Chapter 2:
Sydney sat in Maths class, staring out of the window. She wasn't exactly concentrating on the lesson, not that she ever did. She was watching some of the younger students playing tennis on the playing field, even though she wasn't paying much attention to them. She was too busy thinking about Michael. There was just something about him, which she really liked, but she couldn't quite figure out what it was. Maybe it was the fact that he was from France, or maybe it was just because he was the cutest guy she had ever seen. Her thoughts were disrupted by the school bell ringing, indicating that it was time for lunch. She gathered her things and headed out of the classroom. Trying to shake all thoughts of Michael out of her head, she ran to catch up with one of her best friends, Phoebe Halliwell, who was also heading towards the cafeteria.
"Hey Pheebs!" She said, after catching her up.
"Oh, hey Sydney! Are you coming to lunch?" Phoebe asked with a smile. Sydney nodded and they walked arm in arm down the corridor.
"I love your jacket." Sydney said, admiring the new jacket, which Phoebe was wearing.
"Thanks. It was on sale, when I went shopping at the weekend." Phoebe added, clearly proud of her latest purchase. Phoebe spent a lot of her time at the mall, trying on new outfits. That was one of the reasons why Sydney liked her so much, she had such great fashion sense, and she was always fun to shop with, unlike Danny. Whenever Syd had tried to shop with her boyfriend, they ended up getting into a fight over how long she spent in each shop. So she always tried her best to avoid shopping with him.
The two girls entered the cafeteria laughing, as Phoebe was sharing stories about her recent trip to the mall. Sydney spotted their friends sitting at their usual table, so once Phoebe had finished telling her story about how she had tried on a top that was the wrong size, and ended up getting stuck in it, she made her way over to them.
"Hey guys." She smiled at her group of friends, before taking a seat next to Danny. She quickly kissed him on the cheek before turning her attention on her friends.
"What are you guys talking about?" She asked talking a handful of Cole's fries. He looked at her in shock, and tried his best to put on an angry face for her stealing some of his food. But he couldn't manage to keep a straight face, and she ended up laughing at his pathetic attempt.
"We were just discussing Saturday." Piper answered, referring to Leo's birthday party. Brushing her fringe from her face, Piper continued. "You guys are coming together right?" She looked at both Danny and Sydney.
Danny put his arm around Sydney, pulling her towards him for a hug. "Of course we are." Sydney just smiled.
"Shall we go shopping after school?" Phoebe asked, looking at Piper, Francie, Sydney and Paige. The thought of getting to buy another outfit made Phoebe eager for the school day to be over.
"Oh, any excuse for you to buy more clothes." Paige jokingly said to her sister. Paige was always thankful for having sisters. She loved Piper and Phoebe so much, and it was great that they were not only sisters, they were best friends. Phoebe playfully hit her younger sister on the arm.
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Vaughn made his way to the cafeteria. He had spent all morning thinking about Sydney. The most beautiful girl he had ever met. He hoped that he would get to know her a little bit better. He realised that a girl as great as Syd must already have a boyfriend, so he would just have to settle at being her friend. The cafeteria was full of pupils sharing stories about their vacation. He bought his lunch, and looked around for Eric Weiss. He had met Weiss, as he preferred to call him, in the history class that morning, and the two of them had hit it off right away. Weiss had a really good sense of humour, and he was always cracking jokes. He had told Vaughn to come and find him in the cafeteria, which was proving to be a harder task than Vaughn had first thought. After about a minute of standing around looking like a lost sheep, Vaughn finally spotted him sitting eating a hamburger.
Walking over, he scanned around looking at the various people who were eating in the room. There was table in the far corner, which appeared to be were all the geeks ate lunch. The other tables were filled with other groups of people. The chess club all sat together, probably because nobody else would talk to them. The students who played in the school band all sat on one table, but they didn't actually fill all the seats around the table, as not many people auditioned to be in the band. That's when he saw her. Sydney. She was sat on a table in the centre of the room with a group her friends. He didn't recognise any of the people who she was sitting with, but that didn't matter to him. All he was bothered about was her. He realised that he would have to walk past her table to get to Weiss. Talking a deep breath he began to walk over to Weiss. As he pasted her table he looked over at her and smiled. To his surprise she smiled back and then she spoke to him.
"Hey Michael!" The group of people who she was sitting with stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him. The girls all smiled at him, amazed at how hot he was. The guys feeling jealous at how their girlfriends were acting, all just looking coldly at him.
"Hey Syd." He replied with an another dazzling smile, and then he carried on making his way over to Eric. Taking a seat opposite his new friend Vaughn tried his hardest to suppress the grin, which was taking over his face.
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Over at Sydney's table
"WOW" Was all that Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Francie could manage to say. Sydney just sat smiling. She was so happy that she had seen him again, and he had remembered who she was. Finally Francie asked the question that they had all been wondering.
"Who was that?" She asked her eyes wide in anticipation.
"His name is Michael. He just moved here from Paris." Sydney's smile widened as she spoke about him. Danny looked at Cole and Leo and he could see that they were as annoyed by this as he was.
"Paris? Seriously?" Sydney nodded to Paige in answer to her question.
"See something you like sis?" Piper asked jokingly.
"Are you kidding me? He's absolutely gorgeous, and he's from Paris, the city of romance. What could be hotter than that." The girls all laughed at how Paige was talking. Except for Sydney. She didn't like the thought of somebody else fancying Michael. Even though she knew that she couldn't have him, she didn't want someone else to have him, even if that someone turned out to be one of her best friends. "Where did you find him anyways Sydney?"
"He asked me directions to the history room this morning, and we got talking." She glanced over at him as she spoke, and she was shocked to see that he was looking at her. Both feeling slightly embarrassed at being caught looking at each other, the quickly looked away.
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Over at Vaughn's table.
"Ok, just who are you looking at?" Weiss asked, turning to look in the direction where Vaughn had been looking. It then became clear to him. Every guy in the school had had a crush on Sydney Bristow at one time or the other, himself included.
"That's Sydney Bristow. She's like the most popular girl here at Kennedy High..." Weiss started to tell him who she was, but Vaughn interrupted him.
"I know who she is. We spoke this morning." Vaughn looked at Weiss, and watched him nearly choke on a bite of his hamburger.
"What?!? Let me get this straight, you spoke to Sydney Bristow?"
"Yeah. Why what's the big deal?" Vaughn took a sip of his soda, as he waited for Eric to explain what the problem was.
"Girls like that don't talk to guys like us. It's just the way it goes."
"Who are those people she's sitting with." He glanced over at the group of people who were sitting with her.
"Right, you know how in every high school, there are that small selective group of people who are above everybody else because they are just so cool." Vaughn nodded. "Well the people who she's sitting with, that's them. He turned to look at them. The girl with the long brown hair, that's Piper Halliwell, and the guy she's sitting next to is Leo Wyatt, and they've been dating for about 2 years. Phoebe Halliwell is sitting opposite Piper, and her boyfriend Cole Turner is the one with his arm around her. Francie Calfo and Will Tippin are the two sitting at the end of the table. Paige Matthews is Phoebe and Piper half sister, and she is the one with red hair. And then we have Sydney Bristow and her boyfriend Danny Hecht..."
"She has a boyfriend?" Although he had already guessed that she was seeing someone, he didn't like to hear it.
"Yeah, everybody thinks that they will be named this year's prom king and queen. He's the head of the football team, and Will, Leo and Cole are all on the team. And then Sydney and the girls are Kennedy High's cheerleaders." Although Weiss was talking to him, Vaughn wasn't listening. He was too busy looking at Sydney and wishing that she were single.
Sydney sat in Maths class, staring out of the window. She wasn't exactly concentrating on the lesson, not that she ever did. She was watching some of the younger students playing tennis on the playing field, even though she wasn't paying much attention to them. She was too busy thinking about Michael. There was just something about him, which she really liked, but she couldn't quite figure out what it was. Maybe it was the fact that he was from France, or maybe it was just because he was the cutest guy she had ever seen. Her thoughts were disrupted by the school bell ringing, indicating that it was time for lunch. She gathered her things and headed out of the classroom. Trying to shake all thoughts of Michael out of her head, she ran to catch up with one of her best friends, Phoebe Halliwell, who was also heading towards the cafeteria.
"Hey Pheebs!" She said, after catching her up.
"Oh, hey Sydney! Are you coming to lunch?" Phoebe asked with a smile. Sydney nodded and they walked arm in arm down the corridor.
"I love your jacket." Sydney said, admiring the new jacket, which Phoebe was wearing.
"Thanks. It was on sale, when I went shopping at the weekend." Phoebe added, clearly proud of her latest purchase. Phoebe spent a lot of her time at the mall, trying on new outfits. That was one of the reasons why Sydney liked her so much, she had such great fashion sense, and she was always fun to shop with, unlike Danny. Whenever Syd had tried to shop with her boyfriend, they ended up getting into a fight over how long she spent in each shop. So she always tried her best to avoid shopping with him.
The two girls entered the cafeteria laughing, as Phoebe was sharing stories about her recent trip to the mall. Sydney spotted their friends sitting at their usual table, so once Phoebe had finished telling her story about how she had tried on a top that was the wrong size, and ended up getting stuck in it, she made her way over to them.
"Hey guys." She smiled at her group of friends, before taking a seat next to Danny. She quickly kissed him on the cheek before turning her attention on her friends.
"What are you guys talking about?" She asked talking a handful of Cole's fries. He looked at her in shock, and tried his best to put on an angry face for her stealing some of his food. But he couldn't manage to keep a straight face, and she ended up laughing at his pathetic attempt.
"We were just discussing Saturday." Piper answered, referring to Leo's birthday party. Brushing her fringe from her face, Piper continued. "You guys are coming together right?" She looked at both Danny and Sydney.
Danny put his arm around Sydney, pulling her towards him for a hug. "Of course we are." Sydney just smiled.
"Shall we go shopping after school?" Phoebe asked, looking at Piper, Francie, Sydney and Paige. The thought of getting to buy another outfit made Phoebe eager for the school day to be over.
"Oh, any excuse for you to buy more clothes." Paige jokingly said to her sister. Paige was always thankful for having sisters. She loved Piper and Phoebe so much, and it was great that they were not only sisters, they were best friends. Phoebe playfully hit her younger sister on the arm.
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Vaughn made his way to the cafeteria. He had spent all morning thinking about Sydney. The most beautiful girl he had ever met. He hoped that he would get to know her a little bit better. He realised that a girl as great as Syd must already have a boyfriend, so he would just have to settle at being her friend. The cafeteria was full of pupils sharing stories about their vacation. He bought his lunch, and looked around for Eric Weiss. He had met Weiss, as he preferred to call him, in the history class that morning, and the two of them had hit it off right away. Weiss had a really good sense of humour, and he was always cracking jokes. He had told Vaughn to come and find him in the cafeteria, which was proving to be a harder task than Vaughn had first thought. After about a minute of standing around looking like a lost sheep, Vaughn finally spotted him sitting eating a hamburger.
Walking over, he scanned around looking at the various people who were eating in the room. There was table in the far corner, which appeared to be were all the geeks ate lunch. The other tables were filled with other groups of people. The chess club all sat together, probably because nobody else would talk to them. The students who played in the school band all sat on one table, but they didn't actually fill all the seats around the table, as not many people auditioned to be in the band. That's when he saw her. Sydney. She was sat on a table in the centre of the room with a group her friends. He didn't recognise any of the people who she was sitting with, but that didn't matter to him. All he was bothered about was her. He realised that he would have to walk past her table to get to Weiss. Talking a deep breath he began to walk over to Weiss. As he pasted her table he looked over at her and smiled. To his surprise she smiled back and then she spoke to him.
"Hey Michael!" The group of people who she was sitting with stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him. The girls all smiled at him, amazed at how hot he was. The guys feeling jealous at how their girlfriends were acting, all just looking coldly at him.
"Hey Syd." He replied with an another dazzling smile, and then he carried on making his way over to Eric. Taking a seat opposite his new friend Vaughn tried his hardest to suppress the grin, which was taking over his face.
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Over at Sydney's table
"WOW" Was all that Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Francie could manage to say. Sydney just sat smiling. She was so happy that she had seen him again, and he had remembered who she was. Finally Francie asked the question that they had all been wondering.
"Who was that?" She asked her eyes wide in anticipation.
"His name is Michael. He just moved here from Paris." Sydney's smile widened as she spoke about him. Danny looked at Cole and Leo and he could see that they were as annoyed by this as he was.
"Paris? Seriously?" Sydney nodded to Paige in answer to her question.
"See something you like sis?" Piper asked jokingly.
"Are you kidding me? He's absolutely gorgeous, and he's from Paris, the city of romance. What could be hotter than that." The girls all laughed at how Paige was talking. Except for Sydney. She didn't like the thought of somebody else fancying Michael. Even though she knew that she couldn't have him, she didn't want someone else to have him, even if that someone turned out to be one of her best friends. "Where did you find him anyways Sydney?"
"He asked me directions to the history room this morning, and we got talking." She glanced over at him as she spoke, and she was shocked to see that he was looking at her. Both feeling slightly embarrassed at being caught looking at each other, the quickly looked away.
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Over at Vaughn's table.
"Ok, just who are you looking at?" Weiss asked, turning to look in the direction where Vaughn had been looking. It then became clear to him. Every guy in the school had had a crush on Sydney Bristow at one time or the other, himself included.
"That's Sydney Bristow. She's like the most popular girl here at Kennedy High..." Weiss started to tell him who she was, but Vaughn interrupted him.
"I know who she is. We spoke this morning." Vaughn looked at Weiss, and watched him nearly choke on a bite of his hamburger.
"What?!? Let me get this straight, you spoke to Sydney Bristow?"
"Yeah. Why what's the big deal?" Vaughn took a sip of his soda, as he waited for Eric to explain what the problem was.
"Girls like that don't talk to guys like us. It's just the way it goes."
"Who are those people she's sitting with." He glanced over at the group of people who were sitting with her.
"Right, you know how in every high school, there are that small selective group of people who are above everybody else because they are just so cool." Vaughn nodded. "Well the people who she's sitting with, that's them. He turned to look at them. The girl with the long brown hair, that's Piper Halliwell, and the guy she's sitting next to is Leo Wyatt, and they've been dating for about 2 years. Phoebe Halliwell is sitting opposite Piper, and her boyfriend Cole Turner is the one with his arm around her. Francie Calfo and Will Tippin are the two sitting at the end of the table. Paige Matthews is Phoebe and Piper half sister, and she is the one with red hair. And then we have Sydney Bristow and her boyfriend Danny Hecht..."
"She has a boyfriend?" Although he had already guessed that she was seeing someone, he didn't like to hear it.
"Yeah, everybody thinks that they will be named this year's prom king and queen. He's the head of the football team, and Will, Leo and Cole are all on the team. And then Sydney and the girls are Kennedy High's cheerleaders." Although Weiss was talking to him, Vaughn wasn't listening. He was too busy looking at Sydney and wishing that she were single.
