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Over the next two weeks, Elena constantly worried about everything. She hadn't seen Elijah since he left Mystic Falls last month and although he did make sure to call her every other night, she missed him like hell. Alaric was still missing and that meant that the last white oak stake was also still not accounted for. Rebekah and Kol had spent the first week looking for it everywhere and the second week Klaus had his hybrids on it. Elijah would be back on Monday, for his week in town.

The day that Elena had gone to speak to the Salvatores, she had found the house empty and locked up. When she had called them later, Stefan had told her he and Damon were leaving town for a few weeks. He told her that both he and his brother were giving Elena space and were not going to force their presence on her and her new relationship with Elijah. They would check in on places that mean something to Ric and see if he left town.

Elena suspected that it was more Stefan saying this and Damon would probably have had to have his neck beoken before he would even get in the car. They would be back on in early December, since Damon was needed at an event for the council.

She had told Stefan that she needed to have a conversation with both brothers, but he said, that he understood, it was Damon she really needed to talk to. Stefan told Elena that she could have that conversation with his brother when they got back to town.

On another note, the first time she stopped in to see Caroline at her house, Elena thought a florist had thrown up in there. Bunches of tulips were everywhere. Caroline had grumbled that Klaus had been getting them delivered to her every day, for weeks and she couldn't bear to get rid of something so pretty. On the upside, Caroline's mom quite enjoyed tulips, too and did not complain at having them taking up every vase and on every surface.

Four days after the full moon, she and Jeremy went back to the Mikealson's for a Thanksgiving dinner that Rebekah had had catered. Elena had made a few pies, though. Kol and Jeremy had enjoyed getting drunk, but since Elena was driving home, she insisted she have no more than one glass of wine. No matter how much Kol tried to talk her into just staying the night. She liked being able to sleep in her own bed, again. Caroline's mom had to work, so she joined the Gilberts and Mikealsons. Matt was with them, too. Bonnie's dad's family had come to town, leaving the witch stuck with her relatives.

Elena continued to have dreams about Esther and the white oak stake, but none of them were very informative beyond that.

Two days into the second week after the full moon, Tyler came back to town. He was really surprised by everything that had been happeneing in Mystic Falls in his absence, even though Caroline had been calling and leaving voice mails. He claimed that cell reception was a little sketchy in the Appalachains. Caroline had been really excited to see him return, but soon found out that their relationship had changed, somehow in the last six or so weeks. All that aside, she was still incredlibly happy to see Tyler. At seeing the changes in attutude to the Originals, Tyler planned to keep the fact that he was now unsired to himself. He had also not been too thrilled at Klaus's borderline obsession with his girlfriend, as well.

By day ten after the full moon, the whole situation with Esther and Alaric and the white oak stake, on top of everything else was exhausting Elena. She felt no matter how much sleep she got, lately, she was always tired. Everyhing was emotionally draining. It was probably stress, because Elena had always been a stress eater and she found herself stress eating, a lot. Despite all the sleeping and eating, she just felt exhausted, everything required energy she just did not have, lately. Maybe having her new boyfriend gone was depressing her?

On the fourth of December, there was a Winter themed Christmas party hosted by the Founders Council, held in the town hall. As decendents of a founding family, both Elena and Jeremy had to attend, but it was open to much of the general public, anyway. Both Rebekah and Klaus came, along with Bonnie and Matt. Caroline and Tyler were required to be there, too, because of the same reason as the Gilbert siblings. Stefan and Damon got back into town the morning of the event, to attend, too.