Name fan fic: Unexpected Ways

By: Ms.MV

Prologue

The story is set two months after Time Telling. Vaughn still works for the CIA and is already married for 6 months with Alice.
But he's not exactly happy.
His heart is still promised to the one and only love of his life, Sydney Bristow.

Sydney is back at the CIA but she still has to see Dr. Barnett every week to talk about those two lost years. She's still in love with Vaughn although she can't be with him.
Sydney still lives in her own house. The one she used to chare with Francie and Will.

Will is still alive and he lives in his own house. He has a girlfriend named Allyson Thompson. She's a teacher at a kinder garden.

The story is mostly about Sydney Bristow and Michael Vaughn.
Because both of them are travelling ways they had never imagined...
It's what we call 'UNEXPECTED WAYS'!

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Chapter One: Arise and Fall

It was still early when Vaughn woke up and when he turned to his right to look at the person laying next to him, the truth hit him again.
Just like it did every morning. And no matter how he would turn it, he would wake up next to Alice.
They were already married for six months now but for Vaughn it felt like six years. He wasn't in love with her but he had married her because he was afraid to be alone.

Alice was still asleep when Vaughn got out of bed. He couldn't stay in his house for a minute longer. He just needed to go somewhere and think.
So he took a shower, got dressed, wrote a little note to Alice and drove to the pier.

Vaughn got out of his car and walked down the pier.
He stopped at a certain spot. It was the same spot where he had held Sydney's hand for the first time. Just to comfort her and to let her know that he would always be there for her. He still thought of that very often, especially when he was here. The pier was the perfect place for him to escape his life.
Even if it was just for a little while.
And as he was looking at the ocean beneath him, tears started falling down his cheeks again. Just like every other time.
They started coming faster and faster now he thought of the life and love he didn't have and probably would never have.

Vaughn had stood there for a little more than an hour when he drove back home.
And as soon as he opened his front door, he heard her voice coming out of the kitchen.
"Honey, is that you?"
"Yeah!"
"Good. I'm in the kitchen and I made you some breakfast!"
"Thanks. I'll be there in a minute."
"Ok.love you!" He couldn't say it back but he knew he had to give her an answer.
"I know." Vaughn then went to the bathroom and did his best to cover up his red eyes.

After five minutes he finally walked into the kitchen. Alice heard him coming and she turned around to face him.
"You woke up early this morning!" She looked up at him.
"I just couldn't sleep, so I went for an early walk."
"Oh." They both sat down and had breakfast.

"Michael?"
"Uh-huh?"
"You know that it's Allyson's birthday the day after tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well....I still have to buy something for her and I need you to take me to the mall. I mean if that's all right with you!" he nodded.
"Sure. When do you want to go?"
"Around noon. Why?"
"No special reason. It's just that maybe I could finish reading some files before we go."
"Why not." She got up from her chair and started cleaning up.

Sydney woke up in her house that morning with a terrible headache. She knew how that came.
It was because she had only slept for about two hours. And just as any other day, she had cried herself asleep.
She had shed another million tears over the fact that her life was falling down again. Sydney had to force herself to get out of bed and take a shower.
And when she did, she felt a bit better.

It was already around one o'clock in the afternoon when she decided to go to the mall.
Allyson was throwing a birthday party this weekend and she still had to buy something for her. She didn't know what else to do with her day off, so now was the perfect time to go.

She had already been in the mall for about two hours when she spotted a couple, who were walking hand in hand, towards her direction.
And when she looked at them she saw it was... Alice and Vaughn.
They didn't see her and she thanked God for that.
Sydney felt new tears forming in her eyes.
So she got out of the mall as fast as she could and cried the whole way back to her house. It just hurt too much!
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Authors Note: I hope you all liked it and please let me know what you thought of it…Lots of love, Ms.MV