Sydneys POV
It was my mother and for a few moments I played with the thought of just not answering my phone.
"Hi mom"
"Sydney, I haven´t heard from you in a while. How are you?"
I frowned. We´d been speaking only a few days ago.
"I´m fine" I said "`How are you?"
"Good, I´m good. How´s college?"
I checked my phone, it was nearly 10 am. No, I´d once again missed class.
"Ehm good. Everything is good" I said, feeling guilty for lying and sleeping when I should be at college.
What was wrong with me? I loved college.
"So, what about your dreams?" she asked trying to sound nonchalant and I blinked.
Oh so that was why she was calling. Was she a part of all this?
"No more dreams" I said. I didn´t know if I could trust her. Clearly I couldn´t trust my father.
"Very good. I was worried"
"Worried?" I asked.
"Well not worried" she said quickly "just... I don´t know. Like you said, they were only dreams"
I really doubted, that she thought so, but didn´t say anything.
"Well honey, I´m late. I just wanted to ask how you are. I´ll talk to you soon, ok?"
"Sure mom, bye" I said and she hung up.
Well that had been a quick conversation and somehow I couldn´t shake off the feeling, that her question about my dreams hadn´t been that innocent.
I got up and once again felt guilty for missing class. I really needed to stop being so irresponsible.
Well that was something I would never thought possible. Me being irresponsible.
But than again, I just had a lot on my mind. Well that was the understatement of the year.
My whole world or life how I thought it was seemed to fall apart.
Adrians POV
She did believe me. It was all I could think about.
I was so happy about those words, that I just couldn´t stop smiling.
I couldn´t remember the last time I´d felt this way. Must have been the day, Sydney met me at the Getty Villa.
Of couse I´d been happy the last couple of days. Being with her always made me happy, but there´d always been this huge secret I´d kept from her.
Now it was out and she believed me.
Of course there was still so much to talk about. I had to tell her about her ability to use magic and I was kind of nervous about this subject, and I still didn´t know what had happened to her tattoo.
My phone buzzed and I quickly read the message. It was from Sydney.
- I have another class now. Meet me tonight? -
- When and where? -
- Starbucks 8pm? -
- I´ll be there -
I was still on my high when the fatigue hit me. I hadn´t slept that night and I started to notice that.
I sank back on my bed. I would sleep a couple of hours and meet her tonight.
Sydneys POV
At 7 pm I hat attended 3 classes, had read the power point presentations of the classes I´d missed and was pacing my living room.
I was kind of nervous about seeing him again.
I still had a million questions. About me about my father, about us.
Us, that was the subject I was most nervous about.
Half an hour later I left my flat. I´d decided to walk. I still had plenty of time and staying home, waiting, just drove me crazy.
When I entered Starbucks I immediately saw him.
He looked as gorgeous as ever, wearing a white button-down shirt and dark jeans, his hair styled messy as usual.
My heart immediately began to pump faster as I saw him.
Was I supposed to kiss him now? I wanted to kiss him, but somehow it felt strange.
He got up when I approached the table and he as well seemed to be unsure about the right way to proceed.
"Hey" he said and my heart jumped at the smile he gave me.
"Hey" I said and after a few awkward moments of just looking at each other we both sat down at the table.
"How are you?" he asked.
"I´m... okay... I guess" I said. Well I was as good as anyone could be after the last two days I supposed.
"And you?" I asked.
"That might sound strange, but I´m kind of happy" he said.
"Happy?" I asked.
He gave me another of those breathtaking smiles and I blushed.
"I know, that there are a million things we need to talk about, but at the moment I am happy. I´m happy that you know, I´m happy you are here and I´m happy you are believing me" he said.
I nodded. I was happy about that, too.
"So..." I began without knowing what to say.
"So..." he said as well and we both laughed.
Somehow that eased the tension a bit and I was starting to feel more comfortable and relaxed.
He handed me a cup and I took it.
"Skinny Vanilla Latte?" I asked and he nodded.
"What else?" he asked.
"Right. Thank you" I said with an unsure smile.
It was still strange, that he knew those kind of things.
"Adrian I have a few questions" I said stirring my coffee.
"I thought so" he said.
"I was thinking about what you´ve told me about the alchemists" I began "And about... us".
He nodded.
"You told me that moroi and dhampirs don´t normally end up together. So I was wondering about moroi and humans... or well alchemists" I said, still concentrating on my coffee.
He suddenly seemed uncomfortable and I was guessing I wouldn´t like what he was about to tell me.
"That´s a tabu, too" he said studying me.
"But we... we didn´t care? I asked.
He chuckled "It wasn´t that easy. But in the end love did conquer all" he said giving me a playful look.
"That sounds like a fairy tale" I said looking at him.
"I don´t know about that. The Happy End is still to come" he said.
"So we where happy?" I asked.
"Yes, we were" he said taking my hand, softly drawing invisible patterns on my palm with his thumb.
His touch sent a warm feeling through my whole body.
"I wish I remembered" I said in a low voice.
"Me, too. And I hope you will" he said.
"How did they do it? Erase my memory" I asked.
He shrugged "I don´t know. But I know someone who could maybe help" he said.
"Help how?" I asked frowning.
Adrians POV
I studied her a couple of seconds "Don´t freak out" I said.
"Been there, done that" she said and I smiled.
"I spoke to a friend you used to know. Her name is Jackie. She is a witch and..."
"A witch?" Sydney interrupted me.
"A witch" I said.
She thought about that for a brief second "ok, go on".
"she might be able to help. But there is a problem" I went on.
Sydney frowned "of course there is" she sighed "what is it?"
"She lives in Palm Springs" I said.
Sydney looked at me with wide eyes.
"We sort of would have to go there" I said.
Our eyes met. And for a moment I was sure she wasn´t going to consider that.
"Okay" she than said.
"Okay what?" I asked.
"So we go" she said.
Was she serious?
"What about college?" I asked.
She sighed and closed her eyes "This is more important" she than said.
"Are you sure? I mean we could wait and..."
She shook her head "No. I need to remember. And when your friend is able to help, I have to go."