Damaging Secrets

~Can love and friendship survive in the mist of a tangled web of secrets? Now that the Alliance has been destroyed, can Syd endure the repercussions that the secrets of other have caused?

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Chapter 2 Love Can Survive or Love in the Midst of Lies

'Just do it! . . . Raise your hand to the door and knock! . . come on Syd this isn't rocket science and even if it was it wouldn't be *this* hard! . . okay okay . . . ready . . . one . . two . . . thr. .'

"Oh, hey Syd . . . I didn't know you were here yet." Vaughn said as he suddenly opened his front door finding Syd standing there with her hand in position, ready to finally knock on the door.

"Heh . . yea I just got here. . I was just about to knock" Syd replied in a somewhat embarrassed manner. 'God I hope he didn't see me standing out here acting like a complete moron through that lil peep hole!' she thought to herself as she waited for Vaughn to give some indication that she was welcome in his house.

"Come on in, let me take your coat" Vaughn replied motioning for her to enter. Syd smiled thinking about what a gentleman Vaughn really was.

After he returned from hanging her coat up, the two of them just stood there, a little nervous and uncomfortable like two teenagers not sure what to do around one another. The silence was finally broken . .

"So . . . how have you been?" Vaughn asked, not knowing what to say.

"I'm good I guess . . ."

"What do you mean. 'you guess,' is everything okay??" Vaughn quickly asked, concern flashing in his eyes.

"Yea . . I'm just a little confused about the events of today."

"Confused, what's to be confused about? We took down the Alliance, your father is okay and you and him no longer have to lead double lives." Vaughn responded.

"No, no, I'm not confused about that . . . it's what happened after. . . ya know" Syd replied a little embarrassed, not wanted to say it.

"Ohh, the kiss? . . Why are you confused? You know how I feel about you and I'm pretty sure you feel the same way. ."

"No, I . . . " Syd interrupted, a frown coming to Vaughn's face only hearing her first and last few words, " . . . . . . . . killed your father!"

A puzzled look drawn across Vaughn's face, he didn't wanna reply considering he hadn't heard her correctly but he was drawn back at what he had heard her say.

Sydney waited for him to say something, anything, but he hadn't. He stood there looking dazed and confused.

"Vaughn, are you okay? Did you hear what I said?" Syd said finally breaking the silence.

"You don't feel the same way about me as I feel about you because your mother killed my father?" Vaughn finally questioned, thinking he had gotten what she actually said.

"Um . . no Vaughn, I said that I do feel *that* way about you! I was just wonder . . wondering how you feel that way about me . . . . knowing that my mother was responsible for your father's death? Sydney finally got out, frowning at the thought of what he me might say back.

Vaughn looked up at Sydney locking eyes as he spoke, "Syd, * I love you *. . . and I know that your mother killed my father. You resemble her in many ways and it is hard not to think of that when I see you," Vaughn blurred out, not holding anything back, " but I know you for you, who *you* are, you're not your mother, you wouldn't voluntarily kill someone for the fun of it" Vaughn scoffed. "Syd, you have the purest of pure hearts and you're are thee most genuine person I know. You risked your life for people that you didn't even know everyday, just to ensure their safety. That is why I can say I love you." A smile coming to Vaughn's lips and he laughs, "Besides the fact that my heart races when I see you, the way my knees get weak when you're near, and the way I can't concentrate on the stuff you and I talk about relating to work, even though I know it's important, I just can never seem to stop thinking about you, YOU, not her."

'::sniff::' Tears filled Syd's eyes, Vaughn was looking so deep into her soul that he didn't even notice until he hear her sniffling.

"O God, Syd!" Vaughn replied, running over to pull her into a hug, trying to comfort her, "I'm soo sorry I didn't mean to make you cry!"

All teary and stuffy, Syd looked up at Vaughn and responded, "it's okay Vaughn, I needed to hear that, I needed to feel loved and hear that someone loves me, I haven't felt this way in soo long." All Vaughn did was try to comfort her, soothing his hand over her hair whispering little 'it's okays' and 'I love yous' in her ear.

Syd suddenly pulled back staring directly at Vaughn and said, "I know I didn't say it yet but I hope you know these aren't tears of sadness, they're tears of joy!" Syd leaned closer kissing Vaughn so slightly that he wondered if she actually did it or he was just imagining it, she pulled back and wiped her tears and smiled up at him, "I love your too."