A/N: I am SO SORRY! I know most of you hate me right now, and I don't really have a good excuse as to why I have been gone for nearly two months. Just know that I will be uploading regularly again. Hopefully. Most likely. Anyway, back to the story!

Dedicated to:

Christina

Thank you for thinking I have incredible writing abilities. In all honesty it's really just from all the practice I have done. But thank you none the less, and I hope you continue to enjoy this fan fiction.

Sydney's POV

Throughout the dance Brayden talked… a lot, and it wasn't about normal things teens talked about either. The guy was a real genuine nerd. He talked about his theories of life, and proper etiquette, and how he wanted to major in Science and work for NASA. Lucky for me, I understood everything he was talking about, and that quite impressed him, but all I could about was Adrian.

What would Adrian say if he saw my dress? What would Adrian do if he were here? Would Adrian take me in his arms and dance every slow dance with me? Because God forbid Brayden knew how to slow dance. I sigh and look towards my friends Julia and Kristin with their dates looking like they were having a great time.

"So, Sydney." Brayden announced once again. By the look on his face I could tell he wanted to go back to talking about the Big Bang Theory… and not the TV show.

Suddenly my phone buzzed and I silently sent a thank you prayer up to heaven. I smiled at Brayden and lifted a finger to ask him for a moment. I reached into my purse and grabbed my phone. My heart leapt at the site of Adrian's number on my screen. He was texting me.

Hey Sage, how's the dance going?

Turning away from Brayden to reply to the text.

Fine. Call me?

I sent the text hoping he would call me and I could get away from Brayden for a while. I turn back to Brayden and excused myself to the bathroom. He nodded, and stood up like a gentleman to let me out from the table.

Making my way to the bathroom I felt my phone go off in my hand. Looking at it hopingly I saw that Adrian was indeed calling me. With a smile on my face I walked into the bathroom, to find it empty and answered my phone.

"Hello." I say sweetly.

"Hey Sage, your date scare you off already?" he teased. I laughed and shook my head.

"Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy he's just… hard to talk to." I say.

"I don't know whether to be sorry for you, or glad that he has no chance of taking you from me." He chuckles. I smile and look at myself in the mirror.

"There would be no way anyone can take me from you." I say, and I hear him sigh in content.

"That's really good to hear." He says. I giggle in reply, and look up as some girls walk into the bathroom laughing to themselves.

"Hey Sage." Adrian says.

"Yes?" I answer, looking away from the girls.

"Can I get a picture of you? With your prom dress?" he asked.

"Of course, give me a second." I say. I had one of those phones that could do multiple things while still on the phone. So I snapped a picture of myself, and sent it to Adrian.

"There. I sent it." I said.

"Thanks Sage." He said, and then took a second to check the picture. "Wow." He said.

"What?" I asked with a blushing smile.

"You look incredible." He said, and I giggle.

"Thanks." I reply.

"I'm starting to regret letting you go to that dance without me. How many guys have come up to you so far?" he asked and I laughed right out loud.

"Only Brayden and I have danced. There aren't any other guys here." I say.

"What about your friend Trent?" Adrian asked.

"Trey," I correct. "Isn't even here." I say.

"So the guy gets my girlfriend to go to Prom with a different guy and doesn't even show up?" He said and chuckles. I was about to defend Trey when the door to the bathroom burst open.

I turned around to look at who it was, and saw Tye Julia's date, walking in covering his eyes.

"Sorry to anyone who is indecent." He said. I smirked at him. Tye was funny guy in all honesty, but he was a bit of a dope.

"It's a bathroom Tye, not a changing room." I say.

"Sage? What's going on?" Adrian asked, and I told him to hold up.

Tye uncovered his eyes and looked at me with such urgency I knew that something was wrong. He pointed out of the bathroom.

"Kristen and Julia are fighting." He said.

"What?" I ask. He shrugged and used both hands to point out back to the ball room. "I'll talk to you later Adrian, something came up."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not sure, but I'll call you back." I say and hang up as I run out the door.

I follow Tye back to the ball room and see a crowd starting to form. Tye helped me push my way through to see what was going on. Where the hell were the chaperones? Why were Julia and Kristen fighting? As I made my way through the crowd I could hear Kristen's voice.

"…parade around like a total skank."

"Says the Virgin Mary, you wouldn't even know what it's like because no guy in the universe would look at you." I recognize that voice. Oh hell no!

"Shut up, Laurel. You're just jealous." Julia tried to shoot back, but Laurel only laughed.

I finally reached the girls, and Kristen turned to look at me, but had that embarrassed and ashamed expression on her face.

"Oh and here comes the biggest bitch of them all." Laurel laughed.

"What's going on here?" I asked.

"Nothing much, just putting some of you in your place." Laurel glared at me, and then smirked looking up at her date… Keith. Seeing them didn't really bother me anymore. In fact I was completely over the two of them.

"Where's your fake boyfriend Sydney? Oh, sick of you already?" she giggled. I rolled my eyes.

"Keep going Laurel. You're just making a bigger ass out of yourself." I say, not in the mood to deal with her.

"And what does that make you?" she asked.

"It makes me the person that's going to walk away and take pity on a selfish soul like yours." I say, taking both Julia's and Kristen's hands in my own.

"Selfish? Look who's talking?" she scoffed. "If anyone is selfish here, it's you."

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"You know what I'm talking about." She said, looking at me with so much hate as if it were all built up inside her.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're referring to." I say shaking my head looking at her confused. She rolled her eyes and shook her head at me unbelievingly.

"You honestly can't remember what you did to me?" she asked. I didn't want to be rude to her, but all I could do was shake my head and shrug. She stared at me gaping.

"You stole Keith from me!" she shouted. I stared at her confused. Was she serious or was she mental?

"Wait hold up." Kristin said waving a hand in front of her face. "Are you sure you don't have that backwards Laurel? If I remember correctly, Keith cheated on Sydney with you. If anything, you stole Keith from Sydney."

"No!" Laurel shouted. "This was before Keith and Sydney were going out." She said. We all just stared at her in confusion.

"I had told Sydney that I liked Keith, but she went out with him anyway." She said.

I began to think back to when Keith and I started dating and Laurel and I were still friends. Did she tell me that she liked Keith? Maybe she did, and I just didn't pay much attention. Oh wait….

"Oh my god." I said, coming to a realization. "You did tell me you liked him." I said, and Julia and Kirsten looked at me in shock. "I probably wasn't really listening at the time, because my parents were fighting at the time because my dad had to go on another business trip." I say, and think back.

"When Keith asked me I didn't even think about what you were going to think about it." I say and look at her feeling all this guilt builds on top of me. "I am so sorry, Laurel." I say.

She scoffs. "Now you're sorry? After all that shit you put me through?" she asked.

"Laurel, I didn't realize that you liked Keith. But now you're with him, isn't that what matters?" I ask. She shook her head and looked at me disgustedly.

"You think that's it? I have Keith and I should get over it?" she took Keith's hand who had stayed in shock surprise at the story to say anything about it. "You should really get over yourself Sydney." She said and turned and walked away with Keith in tow.

I watch them leave and stare in shock. Wow, I really did hurt her… and without even realizing it. How could I have been so dense and so shallow?

"Sydney." Julia took my hand and pulled me back to our table.

Everyone was silent. I didn't know what to say. Did they hate me? Did they think less of me? I look over at Brayden and he just looked around the table, but he wouldn't look at me. Sooner or later Kristen and Julia went back to dancing with their dates, leaving me with Brayden.

I sigh, and turn in my chair to face the dancing people. My knees are bouncing, and I'm starting to wonder what everyone was thinking about. Were they mad at me? Ashamed of me? I turn to Brayden and give him a sweet smile.

"You want to dance?" I ask him. He shakes his head and stays seated. I turn back to face the dancers and sigh.

"It's getting late. Maybe I should get you home." Brayden said. I was shocked by this and turned to face him again. He nodded and stood up offering me his hand. I took it and stood up. He went to go grab out jackets and I looked at the crowd looking for Kristen and Julia.

They were slow dancing with their dates, and looked up just in time to see me leave. I waved at them and they waved back. With a sigh I turn back to Brayden and take my jacket following him out to the car.

When we get back to my place I sit in the car in awkward silence Brayden. Did he expect me to kiss him, thank him, or what? Before I did anything, he spoke.

"Sydney, tonight was great." He said smiling at me. But that smile, I could tell, was a bit forced. "But I don't think things between us will work." He said. I blinked.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Don't make this hard." He said. I stare at him baffled. Was he being serious? "You are a great girl, I just think you and I are too different to even try and even start a relationship." He said.

"Oh my god." I let out and keep myself from laughing.

"I'm sure we can still be friends though." He said. With all the composure I could muster I turn to him and act as if I were hurt, just for his benefit.

"I'll be okay Brayden. You're right, tonight was fun and we are too different to try anything." I say.

"See, there you go." He smiles and pats my knee.

"Goodnight Brayden." I say.

"Want me to walk you to the door?" he asked. I shook my head. If he did I was sure I would have start laughing.

"No, let's just leave it like this. A clean break." I say. He smiles and nods.

"Yes, good idea. Goodnight Sydney." He said.

"Night." I say and get out of the car, and quickly walk towards my house, bringing my hand up over my mouth to keep me from laughing.

I turn back and wave at Brayden as he drives off waving back. As soon as he's gone I let myself have it. I burst out laughing and make my way inside. I laugh all the way up to my bedroom. Oh that was rich. He actually thought the dance was a date. Well, that just made my night.

I undressed and put on my sweater, leaving my pants off. I wiped most of the makeup off of my face and then crawled into bed. Sighing and lying back in bed, as soon as I closed my eyes I had fallen asleep.

Images started to flutter across my eye lids, and I could feel the warmth of a fire place. I start to look around and I nice cozy room starts to materialize in front of me.

The fire place blazed a warm fire in front of me, and I was surrounded by what seemed like hundred white pillows and sat upon a soft, black blanket. I looked around the room that was surrounded in orange light from the fireplace. When I looked down at myself I was back in my prom dress, the red fabric fanned out where I sat.

Behind me I felt arms wrap around my waist, and I took in the familiar smell of his cologne. He took one of his hands and took mine, pulling me close against him. This felt too real to be a dream. I lean against him, tilting my head up to look up at him. Adrian smiled at me with his green eyes shining.

He leaned down and planted a sweet and loving kiss on my lips. Of course I would be dreaming about Adrian. I giggle to myself, and he pulls back smirking at me.

"What's so funny?" he asked. I shook my head, and bit my lip.

"Nothing, it's just… I didn't know that I could dream so vividly." I say. Adrian's smirk turned into a smile, but in that smile I could tell he was hiding something.

"This really isn't your dream." He said. I looked up at him confused.

"What?"

"It's like the last time… I'm dream walking." He said.

"Dream walking?" I ask and try to remember what he had said about that. Dream walking as in, he was visiting me while sleeping. He was using magic! I gasp and pull away from him a bit.

"Sage," he said my name a bit hurt.

"S-sorry." I say and move back to him. "I'm just not used to being around this." I say waving my hand around.

"I know, but I just wanted to be with you tonight, and actually see you in your prom dress." I smiled, and pulled on the skirt of the dress.

I giggle looking down at it. It was a pretty dress, and I quite liked it. Knowing Adrian liked it made me happy. I smile up at him, and he leans in for another kiss. After a few minutes he pulls back, kissing my forehead and my cheek.

"So," he says. "Tell me how your night went." He said. I sat there and leaned against him thinking over the dance. I start to laugh when I remember Brayden's and my departure.

"Well, Brayden and I had a little heart to heart." I say, and Adrian looks at me for more. "Brayden tried to let me off easy. He said I was a great girl, but that things couldn't work out between us, and that we can still be friends." I laugh and soon Adrian laughed as well.

"Geeze Sage, what did you do to scare him off?" He teased. I laughed and shrugged. "I should be glad though, that means I don't have to worry about him stealing you from me. I'm selfish when it comes to you." He joked. I smiled as he wrapped his arms tighter around me and brought me close.

"Selfish." I repeat the word and then the scene between Laurel and me came back into mind. "Do you think I'm selfish?" I asked him. Adrian pulled back and looked at me weirdly.

"You? Selfish? You're joking." He said.

"I'm serious, Adrian. I-I did something selfish, and it cost me a friendship." I explain, and he continues to stare at me. I sigh and begin to explain what I did to Laurel and Keith.

"Sage, the way you explain it, it sounds to me that you didn't really do anything selfish at the time." He said. I stare at him in surprise.

"I did steal Keith from her. She liked him first!" I said.

"But Keith liked you first." He said, and rubbed his chin. "Then he liked Laurel, but if he didn't do what he did I wouldn't be here with you." He explained.

"So you don't think what I did was wrong?" I ask. He shook his head.

"Oh no, what you did was wrong, but you didn't know that at the time." He said. I sigh and shake my head.

"You're just confusing me." I say. He chuckles, and wraps his arms around me once again and kisses the side of my head.

"Don't stress out about it. It happened in the past, and you can't really change any of it. So what's the use in worrying about it?" he asked.

I cuddle up close to him, letting his advice sink in. Don't worry about it. It was in the past. Nothing I can do about it now. For some reason, Adrian's past came into mind. Did he think the same thing when Rose left him? I sigh and try to forget about it. Adrian is with me, and I'm happy. That is what I should focus on.

"Sage?" Adrian called.

"Yes?" I answer.

"What would you say to a little trip?" he asked.

"A trip?" I ask, looking up at him.

"Yeah, like the ski trip, only no strigoi attacks." He says. I smile and don't even hesitate.

"I would love that." I say. He chuckles and kisses me.

"Then I'll make plans." He says, and kisses me some more.

Yes, I am more than happy with Adrian.

A/N: How did you guys like it? I made this one longer because I thought I owed you guys one. So, I will work on the next installment to this story, and I will leave you guys to the comments.

Feel free to yell at me for being gone so long. I deserve it. But please, don't forget to tell me what you thought of the story. Thank you very much and I will catch you all next time. :D