Kate kept her eyes squeezed shut, not wanting to see the look on Claire's face since she had practically just assaulted her face with her own. The blackness of the back of her eyelids was the last thing she saw before falling back into slumber. Her body was relaxed while her mind caught up to the switch in realities. 

Slowly, she stirred. Peeking her eyes open, she came to. Met with the same scene that she had originally fallen asleep to, she was pleasantly surprised. It made her question if the nightmare she had just experienced was some crazy lucid dreaming or an unfortunately real event that took over her subconsciousness. 

It took her a minute to realize Claire was still sleeping on top of her, her head on her shoulder. Kate's arm was still wrapped around Claire too, but luckily this time it was resting comfortably on her side. She breathed a sigh of relief and figured that the whole experience had just been some terrible dream brought on by the gruesome scenes she had witnessed over the past two days. 

Unfortunately, that meant that the warm fuzzy feeling that she felt with Claire in her arms wouldn't be a shared experience, but something she was doomed to keep to herself. Gently, she rested her chin on Claire's head again and closed her eyes, enjoying the moment before the others woke. 

Eli groaned and rolled over, his eyes cracking open and squinting while his vision turned from fuzzy to clear. Blinking, he looked over at Kate and Claire, who appeared to be sleeping. He sat up and rubbed his face, a hand passing over his neck at the memory of his nightmare. The water he had fetched earlier was still sitting to the side, and he took a drink. 

Kate noticed Eli was awake, and she thought she could see Claire's eyes moving beneath her eyelids. Still, she whispered when she spoke. 

"Did you enjoy your nap, Eli?" She asked, knowing that hers was not as well as she could have hoped. 

He looked over and greeted her with a smile, but it didn't last long and he shook his head. 

"No, I had an awful nightmare."

Kate's eyes narrowed at him and she took on a questioning tone. 

"As did I, you and Claire were both in it."

With that news, Eli's face went flush and he shook his head in disbelief. 

"You two were in mine as well... It wasn't, I mean, did you-" His eyebrows raised and he motioned towards Claire, who was still lying on top of Kate. 

Kate's eyes grew wide and her face grew hot at the realization of what Elijah was insinuating. So it was all real, afterall. Hesitantly, she nodded at him and her face showed the concern she felt. 

"What sort of craziness is going on here?" She questioned.