CHAPTER 4

The Next Day 8 :40 am

The doorbell rings, and sydney opens it to find mike standing in the doorway

"Mike? What are you doing here?"

"Hi, Sydney. i came to pick up will"

"Sorry, im being rude. Hi, come in"

"Will? Where are you?"

In francie's room, will wakes up

"Shit! Francie, we fall asleep!"

"Ah? what?"

"We fall asleep. Sydney's coming!"

"Well, tell her something. that the couch is awful"

"Yeah, yeah, good idea."

A little more calmed, he puts on his clothes and goes to the living.

"Mike? is that you?"

"Hi, will. hurry up, we start in 20 mts"

"Hi, will. where did you sleep?"

"Hi, sydney. you know, that couch is terrible to sleep. it was killing me so i went to francie's room. im gonna take a shower"

"I'll wait"

"Do you want a cup of coffee?" Sydney offered to mike once will left

"Yeah, sure. i could use one"

"So.. are you working on any story now?"

"Well, i shouldnt tell you this but im working on a CIA story"

"Really? that's cool. do you know anyone there?"

"My dad worked there. i've talked to a few colleagues of his"

He wonder if he should ask about her father, but rather not.

"Well, i will definetely read it " - she said, smiling

She wonder about his father, there was sadness on his eyes when he mentioned him.

"Hey, what time is it?" Sydney asked " I lost my clock last week and i havent had time to buy a new one"

"It's... ten til 9. Will, hurry up!"

"Does he stay here a lot?"

"he usually stays a couple of nights a week"

"Maybe he should move in"

"Yeah, he would save money with that"

"How did you know he was here?" Sydney asked, interested

"i went to his place and he wasnt there so i figured he would be here. he talks about you guys a lot."

"Do you usually give him a ride to work?"

"Yeah, i live a few blocks away and i've got a car"

"And you havent crashed it like he has"

"Exactly"

"i should go or i'll be late for class"

"I can take you"

"Dont worry, it's near. i'll walk"

"Okay, nice to see you again"

"Bye"

"Bye, Sydney"

a few seconds later, will showed up, his hair still wet from the shower and they left for work.

"Los Angeles Register" (Will and Mike's work)

10:25 am

"Will, can i ask you something about sydney?"

"She's taken ,man, so dont go there"

"I know. it's something else"

"What?"

"About her father, do you know him?"

"yeah, i've met him. not the friendly tipe"

"What's his name?"

"Jack Bristow. Why?"

"well... you know im working on the cia story, right?"

"About your dad"

"yeah. i talked to some people on the agency and there was this man called Jack Bristow. He told me that my father was his daughter's godfather"

"It cant be. Sydney's dad its and airplane parts exporter. he's not CIA"

"Do you know where he works?"

"Something Jennings. did you ran a background check on this guy?"

"yes. his full name is jonathan donahue bristow. he's a widowed, his wife died in a car accident 20 years ago. he was born on d.c. on 1952. has a daughter, but mentioned no names."

"I'll check it out"

"If it's real. would you tell her"

"I dont know"

Francie's Restaurant 12:00

"Francie..."

"Yeah?"

"Have... have you ever cheated on a guy?"

"Syd, you know i havent"

"Never? not once?"

"No"

"Have you thought about it?"

" What's going on?"

"do you... have you??"

"No, of course not. i've just.. thought about it, lately"

"Do you wanna cheat on Danny?"

"No, of course not. i love danny"

"Then what?"

"I met someone. someone who seems even better than danny"

"Who?, tellme more!"

"I cant tell you who he is. not know"

"Do i know him?"

"Yes, everybody knows him"

"C'mon, tellme. i wont tell a soul. i promise"

"No, i cant."

"C'mon, c'mon"

"No, you gotta helpme, please but i cant tell you who he is"

"Fine. let's see. do you like him 'cause he's hot?"

"He is, but that's not why i like him. not the only reason"

"So, you're engaged, but you got a crush on someone else"

"It's not a crush!! .It's not"

"Then, what is it?"

"I dont know. it's just that. how can i put this.. he's...he just seems...great. smart,kind, perfect, for me"

"He sounds good, but i remind you, you've got a guy. a great guy!"

"yeah, i know. maybe i should tell danny"

"Are you crazy? you cant tell you boyfriend you like someone else. and you cant tell danny, you know how he's like"

"yeah, good point. so what do i do?"

"well, i think you need to figure out if this guy it's just a harmless crush, or if you actually want to be with him. if you do, then you gotta tell danny"

"yeah... i dont know if i want something with this guy. he's awesome, but he could turn out to be an ass , and then i would have lost danny "

"You gotta take risks to enjoy life"

"i wanted to ask you something else. about will"

"About will? what's up with him?" Francie inmediately gets defensive when sydney mentions will

"Do you..like him? as a guy?"

"I dont know, i had never thought that. why do you ask?"

"it's just....nothing, forget i ever asked"

"tell me. did he say something?"

"No, forget it"

"Gotta get to class. bye"

"Bye"