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[ "Oh." It's exactly that. Her sandwich is forgotten, placed back on her plate. She knows, and he knows, and Stefan - well, he did all this to save his brother (he's still the man she loves, she felt it, thinks it, knows it) and he's not even here. Stefan's not here.
Elena's eyes fall to the ground. ] You kissed me. [ The words are even, matter of fact, as if it's just another problem to discuss. She thinks she should feel panic, but it's with sudden clarity she realizes how useless and juvenile that would be. Sometime during this entire ordeal, she made a decision.
What that decision is, she's not sure. But she says it, looks back up at him. Her fingers curl around the edge of the counter; she pulls in air to breathe out the next: ] You told me, and then you kissed me. [ Oh wait, there's her heart beating fast, the moment she's looking at him. ]