Adrians POV

I was still processing what she just had said.

"You would miss college, you are realizing that, right?" I asked.

She chuckled "I know. Why is that so hard to believe?" she asked.

I shook my head and smiked. Somehow I felt like I had entered an alternate universe, where missing classes seemed not a big deal at all for her.

"Ok, than we are going" I said still studying her.

"When do we leave?" she asked

I shrugged "Whenever you want to" I said.

She thought about that for a few moments.

Sydneys POV

"I could check out flights right now" I said. In my mind I was already packing.

If there was a chance I could get all my memories back, I would take it.

"About that" Adrian said "I don´t think that´s a good idea".

I gave him a questioning look.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

His fingers entwined with mine and for a moment it was all I could concentrate on.

"You can´t just take a plane to Palm Springs. The alchemists will know" he said.

I took my gaze off of our hands and looked up. He was probably right. After all he´d told me, I knew they would know.

"So what do we do than?" I asked.

He gave me a mischievous smile and my heart melted. It was nearly ridiculous how I responded to him.

"Roadtrip?" he asked and I gasped.

"Are you serious?" I asked.

"Do you have a better idea?"

"But that´ll be more than 2.600 miles" I said.

"Of course you know that" he said with a smile.

I nearly rolled my eyes. How could he not know that.

I was thinking about an alternative but couldn´t come up with one. Taking the train seemed risky, too and that would probably take nearly as long.

"Okay, I am in" I said and was rewarded with a huge smile.

He suddenly seemed very excited and his enthusiasm was infectious. Being on the road with Adrian wasn´t probably the worst thing.

"We could leave tomorrow" I said.

"Better sooner than later" he said and I smiled.

"What about a car?" I asked.

"I´ll take care of that" he said.

"Okay. So... I should probably go home and start to pack" I said.

"You do that" he said "I´ll take care if the car".

I took the last sip of my coffee and slowly got up.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" he asked.

He once again took my hands he´d released only seconds ago.

"I am" I said gazing at him, once again admiring his beautiful green eyes.

He leaned in and I prepared myself for the kiss I was sure was coming, but to my surprise he just gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"When do we leave tomorrow?" I asked, still a little puzzled.

"I´ll pick you up at 9?" he asked.

"Ok. I´ll be ready" I said.

We left Starbucks and walked hand in hand. I realized a girl entering Starbucks giving me an envious look and Adrian an admiring one. He seemed to not even notice her and I smiled.

We were standing in front of the door now.

"Good night Sydney" he said cupping my cheek.

It took me a few seconds to find my voice. His touch just was so intense.

"Good night Adrian" I finally responded.

We kept looking at each other a couple more seconds when I finally managed to take a step back.

He didn´t release my hands until the distance between us made it impossible to stay in touch.

He gave me one last lingering look and than crossed the street.

Adrians POV

As soon as I was back in my room I searched for a suitable car.

Suitable meaning something Sydney would like. A classic, something that would make her freak out.

Well freak out in a positive way, she had enough of the bad freaking out already.

I found a car rental close by who was specialized on those kind of cars and after a few minutes, I had taken care of the car situation.

Since I only took little luggage with me, packing took me no time at all.

I still couldn´t believe that Sydney and I were going to be on the road tomorrow.

After sleeping much to little I got up the next morning. Staying up the whole night the day before didn´t help me much when I had tried to fall asleep.

I payed the bill at the reception and took the next passing cab to the car rental. 1 hour later, I parked the car in front of Sydneys building.

- Ready? - I texted her and got out of the car to wait for her.

She left the building only a few minutes later and when she saw the car, she dropped her bag and just stared.

"Are you serious?" she asked, her eyes shining.

I smiled.

"That´s a 1955 Chevy Bel Air. How on earth did you get this?" she asked jumping down the stairs.

"It wasn´t easy, but you know, I have my ways" I said.

Sydney carefully touched the engine hood and let her fingers glide over the smooth surface.

"You are crazy, you know that?" she asked walking around the car.

"I love cars, my mom and I..." she stopped looking at me "but you already know that, right?" she asked.

"Kind of" I said.

Sydneys POV

Of course he knew. But this time, I was glad he did. This car was amazing.

I was still caught up in the beauty of the car admiring it, when I noticed him taking my bag and putting it on the back seat.

"Thanks" I said.

I waked around the car and came to a hold in front of him.

"Thanks for doing this" I said.

He smiled and without further thinking I hugged him.

His arms around me felt so good. I inhaled his beautiful scent and pressed my head against his strong chest.

Being so close to him felt so right, that I just couldn´t let go.

"Yea, that´s what I was going for" he whispered and his breath sent beautiful spirals of goosebumps down my spine.

I looked up at him.

"Can I drive?" I asked.

He held up the keys and pursed his lips "I thought you´d never ask" he said.

I took them and he walked with me around the car.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

He opened the door for me "Well this car is old school and we should pay our respect to that" he said.

I chuckled and got into the car. He carefully closed the door behind me and after walking around the car again, sat right next to me.

"Where to sir?" I asked.

"Palm Springs my gracious lady" he said.

I grinned at him. Yes, this was going to be fun. Even though the whole purpose of our trip was to get back my memories, I couldn´t imagine doing this with anybody else.