well, that's a good beginning.

Reality comes back in a rush, when your spinal cord reconnects itself.

That thought - when your spinal cord reconnects itself is one that Caroline sort of hates herself for having. That this had happened enough times that she knows what it is, knows what it feels like, knows how freaking cranky it makes her - and what's worse, what is so much worse, is that the moment it happens she hears someone breathing and she knows she's not alone, even though she can't stop the involuntary inhale of breath, the gasp for air that's also pointless because she's a vampire and she's pretty sure she doesn't need to breathe anyway.

It's a reflex, and she pushes herself up on her elbows as she squints at the sudden light, coughing once as she holds her hand up in front of her eyes. Finally, she can focus on the person above her, and she's trying to figure out where she is, and who they are, and...

It's a little bit of a mess.