"It seemed like it would be interesting." As Elena hadn't even seen the boards to get an idea of who had won or if it was going to be a regular thing. "But yeah, between my shoulder and giving Stefan his 'space' on the off chance he decided to go, it made more sense to stay in." Which to be fair, was something she'd been doing far more often as of late. Avoiding places Stefan and Rebekah would be. Avoiding Klaus. She at least knew Rebekah's schedule so she could go pester Lee and Lexi. So there was that at least.
"Sore. But physical therapy and rest are definitely the better way to deal with it as opposed to having to go into surgery." Because Elena would avoid that particular course of action if at all possible. She didn't regret jumping into the fight and helping Anatoly. (Okay and his wife was terrifying when she wanted to be and that could have gotten ugly) She would do it again. And not just because she personally had no real attachment to surviving if it meant saving someone else. But Anatoly had been out of sorts upon return and had it been someone from Lawrence, they wouldn't have known what to do. It had been the right thing to do, even if she'd been reckless in the approach.
"It was very strange." Because really, who just falls asleep randomly? "But you're probably right about that."
It was a better theory than her body wanting to force her to confront the fact that everyone she loved was dead or would be dead and if it hadn't happened yet, it was going to happen eventually. No wonder Death had possessed her back in September. Between her perchance for narrowly escaping death and the fact that everyone she touched ended up dead by that connection, of course he was pissed off with her and would use her as an example.
Was she tired? More than ever. She did her best to keep up appearances, but there were just some days when the weight of everything was too much. The return of Katherine and disappearance of Anakin just made it all the worse, harder to pretend when the future kept getting thrown in her face so she just went on her theories to minimize the stress, harder to deal with the death of a loved one even though it was such a constant in her life.