AliasSydney502
Cadet
Title: On The Nile
Genre: Historical S/V
Summary: Sydney finds herself in Ancient Egypt and runs into the Prince...
Status: 20 Chapters + Epilogue
Chapter 1
“I’ll see you tomorrow Gary.” Sydney Bristow called to the night watchman as she left the museum. She had been working there for almost three years and she loved her job. She found history to be fascinating and wanted to spread that view with the people who came to the museum. She always told her tour groups that ‘to have a future, you must know your past’. More than once, Sydney had been complimented on the passion she had for teaching students about history when they came in for field trips.
The only thing she didn’t like about her life was the loneliness. Working so often meant less time to hang out with friends or be able to see someone. She missed seeing some of her friends, but she always seemed to have to work. It was okay with her though because she enjoyed her time at the museum.
Opening the door to her walkup apartment, Sydney sighed at the fact that the hallway’s power seemed to be out again. Being a tour guide at the museum didn’t give her that much money to buy a fancy apartment, but she compromised that since this was close to work and she was able to sleep in in the morning.
“Oh, Sydney dear,” Her across-the-hall neighbor called as she was getting out her keys to open the door. “I was wondering if you would mind taking out my trash again this week?”
“Sure, Mrs. Gruber.” Sydney smiled. She hated having to do chores for someone else, but knew that her neighbor could hurt herself if she tried to carry something heavy down the steps. Mrs. Gruber was getting up there in age and Sydney tried to help whenever she was asked.
“I told you to call me Helen.” She smiled back.
“Okay, goodnight Helen.” Sydney said as she let herself into her apartment.
Setting down her briefcase on the inside of the door, she kicked off her heels and unbuttoned her suit jacket. She loved the museum, but often her hours made her exhausted by the time she got home.
She was too tired to pick up a book, so she turned on her laptop instead. As she waited for it to load, she changed into her pajamas and sat on top of the covers of her bed. When her desktop finally loaded, a note popped up reminding her to research a new display for the museum. Groaning, she remembered why she hadn’t taken her laptop to work.
Typing her search into Google, she scanned the pages tiredly. Minutes ticked by before she noticed it was past midnight.
She rolled her eyes, not wanting to spend another all-nighter on work stuff. Sometimes her workload seemed like more than anyone could handle. Seeing all the activities and down time the ancient Egyptians had during the festival she was researching, she wished she could have been alive back then. Things seemed so much easier back in the past, before computers and cell phones and bills.
Sighing, she turned off her laptop and curled up under the covers to get some much-deserved rest.
TBC...
Genre: Historical S/V
Summary: Sydney finds herself in Ancient Egypt and runs into the Prince...
Status: 20 Chapters + Epilogue
Chapter 1
“I’ll see you tomorrow Gary.” Sydney Bristow called to the night watchman as she left the museum. She had been working there for almost three years and she loved her job. She found history to be fascinating and wanted to spread that view with the people who came to the museum. She always told her tour groups that ‘to have a future, you must know your past’. More than once, Sydney had been complimented on the passion she had for teaching students about history when they came in for field trips.
The only thing she didn’t like about her life was the loneliness. Working so often meant less time to hang out with friends or be able to see someone. She missed seeing some of her friends, but she always seemed to have to work. It was okay with her though because she enjoyed her time at the museum.
Opening the door to her walkup apartment, Sydney sighed at the fact that the hallway’s power seemed to be out again. Being a tour guide at the museum didn’t give her that much money to buy a fancy apartment, but she compromised that since this was close to work and she was able to sleep in in the morning.
“Oh, Sydney dear,” Her across-the-hall neighbor called as she was getting out her keys to open the door. “I was wondering if you would mind taking out my trash again this week?”
“Sure, Mrs. Gruber.” Sydney smiled. She hated having to do chores for someone else, but knew that her neighbor could hurt herself if she tried to carry something heavy down the steps. Mrs. Gruber was getting up there in age and Sydney tried to help whenever she was asked.
“I told you to call me Helen.” She smiled back.
“Okay, goodnight Helen.” Sydney said as she let herself into her apartment.
Setting down her briefcase on the inside of the door, she kicked off her heels and unbuttoned her suit jacket. She loved the museum, but often her hours made her exhausted by the time she got home.
She was too tired to pick up a book, so she turned on her laptop instead. As she waited for it to load, she changed into her pajamas and sat on top of the covers of her bed. When her desktop finally loaded, a note popped up reminding her to research a new display for the museum. Groaning, she remembered why she hadn’t taken her laptop to work.
Typing her search into Google, she scanned the pages tiredly. Minutes ticked by before she noticed it was past midnight.
She rolled her eyes, not wanting to spend another all-nighter on work stuff. Sometimes her workload seemed like more than anyone could handle. Seeing all the activities and down time the ancient Egyptians had during the festival she was researching, she wished she could have been alive back then. Things seemed so much easier back in the past, before computers and cell phones and bills.
Sighing, she turned off her laptop and curled up under the covers to get some much-deserved rest.
TBC...
