Tears slide down my pale white cheeks, I grab Damon and wrap my arms around him. I kiss his cheeks leaving streaks of salty warm tears on his face. "I was so scared, Damon." he holds me close for a long time, not letting go. Probably in fear of losing me yet again.
I choke up, "If Alaric hadn't been there I don't know wha-"
Damon pulls away from me a little and looks into my eyes. "Alaric? What do you mean Alaric, Elena? Alaric is dead... he has been for a long time now."
Stefan walks into the room. I keep my attention on Damon who looks as confused as ever.
"Well.... something was holding onto me.. remember? And I must have lost consciousness and when I woke up Alaric was there sitting over me, waiting for me to wake up... so I immediately started freaking out thinking I was dead...."
"But you weren't, so how did you see him?" He inquries, in a rhetorical kind of way. Knowing that there isn't an answer to such questions right now, just another thing to figure out on the long list of questions to be answered.
I nod my head. Looking down at the ground.
Stefan walks over to us, "What did you two talk about?" Damon hesitates to ask.
I look over at Stefan and then to Damon, realizing we didn't talk about him and I..... or much other than what's been going on here in New Orleans.
I clear my throat, "We talked about all the fade ins and outs I've been having. We talked about the monster I awoke too in the house where Klaus and I stayed." I shiver at the thought of it. "We talked about how it was the same thing grabbing onto me when I slipped into... whatever that was. A dream?"
Stefan interupts, "Monster?" you haven't told us this.
"Because I haven't been able to remember until now, until I woke up after seeing Alaric. He asked me all these questions, and I somehow knew the answers to them."
Damon asks me calmly: "What monster, Elena?"
"....It had these yellow eyes, its face was so evil.... not human. It had these sharp teeth, but not vampire teeth.. they were all pointed.. sharp as knives. It's breath stabbed through me, making me feel all these disgusting things. Made me feel nothing but hate for myself. Made me see the worst in my mind. It's nails were long and dark...... I just don't know what it is. All I know is, is that I remember when Alaric was asking me, Klaus came into my mind.... as if he knows what it is. He appeared at the door right after I awoke to it..."
Damon and Stefan both look confused. They clearly have never seen or encountered him in all their years of existance.
They say in unison: "We need to find Klaus............."
Caroline walks into the room, tears still falling from her eyes. She is so choked up she can hardly catch a breath. "Bonnie still hasn't woken up......." her tears turn to sobs. I get up and walk over to her, and pull her in for a hug. Something that has seemed to be forgotten since everything has happened. Something so simple as a hug.... She falls into my arms embracing me back, as if it's something she has really needed... her sobs become louder..
"Shhhh... it's going to be okay." I say, trying to remain strong.
She pulls back, trying to contain herself... she mutters, "I'm going to go back in there with her... I want to be there when she wakes up." She turns to walk away from me, her whole body is shaking. Stefan follows her.
I turn to Damon who is surprisingly right behind me, "Damon, I-"
He grabs both sides of my face and pulls me in, our lips meeting. He doesn't break away for a very long moment. "I was terrified of losing you, Elena. Without you, there would be nothing to me accept a cold hard shell who does things he regrets because the only thing he cares about is being good. Good for you. Because your opinion of me is the most important thing, and no matter how hard it is for me to control myself. All I have to do is think of you, and it makes it a little bit easier. You are the good in my life."
I grab his hands, look into his eyes, "No matter what happens, just remember; we will always find our way back to each other."
