[ He's surprised by her reaction, having expected something else entirely. Probably something along the lines of -- shaking her head and telling him to get over himself because what does he expect?
Damon studies the look on her face and lowers his own mask.
Here's the thing. He's afraid of losing her (naturally, he's doing a good job of acting like a complete ass about it, but what else is new?). ]
I don't know, Elena. [ The ball's been her in court for over a day now. ] Do you? [ One simple yes won't get her a free pass to 'this never happened-land', but he'd like an idea of what the past few days meant. They would have probably had all the time in the world to work it out if barbie hadn't shown up, but right now the clock is ticking. ]