An: The last chapter in the golden lily. I'm doing it in two parts because I couldn't fit everything in this chapter like I had hope so I've already started on part 2. :'( Oh is it okay if I added Mikhail to this chapter because everyone's a couple and I feel sorry for Sonya.

Calm down breathe I told myself. I finally gained control of the fear that had seized me. I saw Adrian looking at me funny.

"Everything okay Sage?" Why couldn't I be open with Adrian. I guess I didn't want him to worry about me I didn't want anyone worrying about me.

"Everything's fine, I'm just worried about Eddie." It wasn't a lie I was worried about Eddie. Lissa, Jill and Eddie had all gone to a separate room to talk. I had a bad feeling about this.

"Don't be I'm sure Castile and Jailbait will be fine." He kissed my hand. I knew he was right but I couldn't quite get rid of this feeling of dread from my stomach. He spoke to soon Jill comes crying out of the room and heads straight for the door out of the apartment. Eddie looks like he wants to stop her but he knows it a bad idea and Lissa puts a hand to stop him, so I go instead. I don't know what's going on but I know it's bad whatever Lissa said to Jill has gotten her clearly upset. I see her leaning against the mailbox.

"Just leave me alone Lissa." Jill says.

"Um.. it's not Lissa it's Sydney." She turns around and looks at me and I see big fat tears rolling down her cheeks. Her face had gone red. I go over towards her and hug her this is the closets I've gotten to Jill the whole time we've been in Palm Springs. I hear her sniffle and she reminds me of Zoe so much I feel a hole in my chest I miss my little sister so much. I've made up my mind I'm gonna call her tonight whether she wants to talk to me or not. "Do you want to talk about it?" I wasn't the best at making people feel better.

"I hate my life!" She says. I was not expecting that. "It's like I have no control over it any more like no one cares about how I feel or what I think."

"That's not true Jill." What did Lissa say to her I wonder?

"Yes! it is Sydney! They took away the one thing that made me feel normal and happy." What does she mean by that?

"What do you mean Jill?" She gives me a frustrated look.

"Lissa said I can't date Eddie because people would look down on me and that I was to young and not mature enough it was like a slap in the face and you know what Eddie did he just agreed with her." Her tears were falling faster. "That's the last straw first they teach me how to be a princess then send me here and now their trying to control my love life! Will I ever get a say in anything?" I knew how helpless she felt because I often felt helpless like that too with Alchemist. "I'm really happy for you and Adrian though at least one of us will be happy." I smiled thinking about Adrian. But that smile was quickly replaced with anger. Why are they trying to control her life?

"Well obviously Eddie doesn't deserve you if he gave up that quickly, his loss." I said with a shrug. She laughed.

"That makes me feel a little better." I was relieved I wasn't so bad at this as I thought I was. The fear of vampire hunters came back I hated being outside for to too long.

"What happened to Trey?" I didn't ask before because I was scared Adrian would get suspicious. Jill smirked she thought I liked him too.

"He left shortly after the kiss that you ran out on." I blushed.

"Can we go inside?" It was dark out and I had a fear of strigoi as well.

"Sure but I really don't want to talk to them." She said with venom in her voice.

"Don't worry I'll do the talking." She looked grateful. We walked into the house and I had a sense of deja vu. I try to shake it off.

"Sydney I'm just going to have a shower I'm wiped out."Jill said. I nodded. I realized we all were staying in Adrian's small apartment. which had three bedrooms, it's gonna be one huge sleepover. I laughed at my own joke and everyone looked at me like I've officially lost it. Adrian walks over to me.

"What's so funny Sage?"

"Nothing." I say innocently. Lissa and Rose started whispering amongst themselves again I raised an eyebrow at them. They looked excited.

"Hey Sonya we've got a surprise for you." Lissa said. Both girls giggled.

"A surprise?" Sonya asked. They nodded.

"Go open the front door." We walked behind her, she opened the door and it was Mikhail. Her face was surprised all right, She squealed in delight and he lifted her off the ground at twirled her like they do in romantic movies. I melted right on the spot they looked so cute!

"Nqaaw." I say to myself.

"You like that stuff do you Sage? I can be Mr Right and Romantic as well." I gave him my best really look.

"What you don't believe me." He said in mock outrage. I give him a quick peck on the lips before anyone can see, to answer his question but he wasn't gonna let me off that easily he snakes his arm around my waist bringing us closer together and then someone whistle. We both pull apart from the same time and see Christian with a smirk on his face thankfully he was the only one who saw everybody was to busy in awe with Sonya and Mikhails reunion.

"Get a room, but I don't think even a room can contain you, you probably wanna rip each others clothes off right now." He said moving his eyebrows up and down. I felt like I was going to die I believed in marriage before sex. I hope Adrian knew that I wasn't gonna go that far with him.

"Speak for yourself, What about you and Liss making some more little Dragomir are you?" Lissa turned around at her name being said.

"What?" She asked confused.

"Nothing." Both guys said in Unison. I laughed. Jill was out of the shower and was in a new pair of clothes. were did she get them from we hadn't gone back to Amberwood.

"Oh Sydney dear I bought you your clothes as well I wasn't quite sure what you would want go check the bag it's in the room opposite to Adrian's. I nodded I walked into the room and saw the bag on the floor, since I'm alone I might as well call Zoe now I might not get a chance later. I dial the number and she picks up after a few rings.

"Hello." She says in her cute sleepy voice I realized it was probably bed time for everyone.

"Hey Zoe it's me Sydney sorry I called so late." There was a few seconds of silence before she replied.

"Oh...Hi."

"How...how is everything back home." I say anxiously.

"It's good-." Her voice breaks and I start to panic some things wrong.

"Zoe what's wrong?" I start pacing around in the small room.

"It's nothing really." But I can tell she's holding back tears.

"Zoe Sage tell me I know your lying." I hear a sigh on the other side of the line.

"It's just things at home aren't so great right now theirs been a lot of arguments in the house over me becoming an Alchemist, but I think Mom's totally overreacting I mean your fine so I'll be fine right..." I stay silent I have to agree with my mother I didn't want Zoe to become an Alchemist and get mixed up with the vampire world.

"I dunno Zoe Mom might have a point my life isn't so glamourus as you think it is."

"But how could you say that, you choose to be an Alchemist." How could I tell her that I thought it was amazing by the way our dad talked about it, it was hard not be sucked in I didn't want that to happen to.

"Well I was dazzled at a young age I thought it was amazing as well but trust me Zoe it's really not. Please promise me that you don't want to be come and Alchemist because of dad."

"But if I became and Alchemist he'll love me." I felt a little teary and angry at my father that he could make us feel so unloved and special at the same time.

"Zoe dad does love you, he just has a weird way of showing it." I keep my emotions at bay for now.

"Really?" Zoe ask excitedly.

"Yes and you don't need to become and Alchemist for him do you understand?" I put a firm tone in my voice.

"Yes ma'am." I laughed. She laughed as well and I knew things were back to normal with us and I was forgiven.

"Well I should get going let you get back to your beauty sleep." She giggles.

"Goodnight Syd." I feel a tear fall down my face.

"Goodnight." I whisper and then the line goes dead. I miss her so much even more now. I hear a noise from the other side of the room. I spin around and yelp when I see Adrian there.

"Adrian you freaked the living daylights out of me." I hastily wipe the tears from my eyes. Then I realise something how long has he been standing there. "How long have you been in here for? were you eavesdropping on me?"

"NO!" He says. "I just wanted to see of you where okay with all the rude comments that Christian made and I walked in and you where on the phone, so I decided to wait until you were done. But then I realised it was a personal conversation." He said looking to the ground.

"How...how much did you hear." I felt anxious again.

"Just the bit from you don't want to become and Alchemist and up to goodnight." He looks at me with a sympathetic smile on his face. "Where you talking to your little sister?" I nod. "How old is she?"

"The same age as Jill." He comes and wraps his arms around me and the tears start flowing again. I hate being all emotion but lately I've been having a lot of breakdowns. I hate my father for doing that to Zoe and me! I hate how he makes us feel like were not worthy enough to be known as his daughters sometimes.

"I hate him!" Adrian looks at me with shock on his face. I hadn't realised I had said it out loud. "Sorry I hadn't meant to say that out loud."

"It's okay." I sigh and flop down on the bed and Adrian does the same beside me. We just lie there in silence feeling comfortable in each others presences not having to do anything physical just enjoying each others company. He entwines he hand with mine. I must smell and not to mention I feel sleepy just laying on this comfy bed I know it's time for me to get up.

"I'm gonna go have a shower now." I say to Adrian.

"Ok." I get out my clothes and grab a towel. The shower in the apartment is nice it has a modern look to it. I turn the nob and the water from the shower head instantly makes me feel refreshed. I scrub all the memories of what happened today it feels nice having a shower when you haven't had one for days. I don't know how long I was in there for but my fingers were getting pruney, so I knew it was time to get out. I wiped myself dry and put on my Pyjamas. They felt heavenly to me soft and warm. The mirror was fogged up because of the nice hot shower I had so I got my towel and wiped it. When I looked at myself in the reflection I almost didn't recognise the girl staring back. She looked tired and weary but there was a new sense of determination in here their was this hard look in her eyes like she wasn't going to put up with peoples crap any more, There was also a new glow to her which probably had to do with Adrian but she liked the new her. There was a knock on the door

"Sage are you okay in there?" I gathered all my things.

"Yeah just give me a minute." I composed myself and open the door.

"Your looking much better." Adrian said.

"Thanks I feel better too."

"Nice Pj's" I look down at my Pyjama's self-consciously. They had zebra stripes on it.

"Thanks...where a-" My words cut off when I saw the lounge there was two air mattresses on the floor. That answers my question.

"Where what?"

"I just wanted know where I was going to sleep but my question has just been answered." I stare at the mattress longingly. I haven't slept properly in days.

"You could sleep with me." Adrian says cheekily with a wink. My face heats up.

"I'll be fine thanks for the offer though." He looks a little sad but then perks up again.

"Well I'll leave you to it." I sink down onto the mattress and sigh in happiness. I look up and see Jill sitting on the couch with her knees pulled up, and Eddie on the other couch looking at her sadly. It's obvious those two still like each other but I don't know what the heck I'm going to do about it. I mean it's none of my business what Vasilissa does and getting involved with royal politics and stuff but I hated seeing them like this it was depressing so I tried to make small talk.

"So whose talking the couch and whose taking the other mattress?"

"I'll take the couch." They both said in unison. Jill forced herself to look at Eddie, their eyes locked I felt weird being in the middle of this crossfire all I wanted was some sleep. They both looked awkward so I knew I had to fix this situation.

"How about I take the couch and you guys take the mattress." They both started to protest but I cut them off. "Look I really don't care were I sleep as long as I get some rest I'm really tired so please just take the mattress." They both nodded and I got up and spread the blanket neatly on the couch. Jill turned the lights off and. I felt my eyelids became heavy. But I couldn't sleep at least not on the couch it was nice but I needed more space. I tossed and turned quietly but it wasn't helping. I didn't want to wake Jill or Eddie and ask for a swap. I knew they would both be willing but they looked so at peace asleep. Their was only one option I grabbed my pillow and crept down the hall way to Adrian's door. I stood outside for a moment. Is this really a good Idea? He wouldn't mind and it's just one night Sydney. I pull open his door slowly and see him sprawled out on his bed. He looks so young sleeping so innocent so at peace. I stood and stared for a while. But then I got cold I placed my pillow next to his and slowly pulled the covers not wanting to wake him. I slid my body easily into the small space. His bed was comfy it was also warm too. He radiated a lot of heat and I pressed myself closer to him. He stirred a bit but then stop I let out a small sigh of relief. I drifted of into a heavenly sleep. I couldn't believe how fast morning came. it felt like I only got five minutes of sleep. I felt Adrian's arms around my waist my back was to him so I didn't know if he was awake or not. I turn around slowly and see Adrian smiling at me.

"Good morning Sage I see you changed your mind about my offer." I blushed.

"Did not I just couldn't sleep on the couch." He was shaking his head and chuckling at me.

"Whatever you say."

"I do." I untangled myself from Adrian and pull aside the covers.

"Oh come on Sage I was just joking around you can still sleep if you want to." I can't get back to sleep now that I'm awake.

"No I'm not tired any more." I try and tame my hair.

"Well neither am I." He pulls aside the covers as well and I see he has no shirt on and is only wearing silk boxers. I look away. I hear him laughing again. "Don't worry I'm putting my clothes on, I wouldn't want to hurt your pure eyes."

"What? How do you know I have pure eye?" I said challenging him.

"I don't." exactly what I thought. I walked out of his room, He followed me. "Are you mad?"

"No of course not." He looked relieved. We were the only ones up so far I padded around quietly. When we reached the lounge we saw the cute site of Jill and Eddie. Jill was curled next to Eddie and he had his arms around her protectively. I stood there in awe.

"You are such a romantic." He whispered.

"Am not!." I whispered back. I saw Jill stir. "Shhh were gonna wake them up." But it was to late Jill rubbed her eyes and realised what we had at how close she was to Eddie and she immediately backed away from him. He stirred as well and was also awake now too. "What are we going to do about that?" I asked pointing at them. They weren't paying any attention to us they seemed to caught up in their own internal battle.

"Don't worry I'll talk to Liss but we have more immediate concerns like breakfast." Adrian continues to amaze me with his short attention span. We walked into the kitchen and I looked into the pantry and saw cereal. I poured myself a bowl of that while Adrian made some toast. The door opens for the kitchen and Christian walks in.

"Good morning love birds, how was your sleep?" Christian said in a cheery voice.

"Better than yours." Adrian chuckled.

"I bet it was." He said with a wink to me.

"I'm gonna take this into the lounge." I said pointing to my cereal.

"Good job you scared her off." I heard Adrian say.

"No I think you scared her off way before I came in with your face." I didn't hear Adrian's reply to that. I saw Rose coming out of her room.

"Good morning." I say to her.

"Good morning." She says right back. "Listen Sydney I'm sorry bout last night I-" I cut her off.

"No don't worry about it." I really didn't want to remember. She nodded.

"So you must be pretty upset about this afternoon huh?" What on earth was she talking about?

"This afternoon?" I asked.

"Oh you don't know never mind I...I thought Lissa had told everyone but she hasn't so just forget I brought up."

"Told everyone what?" I asked more confused then ever. She looked nervous and started toying with her beautifully long dark hair.

"Well the...Law has been confirmed and... and...were going back to court this afternoon." I sprayed the cereal I had just been eating everywhere. Rose flinched in disgust.

"What?." I said. " How come I wasn't informed on this?" I back to Alchemist mode. If what she was saying was true then that means this is going to be me and Adrian's last day together, I'll probably never see Jill, Eddie and Angeline ever again.

"I...I don't know I guess Liss didn't want to upset you guys." Well it was too late for that, I felt heartbroken at the thought of Adrian leaving I had just started going out with him and now it was all coming to an end. I think I may have fallen for Adrian Ivashkov the thought was a little disturbing but I couldn't help it the last few hour with him had been wonderful and now it was all going to be gone. "Sydney are you okay?" Rose put her hand on my shoulder, which was a gesture of her comforting me.

"Does Adrian know?" I ask. My voice breaking a little.

Thanks for reading. xx and if it's not too much to ask for could you please help me with a title for my new story I also have started a chapter of that it's gonna be about Lissa and Christian and Sydney and Adrian since they were tied and it's carrying on with this story. Review me and I'll give you a sneak peak at both. ;) have a good and safe night or day depending on were you guys are live. xxx