CHAPTER 5

About 10 mts after sydney leaves, francie goes outside to call will

"Hello?"

"Hi, will, it's me"

"Hi,baby, what's up? i thought we were meeting for lunch"

"i just had a really weird talk with sydney"

"Weird how?"

"She asked me about you. if i liked you, as a guy , i dont know, it was weird like she was tryin' to tell me something"

"Do you think she knows?"

"I doubt it, but i think she knows we're hiding something"

"Maybe we should tell her, i feel bad lyin'"

"yeah, but the hiding is kinda exciting"

"yeah, it is. let's talk at lunch, ok?"

"ok, at 1"

"bye, will"

"bye, francie"

UCLA 6:20 pm

Sydney is leaving a class when she sees someone she knows.

she thinks about going to say hi, but rather not ,and starts to walks away when he sees her and calls her name

"Sydney!"

"Mike, Hi, what are you doing here?"

"Helping a friend. were you in class?"

"yeah, just finish"

" wanna go get some food?"

"i dont know"

" 'cause of danny? i dont think he'll mind. "

"I dont know. maybe i should call him"

"You have to call him and ask him if you can hang out with someone else?"

"No, it's not that. just to ask him if he has dinner plans"

"Oh, c'mon, he's a doctor, he's probably working and if he gets hungry he'll probably just eats something on the hospital's cafe"

"yeah, you're right. let's go. im hungry"

Restaurant Twinks

Just a few minutes later they ordered, a waitress comes with their food

while sydney is telling mike about her childhood.

"So that has it always was. dad travelling somewhere while i was home with a nanny. and in a lot of ways i had to taught myself, or i would ask my friends. how i didnt had a mother, my mother's friends were always nice to me, and i often stayed at their houses instead of mine"

"That must have sucked, but at least you had good friends"

"i had the best friends. we can't see each other too often, but we get together a couple of times every year"

" if it's not too personal, tellme, can you remember your mom?"

"Yeah, i remember a few things, good memories"

"The bad ones are pretty much forgotten. that happens to me. i lost my dad when i was 8"

"Really? how?"

"I don't know. he died on the field, so the family wasnt allowed to know"

"That's terrible"

"Yeah. when i was young i wanted to be a CIA agent like him. when then i realized i didnt want my family to go through the same thing. so that's why i became a journalist, i had a thirst of knowledge waiting to be fulfill."

"And have you?"

"I know a lot more, but most of the things i know are pretty useless"

" all of this happened in france, right?"

"Yeah, we came to the us when i was 18"

"Did you attend highschool here?"

"there was a problem with my papers and i had to do my senior year again and take an equivalence test. At first i hated it, but i then i thought that it would be a good experience. and it was"

"Let me guess. you were prom king?"

"i never cared much about those things, i was friends with everybody, and that made me pretty popular, so i guess that'swhy everyone voted for me. but at least i can say i was never part of a clique"

"No? you werent a jock?"

"I was on the swimming team. i was a swimmer as a child, so i came here and continued. but i never went to pep rallys or anything. and what about you?"

"I wasnt prom queen. one of my friends was. i wasnt very popular. i was known, you know, because i was friendly and everything, but i was a good girl. never had detention, i always got good grades, etc. one of the reasons i was a little popular was cause all of my friends were. they never cared too much about school, they rather plan a party, a day at the beach or something like that. i went sometimes, but not often"

"This were the same childhood friends?"

"Yeah, the same. in highschool, their houses were like my houses too. i spent a lot of time there. it was good to be in a normal house, you know?"

"Sydney?" Asked a voice in a british accent

"Danny? what are you doing here?"

"Good question. mind answering it ?"

"Hi, Danny. hope you wont mind i took your fiance out for food"

"No, it's ok. but Sydney should've called" danny seemed pretty mad

"I told her not to"

"Why?"

"She said you were working. i have a cousin who's a doctor, and when he's on call, he usually eats at the hospital"

"Hospital food is disgusting"

"I know. sorry. if i ever do it again, i'll make sure she calls you, ok?"

"Ok. dont worry. you're a good guy and im sure you dont mean anything. it's just that i can be a bit overprotective "

"Danny? sorry i'm late" a girl in a doctor's outfit said approaching their table