Chapter 3

Previously:

"He was part of project Christmas too." It was a statement not a question, it was something she knew.

"Yes…"

…"What is his name?"

"Jason"

When Sydney got off the plane, she went straight to the hospital, where she left Vaughn before going to Wittenberg, she knew they still have issues between them, but knowing that he loved her after everything they both have been through she was willing to wade through it all. Life just was not the same when Vaughn is not part of it, and she was not even going to think of what it will be like without him.

He had admitted to himself and to her in front of his wife that he loved her in the line of fire, twice, knowing what the consequences might be. It was enough, they would survive, they would fight and in the end they would find each other. It was how things are going to be, how things should be.

Walking into Vaughn's hospital room seeing him there laughing with Eric was enough to push back what she had learned the past 24 hours.

Eric Weiss was teasing Vaughn about being in somewhat of a déjà vu when Michael asked for Sydney as soon as he woke up, just like he did when he took off after her using Eric as bait. When he heard the door open and the lady in question came in with a small smile on her lips that unfortunately not directed to him. His friend was a lucky guy, he thought, "Hey Syd, good thing you walked in, I was about to have be stuck in another elevator, cuz Mike's getting lonely without you, and I must add that I get claustrophobic."

"You are not even claustrophobic!" Vaughn laughingly retorted at Weiss, but he was already smiling back at Sydney.

Sydney's smile widen, she could not help it when these two guys are together, she knew that beneath the laughs and the teasing, these two men in front of her trust each other with their lives, which was not something to say about her family. "Guys, don't you ever stop?" she laughed as she sat by Vaughn's bed and took his hand and squeezed for a proper hello in front of Eric.

As much as the hand squeezing was kept to a minimum, Eric noticed, he may not be the best spy in the world, but he was the most perceptive best friend in the world. "I know you guys are gonna get gooey and lovey dovey on me any second now, so I'm gonna go now before things start to get disgusting, now I would not mind you Syd, but Mike, I do not care to see."

Sydney laughed, "Eric, we are in the hospital, and he's got a collapsed lung, we are not going to jump each other."

Eric was by the door by then, "You guys by a bed, I will think otherwise."

They all chuckled at that, it was not a secret of the things that happened during the brief time they were together two years before, the conversations they had when only Weiss was on the other end and the amount of time they spent together in and out of the office.

The laughter died down and Vaughn looked at Sydney who was still holding his hand, a little strongly that he knew she learned something at the bank. "What happened?"

She smiled a little, no matter how much she tries to hide, Vaughn always knows, it was like he can read her thoughts. "I saw something at the bank…" she started then stopped and just looked at Vaughn, getting strength from him.

"What did you find, Syd?" he urged, he knew he shouldn't their relationship was so fragile, but he couldn't help it, one look at her anguished face he knew he had to know what was bothering her and do everything he can to make it go away.

"Vaughn, I have a twin."