[Caroline's mouth opens to say something as she looks back and forth between the two of them, but Elena is already up and moving away and she's...alone with him.
She blinks a few times, collecting the fragments of her brain which is fluttering in memories that belong in the gutter as she clears her throat and schools her face.
She's fine. She can do this. It's not a big deal. It's not like he can read her mind, right?]
Nothing is more interesting to Elena than Damon Salvatore, fighting or not. [Deflect. Deflect.] I've accepted this sad, sad fact.
[The liquid swirling in her glass is so interesting. Also tasty. Just gonna...shut herself up with another mouthful of it.]
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She blinks a few times, collecting the fragments of her brain which is fluttering in memories that belong in the gutter as she clears her throat and schools her face.
She's fine. She can do this. It's not a big deal. It's not like he can read her mind, right?]
Nothing is more interesting to Elena than Damon Salvatore, fighting or not. [Deflect. Deflect.] I've accepted this sad, sad fact.
[The liquid swirling in her glass is so interesting. Also tasty. Just gonna...shut herself up with another mouthful of it.]