CHAPTER 9
Mike was released the next day.
He had to rest - in bed if possible - for 10 days
The doctor told him to come back if he had any problems
Syd first drove to her place and hope no one was there.
Her wish didnt come true.
" I'll go pick up some things, ok? It wont take me long" she said to mike
"Ok, i'll try not to die in that time" he said,smiling. He was really enjoying all her attention, it was unusual for him.
Syd went in, to find will and francie arguing
She went right through, thinking they were too bussy with their fight (whatever it was about) to notest her. Again, she was wrong She got to her bedroom and put some clothes and other necessary things in a backpack. She was leaving when will called her "Sydney! You're finally home" He said, walking to her. There he noted the backpack "Where are you going??" he asked,confused "Hey guys. What are you arguing about?" "Well, now you ask, its about you, syd. You and danny" "Hey, Syd, you had us sick with worry, not showing up all night. Is so not like you" "Hi,francie,sorry about that. Mike had an accident and i was helping him. Why were you arguing about me and danny?"
"He Told us what happened. What do you mean you were helping mike? Why?" Will asked her "What do i mean? He's hurt. Im helping. What you should be doing , will tippin. If im not mistaken, he's your friend too" "That's not the point. And besides, is his own fault if he is hurt" "What? What did danny told you?" "What happened. That he came home to find you and mike making out. Danny left and mike went after him and hit him. He fell and pretended to be hurt. You were all over him so he left" "That's what he told you? Mike is in my car right now with a broken leg and completely bruised. He may have hurt his head too. But to danny, he pretended to be hurt?" She asked surprised and furious "And you know who's fault it was? Danny's! He pushed mike onto the street. We werent making out. He was comforting me after i caught danny cheating on me! When danny saw us, he exploded. He got really pissed off and so jealous. He slapped me. And left. Mike went to try and explain things, but danny was too stupid to hear reasons. He tried to hit mike several times. He ended up hitting me again. They started fighting and mike fell and broke his leg. I asked danny to help but he just ran off, like a scared little kid. Now, excuse me, but i gotta go. Bye" Sydney left, slapping the door after her. "Are you ok?" Mike asked her when she got into the car "Im fine. And i should be the one asking you that" "Im fine"
"Are you hungry? I Am"
"Sure. I could eat"
"Let's go get something"
Sydney pulled into a store not far from her apartment , and went in to get food
not much later they were in mike's apartment with two bags of food
"you really are hungry,arent you?"
"My mom used to tell never to go buy food hungry"
"She was right"
Mike sat on the couch and turned on the radio
his favorite cd started playing
"I love this song!" Sydney said,hearing Safri Duo and 'Played a life'
"It's a great song. It's a mix cd i made"
"Great CD" said sydney,looking the cd case.
She went to store the food and brought a tray with some food and sat next to mike.
They started eating and talking
"This is a beatiful apartment" sydney said
"Thank you. I did it myself"
"Really? Wow."
"Well,it wasnt really all me. I had help. Lot of this things are gifts from my friends- and with a friend, we did the whole thing"
"You must have great friends"
"I do. They rock"
They kept on talking about many things. After eating, sydney felt really tired and she yawned and rested her head on mike's shoulder,he was falling sleep too..
they layed there,resting when he spoke
"Hey,syd.... what do you say we go to bed? We could both use it"
"I like the idea. Let me help you"
His bed was big and comfortable. They were so tired they slept all day and night.
Sydney and Francie's Apartment
Next day, 10 am
With Sydney gone, Francie and Will had the whole apartment to themselves, but they werent using it. Will had slept on syd's room. They were still fighting over syd and danny.
Will woke up hearing the doorbell. Apparently, who ever it was on the other end was in a hurry.
After a minute or two of incesive noise, he got up and opened the doort
"Syd! Im so sorry ! i know i screwed up--!" Danny started before realizing he wasnt talking to sydney.
"You're not Sydney" he said to will
"I know im not. What are you doing here so early?"
"i think the question is what are *you * doing here so early?"
"I slept here."
"Where's syd? What did you do?"
"Sydney's not here. She's staying with a friend this week"
"What? Why? Who?"
"I dont know, she wouldnt tell"
"i cant believe this. I came to apologize and she is out screwing some guy?!"
"Danny,relax, she's not screwing anyone. Look, come back later, ok? We'll talk then and i'll see if i can tell you where she is,ok?"
"Fine. Bye"
"Bye"
After danny leaves, will prepares a great breakfast to surprise francie with.
It works. Now she is in a good mood to have a nice adult talk.
"Im sorry" He says
"Im sorry too. We both got heated up"
"We shouldnt get involved. It's their problem. You know that gettin involved in couples' problems is a bad idea" will says
"I know" Francie says
"But syd is my best friend and i dont wanna see her get hurt" francie continues.
"im worried about syd too. But danny is a great friend and im worried about him"
"I guess the best thing we can do is let them solve it , give advice if they ask , and just be there ,supporting"
"You're right fran. You're so smart. I just never saw this coming"
"Them breaking up?"
"They seemeed like the perfect couple"
"guess they werent. And besides, syd had talk to me a few times, she wasnt sure about her and danny."
"really? i could tell danny was completely inlove with syd"
"He is, im sure"
"Do you think they're definitely over?" Will asked. "im not. I think they still have a shot"
"No, they dont. Syd wanted to fix things and she gave danny plenty oportunities. He may be a great friend, but as a boyfriend he is not that good"
"You know... i think i'll call mike. He's my friend too and what's happening its not even his fault and he got hurt. Maybe we could invite him to dinner"
"That's a great idea, will. it's very nice of you. The only thing is that * i * am the one who will have to cook."
At Mike's house, the phone had been ringing like half an hour when he picked it up.
"Hello? " he said in a sleepy voice
"Mike? Hi, it's will"
"Oh, hi, whats up?"
"I heard about your accident. Im sorry man, i wanted to know if you needed any help"
"Dont worry about it, im fine"
"Well, at least let me buy you dinner. Well, not really buy cause fran's gonna cook,but still, you should come and have dinner with us"
"You know me, i cant say no to a good food"
"Great, how about tomorrow night, at 8? Feel free to invite anyone"
"We'll be there. Your place ,right?"
"Sure.
Bye man, get better"
"Bye "
Mike hanged up and turned to see sydney, who stared at him wondering who it was
"That was will" he explained "He offered help and invited to dinner tomorrow night"
"me too?"
"He said bring someone. You know them, way better than i do"
"Yeah,but dont you think it'll be weird. I just broke up with danny and they'll think is a date"
"Syd. They know you. They're your friends. Im sure they wont think anything wrong.
And... would it be so bad? If it were a date?"
"No,of course not. But id like our first date to be just us"
"Id like that"
"How are you feeling? Got any rest?" sydney asked, changing the topic
"I feel good. What do you wanna do"
"What about some food and a movie?"
"Sure. let's do this. You choose food and i choose movie"
"Ok."
They rented "How to lose a guy in10 days" and got lots of chinese food.
It was a very funny movie and they laughed a lot
Michael said he liked kate hudsond and syd answered by saying she liked matthew McConaughey.
They went to sleep after the movie. Even thought they had only been up for a few hours, they were really tired.
Vaughn woke up smelling something really nice that came from the kitchen
Sydney was making breakfast.
"Hey" she said "you're up"
"i am. What r u doing?"
"breakfast. Hang on." She walked into the bedroom with their breakfast on a tray. She sat next to him to eat
"Did-did you..?"
"No, i went to buy it. I couldnt cook to save my life"
"Oh,come on, im sure you could. besides, im not a great cook"
"Liar! you are"
"Doesnt matter. let's see what you got. it looks really good"
CHAPTER 9.2
"So... what would you like to do today??" "you gotta use this 'vacations' well" "Vacations? I wouldnt exactly call them that" "you know what i mean" "Yeah. I guess we cant go iceskating" "Dont worry. You'll be back on the ice in no time" "I hope so. How about a movie? "Dont know. Id like to go out" "Where?" "I have an idea. How about a tour?" "A tour? Of what?" "the city,of course!" "But i live here. I know the city" "Yes, but not a tourist-like tour. I'll give you a Sydney tour and you'll give me a Michael tour"
"And what is exactly a sydney tour?" "I'll show you where i grew up, where i hung out as a kid,the places that mean more to me." "That actually sounds good" he said, smiling "Hey! I have * great* ideas" she said,also smiling and hitting him slighty on the arm just then, the doorbell rang. Syd went to get it. She looked through the piphole to see danny. "Go Away!" she yelled at him "Syd,we need to talk. Please" "Syd,it's ok,let him in" "Are you sure?" "Well, you can always protect me,right?" Smiling,she opened the door "Come in and be civilized" "Hi, Sydney,Michael. First of all, i want to apologize. I was stupid ,a dick and a coward. I hurt both of you, but i could have helped you,michael, and i was too scared to do it. Im very sorry for that. And i am sorry for over reacting and being so jealous. I dont know why i did it, it was stupid and it wasnt me but i couldnt really help I am sorry for all that ive done. I hope you can forgive me. I brought a peace offer" Danny handed vaughn a envelope and he opened to find 2 season tickets to the kings. "Wow, danny,you didnt have to, thank you so much, it really wasnt necessary" "It was all i could think of, and it was necessary" "What is it?" sydney asked "Season tickets for the kings" "Really? Wow, that's amazing. Thankl you ,danny,for coming here and apologizing, it was very nice of you" "Do you think you could forgive me someday?" "If thats what you want,you're forgiven. But dont we're getting back together. Not day not tomorrow, not next week or next year" "I know sydney" danny said,visibly dissapointed "we're over and it's all my fault" "Sadly, it was. Maybe ill see you again sometime" "Ok. I hope so. I should go . bye" "Bye" syd and vaughn said. "I knew i couldnt be so wrong" "about what?" "Danny. I like to think im a good judge of character" "Im sure you are. You werent so wrong about danny. He is a good guy but everybody has flaws" "I know. When i first met him he was really sweet,caring and nice. Then he changed. It was like the first months where an act he put on for me to fall for him. I kept expecting him to go back to who he was, but he never did, things just got worse. The truth is, i was getting sick of him" "Really? Well, at least the transicion wont be so hard" "I know. Im not sure i wanna date again though. Not with some guy picked off the street. If i go out with someone, it'll have to be with someone really great" "That's what you deserve" "You think?" "I know" "Thanks. So, lets go?" "Lead the way"
Mike was released the next day.
He had to rest - in bed if possible - for 10 days
The doctor told him to come back if he had any problems
Syd first drove to her place and hope no one was there.
Her wish didnt come true.
" I'll go pick up some things, ok? It wont take me long" she said to mike
"Ok, i'll try not to die in that time" he said,smiling. He was really enjoying all her attention, it was unusual for him.
Syd went in, to find will and francie arguing
She went right through, thinking they were too bussy with their fight (whatever it was about) to notest her. Again, she was wrong She got to her bedroom and put some clothes and other necessary things in a backpack. She was leaving when will called her "Sydney! You're finally home" He said, walking to her. There he noted the backpack "Where are you going??" he asked,confused "Hey guys. What are you arguing about?" "Well, now you ask, its about you, syd. You and danny" "Hey, Syd, you had us sick with worry, not showing up all night. Is so not like you" "Hi,francie,sorry about that. Mike had an accident and i was helping him. Why were you arguing about me and danny?"
"He Told us what happened. What do you mean you were helping mike? Why?" Will asked her "What do i mean? He's hurt. Im helping. What you should be doing , will tippin. If im not mistaken, he's your friend too" "That's not the point. And besides, is his own fault if he is hurt" "What? What did danny told you?" "What happened. That he came home to find you and mike making out. Danny left and mike went after him and hit him. He fell and pretended to be hurt. You were all over him so he left" "That's what he told you? Mike is in my car right now with a broken leg and completely bruised. He may have hurt his head too. But to danny, he pretended to be hurt?" She asked surprised and furious "And you know who's fault it was? Danny's! He pushed mike onto the street. We werent making out. He was comforting me after i caught danny cheating on me! When danny saw us, he exploded. He got really pissed off and so jealous. He slapped me. And left. Mike went to try and explain things, but danny was too stupid to hear reasons. He tried to hit mike several times. He ended up hitting me again. They started fighting and mike fell and broke his leg. I asked danny to help but he just ran off, like a scared little kid. Now, excuse me, but i gotta go. Bye" Sydney left, slapping the door after her. "Are you ok?" Mike asked her when she got into the car "Im fine. And i should be the one asking you that" "Im fine"
"Are you hungry? I Am"
"Sure. I could eat"
"Let's go get something"
Sydney pulled into a store not far from her apartment , and went in to get food
not much later they were in mike's apartment with two bags of food
"you really are hungry,arent you?"
"My mom used to tell never to go buy food hungry"
"She was right"
Mike sat on the couch and turned on the radio
his favorite cd started playing
"I love this song!" Sydney said,hearing Safri Duo and 'Played a life'
"It's a great song. It's a mix cd i made"
"Great CD" said sydney,looking the cd case.
She went to store the food and brought a tray with some food and sat next to mike.
They started eating and talking
"This is a beatiful apartment" sydney said
"Thank you. I did it myself"
"Really? Wow."
"Well,it wasnt really all me. I had help. Lot of this things are gifts from my friends- and with a friend, we did the whole thing"
"You must have great friends"
"I do. They rock"
They kept on talking about many things. After eating, sydney felt really tired and she yawned and rested her head on mike's shoulder,he was falling sleep too..
they layed there,resting when he spoke
"Hey,syd.... what do you say we go to bed? We could both use it"
"I like the idea. Let me help you"
His bed was big and comfortable. They were so tired they slept all day and night.
Sydney and Francie's Apartment
Next day, 10 am
With Sydney gone, Francie and Will had the whole apartment to themselves, but they werent using it. Will had slept on syd's room. They were still fighting over syd and danny.
Will woke up hearing the doorbell. Apparently, who ever it was on the other end was in a hurry.
After a minute or two of incesive noise, he got up and opened the doort
"Syd! Im so sorry ! i know i screwed up--!" Danny started before realizing he wasnt talking to sydney.
"You're not Sydney" he said to will
"I know im not. What are you doing here so early?"
"i think the question is what are *you * doing here so early?"
"I slept here."
"Where's syd? What did you do?"
"Sydney's not here. She's staying with a friend this week"
"What? Why? Who?"
"I dont know, she wouldnt tell"
"i cant believe this. I came to apologize and she is out screwing some guy?!"
"Danny,relax, she's not screwing anyone. Look, come back later, ok? We'll talk then and i'll see if i can tell you where she is,ok?"
"Fine. Bye"
"Bye"
After danny leaves, will prepares a great breakfast to surprise francie with.
It works. Now she is in a good mood to have a nice adult talk.
"Im sorry" He says
"Im sorry too. We both got heated up"
"We shouldnt get involved. It's their problem. You know that gettin involved in couples' problems is a bad idea" will says
"I know" Francie says
"But syd is my best friend and i dont wanna see her get hurt" francie continues.
"im worried about syd too. But danny is a great friend and im worried about him"
"I guess the best thing we can do is let them solve it , give advice if they ask , and just be there ,supporting"
"You're right fran. You're so smart. I just never saw this coming"
"Them breaking up?"
"They seemeed like the perfect couple"
"guess they werent. And besides, syd had talk to me a few times, she wasnt sure about her and danny."
"really? i could tell danny was completely inlove with syd"
"He is, im sure"
"Do you think they're definitely over?" Will asked. "im not. I think they still have a shot"
"No, they dont. Syd wanted to fix things and she gave danny plenty oportunities. He may be a great friend, but as a boyfriend he is not that good"
"You know... i think i'll call mike. He's my friend too and what's happening its not even his fault and he got hurt. Maybe we could invite him to dinner"
"That's a great idea, will. it's very nice of you. The only thing is that * i * am the one who will have to cook."
At Mike's house, the phone had been ringing like half an hour when he picked it up.
"Hello? " he said in a sleepy voice
"Mike? Hi, it's will"
"Oh, hi, whats up?"
"I heard about your accident. Im sorry man, i wanted to know if you needed any help"
"Dont worry about it, im fine"
"Well, at least let me buy you dinner. Well, not really buy cause fran's gonna cook,but still, you should come and have dinner with us"
"You know me, i cant say no to a good food"
"Great, how about tomorrow night, at 8? Feel free to invite anyone"
"We'll be there. Your place ,right?"
"Sure.
Bye man, get better"
"Bye "
Mike hanged up and turned to see sydney, who stared at him wondering who it was
"That was will" he explained "He offered help and invited to dinner tomorrow night"
"me too?"
"He said bring someone. You know them, way better than i do"
"Yeah,but dont you think it'll be weird. I just broke up with danny and they'll think is a date"
"Syd. They know you. They're your friends. Im sure they wont think anything wrong.
And... would it be so bad? If it were a date?"
"No,of course not. But id like our first date to be just us"
"Id like that"
"How are you feeling? Got any rest?" sydney asked, changing the topic
"I feel good. What do you wanna do"
"What about some food and a movie?"
"Sure. let's do this. You choose food and i choose movie"
"Ok."
They rented "How to lose a guy in10 days" and got lots of chinese food.
It was a very funny movie and they laughed a lot
Michael said he liked kate hudsond and syd answered by saying she liked matthew McConaughey.
They went to sleep after the movie. Even thought they had only been up for a few hours, they were really tired.
Vaughn woke up smelling something really nice that came from the kitchen
Sydney was making breakfast.
"Hey" she said "you're up"
"i am. What r u doing?"
"breakfast. Hang on." She walked into the bedroom with their breakfast on a tray. She sat next to him to eat
"Did-did you..?"
"No, i went to buy it. I couldnt cook to save my life"
"Oh,come on, im sure you could. besides, im not a great cook"
"Liar! you are"
"Doesnt matter. let's see what you got. it looks really good"
CHAPTER 9.2
"So... what would you like to do today??" "you gotta use this 'vacations' well" "Vacations? I wouldnt exactly call them that" "you know what i mean" "Yeah. I guess we cant go iceskating" "Dont worry. You'll be back on the ice in no time" "I hope so. How about a movie? "Dont know. Id like to go out" "Where?" "I have an idea. How about a tour?" "A tour? Of what?" "the city,of course!" "But i live here. I know the city" "Yes, but not a tourist-like tour. I'll give you a Sydney tour and you'll give me a Michael tour"
"And what is exactly a sydney tour?" "I'll show you where i grew up, where i hung out as a kid,the places that mean more to me." "That actually sounds good" he said, smiling "Hey! I have * great* ideas" she said,also smiling and hitting him slighty on the arm just then, the doorbell rang. Syd went to get it. She looked through the piphole to see danny. "Go Away!" she yelled at him "Syd,we need to talk. Please" "Syd,it's ok,let him in" "Are you sure?" "Well, you can always protect me,right?" Smiling,she opened the door "Come in and be civilized" "Hi, Sydney,Michael. First of all, i want to apologize. I was stupid ,a dick and a coward. I hurt both of you, but i could have helped you,michael, and i was too scared to do it. Im very sorry for that. And i am sorry for over reacting and being so jealous. I dont know why i did it, it was stupid and it wasnt me but i couldnt really help I am sorry for all that ive done. I hope you can forgive me. I brought a peace offer" Danny handed vaughn a envelope and he opened to find 2 season tickets to the kings. "Wow, danny,you didnt have to, thank you so much, it really wasnt necessary" "It was all i could think of, and it was necessary" "What is it?" sydney asked "Season tickets for the kings" "Really? Wow, that's amazing. Thankl you ,danny,for coming here and apologizing, it was very nice of you" "Do you think you could forgive me someday?" "If thats what you want,you're forgiven. But dont we're getting back together. Not day not tomorrow, not next week or next year" "I know sydney" danny said,visibly dissapointed "we're over and it's all my fault" "Sadly, it was. Maybe ill see you again sometime" "Ok. I hope so. I should go . bye" "Bye" syd and vaughn said. "I knew i couldnt be so wrong" "about what?" "Danny. I like to think im a good judge of character" "Im sure you are. You werent so wrong about danny. He is a good guy but everybody has flaws" "I know. When i first met him he was really sweet,caring and nice. Then he changed. It was like the first months where an act he put on for me to fall for him. I kept expecting him to go back to who he was, but he never did, things just got worse. The truth is, i was getting sick of him" "Really? Well, at least the transicion wont be so hard" "I know. Im not sure i wanna date again though. Not with some guy picked off the street. If i go out with someone, it'll have to be with someone really great" "That's what you deserve" "You think?" "I know" "Thanks. So, lets go?" "Lead the way"
