Title: Summer Lovin'

Author: Chickiee-Dee

Rating PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or its characters.

Summary: AU. No SD-6 or CIA. Syd and Vaughn are teens who meet in the most unlikely place. S/V.

Authors Notes: First of all BAD SUMMARY, I didn't know what else to write. I thought this fic up when I was walking to work the other morning. I decided that since I know jack squat about LA or America in general, that I was gonna write an Alias fic centred around my little, middle of nowhere town called Mallacoota. (The first reviewer who can tell me where exactly Mallacoota is will get a character based on them in my story). Most of the other characters I'm gonna include are based VERY loosely on people in my town. Names of people have been changed, but the town and places mentioned are basically the same. Anyway's enjoy and let me know what you think.

Chapter 1

Seventeen-year-old Sydney Bristow rolled over in bed, slapping her alarm clock before climbing out of bed and hastily dressing. She looked at the clock and sighed. Late again. She really should learn not to hit the snooze button every time the alarm goes off. Sighing she pulled her riding boots on roughly tied her hair out of her face. Tip toeing out of her room she grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl and walked out onto the veranda. Picking up her horses headstall and lead rope, from where she'd left it last night, she rushed down the stairs and began to walk the one and a half blocks to her horse paddock. Finishing the last of her apple she walked up to the gate calling her horse as she entered the paddock "Gremlin, come on boy." Her chestnut horse looked up and began to trot over to her. Throwing the lead rope around his neck, she slipped the headstall on and offered him her apple core. Gremlin eagerly took it and Sydney lead him out of the paddock. She fastened the lead rope to itself, creating a pair of reins before jumping effortlessly onto his back. She clicked her tongue and Gremlin began to walk off towards her house.

She stopped in her backyard and tied Gremlin to the hayband that was hanging from one of the trees. Sydney walked into the room where she kept her horse gear and came out carrying her brushes. She quickly brushed her horse before retrieving her saddle, bridle and martingale from her tack room. Gremlin stepped back as Sydney fasten the martingale around his neck and placed the saddle on his back. She quickly tightened the girth and stretched out his legs. Finally she picked up her bridle, threw the reins over his head and slipped the bit into his mouth. She tightened the throat lash, noseband and drop noseband before threading the reins through the rings on the martingale. Satisfied that her horse was ready to go, she pulled the stirrups down and mounted, glancing at her watch. 6:45. Clicking her tongue she rode out of the yard urging her horse into a canter as she headed towards her friends house.

Becky was waiting at the top of her driveway for Sydney to arrive. "Sorry I'm late" she yelled as she cantered toward her friend. Syd slowed Gremlin to a walk "That's ok Syd, lets get going though, I have to work at ten."

"Me too. Where did you wanna go anyway?"

"I thought we could go out to Betka Beach. We've got time don't we?"
"Yeah. Gremlin will love a swim. Wouldn't ya boy?" she said as she rubbed his neck.

"I reckon Diamond would as well." Becky replied. The two of them headed out towards Watertrust Road. They turned down the gravel road and began to canter across the rough surface. When they reached 'Harwood' they slowed to a walk again. "I can't believe its nearly Christmas" Sydney said.

"Me neither, we're gonna be over run with tourists in a few days then, some of them are so rude."
"I know what you mean. They drive me nuts. I'm so glad that we can go riding in the morning though."

"I agree." Approaching the firebreak they turned left and started down the track at a trot. About fifteen minutes later they turned onto the Casuarina walking track, following it out to Betka Road. Checking for traffic, they crossed the road and began to trot along the Heathland track. After a while they began to canter and when they reached the end of the track they turned sharply and cantered a short way along the gravel road before slowing to a walk. Syd and Becky rode past the picnic area and onto the shore near the Betka River. They cantered the horses along the shoreline until they reached the beach. They rode around the beach for, trotting and cantering in and out of the water for while. Sydney slowed Gremlin to a walk and checked her watch. 8:25. "Becky, we better head back." Becky nodded and the girls headed back towards home.

Sydney arrived back at home at 9:30. She quickly unsaddled Gremlin, hosed him down and rode him back to the paddock. She let him go and ran back to her house. When she got home she had fifteen minutes to get ready for work. Discarding her wet clothes, Sydney jumped in the shower and emerged minutes later, dressed for work. Quickly throwing her mobile phone, wallet, swimmers and towel into her bag, she rushed into the kitchen and found her mother standing there. "Mum can you take me to work please?" she asked. Laura shook her head at Sydney and picked up the car keys. Laura dropped Sydney off at the Café and headed back home. "Morning everyone" she called as she entered.

Sydney and Becky finished work at four o'clock. They went to get changed into their bathers before heading to the beach. Syd and Becky walked out to Bastion Point where they met up with Becky's boyfriend Brian and their other friends Aimee and Megan. The five of them stayed at the beach until almost sunset, swimming and watching the surfers. Sydney and Becky walked back up to Syd's house on Mirrabooka Road to watch movies. "Syd, do you have the day off tomorrow?" Becky asked.

"Yeah, what about you?"

"Yep, did you wanna go riding before it gets too hot and then we can go knee boarding or something like that?"

"Sure, haven't been knee boarding in ages. Should we see if Aimee or Megan want to come?" Becky nodded. Sydney picked up her mobile and sent a text message to Aimee. Seconds later Syd's phone began to play a bizarre tune. Syd picked it up and read the message. "Yeah, she's gonna come, Megan's goin to Merimbula tomorrow but Aimee said she'd met us at Karbethong at 11:30."

"Awesome, I just hope there ain't too many people out on the lake tomorrow."

"Me either, it sucks when there's heaps of people out, we should go to Dorron's Bight, there's never anyone there."

"Good idea." Laura walked into Syd's room and told the girls that dinner was ready. They both got up, collected their dinner and went out onto the veranda to eat. From Sydney's balcony you could see most the lake, the town and all the way out to sea. It was a warm night and the girls sat out there until the sky was pitch black.

 The next day Sydney and Becky went out riding early. They went out to pony club and practised their show jumping and cross-country. Sydney had been attempting the 'Devils Ditch' and Gremlin stopped suddenly, throwing Sydney over his head. Alarmed, Becky cantered over to her friend, who was lying on the ground, struggling to breathe. Becky jumped off Diamond's back and sat next to Syd, who was attempting to sit up. "I shouldn't have done that, man that hurt."

"Are you ok Syd?"

"Yeah, just a bruise or two, I'll be ok. I'm gonna try that again."

"Your mad, just have a bit of a rest."

"No, I wanna do this, I can't let him get away with stopping. I'll be fine." Sydney mounted Gremlin once again and turned him around so she could approach the jump again. This time she cleared it successfully and continued to ride around the course. Becky watched in amazement at Sydney's determination, she could tell that Syd had been hurt when she fell, yet she continued on. Sighing, she turned Diamond and trotted back into the jumping arena.

Sydney arrived home at 8:30. She unsaddled Gremlin and hosed him down thoroughly before scrapping the excess water off his body. Sydney grabbed some food for him before taking him back to his paddock. She dumped the food into his feed bin and checked his water. Upon returning home Sydney grabbed her tack from where she had left it and carried it upstairs, leaving it on the veranda, so she could oil it. She grabbed a drink of juice from the fridge and began to clean and oil her tack. About half an hour later Laura interrupted her "Morning Syd, I thought you were going riding with Becky?"

"Already been, we wanted to have a bit of a break, we're going knee boarding with Aimee later."

"Ok then, be careful."

"We will."
"So how was your ride?"

"I fell off doing the Devils Ditch but I got him over it the second time."

"That's good, are you ok?"

"A couple of bruises but I'll be fine. Where's Dad?"

"He's at work already. Do you want me to make you some breakfast?"

"Sure, if you want." Laura nodded and went into the kitchen to cook them some breakfast. She returned fifteen minutes later with two plates of pancakes. She slid one in front of Syd and after they had finished eating Laura began to help Sydney clean her tack.

Syd arrived at Karbethong jetty shortly before 11:30. She had taken the shortcut across the paddocks, to save time. When she arrived Aimee was already waiting there. Becky arrived a little bit later with the boat and once the boat was in the water they headed off to Dorron's Bight. Sydney was the first one in the water, as she pulled her t-shirt off Becky and Aimee noticed the large bruise that had formed on her side. "Nice bruise Syd, what happened?" Aimee asked.

"I fell off Gremlin this morning. He refused the Devils Ditch." Aimee nodded. Syd checked that the towrope was attached securely before she threw the board into the water and jumped in after it. She positioned herself on the board and Becky restarted the engine. She began to move forward slowly and after a few seconds Becky sped up. They each took turns in the water and after a couple of hours they drove the boat on shore and had lunch. Once they had eaten, they knee boarded for a couple more hours before heading home, exhausted.

A/N: I'm gonna leave it there. Tell me what you thought. Was it good or bad? I'm gonna post the next chapter as soon as I can. Please review. LOL Alyce :D