TITLE: Consequences
SUMMARY: What if Sydney and Vaughn knew each other in high school?
RATING: PG-13 because of content
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Alias or any of its characters, but I do own Evelyn. You can sue me, but I don't have anything except a $300 debt to my parents. And if you want to pay that be my guest.
"Hello?" Sydney said when she picked up the phone. She had just finished tucking in her nine year old daughter when the phone rang.
"Sydney," said Jack, "you need to come get your counter mission from your new handler."
"Alright," said Sydney as she gave her sleeping daughter a kiss on the cheek.
They both hung up the phone and Sydney left her daughter's room. She came out into the living room to see Francie and Will sitting on the couch talking.
"Hey guys can you watch Evelyn for a little while? I've got to go get some papers I forgot at the bank." she asked her friends.
"Sure Syd," said Francie, "drive safe." "Thanks," Sydney gave an appreciative smile and waved goodbye.
AT THE WAREHOUSE…
Sydney saw two male figures standing next to each other. She assumed one was Jack and the other was her new handler.
Sydney walked farther and was now standing next to her father and looking at her new handler.
"Mike?" Sydney shouted in disbelief. She couldn't believe that the father of her daughter was now her handler.
"Hey Syd" said Vaughn with a nervous smile. He knew before hand that Sydney was his new agent, but that still hadn't prepared him for seeing her again.
They had parted on good terms after leaving high school, but he never knew he had a daughter; or that Sydney even had a daughter for that matter.
"Jack can I talk to you for a moment, privately?" She asked already starting to pull him away and out of hearing range.
She turned to Jack with a serious expression on her face and asked, "How much have you told him?"
"Nothing" Jack replied stoically. "All he knows is that you have a child. He doesn't know that it's his or even how old it is." "Now, I have to go" Jack said again, "but you need to tell him sooner or later, he has a right to know."
After that Jack left and they discussed the counter mission.
It was silent for a while until Vaughn finally said, "So you have a kid?" Sydney couldn't help the smile that came to her face when anyone asked about her daughter, even if it was the unknowing father.
"Yeah," Sydney said with a slight nod, "she's beautiful," she commented while taking out a photo from her purse.
The picture showed a young child around eight or nine with dark brown curly hair just like her mother's, Vaughn noted. She also had some of the most stunning blue-green eyes that he had ever seen. "What's her name?" he asked while curiously studying the picture.
"Evelyn" Sydney replied.
"Wow, she's going to be a heart breaker" Vaughn and Sydney both laughed at his comment knowing that it was one hundred percent true.
"How old is she?" Vaughn asked still smiling. "She's nine." Sydney said unaware that Vaughn could do the math and probably figure out what she was not yet ready to tell him.
"Your were only nineteen when you had her?" Vaughn asked in amazement. Sydney shook her head no while putting the picture back in her purse. "I was eighteen."
"Wait," Vaughn paused for a moment to gather his thoughts, "that means you got pregnant while we were going out!" Sydney nodded her head but refused to make eye contact, suddenly finding her shoes very interesting.
"Is she mine?" he asked after a long silence. There was another long pause while neither of them moved, until Vaughn placed his index finger underneath her chin to force her to look at him. His voice was still very calm and cool when he asked again, "Is she mine?"
He could see tears forming in her eyes and falling down her cheeks, she brushed them away and nodded furiously. "Yes, she's yours." After she said this she began sobbing and he pulled her into a comforting embrace.
"I'm so sorry, I should have told you, but I just couldn't." Sydney whispered into his shoulder loud enough so he could just barely hear her. She pulled away from his embrace to see his reaction to the life altering information she had just shared.
Mike looked…. Well, he didn't really have an expression on his face. It was just blank. "Please say something," she pleaded. "I need to know what you're thinking."
There was more silence until he finally asked, "Why didn't you tell me?" Sydney paused and stared into his eyes searching for something, trying to see if he already had an idea why she hadn't told him. She searched for a bit longer then came to the conclusion that he really had no idea.
"Do you remember spring break our senior year, when we went to Mexico?" Michael nodded and she continued, "That's when it happened. I didn't find out I was pregnant until about a month later. You were so preoccupied with that hockey scholarship you got that I didn't want to be the one to bring you down"
Michael just looked at her amazed that she had gone through the whole pregnancy and the last nine years of his child's life just because she didn't want to bring him down.
Sydney looked sadly at him knowing it was stupid, but at the time she thought it was the right thing to do.
"Mike, I didn't tell you because I knew that if I did you would have stayed, you would have missed out on your dream of becoming a professional hockey player." Sydney almost yelled that last part because he had turned away from her not accepting her explanation.
"Syd, you should have told me!" Mike yelled as he turned around clearly pissed. "I know I should have told you." she said looking at her feet, the wall, the door, anything she could do to make the guilt she felt go away.
She sighed in defeat, " I have to go, and I'll see you when I get back from my mission." With that she left without a glance in his direction.
On her drive home all she could think about was him. 'Did he even want to be a father?' she couldn't help but think that she made the right decision all those years ago. He didn't act like he wanted to be a father now, so why would he have back then? She had lots of questions to ask him when she returned.
When Sydney finally got home she was exhausted. She couldn't think about this anymore. She checked on her daughter, who was sleeping peacefully, and went to bed.
SUMMARY: What if Sydney and Vaughn knew each other in high school?
RATING: PG-13 because of content
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Alias or any of its characters, but I do own Evelyn. You can sue me, but I don't have anything except a $300 debt to my parents. And if you want to pay that be my guest.
"Hello?" Sydney said when she picked up the phone. She had just finished tucking in her nine year old daughter when the phone rang.
"Sydney," said Jack, "you need to come get your counter mission from your new handler."
"Alright," said Sydney as she gave her sleeping daughter a kiss on the cheek.
They both hung up the phone and Sydney left her daughter's room. She came out into the living room to see Francie and Will sitting on the couch talking.
"Hey guys can you watch Evelyn for a little while? I've got to go get some papers I forgot at the bank." she asked her friends.
"Sure Syd," said Francie, "drive safe." "Thanks," Sydney gave an appreciative smile and waved goodbye.
AT THE WAREHOUSE…
Sydney saw two male figures standing next to each other. She assumed one was Jack and the other was her new handler.
Sydney walked farther and was now standing next to her father and looking at her new handler.
"Mike?" Sydney shouted in disbelief. She couldn't believe that the father of her daughter was now her handler.
"Hey Syd" said Vaughn with a nervous smile. He knew before hand that Sydney was his new agent, but that still hadn't prepared him for seeing her again.
They had parted on good terms after leaving high school, but he never knew he had a daughter; or that Sydney even had a daughter for that matter.
"Jack can I talk to you for a moment, privately?" She asked already starting to pull him away and out of hearing range.
She turned to Jack with a serious expression on her face and asked, "How much have you told him?"
"Nothing" Jack replied stoically. "All he knows is that you have a child. He doesn't know that it's his or even how old it is." "Now, I have to go" Jack said again, "but you need to tell him sooner or later, he has a right to know."
After that Jack left and they discussed the counter mission.
It was silent for a while until Vaughn finally said, "So you have a kid?" Sydney couldn't help the smile that came to her face when anyone asked about her daughter, even if it was the unknowing father.
"Yeah," Sydney said with a slight nod, "she's beautiful," she commented while taking out a photo from her purse.
The picture showed a young child around eight or nine with dark brown curly hair just like her mother's, Vaughn noted. She also had some of the most stunning blue-green eyes that he had ever seen. "What's her name?" he asked while curiously studying the picture.
"Evelyn" Sydney replied.
"Wow, she's going to be a heart breaker" Vaughn and Sydney both laughed at his comment knowing that it was one hundred percent true.
"How old is she?" Vaughn asked still smiling. "She's nine." Sydney said unaware that Vaughn could do the math and probably figure out what she was not yet ready to tell him.
"Your were only nineteen when you had her?" Vaughn asked in amazement. Sydney shook her head no while putting the picture back in her purse. "I was eighteen."
"Wait," Vaughn paused for a moment to gather his thoughts, "that means you got pregnant while we were going out!" Sydney nodded her head but refused to make eye contact, suddenly finding her shoes very interesting.
"Is she mine?" he asked after a long silence. There was another long pause while neither of them moved, until Vaughn placed his index finger underneath her chin to force her to look at him. His voice was still very calm and cool when he asked again, "Is she mine?"
He could see tears forming in her eyes and falling down her cheeks, she brushed them away and nodded furiously. "Yes, she's yours." After she said this she began sobbing and he pulled her into a comforting embrace.
"I'm so sorry, I should have told you, but I just couldn't." Sydney whispered into his shoulder loud enough so he could just barely hear her. She pulled away from his embrace to see his reaction to the life altering information she had just shared.
Mike looked…. Well, he didn't really have an expression on his face. It was just blank. "Please say something," she pleaded. "I need to know what you're thinking."
There was more silence until he finally asked, "Why didn't you tell me?" Sydney paused and stared into his eyes searching for something, trying to see if he already had an idea why she hadn't told him. She searched for a bit longer then came to the conclusion that he really had no idea.
"Do you remember spring break our senior year, when we went to Mexico?" Michael nodded and she continued, "That's when it happened. I didn't find out I was pregnant until about a month later. You were so preoccupied with that hockey scholarship you got that I didn't want to be the one to bring you down"
Michael just looked at her amazed that she had gone through the whole pregnancy and the last nine years of his child's life just because she didn't want to bring him down.
Sydney looked sadly at him knowing it was stupid, but at the time she thought it was the right thing to do.
"Mike, I didn't tell you because I knew that if I did you would have stayed, you would have missed out on your dream of becoming a professional hockey player." Sydney almost yelled that last part because he had turned away from her not accepting her explanation.
"Syd, you should have told me!" Mike yelled as he turned around clearly pissed. "I know I should have told you." she said looking at her feet, the wall, the door, anything she could do to make the guilt she felt go away.
She sighed in defeat, " I have to go, and I'll see you when I get back from my mission." With that she left without a glance in his direction.
On her drive home all she could think about was him. 'Did he even want to be a father?' she couldn't help but think that she made the right decision all those years ago. He didn't act like he wanted to be a father now, so why would he have back then? She had lots of questions to ask him when she returned.
When Sydney finally got home she was exhausted. She couldn't think about this anymore. She checked on her daughter, who was sleeping peacefully, and went to bed.