Sydneys POV

I was standing in my bathroom in front of the mirror, putting on a bit of mascara and powder, when suddenly something on my cheek began to prickle and I moved closer to the mirror to take a closer look what was causing the tingly feeling.

I turned my head to the left and back to the right but saw nothing out of the ordinary, just my bare skin.

And than, as soon as the feeling hat began it stopped again. I shrugged and went on brushing my hair.

When I finished a glance at the clock told me, that it was nearly 9 am.

I caught myself thinking about delaying my trip to Starbucks. It was pretty early and a saturday. Maybe he had been partying yesterday and was still sleeping.

I rolled my eyes at myself. I was going now. Either I was seeing him or I wasn´t. I wasn´t going to plan my day according to a guy. Even if the guy was drop-dead gorgeous.

I grabbed my bag and my keys and stepped outside asn when I left the building a wall of heat welcomed me.

I walked the 15 minutes to the Starbucks at Columbus Circle and really was looking forward to the air condition, my skinny latte and to be honest maybe seeing him again.

Adrians POV

After stopping at a bar called `Mystical´ I took a cab back to my hostel.

I desperately had needed blood and after doing some research I´d ended up there. It had been friday evening and the bar had been crowded with people. Moroi and humans.

After talking to the bartender, he´d gestured me to an area behind a few tables, where I´d found a couple of small rooms and soon had found one with an open door.

A middle aged woman had been sitting there, and her eyes had began to sparkle as she´d seen me and I´d entered the room.

I opened the door to my room and headed to the small bathroom to take a shower.

I felt much better now. It was possible for me to go a few days without blood, but with every day, I´d felt more and more weak.

Refreshed, from the shower and the blood, I lay down at my bed. It was still pretty early, but as always, the sun seemed to drew the power out of me and I felt exhausted once again.

I was thinking about Sydney. There was one detail about her, that I just couldn´t get out of my head.

Her golden lily had been gone. At first, I hadn´t realized it at Starbucks but later in front of the library, it really had taken me by surprise.

There had been no sign, that it ever had been there. Not a small relict, no little shadow, no scar and definitely no makeup.

It really puzzled me how the alchemists had been able to remove it completely.

Millions of people would pay a fortune to remove an unwanted tattoo like that.

I looked at my watch. It was nearly 11 pm and I felt my eyelids getting heavier and heavier until I soon fell in to a dreamless deep sleep.

When I woke up, I saw the sun already shining through my window and I rolled around to bury my head into my pillow.

It was nearly 9.45 am when I left the building to walk across the street to Starbucks.

I really hoped to see her, but tried to keep my expectations on a low level.

I was about to touch the door, when it swung open and Sydney was standing right in front of me.

"Oh I´m sorry, are you..." she began and than looked at me "Oh it´s you" she than said with a small smile.

I smiled back at her "Are you already leaving?" I asked.

"Yea, kind of" she said still looking at me.

"Could you stay?" I asked. No way I would let her leave so soon.

She looked at me surprised "Ehm... sure I could do that" she said and I saw her blush a little when she turned around to get back inside.

Sydneys POV

I felt the heat on my cheeks and I turned around.

He really wanted me to stay. He really wanted me to stay

"Do you want another coffee?" he asked looking down on my empty hands.

I nodded and tried to smile at him without showing him how nervous I was.

"Ok. I´ll get you another one. Could you look for free seats in the meantime?" he asked.

"Sure" I said and he smiled at me.

I made my way through a couple of tables and found an empty coach in a corner and sat down.

I than realized, that he didn´t know what kind of coffee I liked, but instantly decided to pretend to like whatever he would get me, even if it would be something sugary. God, please don´t bring back something with cream, I thought.

He was holding two cups in his hand when he came back and I couldn´t resist to stare at him when he was snaking through the crowded area.

He just looked so handsome.

The messy dark hair and those emerald green eyes...

He sat down right next to me and I was getting even more nervous, when I realized, that there was barley any space between our legs.

He handed me one of the cups.

"Skinny Latte?" he asked.

And I looked at him surprised "That´s actually exactly what I always order" I said "How did you know that?"

He gave me a mysterious look "Just a lucky guess" he said with crooked a smile.

"So Sydney, what brings you to New York?" he asked taking a sip of his own coffee.

For a moment I got distracted by my name coming out of his mouth.

"Actually, I´m going to college here" I said, taking a sip of my own coffee.

"College? What are you mastering in?" he asked curious.

Adrians POV

I was sure she would say architecture.

"Architecture" she said and I smiled.

"I can imagine you being an architect" I said.

"Well it´s my first semester, so we´ll see" she said with a smile "What are you doing in New York?" she asked.

Well, I just heard, that my girlfriend isn´t held hostage by the alchemists any longer. They erased her memory and now I´m trying to make her remember me. You know, the usual, wasn´t probably a good answer, so I just shrugged and said

"I just love the city"

She nodded "So you´re just visiting?"

"Yes, you could say that" I said with a smile and I noticed a little confusion in her face.

I watched her as she was watching me. I would pay anything to hear what she was thinking.

She blushed and took a sip of her coffee.

"So Sydney, do you always invite strangers to have coffee with you?" I asked and she blushed even more. I chuckled, it was just to cute.

"I... didn´t exactly invite you" she said in a low voice avoiding my gaze, sipping on her coffee.

"Not that I´m complaining, but yes, you kind of did" I said still smiling at her.

"Yea, I maybe did" she than said while carefully looking up at me.

God, I just wanted to pull her in my arms and kiss her.

"I´m glad you did" I said and she again took her coffee to take a sip.

I realized, that she seemed to do that, to cover her nervousness.

"Do you have classes today?" I asked.

She seemed to relax a little at the change of topic and answered "No, not today"

I nodded "I know, you don´t know me" or don´t remember knowing me "but would you spent the day with me?" I asked.

Sydneys POV

I looked at him, my hands were clutching the cup of coffee in my hands.

I nearly expected someone to jump out of a corner and yell, that I was on `Hidden Camera´ or something.

"You want to spent the day with me?" I asked.

"Yes Sydney, I really want to spent the day with you" he said smiling at me.

"Ok" I than said.

"Ok?" he asked.

I smiled "Yes Adrian. So what´s the plan?" I asked.

I watched him thinking about that and I chuckled.

"You have no idea, right?" I asked with a laugh.

"To be honest, I didn´t expect you saying yes" he said brushing through his hair.

"There´s still time to come up with an excuse" I said still smiling. But on the inside I was afraid he really would come up with one.