Elena thought about his words. He had done all that to protect her, but if she still felt the way then that she did now, she just wanted to be with him. She wouldn't have cared about any of the rest of that. Was that stupid? Maybe. Dangerous? Definitely. But she loved Stefan and she believed she would always fight for it. She believed she would always fight for Stefan. But what he was telling her was that ultimately, that didn't happen.Ultimately, she ended up with Damon instead of her. But why? She still didn't understand that.
She listened as he confirmed her earlier thoughts, that she had fought for him. Both she and Damon had. That sounded more like it. She didn't want to be the girl who stayed home worrying about her boyfriend and not knowing when he was going to come back. She would have acted and she was glad she did. "You want to be here?" she asked as he said it. She didn't understand that, but she had only just arrived and so much had gone on. It was confusing. "Is it better here one you get past... well, everything?"