The way he hesitated made Elena wonder what he was thinking. Was he hiding something? Maybe the way she was hiding something?
"I was a student." Elena said. It already felt like a million years ago that she was back in Mystic Falls going to school. It felt like she'd aged a decade--a century?--since the car accident where she lost her parents. That was the day her life completely changed.
"I came from Mystic Falls, Virginia," she added, glancing over at him. She couldn't really meet his eyes because she had to keep hers on the road, but she would have if she could.