Run

Elena watched as the green digital numbers on her alarm clock changed, she could not sleep. Rebekah had scared sleep away with her haunting words. Elena did not even know if she was capable of feeling for Klaus. She wanted to remember how it felt to know the real him, it was that ache in her heart that squeezed when she was about to close her eyes. She imagined a calmer guy, a laughing guy that knew all those things about the world. Someone she could listen to for hours upon hours without falling asleep. That was her dream guy, not only the guy that girls wanted to date so much- but a lover. A man when he had to be, a protector. And if he left to protect her, she should be able to see why. But she could not. And she did not know what happened for him to leave, she wanted to know so badly. She wanted a chance.

She pushed herself up on her elbows, sighing because she knew sleep would not come. She thought of Caroline's dad who could avoid compulsion without vervain, could she reverse it. Tyler could reverse his sire. How do you reverse compulsion? Elena sat up, turning on her lamp. Maybe if I think really hard... She closed her eyes, concentrating.

It was as if the world was moving around her, she was barely breathing. Her eyes were closed tight, and she started to shake. Her muscles were tightning, locking together. She kept thinking of the little detail, she kept trying to think of that picture. Her and Klaus, her and Rebekah. Her and Klaus...

"Girls" Klaus called from downstairs "We have reservations!"

Elena started feeling light-headed but she wanted more, she needed more from her missing life. Elena's nose was bleeding by the time she started seeing black spots that sooned turned to white ones.

She was seeing him, she was feeling his arms carrying her. And she felt like it was a dream, as if she was making up all the things that she was seeing but she was not. She passed out right before she felt his lips against hers.

Elena:

The distant calls had stopped completely, the begging had silenced. Once, she was there almost waking up her eyes coming open to see her brothers face and then everything went black again. She was being pulled back to the dark place she was in before Jeremy found her. She had seen plenty of movies, some more than once, that potrayed the out of body experience but it was nothing like this. She felt dead.

Am I dead?

Before, when she thought about dying she always imagined, but never could fully grasp the fact that all thoughts ended. Everything just shut off. But she could hear herself, she could feel herself breathing.

"You are not dead, Elena" She heard Esther's voice through emptiness "Of course, your body is not responding in the real world right now...but you will return... when I am ready"

Elena could not see, and that bothered her. It was a lot of dark space and just her heavy breathing and her thoughts. "Then what am I?"

"Right now, you are merely a visitor" Esther chuckled to herself "Excuse the mess, I do not have many of them" She did not find the words comforting at all. Esther did not seem like one to joke, but here she was cracking them as she tortured Elena with suspense. "You have to save my son"

"Klaus?" Elena would save him, but she felt the words get stuck in her throat.

"Kol" She said. And then Elena was getting shaken, and yelled at. She gasped loudly, pulling herself up from her bed. Jeremy looked at her, eyes wide. His face soaked with tears. Elena started crying too, what did Esther mean by saving Kol? She barely knew the guy, and she was trying to come to her senses about Klaus at the moment. Maybe Elena had misheard her? But Kol and Klaus were for the most part distinctive.

"Elena" Caroline ran into the room, going to give her a hug. But all Elena could see was red, and Caroline just watching her get tortured.

"Stay away from me" Elena, lightheaded but firm told Caroline. She stood up from her bed "Not this time Caroline, it insults me that you thought for a second you could get away with it. She's. My. Friend. And if you were my friend, and if you really care you will leave."

"But Elena, I'm sorry-"

"You. Will. Leave" Elena emphasised each word, pointing to the door. How could she look at Caroline the same, how could she look at Stefan or even Damon the same way? Damon did not do much, but she felt as if he did not do enough. If he really cared as much as he said he did, he would have never turned his back on her. "Jer" Elena tried to form the words so they would not hurt as much "I need my phone"

"Why?" Jeremy looked confused as ever, "You pass out- you weren't breathing, Elena and now you want your phone. This is sketchy"

"You wouldn't understand Jer" Elena said, "Now are you going to hand me my phone or not?"

"I wouldn't understand? I don't even know who you are anymore!" Jeremy threw her phone, "When you want to stop lying to me- feel free to talk to me" He walked out of her room, leaving it empty.

She looked at the numbers on her phone, she started calling. It rung endlessly, over and over. "Not this time" She pressed the call button numerous times. If she had a song to describe her instant inspiration, it would be 'Fighter' by the Gym Class Heroes. Because she was fighting for him, she was going to do all she could to find Klaus. Even a vampire could not run forever.

This was not going to be one of those New Moon Stories.

It was going to be her happy ending- even if it meant sacrificing everything.

She would not call it giving up, she was simply taking a break. She needed food and water, and calling 57 times obviously hadn't worked. She went down her stairs in a run, holding onto her phone. He will call back, he will call back

Elena felt like she was on a high, like she was floating down the stairs. As if he would be waiting for her to call one last time, as if he was listening to her voicemails smiling to himself.

"Come home" Would be his favorite words in each voicemail, or maybe he would be mad that he left. Maybe he would break something, or kill someone because he hated his choice. Would Rebekah comfort him? Or would they cry together because they both knew that they couldn't go back.

Elena liked to believe it was the first option. The one that gave her that fairy tale ending, and she would stroll off with her hybrid. Then the credits would roll, beautiful. Fin. Yet, she knew by now most happy endings never lasted forever. But she did not want to dwell.

She wanted to hope.

She heard them talking about her, Jeremy and Bonnie. She should have figured that they were not alone, that everyone would be in her living room. "Elena" Alaric stood up, "We need to talk"

In his hands, he held a stake.

A white oak stake.

"No" It barely escaped her lips.

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