[ the barrage of questions is necessarily a surprise. neither is bonnie's attitude towards it; caroline's had been quite similar. elena takes in a breath as bonnie reacts, exhales and explains: ] We are together. We were. [ before stefan and ric showed up, and now. she stops, faces bonnie for this. ] We've been. [ she pauses, because it's a lot, for bonnie and for her. ] He kissed me. Back home. Before we showed up here. And it just... became more.