Vaughn and Lauren sat there in an awkward silence until Lauren finally spoke "how am I supposed to react to this? You tell me that your ex-girlfriend is alive and you have a child together, what does that mean for us?"
"I love you and my having a child isn't going to change anything between us."
"What do you mean, nothing will change? You have a child with another woman. You know how much I want to have a child of my own, a child with you."
"We will have our own children, Lauren."
"Do you even know that the child is really yours? Have you done a DNA test?"
"There is no need to take a test, just one look at that little girl and you will know who her father is, besides Sydney would never betray me."
"I'm not sure I can deal with this, I know how much you loved Sydney. How do I know you are not going to go back to her?"
"Because I am telling you that I love you and Sydney is from my past, but you are my future."
"I need time to think about this, I will talk to you tomorrow, goodnight." Lauren says as she walks out of the room.
Vaughn then pulls something out of his pocket and puts it down on the coffee table and begins writing a note to Lauren.
Lauren,
I know this must be hard for you, I will try to make it as easy as possible for you. I bought this last week and I have been trying to find the right moment to give it to you but I thought you might like to have it now. I think it will look very nice on you.
All my love,
Michael.
As Vaughn finished writing the note he stood up and walked out the door. Lauren walked back down stairs to check that Vaughn had left when she noticed the box on the coffee table with a note, she picked up the note and read it, she then picked up the box and opened it revealing a gorgeous diamond necklace. While holding the necklace Lauren took out her cell phone and dialed a number.
"We have a problem" said Lauren.
"And what might that be?" said the voice.
"It seems that Sydney Bristow is back in play and Vaughn knows the child is his." Says Lauren
"I will contact my superiors immediately." Replied the voice and then hangs up the phone not waiting for a reply.
After Lauren hangs up the phone she looks at the diamond necklace and throws it back on the coffee table. "Does he really think he can just but me off with presents? This is not good, I have to do something about this little problem" she says to herself.
At that moment Lauren's cell phone rings and she says "Hello"
"This is what we need you to do…"
Vaughn POV
When I got back in my car I began thinking about how this would be affecting Sydney, how she would be feeling about my moving on so quickly after her apparent death. I felt so bad because the love of my life is not dead and I can't be with her because I have to pretend to be in love with a woman who is using me to steal classified information. I tell myself it won't always be like this. I drive around not knowing where I am going and finally end up Weiss's.
I walk up to the door and press Weiss's doorbell. Weiss answers the door and says "Hey buddy how are you doing?" I give him a look that describes everything that I am feeling. "Well that answers my question." He says as he lets me through the door. Neither Weiss nor I realize that Lauren was standing in the bushes.
"So this is where Sydney and her precious daughter are residing?" Lauren says to herself
Narrator POV
Vaughn walks over to Weiss's couch and sits down with his head in his hands while Weiss goes to the fridge and grabs a beer for himself and comes and sits next to his obviously troubled friend.
"Would you like to talk about it?" asks Weiss
"Not particularly." Vaughn replied
"Ok then would you like to watch the game with me?" Weiss asks.
"Yeah, ok" Vaughn answers, lifting his head.
"Ok then." Says Weiss as he turns on the television
"Hey thanks for getting me a beer man." Says Vaughn sarcastically as he stands up to go and get a beer.
Sydney's POV
I stood watching her sleep as she occupied Weiss's spare room, I felt so lucky to have such a beautiful daughter. I tried not to think about Vaughn, but every time I look at Michelle all I could see was Vaughn. I watched her sleep for several minutes when I finally decided to go and get myself a drink, I closed the door slowly behind me and walked towards the kitchen as I got closer I hear the television.
As I got to the kitchen I look in the living room and see Weiss watching the television, so I decided to get a drink and go to bed. I walked into the kitchen still with my eyes towards the living room and then I suddenly bumped into someone, it was Vaughn. We stood there staring at each other for a minute while I thought of something to say, what was I going to say to him? I mean he moved on with his life and is now engaged after only two years of me being missing. All I could say was "Hi"
"Hi" replies Vaughn
"I am just getting a drink and then I am going to bed, so I will be out of your way." I said as I walked past him and got a drink from the fridge and then began walking back to the bedroom.
"Syd…?" Vaughn says quickly
I turned around and looked at him waiting for him to say something but he doesn't so I look towards Weiss and say goodnight, I then look back at Vaughn and say goodnight and walk to the bedroom.
Vaughn's POV
I watched her leave the kitchen, she looked so sad even though she tried to hide it from me; I thought to myself I can't just let her go. I then started walking to the bedroom door where I guessed Sydney was as well as my daughter. I reached the door and took a deep breath before I turned the handle, as I opened the door I noticed Sydney's figure standing in the dark next to the window. I walked over and noticed that she was crying, I went and stood next to her in silence as I thought of how to explain everything.
"Syd…?" I started
She still stands there and doesn't move or speak; I can see the tears falling down her cheeks. I put my hand on her smooth face and wipe away the tear; I finally get the courage up to say the words that I know I need to say.
"Syd… I'm… I'm so sorry"
She finally turns around and looks at me with those sad eyes; all I want to do is hold her in my arms, but I realize that is not the best move.
"I am sorry for everything you have been through and what I am putting you through now." I say
She doesn't speak a word but puts her head down towards the ground and begins crying again, I let go of all rational thought and I take a step closer to her and hold her in my arms. We stay like this for a minute until she slightly pulls away, her head still facing towards the ground. I picked her head up and looked into her eyes and kiss her on the forehead.
"When all this is over I am going to do everything I can to make you happy." I said
I leaned towards her again and gave her another kiss on the forehead and then I found my lips moving their way towards hers until our lips finally connected in a slow but soul searing kiss.
"Come outside and talk with me on the patio?" I asked
"Ok." She agreed
I walk towards the door and watched as Sydney closes the window and kisses Michelle on the forehead then follows me out of the room. We sit down on the patio and another awkward silence occurs.
"I want you to understand that I never stopped loving you, if I thought there was a chance that you were alive I would have looked for you until I found you."
"Why did you move on so quickly?'' she asked bluntly.
I take a deep breath and try and think of a way to tell her that I moved on because I needed something to live for.
"I needed to find a way to live again, when you died… apart of me died with you. I started dating Lauren because she was nothing like you, because every where I went I was reminded of you and I couldn't handle that… the thought that I was never going to see you again."
"Did you love her before you found out the truth?"
"Not the way I loved you… love you."
Narrator POV
Sydney looked up at him, she opened her mouth to speak and suddenly they heard a loud bang and scream coming from inside. They raced inside and ran into Weiss in the hallway looking just as worried.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Weiss
Sydney ran past Weiss and straight into Michelle's room and suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks, shocked by the sight in front of her.
