Chapter 8

"No! NO! TARA! NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!! TARAAAA! TAKE ME! LEAVE HER—"

"Anastasia! Wake UP!!!" I hear a male voice all but scream as he shake me gently and I dart awake, panting and screaming into a familiar scent.

Tara.

Tara.

The fire.

So much fire.

So much blood.

Shots.

Bullets.

Bombs everywhere.

"Hey, it's okay. It was just a dream" He says soothing my hair down and I notice that I'm on his lap but I don't do anything but snuggle deeper into his arms and he holds me tightly.

"Hey," He says looking into my eyes, "Are you okay?"

"Uh... Y-y-yeah." I manage to stammer out until I see his eyes widen.

"Hold on. You're bleeding." He says and before I can protest he's whisked me up bridal style and he brings me into the bathroom and sets me on the counter.

"I-It's fine Stefan. R-r-really"

He ignores me and holds my arm under the faucet before opening a drawer and pulling out some bandages and bandaging up my scrapes.

He whisks me back into the room and sets me on the bed.

Any last bit of resistance I had against this boy melted.

"Anastasia," he says softly before brushing under my eye with his thumb. I didn't even notice I was crying.

"I'll explain later Steff."

"It's okay, Anna. You don't owe me an explanation. I have my own demons too."

"Anna?" I ask, confused as to where the nickname came from.

"You get to call me Steff, I get to call you Anna." he states and I smile.

"Here, it's still early in the morning, and we don't get our work schedules for two more days. You try to get some sleep."

"Stefan, I can't. Those, those, nightmares, are too vivid." I explain, shivering at the thought of the fire, and blood...

"Try and get some sleep Anna. I'll even promise to keep the nightmares away." He offers, with a small smile, and I can't help but laugh.

"Who are you and what have you done with the crazy, sarcastic, dirty minded boy I met yesterday?"

"He melted when he heard you screaming and saw you crying. But if you want he can come right back." Stefan says, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"How about we leave him where he is until my nightmares are successfully repressed by his sweet, caring twin?"

"Okay sure." He says and I lie down on the bed, almost immediately starting to feel tired again.

I feel his arm around me and I hear him whisper a statement that proves that cocky, overconfident Stefan is definitely back. But I don't mind, I just close my eyes and this time, I brave my dreams with a strong shield around me.

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A/N 

Hey guys!

What's this? Another Chapter? 

Why yes, yes it is. I legit can't stop writing at the moment and I have up to chapter ten ready, but chapters nine and ten are still going through editing and boring stuff like that. 

I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter!!!!

I'm sure you all know the two little things that I want you to do...

1. Please comment because I absolutely love hearing what you all have to say and it definitely pushes me to write more when I see that people are actually reading my work!

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By the way, I feel like we need to address a very serious issue.

1. STEFANASTASIA?
2. STEFSTASIA?
3. STEFASTASIA?
4. Whatever other ship names you can come up with?

Please leave your comment down below with which ship name you like the best and I'll let you guys know which one I choose when I decide!!

I guess that's it!

thanks for reading
~Dinithi