Burn - N.M & E.M

Chapter 8

Chelsea wakes up felling highly uncomfortable. She doesn't understand why until she moves one of her legs and finds herself still wearing yesterday's clothes. Sleeping in jeans is never a good idea.

She gets up and removes her clothing before heading to her bathroom. she needs a shower.

Turning on the water she waits for it to warm up before jumping in. She put her hair in a waterproof cap before stepping. Chelsea allows the water to cascade over her body and face and sooth the pains and aches of last night away. She is already feeling a lot calmer after last night's purge of emotions.

Chelsea has always dealt with her negative emotions this way. Ignoring them until she has an unhealthy amount stored up and then cries in her room at night. She has never allowed herself to cry in front of people, not even Bonnie, it makes her feel vulnerable in a way that makes her uncomfortable.

Getting out of the shower and turning it off always leaves Chelsea feeling slightly empty afterwards. It's why she prefers baths, the warm stays with her longer.

Chelsea grabs a towel and covers herself before removing the waterproof cap and allowing her hair to be free. She looks into the mirror and sees that the whites of her eyes look slightly red, a sign of her crying. Pulling out some eyes drops; Chelsea quickly uses them. She hates the feeling of them, but they are a necessary evil.

She decides to get dressed first before doing her skincare routine, after all she wants her makeup to match with her clothes. A dress sounds good today...something summery. Chelsea pulls out a white flowy dress with yellow and orange patterns on it. Then she grabs some little ankle socks and a pair of white flats.

Putting them on, Chelsea heads back to the bathroom and goes through her face care routine before putting on some light make up. She decides to put her hair up, show off her collar bones. Then Chelsea realises that her neck is on show and immediately takes her hair down. Even with her hair down it doesn't hide her neck very much, but it makes her feel far better than she felt before.

Chelsea hears knocking at her bedroom door before a voice comes through, "Hurry up Chels or were going to be late!"

She looks at the clock on her phone...crap, she won't have time for breakfast.

"Coming!" Chelsea yells back.

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Chelsea and Bonnie are walking towards the school when they hear a voice calling out for them.

"Bonnie, Chelsea." The girls turn to fid Stefan coming towards them.

"Stefan..." Bonnie greets.

"Hey." Stefan says.

"Hi." Bonnie replies.

Chelsea doesn't say anything and instead basks in the awkward silence.

"I haven't seen you lately. How are you both doing with everything?" Stefan asks the girls.

"I'm fine. It's all fine." Bonnie states.

"Couldn't be better." Chelsea exclaims.

"Good. Yeah." Stefan says awkwardly.

"Are you back in school." Bonnie asks.

"No actually I came here to find you both. I was hoping you guys could help me with something. A spell." Stefan tells the girls.

"Stefan, look, I know Elena's okay with all of this, and I appreciate what you did to help me. But I'm not really ready to dive into it with you just yet." Bonnie admits.

"And I can't do any spells." Chelsea informs.

Stefan looks confused at Chelsea's statement but seems to push it aside when he says, "I understand that. But I need your help. It's Elena. She's with Damon. I have Elena's necklace. I was just hoping you could use this to make some sort of a connection. I just need to know that she's okay."