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[ it's not something she takes personally, even though it smarts a little. it comes from a place that she can understand, just as his broken and lost 'i don't know' comes from a place she can too. the tears in her eyes wet her lashes as she blinks. elena looks down.
living here without sookie... she has caroline, bonnie, stefan and damon... even tyler and anna. rebekah. she'll be fine; she knows that. but elena can feel the emptiness where sookie used to be. it aches. she can only imagine what that emptiness feels like for eric. ]
I'm here. [ it's said as a fact: she's here for him. she's here and sookie's not, and in that moment she resents it for both of them. ]