AN: I know this hasn't been read much, but honestly I don't care. Well, I do, but I'm in a good mood! Umm, review/vote on my poll for pairings... And uh, DISCLAIMER! Richelle Mead/Rachel Caine own everything but the plot!:D
Chapter 4
Myrnin's POV
She asked me to dinner? Yay! Sydney was simply amazing. She had told me it was going to be with her roommates and possibly Claire, Shane, Eve, and Michael, but I didn't care. I truly wanted to spend more time with her. I hoped her roommates were nice... More so, I hoped they wouldn't notice I was a vampire. Would they tell her if they knew? I hoped not, as that would ruin any relationship I established with Sydney.
I arrived at her house exactly on time. She answered the door.
"Hey!" She hugged me tightly.
"Hello, Sydney." I smiled down at her and kissed her hair.
She looked up. "I'm going to apologise in advance for whatever my roommates do!" She laughed. I took her hand and she brought me inside.
"Hey, Myrnin!" Shane laughed.
The living room was quite large, and the dining room only had enough room for the people who lived there, so we were apparently eating in the living room.
"Hi!" a small, pale girl stood up and hugged me. "I'm Jill."
"Myrnin," I smiled. I took my hand from Sydney's and wrapped my arm around her waist.
"This is Angeline." Jill pointed out another girl. "Eddie. Adrian." She pointed out the two males. "And, you obviously know the neighours."
"Yeah, I do." I waved at Claire. "Hey, Claire."
"Hey, Myrnin." She laughed, presumably at how uncomfortable I was. My arm around Sydney's waist tightened.
"So, do you like chinese?" Sydney asked. "We were going to cook, but then we realised that we can't." Jill and Adrian laughed.
"Well, you can, Sage. But, by the time you stopped getting ready - showering, doing your makeup or whatever the hell it was that you took almost an hour doing - there wasn't time to make anything!" Adrian laughed at Sydney's expression, which I couldn't see clearly from where I was standing, but I could see she had gone red with embarrassment.
"Shut up, Adrian."
"Ooh, Sage is getting feisty!" he laughed.
Sydney squirmed in discomfort. My grip on her waist got even tighter. I'd break her bones at this rate. "Shut up, Adrian," I said quietly.
The room went silent. Everyone looked away from me, shocked, even Claire. She shouldn't have been surprised... Sydney looked up at me as everyone looked away. She smiled at me. I leaned down and kissed her.
"They shouldn't be making you so uncomfortable," I whispered. The vampires in the room - Adrian, Jill and Michael - turned back to me.
"I can sort them out myself," Sydney whispered back.
"But you shouldn't have to." She smiled and kissed me.
"Ugh, its getting too sweet to watch!" Adrian joked.
Sydney, never breaking eye contact with me, picked up a cushion and threw it at Adrian.
"Oi!" he laughed. He threw it back at her.
I caught it. Sydney smiled at me.
The doorbell rang.
"Hate to ruin this little moment, but the food's here!" Eddie stood up and walked out into the hall.
"Hey, guys!" he called from the hall. "Its not the food! Come here!"
We all walked out into the hall. No, it definitely wasn't the food.
It was Amelie.
Amelie's POV
Oliver had seen Sydney leaving Myrnin's lab while he was talking to Gramma Day. Myrnin was pursuing a relationship with a human? I didn't exactly disapprove, but I didn't want him going crazy, like he did after Ada. I just wished to discuss with him about whether or not he knew what he was doing. I wasn't going to forbid the relationship.
Apparently, Myrnin was having dinner with Sydney and her roommates, and Claire and her housemates. I decided to talk to Myrnin before his relationship with the girl went any further.
To say they were shocked to see me would be an understatement. Myrnin knew I was there for him. He went to step out, but saw the worried look on Sydney's face.
"I'll be back soon, Sydney. Its fine." He kissed her forehead and left the house.
"Myrnin."
"Amelie, if you wish to discuss my relationship with Sydney, I assure you that I know what I'm doing. I'm no longer in the disease-addled state I was in before."
"Myrnin, I believe you, but do be careful around her. Ada's death messed with your mind. Also, she is here as a favour to her roommate's sister, who is the queen of the Moroi."
"She never told me that..." Myrnin's voice trailed off.
"Oh, she has been told to keep the information to herself. Don't be sad she hasn't told you, she almost certainly will when she spends more time with you. But, do be careful around her. It is vital to Vasilisa that she live."
"Amelie, I will never hurt Sydney. I... care too much about her."
I nodded. "I know you do. You may return to... your girlfriend."
Myrnin laughed softly. "Thank you, Amelie."
Sydney's POV
Myrnin looked half happy, half freaked out when he came back. He sat beside me when he came back and pulled me on to his lap.
"What was that about?" I asked.
"Oh, she had a question about the portals. Apparently, she wasn't able to get to Common Grounds. Frank refused to let her through, I just sorted it out." He wrapped his arms tight around my waist. I sighed and relaxed my head, leaning back on his shoulder. He kissed my neck and I shivered.
"Food!" Jill and Angeline called from the kitchen. It had arrived while Myrnin was gone.
"So, I'm playing at Common Grounds tomorrow night," Michael said. "I haven't played anywhere for a while, so I'm hoping for a good turnout. You guys will go, won't you? I'm kind of nervous. Its been a while, there's been a lot of stuff going on."
"Of course we'll go!" everyone chorused. Myrnin said nothing.
I looked at him. "Will you go?" I asked him.
He smiled at me. "Of course I will, if you're going."
I laughed quietly. "We'll talk about this later." Because, of course, if they all went then the house would be empty...
Myrnin's POV
I knew what Sydney meant when she said, "We'll talk about this later." I knew exactly what she meant. I smiled to let her know I got it, and assumed conversation would change to something else.
"Sage, you are awful at subtlety!" Adrian laughed.
But, clearly, I was wrong.
"Adrian, shut up. I wasn't really trying to be subtle!" she joked.
"You were trying to be subtle, weren't you?" I asked her.
"Of course!" She smiled at me. Her smile was beautiful. She was beautiful! So beautiful it was almost unbearable. Her hair was slipping in front of her face, covering her eyes. Well, we couldn't have that! I reached out and tucked her hair behind her ears. I left my hand against her cheek. She turned her face and kissed my palm. I smiled as she kissed it. I trailed my hand down her arm. She shivered in delight.
Jill coughed awkwardly. We turned to look at everyone, and saw them all staring at us. Adrian and Shane burst out laughing.
"My God, get a room! Jeez, when Sydney said she was spending the night in your lab, she claimed it was for her own safety!" Adrian laughed.
"Well, I'm sure she was perfectly safe there, and at least she got a good time out of it!" Shane chimed in.
Sydney blushed red. It made me furious, how embarrassed they made her feel.
"What happened between me and Sydney is honestly none of your business. Shane Collins, need I remind you of how your privacy was completely ignored by Kim? I don't believe you would wish that upon anybody."
Shane's laughter faded. "Damn, only you would rub that in my face!"
"Yes, I would. You wish for your privacy with Claire to be respected, and I would like for you to extend that courtesy to me and Sydney."
"Yeah, alright, man." He laughed. "Privacy... Right."
AN: So? What did you think of the dinner with the roomies?!:D Ahaha I laughed alot writing this... Did I write Amelie's and Myrnin right? Oddly, its Claire I find most difficult to write, surprisingly! Anyway, thanks for reading!:D
