Secrets (Sequel to Vampire? TVD FanFic)

Part Forty-Two

I woke up surrounded by darkness. Frowning I went to sit up but my head hit something hard, preventing me from going forward any further. I let my back fall back against the surface below me and lifted my hand above my face. I pressed it against the cool surface a few inches above my body. Running my hand along the surface to the left I found that whatever was above me reached a corner, where it joined to another piece of wood. Slowly it dawned on me where I was. My other hand shot out to my right side and I felt another piece of wood. Above my head another and below my feet another.

My breathing picked up as I pushed hard on all sides, trying to find a way out. How was I back in here? Why was I back in here? Klaus knew how much it affected me last time, what had I done to deserve being locked in a coffin alive - or as alive as a vampire can be? Was it because I said he didn't deserve a child? Or that he didn't think I had protected Hayley well enough? Or was he doing it to get back at Elijah?

None of that mattered now. I was stuck in here again. And I was already going crazy. I wouldn't make it this time without breaking. I felt the tears slipping down my face as I thought of Stefan, Damon and Elijah. I would never get to say goodbye to them. They wouldn't want me to give up, but I couldn't go through this again. I felt my chest tighten as I couldn't get enough air into my lungs. I was shaking but I knew what I needed to do.

I lifted my hand to my chest and screamed out into the emptiness as I pushed my hand into my chest. "I'm sorry," I cried, taking hold of my heart in my hand and letting the fast paced beat calm me for a second before I -

"Becs!" My eyes shot open in a panic as I heard Elijah's shout. My head whipped around me wildly, looking for any sign of a coffin but I was in Elijah's bedroom. There wasn't a coffin in sight. Had I dreamt it? But it felt so real, and I hadn't had one of those nightmares for weeks now.

Elijah had tears in his eyes as he looked down at me. He was straddling me, so I couldn't move, his hands were on ether side of my head, pinning my own arms down; one of my hands covered in my blood. I looked at my chest and saw a healed wound.

"No, no, no," I shook my head, crying. I had come too far to go back now. I couldn't go through having this nightmare again.

Elijah relaxed his arms and pulled me into a hug. "Hey, it's okay, it's all going to be fine. I'm here," Elijah whispered as he held me tightly.

"I thought I had it under control," I sighed, running a hand through my hair once I had calmed down. "I haven't had that nightmare for weeks... Until now."

"Perhaps it was triggered by yesterday's events?" Elijah suggested, not letting go of me as we sat together on his bed.

"I just want them to stop," I hid my face in Elijah's chest, wanting to block out the world around me.

"I know, so do I. You scared me so much... If I hadn't have woken up when I did..." Elijah's voice sounded strained as he thought about the possibility of me dying so easily.

"But you did wake up, and we're both okay," I said, trying to be strong for him more than myself. I pulled my face away from his chest and held his face gently in my hands. "And if it ever happens again, I know you'll be there to stop me... again. Let's not worry about it now, we can worry about it tonight. How about we go and do something today? You and me? To take our minds off of everything?"

"I like the sound of that," Elijah smiled back at me and pressed his lips against mine, "But first."

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Later on - but apparently before Elijah and I would spend some time together doing anything considered "normal" in the human world - Elijah went to check on Hayley in the bayou, who was still sorting through the huts personal effects. Meanwhile, I found Klaus downstairs in the lounge, feeding on a human.