*Takes place after The Golden Lily. Everything The Indigo Spell and after never happens. Just so you know. Enjoy C: *

Hangover.

Jill's voice echoing throughout his apartment woke Adrian. However, he was too tired-and hungover- to care. So, he treated her like an alarm clock after hitting snooze and let himself drift back to sleep. After all, what harm could a few more minutes of sleep do?

"Adrian!" Jill's surprised voice rang out from his bedroom doorway.

"Not now jailbait," Adrian groggily mumbled before snuggling into the warm body snoozing next to him.

Wait… A warm body?

Realizing someone was in bed with him, Adrian's eyes finally opened. He looked down to see a thin, naked body folded against him with her head on his shoulder and an arm slung across his bare chest. From his angle and the blonde hair haphazardly scattered about, he couldn't see the girl's face. Only the faint golden lily tattoo barely visible on her cheek gave away her identity: Sydney.

Sydney-the girl he was head over heels for- was lying naked in his arms. Sydney-the girl who wouldn't admit her feelings for him because of her bond to the alchemists- had her unclad body all over him. They (probably) had sex last night and Adrian couldn't remember any of it. He could barely recall Sydney showing up at the St. Patties Day party to scold him and drive him home.

So, how did we end up like this? He wondered.

Adrian glanced back to Jill who was still standing in the doorway, mouth agape form shock. "Give us some privacy," Adrian coolly demanded and watched as she scampered away, closing the door behind her.

He looked down at Sydney again, half tempted to just let her lie in his arms forever. He knew that if he didn't wake her now, she'd be pissed when she finally did. He brushed her hair away from her face so he could capture her in this peaceful moment before gently shaking her. "Hey Sage," he softly murmured, "It's time to get up."

"Adrian?" she asked, sounding not nearly as groggily as Adrian did. "I don't feel good. I feel like throwing up and my head hurts. Even in between my legs hurt."

So, we did do it, Adrian thought.

"Would it help to know that you're laying in the naked arms of a drop dead gorgeous, rich vampire?" Adrian smirked, despite knowing that she'd react negatively to that.

"What!" Sydney exclaimed, shooting herself away from Adrian's hold like a bullet from a gun and pulling the covers around her as she did. "What the hell happened?"

"Well, I'm not entirely sure, seeing as I was wasted," Adrian started, trying to make his reply like his usual snarky Adrian responses to lighten the mood. "But it seems like we did the horizontal tango."

Sydney groaned. "Please tell me you're kidding."

"Sage, we woke up together butt naked after a night of drinking. What do you think we did?"

Again, she groaned. "Oh please just be some sick joke."

Adrian's smirk faltered a bit at that. He was confident that she had feelings for him but the way that she was acting-like sex with him was a repulsive, foul deed- crushed his heart a bit. "Hey, I'm not too thrilled about this either," he said. "I actually wanted to remember our first time making love."

"Making love?" she laughed. "That- whatever that was- was not making love!"

"Then what do you want to call it?" Adrian asked. "Fucking?"

Sydney glared at him. She wasn't mad because he swore but because he wasn't taking this as seriously as she was. Sex wasn't a matter to be taken lightly. It was supposed to be done with a person you love, especially when it involved losing your virginity.

Your virginity was supposed to be taken by a person you love.

"But you're a vampire," she thought out loud. "Not a person."

Now that hurt Adrian's heart. He turned away, located his boxers, got up and put them on. He didn't turn around as he said, "Maybe you should just go. There's no use hanging around a vampire like me."

Sydney watched Adrian's back as he walked into his bathroom. She felt her heart fall. His voice sounded strained as though he was trying to keep it from cracking. He didn't even turn to her to make some snide remark or declaration of love. She couldn't see his face as he walked away.

Sydney didn't mean to hurt him.

Eddie escorted Jill to Adrian's apartment. She was worried about him getting as drunk as he did and that I never came back after going to get him. Sydney wanted to yell at them and lecture them about the dangers of public transportation. But really, what would that accomplish? Eddie was perfectly capable of being able to protect her in any setting and they were free to spend their Saturdays as they like.

Sydney reluctantly allowed Eddie to drive them back to Amberwood in Latte. Her head was throbbing too much to even stand up straight, let alone operate a vehicle. Her mind also kept drifting back to Adrian. She felt horrible about what she had said to him. About what it implied.

Sydney wished she could go back and take back those words. She wished she could go back and tell him he wasn't an unnatural evil creature. She wished she could tell him that he was better than most people she knew.

But she couldn't do that. She was an alchemist. Alchemists weren't even supposed to remotely like vampires. They especially weren't supposed to like them better than humans. And she slept with one.

Sydney was so deep in thought that she didn't realize that they had stopped for coffee. It was only when Eddie nudged her, handing her her cup that she noticed. She mumbled her thanks and continued looking out the window the rest of the way back to Amberwood.

When she got there, she had never been happier to see her bed. She kicked off the clothes she hastily put on in favor for comfy pajamas before snuggling into her mattress. Sleep was the one thing that could her mind off of the guilt she felt over Adrian. And as a bonus, it would do wonders for her headache.

But sleep wasn't in store for Sydney. As soon as she felt the blissful darkness take her, she heard pounding on her door. Sydney groaned, not wanting to deal with anything. But she had responsibilities and responsibilities meant opening the door.

So Sydney begrudgingly got out of her comfy bed and went to the door. She barely turned the handle when Jill came bursting in, shouting waving her hands like a lunatic.

"How could you be so cruel, Sydney?" her voice filled the small room. "Yeah, I understand that you're a alchemist and you hate vampires but really? You could say that to Adrian? Adrian of all people, vampire or not!"

Sydney slammed the door shut and glared at her screaming charge. "Jill, lower your voice."

"Lower it? Why? So you can think of more ways to hurt Adrian?" She spat at Sydney.

"I never wanted to hurt him!" Sydney yelled, feeling heat rise in her face as her anger grew.

"So? Adrian never wanted to take your virginity. At least not like that!" she yelled gain. Then, Jill lowered her voice and said, "He wanted you to lose it to someone you love. He wanted you to be happy about it. He just wants you to be happy."

Jill pushed past Sydney and out the door. She left a stunned Sydney just standing there, confused for once in her life. A moment after she left, Sydney felt her knees go weak. She slid to the floor, pressing her back against the door.

Before she could do anything about it, or even comprehend it, Sydney felt tears fall from her eyes. She brought her hand up to wipe away the tears but more and more kept pouring out. It was like a beaver trying to stop the Congo from flowing. She eventually gave up and just stuck her head between her knees as she cried.

She didn't know why, but Jill had made her feel worse than the hangover.

A/N: So, this is the first chapter of my new story:3 Do you like it? Please review as much as you want. Tell me the things you like and what you think will make the story better. I want to make the story the story as good as possible :3

Also, if you want to read some Syndrian Lemon, I have an awesome story called On A Rainy Night. I'd appreciate if you R&R that too :)