And that was the problem. Even if they had the stake, even if they weren't the only ones who would work to contain the Originals, what about those who were in their blood line? They had the truce, but if one sibling stepped out of line, regardless of knowing the consequence, all would rally behind them and it would turn into a bloodshed. All Elena could do was hope that the greater threat would outshine any petty insult Klaus came up with to use as a reason he'd want to lash out.
Smiling some as Matt squeezed her arm, Elena just nodded. Because why wouldn't she help him with that? She had all this experience, she wasn't doing much with her time beyond Elijah's class at the moment, she couldn't go on hunts anyway. So helping one of her best friends? Of course she'd do that. It was the least she could do. Especially given all the pain and suffering Matt had suffered because of their friendship. Because of her connection to the Salvatores, to the Originals.
"It's... normal. I mean, I did the whole normal high school thing, which I never thought I'd get to. Even though it was strange that it was just me doing it.... Caroline from before didn't want to go back to school and no one else was here." Prom, graduation. And so much tied back to Anakin as that was where their friendship turned relationship really had started. There had been when she'd had the Force. There had been her defending Jaina. But it was being in classes together.... and now he was gone again. She had grown so used to his presence again, and despite all of her skill at masking her issues, at pretending, it still hurt.
"I was at KU for a semester and a half but.. .things got crazy so I dropped for the Spring and am getting back into it now."
Crazy in the trying to kill herself variety and realizing she'd been hiding behind school and 'normal' to avoid the pain and guilt and that she couldn't keep doing that. Supposedly. Now though? Now she had to wonder if the normal act was going to be her saving grace while all of Mystic Falls seemed to fall through the Seal and bring it all back up. The ghosts and guilt and accusations.