when they made eye contact. Then her eyes were cold and unwelcoming. Anything but warm and inviting and no sign of the hurt that had been there only days before. She'd hidden it away. He wasn't allowed to see her anymore. The only part of her he got to see was Agent Bristow. That was all.
Now five months since the last time he'd seen her, five months since he'd stopped taking part in the SD-6 takedown operation here she was again. He had no idea what was going on. He knew she hadn't been hurt at least not physically. Yet he hadn't known why she'd been gone for so long. He also had no way to find out. The CIA volunteered no information to him about anything concerning the SD-6 case or the agents that were a part of it. He was out of the loop.
Now she was back and he wanted to know why and what'd happened while she was gone.
She walked out of the building and waited until she got into her car to let any emotions come to the surface. As she drove home all she could think about was the fact that Devlin had told her SD-6 would be coming down within the week that and the fact that she'd just seen Vaughn for the first time in five months. She couldn't decide between being happy about SD-6 coming down or hurt from seeing Vaughn. She went with the first one.
Now she knew that even if her daughter didn't have her father she would be safe. No one would ever hurt her if Sydney could help it. And she planned to. So she headed home to see Kaylie and let Will have some freedom so he could hang with Sarah. She needed the alone time with her daughter. She needed someone to talk to that would just listen and that couldn't share any secrets that she might tell her.
She spent the rest of the day with her just talking.