Chapter Three: The Party

Sydney left the house that Sunday afternoon in a beautiful red dress.
She got in her car and arrived at Will's house about an hour later.

"Sydney! I'm so glad you could come."
"Hey, Allyson.Happy birthday!" They both hugged each other.
"Thank you soo much. Come in." Sydney stepped inside and smiled. She really liked Allyson and she and Will were absolutely perfect together.
Once inside she handed Allyson her gift.
It was a beautiful golden bracelet with her name in it.
"Oh, Sydney.It's beautiful, thank you!"
"You're welcome." Allyson once again hugged her and she then called for Will to join them.
"Hey Syd." He walked over to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Will."
"Look at what Sydney gave me. Isn't it beautiful?"
"Yeah, it is." Will then turned back to Sydney.
"Why don't we all go to the living room and have something to drink..." The three of them sat down and talked for over an hour when there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Hey guys! What took you so long?" Sydney didn't know who was at the door but as soon as she heard the person reply, she knew.
It was Vaughn and she started to feel really mad at Will...
"I'm sorry but we kind of got stuck in traffic."
"That's ok.Come in."
"Thanks."
"Hey Alice."
"Will." As much as he liked Vaughn, he certainly disliked Alice. She was just not the right person for Vaughn.

They all walked into the living room and Vaughn was kind of feeling uncomfortable when he noticed Sydney. He and Alice walked over to Allyson and congratulated her. Vaughn then turned to Sydney.
"Hi." She looked up and the way he looked at her was just too much for her.
In his eyes was soo much pain and unhappiness that she wanted to go over to him and hold him in her arms. But she knew she couldn't.
"Hey." Alice was already seated and she certainly didn't feel the need to greet Sydney.
Vaughn then walked over to the sofa and sat down next to his wife. Alice took Allyson's gift out of her bag and handed it to her.
Allyson opened the little velvet box and inside were two beautiful silver earrings.
"Thank you soo much.I really like them." First she hugged Alice and then Vaughn.
After opening all the presents, they all went to sit at the big table in the centre of the living room.
Will went to the kitchen to get the cake and Sydney followed him with an excuse to help him. Will could tell that she was mad at him for not telling her about Vaughn and Alice. He looked at her.
"You're mad, aren't you?" She did her best to keep her voice down.
"Of course I'm mad. What the hell did you expect me to be?"
"You're right. And I should have told you..."
"Yes you should have!"
"I just didn't want to spoil Allyson's birthday."
"I know...but you've certainly spoiled my day!" With that said she walked back into the living room...Only to find that there was one free chair left...
The one next to Vaughn. She sighed and silently took place on the chair.
She didn't say much the entire evening but the same went for Vaughn.
Both were deep in thoughts.

It was already eleven o'clock when Sydney said she had to get up early in the morning, so she left after saying goodbye to everyone.

Sydney lay in her bed that night, thinking about the worst birthday party ever.
Vaughn and Alice arrived home not much longer after Sydney.
The party hadn't been successful for Vaughn either.
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Authors Note: Thank you all for reading my story and please let me know if you want more or if I should quit here! Lots of love