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: Ok here's another chapter. I wrote this while totally avoiding doing my 'Marking Time' evaluation for English *gags*, words cannot express how much I don't want to dot that. Anyway thanks for all the reviews I received. I wrote this the same day I put chapter 14 up, so I dunno how many people reviewed it. I was a little bit sad that I only got like 2 reviews for chapter 13 *wipes away a tear* but I guess its better than none at all. Ok enough of my blabbering heres the next chapter.
Chapter 15:
A week later:
Sydney had been in hospital for eight weeks now. She was in her third week of physio and her legs were beginning to grow stronger and her balance was slowly returning. She was once again alone in her room, Madeline had gone home three days earlier. Vaughn hadn't returned but Weiss and Will visited her frequently. The highlight of her day was her physio appointment, strange as it may seem, because it gave her something to do. She could now stand up unassisted for a short period and could walk up the three flights of stairs to the physio room. Her crutches have been replaced by a walking cane, which helped her stay balanced. She didn't like standing still for too long because her legs began to shake and if she didn't sit down her legs would buckle beneath her and she ended up in a heap on the floor, swearing at the jabbing pain in her side.
Sydney was sitting in bed one afternoon when her Doctor came into see her. She looked up from her book that she was reading. "Miss Bristow, how are you today?" he asked as he entered the room.
"I'm fine thanks." He checked the chart that was hanging at the end of her bed.
"Well, your chart is normal, you have made a remarkable recovery."
"I've been here for eight weeks, so I'd like to think that I
was recovering. How much longer till I can go home?"
"Would you like to go home tomorrow?"
She shook her head, not believing what he had said
"To-Tomorrow?"
"Yes Miss Bristow, I think you are well enough to go home as long as someone is
there to look after you, will someone be there to help you?"
"Um, I don't think so."
"If you can organize someone to care for you by this evening, you may go home tomorrow, if not I want you to stay here until you can organize someone to look after you."
"Ok. When can I return to work?"
"You are a double agent, yes?"
"Yes."
"I think that you can return to work after you are released
but no missions until you no longer need that walking cane, understand?"
"Yes, how long will I need the cane for?"
"I want you to continue to use it for another five to six weeks, just until
your balance has completely returned."
"Ok, thank you Doctor. I'll let you know if I find someone to look after me."
"Ok Miss Bristow, I'll wait to here from you." The Doctor turned and walked out the door. Sydney sat there deep in thought as to who she could ask to look after her. Her mind briefly flashed to asking Vaughn, but she quickly dismissed that thought because they hadn't spoken since their fight three weeks ago. After thinking for several minutes she resolved to ask her father. She got in contact with him and he agreed to help her. He said he was coming to pick her up from the hospital early the next morning. After speaking with her father, she spoke with her Doctor who left to organize her discharge papers and then began to pack her belongings into the bag that Weiss (Will had packed it for him) had brought in after she was transferred out of ICU. She picked up the small pile of photos that were laying next to her bed and flicked through them, smiling as she came across a photo of her and Vaughn. She sighed to herself and silently wondered if her and Vaughn would ever be that happy again. She carefully placed the photos in her bag along with the letters and cards she received from everyone at SD-6. After filling the rest of the bag with her clothes and books she zipped it up and sat it next to her bed, laying the teddy bear she got from Weiss on the top of it. She decided to go for a short walk around the ward and just as she was about to head out the door she crashed into Vaughn. "Hello" she said quietly.
"Hi" he replied just as softly. She turned around and hobbled slowly back to her bed. She sat down on it and positioned herself so that she was leaning against the pillows. Vaughn sat on the chair next to her bed. "Look Syd" he began "I wanted to apologise for what I said last time I saw you. It was way out of line, you don't deserve to be spoken to like that."
"Why did you say it then?"
"It was the heat of the moment Syd, I was really frustrated and upset and
angry, I shouldn't have taken it out on you, I'm sorry, I love you. Please
forgive me."
"I love you too Vaughn but what you said it really hurt."
"I know, I was just upset about the baby."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, how many times can I apologise for that."
"I'm really trying to get past it, its just gonna to take some time, ok?"
"Yeah."
He looked over and saw her bag packed "Are you going home?"
"Yeah, Dad's coming to get me tomorrow, he's going to be looking after me."
"Looking after you?"
"Driving me round, helping round the house, a couple of things like that until
I can drive."
"How long will that be?"
"Five or six weeks I think."
"I'll help as much as I can."
"Thanks." They sat there in silence for a while until Vaughn went home. After he left Sydney climbed out of bed again and once again started on her walk up the hall. She walked around for about half an hour before returning to bed. As the night wore on Sydney eventually fell asleep, excited about finally going home tomorrow, where she could sleep in her own bed.
A/N: What did you think??? Was it good or bad??? A bit short again, sorry. I think there's only going to be 4 or 5 more chapters, defiantly not much more than that. Please review and let me know what you think. LOL Alyce.
