Disclaimer: I don't own Bloodlines.
A/N: Oh my God, I have over 100 reviews! Thank-you so much guys :)
This is dedicated to my good friend CherrySlushLover, how has an amazing twitter name and an even more amazing collection of stories :)
It is also dedicated to ChocolateWriter who has a delicious username, and she gave me the idea to... include Brayden for a chapter ;)
Soon after Sydney had told me that she and Inez would help me, Inez made us leave with the excuse of a headache coming on. We walked out to my car, and got in, driving around, no location in particular in silence.
"I'm sorry," Sydney said at last, looking at the quartz stone wrapped in my jacket in the back of the car. "I guess I kind of freaked out a little back there, huh?" I looked over at her for a split second.
"A little bit yeah, but I kind of just sprang all that information on you," I admitted. "It would have been hard to take in for anybody."
"Go to Spencer's," Sydney groaned. "I need coffee, so that I can question you on how I was in this 'other life' of yours..." She said it complete with air quotes.
"So you get out of your side of the bet, I see..." I muttered under my breath.
"Excuse me?" She asked, blinking in surprise. "What did you say?" Damn, she wasn't meant to hear that.
"Umm... well... We made an agreement that you only had one cup of coffee a day and I only had one alcohol drink a day in the 'other life'," I done my air quotes to copy her.
"Adrian! Hands on the wheel!" She shrieked. "Are you trying to make us crash!" She glared at me.
"If I recall correctly Sage, you were the one who crashed the car before I did, so ha!" I stuck my tongue out at her, as she stared at me blankly. Oh yeah... she didn't know any of this. I sighed, this was no fun...
. . .
We walked into Spencer's and I sat down at a table, while Sydney went and got some coffee for herself. I looked at the barista, half expected to see Trey, but instead was greeted by Brandon... no... Brendan... no that wasn't it, it was... Brazil? No that definitely wasn't it.
"Hello Brayden," Sydney gave a little awkward wave to him, and he smiled. Brayden, yes, that was it.
"Hello Sydney, skinny vanilla latte?" He asked.
"Uh huh," she nodded. "How much?"
"It's on me," he nodded. "You want to hang out after work? I think that they are showing-"
"I'm not interested Brayden," Sydney cut him off.
"But, come on Sydney, I miss you," he whined miserably, and I also felt bad for the guy. Didn't he know that Sydney was way out of his league? This universe was definitely alternate.
"No Brayden, there was a reason that I broke up with you," Sydney rolled her eyes.
"Because I insulted your intelligence?" He asked.
"No, because you didn't respect my wishes on waiting until I was sure!" Sydney raised her eyebrows angrily at him, and it was one of those moments that if I had a drink, that I would have spat it out in surprise. Sydney and Brayden in bed together made my blood boil though...
"Aww, come on Sydney," he said sadly. "What we had was really special. We understood each other. It was like we were... soulmates." He looked up at her, and I think that he was trying, and failing terribly, to look bashful.
Sydney rolled her eyes. "Number one, I don't believe in soulmates," he voice suddenly gone cold and dangerous. "Number two, we didn't 'understand' each other, we understood knowledge and intelligence and acknowledged each other. And number three, will you hurry up with my coffee, I have a date today, not next year."
With that Brayden turned around, and I'm pretty sure that he was crying. He handed Sydney her coffee, which she paid for despite his half-hearted protests.
"Woah Sage, you are one cruel heartbreaker," I laughed as she sat down. She glared at me as she sipped her coffee. "I mean, last time I saw you... you were, well, oblivious. You didn't know when someone was asking you out or complimenting you. And Brayden certainly wasn't begging for you to take him back."
"Excuse me?" She raised an eyebrow.
"He dumped you because you were always too busy and leaving in the middle of your dates together because of, well... mainly me. At when he dumped you, I remember the day so clearly, you came to my apartment and told me. I thought you'd be all upset or something, but you were actually laughing and happy. No idea why." I laughed at the memory.
"Wow..." she mumbled. "I was a lunatic."
"I wouldn't have changed it for the world though," and I looked at Sydney. And although she was so similar, she was so different. She was my Sydney, but then again she wasn't.
"Come on," she said, standing up. "I want to turn the calistana back to demon form."
"Hopper," I corrected for about the millionth time.
"Why did we choose Hopper as a name? That's just silly." Sydney said rolling her eyes.
"You helped choose it!" I protested. "And you called your car Latte."
"I'll let you know that Latte is a perfectly good name," she huffed. "Now tell me how you, I mean we, came up with the name Hopper."
And so, I told her the story of Hopper the rabbit.
A/N: Okay, I hope that it wasn't too bad :) I won't be able to update, or write, for the next week because I won't have my laptop with me. So until then :)
Review Corner:
ChocolateWriter:
Aww, I'm sorry :( I hope you enjoyed the Brayden in this story? As you can see, I really don't like him all this much *smirks slightly* Oh phew, I thought that I might have ruined her character there for awhile... :)
emmybaby:
Jackie will be helping, I can promise that, but Jill and Eddie probably won't be coming back into until the end, maybe...?
Alicella Ivashkov:
Of course Sydney is gonna help :)
catnip851:
Thank-you :) I hope you enjoy this chapter as well.
rainy:
Inez will help, Sydney will make her. And you can keep guessing, I ain't telling anyone what the conclusion is. It is locked in a box, which is padlocked, inside a box, which is also padlocked. Which is buried underground, and guarded by Hopper. No-one will ever know until the end of this story -.-
The Happy Lol:
Don't sacrifice their souls to Satan, darn it! How did you know what I planned to do :D
almbookbuyer:
The blue jeans *shakes my head at you* I love you, you know that? Thank-you, I was a bit scared of messing her up :)
1xXnatalyaXx1:
Thank you so much :)
theYAfangirl17:
Hehe, thanks :)
CherrySlushLover:
1. Don't die. I need more updates on your stories :(
2. No! Don't cry! Cookie? *pulls out a tray of cookies*
3. I hope that that happens in SS, wouldn't that be nice :)
4. As I said before, the conclusion will not be known until the end of the story, and it is very safely hidden.
5. ^^^
6. YOUR Adrian? well... I suppose I have Eddie :D
7. I know, turns out that for the last... 10 books I have been pronouncing and spelling Strigoi wrong -.- I have no idea how I have missed it.
8. Of course I love Eddie :)
9. :) hehe
10. No, she winked. She only done it because of orders, she knows what Adrian is really up to.
11. ALL IN CAPITALS!
12. I can't believe that I done that -.- well... I don't own the Host either :D
13. I will pay or Inez will pay, because I am a little scared now...