I couldn't sleep that night, obviously after what had just happened. I tossed and turned running through the awkward moment that was sure to mess things up between me and Alaric. We had always been close, but most of the time it involved fighting vampires and trying to keep the town safe. It was obvious that he was just lonely and I was comforting him, he was also not the right state of mind, which helped explain some aspects, but regardless he had kissed me. This was my teacher we were talking about, a man ten years older than me, but not only that he was family. We had developed a strange relationship, he was the only adult I knew, other than Damon he was the oldest person in my life, he had a parental role, even though he never did anything close to parental. Most of the time he would come home from work, lay on the couch drink a bottle of bourbon and pass out. Occasionally he would hang out with Damon but now that Caroline was in the picture that seemed to come to a standstill. Alaric was lost, he seemed to put on a strong face at school but he wasn't the same.
Ever since we lost Jenna we have all been a little lost. Considering she was the only one that was clueless about the whole vampire situation she was the one that kept us sane, and she did so without even noticing. She was our rock, and now that she was gone we had all been falling apart at the seams.
I turned to look at the clock, it was now 4 am, I had been trying to fall asleep since midnight and my brain would just not shut up. So I forced myself out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. I opened the medicine cabinet and found an old bottle of pain killers, I wasn't hurt, and I wasn't in pain but I knew that they would knock me out. I poured myself a glass of water, took a swig, and shoved two pills into my mouth, I just wanted to sleep. I ran the tap till it got cold and then placed my hands under the stream of water, cupping my hands together to form a small pool of water, I then placed my face into the pool of water spreading it over my face to try and cool off. I climbed back into bed and with one last glance of the clock it said 4:13, my eye lids felt heavy and before I knew it I was asleep.
The next thing I knew I was at school, in history class filled with students, Caroline sat to my left as normal and Bonnie to my right, they were chatting about some upcoming event and I just stared blankly at the black board. Alaric came in and placed his books on his desk; he was clearly avoiding any form of eye contact, not with me but with the whole class. He pulled the TV set out of the corner of the room and slipped in an old VHS, without saying anything he pressed play and the movie started. He went to his desk and started directly at the movie the whole class.
The bell rang as he got up to turn on the lights; I grabbed my things and quickly headed for the door, not even bothering to wait for Caroline or Bonnie. As I reached the door I heard Alaric say "Miss Gilbert, could you stay for a moment?" I turned around and looked Alaric in the eyes; I had never noticed how blue they were before.
"Sure", I said a little hesitant as I leaned against one of the desks waiting for all the students to leave.
Once all the students had left Alaric got up and closed the door, now instead of avoiding eye contact he couldn't be bothered to look away from me. I pushed myself off the floor and onto the desk and with a blink Alaric was standing right in front of me. His legs were pressed up against mine and his hands were on my hips. I forcefully grabbed his head and pressed my mouth to his. We began to kiss in a wild furry. He pulled me in closer so that are bodies were now pressed up against each other, and I could feel something hard awakening in his pants. His hand moved quickly from my hips to my breast as he started to apply a little pressure, I let out a soft moan. Then he reached under my shirt and pulled it over my head, exposing my black bra. He began to kiss his way down my chest and over my stomach. The next thing I knew we were taking off each other's pants. He came back to kiss me on the lips and as he was about to push his member in side of me I opened my eyes.
I sat up straight in my bed realizing what I had just been dreaming about. I looked down at my chest to find it soaked through with sweat. My hands found my face as a burning sensation rose in my chest I quickly got out of bed and ran to the bathroom, as my chocolate toast from the night before found its way to the toilet.