Adrian (A Smile Worth A Thousand Words)

I don't think anyone was as surprised as me that I kissed Sydney. The first time and maybe even the second time might have been my high from the Spirits, but this time I knew it was because I felt something for her. She was definitely the smarter one and had know about what I truly felt before I did. She probably had some help from the bond but she is still the one that told me.

Maybe Sydney was right, there was nothing to worry about. The Alchemist didn't like everything she had done and yes they wanted revenge but Abe has more control over what Sydney does than the Alchemist. The reason for that is probably because Abe seems like a very unpredictable guy, which was very true.

Sydney smiled up at me and made my heart race. How could she have such a large effect on how I felt? It just didn't make any sense. I hated how Abe had treated her, he hadn't been mad at her he'd been mad at me for drinking. But the truth was still there, I thought the one thing he wanted most was Sydney alive. I managed to do that even when I had been drinking. Sydney had forgiven me I think, so what was the big deal.

I decided to get up and go sit somewhere else in first class seeing as Abe for whatever reason bought all of the first class, but Sydney stopped me, "Don't," she said. I don't what it was but something about the way she said it just made my heart stop for a moment.

I looked at her and she continued with, "Stay, I know you want to talk." It was true I did but i still wasn't sure about. I guess I knew she was right about me falling for her, but what did this mean for us or for her.

"You look tired, you should get some sleep Sydney." I knew this wasn't true, she had been sleeping almost all day. I think she was just hoping it would pass the time and so far it had for her. It was also an excuse that I hoped would get me out of having to try to talk to her about the things I'm already sure she knows that I'm worried about. But from the look on her face I knew it wasn't going to work. She was smiling and that smile was worth way more than a thousand words, but her eyes told me that I wasn't able to get out of this one.

"Adrian, everything is going to be okay, Abe isn't going to kill you." She said. Even though I knew with every part of me that that was true it didn't change anything.

We had continued to talk for a long time after that. It wasn't really about anything highly important it was about how she had been raised and how everything she was feeling went against it all. That she wasn't sure how that made her feel.

"I understand, well I guess I don't, I was pretty privileged kid. But I do remember when all of my friends were figuring out what element they could control best, and I couldn't do anything." I didn't know why I was telling her this, maybe it was because I felt that I could trust her. Which might be why I was falling for her but I didn't know.

"Didn't Lissa go through that?" She asked me.

"Yeah, but her's lasted longer than mine, and I believe it was Rose that discovered that she was a Spirit user." The look on her face at how easy it had been for me to say Rose's name surprised her. She looked at me with shock. I didn't know what to say next so I kissed her. It wasn't anything special just a soft kiss. But that totally wasn't true it was special.

After about six more hours of talking I started to become very tired and didn't want to have her know I was. I pushed it out of my mind. But that didn't help it just make it worse.

"You tired, you need to sleep." She said.

"But..."

"No sleep I'll sleep too." She laid her head on my shoulder. She kissed my cheek.