Elena sat on her bed, bent over one of the many pictures of her and Damon, and missed him even more. She looked up and saw Caroline enter the room.
"You know Caroline," She began "It feels like there's a hole in my heart, where Damon used to be. And that hole feels too big to just be filled up again in the next year, or century." She watched concern etch itself across Caroline's face and Elena sighed, looking back down at Damon smiling at her.
"What should I do?" She asked. Caroline looked at her and shrugged.
"I don't know, Elena." She replied honestly. She sat on the bed next to Elena. "But I do have a suggestion." She began. Elena looked at her and Caroline back. "I'm surprised I'm even saying this, but since you're mourning him, and I'm trying to see him as anything but a monster…" Elena looked away and Caroline took her hand.
"What do you think Damon would do, if you were gone and he was left to grieve you?" Caroline asked. Elena looked at her.
"I think, before, Damon would've turned his humanity off. But now since we got together again, maybe he'd just drink himself happy." Elena replied. Caroline looked away and at the floor.
"Okay, maybe not the best idea I've ever offered." She replied. Elena looked away with a brief smile.
"I don't know, Caroline. We never talked about it because we never thought it would happen. But, Damon would want me to be happy." Elena confessed. She looked at the floor and realized what she had to do.
"I'm gonna go to Alaric tomorrow." Elena told Caroline.
"What for?" She asked. Elena looked at her.
"I think he can help me." She replied. Caroline looked at her in concern but ignored it.
"Okay. Well, there's a party tomorrow and if you're coming, ther'll be no protest from me." Caroline said. Elena shrugged.
"I don't know. Maybe." She said. Caroline nodded and got up.
"I'll let you get some sleep, kay?" She asked. Elena nodded and in a second Caroline was gone. She bent over her bed, and could not stop the tears from falling again.