Elena wakes up with her face on skin that isn't hers. Elijah. She doesn't have to think about it, he's one of the only people who would sleep next to her, and she's stuck in her own head. That leaves only him. Caroline would have woken her up in her excitement, if she had been there. As she moves back, she wonders if it would be better or worse if she knew the time. She and Elijah have no idea what time it is. It could be four pm or three am, and she wouldn't know.
She carefully moves his arm from over her back so she can roll to the other side of the bed. Every time he slept next to each other, they ended up getting close. She didn't mind. If he did, she knew he would have mentioned something. They were just good friends.
She lets him sleep for a few more minutes, but it's when she opens her door that he wakes.
"I feel much better." He admits. Being in her mind for hours exhausted him. It was worth it, but it took a lot of energy to do something like that.
"Me too." She tells him, and reminds him to take care of himself first. It's not the first time she's done so. It won't be the last either, she knows. Elijah's set in his ways about things like that. He realizes he's not properly dressed, and before his hands move to fix his tie, she waves her hand and it's fixed. Except his hair. He pretends to look irritated as he fixes it.
"What did you need to tell me?" She asks, and he notes her immaculate appearance. Perhaps that's because it's her mind, that she looks like that. He was fairly sure she had worn something else before they had passed out together.
"Caroline is making excellent progress. She should be able to visit you soon. My siblings and I are working on getting trust from different covens, Niklaus is planning on meeting Marcel rather soon and another day has passed."
He has nothing but good news, she's thrilled as she marks off another day on the calendar.
"You should probably go." She says, and he nods.
"I promise I will come visit again. Nothing too tiring for either of us next time, I promise." He says and she walks down the stairs and to the front door with him. He's out of her mind, and then she raises her walls. Just in case. She has some more organizing to do.
