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A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys :D I read them after school and they improved my day times 100. Hopefully this chapter will be as long as the last one. Also if you'd like to see a memory that you came up with don't hesitate to review or PM me. :) And guess what! I'm starting a course on how to write children/teenage books - so hopefully my writing will improve!

*Past*

I was hungry. No, I was starving. No Sydney, I thought, think of other things. You can't possible snack of something, you are strong! You can wait until dinner. My stomach growled betraying me, I wanted to scream in frustration. How long was it until dinner anyway? I peaked at the time on my phone. 3 hours! How was I going to last this long? Who could possibly take my mind off things... Adrian!

I grabbed my keys and send a quick text to Adrian so he wouldn't be completly unprepared when I appeared on his doorstep...

I knock gently on the door knowing he would hear it, my stomach, betraying me, growled. Maybe Adrian still had some of that gelato... No Sydney! This is not the time to eat - dinner is. Snacking is for people with no self control.

Adrian opened the door. "Hey Sage." He grinned. He was absolutely covered in paint. He was like a rainbow; a handsome rainbow.

"Adrian!" I squealed as he leant in, arms out for a hug. "Don't you dare!"

"Don't sorry Sage, I'll clean up... if you give me a hug!" He leapt at me, holding me in a tight grip.

"Adrian!" I screamed. How was I going to explain why I was covered in paint to Zoe?

"Relax, it's dried up - see?" Adrian said a big grin on his face. I looked down at my clothes they were the same as when I'd left the door room - except for thr few wrinkles. An embarressed blush spread slowly around my cheeks. "Sage," Adrian looked at me curiously. "Are you blushing?"

I blinked at him. "I can blush you know, it's not impossible." I mumbled. Yes, I Sydney Katerine Sage mumbled... and blushed... at the same time...

"Well I never," Adrian said in a mock shocked voice. "What else have you been keeping from me?"

"I guess you'll just have to hang around long enough to find out." I smirked at him.

"I already know one Sydney..." he whispered into my ear, his breath tickling in.

"And what would that be," I whispered back tirning to him slowly.

"Don't you think I know where your hungry?" Adrian said pulling away. I froze and mentally chatasised my stomach... and his great vampire hearing.

"Didn't know that your 6th sense was ESP," I mumbled. He just smirked.

*Present*

My throat was dry, my stomach sore, my lips chapped and my face sweaty. Would Stanton ever suceed in convincing my father or would today be my final day? I looked around, Stanton looked slightly victorious and Jared looked as if he wanted to rip her head off. The other Alchemist looked merely confused. I didn't bother to stay concious long enough to find out what Stanton had achieved.

*Past*

"Come on Sage!" Adrian whined. "I'm hungry, your hungry. I'm unhappy, your unhappy. Food is calling our names!"

"No! I am not eating that greasy, fattening, disgusting food! Especially between meals!" I screamed running away from him, knowing he could easily pick me up and carry me to his car; the Ivashkinator.

"So don't! We can have our meal early! You are starving - I can tell. C'mon Sage, I hate it when your sad." He pleaded and then he did the unforgivable - he gave me his puppy eyes.

"But Adrian, I don't want to eat that food..." My voice faltering, my stomach betraying me. "I don't want to be fat."

"Sydney," he whispered into my ear making me shiver. "You won't get fat by eating junk food every now and then, beside you can ask Eddie to help you work off the calories if it means that much to you." He pointed out. "Which I don't really want you to do since I hate feeling like I might break you everytime I hold you."

"Well I guess a little bit wouldn't hurt..." I mumbled against his arm.

"Great! You stay here and mind Hopper - there's pie in the fridge - and I'll get us some."

"Wait Adrian!" But he was gone before I could properly protest. I sighed. "Hopper! Hopper! Mummy's here!" I called, going off to find our little 'love' child.

*Present*

I could hear someone throwing things, I peeked my eyes open a crack. Jared was throwing dustbins around like a madman.

"It's up to you," Stanton said calmly. "You can bring her to the hospital and have to explain everything or you can let me bring the spirit healer go her."

Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone or something move. Please make it a stray dog or a rat or something and not a Strigori, I prayed. The other three didn't seem to notice anything. Oh God...

*Past*

Hopper was asleep in my arms - he was so cute, I only realised how much I missed him now that I was holding him in my arms. I heard the front door opened and close with a slight bang. Adrian walked in with about seven brown paperbags. My eyes popped when he set them down.

"Relax Sage, one beg is full of pie for Hopper," he pinted to the largest bag. "And this one is salad," he pointed to another bag. I breathed out a small, and I repeat small, sigh of relief. There was still five bags left. "I didn't kjnow what yoy wanted so I got a few things - I don't expect you to eat a lot but you have to each more than just the salad."

"But!" I began but he cut me off.

"No buts." Adrian declared. He went over to tbe drawer and grabbed two forks, he handed one to me. "Now eat up, celery sticks." He said cheerfully.

After the meal I was full, Adrian gave me a questioning look.

"Okay I admit that the meal was delicious." I sighed giving in. He shot me a smug smile.

"We should do it more often." He smirked.

"No way! Do you know how many calories I must of put on!" I shrieked jumping up.

"I like my girls with a little bit of weight and don't deny it, you totally loved that food." Adrian smirked pulling me back down and into his arms.

"Maybe," I said sinking into his arms, where I felt I truly belonged.

*Present*

A tear slipped down my cheeks. I cursed myself - I was giving them the plesure of seeing me cry. I opened my eyes a crack. Jared Sage was standing slightly over me looking at me in horror. He seemed to be wrestling his conscience perhaps one side of him was horrified st what he'd done to be and the other side was trying to justify it by saying what a traitor I had been. Perhaps it was something else. Stanton was standing there seeming impatient.

"Call the Spirit user," he croaked. I gasped in surprise, he really didn't want me dead. "And hurry," he added. "Her death is near." Stanton nodded and whipped out her phone. Alchemist number three had dissappeared. "Can you givr us some privacy?" Jared told Stanton.

"Of course," she nodded to herself and walked away. Jaref bent down towards me.

"Listen here Sydney." He said my name like a curse. "You may not be dead by the end of the day, but I will personally make sure that you regret this day. You will be ripped part and sewn back together like a ragdoll. You'll be lucky if you remember your own name by the time I'm finished with you." He hissed in my ear, then he walked away. Now I want to die.

I was just about to close my eyes when something caught my eye once again. I saw a faint flash of indigo. Marcus? Was I delusional now? Or was someone really going to save me? I didn't get time to investigate further as I was dragged into another memory.