Elena Gilbert (_doppelganger_) wrote in spinningcompass, @ 2012-10-19 14:24:00 |
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Who: Elena and Stefan
What: Awkwardness ensues
When: Sometime after her break-up with Damon
Where: Out and about
Status: In progress
Rating: TBD
Elena had been avoiding her apartment. To be more accurate, she'd been avoiding entering and exiting the building unnecessarily. She didn't know where Damon had decided to move to, and with Stefan right there, the possibility of running into one or the other was far too high for her comfort level.
Since the break-up with Damon, her self-esteem and opinion of herself had taken something of a hit. For the first time, Elena was seeing more similarities between her and Katherine than just their looks. And she didn't like it one bit. It seemed that for all of her good intentions, she'd ended up hurting both of the Salvatore brothers. And she certainly didn't have any illusions regarding Stefan.
Her feelings for him may have caused the distance and awkwardness between her and Damon. Her feelings may have hastened the crumbling of their relationship. But she'd hurt Stefan even before that by being with Damon when he arrived in this strange world. And even Caroline could find very little good to say in defense of her actions.
No, she was alone, and just had to live with it. Preoccupied with her thoughts, Elena wasn't paying attention as she rounded a corner, colliding with a solid chest.
"I'm sorry," she began. "I wasn't..." Her brain finally made the connection. Finally realized who, exactly, she'd run into. Eyes were conflicted, her heart sinking even as it made that familiar flip-flop at seeing Stefan in front of her. A shake of her head, trying to rid herself of those thoughts.
"I wasn't paying attention," she completed. "I should be more careful."