AN: Elena is alive, don't panic, and this is not the end. Also sorry for the cliffhanger for a few hours!

"Yes, Bekah. His blood. Yes. I saw it with my own eyes-it didn't work. No. Finn did. I don't know. Bye." She recognizes the voice, it's Klaus. Bekah. It takes her a moment to realize that he was talking to Rebekah on the phone.

"Elena?" She hears Elijah ask. She wants to sleep, she can feel things healing and it's disturbing. But she doesn't want him to worry, so she attempts to blink. It takes a few tries to see Elijah, to her right.

"Elijah?" She asks, her voice rough.

"Yes?" He asks.

"Are you okay?" She asks. Klaus has to bite his tongue from laughing, and Kol is barely keeping it together. She almost died and she asks Elijah how he's doing.

"That was your blood, wasn't it?" She asks, and their eyes widen. She remembers. It's not funny, then.

"Yes. It was."

"Something's wrong. Your blood tasted like dirt. No offense, Elijah." She says, groggily. No one says anything.

"Are you sick? Is that a thing that can happen?" She asks. He takes a deep breath he doesn't need.

"I'm dying, Elena." He tells her and she blinks at him.

"What?" She says, her head still spinning. She knows, and she almost wants to tell that she's known, she knows and she has for a while now, but she just stares at him. She didn't think he'd ever admit it, but after knowing something was wrong, he couldn't smooth it over.

"You know." He tells her. And until that moment, she could pretend that it was just a joke, or that it wasn't that serious, but he's looking like he's already given up and she can't help the tears that leak out of her eyes. His brothers don't judge, they went through a whirlwind of emotions when they learned, and Elena is only human after all.