[And she nods, because she didn't expect him to keep this from Damon or Elena, and she wouldn't want him to. There's a small corner of her chest that clenches, that remembers this is her father, questionable choices or not, but it is what it is.

They're not on the same side.]

It doesn't hurt me. [That's not even really a lie. She's being very honest with him. The sadness and the heaviness and everything about tonight has been for other reasons. When it comes to his leaving, when it comes to being on her own, she just feels numb about it. There's no active hurt.]

I don't think I feel anything about it anymore. I don't know if it's a good thing or not.

[She looks down at their hands, and she squeezes his own back before she opens her palm against his, splaying their fingers together.]

Yeah, free room and board sounds good and I like it there as it is. I only really need somewhere to sleep.

[There's a small pause at what he says, and Sarah turns to him.

There's surprise, and she doesn't know why, only that there is. She stays silent initially, looking at the space between them, but when she gazes up at him, there's the tiniest smile, but it's warm.]

Jeremy. [The fondness is unmistakable in her voice.] You live with at least five people. Does Martha let you ask people to move in for days at a time at random?