AN: So instead of S4, Elena turned, and called Elijah. They stayed in Mystic Falls and he helped her transition. None of the other plot stuff they put into anything past that in the show will be in this fic.
She tells him the she's going to talk with Elijah after his call is over. He nods, it's a good idea. She's already explained her behavior towards Elena to him. Elijah needs to understand, it's just how Elena works. As he is in love with her, knowing how Elena does things is important. She's not going to say it like that, but she might as well start to shift into getting him ready for a relationship with Elena, someday. Caroline can also see them dancing around each other for a while, but she doesn't care about that as much. She just wants them to be happy. She needs Elijah to understand Elena so he doesn't get upset at her.
She just leans into him, and they're still for a few moments. She hasn't asked where he wants their relationship to go, she wonders if what they're doing can be considered a relationship. Whatever it is, she wants to see where it will lead. She and Klaus have nothing but time.
"Can you teach me how to draw after I talk to Elijah?" She asks and he gives her a grin that makes her want to kiss him. If she's going to spend so much time with an artist, she might as well learn something.
"I can." He doesn't say it as such, but it is a promise. Caroline seems to understand that, and she gives him a smile as she gets off her bed. Elijah's just finished his phone call.
He hears that Caroline wants to speak with him, so he waits. She seeks him out like he thought she would, he's putting his phone in his pocket as she enters the room.
"Can you come with me to get cupcakes?" She asks. The last time they ate cupcakes together, they were away from listening ears and talked about Elena. He assumes that's her plan again. He nods.
"Of course."
They walk to the bakery they had driven to the last time. He tells her when they're out of hearing range of any other vampires. She tells him that he shouldn't be mad at Elena, if he is.
He indicates that he's listening as they cross the street and she continues.
She hopes he isn't mad about Elena's week of her mental walls being up. It's just something Elena does. When she needs space, she wants it from everyone. The week her parents died, she didn't speak to anyone who didn't live at her house until she had to at the funeral.
She gave him an example, hoping he'd follow the breadcrumb hints she's trying to give. She gives another example. She can see that he doesn't understand it. The three days before they started high school, Elena didn't talk to anyone. She talked to her and Bonnie on the first day, and it had been fine after that.
She's just confusing him.
She asks if he talked to Elena at all in the two days after she died before Klaus daggered him. He shakes his head. She lost Jenna, John and Stefan in the span of a week. She didn't talk to anyone outside of Alaric and Jeremy for a week. She had asked for space, and she and Bonnie had given it. She asks if he sees the connecting thing to the examples. He shakes his head. He's not sure if it's just Caroline, or that he's sure he's overthinking it.
"Elena does this when her life changes in a way she deems is drastic. She's not trying to hurt you, she's not trying to hurt me. She just wanted a week to actually adjust to what her life is going to be like for a few decades. She'll be fine. And if she isn't, we'll help her. Right?" It might not be okay for a while, but she's going to help Elena however she can. She knows she's not alone. She just needs to remind Elena she isn't either.
Elijah just nods. He now knows that Elena retreating for solitude is normal. It's what she does, part of who she is. She does not give anyone warning. He misses her, however. He asks if she'll want company after the week is done. Caroline nods. She has a feeling Elijah and Elena need to talk. But she pulls him by the hand into the bakery. She wants his help on picking out a cupcake for Kol.
Caroline is kind, and he appreciates her attempts to keep him occupied. They get a box of cupcakes, a half dozen. Caroline is going to leave one for Elena's nurse. She's never talked to her before, but wants to thank her for taking care of her friend.
They walk home, it's strange for Caroline to think of the building she lives in with the Originals as home quite yet. There's still a part of her that stubbornly thinks that the title of home should go to Mystic Falls. But it's home, at least for a while. So she opens the front door and carefully begins delivering cupcakes to his siblings. He watches Rebekah smile as Caroline knowingly hands her a double chocolate cupcake. Kol thanks her before he bites into his, and Klaus grins at her.
She'll tell Elena about this later, eating cupcakes with the oldest vampires on the planet was in her top ten weirdest experiences. At least, so far. They're all vampires, she's sure something will replace it someday.
Till then, she's going to enjoy her cupcake.