When Bonnie tries to kill Damon for being behind Caroline's death, Elena stops her, telling her that this isn't them. At Salvatore Mansion, Caroline and Elena hugged it out, and Bonnie told them that Shane is teaching her "expression." Elena agrees to the deal, much to Damon's dismay. In My Brother's Keeper, at the pageant, Caroline made her disapproval of Elena's newbie vampire confusion of the heart known. I feel that way about you," Jeremy said to Bonnie. She had confessed that she enjoys playing Katherine more than Elena. It’s a different dynamic between the three of them especially".[18]. They are huddled in a corner to escape the sun's rays streaming through the dilapidated house. Elena replied "Jeremy can't come to the phone right now, he's not -- I'm sorry, he's dead.". Stefan tells her the story of Samantha. And he snapped his neck. At the end of her birthday, she gets a call from Stefan, even though he doesn't speak or say a word, Elena somehow knows that it is him on the other end of the line. Elena wanted to get out that "I forgive you" part before Katherine actually died so she didn't lose that part of herself. She tells them she has no interest in the cure now that she's taking advantage of the perks of being a vampire, and wants them to respect her choice; the more they push her, the more she pushes back. Going to A View to a Kill, Elena still has her plan to kill Kol, which she informed Bonnie of over the phone. The gang is eventually able to find an antidote. Enzo is not able to deal with the fact that his best friend killed the love of his life and switches off his humanity. In We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, we opened on Elena, whose sleep was so tortured that she had to get up and go make herself a cup of something warm in the kitchen. That night, Elena moved out of the Gilbert's House and moved into the Salvatore Boarding House. And, just as her eyes go veiny, Stefan takes her away from the podium. Elena tries hard to breathe and with great difficulty whispers right. Throughout, she maintains a rocky relationship with him but they manage to overcome anything. When Lily asks about Stefan, they explain his current condition and how they think she will be able to bring back his humanity. In The Downward Spiral, Elena and Stefan are talking on the phone about Caroline's whereabouts. Frustrated with their sexual tension, Elena leaves the presentation saying she needs some air. Damon suggests to play "Never have I ever." High School Student (Graduated/Formerly)Cheerleader for the Timberwolves (Formerly)The Cure (Formerly)[2]College Student (Formerly)Hospital Volunteer (Formerly)Doctor (in flash-forward) Elena wanted to go with Stefan, but he told her she wouldn't be able to handle the guilt if she had to defend herself and kill Connor. "You think that you don't deserve something, so you ruin it. Then the teacher comes in and complains about Jeremy saying "Jeremy's missed 11 days of school, he's started three fights and he's been caught cheating in math class twice." Elena distraught with grief makes one small plea to Damon: "Please, please come back to me." The school is where Klaus had made Stefan turn off his humanity, in front of Elena. She admits to Elena that she misses Stefan. However, in Season One Elena learns that she was adopted and her biological parents are John Gilbert, her uncle, and Isobel Flemming. They joke about Caroline's delusional pomposity and Control-freakiness. They go through every moment she can come up with but none of them undo how she feels. Elena was horrified that Damon left Enzo. They realize that neither of them knows where Jeremy was last night. After much speculation. After sometime, Damon hears Liv below them and kicks a hole in the fire place, then drops the bottle of bourbon down. Elena and Stefan get into a fight, and Stefan disappears. Elena replies that she didn't want to put her in an awkward position and asks where Caroline accusing her of being with Stefan came from. Elena agrees and says it is not their only problem as now they have lost a chance to trigger Caroline's emotions since Stefan was her emotional trigger. He says it was simple, he was in love with her. And so was the headstone. Elena breaks down. However, Alaric and Jeremy arrive in time and manage to knock down Kai. In the kitchen, Stefan and Caroline turned on the faucet so Elena would not hear them discuss how her denial was the only thing keeping her sane until they could get Damon back there to sire bond her through this. That makes no sense, which they were able to convince her of. She tries to calm Enzo as he drags her across campus. Elijah visits the Gilbert house to make a deal with Elena. Elena is 17 at the beginning of the very first book, and she is the most beautiful, popular girl at Robert E. Lee High School (mainly called the Queen). Elena agrees but when Damon makes a suggestion for watching a French flick to throw popcorn at hipsters, Elena realizes that they have already been there. Caroline separated them, then Stefan held Caroline back from going after Elena. Episode Count She hugs and kisses him before going to class. Elena tells Ric anyway and tells him of what dawned on her before. Damon and Elena's friendship deepens with time and the two become closer, Damon fallen for Elena and Elena developing feelings for Damon. Jo tells them they have to destroy the Ascendant and Damon tells them he gave it to his mother as he promised her she could get her companions out. "Even if I wanted to apologize, you couldn't hear me, so I won't." And that single factor changes everything. While preparing the table, Elena tries to figure out the best way to tell Liam she's a vampire. Later, Elena is freaking out as she can't find a dress for Bonnie's funeral and breaks down into tears telling Damon how she can't do this again. Elena responds by saying that Qetsiyah is crazy and she won't let Silas' 2,000-year-old ex-girlfriend screw things up between them. He gives her the old Gilbert journal he swiped from Meredith. Jeremy volunteers to go alone, even though it could mean he gets stuck there. Damon tells Elena he plans to stay out of it. The three of them later end up in a car accident, with their car driving off a bridge. Elena Gilbert is born on June 22, 1992 in Mystic Falls, Virginia to John Gilbert (David Anders) and Isobel Flemming (Mia Kirshner) while they were still in highschool. Physical appearance In the middle of the fight between Klaus and Damon, Katherine is revealed and attacks the hybrids with vervain bombs. Elena offered Rebekah the white oak stake as a peace-offering. Played by Damon rushes to the hospital, demanding to know where Elena is. They stare at each other for a while when Damon finally runs towards her and kisses her passionately. Later, Damon is packing up the car in order to move to a new location when Elena approaches him. They'd all been compelled. When Elena tells Vicki that she can't see Jeremy anymore, Vicki attacks and threatens her. This life will be good and beautiful but not without heartbreak. Elena distracted her long enough for Katherine to run, but Nadia was stronger than Elena. Damon once again had the opportunity to prove his worth and show Elena his humanity. He slowly starts to fall for her from afar and he stays in Mystic Falls because he has to know her. When Elena was in high school she wanted to be a writer. In Christmas Through Your Eyes, Elena and Damon are still looking for a way to bring back Bonnie. Later, Elena arrives at the laboratory of Professor Maxfield and finds Jesse feeding on Damon. Its Bonnie and she reveals to them how Kai left her to die in Portland and stole her blood. she says, as ghost Damon appears in front of her. They then talk about their time after their parents' death when Liz calls Elena. That Elena craving blood will be the worst thing you will have to go through and experience and live through. Species Elena is aghast and walks off. She thinks it's a red flag given that she's trying to set him up with her friend, but he has a sneaking suspicion that's her type. Unfortunately, Damon doesn't tell her he has the cure and she gets a text from Jo saying to come to the medical center. "Let it be the thing that makes you extraordinary", she tells him. He tries to convince her to tell him she loves him, as he knows she does, and forcefully kisses her. Heading to her car, she's kidnapped by a man in a clown mask. Later, it further degraded after Elena turned her humanity off, to the point that they are were enemies: Elena tried to stake Caroline, and will do everything that she can to ruin the prom dance that she carefully planned.She also almost killed Caroline's mother, Liz. Stefan tries to contact Isobel to help in keeping Elena safe, but John shows up instead. He then reveals that he brought the cure with him and he gives it to her. Elena is snapped out of her hallucination when a guy named Luke comes back early from spring break. Later, Damon went to see Elena and asked where Jeremy was. Elena just wants time to figure out what these intensified feelings for Damon are. However, Klaus gets to her and kills her before she can kill Greta. She just wanted it to stop. After witnessing Liz almost dying in her arms, Elena is freaked out. Choose the right path," Shane said, as Jeremy walked toward Elena with a wooden stake in his hand. Elena went upstairs and now smelled what everyone else had. Luke tells them about Traveler's leader Markos and how he is back from the other side. Kol threw a stake back at Elena and hit her in the leg. She got Elena to finally say she was a monster and deserved to die. He sent a piece of wood he tore from the railing through Elena's stomach and pinned her to the wall. They develop a connection, flaring Matt's jealousy, due to his and Elena's past relationship. In The Rager, Elena heads out to meet Matt at their old make out spot at Mystic Falls High. "I don't feel anything," Elena said. Highlights or no highlights. I love you so much"., she says. Isobel then tells Elena that she is sorry that she was a disappointment to her; she removed her lapis lazuli necklace and burned to death in the sun. Photo: CW This was “The Vampire Diaries” episode that everyone has been waiting for. Elena is more blunt and honest and, "It is what it is and I am what I am and want what I want. Lilly explains that these vampires saved her from herself and her ripper tendencies. Elena discovers Stefan's bad relationship with Damon and tells him that they're not going to work out. But then Silas showed up and knocked the power out. He then asks about Liz. When I look in the mirror, I just feel different when I'm Katherine or when I'm Elena. They are flirting when Elena asks him how Katherine broke his heart. She said "Stefan is committed and sweet and protective and loving, and Damon is spontaneous and crazy and fun and exciting".[5]. Damon and Enzo go in search of Markos and he explains to them that the doppelgänger prophecy is not true and the reason why doppelgängers are drawn together is because of a spell that he casted 1500 years ago because travelers needed their blood. Elena tossed Jeremy the stake, and he staked Kol. Next we saw Elena, she was digging a grave to bury Connor in the woods. During their stay in Georgia, Damon is attacked by Lee, the formerly-human-now-vampire boyfriend of Lexi, who he'd staked in '''162 Candles in order to throw the Founder's council off his back and make them believe the town's new vamp threat had been eliminated.