Her 'friends' gave her a couple of weeks to 'calm down' and 'come to her senses'. How nice of them.
When the doorbell rang two days after her dinner with the Originals, she wasn't expecting the Salvatore's. She could only look at them with a raised brow. She did tell them she didn't want them coming back after their last stunt. She would always care for them, but she really didn't need them in her life to run it for her. She didn't need people in her life that criticized every single choice she made or her every thought or feeling.
"Can I help you?" she wasn't in the mood.
"Elena, we need to talk about this. We were only doing what we felt was best. We were trying to help you." Stefan looked at her earnestly.
"We will not apologise for trying to keep you save. If you weren't so brainwashed by Elijah, you would see that this is all wrong!" Damon just could not keep his mouth shut.
"Yes, you are right. You guys obviously know best. How could I ever question your opinions? I must be brainwashed and crazy." She kept standing in the doorway, blocking it. She wanted this over and done with as soon as possible.
"Exactly, I am so glad you came to your senses!" Elena looked at Damon disbelievingly. Stefan looked like he wanted to face palm.
Shaking her head and sighing she replied "I will only say this once more. I don't want you two in my life. I don't want to be in the middle and I don't want someone running my life for me. I will always love and appreciate you guys for everything that we have been through, but I think our friendship has run its course."
Damon looked at Stefan. "I think we should just compel her. Get this over and done with."
"We said that would be a last resort, but I think you're right. Talking isn't going to get us anywhere." Stefan wasn't even looking at her.
She shook her head in disbelief and disappointment. "Really? Seriously?"
"Elena, you will forget all this nonsense, right now. We are your friends. The Originals are evil and needs to be killed. Elijah is one of the worst. You don't love him." Damon had a smirk on his face.
"I am so sorry to disappoint you Damon, but I am on vervain." She was so mad she felt like her head might explode.
They looked surprised. "I didn't trust you guys to not do exactly what you just tried" she continued.
"Screw this! We will just put her in the basement until the vervain is out of her system." Damon stormed as if to grab her, but ran into the barrier. The brothers looked confused.
"I had you disinvited from my house. Elijah has a witch friend." Elena was just done.
"It's seems like you were right to be worried sweetheart." Elijah had a gift for showing up exactly when he was needed.
"I didn't want to be. I think we should go with Plan B. They don't even want to listen to me, never mind respecting my choices." Elena said sadly.
"You will forget about Elena Gilbert and anything and everything to do with her. You will leave Mystic Falls and go and live your life. If you ever see Elena again, you will not speak to her, or interfere with her life or anyone in her life." Elijah was staring into Damon's eyes. He grabbed Stefan by the arm to keep him from running of. "You will forget everything that you know about the Original family. You will not try to harm anyone in the Original family or anyone connected to them." He repeated the same to Stefan. He would phone Kol after the brothers left. Kol would reinforce the compulsion before they left town. Elijah had definitely learned from the Katherine cave debacle.
"Now, you have till tomorrow to pack your bags and go. Goodbye." Elijah closed the door. He pulled her into his arms. She sagged against him, with her face buried in his chest.
"Thank you Lijah. I didn't want to do that, but they never would have stopped. I would rather they be alive and not remember me than dead." She was exhausted.
She was not at all surprised when Bonnie and Caroline stormed into her house the next afternoon. Well, Bonnie stormed in. Caroline was stuck in the doorway. Off course they had left her alone for 2 weeks while still plotting behind her back about her life.
"I will be in the kitchen, sweetheart." Elijah placed a kiss against her temple. He was quite unconcerned with the interruption of the baby vamp and the witch.
Elena sighed and sat up from where she was leaning against his side while they were watching a show. This was a conversation that needed to happen and the sooner the better.
"Where are Stefan and Damon?" Bonnie looked at her accusingly. "What did your new 'friends' do to them?" Bonnie had apparently not noticed that Caroline was not at her side.
"I don't know where they are. Elijah compelled them to leave town. So hopefully they are somewhere living their own lives." Elena looked Bonnie straight in the eye.
"How could you Elena? They love you. We all love you. We are trying to be your friends. We are trying to protect you!" Bonnie was furious. Caroline looked a bit put out, but not angry.
"Yes, that's right. How can I live my own life? How dare I make decisions for myself?" Elena rolled her eyes. "I said I didn't want them in my life anymore. They disregarded my choice…again and tried to compel me."
Caroline looked surprised. Bonnie not so much.
"But you knew that was the plan didn't you Bonnie?" Elena looked at the witch searchingly. The look on Bonnie's face confirmed her theory. "I must say that I am quite surprised by you. I know we haven't been the best of friends since this whole vampire thing started, but I didn't think you would actively hurt me." She didn't drop eye contact. "You would hurt me by taking away the one person that has actually been there for me, no matter what I decide. Even when I betrayed him and daggered him. The person that I love and who loves me." The look on Bonnie's face hadn't changed. She was stubborn. She would not accept that she might have done anything wrong.
"And you Caroline?" Elena looked towards the front door. "Did you know?"
"No, I didn't know they would try to compel you. I know they were coming to talk to you, but they didn't say anything." Caroline shook her head.
"Well, it looks like you weren't invited to all the planning sessions to 'fix' me. I wonder why that is?" Elena looked at Bonnie again. "Do you not trust Caroline, Bonnie? Or was compelling me an on the fly decision? Did you even think through your actions at all? Or did you just decide that you know best and ran with it?" Elena was fed up.
Elena got up from the couch. "I love Elijah. I want to spend eternity with him; I will be turning in a year or two. We are going to leave Mystic Falls as soon as possible. I just need to sort out the school issues; I will probably continue my studies online. Will you please respect my choices and feelings Bonnie? Will you be my friend and be happy that I have found love?" She picked up one of two rocks lying on the mantle, turning it over in her hands.
"No, I could never accept your choice in this matter. How can you even think of turning into a blood sucker? That is the worst thing that could happen!" Elena looked at Caroline in the door. There was so much hurt on her face.
"So let me get this straight. You would rather Caroline be dead?" Elena looked at Bonnie in disbelief.
"No, I don't want her dead, but it would have probably been better." Bonnie didn't even look in Caroline's direction.
Elena shook her head. Was this part of being a 'servant of nature'? Deciding what was right and wrong for everyone? Bonnie didn't use to have this much hate in her heart.
"You don't have to be my friend. We can part ways here today and never see each other again. But I want you to leave me and the Originals alone. Could you do that?" Elena wasn't hopeful.
"They have to be killed Elena! They are unnatural. I will not stop looking for a way." Bonnie shook her head.
"Bonnie, I have told you that all vampires are connected to the Originals. If they die everyone they sired directly or indirectly also dies. So you would be condemning Caroline to death." Bonnie looked at Caroline for the first time. She looked almost apologetic.
"Nature has to be balanced." Elena had to give it to Bonnie. She gave a new meaning to the word stubborn.
"Really? Have you actually thought about this Bonnie?" Elena looked at the witch searchingly. "Nature had to adapt to 6 vampires and it did quite well. If you remove all vampires now nature would have to adapt to millions being gone. It would be ugly." She hadn't told anyone except Elijah about the future. She knew the witch would not believe her if she told her. She could not let Bonnie do anything to the Originals. As a lone witch, Bonnie wasn't too much of a threat, but she would run to the 100 witches and then there might be problems. She had not come back in time just to have the same thing happen again.
"This is not the way to go Bonnie. Killing all vampires would be wrong. It would create an imbalance in both nature and the supernatural world." Elena almost pleaded.
Bonnie looked thoughtful, but that didn't even last 30 seconds. The stubborn look returned to her face. "They have to die."
Elena sighed. "Catch" she threw the rock she had been holding to Bonnie. In surprised Bonnie caught the rock. The moment her hand touched the rock she fell to the floor. She was out like a light.
Caroline looked shocked. "Don't worry Care, she'll be fine." Elena gave the blonde a small smile.
Elijah was leaning against the doorway between the kitchen and living room. She could see the approval on his face. Even if he didn't really like or know Bonnie, he was glad Elena picked the white rock first. Maybe everything would be fine.