Ok, it's the first real chapter. Here it goes...tell me what ya think!
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"Hey honey," Sydney says as she sneaks up behind him at the promenade.
"Hi sweetie. What's wrong? You look like you just saw a ghost." Sydney then starts crying. "Really what's going on? Did something happen this morning?"
"I thought it was over," Sydney yelled. "I thought that once I left the CIA, I wouldn't have to deal with this!" Vaughn then gets extremely suspicious and worried.
"Syd. I want you to tell me what happened."
"Not here." Sydney and Vaughn get up and go back to the apartment. Sydney sits on the bed and starts to cry again.
"Syd. It isn't like you to break down like this. What happened?"
"Well this morning," Syd struggles to get the words out, "I got a phone call from..."
"From who? Syd. Tell me whom." Then a knock sounded at the door that startled Vaughn. Vaughn gets up and goes to answer it. It's Jack. He comes in.
"Michael, we need you down at the agency."
"Okay. Thank you Mr. Bristow." He then looks down at Syd who has calmed down a bit. "Honey, we'll talk later. Okay?" Syd just shakes her head.
"Is something wrong honey," Jack asks looking worried.
"She is just having a bad day is all," Michael says. Then they both walk out. Sydney then gets up and goes to make herself some soup. She stares at a pot and suddenly a childhood memory comes to her mind from age 5.
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"Mommy? What are you making for dinner?""I am making some yummy potato soup."
"Can you teach me how?"
"Maybe some other time."
"Awe!"
"Listen though," Irina leans in, "later I'll show you how to bake cookies."
"Umm, okay! Cookies are yummy for my tummy!"
"Now you go and wait for your father to get home."
"Yai!"
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Sydney then comes back to reality with somewhat of a smile on her face. But she then begins to think about where her mother might be right now. She suddenly feels the need for her mom. Like she needs someone more than a husband and father for comfort. She falls to her knees and begins to sob. "Mom, if you were here right now, I would be the happiest person in the world. God, where did I go wrong? Why am I born into this complicated world? Why did you choose me for this life?" Sydney just sits there on the floor and cries.
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Hours later she sits on the big soft bed and grabs the remote. She then turns on the TV. She runs across the show, "The Cosby Show." She then begins to laugh at something that happened. Then someone at the front door knocks violently. Sydney gets startled. But she gets up and goes to the door cautiously. When she opens it three men and a slightly smaller one in the front with a ski mask on walks in.
"Sydney. I never thought I'd ever get the chance to actually talk to you face to face again." Sydney runs for the gun in the dresser but one of the guards grabs her arm. Then the other one grabs the other arm.
"Let me go you..."
"You what," the mysterious guy asks. Then the guy begins to take his mask off until it is completely off. Sydney stands in amazement.
"S...S..."
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Sydney then wakes up. Apparently she had dozed off on the floor. She gets up and goes to the mirror. Her eyes are big and puffy from all the crying she did. She then looks at the clock. "7:00 P.M.! Did I really sleep 4 hours during the day? I feel so yucky." So she goes to the bathroom to freshen up. She washes off her face with a damp washcloth. When she is finished she goes to continue making the soup. She decides to make some for Michael too. After all, he would be home soon. An hour later he walks in."Hi honey. Feeling any better?"
"Yeah. I slept like four hours though. Not only that but I had the weirdest nightmare. But I'd rather not talk about it."
"That's all right. You probably needed the sleep though. Mmm! What smells so good besides you?"
"Vegi soup and meat. You're so nice!"
"Sounds good. I guess I am." Sydney and Vaughn both start to laugh.
"Ooo. Dinner is ready," Sydney yells. They both sit down after Sydney serves the food. "So what happened today? If you don't mind me asking that is."
"Of coarse not. You were in this business for like 7 years. Well you know that scumbag Sark?"
"Of coarse. How can I forget."
"Well he has a new weapons plant in the Middle East and we need to destroy it."
"Man! Doesn't he ever learn?"
"Apparently not."
"Honey, about earlier..."
"Syd. Don't worry about it. If it really bothers you to talk about it then we won't."
"Thank you. But I am gonna tell you. When I feel like it anyway."
"Okay. I just don't want you to be pressured into it."
Later on, Syd and Vaughn are lying in bed. Then Syd turns to Vaughn.
"Honey."
"Yes?"
"I have been acting this way because I got a call from..."
"Yes?"
"From...S..."
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Ha! I love making you guys wait! Review please.
-Deena