They ate quietly for a few minutes until Chandler felt like a complete asshole. It wasn't her fault, not really. Elena didn't have to try to understand why he and his stepmother had the relationship they did, and how that bled into his relationships with his father and brother. He opened his mouth to apologize, but Elena spoke first.

"I don't like thinking too hard about things that upset me too, so I understand." She told him,

This didn't feel like the time to say anything, so he held her ...