I'm sorry I haven't been updating this story lately but I went through writer's block. So please read and review all you people who haven't given up on me. I'm SORRY!

Chapter Nine

Sydney lay, looking up at what she imagined to be the ceiling, but couldn't quite see it as her vision was blurred. She'd been lying under the water for no more than afew seconds, letting the water cover her face, blocking the path that oxygen travelled to her lungs. She knew she would have to get up and breath soon, but she just couldn't force herself to do so. It hurt, it hurt so Goddamn much. Her chest felt like it had been ripped apart, and she knew that tears were mixed amongst the water that acted as a blanket to her pain. Protecting her from the outside world.

"Hi, I'm Lauren Reed."

Sydney's vision began to blacken, and her lungs were beginning to desperately crave oxygen, yet she still didn't move.

"I am also married to an agent within the CIA."

Sydney didn't know why she was getting this worked up about everything, but it was just another heavy blow. She'd lost her memory, her friends, her entire life, everything that was familiar to her. Now she had to lose him too?

"Michael Vaughn."

Sydney couldn't take it anymore, and she finally shot up gasping for air. Her hair lay as a tangled heap against her back. Sydney began to sob freely now. She felt so hurt, so betrayed. She'd lost her entire life, and gotten all this confusion, yet no one told her, not her father, not Sark. Neither of them seemed to find it important that she know about this. About Vaughn.

"Oh, I am an undercover agent in the CIA." Lauren replied seriously.

"Really?" Sydney said, paling. "How?"

"I am an NSC officer. I am also married to an agent within the CIA."

"Which agent?"

"Michael Vaughn."

Sydney sat there in shock, her mind unable to form proper words, all she could feel was the pain shooting to her chest, her heart beating abnormally fast.

"Oh." Was all Sydney managed to murmur, trying to put on a weak smile.

"Oh, do you know him?" Lauren asked, unable to see the inner turmoil going on inside Sydney's mind.

'I…ah…no, I can't say I do." Sydney lied, at the last minute remembering who she was supposed to be.

Sydney stared at Lauren in surprise. Vaughn was married to…her. This woman. How could Vaughn be married to her? How? It's only been two years, how could Vaughn fall in love and marry someone else? Is that all their love meant to him?

Sark grabbed Sydney's hand comfortingly as a man in a suit walked into the room.

"Are you okay?" Sark whispered and Sydney just nodded and pulled her hand out of his. If Sark was shocked he didn't show it, and just turned his attention to the man who entered the room.

The rest of the meeting seemed to be a blur to Sydney who was too upset to really pay any attention to anything. She soon found ehrself in the bathtub, back at her house.

Sydney finally got out of the bath and dried and dressed herself. She went downstairs to find Sark sitting on the lounge. She was a little surprised to see him sitting there, but Sydney vaguely recalled him cming in with her before she rushed up to the bath.

Sark turned to look at her as she entered.

"What is it?" he asked, seeing the tear stains on her cheeks.

"Why didn't you tell me about Vaughn?" Sydney asked, her voice cold and void of all the emotions threatening to spill out of her.

"What…how did you…?" Sark looked bewildered.

"I was sitting next to his wife in the meeting." Sydney replied taking a few steps back as Sark began to walk towards her. Sark stopped dead.

"I'm sorry…I just didn't…"

"What? You didn't think I deserved to know?" Sydney asked, her voice raising as her pain finally came out. "I wasn't trusted to know my boyfriend was married?"

"I didn't want to hurt you." Sark replied irritated. "Besides, you wouldn't have believed me anyway."

"Maybe not, but you still should have told me." Sydney yelled back. "But wait, you wouldn't be able to hit on me if I was upset about Vaughn."

"What?" Sark said loudly, his face paling.

"Oh come on. I've noticed how you've tried to hit on me. Holding my hand and everything. It's pathetic." Sydney spat in anger.

"You wouldn't have said that a week ago." Sark replied calmly.

"Stop it." Sydney yelled, glaring at him. "I wouldn't have given up on Vaughn and gone with someone else. Especially not you. I hate you."

"You did." Sark replied, his voice straining now. "But that was two years ago. Things change."

"Not this."

"I changed."

"You can't change." Sydney said angrily. "You're just looking out for yourself. You don't know what its like to have a cuase, to fight for something, a nation. You only know how to look out for yourself. I could never be with someone like you."

"I said I've changed." Sark laughed bitterly. "Hell even your father can say so."

"You're pretending." Sydney said, her voice not so angry anymore.

"I love you." Sark said, which caused both of them to callapse into a shocked silence.

Sydney couldn't believe he'd just said that. He couldn't have just said that. It couldn't be true. It wasn't true. He was messing with her. This was just another game to him.

"I…I didn't meant o say that." Sark said. "Forget it."

"Why'd you say it?" Sydney demanded. "What do you want?"

Sark had begun to walk towards the door as she was speaking, but when she added the last part he turned around and whispered, so quietly Sydney had to strain to hear, "I want you back."

With those last words Sark left, shutting the door loudly, leaving Sydney standing there, stunned. Looking at the spot he'd just been standing.

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