Fear

Chapter 2

Elena woke with a start feeling as if she were still in a dream. As she looked at Damon's sleeping form she wondered how much of that dream had really been real for her. She had heard of weird cases when two separate individuals could have the same dream, but she didn't think anything by it until now...

A shiver coursed through her body as Elena threw the sheets off of her and made her way to their bathroom. She needed every bit of evidence that what she was seeing right now was her real life. She needed something that was normal. It was the only way she could convince herself that she was still real. That the world she was living in was still real.

She touched their marble counter feeling the cold there as she inched her fingers forward to their faucet turning on the water and running her hands through it. The crisp cold hit her body like a freight train as she let out a deep breath. Real. She was definitely here, but what the hell had that been last night?

Thinking, she picked up her toothbrush from the holder by the faucet and squirted toothpaste on it making sure to brush every tooth so she can contemplate if what she had saw had just been a plain coincidence. Spitting she looked at her reflection in the mirror and grimaced. She was still dirty from last night and couldn't believe she had fallen in bed as dirty as she was. She had to remind herself that when she got out of work today that washing the sheets would probably be a good idea.

Stripping her clothes off, Elena threw them into the dirty clothes hamper and turned on the hot water in the shower letting herself fall into the soothing sensation. Dream. Just a weird dream. There was no possible way her and her husband had shared the same one. She was just being delusional. Shutting off the water, she wrapped herself in a towel and made her way back to Damon who was now upright in the bed with the corners of his hair sticking up. She had to admit that he looked sexy like this.

"Good morning." she said dropping her towel and exposing her naked body to him.

"Fantastic morning if you ask me, what's got you in such a good mood?"

"I guess I'm just happy to be alive, it's not everyday someone survives getting struck by lightening."

"Very true. How are you feeling?"

"Honestly, I've never felt more..."

"Alive."

"Yeah. It's like every nerve of my body is on fire, but in a good way."

"Well let's hope that continues." He said tilting his head sideways. God was he sexy.

"Damon -" she started licking her lips.

"What?"

Elena wasn't sure exactly what had come over her at that exact moment as she had crossed the room and made her way to Damon, but she did know for a fact that all she wanted right now was him. One moment she was across the room from him and than the next she was right beside him gripping him by the shirt and pressing him to her kissing him with as much passion as she could.

After a moment of hesitation on Damon's part, he gave in and kissed her back lifting her onto the bed and pressing her body into the mattress. Elena gasped at the feeling of it causing Damon to halt in his love making.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Ugh maybe because of what happened last night, I can imagine getting struck by lightening hurt more than just a little bit."

"Yeah you're right. I don't know what came over me. I'll go to the doctor tomorrow and see if it's safe enough for me to perform well other things that aren't working."

"Are you sure you should go today?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"I'm pretty sure Klaus wouldn't kill you if you called in sick the day after you get struck by lightening."

"The EMT said I would be fine, I don't know why you're getting so upset about this."

"Because I care Elena, but if you really want to go to work I can't stop you but I do have one condition though."

"And what is that?"

"I want to take you to and from work, just in case something does happen and you need me to take you home anyway."

"It sounds fair."

"I mean it Elena, if you don't feel one hundred percent don't hesitate to call."

"I won't. Let me get dressed and than we can go."

Damon nodded as Elena went into their walk in closet to get her work clothes for the day. She went with an outfit that would cover her bruises and minor burns and went out where Damon was sitting at the bed giving her a once over. She loved the fact that he cared, but sometimes she wished he wouldn't baby her.

"Ready to go?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

Damon nodded and walked out with Elena making her wonder what else the day would hold for her.