Okay. All this “Damon doesn’t respect Elena’s decisions” BS needs to stop (but it won’t). Damon lets Elena make decisions, but he just challenges her stupid ones:

—Damon offered to help Elena forget Stefan being compelled in the gym, and she 说 no.
—Damon, even back in S1, listened to Elena when she told him that he can’t compel Jeremy to stop looking for Vicki.
—Asking Elena what she thought about using herself as bait in s1 at the dance to lure out that mysterious vampire who was stalking her.
—He listened to Elena about compelling Jeremy in 3x10.
—Damon listened to...

Caroline took her 图书 she needed for the 下一个 few classes and closed her locker. Elena leaned against the lockers and looked at her. She saw the red underneath Caroline’s eyes. “Hey, have 你 been crying?”
Caroline shook her head. “No” she 说 with a small voice. She swallowed and forced a smile. She sighed and looked at her friend. “No” she repeated a little steadier. “I saw Tyler at the Grill today”
“Oh” Elena blinked. “And how was he? Did he tell 你 what happened?”
Caroline shook her head again. “Not exactly. He…said it’s none of my business what he does...

Elena parked her car at the Boarding House. Caroline had taxed her with the message to get her 屁股 there ASAP. She opened the door and looked inside.
“Damon!” she called.
Damon appeared in the hallway, frowning. “What are 你 doing here?”
“Caroline taxed me” Elena said, waving her phone. “Hello to you, too, btw” She tried to look over Damon’s shoulder. “What’s going on?”
Before Damon could answer Caroline appeared.
“Elena, what are 你 doing here?” she asked, but in a completely different tone than Damon. “Come on” she continued as she took Elena’s hand and...