Title: The Test
Author: Jenn
Chapter: 4
Summary: AU story~ Syd and Vaughn meet in a
totally different way~ They're part of (dun dun
duuunnnnn music)… the test

Dedications: This is to a certain girl in my
class whom I dislike almost as much as I dislike my
computer for erasing the chapter RIGHT when I wrote my
"tbc… more?" thing *sigh*

(okay… I know that that dedication was kinda mean and
I apologize and will probably edit the post later so
that I won't feel like such a mean person… but I'm not
willing to now just because she was very (#&*$^@#(&%
today~ sorry L


Chapter 4



"Adam?"

He turned around at the sound of her voice, his face registering shock, which quickly composed itself into surprise, by the time he was fully turned towards her. But she was pretty sure that she had seen fear flash across his features too.

He broke into an easy smile. "Hey Lily… can I help you?"

"Why did you look so scared?" Her voice was lilting, soothing as she carefully eyed the drawers that he was standing in front of. The cabinet was right behind him.

He chuckled, laughing it off, embarrassment showing in his face. "Well, I'm still new around here and I guess I just got a little thrown off that someone would just
call my name… I thought I was alone."

Liar… you knew she was here.

Lily grinned at him and it was at that moment that he truly saw how naturally pretty she was… he had registered her attractiveness when they had met but
now, with a soft smile framing her face and a ponytail becoming messy, all he wanted to do was tuck that tendril of hair behind her ear and say "hey."

Because that is, of course, the single-most romantic line anyone can think of.

"Sure, Adam," she stated with unbelieving sarcasm in her tone, "it's alright, you can tell me that you scare easy." The laugh in her voice told him that she was joking but he couldn't stop the slight flush from coming over his face. She hoped he wouldn't ask what she was doing here. Why hadn't someone told her that
there was another person in the room?

It didn't make sense that a Rambaldi artifact would be so easy to get. No cameras, no security… it was too easy.

He looked at her, watched as some thought flitted across her mind and showed up for only a second on her face, turning it somber and more professional than it usually was.

What was she doing here?

"Well… if I scare so easy, then why are you up here? Too scary downstairs?" His light tone matched hers.

She smiled and leaned slightly against the doorway, looking downwards as she racked her brain thinking of an excuse.

Please let it be true that I work well under pressure.

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"It's okay. She works well under pressure. They both do."

Agent Kelly shook his head, looking at the screen and analyzing the notes he had in front of them. "It's too risky. I told you that it was too easy. She's been
trained for better. In fact... they both have. They know what to expect… and this isn't it."

The man looked at him, his expression purely condescending. "That's not the point."

"That's exactly the point. This isn't realistic. Look how rigid they are."

The man glanced at the screen. "They're fine. Besides, I thought that you said they liked each other. Love is blind isn't it?"

"It's not love. And no, not always."

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He watched as she looked down at the floor before bringing her gaze back up to meet his, a small, slight flush overcoming her cheeks. "Actually… I was looking
for you."

A small smile started to form as he registered her words. Don't get too excited…

"Really? Why were you looking for me?"

She tucked that tendril of hair behind her ear. "I know that we have only known each other for a couple of days but I was wondering if... would you like to
have dinner with me sometime?"

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"Nice save."

Agent Kelly smirked. "It wasn't just a save."

The man turned to look at him. "What are you talking about?"

"She wants to have dinner with him."

He shook his head, a grin coming across his face. "She's distracting him so that she can get the artifact."

Agent Kelly shrugged his shoulders. "We'll see."

"And even if you are correct and this is based on your assumption that they are indeed attracted to each other despite the fact that this is extremely unfounded, so be it. It only sets up more complexities, sets up more challenges. If they can see through it all to get at that kernel of truth, then all the better for us."

but nothing
is predictable
in this world

no emotion can be defined
motivation pinpointed
destination determined

nothing is blind
only obscured.


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"Sure… I'd love to actually."

















TBC…



more?



*cries* I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!! *tears hair more* Gah,
the chapter I wrote this morning was soooo much better
that it makes me angry all over again… so I'm sorry
that it absolutely sucked and all I can do is promise
that it will be good/better (maybehopefully?) soon… I
just tend to make the second draft of the chapter
really crappy because I'm never willing to rewrite it
from scratch because I know it was better before and
can't duplicate it L

sigh

sorry~

hope it was at least okay enough to retain your
interest~

-jenn