AN: Hello all! So this idea has basically been in my head ever since the end of The Indigo Spell to be honest. I've been super busy with work and stuff, so I hadn't been able to actually write it for a while, but it took the pleas of my friend Sarah to finally spur me into action ;)

Basically this is going to be a three-shot. It's main purpose is purely Sydrian fluff and all around cuteness. They are my favorite pairing of ALL TIME, but I don't generally write fanfics for them because I find them both pretty hard to characterize perfectly. And since they're my favorite characters of all time, I want to do them justice. BUT, like I said this idea was in my head, and Sarah wanted it, so here it is. To those of you who are waiting on chapter 5 of Legacies, i am SO SORRY. I promise it will be coming soon! I haven't forgotten it or abandoned it ;).

Also this story is rated M. This chapter itself isn't very "M" rated, but the next two will be, I promise ;).

But anyways, enjoy this story!

Disclaimer: I am not Richelle Mead, and I don't own these perfect characters. I only own the plot of this fic.

I pulled into the apartment complex and parked my car in front of the building. Leaning back into my seat, I closed my eyes and sighed, trying to let all the tension drain out of my body. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work well. Looking out of my window and towards the apartment building, I saw the lights on in the window I was searching for and smiled in relief. Thank god he's home.

I'd just driven to Adrian's apartment from school after Mrs. Terwilliger had told me to take the rest of the evening off. Let's just say today, let alone this week, hadn't been the easiest. Opening my door, I stepped out and straightened my uniform. Locking the car, I headed into the building and up the stairs. I reached Adrian's door quickly and knocked three times. I could hear his footsteps walking towards the door and smiled a little.

The door opened. "Sage? What are you doing here?" Not even bothering to greet him, I stepped forward and pushed myself into his arms. He steadied both of us out before instinctively wrapping his arms around me. "Sydney, what's wrong?" his voice sounding concerned.

"I've just… I've had an awful day, and I just needed to see you," I mumbled into his shirt. "Sorry I didn't call, I just needed to get out of that school and you're the only person I wanted to see."

He leaned his head on my hair. "Sage, you can come over whenever you like. That's why I gave you a key," he murmured. "Come on, let's sit down." He pulled away slightly, but kept an arm wrapped around me as he walked me over to the couch. Sitting down, Adrian pulled me onto his lap and I wrapped my arms around his neck again. "You wanna tell me what's wrong?"

"Not yet," I whispered, just happy to be with him and in his arms. He nodded and just stroked my back, mumbling soothing words as I pushed my face into his neck. We stayed like that for another ten minutes before he spoke again. "You feel like talking now?"

I nodded and lift my head. Smiling at him, I quickly pecked him on the cheek and said, "Sorry about that, I've just had a… rough day." He nodded, waiting for me to continue. "I don't know, it's just been one thing after the other. The biggest thing is… well Zoe came to me today to tell me she's asked our dad to visit us next weekend."

Adrian flinched. "Your dad is coming?" he asked coolly. Adrian knew, from our many conversations, about my strained relationship with my father. I'd also let it slip once that my dad was part of the reason why I had issues with my body, which had angered Adrian even more.

"I don't know yet. Zoe said she's invited him to spend the weekend with us, to check up on our progress. I think she wants to show him that she doing a good job, that he's trained her well. And also… I think she's trying to show him that I've recommitted myself to the Alchemists. Well from what she can see," I added. Adrian's eyebrows furrowed at my mention of the Alchemists, but he kept silent. "Anyways, he said he's busy, but that he'll try and come." Adrian nodded while stroking my hair. "I'm just worried he's going to somehow figure out my tattoo is broken. It doesn't matter if I'm his daughter. If he suspects anything, he'll turn me into the Alchemists."

"I won't let that happen Sydney. You understand? That will never happen as long as I'm around," Adrian told me fiercely. I nodded my head as he put a hand on my cheek. "Is that all?"

I sighed. "That was the biggest thing. But it's been a build up of other stuff too. I've been playing keeper of the peace all week. Eddie still won't talk to Angeline unless it has to do with Jill. And I don't think he like the Neil either. I mean it's been 3 months, but I don't think he likes that Neil pays special attention to Jill, and that he seems to be enamored by her. And of course the entire time Eddie is oblivious to the fact that Jill likes him."

"He's jealous," Adrian concluded and I nodded. "But he shouldn't be making it hard on you Sage. I told him he could come talk to me if he needed."

"He's not making it hard on me. Well not intentionally. He just tries to avoid both Neil and Angeline, and in doing so I'm left to deliver messages to them. And on top of my school work, and Ms. Terwilliger's extra lessons, I'm just feeling a little overwhelmed."

Adrian thought to himself for a few minutes. "There's more, isn't there?"

I sighed. "You know me so well," I smirked slightly and paused before continuing. "I think… I think Angeline and Trey are still sneaking around together."

Adrian raised his eyebrows. "I thought he didn't want anything to do with her since he's trying to get back in with the Warriors?"

"That's what I thought too. But then last week I saw them leaving the library together, and today I saw them walking towards his car. And I don't know what to do, I mean Trey is a great guy, but I can't help that think…"

"What?"

"He was so serious about getting his dad back into the Warriors. And I hope I'm wrong, but I can't help but think that he's using Angeline to do so somehow."

Realization of what I was saying hit Adrian. "But you can't say anything of course, because Angeline's not really the type to take news like that very well." I nodded. One of the things I loved the most about Adrian was that he understood me so well. I hadn't even had to tell him what I was worried with Angeline about before he figured it out. "Is that everything? How come Jackie gave you the evening off?"

"Well it all sort of… culminated during our after school training today." He looked confused. "I might have… blown up a desk. Accidentally of course!"

Now he just looked amused. "You blew up a desk?" he asked incredulously. "Oh my god Sage, that's brilliant. Man I wish I could have been there!"

"It wasn't exactly my finest moment," I muttered as he calmed down. "I guess everything was just getting to me, and Ms. Terwilliger was trying to explain to me how to conjure a fireball without it dying quickly. I was trying to focus hard, and then suddenly the desk exploded." Adrian trying to stifle his laughter, but wasn't succeeding very well. "It isn't funny Adrian. I destroyed school property!"

He pulled me close to him and kissed my cheek. "Only you would be preoccupied with the destruction of school property part, Sage. Not how awesome it was that you blew something up," he said affectionately. I smiled slightly and settled back down onto the couch with my legs thrown over his. "So you're here for just the evening?"

I blushed. "Actually after I explained why I was so stressed, Ms. Terwilliger thought it would be best if I stayed away from everyone for a bit longer. She told my dorm matron I was staying at my brother's apartment for the weekend."

His eyes widened. "You get to stay here for the entire weekend?"

"If that's okay of course!" I added quickly, forgetting that I'd practically invited myself over without asking.

"Sage, are you kidding? It's more than ok." He pulled me to him again and buried his face in my neck. "I've missed spending time with you. You're always so busy with the investigating Alchemists and keeping your cover, and I know that's something you have to do, but God, this is a dream come true." I smiled, thankful that he saw it that way too.

"So it's okay then? She said to take the weekend off since it's Friday, so I texted the others saying that you had to go to an art exhibition in LA tomorrow for a class, and that you asked if I could drive you since your car is in the shop. Jill knows the truth of course, but I figured it was the best way to make sure none of the others ask questions."

"My smart girl, always thinking ahead," he smiled. "It's perfect, we'll finally get to spend the weekend together. Like a proper couple. And I can definitely think of a couple things to do," he smirked. My face lit up at the prospect. I hadn't even thought of it as a couples' weekend at first. To be honest, my first thought had been to just to get away from everyone else. Sure Adrian had his share of problems, but he never unloaded them onto me like the others. We would tell each other what was on our minds, but we also solved our own issues. It's part of why we worked so well.

I moved closer to him. "I can too," I whispered. Moving back onto his lap, I put my arms around his neck and kissed him. His arms instinctively wrapped around my waist, and held me tightly against him as he responded eagerly. As our lips molded together, I thought about the last few months. Everything with Adrian felt right. Whether it was talking, or kissing, or even just holding each other, I always felt comfortable and safe, almost like I was at home with him. It was a new feeling, one that I was settling into quite happily. We'd only been together for three months, but he knew me better than anyone else in my life did. As cheesy as it sounded, he completed me. And that made my decision about this weekend even easier than I thought it would be.

"Sage," he murmured against my lips, breaking me out of my thoughts. He moved from my lips to my jaw, sprinkling kisses across it and down my neck, pausing to pay special attention to my pulse point. I sighed happily, and let him continue his attention on my neck for a bit longer before pulling him back up to my lips. His tongue traced my lips, begging for entrance, and I complied eagerly. Our kisses became more feverish, almost as though we couldn't get enough of each other. I ran my fingers through his silky hair and tugged slightly, causing him to groan. I dropped a few kisses on his jaw before moving to nibble slightly on his earlobe, something I'd come to find that he enjoyed a lot. He groaned again as his hand began roaming underneath my shirt, brushing over my bra clasp a few times.

I decided to take full control, so suddenly I pushed him fully back so that I was straddling him and he was resting against the back of the couch. His eyebrows raised in amusement. "Is this more of your 'quick study' material?" he asked cheekily.

I hit him slightly on the arm but laughed. "I'm never going to live that down, am I?"

"God no," he grinned, pulling at the hem of my shirt. I lifted my arms and he tugged it off and tossed it over his shoulder. "It's probably the sexiest thing I've ever heard in my life," he said as he busied himself with my neck again.

"Hmm, well I'll have to think of something else for you to fixate on," I sighed, a little distracted by his talented lips.

He groaned against my neck. "Please do, Sage." I smiled and intertwined our fingers as I kissed him again.

Over the past few months, we hadn't had too many opportunities to spend time alone. Somehow, something always came up. Whether it was Zoe wanting to be around me all the time, Jill needing to talk to me about Eddie, or even Eddie wanting to hang out with Adrian to get away from everyone else, something always kept us apart. I could probably count the number of times Adrian and I had spent time alone on one hand.

But the times we had spent together had been… heated, to say the least. At first he'd been very adamant about taking things slowly, wanting to build our relationship properly, especially after the spirit dream that we'd had the night my tattoo was broken. And I'd been ok with that. It had felt nice that he didn't want to rush things like most guys seemed to want, according to my friends. A few times, however, we'd both lost a little control. We'd never done anything we'd regretted, but there were times that clothes had been discarded, inhibitions lost, and we'd become more intimate than we'd planned. And while we'd never gone as far as having sex, being with Adrian made up for any discomfort I might have felt in those situations. He'd made everything feel normal and perfect, and he was always the one to make sure that I was ok with what was happening. And I loved him so much for it.

But tonight was different. Tonight, I had my mind made up.

We spent the next twenty minutes making out on his couch, during which his shirt was also removed and thrown somewhere, before he pulled away. "Sage," he groaned. He broke away from my lips, but kissed my cheek tenderly. "We need to stop before this goes any further."

I bit my lip. "What if I don't want to stop," I said, smiling at him.

His eyes widened slightly. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying… I'm saying that I've never felt about anyone else the way I feel about you Adrian. I feel closer to you than I've ever felt with anyone else ever, and I wants… I want more."

He nodded, clearly surprised, then took a deep breath and closed his eyes. I kissed him on the cheek and lay against his chest as he sat thinking for a while. Suddenly, he spoke. "Sydney, you're not saying this because you think it's what I want, are you?"

I sat up quickly. "What?! No! Why would you think that?"

"I just… I want to know that you're making this decision for yourself, and not for me. God knows I've wanted this since before we started dating. And I can't turn you down Sage, but I need to know that you're not doing this for me."

I laughed and he looked at me with a confused face. I put my hands on his face and pecked him quickly on the lips. "Adrian Ivashkov. I am most definitely, one hundred percent doing this for us. I want us to take the next step because it feels right. Not because it's what I think you want, and not even because it's only what I want. Although, it's most definitely what I want too," I added at the end, making him laugh.

"My little quick study," he grinned. I smiled and closed my eyes, leaning my forehead against his. "Are you sure, Sage?" he whispered.

"Yes," I whispered back. "I am."

He took a few deep breaths before pulling away and smiling. "Okay but if we're doing this, I'm going to make this perfect. I'm going to romance your socks off Sage."

"I'm not wearing any socks." He rolled his eyes and I grinned, wrapping my arms around his neck. "What do you have in mind Mr. Ivashkov?"

"I'm thinking a home cooked dinner first. Oh and also I have something to show you, an art piece I've been working on for a while."

"Sounds perfect," I smiled.

"And then afterwards… a little dessert," he said huskily, kissing my neck lightly.

"Mmm, no chance of skipping to dessert then?"

He gasped mockingly. "And skip out on my romantic plans? What kind of guy do you think I am Sage?"

I laughed. "My kind of guy."

He grinned and kissed me quickly. "C'mon, we've got a dinner to make."

And there's chapter 1! Hopefully chapter 2 will be up soon, I've already started writing it. Although this chapter wasn't really "M" rating, the next one will be ;)

Until next time lovelies!

-Tara