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: 19.2.04 Thanks heaps for the reviews I've been getting, the response has been even better than I thought it would be. My really really really nice teacher gave me the afternoon off today cos I had no work to do and if I'm at home I ain't gonna annoy people who are tryin to work, so I thought I'd add more onto my story. I wrote this straight after I finished chapter 17 and I've got about 3 chapters to go (don't hold me to that number it might be shorter or longer) and I'm GOING to have them written and posted by Tuesday Feb 24th (the beginning of the third season in Australia). Ok I better get on with it so heres chapter 18………..

Chapter 18:

"Well……" she began "it upsets me knowing that Vaughn won't speak to me about what happened."
"Yes, but I asked how you felt."

"I knew from the moment I found out about that baby that I wouldn't be able to keep it. Dr Barnett, in case you don't understand, I'm a double agent and if I kept that baby, I would have been killed, Vaughn would have too. I knew that and I had every intention of having an abortion."

"Did you tell Vaughn this?"
"No, I knew if I told him about the baby then it would have been harder for me to go through with the abortion. I know he thinks that I should told him but I wanted to spare him the pain that he's feeling now. I love him and I didn't want to put him through that."
"Have you spoken to him about this?"
"He won't talk to me about the baby at all, he pretends it didn't happen but I know that it still bothers him and he doubts my honesty now."

"Why do you say that?"
"I have my sources, his best friend told me."

"Agent Weiss?"
"Yes Agent Weiss. He's been really great through all of this. I feel sorry for him because he's stuck in the middle, especially since Vaughn and I were fighting."
"Have you been talking to Agent Weiss?"
"Yeah, he listens to what I have to say, he doesn't change the subject if I want to talk about the baby."

"How does that make you feel?"
"I guess it make me feel like he cares about me more than Vaughn."

"How did your father react when he found out?"
"I don't know. Come to think of it, he hasn't really said anything except he might have said he was sorry about what happened."

"What about Irina Derevko, your mother?"
"She came to see me in hospital, we talked a bit and she said she was sorry and told me I shouldn't have to go through this, it was hard to talk to her though cos Vaughn was in the room. I haven't seen her since." Sydney continued to talk to Barnett and the rest of the hour went by quickly. After she left the office, she did feel better, it helped a bit to talk about the situation. When she arrived back in the bullpen Jack was waiting to take her home. She headed out to the car after Jack without saying a word to anyone else. Jack dropped her off at home and she assured him that she would be fine at home by herself.

She made her way through the front door. She walked through the apartment and almost tripped over her bag that Jack had left on the floor earlier. Sighing she attempted to kick it along the floor, it wouldn't budge so she pushed it with her cane and it slid along the floor a little. She continued to push at it and about half an hour later, it was finally in her room. She settled down to unpack it. She threw her clothes in a heap on the floor, deciding that they all needed a wash to rid them of the hospital smell, and picked up all of the letters from SD-6 and other little goodies she had been given. She threw the teddy Weiss gave her on the bed before leaning over to pick the photos up out of the very bottom of her bag. She smiled to herself as she came across the photos of her and Vaughn. She hugged them tight as she thought about happier times, when he showered her with affection during their 'dates' at the warehouse or when they secretly met in motel rooms, where they could bask in one another's presence, even if it was only for a short while, it made her happy, just knowing he was there when she came back from a mission or when she was so pissed with the world, he listened to her, no matter how much she complained. A smile still plastered across her face she got up and carrying the photos she hobbled to her bureau she opened the top drawer and lay the photos back in there with other pictures and memories she kept hidden about her and Vaughn's relationship. Closing the drawer she hobbled out to the kitchen with the intention of ordering pizza. She was almost at the kitchen when there was a knock at the door. Sighing, she altered her course and went to the door. Opening it she saw Weiss standing there, pizza in one hand and a six-pack in the other. She laughed at him and quickly motioned for him to come in. "Weiss, what are you doing here? If SD-6 finds out you're here they'll kill us both."

"Relax, I thought you would be hungry and I was totally careful. I just wanted to see how you were, I didn't see you after your appointment with Barnett. How did it go?"
"It was ok I guess, Vaughn was right it helps to talk."

"Is that all?"
"I have to go back, she said I still have 'unresolved issues' about losing the baby."

"Maybe you do" he said as she shot him an icy stare "Hey it was just...." he began holding his hands up defensively.

"It was the truth, I thought I'd be fine cos I couldn't have kept the baby anyway."

"You don't have to say anything if you don't want to, by the way I told Vaughn what you said."

"You did, what did he say?"
"Not much, that I could understand, he started swearing and yelling in french, I don't speak french very well."

"So he didn't take it well then?"
"I guess not." They continued to eat in silence and a couple of hour's later Weiss left. Sydney was exhausted so she hobbled up to bed and snuggled in under the covers. She was glad to be home again.

A/N: What did you think??? Review and let me know!!!!!! I'm getting real close to wrapping this up. Thanks for reading and reviewing. LOL Alyce J