Hey guys! I know I laid out a plan for when my stories are going to be updated but that's been throw out since I've gone on vacation. I did have time to type this up though so I hope you enjoy it! If I do get to update my stories, it'll probably be my one shots first so that being said, do you guys have any prompts? I'm running out! Read and Review. If you see any mistakes, I apologize, I haven't gone through it thoroughly due to the insane hour I'm updating. Read and Review!

Things to know: Rowena (Adrian's friend/classmate from the Fiery Heart snippet) knows everything from Jill to who they really are. Also, Sydney doesn't have an update phone, just one of those cute, old flip ones. This one shot takes place in the future.

Disclaimer: The plots mine

7

Game Crazed

Sydney Sage is one of the smartest people Adrian knows. When given a challenge, Sydney sticks to it, completely dedicated. Adrian loves watching his girlfriend bury her face in her architecture textbook with her cute nose scrunched up a little adorably and her soft lips pressed together in wonder. There isn't anything Sydney can't do. After all, Sydney's done the impossible in the past four years. She's broken of everything with the Alchemists, took down an evil witch, helped Lissa write up the Hereditary laws, kept touch with her mother, and got accepted into Carlton and is currently majoring in architecture. She's amazing.

"Rome," Sydney whispers on Adrian's apartment floor. "It's beautiful."

Adrian smiles and looks up from his phone. "Is that so?" he asks as he kisses her forehead. "Maybe we should go there someday."

"Mmmhm," Sydney says as she jots down some notes. "Maybe after Jill gets situated in Carlton. I don't want to leave her alone when she might want us."

"Jailbait will be fine, she has Eddie and Angeline."

Sydney sighs. "It's been four whole years and Eddie still hasn't made a move. How much longer can Jill stay single?" she asks. "I told myself that I won't get involved in their love life but I'm afraid that I might have to."

Adrian smiles as he plays his game. That's his Sage, always helpful and thoughtful. The two fall back into a comfortable silence and Adrian returns to his game. The screen turns black and the cubes turn green. Adrian curses as a cube comes towards him and he tilts his phone to the right, missing the cube by a millimeter. He quickly glances at the score on the top of the screen and gasps. Can it be? He beat Rowena's high score! 2,065!

"Yes!" he yells and jumps out of the couch. He throws his phone on the couch and pulls Sydney into a tight hug. "Yes, yes, yes!"

Sydney laughs and looks up at Adrian with a smile. "What happened?" she asks.

"I beat Rowena's high score in Cube Runner!" Adrian says. "It took me three days to get here but I did it Sage!"

Sydney shakes her head at Adrian and returns to her book. "How can you get so worked up over a game?"

"It's fun and it's not that easy as you think Sage," he says smiling.

"How hard can it be?" she asks. "It's just a game and I can't believe Rowena's into gaming, I thought she isn't the type of person."

"Oh you don't know Rowena then Sage and it starts of easy but it gets harder as you go on. Don't underestimate games Sage, they always get you back."

Sydney raises her eyebrows at him. "Seriously?"

"Oh I am dead serious. You know what? I dare you to beat my high score," Adrian says as he hands Sydney his phone. "I want to see you try."

Sydney takes the phone in her hand and reads the game and its instructions. The game's name is Cube Runner and the point of the game is to avoid contact with all the cubes that come hurtling towards you. Sydney shrugs.

"Ok, I'll do it."

Adrian smiles and kisses Sydney's forehead. "I have a feeling that I'm going to enjoy this a lot more than I should."

-8-

"Hey Jillian," Eddie says as the beautiful Moroi walk back into Clarence's large hall. "Are you done?"

She nods and sits down next to him, blushing as his hand brushes against hers. "Yeah," she tells him.

"Did you see Sydney by any chance?"

Jill stifles a smile and shakes her head. "No, I haven't seen her a lot this past week actually. I see her walking to her classes but she's always on Rowena's phone."

"Rowena's phone?" Eddie wonders out loud. "What on Earth is she doing with Rowena's phone?"

-8-

Sydney sits in her car and slams the door shut. She's supposed to meet Adrian and the others for their feeding and is running late. Rowena's held her up for over a whole half hour because she couldn't get the fact how important it was for Sydney to borrow her phone. She has to beat Adrian's high score! She can't look like a fool against him! She can't let him be right, she has to be right. It's a game for crying out loud, it's supposed to be easy. Calculus and physics are hard but not a stupid game! That to, she's so close, so close from Adrian's score, just ten more points.

A loud honk from behind her breaks her out of her reverie and Sydney steps on the gas blushing. She's been holding up the line this whole time and the light turned green almost a whole minute ago. Maybe I should just give in, Sydney wonders as she takes the right onto Clarence's street. I haven't gotten proper sleep and I've been turning in all of my work last minute. I think I'm taking this too far. Sydney sighs and pulls into Clarence's parking lot. She cuts the engine and looks down at Rowena's phone.

Maybe just one more time…

-8-

Adrian grins as he looks at his phone. It's a text from Rowena.

Rowena: You're girlfriend's going crazy, I think she needs help…. NOW

Adrian: What do you mean?

Rowena: Oh you know what I mean Adrian. She's addicted to that game.

Adrian snickers and leans back against the couch as Eddie peers over his shoulder.

"What game?" he asks.

"Cube Runner," Jill answers for him as she takes a sip from her water.

"Why is Sydney playing Cube Runner?"

"Remember that last study date we had?" Adrian says. Eddie nods. "Well I dared Sydney to beat my high score in Cube Runner after she went on how easy games are and as you can see, Sydney's having a little hard time accepting the fact that I am right."

Eddie sighs. "Really Adrian? You know how it is when Sydney's challenged, she won't break away from it at all!"

"Oh, I'm not sure about that this time," Adrian says as his phone buzzes.

Rowena: Adrian you there? This is very serious, Sydney's going crazy! She came to my room last night at three in the morning to borrow my phone!

Eddie's jaw drops. "Oh my…"

"Um, Adrian, I think you want to check this out," she says as she looks out the large window.

Adrian sets his phone down and walks over to the window and frowns. "Is that Sage?"

Jill nods slowly. "She's on Rowena's phone. Adrian, maybe you should go talk to her."

Adrian sighs. "Yeah, alright," he says as he walks out the old man's door. Maybe it's time to get his studious Sage back. "Sydney, sweetheart open the door baby."

"Shhh!" Sydney hushes him.

Adrian fights back a smile. I'm serious and concerned boyfriend, this is not funny, this is bad, Adrian tells himself. "Open the door now Sydney. Game's over."

Sydney stops moving and looks down at the screen. She grows pale and the phone slips out of her fingers. Adrian's soft knocks turn into much louder and rapid ones.

"Sydney open the door now!" he yells as he tries to pull open the locked door. On his fourth try, the lock goes up and Adrian jerks the door open. He pulls his girlfriend into his arms and rocks her back and forth. "Sage what's wrong sweetie?"

She starts to sob into his shoulder and her grip on his shirt tightens. "Mhaisdfadf," she says.

"I can't really understand you darling, can you say that again?"

"I can't do it," she cries. "I'm failing at a game Adrian, a game!"

He leans in and kisses the tip of her nose. "Everyone loses once in a while Sage," he tells her.

"It's a game Adrian," she cries. "A stupid game."

Adrian smiles into her hair and nods. "It is a stupid game," he says.

"I don't like the game," she whispers.

"You don't have to,"

"I don't want to play it anymore."

"You don't have to,"

"I don't like Rowena's phone, I think it's been making me lose,"

"You don't have to like it,"

"I think I broke it,"

Adrian smiles and looks at the broken screen on the phone. "That's ok, we'll get her a new one. I'm sure she'll like that."

Sydney sniffles and nods into Adrian's chest. "Ok."

-8-

"You guys didn't have to," Rowena says as she ogles at her new phone.

Adrian smiles and puts an arm Sydney's shoulders. "We kind of did,"

Sydney nods and looks at Rowena sheepishly. "I'm really sorry about your old phone," she says. "I kind of got a little carried away."

"A little?" Rowena asks. "Girl, you went insane!"

Sydney blushes. "Ok fine, maybe I did but it's all worth it now. I've learned my lesson."

Rowena nods. "Good," she says as she sets her phone down.

"Well we have to get going, Sydney and I are going to pay our friend Jackie a visit."

Rowena smiles. "You two have fun then," she says as she walks the couple to the door.

Sydney smiles up at Adrian and leans into him. "I need to talk to Rowena for a minute, can I meet you out in the car?"

He nods and kisses her cheek. "Of course," he says and leaves the girls alone.

"Do you like your new phone?" Sydney asks.

"Yeah, thank you so much Sydney," Rowena says smiling.

Sydney smiles back. "By any chance, do you have Cube Runner yet?"

"Get out," Rowena says.

"Oh come on Rowen please?"

"Adrian Ivashkov get your game crazed girlfriend out of my dorm!"

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