"The point is you're not giving me a car," Elena says firmly, as she is aware he knows the reasons, and even if she did not have them, her decision should stand on its own. Friends don't give friends cars. And they are on very rocky ground and she never can know if she trusts him fully or not, but Elena cares and they've come this far.
Whenever she starts to feel that righteous and indignant fury on her own behalf at what he did, she immediately afterward pictures Jeremy's face, the way he looked when he walked in, the way he looked when she sat next to him on the floor, and it becomes all too muddled.
It always does, even if she wants it to be black and white.
It isn't in this world.
"I'm in school and so is Jeremy," Elena points out. She has her own selfish reasons for wanting to stay, but it's more than that. Danger would follow them wherever they go, because it's something about her. It followed her into a different world. It doesn't matter where she goes. "We'll deal with that if and when the time comes."
Elena is leaving the options open. Things are very different here than they were in Mystic Falls. There were so many people she cared about, so many people that would be hurt or killed because of her. In this instance, it's more or less Jeremy and Damon.
She will be looking at every option as long as he's safe.
Elena glances at him knowingly at that spark of curiosity, as she'd been thinking of the exact same thing. They know how helpful it can be to have a powerful witch on their side.
"They would do it gladly if it meant they stopped being their servants. We could use a powerful witch on our side. The records of how they're treated, it's inhuman," Elena says, as she is tentatively saying 'we', as well. He was the one who first alerted her of this. It's been them from the start. "They gain their immortality. Only the most powerful of witches could successfully bind to either of them."
Elena opens up another page where it says what she mostly paraphrased, to prove she's not making it up. "Breaking the curse is the opposite of what they would want. The woman who gave the lecture on the trials of the 1400s, she made it sound like there are no witches in existence. But we know that's not true--or they wouldn't be able to break the curse in the first place."
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Whenever she starts to feel that righteous and indignant fury on her own behalf at what he did, she immediately afterward pictures Jeremy's face, the way he looked when he walked in, the way he looked when she sat next to him on the floor, and it becomes all too muddled.
It always does, even if she wants it to be black and white.
It isn't in this world.
"I'm in school and so is Jeremy," Elena points out. She has her own selfish reasons for wanting to stay, but it's more than that. Danger would follow them wherever they go, because it's something about her. It followed her into a different world. It doesn't matter where she goes. "We'll deal with that if and when the time comes."
Elena is leaving the options open. Things are very different here than they were in Mystic Falls. There were so many people she cared about, so many people that would be hurt or killed because of her. In this instance, it's more or less Jeremy and Damon.
She will be looking at every option as long as he's safe.
Elena glances at him knowingly at that spark of curiosity, as she'd been thinking of the exact same thing. They know how helpful it can be to have a powerful witch on their side.
"They would do it gladly if it meant they stopped being their servants. We could use a powerful witch on our side. The records of how they're treated, it's inhuman," Elena says, as she is tentatively saying 'we', as well. He was the one who first alerted her of this. It's been them from the start. "They gain their immortality. Only the most powerful of witches could successfully bind to either of them."
Elena opens up another page where it says what she mostly paraphrased, to prove she's not making it up. "Breaking the curse is the opposite of what they would want. The woman who gave the lecture on the trials of the 1400s, she made it sound like there are no witches in existence. But we know that's not true--or they wouldn't be able to break the curse in the first place."
Their blood is needed.