Adrians POV

I smiled "Still can´t accept compliments, can you?" I asked.

Instead of answering, she leaned her head against my shoulder.

I was thinking about this morning. I had been so close to kissing her. It was all I could think about since than.

"Are you ok with me sleeping in the same bed tonight again?" I asked after a few moments.

She looked at me "More than ok" she said with a small blush.

"Are you now?" I asked with a smirk.

She once again nudged me and came to a hold.

"Yes. I feel... safe with you" she said and it made my heart warm.

"I like hearing that" I said and I suppressed the urge to pull her in my arms and kiss her that very second.

I wanted her to be the one deciding when she was ready to kiss me. We hadn´t kissed since she knew about out past together and every second with her made it even harder to resist.

When we entered our little room, Sydney went to the bathroom to get ready for bed.

Sydneys POV

The girl he fell in love with. Hearing him say things like that still kind of overwhelmed me. But in a good way. The way that made my heart jump, my knees weak and me melting.

And it was true, that I was feeling safe with him. Even though my whole life seemed to be turned upside down, he was my constant.

As strange as that sounded, I knew everything was going to be ok, as long as he was by my side.

I was brushing my hair and changing into my pajamas when one sentence came to my mind.

My flame in the dark. I didn´t know why this sentence popped up out of nowhere, but somehow it was exactly like that.

In all the confusion, he really was my flame in the dark, my constant, the one person I knew I could trust.

When I came back from the bathroom I found Adrian reading a book.

I was surprised. Not that I didn´t think he was reading, but I´d never seen him read before.

He looked gorgeous as ever. He was wearing gray sweatpants and a white T-shirt that fitted perfectly.

"What are you reading?" I asked leaning against the bathroom door.

"Just a book about cubism. We talked about that in college and I got it. I never had a chance to actually read it" he said.

"Cubism? You like Picasso?" I asked.

"I don´t know yet" he said with a smirk, putting the book an the night shelve besides him.

I was still standing between the bathroom and the bed he was laying in.

His eyes were still on me and something in them made my knees weak. His gaze was nearly tangible and I could almost feel his eyes on me.

"Can I see some of your work in Palm Springs?" I asked.

"Sure" he said still watching me.

"I´m looking forward to that" I said with a smile.

He was still laying on the bed, looking at me with his intense beautiful green eyes and every inch of my body his eyes captured seemed to burn.

Finally I managed to take a step forward and I walked to the bed. On my way I turned off the big ceiling lamp.

I stood in front of the bed for a few seconds until my eyes had adjusted to the sudden darkness.

When I started to climb over his legs, he quickly pulled me in his arms.

I was half lying on his chest and he pulled me over to his side. I gasped as our bodies connected.

"Gotcha" he whispered.

I felt his hands on my cheeks and his legs entwined with mine.

My heart was once again racing and I couldn´t form a response. God his body against mine felt so good.

My lips were only inches away from his lips and I could feel his warm breath against them.

Our eyes met and he softly brushed over my cheek.

"You are so beautiful" he muttered.

In the dull light I could see him closing his eyes and only a brief second later I felt his lips on mine.

My mind blanked. There were only his lips on mine and his arms pulling me closer to him.

My whole body felt like being on fire. Every nerve was feeling tingly and at the same time I got goosebumps all over my body.

All the tension from the last couple of days seemed to be released in this kiss.

My hand found his hair and I grabbed it softly. He was such a good kisser. Not that I had much of a comparison.

I completely stopped thinking and lost myself in kissing him, feeling him, being close to him.

So close, so warm, so perfect.

After a few minutes he pulled me on top of him and the moment we´d stopped kissing our eyes met.

"I could do this all day" he whispered brushing over my lips with his thumb.

"Why haven´t you?" I asked breathless.

"I wasn´t sure if you were okay with it" he said.

"What changed?" I asked.

He chuckled "Nothing. I just didn´t have enough willpower left to resist you any longer" he said grinning.

He was sounding a bit throaty and the sound of his voice made me want to kiss him even more.

"So don´t stop" I whispered.

Instead of saying anything else, his lips found mine again and like before I didn´t know where he began and I ended.

After what felt like forever, I was snuggled up in his arm. Completely happy.

"I was hoping for that" I said after a while.

"Kissing?" he asked.

I nodded "I thought about that today in the car" I said. I felt my cheeks getting a bit warmer.

He pulled me closer "Sage, you could have saved us a lot of wishing and hoping by just saying so" he said with a wink.

"Now what would have been the fun in that?" I asked rolling my eyes chuckling.

He cupped my face in his hands and once again the intensity of his look nearly took my breath away.

"I am so damn happy to have you back" he whispered.

Adrians POV

"I am happy that you came for me" she said.

I looked at her shaking my head "I would go everywhere for you" I said.

She blushed and leaned her head back against my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around her.

I knew that we still had to face a whole lot of things. Getting her memories back, her family and the alchemists for that matter and probably even my family, but knowing that she was okay and with me, made me think, that we could take everything, as long as we were together.