Adrians POV

I lay on her couch completely awake.

Even though the sun slowly rose, my mind was bright awake.

Who would have thought, that going clubbing would end up even more intimate than just having dinner.

I´d been waiting to kiss her for so long now. But I knew that if I´d kissed her tonight it would have been just wrong.

She really needed to know the whole story.

As far as she knew, we only just met.

I was sure about one thing. If I would stay quiet for much longer, she wouldn´t forgive me for betraying her like this.

I could only hope, that she would forgive me for keeping all of that to myself until now.

I shouldn´t have danced with her like this, I shouldn´t have held her hand and I sure as hell couldn´t kiss her.

Her reaction to me made everything so much more difficult.

It was agonizing.

I needed to tell her. Even though she probably would freak out.

What if she wouldn´t believe me? Or worth, what if she would think I´m crazy and never wanted to see me again?

I felt panic rising in me.

Worst case scenario: She would think that I completely lost my mind, throw me out and file a restraining order.

I´ll tell her...soon. I had to.

The thoughts in my head kept me awake for hours.

I finally fell asleep when the sun was long up.

Sydneys POV

I woke up and my head hurt. My temples were pulsing and I just wanted to close my eyes again.

I turned around once again, feeling sorry for myself even though I knew, that the only person I could blame was myself.

Never would I be drinking again.

I was about to close my eyes again when I heard something in my kitchen and I froze.

Silently I managed to get up. I carefully glanced around my open door.

"Adrian?" I asked completely dumbfounded when I saw him going through my fridge.

What in the world was he doing here?

He turned around and smiled at me.

"In the flesh" he responded.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

Really, what was he doing here? I tried pretty hard to remember what happened yesterday, but my mind was blank.

He gave me a crooked smile.

"I´m hurt" he said, putting his hands on his heart "And there I was thinking I´d made an impression" he said with a laugh.

I looked at him confused. I than realized, that I was wearing my pajama and literally just rolled out of my bed.

I blushed and tried as best as I could to straighten my hair. I could only imagine how messed up it must looked.

"Hold that thought" I said, quickly walking into my bathroom.

I gave myself a once-over in the mirror and frowned.

Yea great. My hair was even more messy than I´d feared it would be and God, I was wearing flannel pajama pants.

I quickly brushed my hair and my teeth. Than I looked around in my bathroom and for the first time in my entire life, I wished, that some kind of cloth would be lying around.

Of course I found nothing. I really needed to rethink my neatness.

I looked down at my pants and sighed.

Well, he already had seen me wearing that pants I calmed myself. The harm is already done.

I slowly walked back into my kitchen and sat down on the counter.

I was welcomed with a cup of coffee.

"I could get used to that" I said with a smile at him taking the cup.

He smiled "How are you?" he asked.

"I´ve felt better" I admitted looking at him.

He looked as gorgeous as ever. How did he do that?

I took a sip of coffee and still tried to figure out why he was in my flat.

"You invited me to stay" he explained looking at me.

I looked at him surprised "I did?" I asked.

It didn´t exactly sound like something I would do, but I also was pretty sure that he wouldn´t have had stayed otherwise.

He chuckled "Do you remember anything at all?" he asked.

"Well... we went to that club and we met Katie..." I said.

To be honest, it was all I had.

He nodded "Yea, I like that girl" he said putting a plate with toast in front of me.

I shook my head "Can´t" I just said.

Only looking at it made me feel sick.

"Ok, I´ll leave it here for later" he said with a smile.

"What happened yesterday?" I asked.

"Well we went to the club, met Katie, we danced and..."

"We danced?" I interrupted him.

That couldn´t be true.

He chuckled "Yes Sage, we danced".

I looked at him surprised by hearing him call me by my last name.

"First of, I don´t believe you about the dancing part..." I said.

He was about to interrupt me but I went on raising my index finger "... and second what is it about my last name?" I asked

"Believe it or not, we danced. You can ask Katie. Well assuming she remembers more of the night than you do" he said with a small laugh.

"And to answer your question, I don´t know. You mind me calling you Sage?" he asked.

I thought about it.

"I don´t know. I guess I don´t" I said. Somehow I liked it.

"Thanks for making coffee" I said taking another sip of it.

"You´re welcome" he said returning my smile.

Adrians POV

I watched her drinking her coffee and she instantly looked refreshed.

That girl really seemed to need the coffin to live I thought.

"And what exactly did happen between us dancing and you spending the night?" she than asked.

I was thinking about whether or not to tell her about the way we´d been dancing and that she´d almost kissed me but decided against it.

"Well, you had a couple of drinks and I walked you home" I explained, leaving out the touching on the dance floor, us holding hands and her trying to kiss me.

She nodded and blushed.

"Did I do something embarrassing?" she asked avoiding my gaze.

I looked at her.

"Nothing I wouldn´t do myself" I said.

And after all I was telling the truth.

She sighed "Here we go" she said looking at me.

I laughed "What´s that supposed to mean?" I asked.

She blushed even more "I don´t know. You tell me" she said.

I was about to take her hand but decided against it. Instead I walked around the counter and sat right next to her.

She looked absolutely cute in the flannel pants. She turned around to face me and looked at me through her lashes.

"Don´t worry. I promise, you didn´t do anything embarrassing" I said.

"I guess I´ll have to believe you" she said.

"Promise me something else?" she asked.

"Anything" I said.

"Never let me drink again" she said.

I laughed "I already promised you that last night" I said.

"Good" she said with a smile "I hope you´re keeping your promise" she said and I put my hand on my heart and nodded.

Sydneys POV

I liked having coffee with him.

Even though my head still hurt and I was still wondering if he really did tell me the truth about yesterdays events, it felt nice to have him here.

I finished my coffee and put the cup on the counter in front of me.

"I really could use a shower. My hair is a mess and I think I´m still half asleep" I than said.

He looked at me and smiled "And yet, you still look beautiful" he said tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear.

His thumb brushed against my cheek and I instantly got goosebumps.

Our eyes locked and for a second I completely forgot how to breath.

"Am not" I muttered.

"Are too" he said in a low voice still softly stroking over my cheek with his thumb.

Than he cleared his throat and took his hand back.

Adrians POV

Her golden eyes still looked at me and for a second I nearly forgot all my good intentions.

"You want another coffee when you´re back from the bathroom?" I asked getting up.

I saw the confusion in her eyes as I was walking around the counter.

"Ehm...sure" she said, getting up as well.

She looked at me once again clearly to figure out what just had happened and than went to the bathroom.