Chapter 3
After lunch hour had ended, Sydney and Danny made their way to the chemistry room, for what was gonna be another boring science lesson. Danny kissed his girlfriend goodbye as he took his seat on the far side of the room, and she took hers on the other. They had got there quite early, as the room was still filling with reluctant students who were wishing that they were somewhere else. Sydney noticed Piper and Phoebe walk in, closely followed by Francie and Paige. The girls all smiled at each other, and sat down at the desk infront of Syd. There was no one sitting next to Sydney, as her lab partner had moved to Spain during the summer, so she just sat there quietly wishing for the next hour to pass quickly.
Vaughn and Weiss walked slowly into the room, amazed to find that the teacher had not yet showed up. None of the other students seemed bothered by this, as it gave them even more time to catch up on gossip from their vacations. "I'm guessing that we should find ourselves a seat!" Weiss said shrugging his shoulder. He looked around the room to see that there were not many seats available, so finding a seat could be more difficult that he thought. As they walked down the centre of the room, various heads turned to look at Michael, many of the girls wondering who the new hotty was, and many of the guys not liking the attention that their girlfriends were paying to the new kid.
Michael stopped as he saw Sydney again. He hadn't known that they would be in the same class, but suddenly he had a feeling that the chemistry lesson wouldn't be all that boring. "Hey Syd!" He said smiling at her. She was taking by surprise, as she hadn't seen him walk in. "Oh, hey Michael." She replied, smiling just as much as he was. "Is this seat taken?" He asked looking down at the empty seat beside her.
"No, it's not." She said removing her bags, so that he could sit down. "Thanks." He sat down, not believing that he was actually sitting next to the girl that he had been thinking about all day.
"Hey man, I'm gonna go and find another seat..." Eric said turning to leave.
"No, wait." He turned to face Sydney, shocked that she was even talking to him. "Why don't you come and sit with us?" Sydney hadn't spoken to Eric much, but she was sure that he was a nice guy.
"It's ok, I'll go and sit somewhere else." He was unsure how to act around her, after all she was the most popular girl in the school.
"Eric, I'm not taking no for an answer. No sit!" She said laughing. She knows my name...She knows MY name!!! These thoughts were running through Weiss's mind as he picked up a stool and sat at the end of the row next to Vaughn. Sydney smiled at them both, relieved that she would no longer have to sit on her own, and thankfully that she could now get to know Michael a little better.
"I'm warning you now, that this lesson is such a drag." She told them, trying her best to ignore the looks that she was getting from the other girls in the room, especially Paige. "You don't like chemistry?" Vaughn asked.
"Oh, I'm all for chemistry...just not the subject!" She smiled flirtatiously at him. Realising what she was doing, she looked down at the table, feeling her cheeks turn red. I cannot believe that I just said that! What is up with me? Oh, I'm all for chemistry...just not the subject! Why did I say that?!? Vaughn could tell that she was embarrassed by her own remark, so he decided not to comment. But secretly inside, he was ecstatic by her reply; he got the feeling that she was flirting with him. Weiss sat silently at the end of the table. He had heard what she just said, and he knew that Vaughn liked her, and he was getting the impression that this wasn't a one way thing.
"So what's the teacher like?" Vaughn asked, trying to quickly change the subject.
"Sloane? He can be quite strict at times, but he's a good teacher." Eric answered. Sydney put her embarrassment aside and decided to join in the conversation. "Yeah he can sometimes be a nice person I suppose, but I guess I'm a bit biased as I've known him since I was little."
"Oh yeah, that's right. Isn't he like friends with your dad?" It fascinated Weiss just how much he knew about Sydney Bristow, even though she probably didn't even know his last name.
"Yeah, he's been a family friend for years. Him and his wife Emily always used to come over and have dinner with my parents." She couldn't believe that she was telling them this. She hardly ever talked about her family to anyone, not even Danny.
The room fell silent as Arvin Sloane entered the room. He was quite a small man, with grey hair and a grey beard, which covered most of the bottom half of his face. He was dressed as always in a black suit, accompanied with a blue tie. "Class, I'm sorry that I'm late but I have to leave again to take care of some business. I'll be at least 15 minutes. So I'm sure that you guys can find something quiet to do whilst I'm gone." He picked up some files from the middle drawer of his desk, and then left the room, shutting the door firmly behind him.
"See, he's not that bad." Joked Sydney. Francie, who was sitting at the desk infront of Syd with Paige, turned around. "Hey Sydney, come and talk to us." She said as Piper and Phoebe got up to sit next to their sister.
"I'm fine here thanks." She replied. Her friends meant a lot to her, but for now she was happy to sit and get to know her two new friends. "Oh..." Francie was clearly taken back by Syd's refusal. "Okay." She turned back around mumbling something, which Sydney couldn't hear. Rolling her eyes, Sydney continued the conversation, which she was having with Michael and Eric.
"So did you guys just meet today?" She asked, twisting a lose strand of hair around her finger.
"Yeah, Vaughn and I met this morning in the history class." Weiss said patting his friend on the back.
"Oh right. So everybody calls you Vaughn then?" She liked the sound of 'Vaughn.' It sounded so French...so hot.
"Well no not really. Weiss is the first person to call me it actually."
"I like it, it's cute!" She said a smile spreading her face. Vaughn couldn't hide the grin that her comment had created. He ran his hand through his hair, trying his best to cover how happy Syd calling his name cute, had made him. Sydney had noticed the effect that her remark had on him, and she tried her best not to laugh. "So I take it that you like being called Weiss?" She added.
"I don't mind really, you can call me whatever you like. But are you gonna tell me that my name's cute too, so that I can grin as much as he his!" He pointed at Vaughn, who wasn't exactly amused by his comment. Vaughn glared at him, shocked at what he had just said. "Hey I have a name for you...it begins with a J, and ends in ass!" Weiss playfully hit him on the arm. "Now we all no that I could never pull of the name Jackass." Weiss laughed at his friend's bad attempt at a joke.
"Now, now boys play nicely." She laughed at the pair of them. She liked Weiss, he was funny and he had a great personality. And then there was Vaughn. There was no doubt about it she definitely liked him.
"So how are you liking California so far Vaughn?" He liked the way she said his last name. She made it sound so sexy.
"It's been great so far. The people are really friendly..." He looked at her as he said that, not quite sure if he meant people in general, or just her. "And the neighbourhood which were moved to is really nice." He sensed that somebody was looking at him, so he turned to see Danny and a couple of other guys staring at him. Choosing to ignore their looks, he turned back around and focused on Sydney. God she's beautiful.
"Where abouts did you move to?" Weiss asked, nibbling on the edge of his pen.
"Erm...just off Valley Boulevard." He replied.
"OMG! That's like two blocks away from where I live." Said Sydney in total amazement. "Hey, are you walking home after school?" Vaughn nodded. She couldn't believe what she was doing again. "Do you wanna walk home together? It'll give me a chance to get to know you a little better?"
"I would love to Syd." He replied, this time not even bothering to hide his smile.
After lunch hour had ended, Sydney and Danny made their way to the chemistry room, for what was gonna be another boring science lesson. Danny kissed his girlfriend goodbye as he took his seat on the far side of the room, and she took hers on the other. They had got there quite early, as the room was still filling with reluctant students who were wishing that they were somewhere else. Sydney noticed Piper and Phoebe walk in, closely followed by Francie and Paige. The girls all smiled at each other, and sat down at the desk infront of Syd. There was no one sitting next to Sydney, as her lab partner had moved to Spain during the summer, so she just sat there quietly wishing for the next hour to pass quickly.
Vaughn and Weiss walked slowly into the room, amazed to find that the teacher had not yet showed up. None of the other students seemed bothered by this, as it gave them even more time to catch up on gossip from their vacations. "I'm guessing that we should find ourselves a seat!" Weiss said shrugging his shoulder. He looked around the room to see that there were not many seats available, so finding a seat could be more difficult that he thought. As they walked down the centre of the room, various heads turned to look at Michael, many of the girls wondering who the new hotty was, and many of the guys not liking the attention that their girlfriends were paying to the new kid.
Michael stopped as he saw Sydney again. He hadn't known that they would be in the same class, but suddenly he had a feeling that the chemistry lesson wouldn't be all that boring. "Hey Syd!" He said smiling at her. She was taking by surprise, as she hadn't seen him walk in. "Oh, hey Michael." She replied, smiling just as much as he was. "Is this seat taken?" He asked looking down at the empty seat beside her.
"No, it's not." She said removing her bags, so that he could sit down. "Thanks." He sat down, not believing that he was actually sitting next to the girl that he had been thinking about all day.
"Hey man, I'm gonna go and find another seat..." Eric said turning to leave.
"No, wait." He turned to face Sydney, shocked that she was even talking to him. "Why don't you come and sit with us?" Sydney hadn't spoken to Eric much, but she was sure that he was a nice guy.
"It's ok, I'll go and sit somewhere else." He was unsure how to act around her, after all she was the most popular girl in the school.
"Eric, I'm not taking no for an answer. No sit!" She said laughing. She knows my name...She knows MY name!!! These thoughts were running through Weiss's mind as he picked up a stool and sat at the end of the row next to Vaughn. Sydney smiled at them both, relieved that she would no longer have to sit on her own, and thankfully that she could now get to know Michael a little better.
"I'm warning you now, that this lesson is such a drag." She told them, trying her best to ignore the looks that she was getting from the other girls in the room, especially Paige. "You don't like chemistry?" Vaughn asked.
"Oh, I'm all for chemistry...just not the subject!" She smiled flirtatiously at him. Realising what she was doing, she looked down at the table, feeling her cheeks turn red. I cannot believe that I just said that! What is up with me? Oh, I'm all for chemistry...just not the subject! Why did I say that?!? Vaughn could tell that she was embarrassed by her own remark, so he decided not to comment. But secretly inside, he was ecstatic by her reply; he got the feeling that she was flirting with him. Weiss sat silently at the end of the table. He had heard what she just said, and he knew that Vaughn liked her, and he was getting the impression that this wasn't a one way thing.
"So what's the teacher like?" Vaughn asked, trying to quickly change the subject.
"Sloane? He can be quite strict at times, but he's a good teacher." Eric answered. Sydney put her embarrassment aside and decided to join in the conversation. "Yeah he can sometimes be a nice person I suppose, but I guess I'm a bit biased as I've known him since I was little."
"Oh yeah, that's right. Isn't he like friends with your dad?" It fascinated Weiss just how much he knew about Sydney Bristow, even though she probably didn't even know his last name.
"Yeah, he's been a family friend for years. Him and his wife Emily always used to come over and have dinner with my parents." She couldn't believe that she was telling them this. She hardly ever talked about her family to anyone, not even Danny.
The room fell silent as Arvin Sloane entered the room. He was quite a small man, with grey hair and a grey beard, which covered most of the bottom half of his face. He was dressed as always in a black suit, accompanied with a blue tie. "Class, I'm sorry that I'm late but I have to leave again to take care of some business. I'll be at least 15 minutes. So I'm sure that you guys can find something quiet to do whilst I'm gone." He picked up some files from the middle drawer of his desk, and then left the room, shutting the door firmly behind him.
"See, he's not that bad." Joked Sydney. Francie, who was sitting at the desk infront of Syd with Paige, turned around. "Hey Sydney, come and talk to us." She said as Piper and Phoebe got up to sit next to their sister.
"I'm fine here thanks." She replied. Her friends meant a lot to her, but for now she was happy to sit and get to know her two new friends. "Oh..." Francie was clearly taken back by Syd's refusal. "Okay." She turned back around mumbling something, which Sydney couldn't hear. Rolling her eyes, Sydney continued the conversation, which she was having with Michael and Eric.
"So did you guys just meet today?" She asked, twisting a lose strand of hair around her finger.
"Yeah, Vaughn and I met this morning in the history class." Weiss said patting his friend on the back.
"Oh right. So everybody calls you Vaughn then?" She liked the sound of 'Vaughn.' It sounded so French...so hot.
"Well no not really. Weiss is the first person to call me it actually."
"I like it, it's cute!" She said a smile spreading her face. Vaughn couldn't hide the grin that her comment had created. He ran his hand through his hair, trying his best to cover how happy Syd calling his name cute, had made him. Sydney had noticed the effect that her remark had on him, and she tried her best not to laugh. "So I take it that you like being called Weiss?" She added.
"I don't mind really, you can call me whatever you like. But are you gonna tell me that my name's cute too, so that I can grin as much as he his!" He pointed at Vaughn, who wasn't exactly amused by his comment. Vaughn glared at him, shocked at what he had just said. "Hey I have a name for you...it begins with a J, and ends in ass!" Weiss playfully hit him on the arm. "Now we all no that I could never pull of the name Jackass." Weiss laughed at his friend's bad attempt at a joke.
"Now, now boys play nicely." She laughed at the pair of them. She liked Weiss, he was funny and he had a great personality. And then there was Vaughn. There was no doubt about it she definitely liked him.
"So how are you liking California so far Vaughn?" He liked the way she said his last name. She made it sound so sexy.
"It's been great so far. The people are really friendly..." He looked at her as he said that, not quite sure if he meant people in general, or just her. "And the neighbourhood which were moved to is really nice." He sensed that somebody was looking at him, so he turned to see Danny and a couple of other guys staring at him. Choosing to ignore their looks, he turned back around and focused on Sydney. God she's beautiful.
"Where abouts did you move to?" Weiss asked, nibbling on the edge of his pen.
"Erm...just off Valley Boulevard." He replied.
"OMG! That's like two blocks away from where I live." Said Sydney in total amazement. "Hey, are you walking home after school?" Vaughn nodded. She couldn't believe what she was doing again. "Do you wanna walk home together? It'll give me a chance to get to know you a little better?"
"I would love to Syd." He replied, this time not even bothering to hide his smile.
