Chapter 11
Lauren glared at Sydney, feeling quite pleased about her last remark. She was sick and tired of Sydney obsessing over her husband, and it felt good to be finally saying all the things she wanted to say to her without Michael interrupting them.
"Excuse me? I don't chase after anybody's husband Lauren; Vaughn's a big boy he can do what he wants." Syd could fell her cheeks burning as her argument with Lauren began. She wanted nothing more than to walk up to her and show her the martial arts training she received when she first joined SD-6. But for the sake of Lauren's supposed unborn baby, she held back... at least for now.
"He's married, or have you conveniently forgotten that?"
"So big deal he's married, to you. It doesn't stop us feeling the way we do about each other. It'll never stop me from loving him." Sydney watched as Lauren's face wrinkled in disgust.
"Sydney your living in the past. He may have loved you two years ago when you two were a couple. But even if you haven't moved on he has, trust me I know. So the quicker you join us all here in the present, the happier we all will be." Lauren frantically waved her arms as she spoke. She was feeling frustrated and she knew that Sydney was the cause of this.
"You may be happier, but what about Vaughn? Have you ever asked him what he wants? You think that you have this solid marriage, where you both are happy. But Vaughn's not happy Lauren, and he never will be as long as he's with you."
"Before you came back, Michael and I were perfectly happy, in a loving relationship. And then you had to come back, and expect everything to be how it was! Did you seriously think that you could just return and everything would be the way it was?" asked puzzled Lauren.
"No, I didn't. But the thing that got to me the most was that the most loving, caring, generous man you could ever meet married such a cold, heartless bitch. How did you do it Lauren? How did you make him marry you?" Sydney stood with her arms resting on her hips, enjoying the fact that she was tormenting Lauren.
Lauren laughed in shock. She couldn't believe that she was being spoken to like something Sydney had scraped off of her shoe. "I didn't have to make him marry me. And not that its any of your business, but he proposed to me, so before you get any ideas that he was forced into becoming my husband, you can think again." Lauren turned away, wanting the conversation to finish. But Sydney wasn't done.
"Fine, he may have married you voluntarily, but that doesn't mean that he'll be your husband for much longer." Lauren spun around on her heels, her obviously not amused by Sydney's comeback. "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"You're a smart girl Lauren, you figure it out." Now Sydney was done, and she sat down on the bed, opening up a magazine. Lauren stormed over to her and ripped the magazine out of her hands. "Now you listen to me," she pointed her finger in front of Syd's face as she spoke to her. "Whatever your little plan to break up my marriage is, you can forget it. You and I have something in common; we both care a lot about Michael. But the difference is Sydney, I'm not gonna lose him like you do, he means too much to me for me to let that happen. So a little warning to you, don't try to come between us, or you'll pay." Lauren stared at her for a minute, before moving slowly away. Sydney brushed the strands of hair that had fallen free from her braid, whilst she considered what Lauren had just said to her. "Is that a threat?"
Lauren glared at Sydney, feeling quite pleased about her last remark. She was sick and tired of Sydney obsessing over her husband, and it felt good to be finally saying all the things she wanted to say to her without Michael interrupting them.
"Excuse me? I don't chase after anybody's husband Lauren; Vaughn's a big boy he can do what he wants." Syd could fell her cheeks burning as her argument with Lauren began. She wanted nothing more than to walk up to her and show her the martial arts training she received when she first joined SD-6. But for the sake of Lauren's supposed unborn baby, she held back... at least for now.
"He's married, or have you conveniently forgotten that?"
"So big deal he's married, to you. It doesn't stop us feeling the way we do about each other. It'll never stop me from loving him." Sydney watched as Lauren's face wrinkled in disgust.
"Sydney your living in the past. He may have loved you two years ago when you two were a couple. But even if you haven't moved on he has, trust me I know. So the quicker you join us all here in the present, the happier we all will be." Lauren frantically waved her arms as she spoke. She was feeling frustrated and she knew that Sydney was the cause of this.
"You may be happier, but what about Vaughn? Have you ever asked him what he wants? You think that you have this solid marriage, where you both are happy. But Vaughn's not happy Lauren, and he never will be as long as he's with you."
"Before you came back, Michael and I were perfectly happy, in a loving relationship. And then you had to come back, and expect everything to be how it was! Did you seriously think that you could just return and everything would be the way it was?" asked puzzled Lauren.
"No, I didn't. But the thing that got to me the most was that the most loving, caring, generous man you could ever meet married such a cold, heartless bitch. How did you do it Lauren? How did you make him marry you?" Sydney stood with her arms resting on her hips, enjoying the fact that she was tormenting Lauren.
Lauren laughed in shock. She couldn't believe that she was being spoken to like something Sydney had scraped off of her shoe. "I didn't have to make him marry me. And not that its any of your business, but he proposed to me, so before you get any ideas that he was forced into becoming my husband, you can think again." Lauren turned away, wanting the conversation to finish. But Sydney wasn't done.
"Fine, he may have married you voluntarily, but that doesn't mean that he'll be your husband for much longer." Lauren spun around on her heels, her obviously not amused by Sydney's comeback. "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"You're a smart girl Lauren, you figure it out." Now Sydney was done, and she sat down on the bed, opening up a magazine. Lauren stormed over to her and ripped the magazine out of her hands. "Now you listen to me," she pointed her finger in front of Syd's face as she spoke to her. "Whatever your little plan to break up my marriage is, you can forget it. You and I have something in common; we both care a lot about Michael. But the difference is Sydney, I'm not gonna lose him like you do, he means too much to me for me to let that happen. So a little warning to you, don't try to come between us, or you'll pay." Lauren stared at her for a minute, before moving slowly away. Sydney brushed the strands of hair that had fallen free from her braid, whilst she considered what Lauren had just said to her. "Is that a threat?"