Sydney awoke to find the familiar taste of vomit in her mouth. Something
she remembered well from the weeks after Danny's death. Memories of the
night before popped into her head. Carrie and Marshall arguing, Weiss
pulling her out of the bathroom to get fresh air (must thank him later),
going to get their coats and... eeeeeeew!!!! DAD AND CONSTANCE. Well I
suppose its good that they had hit it off. She walked out of the bedroom to
inspect the damage. Wasn't that bad. A few bottles and glasses but nothing
she couldn't handle. She went and had a shower. Once she was dressed she
went to tackle the mess and she heard a knock on the door. It was Weiss
coming to help clean up.
"Hey Syd. How's the mess?" he walked in and looked around. "Oh its not that bad. I'll leave you to it." He teased. "You'll do no such thing Agent Weiss." She said pulling him back towards the sink. "You're the one who convinced me to have this party in the first place" "Yeah Syd but didn't you meet lots of new people and catch up with old friends?" he rationalised. "Yes I know but I don't like to tidy!" she put some bottles onto a bag. "oh and I'm not imagining the fact that we walked in on my dad and Constance Waters making out am I?" she asked half hoping to be wrong. "Oh that's a memory that stays with you for life kiddo" Weiss mocked. There was another knock at the door and Sydney went to answer it laughing as she pulled it open. She was shocked to see Vaughn on the other side.
"Hello Sydney" he looked nervous as he shifted from foot to foot. "erm come in" she opened the door wider. Michael saw Weiss washing up and smiled at him as he turned around to see who it was.
"Hey Vaughn. Do you want me to leave?" he walked towards his coat. "Not so fast. I told you its not that easy to get out of the clear up!" Sydney stopped him. Partly because she didn't want to be alone with Vaughn and partly because Weiss was her friend and she didn't want to drive him away as if he was second best. There was no way her and Vaughn were getting back together even though his marriage turned out to be a farce. He had still loved Lauren enough the marry her and that was enough for Sydney to stop in her Michael Vaughn tracks and look at what was going on. "I kind of have some tidying up to do and then Eric and I are going to lunch. So if you don't mind." She knew she was being harsh but she could no longer pine after him and that meant no liaisons out of work hours.
"I just wanted to apologise for not turning up last night and er well you know if I made the numbers odd or something..." he looked like that wasn't what he really came to say but she excepted it.
"Its fine. It wasn't that kind of a party. It was the kind where you tell everyone and who ever comes, comes." She tried her hardest to make it seem as though she hadn't even noticed that he didn't turn up.
"Ok then... sorry... enjoy lunch... bye." He turned and left. "Way harsh syd." Weiss picked up some more glasses and took them over to the sink. "I know, I know but it's the only way I can be around him. If I'm nice to him I feel like I'm looking desperate as if I'm pining for him." She sat on the sofa and Weiss sat beside her.
"Its gonna be hard. For both of you. You know this isn't the first time Vaughn's lost the woman he loves. Imagine what he's going through again and this time its worse because when he lost you, he knew you felt the same. This time its hollow and people haven't even grieved her. They don't miss her. She doesn't have a star on the wall that he can look at and feel comfort. She wasn't a hero so he doesn't even have that."
"Are you defending her? What she did was awful Weiss. She was evil and she murdered innocent people. She leaked information to the covenant and helped them to take two years of my life. Have you thought about what its like for me? She made me loose the man I loved. Except I didn't have the pleasure of him being gone like I did with Danny or had you forgotten him? I was just told one day. You've been gone for two years, the man you love has married someone else, your fathers in solitary confinement and you have to work with someone you loath and have spent so long trying to bring down wishing he were dead." She almost choked in the urge to breath and stops herself from crying.
"Look Sydney, perhaps I should go." Weiss stood up. "No wait. I'm sorry I went off on one. It's just that you are the only person I can talk to these days. I used to have Vaughn when things went wrong and I couldn't cope. He even stood by and held my hand as I threw my beeper in the pacific like a crazy woman one time." "I know. He came back and told me. He felt so sorry for you and wouldn't shut up about how hard it must be for you." "Really?" "Yeah." "Oh" "Lets go to lunch." "K"
"Hey Syd. How's the mess?" he walked in and looked around. "Oh its not that bad. I'll leave you to it." He teased. "You'll do no such thing Agent Weiss." She said pulling him back towards the sink. "You're the one who convinced me to have this party in the first place" "Yeah Syd but didn't you meet lots of new people and catch up with old friends?" he rationalised. "Yes I know but I don't like to tidy!" she put some bottles onto a bag. "oh and I'm not imagining the fact that we walked in on my dad and Constance Waters making out am I?" she asked half hoping to be wrong. "Oh that's a memory that stays with you for life kiddo" Weiss mocked. There was another knock at the door and Sydney went to answer it laughing as she pulled it open. She was shocked to see Vaughn on the other side.
"Hello Sydney" he looked nervous as he shifted from foot to foot. "erm come in" she opened the door wider. Michael saw Weiss washing up and smiled at him as he turned around to see who it was.
"Hey Vaughn. Do you want me to leave?" he walked towards his coat. "Not so fast. I told you its not that easy to get out of the clear up!" Sydney stopped him. Partly because she didn't want to be alone with Vaughn and partly because Weiss was her friend and she didn't want to drive him away as if he was second best. There was no way her and Vaughn were getting back together even though his marriage turned out to be a farce. He had still loved Lauren enough the marry her and that was enough for Sydney to stop in her Michael Vaughn tracks and look at what was going on. "I kind of have some tidying up to do and then Eric and I are going to lunch. So if you don't mind." She knew she was being harsh but she could no longer pine after him and that meant no liaisons out of work hours.
"I just wanted to apologise for not turning up last night and er well you know if I made the numbers odd or something..." he looked like that wasn't what he really came to say but she excepted it.
"Its fine. It wasn't that kind of a party. It was the kind where you tell everyone and who ever comes, comes." She tried her hardest to make it seem as though she hadn't even noticed that he didn't turn up.
"Ok then... sorry... enjoy lunch... bye." He turned and left. "Way harsh syd." Weiss picked up some more glasses and took them over to the sink. "I know, I know but it's the only way I can be around him. If I'm nice to him I feel like I'm looking desperate as if I'm pining for him." She sat on the sofa and Weiss sat beside her.
"Its gonna be hard. For both of you. You know this isn't the first time Vaughn's lost the woman he loves. Imagine what he's going through again and this time its worse because when he lost you, he knew you felt the same. This time its hollow and people haven't even grieved her. They don't miss her. She doesn't have a star on the wall that he can look at and feel comfort. She wasn't a hero so he doesn't even have that."
"Are you defending her? What she did was awful Weiss. She was evil and she murdered innocent people. She leaked information to the covenant and helped them to take two years of my life. Have you thought about what its like for me? She made me loose the man I loved. Except I didn't have the pleasure of him being gone like I did with Danny or had you forgotten him? I was just told one day. You've been gone for two years, the man you love has married someone else, your fathers in solitary confinement and you have to work with someone you loath and have spent so long trying to bring down wishing he were dead." She almost choked in the urge to breath and stops herself from crying.
"Look Sydney, perhaps I should go." Weiss stood up. "No wait. I'm sorry I went off on one. It's just that you are the only person I can talk to these days. I used to have Vaughn when things went wrong and I couldn't cope. He even stood by and held my hand as I threw my beeper in the pacific like a crazy woman one time." "I know. He came back and told me. He felt so sorry for you and wouldn't shut up about how hard it must be for you." "Really?" "Yeah." "Oh" "Lets go to lunch." "K"
