Sydney Bristow awoke to the sound of her buzzing alarm clock. She still hadn't gotten used

to waking up to an empty house. Every night she would go to sleep just hoping that when she

awoke again in the morning, it would have all been just a bad dream and she would have the people

that she loved back in her life once again. But she new that in reality, this would never happen.

So she gets up and starts her monotonous morning routine. Drinks coffee alone, brushes her teeth,

takes a shower, and gets ready for work. She hasn't been eating much lately so she has become

somewhat weak, but still strong enough to take out the enemy if need be.

While driving down the road getting closer to work, she passes a familiar spot. The warehouse.

Just the thought of the past, being there with him, going over counter missions to take down

SD-6, made her cry. No matter what she did, she could never stop herself. So she just managed to

get it out of her system for the time being. Besides...she couldn't let anyone at work see past

her now. All of the attention was just something that she could not handle right now. Vaughn's

heart belonged to someone else and it would never be hers again. He decided to move on with his

life so maybe it was time for her to move on with hers too.

Sydney walked in the front doors of the CIA and there she saw him, staring at her with this

fixation that she didn't understand. She just smiled slightly and walked to her desk. There was

a new pile of reports to finish and a memo about her next mission briefing at 11:30am. It had

relevance to the mission in North Korea. She remembered the things he said to her and the kiss.

She remembered it like it were yesterday. But all had changed once they made it out alive and

back home. She almost believed that maybe things were finally going to fall back into place. Then

they returned to work and she felt reality slap her hard in the face when she saw Lauren run to

him. How could she be so stupid to believe what he said? Even though it did feel so right to be

able to open up to him again and tell him everything she couldn't have before. But maybe that's

just what a near death experience can do to a person.

The rest of the day went by pretty quick and uneventful. She had finished her reports, completed

the briefing and got all the intel she needed for her next op. While she was walking to her car,

Jack came to her. He explained how he knew how to find her and Vaughn because of Irina's sister.

Sydney was greatful, but after what had happened, she sometimes wishes they would have never come

for her. She actually thought that being killed by the firing squad while still believing that he

loved her would have been better than coming back to all this. Jack must have sensed something

about how she was seeming to drift away during their conversation so he recommended that she see

Barnett, thinking that maybe she could help her with whatever was on her mind. Sydney reluctantly

agreed, said her goodbyes, then got in her car.

When she arrived at home, surprisingly she noticed that her lights were on. She didn't remember

leaving them on this morning so she decided to take out her gun just incase. Cautiously she

opened the door and crept around the corners. Finally she came upon Weiss. She put her gun away

after recognizing his friendly face. Besides, he was the only friend she really had now. They

talked awhile and ate dinner together then Weiss left. Once again she was alone. So she went to

bed. All night she dreamt about him and their past and she felt so content and safe knowing that

they were together. Then the alarm went off again. Time to go see Barnett.

Sydney arrived in Dr. Barnett's office at 9am and decided to tell her everything that has been

bothering her since she returned from Hong Kong. She was always very careful as to what she told

Barnett because Sydney never wanted to seem like someone who could be easily damaged by emotions

but Barnett saw straight through that, as could everyone else. She coped her into talking

about the mission in North Korea and thats when it hit Sydney like a ton of bricks. She couldn't

stop herself from crying but strangly it felt good to get this secret out. She told Barnett

everything that had happened and everything that was said between the two of them. Dr. Barnett

stared at Sydney with sympathetic eyes and when Sydney realized this, she gave a slight smile.

She told Barnett how she just couldn't move past him even if she tried, it was just too difficult

for her. Then Sydney asked, "Do you believe in soulmates?". Just then, Sydney suddenly

felt as if somehow, things would be okay, and she smiled.

THE END