Sydneys POV
I turned around to get fresh clothes from my bedroom and watched him prepare another cup of coffee.
Than I closed the bathroom door behind me and searched for my pain killers.
Standing in front of my mirror I looked at me and touched the cheek he´d touched only minutes before.
I could still feel his thumb caressing it.
Why had he stopped so abruptly?
I sighed and stepped into the shower. I really needed to relax.
The water helped to clear my mind and when I stepped out and began to get dressed, my headache was gone.
My stomach still felt a little funny but at least I could think straight again.
Adrians POV
I took the cup of coffee and went back to the coach. God I was still tired.
I sat down.
When she´s coming back, I´m going to tell her I thought.
Minutes later, Sydney came back from the bathroom and sat next to me.
"Is that for me?" she asked taking the cup from the coffee table.
"Yes" I said with a small smile.
"What´s wrong? she asked.
I looked at her and sighed.
"Sydney, I need to tell you something" I said.
She put the mug back on the coffee table and looked at me.
"What is it?" she asked.
I took another deep breath avoiding her gaze. It was now or never.
"Adrian what´s wrong?" she asked once again.
"I really don´t know where to begin" I said.
We both stayed quiet for a few seconds.
"Can I ask you something?" I than finally asked looking at her
"Of course" she said.
"When we first..." I stopped. No it hadn´t been the first time. It was only the first time for her.
"When I saw you at the library, you had borrowed some books" I said.
She nodded.
"About vampires" I went on.
"Yes" she said looking at me confused.
"You told me that you were dreaming about vampires. Is that true?" I asked.
She frowned at me.
"Why is that important?" she asked, still confused.
"Could you please answer the question?" I said looking back on my hands
She sighed "Yes, I dream about them. Why are you asking me about that?" she asked.
"Do you believe in them?" I asked.
"Do I believe in vampires?" she asked.
I just looked at her.
She shrugged "I guess not" she said.
"You guess?" I asked rising an eyebrow "ok... this might seem like a strange question to ask, but I really need to know" I went on.
"Like asking about vampires is normal" she muttered.
"What does your father do for a living?" I asked.
"What?" she asked.
"I promise, it´ll all make sense. But I need to know first" I went on.
She opened her mouth to answer me but closed it again.
"I..." she began looking at me in confusion "I can´t remember" she than said.
I looked at her and nodded.
"They´re good" I said.
"Who´s good? What are you talking about?"
I turned around to face her.
"Ok, I´m going to tell you something and you probably will think that I completely lost my mind. But I beg you... just please let me finish" I said.
She nodded, not being able to respond with words.
They´d done an excellent job. What else did they erase from her mind? Did she remember growing up at all or did they replaced her true memories with fake ones?
I looked at her. She looked confused and had begun to bite her lip.
Where did I even began?
"Your father is an alchemist" I blurted out.
Her eyes narrowed "He´s a what?" she asked.
"He´s part of a huge organization called the alchemist. They originally formed to keep the existence of dhampirs and moroi secret" I said still looking at her.
She looked at me in disbelief.
Please believe me I thought.
"Is this some kind of sick joke?" she than asked with narrowed eyes.
I noticed her moving away from me. She didn´t get up, but she shifted to the other end of the coach.
"Why are you doing this?" she asked.
I looked at her and I could see anger forming in her eyes.
"You deserve the truth" I said in a calm voice.
"The truth about what?" she asked. Her voice was getting louder.
"About your past" I said, noticing my voice become a little shaky.
She won´t believe me I suddenly understood. How can I make her believe me?
"Is that about yesterday Adrian? What happened that you act like that?" she asked and to my utterly surprise I saw tears forming in her eyes.
"Adrian?" I heard someone saying behind me and I turned around.
I opened my eyes and saw Sydney looking down on me. She had an amused smile on her face and her eyes looked like molten gold as the sun hit them through the window.
I blinked and slowly realized that I´d been fallen asleep.
"Are you ok?" she asked with a worried look "You look like you´re in pain" she went on sitting next to me.
If only she knew.
"I´m ok" I said with a confused smile at her "I... I just had a bad dream" I said.
That wasn´t a lie but I began to fear, that my dream would become reality soon.
I tried to push my thoughts away.
Sydneys POV
"You´re awake now" I said taking his hand without thinking about it.
He looked down at our hands and I was about to take my hand back, when he squeezed it.
"Don´t you dare take back that hand" he said with a smile and I blushed looking at him.
The pain is his eyes was still there, but I also noticed a little spark in them.
I looked back at our entwined hands and I couldn´t ignore the familiar feeling that rolled over me.
"Want to tell me about your dream?" I asked carefully.
He studied me and shook his head.
"It was nothing" he said.
"Ok" I said, not sure what else to say.
His gaze fell on my books on the chair next to me.
The vampire books I´d borrowed at the library.
"You probably think I´m crazy" I said with a nervous chuckle.
He looked back at me and his eyes were serious.
"No. I don´t" he said and I looked at him curious.