AN: I know I got a comment about how he asked if she wanted vampire blood but we all (unfortunately) remember what happened when Damon forced his blood on Elena. I just figured it's always best to always ask for consent.
She blinks a few times, wondering if Elijah's voice in her head was a dream, or if he was manipulating her dream. She wonders if he plans to come back, she feels a rush of something in her head as she thinks about it. Healing, she thinks. She blinks, and Elijah is sitting in one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs a few feet away.
"Were you in my head?" She asks. He nods.
"I apologize for the invasion of privacy, but I needed to keep your mind awake. Had you fallen truly asleep, you would have most likely died." He tells her and her eyes widen.
"Thank you." She says, almost uncomfortable in the silence. Gears start to turn in her head as he looks at her.
"Alaric is still out there." She points out. They're sitting ducks in the public hospital, with lights that are almost too bright. Her next words shock him.
"You need to take me home and kill me." She tries to keep her voice steady. When he doesn't say anything, she begs him to take her home.
"Elijah, please. He has stakes to kill you. We are vulnerable out here. My house is safe, we haven't invited him in." She tells him. He nods.
"Very well then, if that is what you want." He stands up.
"Do not worry about the bill, I have paid it in full. It's the least I can do, since Niklaus did this to you." He tells her while he carefully removes her IV.
"Thank you." She says and means it. She looks at her arm, and the little wound from the needle heals before her eyes. She follows Elijah out of the room, realizing he carried her to the hospital. He carefully compels their way out of the hospital, and they manage to catch one of the only cabs in Mystic Falls to go to Elena's house. Elijah bribes the driver to get them there quickly. Elena tries not to stare at his lips as he talks. She tries to forget what death was like the first time, it might not be so terrible the second time. It's fine, she assures herself. She doesn't notice Elijah looking at her out of the corner of his eye.
He notices her steeling herself for something. He wonders if she want to be a vampire, or if it's what she thinks is right.