Title – When I See You Smiling

Disclaimer – I own nothing but MV (yeh I wish), I own Roxy Parker, Bob, Lana and Alex

Rating – PG-13

Author – Lil Aussie Alias Chick

Summary - Syd leaves LA after finding a clue to her missing years, once in Australia fate leads her back to her past. SV

Hey everyone! This is my first Fan-Fic ever, well I've written 2 others but they've kinda been written as I've written this one so I've been too scared to post them but how else am I gonna get any feedback to see if I can actually write, so this is my fav out of them. Anyway I'm 15 and I live in Australia so I've only seen up to Remnants and I do not want to know anything so I will kill anyone who tells me anything...lol. Oh and I used to cos I wasn't a member I used to make reviews under the name of 'ME'.

OMG!!! Thankyou everyone who replied, you have no idea how much it means to me to hear people encourage my writing, at the moment I'm not writing much cos I'm on holidays – I know that sounds strange cos I've actually got time now, but I usually do my writing when I'm meant to be concentrating on other assignments and stuff, I write better then, don't know how it works but it does, possibly why all my grades have dropped. Anyway thankyou again to everyone who replied, it gives me inspiration to write.

To everyone who is reading this story I am so sorry that I haven't updated in ages but I was grounded – yeh how much does that suck! So yeh and today is basically my last day of holidays (tear) cos I have to go 2 skool for the day (on a frigging public holiday too!!!) cos of Rock Eisteddfod practice, I don't want to go but I've already missed 2 practices so I'd get kicked out (no fair), I mean I had legit reasons for missing those practices, I was sick and I had a sprained ankle (yeh I could fully dance on a sprained ankle) so I'm on my last warning kinda thing – how stupid is that? You'd think that if you paid heaps of money for schooling that the teachers would have some common sense aye. Enough of my complaining here's the chapter you've been waiting for...

Egyptian Kat – Wow! Sounds like your mum was really busy. I still would love to be a twin though I don't think that identical twins realise how they are actually one in a million, I guess cos they've got someone who looks like them, they feel like they can't form their own identity, but they are really lucky to have someone to share that kind of bond with, I'm an only child so I guess it's just a part of only child syndrome. I have twin friends and they sound like your sisters except they're guys so they deal with it a little bit differently I guess. I can't believe I found another person who got put on a leash, I think it's absolutely hilarious, I watch my puppy on a leash and think of how I would have been. I hope that I can continue with the standard of this story but I feel that each chapter gets worse and worse. Thanks for the review, I hope you keep reading! P.S – I love your writing!

Lauryn2 – Thankyou! I am so glad that you are enjoying this; yes Syd deserves the very best after all she's been through. Good guess... you'll just have 2 wait and see. I'll try and incorporate it into my story but it'll be hard cos I know nothing about Canada, but who knows – maybe in another story.

Neptunestar – I am loving 'The Right Thing', I've been reading it for ages and it is one of my all time favourite fics, everyone has to read that story and all of your others, you have an amazing gift, I love to read your stuff. Anyway I'm not around any little kids cos I'm an only child and all of our friends have older children and stuff, so I just based their linguistic abilities on me, cos I started reading out loud when I was 2 like a whole book and all (The truth – I promise). And cos Syd's profile says she's bilingual and when I was 2, I was bilingual in French and English. So yeh they are the children of Sydney Bristow and Michael Vaughn – why not make them super babies, but thanks for mentioning it cos I love it when people tell me stuff like that cos it helps me improve. Thankyou!

Ren201 – Thankyou! Well my friend just moved over from England this year and she said that at her school it went to gr 11 she turned 16 this year and then yr 12 was like College or something like that, I didn't really get it. But yeh I'm 15 but I'm turning 16 in October and I'm in year 11. And our prefects are all in year 12, the rest of my school's system is too confusing to explain because it's different to most of the other schools in Australia, cos I go to a private school in Queensland we go from child care (2 –5) to year 12 and it's separated into childcare/preschool/lower primary (gr1 – gr3)/upper primary (gr4 – gr7)/High School (gr8 – gr12). But my cousins who go to a public school in Victoria have like jr. high (gr7 – gr9) and senior high (gr10 – gr12). I really like the thought of having jr. high and senior high – I'd love that it would just be easier and funner I think. Hope that helps and isn't too confusing for you – Wow I wrote a lot!

Mary Kate113 – Thanks, your such a loyal reviewer, I'm so glad that you told me that I wasn't letting non-members review cos I used to be a non member and it was really annoying when I couldn't review, so I am so sorry to anyone who tried to review and couldn't, I didn't know I had it set like that. He might but you'll just have to read on to see, do you have any guesses as to his identity?

Ny1042 – Thankyou for your review, I'm glad that your enjoying this.

Tucki – OMG!!!!! We so think alike I agree with everything you said! I HATE Lauren so much – she wasn't in Thursday night's ep – very kewl. How good is it that we get 2 eps a week now! How good is channel 7! So much better than channel 9 that cancelled Smallville twice! And Gilmore Girls once – at least it's back on now and they continued on into season 3 without a break. Yeh I hate Sarkney too! Syd and Vaughn are meant to be, I just cringe at the thought of her with anyone else (OMG!!! She slept with Will! But she was so happy that I kinda thought that's kinda ok. Plus I totally love Will and I wish that he was in the show permanently cos he's such an awesome friend to Syd and I thought that maybe they could make Vaughn jealous and see the error of his ways. But JJ doesn't always see my views cos he made Vaughn get married to the witch. Yeh I think Irina has a nice side too so I really wanted people to see that she's not this witch with no heart, I believe that she really does love Jack and Syd, I want them to get back together, they are really suited I reckon, plus they're still technically married. Yeh I used to love spoilers then I found out what happened in the season finale of season 2 and it totally ruined it for me so now I have vowed to stay spoiler free. Don't worry about Bob, he's a 50 something taxi driver with a pot belly but a heart of Gold, he's more of a father/uncle figure. I just added the character of Bob in to show how nice Aussie's and in particular Gold Coaster's are and how awesome Australia is. Don't' worry now that I know that people are reading and enjoying my writing I will continue to write.

LadyHawke – Thankyou! I really hope that you enjoy this chapter.

chickiee_dee – Thankyou!!! Aussie writers do rock! I love every single one of your stories, I'm hooked on 'Summer Lovin' and 'A not so Simple Life'. Your such an amazing writer I'm so stoked that you replied to my story, thankyou for totally boosting my confidence, and I'm only a year younger than you cos I'm in gr11 but my b'day's in October. Yeh it is easier to write in a familiar environment and I wanted overseas readers to read about how awesome our little corner of the world is, and that we're the right way up and everyone else is upside down...lol. Was Summer Lovin the story you were talking about? I can't tell you how much I love it (but I am so slack on reviews now, I never used to be when I wasn't a member I used to reply to every chapter of stories I liked but now I'm just so busy. I'll try harder.

Maree – Yay! Another Aussie! Yeh they so should, they did one early in season 1 the ep when Syd killed Noah. It was supposedly in Mackay but they kept pronouncing it wrong they were like Mac-Kaye. But they did say Australia. Thankyou I hope that this chapter is good enough, I tried.

Chapter 3

It was 3 months after Sydney's disappearance and the enormity of the investigation was taking a toll on Vaughn, he had become so obsessed in finding Sydney that he had been neglecting every other aspect of his life, his marriage, his friends, even his work, both Jack Bristow and Weiss had both saved him on missions more times than he could count. But no one had suffered more than Lauren Reed, Vaughn couldn't continue to lie to himself, his marriage was in trouble the minute Sydney Bristow stepped back into his life, things had been tense between him and his wife since that moment and now that Syd was gone again things had been getting considerably worse, he was obsessed, he was scared to admit the truth. It wasn't fair to Lauren to keep doubting his feelings for Sydney and his rapidly diminishing feelings for his wife. He needed to make things right, not just for him but he did truly care for Lauren just in a different way to what he traditionally should, the longer he left the inevitable, the worse the pain would be for every party involved.

Lauren Reed was angry, angry at her husband, if she could call him that; he hadn't been home for more than just to sleep for 3 months. Where was the man she married, the man she fell in love with? She had always known that he had loved a woman named Sydney Bristow, a woman that he would have married if she had not died in a tragic accident. She knew all of this but she also knew that she could help him move on, and that's what she did, she knew that the love they shared was not nearly the same as what she had heard of between Sydney and Michael, their story was immortalised between the walls of the CIA, but she believed it could grow to what the love of a married couple should be. That was the reason she accepted his marriage proposal, it wasn't one that she believed he truly wanted to give but she know knew that it was because he felt grateful for her help to recover. But now, now Sydney Bristow was back, she walked in and ruined any hope of their marriage becoming as strong as she wanted it to be. Sydney Bristow came back from the dead, she came back with her feelings for her husband and in turn Lauren realised that as much as he tried to hide it, tried to make it go away her husband was still deeply in love with one Sydney Bristow and that made Lauren Reed extremely volatile, more than anything in the world she wanted to slash that woman's throat. She knew her marriage was so deeply in trouble that it was beyond saving, she knew she should let Michael go, but she was selfish she wouldn't lose him unless he made the first move.

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3 months later Michael Vaughn was once again at his desk going through transcripts of every single flight that left LAX that fateful day January 25th; so far everything had led him on a false trail of hope, Sydney was clever, too clever, she had so many people here who were trying to find her, he loved her, God he wished that he had realised that before she had gone, that he could have told her just how much he loved her. He wasn't in love with Lauren, not anymore and he had noticed that Lauren had been gradually getting more distant in the few times that they were together, she had lost faith in him, he didn't blame her though, not one bit, it was his fault and he should put her out of her misery, out of this life with him. That was it he was going to tell her the truth no more sugar-coating everything, no more lies, this was going to be the one truthful thing about their marriage, no more deceit. This was it.

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"You're home," Lauren said very dryly to her husband

Vaughn was exhausted and the thought of what he was going to have to say was making his splitting headache ten times worse "Yes"

"For how long?"

"I'm not sure, there are some things we need to talk about" he paused "I think you should sit down, you may not like what is about to transpire"

She sat obediently taking a deep breath, "I have a pretty good idea of what you are going to say" holding back the tears she started listening to her husband.

"You, I know, have definitely noticed the change between us and you can see that our marriage is beyond repair, I can not tell you honestly that I would be willing to give it another go and try to save what we have left. I am in love with another woman and I am using all of my time and energy to find her, I want to marry this woman, I want her to be the mother of my children"

"I understand" Lauren interrupted, she didn't know how much more of this she could hear, she had prepared herself for this inevitable moment so many times but nothing she did could have helped now that it was really happening. "I have felt it" she choked out "I agree, I still love you but you don't love me anymore and I don't want to let you go but I have no choice. Please Michael I can't say that I'm not bitter because I am, if it wasn't for that woman we wouldn't be in this position right now, she ruined everything!" she yelled loudly, "I'm glad that it happened now, I can move on with my life from here, I am going home tomorrow, don't try and find me," and with that she picked up her bag and stalked out of the apartment.

Releasing the breath he had been holding when he heard the door close, he slowly got up deciding that this apartment was not somewhere he wanted to be, grabbing his keys he waited until he saw Laurens' car pull out and turned to his study, slowly he reached the door, pulling it open he went into the corner of the cupboard and brought out a box. He blew the dust of the top; this box hadn't seen the light of day since he married Lauren. Holding it close to him he exited the room and started to his car, this box needed to be opened somewhere special.

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Reaching his destination, he stopped his car and took the box in his hands, gathering the strength he stepped out of the car and started walking to a bench. Breathing in the sea air, looking out from the pier, Michael Vaughn was home, well almost, this was the first place that he had felt the connection between Sydney and himself was not one sided, she had needed him and he was there for her in her darkest hour. He had been a fool, he had left her when it really mattered and nothing could bring that back. Blinking hard to rid his head of melancholic thoughts he brought himself back to reality, looking down at the box in his lap he took another deep breath to ready himself, slowly taking the lid off the box he revealed pictures, pictures of Sydney, Sydney and himself, Sydney with Will and Francie, Sydney happy, Vaughn happy, everyone was happy, everyone was smiling and Syd and Vaughn looked so in love, like destiny had brought them together once, destiny would bring them together once again, Vaughn would do everything in his power to make sure of it.

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3 months after their discussion, their divorce was finalised, it had been quick and virtually painless, no one was happier than Vaughn that it was over, well maybe Weiss, he had thrown a giant party and sent an invitation out to Lauren saying

Hey everyone now that our main man Vaughn over here has finally rid himself of the evil smell that we like to call Lauren, Weiss his buddy over here has decided to throw a long overdue party so that Vaughn can have a little bit of fun and remember the time he wasted. Gifts are required for Weiss and if you want you can get something for Vaughn too, a bit of a hint... if it's not Sydney Bristow you stuffed up.

Vaughn wasn't exactly thrilled but he knew that Weiss was just trying to be a good friend, besides the look on a new recruit's face was priceless when he turned up with gifts for Weiss and Vaughn, and on Vaughn's card it said, sorry after 2 days of research I couldn't find a persons by the name of Sydney Bristow but I ordered from Australia, Sydney memorabilia. It had taken all of Vaughn and Weiss's training to stop them from bursting out laughing right in his face.

After the party's effects wore off, Vaughn was back into his search for Sydney, he probably would have continued searching well into the night but a welcomed phone call from overseas brought him back to life.

"Vaughn" he answered

"Why do you always answer your phone like that uncle Mike?"

"Hey Roxy, you know it's because of work, who knows who could be calling, so what's been happening in your life, hows Eliza and John?"

"Uh Mum and Dad are fine there actually away at the moment, they'll be back in a couple of weeks"

"Are you staying with a nanny?"

"Actually no"

"What!" Vaughn interrupted "Eliza isn't normally that irresponsible, in her line of work she should know that..."

"What do you mean line of work, she's a lawyer just like you uncle Mike?"

"Um, I mean that your underage" he covered quickly; there was no way that his niece was going to be brought into that world.

"I am not underage, I'm 15, I stay by myself all the time, but this time because they're going to be gone for a while I am staying with Kristen and her kids next door, I'm going to baby-sit for her"

"Kristen who? Is she responsible?"

"OMG! You take this whole overprotective uncle thing way too far! Kristen is great, she's my English teacher and she has twins, Lana and Alex, they're 3 years old, they are the best kids. It's really too bad that their father died, they must have his eyes, they're exactly the same as ours, you know how everyone always says that we have brilliant green eyes, well theirs match ours.

"What does Kristen look like?" Vaughn said becoming interested in this mystery woman.

"She's so beautiful, she has light brown hair, doe eyes, tanned skin and she's pretty tall, complete opposite of your taste" she said the last bit very sarcastically

Vaughn became captivated at this description, his Sydney Bristow looked like that. "You do know that Lauren and I are divorced now"

"Yes, but I still thinks she's evil"

"You and Weiss, I swear he and you are related somehow, but that scares me even worse than your like-mindedness."

"Huh? Uncle Mike you scare me sometimes."

"Never mind sweetie"

"Listen I'm due back at Kristen's in 10 mins she's got to go to some meeting, I'll talk to you later"

"Ok, Rox, I love you, Bye"

"Love ya heaps too, Bye Uncle Mike"

Vaughn hung up the phone; the conversation had left him with a silly grin on his face, only his niece Roxy could do that, she was just a ball of energy, she was always doing funny and kooky things that made him laugh, he only wished that they could see each other more often, they saw each other when she came to LA occasionally when her parents were away on 'business', unfortunately it wasn't often enough, they were so alike that it truly did scare him, he did not want her for any reason to get into the world of espionage, she needed to be the first generation to lead a normal life. Sighing he decided to get an early night for the first time in months.

The character of Roxy is based on me, I'm very short and yeh I act like her and stuff and I've been described as a ball of energy and I do kooky things like that and I make people laugh by apparently just being me. LOL

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