It's Time To Wake Up, Elena

Chapter 9

Elena's POV

I dropped the bags on the floor by the coffee table. Caroline was already rummaging through the bags looking for something. But I was too distracted to notice, my attention was on the love of my life. Damon. I could kiss him so badly but it just wasn't that perfect moment, you know? He locked eyes with me, my heart started beating rapidly, I forgot that feeling Damon gave me, the feeling that made me feel like...I could do anything. He stared at me with eyes so passionate, full of desire, and smiled at with, not a smirk, but a full blow smile. I looked down and giggled, then focused back on Caroline, by then she went through five bags. She tossed me a cell phone.

"Here's your phone. It's basically the same things as the phones 65 years ago." She laughed and went through more bags. I glanced at the phone, it looked like a normal cell phone 65 years ago, just maybe a little bigger. Damon walker over to me and sat down on the couch and wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer to him. I swear everything he did made me feel weak in the knees. I gave him a small smile and then Caroline threw a bunch of clothes at me. 

"Get out of my clothes." She eye balled my clothes and laughed, I totally forgot that I was still wearing it. I laughed and looked over at Damon and he released me from his grip. I grabbed the clothes and walked into Damon's room to change.

Damon's POV 

I stayed on the couch once Elena went upstairs. This is unbelievable. I can't believe Elena is here! This is everything I dreamed of, but better. I want to just grab her and wrap my arms around her and just kiss her. I wanted to kiss her the second I saw her in the drive way out the window. I just kept smiling. 

Stefan looked over to me. "Sorry I would have told you right away but you know how she is." He laughed.

"How long?" I started getting serious. "How long has she been awake?"

"I honestly don't know...we didn't really talk about it much, but when I found her she was in the storage unit so.." He replied. Oh my god. I feel horrible. I wanted to be there for Elena when she woke up because I didn't want her to be alone.. I nodded. Elena came running down the stairs and plopped down next to me and laughed.

"Done." She sounded out of breath. I laughed and wrapped my arms around her. She relaxed in my grip. I've never been happier. Holding Elena, my Elena. I want this...forever.

"Anything else?" She asked Caroline.

"Nope just a bunch of clothes and stuff." Blondie answered. "Hey, Elena. Can I ask you something?" She said nervously. "When did you wake up? Like, what happened?" I was surprised Caroline had the guts to ask such a sensitive thing.

"Uh. Stefan found me about...two days maybe three days after I woke up." She said quietly. I could tell that so many memories were popping in her head as she said that.

I felt awful when she said that. About 50 years ago, I promised myself that I was going to be the first Elena saw when she woke up. That I was going to be the one to take her home. But I broke that promise, not just to myself but to Elena.

"I don't really know for sure cause when I woke up stayed in the coffin for awhile because I thought I was still dreaming-" She trailed off.

"Dreaming?" I looked at her confused and upset.

"Yeah. I've been dreaming for the past 65 years." She had a small smile on her face.

Caroline smiled, "that sounds, peaceful."

"Well...yes and no." the smile she had on her face disappeared instantly.

"What does that mean?" Stefan sounded worried. Couldn't blame him. Elena's words freaked me out.

"I've been dreaming, but that means there was a lot of nightmares too." She looked up with watery eyes. i looked blankly at her. I barely could listen to Elena talk about all this. "I had nightmares of drowning, loosing my loved ones, and of course the worst ones...waking up to find out that you all forgot about me and well...moved on." tears fell and she looked over to me. I felt dead inside, listening to all this pain she's been in for like six decades. "S-sorry." she wiped her tears and got up from the couch. "I need some air." she walked out the front door and sat on the stairs outside the front door. I wanted to comfort her but I never know what to say. Screw it. I got up and walked towards the front door and walked out and sat down next to her.