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Part 2b
After October 1st, Michael appeared to improve dramatically and whilst Amelié knew that her son would never really move on, he was on his way to finding some semblance of peace without Sydney. At the start of November, Vaughn told Amelié that despite her fears he could survive on his own and that he wanted to return to LA. Of course Amelié was opposed to the idea at first, but slowly Michael wore her down until eventually they reached a compromise whereby they would both go to LA at the start of December and Amelié would stay with him at his apartment for 6 weeks in order to see Michael through the turmoil that Amelié knew Christmas and New Year would bring before returning to France half way through January.
16 months after their journey east to France, Amelié and Vaughn made the return trip to LA. The long flight was spent with Michael reassuring Amelié that she was doing the right thing by allowing him to return home. It was Eric who picked them up from LAX and drove them back to Vaughn's apartment filling him in on all the news he'd missed; how Carrie and Marshall were married and expecting their first child any day now, how Will was better and dating again following a brief period of post-traumatic dating syndrome, and how by some miracle Eric had managed to get a girl to, not only date him for a year, but agree to marry him. Vaughn grinned at this news, quickly agreeing to Weiss' request that he be best man. By this stage, Weiss had spotted the band on Vaughn's finger but in a moment of sensitivity decided not to mention it yet.
The trio reached Vaughn's apartment to find Rebecca (Weiss' fiancé), Will, Jess (Will's girlfriend), Marshall and Carrie acting as a welcoming committee. The group ate dinner together, with the others following Weiss' lead by not mentioning the ring. It was only when Vaughn excused himself to get some air that Weiss casually asked Amelié about it; "Amelié , don't take this the wrong way, but did Mike get married and just not mention it to anyone?" Amelié's response to this was sharp, "Eric Matthew Weiss, do you honestly believe that one of the most honourable men on the planet would get married less than two years after losing the love of his life?...Well?"
"No"
"No - exactly. The ring was Michael's fathers. Originally I was planning to give it to Michael to use at his own wedding, but..." She trailed off as Vaughn entered the tense atmosphere in the room. "Well," said Carrie breaking the hostile silence, "could someone take me to the hospital? It appears that my waters have broken."
Christmas was spent at the Finkman's with the women cooking and fussing over the new baby girl - Katie Lily, and the men getting in the way. Whilst New Year was spent at Dixon's, who held a large barbeque despite the cold weather. It was here that Vaughn encountered Jack for the first time since his return. It wasn't nearly as difficult as either had anticipated with the pair finding a mutual respect now existed between them.
Soon, the six weeks had passed and Vaughn, Weiss and Rebecca were at the airport seeing off Amelié, who whilst reluctant to leave knew that she had to in order for her son to move on. Still, it was only after assurances from both Weiss and Rebecca that they'd look after Vaughn and get her back immediately if anything happened that Amelié made her tearful farewells, first to Weiss and Rebecca and then separately to Michael, who promised that he would ring twice a week, eat regularly and visit once a year. Giving his mother a final hug, Michael simply whispered, "Thank you maman". Amelié smiled, stepped back from her son and walked through her gate to board the plane. Once seated she gazed out of the window at the terminal knowing that her son would be OK.
Vaughn began to settle into his life once his mother had left. He returned to work where he received a rapturous (A/N - wow, a big word for 1 a.m.) welcome from his colleagues and threw himself into his work taking down a new organisation that rivalled the Alliance - the Covenant. And whilst he found it difficult to go near the warehouse, or the pier, or the observatory, or the train station or any other place close to his relationship to Sydney, he did OK - he lived for Syd and slowly his time in LA passed and he fell back into his old routine.
Then, in typical fashion, Sydney Bristow came back into his life with a jolt. It was an ordinary Tuesday morning when he was called in to see Kendall. Instantly, Vaughn ran through all his actions to see what he could have done wrong, but he was completely unprepared for Kendall's statement.
"Agent Vaughn, I've just had a phone call from Hong Kong - from a woman claiming to be Agent Bristow." and then once again, Michael Vaughn's world stopped.
TBC
Part 2b
After October 1st, Michael appeared to improve dramatically and whilst Amelié knew that her son would never really move on, he was on his way to finding some semblance of peace without Sydney. At the start of November, Vaughn told Amelié that despite her fears he could survive on his own and that he wanted to return to LA. Of course Amelié was opposed to the idea at first, but slowly Michael wore her down until eventually they reached a compromise whereby they would both go to LA at the start of December and Amelié would stay with him at his apartment for 6 weeks in order to see Michael through the turmoil that Amelié knew Christmas and New Year would bring before returning to France half way through January.
16 months after their journey east to France, Amelié and Vaughn made the return trip to LA. The long flight was spent with Michael reassuring Amelié that she was doing the right thing by allowing him to return home. It was Eric who picked them up from LAX and drove them back to Vaughn's apartment filling him in on all the news he'd missed; how Carrie and Marshall were married and expecting their first child any day now, how Will was better and dating again following a brief period of post-traumatic dating syndrome, and how by some miracle Eric had managed to get a girl to, not only date him for a year, but agree to marry him. Vaughn grinned at this news, quickly agreeing to Weiss' request that he be best man. By this stage, Weiss had spotted the band on Vaughn's finger but in a moment of sensitivity decided not to mention it yet.
The trio reached Vaughn's apartment to find Rebecca (Weiss' fiancé), Will, Jess (Will's girlfriend), Marshall and Carrie acting as a welcoming committee. The group ate dinner together, with the others following Weiss' lead by not mentioning the ring. It was only when Vaughn excused himself to get some air that Weiss casually asked Amelié about it; "Amelié , don't take this the wrong way, but did Mike get married and just not mention it to anyone?" Amelié's response to this was sharp, "Eric Matthew Weiss, do you honestly believe that one of the most honourable men on the planet would get married less than two years after losing the love of his life?...Well?"
"No"
"No - exactly. The ring was Michael's fathers. Originally I was planning to give it to Michael to use at his own wedding, but..." She trailed off as Vaughn entered the tense atmosphere in the room. "Well," said Carrie breaking the hostile silence, "could someone take me to the hospital? It appears that my waters have broken."
Christmas was spent at the Finkman's with the women cooking and fussing over the new baby girl - Katie Lily, and the men getting in the way. Whilst New Year was spent at Dixon's, who held a large barbeque despite the cold weather. It was here that Vaughn encountered Jack for the first time since his return. It wasn't nearly as difficult as either had anticipated with the pair finding a mutual respect now existed between them.
Soon, the six weeks had passed and Vaughn, Weiss and Rebecca were at the airport seeing off Amelié, who whilst reluctant to leave knew that she had to in order for her son to move on. Still, it was only after assurances from both Weiss and Rebecca that they'd look after Vaughn and get her back immediately if anything happened that Amelié made her tearful farewells, first to Weiss and Rebecca and then separately to Michael, who promised that he would ring twice a week, eat regularly and visit once a year. Giving his mother a final hug, Michael simply whispered, "Thank you maman". Amelié smiled, stepped back from her son and walked through her gate to board the plane. Once seated she gazed out of the window at the terminal knowing that her son would be OK.
Vaughn began to settle into his life once his mother had left. He returned to work where he received a rapturous (A/N - wow, a big word for 1 a.m.) welcome from his colleagues and threw himself into his work taking down a new organisation that rivalled the Alliance - the Covenant. And whilst he found it difficult to go near the warehouse, or the pier, or the observatory, or the train station or any other place close to his relationship to Sydney, he did OK - he lived for Syd and slowly his time in LA passed and he fell back into his old routine.
Then, in typical fashion, Sydney Bristow came back into his life with a jolt. It was an ordinary Tuesday morning when he was called in to see Kendall. Instantly, Vaughn ran through all his actions to see what he could have done wrong, but he was completely unprepared for Kendall's statement.
"Agent Vaughn, I've just had a phone call from Hong Kong - from a woman claiming to be Agent Bristow." and then once again, Michael Vaughn's world stopped.
TBC