(Skye follows Michael into the front room where she sees a dark haired man
sitting on Michael's couch. She immediately lets go of his hand and steps
back towards the door.)
Skye: I'm so sorry I'm obviously interupting here, I'll leave
(Michael grabs her hand before she can move.)
Michael: It's okay Skye you didn't interupt anything Eric and I were just watching the game.
(Skye looks around the room, sees that they're both dressed causually. There are beers and pizza on the table and the game is on so she immediately relaxes. Eric nods at Michael and then to Skye...silently asking for an introduction.)
Michael: Where are my manners? Eric Weiss this is Skye Chandler Quartermaine
(Skye flinches slightly at the name, both men see this but don't say anything. Eric stands up and extends his hand which Skye takes and shakes.)
Eric: It's nice to meet you Skye.
Skye: You too Eric.
(Eric and Michael make eye contact.)
Eric: Vaughn the games a total blowout man, I'm going to take off.
Skye: Please don't leave because of me
(Eric smiles, he leans towards her and in a stage whisper...)
Eric: It's not you it's him...his team just kicked my team out of the playoffs, he's not pretty when he gloats. I'm giong to be reminded of this forever....
(Skye and Eric both smile.)
Vaughn(joking): I'm still in the room you know.
(Skye laughs.)
Vaughn: I'll walk you out. (At the door) Thanks man.
Eric: No problem. See you in the morning.
Vaughn: Night.
(Eric leaves. Vaughn goes back into the frontroom and finds Skye cleaning up their mess. She has a beer bottle in each hand and Vaughn smiles.)
Vaughn: What are you doing?
Skye: Cleaning up.
Vaughn(amused): Skye you don't do housework that's what the maid is for. Besides it my mess I'll clean it up. (He takes the bottles out of her hands and leads her over to the couch and they sit facing each other.) Come on Skye talk to me...
Skye: My life has been totally ripped apart. I found out yesterday that Rae lied and that Alan Quartermaine isn't my father.
Vaughn: Why would Rae lie? Why would she tell you the truth now?
Skye: Actually it was Tracy Quartermaine who told me the truth and then tried to blackmail me for 5 million dollars to keep the secret. I called Rae because I knew that Tracy had to be lying... but once again the joke was on me and Rae admitted she lied.
Vaughn: Oh Skye I'm so sorry.
Skye: She said that she wanted to give me a family... How could she do that to me? She knew how badly I wanted to find my father...she knew...(tears fall down her cheeks but she angrily wipes them away and then starts to laugh.) I guess the old saying is true what goes around comes around. For years I lied and manipulated people to get what I wanted, I messed up a lot of people's lives and now it's my turn.
Vaughn: Please don't say that...
Skye: Well it's the truth. I find a man who loves me despite my past and my faults only to lose him because I lied. Then I lose my family because my mother couldn't be trusted to tell the truth about my father. I didn't know lying and manipulating were inheritable traits... I've lost everything...
(She completely breaks down and cries, gut wrenching sobs wrack her small frame. Vaughn reaches out and pulls her into his embrace. He gently begins to rub her back in an effort to sooth her. )
Vaughn: Shh...it's okay...you'll be ok...
(She clings to him finally finding some comfort after everything she's been through. A few minutes later the sobs subside and her breathing evens out, Vaughn looks down and sees that she's asleep. Very carefully he repositions her in his arms, doing his best not to wake her and carries her into the guest bedroom. he lays her in the middle of the bed, covers her with the blanket and turns to leave when her hand grabs a hold of his. He looks down at her.)
Skye: Don't go...I
Vaughn: Okay.
(Vaughn takes off his shoes and then climbs into bed with Skye and holds her. )
FYI Michael Vaughn and Eric Weiss are characters I borrowed from my other fave show Alias. Just in case some of you don't watch the show...both Vaughn and Weiss are agents with the CIA. The reason I brought Vaughn into this story will be made known in future chapters. Knowledge of Alias will not be needed for this story...everything that might come in future chapters will be explained.
For the purpose of this story Skye and Vaughn meet when in boarding school in Europe and then meet again just before Skye went to Pine Valley to meet Adam. They have kept in touch over the years...more on their friendship to come.
Skye: I'm so sorry I'm obviously interupting here, I'll leave
(Michael grabs her hand before she can move.)
Michael: It's okay Skye you didn't interupt anything Eric and I were just watching the game.
(Skye looks around the room, sees that they're both dressed causually. There are beers and pizza on the table and the game is on so she immediately relaxes. Eric nods at Michael and then to Skye...silently asking for an introduction.)
Michael: Where are my manners? Eric Weiss this is Skye Chandler Quartermaine
(Skye flinches slightly at the name, both men see this but don't say anything. Eric stands up and extends his hand which Skye takes and shakes.)
Eric: It's nice to meet you Skye.
Skye: You too Eric.
(Eric and Michael make eye contact.)
Eric: Vaughn the games a total blowout man, I'm going to take off.
Skye: Please don't leave because of me
(Eric smiles, he leans towards her and in a stage whisper...)
Eric: It's not you it's him...his team just kicked my team out of the playoffs, he's not pretty when he gloats. I'm giong to be reminded of this forever....
(Skye and Eric both smile.)
Vaughn(joking): I'm still in the room you know.
(Skye laughs.)
Vaughn: I'll walk you out. (At the door) Thanks man.
Eric: No problem. See you in the morning.
Vaughn: Night.
(Eric leaves. Vaughn goes back into the frontroom and finds Skye cleaning up their mess. She has a beer bottle in each hand and Vaughn smiles.)
Vaughn: What are you doing?
Skye: Cleaning up.
Vaughn(amused): Skye you don't do housework that's what the maid is for. Besides it my mess I'll clean it up. (He takes the bottles out of her hands and leads her over to the couch and they sit facing each other.) Come on Skye talk to me...
Skye: My life has been totally ripped apart. I found out yesterday that Rae lied and that Alan Quartermaine isn't my father.
Vaughn: Why would Rae lie? Why would she tell you the truth now?
Skye: Actually it was Tracy Quartermaine who told me the truth and then tried to blackmail me for 5 million dollars to keep the secret. I called Rae because I knew that Tracy had to be lying... but once again the joke was on me and Rae admitted she lied.
Vaughn: Oh Skye I'm so sorry.
Skye: She said that she wanted to give me a family... How could she do that to me? She knew how badly I wanted to find my father...she knew...(tears fall down her cheeks but she angrily wipes them away and then starts to laugh.) I guess the old saying is true what goes around comes around. For years I lied and manipulated people to get what I wanted, I messed up a lot of people's lives and now it's my turn.
Vaughn: Please don't say that...
Skye: Well it's the truth. I find a man who loves me despite my past and my faults only to lose him because I lied. Then I lose my family because my mother couldn't be trusted to tell the truth about my father. I didn't know lying and manipulating were inheritable traits... I've lost everything...
(She completely breaks down and cries, gut wrenching sobs wrack her small frame. Vaughn reaches out and pulls her into his embrace. He gently begins to rub her back in an effort to sooth her. )
Vaughn: Shh...it's okay...you'll be ok...
(She clings to him finally finding some comfort after everything she's been through. A few minutes later the sobs subside and her breathing evens out, Vaughn looks down and sees that she's asleep. Very carefully he repositions her in his arms, doing his best not to wake her and carries her into the guest bedroom. he lays her in the middle of the bed, covers her with the blanket and turns to leave when her hand grabs a hold of his. He looks down at her.)
Skye: Don't go...I
Vaughn: Okay.
(Vaughn takes off his shoes and then climbs into bed with Skye and holds her. )
FYI Michael Vaughn and Eric Weiss are characters I borrowed from my other fave show Alias. Just in case some of you don't watch the show...both Vaughn and Weiss are agents with the CIA. The reason I brought Vaughn into this story will be made known in future chapters. Knowledge of Alias will not be needed for this story...everything that might come in future chapters will be explained.
For the purpose of this story Skye and Vaughn meet when in boarding school in Europe and then meet again just before Skye went to Pine Valley to meet Adam. They have kept in touch over the years...more on their friendship to come.
