What You Can't Have
By Cherry Blossom
Chapter 2
[concern]
*Los Angeles, California
"Syd?"
She spins around, and she looks back at the person that is speaking to her, eyes wide. She backs up against the railing slowly, her fingers gripping the pier railing so hard her knuckles turn white. "Vaughn?" she whispers shakily. "What are you doing here?"
"He gives her one of those wry smiles, the ones that make her heart collapse. "Do you want me to go?"
"No, no…."she replies quickly. The last thing she wants him to think is that she doesn't want him there. She takes a step forward hesitantly.
"You're crying," he suddenly says, stepping towards her and touching a tear that's rolling down her cheek so slowly…."Why are you crying?"
"It's nothing, really," she replies, turning away, wiping the tears away quickly with her sleeve.
"Sydney, don't give me that bull shit!" he says angrily, grabbing her shoulder, making her face him. She's frightened by his behavior. He has never acted this way towards her before. Never in all the two years she knew him had he had a harsh word or face for her. He tries to calm himself down. "What's wrong?" he asks in a gentle tone.
"Nothing's wrong," she insists, forcing a smile, trying to make him believe her lie.
"Sydney." He turns away slightly before facing her again. "I know you too well to know that nothing is wrong."
"Do you?" she says coldly to him. "I don't think you do. I truly, honestly do not think you do."
"Damn it, Bristow!" he explodes, extremely frustrated, "why can't you just tell me?"
Bristow. He had called her Bristow. She felt like she had been slapped in the face. She staggered backwards slightly….
"Sydney….I'm sorry-" He steps forward, trying to explain his words, his actions….
"Don't. Come. Near. Me." She hisses, and suddenly she running away from him. He's trying to chase her, she hears his heavy footsteps striding across the wooden planks.
But she's faster. She beat him in Taipei, and she can beat him again. She sprints, and closes the door to the car once she's inside. She's starting the car, fumbling with the keys again, and she sees Vaughn. His hands are pressed against the window, shouting, "Sydney! Where are you going?" Instead of answering she stares coldly ahead, and presses the accelerator.
It seems that whenever she is going somewhere today, she's running away from something else.