Chapter 8
The last few days has brought the memories back. The constant jarring reminder of Vaughn's infidelity, but also the sadness coming back from the death which comes with it. What had happened a year ago then and still now having a rippling effect. Bringing many things to the surface. Mine and Vaughn's problem, Nadia and her visit's to Sloane which she hadn't admitted to me, Mom's past again.
"Hey Nad's" Sydney said placing herself down by a seat by Nadia."
"Hey Syd. You don't look happy. What's up?"
"I've just had an huge argument with Vaughn. His mother decided in her best interest to tell him about what I had done."
"Let me guess, not the best conversation ever especially as it's involving Laura"
"Even with Laura being involved he was still more interested in defending his mother and use it as an vantage point as another excuse about his cheating,
"Did you expect anything different from him? Syd, he's being trying to manipulate his way back in. He's using your child as pawn, a way to worm his way back into your life. And you and me both know that a child shouldn't be used that way."
"But theirs still something that is niggling at me, something which is sitting at the back me mind. Is there anything else which forced him into it apart from that unfortunate incident? Mom's and Dad's relationship? The stress of his Mother's disapproval about our side of the family. Going back all them years when we got together. Even maybe what had happened with Lauren?"
"Sydney, perhaps it was just a time bomb waiting to happen. Technically he has cheated with Lauren with you so maybe he's just inclined to it. And all these excuses don't mean much. You've had just a bad time with it. Maybe worse, everything which has occurred has been closer to you. Mom's and our Aunt's pasts. The Covenant connection. But yet you haven't felt the urge to jump into bed with the nearest person."
"Actually" Sydney said as a blush started to creep up her cheek. "That's not completely true. You remember my friend Will; you meet him once at Laura's baptism. Well after I came back after that two years. Where everything has changed, I had no memory, Vaughn was married, and the government and the Covenant both wanting to find out what I know. I ending up sleeping with him, it was lustful or anything we've always cared about each other. So I can't be angry at him completely for that. I've done it."
"There's a big difference. You weren't in a long term relationship with a child, and it was with someone you cared about. Not some person you picked up in a bar."
"But it to me it sounds hypocritical. That it's one thing for him, and another for me."
"Look Syd, he hasn't listed all these reasons like you have done which could force him into it. What was the reason he gave you?"
"That the death, the death of…"
"Sydney, the death of Weiss affected all of us. He helped all of us in way. And with Vaughn they had grown up together, so don't beat yourself up. What's done is done. And I still miss Weiss my self you know how close we were. But enough of this topic. What is this rumour I've heard about you leaving the exchange."
"Who told you that? I haven't even discussed it with Dixon yet."
R/N: So what do you think? Should Syd and Vaughn get back together? Who's put the rumour around about Sydney leaving? And what about Weiss what exactly happened. So review with your feelings and I see what I can do to please you my loyal fans.