The Vampire of Beacon-Hills [ENGLISH VERSION]

S3b : Chapter Thirty-two

ELENA'S POV :

I'm in Stiles' room, who is fast asleep. My eyes are also closed, but that doesn't mean I'm asleep. I think about the events that have happened in the last few days. About my friends' parents, who we managed to find just in time. About Deucalion, who is gone for good after regaining his sight thanks to Mrs. Blake. About Derek, who is no longer an Alpha after helping Cora heal and who also left Beacon Hills with his sister. About Mr. Stilinski, who is now aware of the whole supernatural part of our world. About Scott, who has become a true Alpha, thanks to his determination to save us all. About Darach, who we stopped.

All this happened almost a month ago and now we can go back to our lives as normal teenagers. Or almost.

"No. Don't. Don't let them in," moans Stiles. "No. Don't do that."

I open my eyes, realizing that these words are not the product of my imagination but that they are very real. "Stiles ?"

"Don't let them in. No. Don't let them. No. No."

"Stiles, hey, wake up," I whisper. I shake him slightly as he starts to move around on his own.

He finally opens his eyes, sweaty and completely panicked. "Elena ?"

"It was just a nightmare," I reassure him. "I'm here, okay ? It's going to be okay."

He still stares at me and places his hands on my cheeks as if to make sure I'm real.

"Are you okay ?"

"Uh... yeah. Yeah, I'm okay."

He lies back down and takes me in his arms, squeezing me like you would a stuffed animal to protect yourself from bad dreams. I also take him in my arms to reassure him and help him fall back to sleep. This isn't the first nightmare he's had this week. I know he probably doesn't want to worry me but his father told me he woke up in the middle of the night screaming at the top of his lungs. I think it started after the sacrifice they made to find their parents. Dying leaves a mark.

•••

Stiles didn't hesitate to get up this morning, which is... rather surprising when you know him. I put on my leather jacket but notice in the mirror that Stiles is focused on his chemistry textbook. As if hypnotized.

"Stiles ?"

He raises his head and looks at me, probably waiting for me to say something.

"Are you okay ?"

"Yeah, I..." He redirects his vision back to the book before continuing. "It's okay," he whispers, frowning despite everything. He puts it away and closes his bag before putting it on his back. "Shall we go ?"

I zip up my boots and we head towards his jeep.

Once we get to school, I kiss Stiles and go find Lydia.