Sydneys POV
I quietly opened the door and quickly entered the lecture hall.
I was late after all. Traffic had been terrible and I quickly regretted my decision to take a cab.
The Professor frowned on me but kept on talking.
My eyes wandered around to find an empty chair. As silent as I could I sat down and grabbed my college block and a pen.
He was talking about Roman Architecture and showed pictures of the Colosseum and the Pantheon in Rome.
They were beautiful. I felt the sudden urge to go there and wander around the old building, touch the ancient stone and loose myself in the history.
I enjoyed every second of the class and even was a bit sad, when it was over.
I gathered my things and decided to grab another skinny latte, before my next class began.
It was already dark when I left the campus. It had been an usual friday.
It started with `architecture 101´was followed by `Design and Representation´ and ended with `Environmental Systems´.
I joined a group of students to the subway and met a girl that had been sitting next to me in `Design and Representation´.
"Hey, you just sat right next to me, right?" she asked with a friendly smile.
"Yes, hi" I said smiling back at her.
"I´m Katie Johanson" she introduced herself.
"Sydney Sage" I said shaking her hand "Johanson, is that swedish?" I asked curious.
"Yea, my grandfather is from Stockholm" she said "Sadly, I didn´t inherit the blond hair nor the blue eyes" she said with a laugh pointing at her medium long brown hair and her green eyes.
I laughed as well.
We talked on the way to the subway and the short drive. I had to get of the subway a few stops before her and we exchanged numbers before I left.
She really seemed nice and somehow it was nice to get to know someone who was as eager as I was, when it came to studying.
I took a long shower and jumped into my pajamas. I sat down on my little coach and grabbed on of the books I´d borrowed at the library.
`Vampires – Truth and Mythology´ I read.
I scrolled through the pages and pretty soon realized, that it was more fiction than anything else.
I sighed and was a little disappointed. I didn´t exactly know what I had expected to find, but I knew, this book wouldn´t help me much.
My thoughts drifted back to Adrian and his deep emerald eyes. Those eyes, that seemed so familiar, yet so strange... with this thought I fell asleep and once again my dreams where filled with blurred faces and the presence of vampires, even though I didn´t see one, I knew they were there.
The next day I woke up, when I heard the steady buzz of my phone. It was my mom.
"Hey mom" I answered the phone sleepily.
"Morning Sydney" she said "are you still sleeping?"
"Yea, I had a long day yesterday" I explained. My gaze fell on the clock next to the bed and I frowned. It was only 8 am.
"I just wanted to check on you. How was your first week of college?" she wanted to know.
"Great" I responded.
"And New York? Are you ok all by yourself?" she asked and I heard a little worry in her voice.
"New York is amazing. And yes, I´m alright. I´m not a little girl anymore, remember?" I said smiling.
"Good. That makes me happy" she said with a chuckle "I know you aren´t, but it´s a big city and with college and all..." she went on.
"I know. But I´m fine, don´t worry" I said with a smile.
She was silence for a few seconds.
"Mom, did you ever dream about..." how was I going to approach the subject.
"Well... I don´t know. I have strange dreams lately. It´s like being someone else... it´s really hard to explain"
She was silent and I checked my phone to see, if there was still a connection.
"Mom?" I asked.
"What do you mean someone else?" she finally said.
"I don´t know. I´m dreaming about places I´ve never been before, but yet I kind of know them. There are people I somehow know as well, but I can´t see their faces and..." I stopped for a moment.
"And what?" my mother asked and there was something in her voice.
"and vampires" I finally said.
"Vampires?" my mother asked and her voice was kind of shrill.
"Yea..." I muttered surprised by her sudden change of voice.
"Sydney that´s absurd. Vampires... you should concentrate on your studies" she said with sharp words.
Why was she so upset? Well of course I knew that vampires didn´t exists, but I didn´t understand, why that made her so upset.
"I do mom. It was just a dream...sorry for bringing it up" I said.
I heard her taking a deep breath.
"Good. Now get up and... I dont´know. Enjoy the day, discover New York" she said, her voice nearly seemed back to normal, but I still could hear a bit of worry in it.
"Okay, I will" I said still confused.
"Okay... we´ll talk again soon" she said.
"Yes. Have a nice day, too mom" I said.
I was about to disconnect, when she went on
"And Sydney, don´t bring that topic up when you´re talking to your father"
"Ok I...won´t. Besides, I barley talk to him" I said.
Of course I wouldn´t talk about my dreams with him. The relationship between my father and I wasn´t really that great. Especially after the divorce of my parents. I had spoken with him once or twice since than.
"Ok, that´s good, that´s very good" she muttered "Well honey, hear from you soon?" she asked. Her voice was sounding warm now.
"Yes, we´ll talk soon" I said.
"Good. I love you honey" she said.
"I love you, too" I muttered and the line went dead.
I was still lying in my bed with the phone in my hand. Well that had been a great conversation.
With a sigh I got up and got dressed. I was about to make some coffee when I decided to go to Starbucks instead.
I wondered if he would be there. Somehow I wished he would.