DELENA POST 6X22: I COULD WAIT CENTURIES FOR YOU

Chapter 7: Night Terrors

"Elena! Elena! No, no, you are NOT dead!" Damon had woken up in a panic. He was shaking Elena next to him, screaming the entire time.

            "Damon! Damon, I'm fine! Damon, it's okay, baby!" Elena was in total shock when Damon began screaming for her thinking she was dead. She realized it was just a nightmare, but it was so real. He was genuinely terrified.

            Damon was still scared out of his mind, even when Elena woke up and assured him that she was alright. She put her robe on and turned on the lights to see that Damon was sweating from head to toe.

            "Oh, Damon come here," Elena sat down on the bed and pulled him against her, "You know I'm right here, Damon. I'm not going anywhere, everything's okay."

            Damon was shaking in her arms, "You were dead, you were gone Elena!" Damon was shouting at this point. He was completely out of his wits.

           

            "Damon, shh," Elena tried her best to calm him down, "It was just a bad dream. That's all it was. I'm here, I'm safe." She had her arms around him, her hand running up and down his back trying to soothe him, "Hang on, I'm gonna get a wet towel. You're sweating, baby."

            Elena was about to get out of bed but Damon refused to let go of her, "No! Don't leave me!"

            Elena looked at him strangely, "Damon, I'm just going to the bathroom, that's all, sweetheart." He still wouldn't let go.

            "Please, please don't go, Elena!" Damon was begging her, his eyes flooding with tears. Elena broke when she saw his reaction. She immediately got into bed with him and held him.

            "Shh," she rocked back and forth slowly, trying to make Damon relax, "I'm right here. Everything's okay." Internally, she could not understand what was going on. Damon never had nightmares this bad...ever. In fact, he didn't used to have nightmares at all. She kissed his forehead softly, still whispering soothing words to him. She reached for her phone and dialed Stefan's number as soon as Damon had fallen asleep again.

            "Hey Elena, everything okay?" Stefan asked on the other end. It was nearing midnight and Stefan and Caroline were still out.

           

            "Not really, Stefan. Damon's having these really terrible nightmares. He woke up screaming for me, thinking that I was dead. Even when I woke up and told him I was right there, he was still shaking and wouldn't let me leave the bed. It's really strange, Stefan. I'm worried about him."

            "It's the consequence, remember? The book said that whoever kills the subject will have nightmares of the thing they fear the most for a few days after the reversal."

            "Crap, I had forgotten about that. I don't know what to do, Stefan. It's probably going to happen again, and he gets really terrified."

            "You know what, Caroline and I will try to find a witch tonight to see if there's any way to manage it. The book suggested that. Try your best to deal with it, we're gonna be back really late, but hopefully with some answers, ok?"