Title: Secrets and Lies
Rating: PG-13 (note change in rating)
Summary: When Sydney is injured on a mission and Vaughn discovers she hasn't been entirely truthful with him. S/V.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias; I'm just borrowing the characters.
Authors Note: Heres another update. I can't believe that I'm up to chapter 14, Wow!! Thanks to everyone who has left reviews, I appreciate it. Its all your reviews that keeps me writing. For all you people who weren't happy with Syd and Vaughn's fight in the last chapter, there was a reason for it. They are both really frustrated, especially Syd (wouldn't you be if you were stuck in a hospital bed??) and they just let it all out. Anyway here's the next chapter. (BTW can someone send me some cooler weather??? I like the heat and all its just been unbearably hot recently and I can't sleep at night. So please send me some cooler weather.) Without further ado heres the next instalment…….
Chapter 14:
The day after Sydney and Vaughns fight the Doctor began to take Sydney off the monitors, meaning her movement was less restricted. This worried her roommate who was convinced she was a psycho killer who was gonna kill her before going after that guy she fought with. Sydney was glad to be able to move more and the day after the tubes were taken away the physio came into see her. Sydney's blankets were rolled back and she was shocked at how thin her legs looked. They were hairy pale sticks. She sat there staring at them for a few minutes before returning to reality. After she 'returned' to reality the physio started to explain the exercises she was going to have to do so that her legs could regain their strength and so she could become more balanced. They began with simple stretches, just bending her knees to get used to the movement again. They did this for about an hour and then the physio left, she told Sydney to so those same exercises two or three times a day for half an hour. Sydney sat there happy that she was allowed to move the lower half of her body even if it was only bending her knees, it gave her something to do. She didn't have any visitors that day, Weiss, Will and her father were busy and she suspected that Vaughn was avoiding her so she sat there and played with the teddy bear that Weiss had bought her and played cards. Over the next week she had few visitors, Weiss and Will were working, Jack was on a three week mission and Vaughn was still avoiding her. Even though he was busy Weiss can as often as possible. Sydney had physio every day and a week after she began her treatment she was told she could finally get up after weeks in bed. She was given crutches to help keep her balanced and taken walking up and down the hall for a half an hour. Already her legs were beginning to build up muscle and look less pale. Sydney had been relieved when she was allowed to shower, even if she needed a nurse to help, it was nice to feel clean again. Her grumpy roommate had also gone home and was replaced with a cheery young agent who'd been shot on a mission and fallen down four flights of stairs. Sydney immediately took a liking to her and the pair of them spent hours talking and joking around. The other girl was surprised when she heard that Sydney had been in hospital for weeks already and was only just beginning her physio. Syd explained to the worried young woman that she had almost died, that's why she had been in hospital for a long time.
One afternoon Madeline, the other agent, was sitting on Syd's bed and the pair of them were joking around when Weiss came into visit. Madeline started to get up and go back to her bed but Sydney told her she could stay. Weiss sat down and started to fill Sydney on all the happenings at the Ops Centre but when he mentioned Vaughn, she got upset and asked him not to talk about 'that man.' Weiss apologized and the three of them continued to talk for an hour or so until Sydney's physio arrived for her appointment. Madeline went back over to her bed and Weiss got up to leave. Before he left Sydney told him to tell Vaughn that when he's ready to apologize for what he said to come and see her. Weiss agreed and quickly left to go back to work.
Vaughn did come to see her again, two weeks after their fight, but when he arrived at her room she was nowhere to be seen, he asked Madeline were Sydney was and she told him that she had gone to the pool for physio and then she was going to the physio room. When he asked how long she would be Madeline told him that she would be a couple of hours at least so he left without another word. Sydney returned a couple of hours later tired from her physio and Madeline told her that a really hot guy had been to see her, but didn't leave his name. Sydney leaned over to her little cupboard that had some photos in it she pulled out a photo of her and Vaughn and called Madeline over. "Is this what he looked like?" she asked, pointing at Vaughn.
"Yeah that's him."
"He's my boyfriend, we had a huge fight a couple of weeks
ago and I haven't seen him since."
"He's the guy you and Weiss were talking about."
"Yeah" she said as she stared happily at the photo.
"What does he do? I mean where does he work?"
"He's my CIA handler. I'm a double agent."
"Oh, I thought that handlers weren't allowed to date their
assets?"
"They're not, but they let us."
"Why?"
"Basically, we threatened to leave if they didn't let us, so they decided to
let us date, but they had 'ground rules' that we had to follow, things like
when we are at work that is our priority, not our personal relationship, stupid
things like that."
"Do you love him?"
"More than anything in this world."
"Does he love you?"
"He says he does, but a part of me isn't sure especially since the other day."
"What happened?"
"I don't mean to be rude but I really don't want to talk
about it, if that's alright."
"Yeah sure."
The pair lapsed into silence and Madeline went back over to her bed and began
to read one of the books her mother had bought in for her. Sydney put the photo
back and picked up one of her books, sighing as she opened it up to where she
had left off. Both Madeline and Sydney spent the afternoon silently reading and
as their dinner arrived so did Madeline's parents. Madeline sat there talking
to them for ages while Sydney ate her dinner in silence and wished someone
would come to see her. She didn't get her wish, so she laid back and tried to
fall asleep thinking about Vaughn but something she hadn't thought about for a
while, their baby came into her mind. She began crying again and eventually
cried herself to sleep, clutching her teddy bear tightly.
A/N: What did you think??? It was a bit shorter than the last chapter, sorry, I tried my best. Anyway please review and tell me what you think. LOL Alyce.
