2

Sydney sat in the exam room waiting for Doctor Vaughn. Five minutes passed and a man with sandy blonde hair and piercing green eyes walked in. He stood at around 6"2, dressed in a white labcoat with black slacks and shoes.

"Hello, I'm Michael Vaughn." Michael said a she extended his hand to Sydney.

"Sydney Bristow." She said shaking his hand.

"Very nice to meet you" Vaughn smiled as he moved towards Max.

"So Max is just here for a routine check up?"

"Yeah"

"Very good" Michael said as he checked Max's ears.

"This is a very cute dog you have here"

"Thanks, he's actually my friend's" Sydney said as she stood by the exam table. "I was just doing her a favor, I'm on my lunch break"

"Then you, Miss Bristow, must be a very good friend."

"Sydney"

"Hmm" Vaughn asked as he looked up from Max's chart.

"You can call me Sydney, I'm not a fan of Miss Bristow"

"Oh ok" laughed Michael "Well in that case you can call me Michael then."

Sydney smiled as Michael finished Max's check up.

"I think that's it" Michael grinned as he handed the leash to Sydney. "He's a very healthy dog."

"Thats good, I think my friend would've died if he wasn't". Sydney smiled as Michael laughed. There was something about her the intrigued Michael and he knew he had to find out more.

"So, how long until you have to get back to work?" asked Michael.

"Um, I've got 20 minutes" replied Sydney as she checked her watch.

"Perfect, why don't you come down to my office and we could, um, talk some more" Michael stuttured. "If you want." He added quickly.

Sydney grinned and nodded. "I'd love too."

Michael guided Sydney to his office at the end of the hall. As soon as Sydney walked in, she fell in love with the cosy setting of the office. There was a window that took up most of the back wall, Michael's desk was set against the wall next to the window, with a leather couch across from it.

Michael smiled at Sydney as he offered her a seat, which she graciously accepted.

"So since you obviously know what I do, what's your story?

Sydney laughed as she replied."I'm actually a lawyer."

"Oh, really for which firm?"

"Umm, Bristow & Associates." Sydney said quietly

"Wait...Bristow as in your last name." asked Michael

"Yeah my dad may own the firm."

"So I'm guessing is it was his influence that got you into law." Michael

"Yeah I guess you could say that" Sydney said as she nervously tucked a strand a hair behind her ear. "I kinda always wanted to a teacher."

"You'd be a really good teacher."

"Oh yeah, why is that?" Sydney asked curiously, Afterall he had known her less than and hour.

"Well from what I can tell you are extremely kind and very beautiful."

Sydney's cheeks turned red as she looked at Michael. "What does being pretty have to do with teaching?"

"Nothing really I just thought I'd put that in" Michael smiled sweetly. "I mean it's true."

"You need to stop making me blush." Sydney laughed as she covered her cheek with her hand.

"No, I think it's cute." Michael said as he leaned forward a little.

Sydney checked her watch and realized she was going to be very late getting back to work. "Damn it, I'm gonna be late, I'm sorry I really have to go." Sydney said as she started to get up and grab Max's leash.

"Yeah I should be getting back to work too" Michael sighed as he stood. "It was really nice talking to you."

"It was a lot of fun." smiled Sydney.

"I'll see you around." Michael said as Sydney walked out.

"Bye" With that she was gone.