The dream is back.
I don't mind it this time though, I welcome it. Just like the night before I walk out onto the grass and sit down with my knees up to my chest. I watch the crow soaring around.
Instead of flying down onto my knee like last night, he flies off into the woods. I sit here lost for a moment.
I hear something in the woods. I look over to my right. I can see a shadow beginning to emerge. My heart starts racing. The figure steps out of the woods and is just a few feet from where I am.
"Damon." I whisper so lightly.
His face is illuminated by the moonlight. He smiles at me. His skin looks so much paler but softer at the same time. Damon smiles at me. Not a smirk, not a grin, but a smile. I can't help but smile back up at him, he looks beautiful.
Damon sits down on the ground next to me. He looks up to the sky as I keep looking at his features. I never really looked at him like this before. He doesn't look anything like Stefan. He's taller, his hair is darker, his facial features are so much more defined. Then there are his icy blue eyes that are so piercing. I get the urge to reach out and touch his face, just like I had when he was a crow. I hold back though.
Damon lays down in the grass still looking up at the sky. The remnants of the smile are still lingering on his face.
I have completely forgotten about the sky and the hundreds of stars lighting it up. I can only look at Damon. I can see him so clearly in this light. I take in a breath and I swear that I can smell his cologne.
"You should really be looking at the stars Elena, they never look like this in Mystic Falls." Damon says to me and he's right. Not like this, there are never this many and they are never nearly as bright as these ones.
I lay down in the grass next to him. I feel the cool blades against my skin. I can also feel Damon just an inch away from me. His hands are laid out across his chest. I put my arms on each side of me and let them hit the grass.
"We do have something Elena. I'm sorry that I didn't say anything to you today." Damon says, his voice is entrancing to me. Its like I can hear a sparkle in it.
"I think that I am really starting to care about you Damon." At first I don't know why I say it but then I figure its because its my dream. Its easier to tell my imagination about this.
"You're the only person, in over a hundred years, that has showed any amount of concern or genuine interest in me." As he says the words I know that they're true. Maybe its just the words that I want to hear.
"Promise me that you'll stay this way." I say to him.
"I'll try." He responds, his voice even.
"I'll keep pushing." I mean every part of it.
We lay there in the grass. I hear him move his arm down onto the grass, just how mine are. I can feel his hand barely an inch away from mine. My body is screaming at me to reach out, to close that small space between us and to touch his hand. To twine his fingers with mine. I breathe in, holding back the urge.
The horizon begins to break with new light. I've been lying here with him for a while, I didn't even notice the time. Bursts of yellow and pink begin to line the sky why some of the stars still hover.
We continue to lay there and watch the day break completely wash away the traces of night. The sun is hiding behind the trees. The rays of light breaking through, making streams shine down on the area me and Damon are on. I can feel the new warmth of the sun. I smile at the comfort.
"You should probably wake up soon." Damon says, standing up.
"But…" I say to protest but Damon cuts me off.
"I need to go." I nod at him in understanding but I don't want this to end. With that I seem him disappear off into the woods. A moment later a crow flies out of the tree tops and off into the light.
I wake up. Sunlight streaming in through my window right onto my bed. Everything felt so real. The grass, the sunlight, the words, Damon. It was my dream.
I run my hand through my hair taking in a deep breath. There's a scent in my room. I breathe in again, the scent like embers going down my throat. I know this scent. Its never been this strong to me before.
Damon's cologne.
I know that he was in here last night, but that was hours ago. The scent definitely wouldn't have stayed this long. He was here, just recently, in my room.
I need to see him.