Chapter 3

I walked out to my car and got in. I started it and just rested my hands on the steering wheel. Vaughn still loves me. And I still love him. And there's only one thing standing in our way. Lauren. I finally put it in drive and drove back to my apartment. I walked up to the door, and unlocked it.

I noticed that my bedroom light was on. I frowned because I ALWAYS turn off the lights before I leave a room. I set down my coat and keys and crept up to the door.

I saw a man sitting on the bed looking at a picture. It was of me, Will and Francie when Francie had first opened her restaurant. I knew that that picture should have been lost in the fire.

"Can I help you?" I finally asked. The man jumped, almost dropping the picture.

"Yeah. I'm looking for a Sydney Bristow?" He said. I looked him up and down. He had dark dark brown hair and bright blue eyes that were concealed by a pair of glasses. A goatee surrounded his mouth.

"I think I could help you with that. I am her."

The man ran up to me and gave me a hug.

"Syd, it's me, Will."

"Will?" I barely managed to whisper. "Is it really you?"

When we parted, he took of his glasses. "Yeah it is. I had to disguise myself pretty well. I had a few plastic surgeries paid for by the Witness Protection Program and I had to die my hair, get color contacts and glasses, but it's me."

We hugged again. I felt myself crying. "Oh Will!" I couldn't control what came next. I began sobbing uncontrollably. He took my hand and led me over to the bed where we sat down.

"I heard you were dead."

"I was supposedly."

"Then I was contacted by someone from the CIA telling me you were alive."

"Are you supposed to be here?" I stood up quickly. He pulled me back down.

"No, but I just had to come see you. Syd, tell me what's wrong." Will placed his arm around my shoulders.

"Oh Will, it's horrible. All I remember is the fight Allison Doran and I had and then I woke up in Hong Kong. I went to a safehouse and was greeted by Vaughn. He had a wedding ring on and he told me I had been missing for two years. I don't remember anything Will. And then I'm assigned to become a security expert, and join forces with Simon Walker. And then when I go to meet him and he kisses me like I'm his prom date. Then he calls me Julia and I have never heard that name before Will!"

Will nodded his head and squeezed my shoulder. "Go on."

"And then they caught Vaughn and were about to kill him when I offered to do it myself. I had no choice but to stab him. He's ok now, but"

"But what?"

"He still loves me."

"Sydney, you can't believe him! He surely doesn't really care about you if he went and got married. If it were me, I would have waited. Syd, you were the best thing that ever has happened to me. I will always and forever love you. You have to now that."

I hugged him once more. "Thanks Will."

I watched him leave, knowing that I would probably never see him again. It pained me so much that one of the only people from my past was gone. Gone forever. I sighed and went over and turned the TV on. I grabbed a pint of coffee ice cream from my fridge and dug in.

The phone rang. I jumped up and picked it up.

"Sydney?" Sydney recognized her father's voice.

"Yeah Dad?"

"Dixon wants us all in for a debrief. Get there as soon as you can."

"Ok. Be there soon."