This is my first attempt at writing a story so please review because if people like it I have more chapters about Sydney and Adrian. Please review! Xxxxx

*I do not own anything apart from the plot, Rachael Mead does!

Vampires. Blood. Death. That what pops into mind when I hear the word vampires, crazy right? Why should I be worrying about the dark creatures of the night? They don't even exist right? Wrong. Unfortunately for me my life's all about them. I've heard the so called myths about how they burn in sunlight or how they sparkle in the sun's rays, how they are superfast and ice cold to touch. It's a load of nonsense I'll tell you that, why people believe that is beyond me, Vampires can go in sunlight, well the live ones can, mori, they just become weak after a while, but they don't turn to dust, strigoi can't, they would burn. All vampires are fast but not cold to the touch, and how do I know all this I hear you say? I am Sydney Sage and I'm an Alchemist, I am one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of human and vampires. We protect vampire secrets - and human lives. But that's not just it, I am currently sharing an apartment with a vampire, he's a mori named Adrian, and to be honest, to any human eye he would look like any 20 year old party boy, because that's just what he is, well not so much anymore. He still drinks a lot though, any time you look at him its alcohol, alcohol and more alcohol, it's his way of dealing with things. I have been terrified of vampires both kinds until recently. I have been sent on a mission who involves Jill Mastrano Dragomir; one of the two Dragomir's left. I have to protect her here in Palm Springs from any threats, my job is to make sure there's no trouble, Eddie deals with any punch up, and he is a Dhampir, half human and half mori, acting out as are beloved brother.

I have just arrived back from the collage after dropping them off in latte, my sweet, sweet latte. 'Sage, is that you?' he shouts from the lounge, great he's home.

Adrian is ok, he is one the few spirit users around, unfortunately spirit can have an effect, apparently drinking and smoking the only cure, but I think that's just his excuse after what happened with his ex-girlfriend.

'Stupid' I say under my breath,

Yeah it's me, I shout back. Adrian walked out of the living room, I nearly walked into him.

'Did you just call yourself stupid, because that sage, you are most defiantly not',

Great, I forgot about his unnatural and inhuman senses, unfortunately that includes great hearing, which he does not deserve.

'um…no I was talking to…never mind',

I was going to say that I called him stupid, but I know that would result in him making some wise crack about him being far too handsome to be stupid. Idiot I thought.

'Excuse me Adrian'

'Why?'

'why what?'

'Whats wrong sage, you normally smile at my hilarious remarks, but today nothing, whats wrong?' how does she do that, he always knows when something's up with me. But for some strange reason, I trust him. Its crazy I know, trusting a drunken, party boy foolish vampire teenager, but when he thinks something's up that I don't like, he makes it right. Like when I take them to their feedings, I can't stand to be inside and watch, and Adrian knows it, so he'll ask me to walk with him outside. 'Keith's coming over for a visit, to see if I'm doing things properly'

I was so nervous about Keith's coming over, Keith is an alchemist like me, but he's in charge of palm springs, also in charge of me and my report for this mission. He keeps trying to make me leave and slip up so I am sent home, but to his annoyance, it's not working.

'Whats he coming round for?' Adrian asks angrily,

'just to check up on things, that's all, now will you please move, can you hear that, that's my stomach calling for food'

I say changing the subject. That's the thing with Adrian, he knows when to take a hint, so when I change the subject, and he's more than happy to comply.

'I need a seat because sage, did you just you were hungry. Is that why you don't eat at dinner, because you stuff your face during the day?'

Adrian is always picking up on how little I eat, and loves to joke about it at every little opportunity. 'Yes Adrian I'm hungry, now move so I can get yoghurt'

'Should have known, you're hungry is at a different standard to mine, if you're hungry you eat a yoghurt, I'm hungry I eat a whole roast dinner'

'Or a whole person' I joked

'Sage did you just try to make a joke on me? Because you need to work on it.'

I could feel the blood rising in my cheeks. I looked up and met his emerald green eyes. It was a perfect moment that was until my stomach growled for food.

'Well, I won't keep you from your feast on yoghurts then, now if you don't mind, I'm going out for a cigarette, as I'm not allowed to in the house' he eyed me evilly

'Can't have you killing me too, I'm too important to this charade that's going on' I said mockingly

'Too right you are sage, important indeed'

He met my eyes before disappearing out the door. Don't read anything into it sage, he didn't mean anything by it. My stomach growled again, telling me it's starving, so I headed to the kitchen.