[ while she does think that fits snugly into her plan of her distracting the hunter and stefan running, she doesn't need any sort of telepathic bond to know that's not going to fly. stefan has become very protective in an attractive way that's unfamiliar to her. ]

We'd have to be very quiet.

[ obviously, but this is a type of quiet that will feel impossible. ]

If you got a big enough rock, you could probably throw it at a tree and make him think one of us have tripped.