When Stefan doesn’t pick up, Elena tries Damon, who answers. Honestly, this doesn’t ring true to me at all. Sure, she and Damon had a bad night last night, but I don’t believe that Stefan would be her first phone call when she’s upset about Elijah. Damon has been there for her since Stefan split with Klaus; he’s been her first call basically every time there’s been trouble. While there was definitely some significant action at the ball, I can’t imagine that any of that warranted him being bumped off her speed-dial.

Damon answers the phone, but when he doesn’t immediately trip over himself to ask how he can help her today, she gets snippy with him. “If you’re mad at me, you need to get over it,” she says.

Wow. Wowwwww.

He told her he loved her… and she called it a problem. This is the girl who is constantly described as the most compassionate, self-sacrificing character in the history of characters, and she can’t drudge up a little compassion for how he might be feeling right now? She can’t go easy on him at all? Even if Damon’s feelings weren’t reciprocated at all (and we know that they are reciprocated, at least a little bit) her reaction to him dropping the L-bomb would’ve been cruel. She’s supposed to be this immensely sympathetic person, but she’s got no regard for his feelings at all here. She could be far gentler. Luckily, he’s not really interested in getting chewed out again, and he hangs up