AN: I know the filming location for Hotel Carmilla was in West Hollywood, but it's set in Dallas in True Blood.
They mail the books at the next post office they see, and she makes reservations at a hotel. There's a bookstore nearby, not one that would have anything rare-one of those bookstore chains-but she convinces him to go anyway. She looks through the adventure books while he tells her he'll be down in the history section.
She's debating the pros and cons of Game of Thrones, she likes reading and she's heard they're good-but there's a lot of death. She's not sure she wants something like that. And of course, she thinks later. It had to be Texas.
There's a man who's chatting her up, Elijah can hear. It's perfectly fine for Elena to go out and date, but he feels slightly odd about it. He brushes it off, and he hears the man ask her out. She tells him no, and while she can overpower the human, Elijah is a little worried she might show her abilities. He's next to her in a few seconds, mindful of having almost human speed as he does.
"Did you find the book you wanted?" He asks. Elena is looking at him with relieved eyes and something else he's seen but can't place.
"I did, what about you, darling?" She asks. He doesn't react, they have company, who's watching them.
"I found a few books for my brother. Are you going to introduce me to your friend?" He asks lightly.
"I was, uh- just leaving." The human assures him. When his back is turned, Elijah grins.
"Sorry for doing that it's just he wouldn't leave me alone and I-" She stops when he opens his mouth.
"It's perfectly fine, Elena." He wishes that the man would have taken her word instead of needing to see Elijah. He would have wondered when men lost their manners, but very few had them centuries before either.
"Ready to check out?" He asks in a light tone. He wonders what she would call him if they were in a relationship. She's told him about how Rose compared him to the Easter Bunny. They had laughed for ages, knowing he was anything but.
They buy their books, and she drives to the hotel. He wonders what she does when he's not around because the song playing sounds like a vampire cowboy attempting to talk dirty.
"Ta-dah." She says, and they're in the parking lot.
"What?" He asks. She looks like she's about to laugh.
"It's one of the hotels shown in True Blood. Hotel Carmilla." She tells him and he laughs with her. I love you almost escapes his lips. They fall into their routine and he jokes that it shouldn't be hard to find someone to have for dinner. She just laughs.