Thanx 2 all who reviewd its really appreciated! Since u guys sorta didn't mind wat I put into the story next im gna go with my suggestions, both of em since a lot of guys wanted 1 and some of u wanted the otha! Well keep it up with the reviews! Enjoy the story, sorry I've been taking so long to update but I've been getting more english and maths homework then a year 9 should! Well not so much maths but definitely English, lots of assignments and reading and stuff. Really don't want year ten to come - really, really don't.. neway heres the story. (

DISCLAIMER- I'm new to this and don't know if I have to do this for every chapter. If I haven't and I was meant to then I'm really sorry but as I said at the beginning I don't own anything that has to do with Alias, but Eliza's mine!

Chapter 8

The next few days went by pretty quickly for the both of them. Sydney was busy marking some papers that she had to give back to her students after the holidays were over. (A/N- really sorry I didn't mention this before, thanx to Jade-Tessier for reminding me!) Michael was at the CIA a lot more often lately. Some Rambaldi artefact or another. Sydney tried not to get to involved in Mike's work and concentrate on her own. She had spent enough time in the spy department to last her a lifetime.

As she finished marking the last of the students test's she tapped her pen repeatedly against the palm of her other hand, desperately thinking of something to do that would keep her occupied until Mike came back. She decided to go for a jog around the park.

Jogging through the park she reflected on how she had been acting with this whole 'Eliza' situation. She realised she was probably being an enormous pain but it was either that or beat the crap out of Eliza, and well..she didn't feel like wasting her energy on that. A flash of blonde hair caught her eye as she stopped at a hot dog and drink stall to buy a bottle of water, she had left her's at home and was in serious need of a drink.

Huh, that girl looks a lot like Eliza. Geez Syd, cool it, your over this now remember? You don't need to go around thinking that every blonde under the age of 30 is Eliza.

As she stood behind the two or three people in front of her waiting for their hot dog a few people qued up behind Syd and the stall operators took this as a sign to hurry up. Sydney paid for her bottle of water a and turned to leave. As she turned she saw that same blonde girl from before, only from close-up this time. She tried to walk off un-noticed but only managed to go about a metre or so.

You can't be serious. What did I do? What the hell did I do? She asked repeatedly in her head as she stared, exasperated at the sky.

"Sydney it is you!" A blonde girl wearing short - and I mean short denim.well you could probably call them shorts- said to her while she flipped her hair over one shoulder.

"Eliza," Syd replied, plastering a smile on her face and attempting to look sweet. "How are you? I thought you'd be at work around now, Michael is."

"Yeh I know, I went in this morning but Michael said that I didn't need to be there. They're still finalising some of the details for the mission so I have to go in tomorrow and find out what the plan is, you know, when it's finished." Eliza said, followed by a small giggle.

Oh my god. She giggled, I mean as in serious Barbie doll giggle, one more hair toss and she'll be able to play Barbie in a movie without even trying.

Eliza chose that time to move her hair over her shoulder once more and then grab a stray piece and twirl it around her fingers.

And there it is!

She tried not to smirk as that thought came to her, but even with her excellent spy skills she didn't succeed all that well.

"What?" Eliza asked seriously confused.

"Huh? Oh nothing, a line from a comedy movie Mike and I watched the other night just came to me." Sydney replied.

Yeh, that worked. She may be a spy but she still hasn't caught up to my standards yet thankyou very much.

"Oh ok, what movie was that? I can't find that many good comedy's lately." Eliza commented.

Think fast Syd.

"Really?" Syd replied, trying to buy some time to think of a good comedy, "There's plenty around."

"Yeh I guess there are. To be honest I haven't really seen any lately. I dunno, it's just not the same unless your watching it with that special someone, you know?" Asked Eliza. "Your so lucky to have someone like Michael, I wish I did." She continued, staring dreamily into the distance.

Okay what?! She better not mean what I think she means! Whoa, take some deep breaths Syd, that's not what she meant. All she meant was that she wished she could have a guy like Michael right? That she could share her life with someone who loves her as much as Mike and I love each other. Yeh that's it. There's no way she actually wants Michael as that person though. Yeh I'm just overreacting, that's all. Yeh.

Sydney's thoughts were interrupted once again by the sound of Eliza's voice.

"Well I should probably get going, gotta meet some friends. Nice seeing you again."

"Oh yeh, bye." Sydney replied as she headed off in her own direction. She continued her jog around the park, the conversation between Eliza and herself still on her mind.

A/N Please keep reviewin guys! I really appreciate it and I'll try to update more often!