video; private and filtered to the ot3
[ she knows that caroline tattled for a reason. she knows it was to defend herself, and because caroline feels like she has to. (because she has felt shallow all her life; elena's witnessed it, nearly every moment caroline has strived to be more and better.
elena doesn't think she's shallow. it's too mean a description. caroline can be flippant and easily hurt. she doesn't think those are necessarily bad things, even if caroline has irritated and confounded her sometimes with her behavior.) ] Caroline, I never said that I liked her, or I trusted her. [ elena's not blind; she knows caroline isn't either.
it's time to be honest about how she feels. caroline was with her, about stefan ] Maybe I - I do feel like we have things in common. And maybe she can be trustworthy... But it's better to bring her into the fold than to keep her out. Especially because of Klaus.