A/N: I´m sorry for being absent. I was sick and stayed in bed sleeping nearly the whole day.
Thanks for everybody who favored, reviewed or followed the story. You are amazing :)
Adrians POV
"My help?" Jaclyn asked surprised.
"I found her. Sydney that is" I began.
"You found her?" she interrupted me "Where? How? How is she?" she asked excited "That´s excellent news".
"In New York, and she is... fine... There is only one problem" I said.
"A problem?" she asked and I can hear the change in her voice. Her happiness faded a bit and changed into worry.
"I have a question about magic" I began "you can do locator spells, right?" I asked.
"Yes?" she said in a questioning voice "but didn´t you just say you found her?" she asked.
I sighed "I did. It´s not really a question of finding a person, more like finding memories" I said.
I can nearly hear her frown through the phone "You lost me, Adrian" she than said.
"They took her memories. She doesn´t remember anything from her former life... well at least of her alchemist life slash Amberwood slash me" I explain.
She stayed silent.
"I was wondering if there was any possibility to well... find those memories or I don´t know... any chance you could help me here?"
"Couldn´t you just tell her?" she asked.
"Like that´s not going to be awkward. I can´t just drop those kind of information on her. What if she doesn´t believe me or freaks or I don´t know". I sighed.
"So what exactly are you asking?" she asked.
If only I was sure about that. I didn´t know. I was hoping she had any idea.
"I don´t know how the alchemist erased all her memories, but I´m kind of lost here. I was hoping you could help me somehow". I said.
"Jackie, you know things. You know Sydney and you know me. I wouldn´t ask if it wasn´t important".
I finally said and I can hear the desperation in my voice.
"Let me think about it. I have to go through some books and I get back to you" she said.
"Thank you" I said.
"You´re welcome. But I can´t promise anything" she said.
We hang up and I sit back down on my chair.
Somehow I´d hoped that she would come up with some magical solution immediately.
Relax I told myself. She´s doing the best she can. It´s going to be ok.
I spent the rest of the evening watching TV and thinking about Sydney. Thinking about our kiss, thinking about our past and thinking about her dreams.
I woke up because my phone was buzzing with an incoming message. I looked at the time. It was almost 4 am and the text is from Sydney. Why is she still up?
- I had one of those dreams again. It was strange, but you were in it, so I guess I´m kind of ok with that ;) -
I smiled. Smiling because Sydney just texted me a winking smiley and because she was dreaming about me. That was a good sign, wasn´t it?
Sydneys POV
I was standing next to my coffee machine and waited until the light, indicating the machine was ready, wasn´t blinking anymore.
My cheek still felt strange but even after looking at it for about 5 times, I still didn´t know where the strange feeling came from.
My phone buzzed and I felt a sudden feeling of excitement. The incoming message is from him.
- I´m more than ok with that ;) What did you dream about? -
I smiled, grabbed a cup out of my cupboard and pressed the latte-button on my coffee machine.
Could I tell him about my dreams? I really didn´t want him to think I was crazy. But than again, he´d been interested and yes, even kind of understanding this afternoon.
Minutes later I was sipping my coffee on my couch. I still didn´t know what I should tell him.
I was about to put my phone away when he called.
He really was calling. My heart jumped at the realization and I picked up.
"Hey" I said still smiling.
"Hey yourself" he said in a soft voice.
"So you´re up?" I asked and immediately felt stupid. Of cause he was, he was calling me.
I fought the sudden urge to palm slap myself.
"Well I´m kind of interested in that dream you had about me" he replied with a chuckle.
I blushed "Of cause you are" I finally said.
"Want to tell me about it?" he asked.
Yes, no... did I?
"Remember I told you, that I dream about places I know but never been before?" I asked.
"Yes" he said.
"I had one of those dreams again and somehow you were in it" I admitted.
"What place?" he asked.
"It´s a stupid name. So I could have made it up" I said and really, `Pies and Stuff´? Who would name their place like this.
"Now I need to know" he said chuckling.
"Pies and Stuff" I said rolling my eyes.
He stayed silent and I checked my phone to see if he was still on the line.
Adrians POV
The name caught me by surprise. All the places in the world and she´s dreaming of `Pies and Stuff´ ? A place that is connected to me... to us.
"I know it´s stupid" she said after a while and I realized, that a couple of moments must have been past.
"So I was at `Pies and Stuff´ ?" I asked.
"Yes you were" she said.
"With you?" I asked.
"No... not with me. You were there with other people. I couldn´t see them" she said.
"Hmmm..." I said, not knowing what to reply.
"There is something else" she said "I had a tattoo" she giggles.
"Oh really? What kind of tattoo?" I asked in a soupcon of foreshadowing.
"That´s the best part. A gold one, on my cheek" she said with a small laugh and I nearly choke on the sip of water I just drank.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yes... sure" I managed to say after I was done coughing.
"I shouldn´t have told you..." she said and it sounds like she wanted to say more, but she didn´t.
"Why not?" I asked.
She sighed "Never mind. Just forget I said anything" she said trying to sound nonchalant.
Like that was even possible.
"I can´t and I don´t want to" I said, going with the first thing on my mind.
She stayed silent for a few moments.
"Why are you still up?" she changed the subject.
"I wasn´t" I said with a smile.
"Did I wake you?" she asked worried.
"Sage, you can wake me up anytime" I said and she chuckled.
"Well that´s... good to know" she said and I smiled, knowing that she was probably blushing at that.
Sydneys POV
I blushed and felt my heart warming. Did he really just saythat?
God I wished he was here right now.
"I know it might sound cheesy, but I somehow miss you already" I said overwhelmed by the moment.
His response came immediately "Cheesy or not, so do I" he said.
I sank back on the couch an enormous smile on my face. The butterflies in my stomach seemed to be multiply once again.
"That´s good to know, too" I said.
"Are you going back to sleep?" he asked.
As if I could sleep now. I´m bright awake.
"No, I just made coffee and I have to be at college in a few hours" I said.
"A few hours? Its 4 am Sage" he said.
"I´ve to be there at 8.30, so yes it´s a couple of hours" I said smiling.
"Go back to sleep" he said with a chuckle.
I rolled my eyes "We´ll see... do you?" I asked.
"Like I said, it´s 4 am" he said with an amused tone.
I smiled "Okay, so I´ll hang up now, so that you can go back to sleep" I said.
"Do you want to hang up?" he asked, emphasizing the word `want´.
Eh... no.
"Do you?" I asked with pursed lips.
I felt like being in a cheesy high school movie. It was corny but I liked it.
He chuckled.
"Not really" he said.
My heart warmed even more and I was feeling like floating on clouds.
"Do you want to come over?" he than asked.
"Like now?" I asked.
Was he serious?
"Yea like now" he chuckled.
"Like you said, you have a couple of hours. We´re both awake, unwilling to stop talking, so just come over" he said.
For a moment I was dumbfounded.
"Okay" I than said.