[It isn't as if she doesn't know that, but she also knows that right now, she can't handle it. It's too much and she doesn't want it. She's sick of being the only one who isn't allowed to make mistakes, that has to suffer in silence because she's better than that.

She isn't. She's the same. She should be allowed to have this.]

I just want some time to be free. No fear, no pain, no guilt. And no judgement.

[She looks at Elena pointedly, there. She's the one who tried to stop her, who told her what she could and couldn't do. If her friend was so big on choices, she should get to make them, good and bad.]

I don't want to hear a word about my Mom. Or Stefan, for that matter. [Neither of them are here. It shouldn't be that hard.] No tricks, no trying to make me change my mind, no poking at my triggers. Give me that, and you won't even notice anything is different.

[On the outside. It didn't mean she wasn't going to do what she wanted behind the scenes, but she'd be careful. Snatch/Eat/Erase. No big deal.]

Try anything else, and I'll take you down with me.