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Missing Sydney- Chapter 2

Michael Vaughn woke with the sun streaming in through his bedroom window, the body next to him began to move, as his eyes began to focus he caught a glimpse of blonde hair and sighed. In his dreams he always woke with a brunette by his side, today it was exactly 1 year since the last time he had seen that brunette.

Alice rolled over and smiled up at him, "Good Morning!"

Vaughn smiled his hello, not trusting his voice to sound happy, and rolled out of bed going straight for the shower. When he came out of the shower he was greeted by the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Vaughn got dressed and followed his nose into the kitchen; Alice was standing with her back to him wearing his Kings jumper and making pancakes. He took his cup of coffee and sat at the table waiting for her to make an attempt at conversation. This relationship wasn't working, hadn't been for years and they both knew it yet they continued to pretend that it could.

"What time do you have to be into work today?" Alice asked smiling at him over her shoulder,

"Um," Vaughn paused looking at his watch "In about half an hour, actually I should probably leave now" He knew it would hurt her feelings but he would rather go in to the office early than sit in this uncomfortable silence that surrounded them. Vaughn gave Alice a goodbye smile, downed the rest of his coffee, pocketed his car keys and walked out.

Vaughn sat in his office without the lights on and the blinds drawn. He leaned back into his chair and closed his eyes picturing the last time he had seen Sydney, it had been the day before she left, she hadn't even told him she was entering the program.

/FLASHBACK/

Vaughn walked into the main office with Sydney by his side and the office began to applaud them. It had been a long week for everyone but the Alliance was gone and most of the resulting mess cleared up. Vaughn watched as Sydney smiled and stood a little taller while they walked through the office.

"See you're the new national hero" Vaughn teased as they entered his office and Sydney chuckled

"We're the new national heroes, I couldn't have done it without you!" She smiled the smile that lit up his life and he shook his head and sunk into his chair, resting his head in his hands. "You look pretty beat" Sydney observed and Vaughn laughed

"Now there's an understatement if I ever heard one"

"I think I'll go home and get some sleep, I don't remember the last time I slept well and Francie's probably worried about me she's only seen me for like ten minutes since this all started last week"

"Yeah, you should get some rest Sy,d you deserve it"

Sydney came round the desk and gave him a kiss that took his breath away. There had been a few of those over the last couple of days where suddenly they found themselves in each other's arms without knowing how it had happened.

"Bye Michael" Sydney smiled and left with a swish of her hair, not even giving him a chance to register the fact that she had just called him Michael for the first time.

/END FLASHBACK/

Vaughn was shaken from his reverie when Weiss opened the door to his office filling it with light.

"Geez you know electricity has been invented and there's a little thing called a light switch right here next to the door" Weiss commented

"Maybe I like the dark" Vaughn retorted sharply

"Oh one of those days is it, how's the icicle?"

"Alice is fine" Vaughn answered stressing the fact that her name was Alice

"Okay, if you say so, Devlin wants to see you in his office" Weiss said and Vaughn sighed getting up from his chair and following his friend out into the light.

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