Avery suddenly woke up.
She was woken up by Elliot.
Elliot had suddenly let out a sound that was halfway between an angry bellow and a desperate sob.
She heard it even clearer when she woke up.
"Elliot… Did you have a nightmare?" Avery sat up and raised her hand to switch on the lights in the room.
All she saw was Elliot, covered in sweat, and with a frightful expression on his face.
"Elliot!" Avery's voice grew even louder as she tried to wake him from his nightmare. "Elliot, wake up!"
Her voice pulled Elliot back to reality from the dream.
Elliot opened his eyes, tears clearly forming at their corners.
"Elliot, did you have a nightmare? What did you dream of?" Avery reached out her hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. "Do you want some water? I'll go get you water."
Elliot immediately grabbed her arm and did not let her get out of bed.
"Avery, I dreamed that I went to Hightide Chapel. It wasn't a nightmare… It was just a little bizarre." He looked at Avery's face, his breathing slightly heavy, as though he was not fully out of the dream yet. "At the start of the dream, I was climbing the mountain. I don't know who told me, but I was told that Ivy was on the mountaintop. So, I climbed the mountain with all my might… When I got to the top…"
"You saw Ivy?" Avery saw that he was slightly worked up, so she reached out to pat his back.
Elliot nodded. "Avery, I saw Ivy. At least, I think she was Ivy. Because, after I shouted for Ivy, she appeared. If you hadn't woken me up, I would have asked her if she was Ivy."
Avery could not help but laugh. "Are you blaming me for waking you up? Do you know your body was shaking, you were sweating profusely, and you even let out some strange growl? I was scared silly. I thought you were having a nightmare. It was after I called out to you a few times that you woke up."
Elliot said in surprise, "Maybe I was too excited."
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