Elena was lying on her bed, her eyes red from the tears she had cried, when Stefan walked in.
“Okay, that wasn’t exactly the image I had in mind” he said. He walked to the bed and sank down. “You want to talk about?”
Elena shrugged and dried her eyes. “You can tell your brother he can shove his ego as far up his ezel as possible” she zei with a heavy voice.
Stefan naturally knew what she was talking about. After all he’d been there when Damon was dodging Elena’s calls.
“Try it again” he zei kind.
“I can’t” Elena said. “My phone’s gone. Well, I can’t find it anyways”
“You know” Stefan began careful. “He’s afraid. He’s afraid of what u have to say to him. He thinks you’re going to say u only felt sorry for him and that you’re going to insist on staying friends, but nothing more”
Elena sat up quickly. “Whàt? Why would he think that? Have u tried to talk him out of it?” she zei desperate.
“Yes, and so has Caroline, but he refuses to believe any of us” Stefan said. “He will only accept it from one person” he zei looking sharply at Elena.
“How am I supposed to tell him when he won’t even talk to me?” Elena exclaimed desperate.
“Go to him, talk to him in person” Stefan said. “There’s no one else but him…I’m moving out”
Elena frowned, then shook her head confused.
“Wait, what? Moving out? What are u talking about?”
“I’m renting Ric’s loft” Stefan explained. He got off the bed and walked to Elena’s closet. He threw her clothes on the bed.
“What are u doing?” Elena asked, getting up as well.
“Where are your bags?” Stefan asked. He looked at the bottom of the closet and found them. “Never mind”
He threw the bags on the bed and threw her clothes in it.
“What are u doing?” Elena repeated, looking at the bags, with big eyes.
“Sure u don’t want Damon to live in that big house all door himself, now do you? Or, God forbid it, with Katherine” Stefan teased.
Elena’s eyes bulged and she grabbed the rest of her stuff and threw them in her bags.
They heard a car honk.
“I told Caroline to come pick u up” Stefan explained Elena’s unasked question.
“You must have been pretty sure I would give in” Elena zei with a faint smile.
“Well, you’ve been pretty transparent lately when it comes to Damon” Stefan zei smiling back. “So, are u ready?”
Elena took a deep breath. “Yes” she zei and she followed Stefan downstairs, while he carried her bags.