A Familiar Face
Vaughn was driving home from his date with Lauren Reed, only this time was different, he had invited her over. At first, he didn't know why, but he figured that it would be nice to have some company. He was really lonely without Sydney. The blonde was nice, but she wasn't Sydney. No one ever would be. Lauren helped a little bit, but he had deeply loved Sydney. Correction, he was still in love with her, even though she was dead. As they got to his house, Vaughn saw an unfamiliar car parked across the street. The women inside made him do a double take. It was impossible, she was dead, but the woman inside looked exactly like Syd, except she had lighter hair. Vaughn would have been able to spot her in a crowd of millions, but now he was having doubts. It couldn't be, months had gone by, she wouldn't just show up unannounced, especially when she was supposed to be dead. Before he had a chance to confirm the woman's identity Lauren whisked him away to his house. What Vaughn did not know was that Lauren had seen her too.
Once inside Vaughn couldn't stop thinking about Syd. What if it really was her? Where had she been? Lauren saw the distant look in his eye and knew that he had seen her and was thinking about Sydney. Lauren could not believe the terrible job the Covenant was doing at tracking Julia Thorne. She would have to tell Cole when she saw him the next time. Lauren desperately tried to bring Michael's attention back to her, but nothing worked now that his mind was lost in thoughts of his beloved Sydney. Lauren saw that his eyes were glistening and for a moment, he suddenly became aware that she was there. In a trance, Michael told her that he was tired and he had to get up early for school the next morning.
Unhappily, Lauren left Michael's house and got in her car. She had been this close to getting him to open up to her. She really thought that she had made some progress tonight, but the appearance of Sydney brought her back to square one. This was the first time that Michael had invited her inside and she had hoped that he would talk to her some more. Then "Julia" showed and screwed up everything. Lauren's assignment had not been going well and Michael's shell did not do anything to help the situation.
Lauren decided to call her superior and tell him that he needed to do his job better so she could do hers. Lauren dialed Cole's number. "Hello," she said.
"Hi Lauren, how is your little project going?" Cole asked.
"Not very well."
"Why, Michael Vaughn isn't attracted to you?" said Cole with a chuckle.
"No, of course he is. It's your fault that it isn't happening."
"What could I possibly be doing to sabotage your manipulative charade?"
"You aren't doing a very good job of keeping your eye on Julia; I should report you to the Man."
"What are you talking about? Julia has been here all week."
"Well, you should go check on her now. She must have slipped out for a bit because I just saw her in a car across from Michael's house not even an hour ago."
"I'll have to check up on that, thanks for the info, bye"
Cole then promptly hung up on Lauren, leaving her to ponder what to do next. Syd was in LA and Michael had already seen her once. She needed to do something about that, but most of all she had to keep her away from Michael Vaughn. If he saw her again there would be no telling what he would do.
Vaughn was driving home from his date with Lauren Reed, only this time was different, he had invited her over. At first, he didn't know why, but he figured that it would be nice to have some company. He was really lonely without Sydney. The blonde was nice, but she wasn't Sydney. No one ever would be. Lauren helped a little bit, but he had deeply loved Sydney. Correction, he was still in love with her, even though she was dead. As they got to his house, Vaughn saw an unfamiliar car parked across the street. The women inside made him do a double take. It was impossible, she was dead, but the woman inside looked exactly like Syd, except she had lighter hair. Vaughn would have been able to spot her in a crowd of millions, but now he was having doubts. It couldn't be, months had gone by, she wouldn't just show up unannounced, especially when she was supposed to be dead. Before he had a chance to confirm the woman's identity Lauren whisked him away to his house. What Vaughn did not know was that Lauren had seen her too.
Once inside Vaughn couldn't stop thinking about Syd. What if it really was her? Where had she been? Lauren saw the distant look in his eye and knew that he had seen her and was thinking about Sydney. Lauren could not believe the terrible job the Covenant was doing at tracking Julia Thorne. She would have to tell Cole when she saw him the next time. Lauren desperately tried to bring Michael's attention back to her, but nothing worked now that his mind was lost in thoughts of his beloved Sydney. Lauren saw that his eyes were glistening and for a moment, he suddenly became aware that she was there. In a trance, Michael told her that he was tired and he had to get up early for school the next morning.
Unhappily, Lauren left Michael's house and got in her car. She had been this close to getting him to open up to her. She really thought that she had made some progress tonight, but the appearance of Sydney brought her back to square one. This was the first time that Michael had invited her inside and she had hoped that he would talk to her some more. Then "Julia" showed and screwed up everything. Lauren's assignment had not been going well and Michael's shell did not do anything to help the situation.
Lauren decided to call her superior and tell him that he needed to do his job better so she could do hers. Lauren dialed Cole's number. "Hello," she said.
"Hi Lauren, how is your little project going?" Cole asked.
"Not very well."
"Why, Michael Vaughn isn't attracted to you?" said Cole with a chuckle.
"No, of course he is. It's your fault that it isn't happening."
"What could I possibly be doing to sabotage your manipulative charade?"
"You aren't doing a very good job of keeping your eye on Julia; I should report you to the Man."
"What are you talking about? Julia has been here all week."
"Well, you should go check on her now. She must have slipped out for a bit because I just saw her in a car across from Michael's house not even an hour ago."
"I'll have to check up on that, thanks for the info, bye"
Cole then promptly hung up on Lauren, leaving her to ponder what to do next. Syd was in LA and Michael had already seen her once. She needed to do something about that, but most of all she had to keep her away from Michael Vaughn. If he saw her again there would be no telling what he would do.