1.19 - It's a Date

"Hi, Mrs. Fields. Is Emily home?" Jeremy said. Emily's eyes widened from all the way upstair in her room at the sound of her name.

"Yes, Jeremy," Emily's mom said, smiling politely at Jeremy, "She's up in her room. We haven't seen you around for the past couple of days."

Jeremy looked down nervously and smiled up at Emily's mom, "Yeah, I've been sort of busy. You know, school stuff."

Jeremy rushed upstairs. Emily quickly jumped off of her bed and sat at her desk - pretending to do some of her homework. She buried her head inside one of her textbooks, trying to act completely nonchalant about the whole 'best friend crush' thing.

"Hey Em," Jeremy spoke up nervously, "So, how've you been?"

There was a moment of silence. Jeremy began to walk towards Emily - attempting to make some kind of contact as they hadn't spoken to each other since Emily rushed to his house to tell him about Spencer, "I'm sorry Spencer had to find out this way-"

Emily cut him off, "Yeah. Me too," she put the book down on the table, "Now she hates me Jer. Are you happy?"

Jeremy rushed to Emily and sat himself down on one of the empty chairs by her desk, "No. Em. Of course not."

"Well thanks to you, we're not even speaking," Emily snapped as she quickly got up from her chair, "I don't even know why you bothered to come over. I have to go to practice in a few minutes," she said, quickly walking to her closet to go change and find her swimming/sports gear. She yelled from behind her closet door, "With Bonnie leaving, Spencer mad at me, I can't lose anymore best friends. Let alone even think about having a relationship."

Jeremy looked down at his shoes ashamedly, "Em. Nothing has to change. I'm still your best friend even if you don't want to ever speak or even see me anymore. Trust me, I didn't, well this sounds cheesy, but I didn't ask for this happen. Wouldn't you rather I'd have told you and had been happy than stayed with Spencer and in a miserable relationship?," Jeremy replied - he slowly got up and waited for Emily to finish getting ready.

Emily slowly opened up the door, "You know I want you to be happy," she mumbled, staring directly into Jeremy's eyes, "But you don't get how confusing this is for me, I mean, yeah, I do like you, Jer,"

"You like me?," Jeremy responded, his eyes lit up slightly at the sound of those five magic words. He slowly began to reach for Emily's hand.

"Yeah, at the risk of sounding like we're back in middle school, yes," Emily said, smiling slightly to break the awkward tension between them.

Jeremy kept smiling at Emily, "So I was right."

Emily punched Jeremy's arm, "Oh shut up," she giggled - however, her face turned serious once again at the thought of Bonnie - "I just can't rush into anything right now Jeremy. Bonnie only left a few months ago, and I can't-"

Jeremy nodded his head in acknowledgement, "Em, I know," he smiled back at her, "Hey, can you skip practice? We have some serious catching up to do,"

Emily looked down at her sports duffle and threw it on the bed. She looked over at Jeremy and smiled, "Yeah, let's go."


Rosewood Falls: Evening

Doorbell Ring

Getting up from her desk, Spencer ran to the door at the sound of the door bell. With the whole Jeremy and Emily situation, mixed with the trying to solve who -A is situation, Spencer hadn't left her house in a few days. She was too busy trying to track down information on Alison, and avoiding running into her ex boyfriend and ex best friend.

As she opened the door, she stood in astonishment at the person standing before her: it was the handsome, mysterious stranger from a few days before.

"Um hi." Spencer spoke, her mouth dropped slightly. She didn't think that she would ever see Elijah again since their first meeting, "How did you find me? I never got your name."

Elijah gazed at Spencer's intense brown eyes, "Well you said that you were a junior member of the Rosewood Historical society, so I asked around for you," he replied with a coy smile.

Unafraid of this stranger, Spencer matched his sly smile. She couldn't describe her feelings towards him, it was as if she couldn't resist his charming persona, "So, what is your name, mysterious stranger?" she said, crossing her arms and taking a step from her door.

"Elijah," he spoke, maintaining his respective position and distance from Spencer.

Spencer smiled flirtatiously, "Well, It's nice to formally meet you," she said as she put her hand out to shake Elijah's hand.

Elijah took her hand and bowed his head, "And you, Spencer."

Spencer smiled nervously at Elijah's polite mannerisms, spying an ornately decorated package underneath Elijah's arms, "What's that?" she asked in a curiously, cheeky manner.

Elijah took the package from underneath his arms, "This is for you," he said as he handed the package to Spencer.

Spencer looked at him with a puzzled expression, "For me? You got me a gift? Why?"

Elijah smiled earnestly at Spencer, "I thought you could add this to your collection." He replied, "Also, I was always taught to never go to a person's house without a gift."

Spencer slowly unwrapped the gift in front of Elijah. As she removed the packaging, her eyes widened at the dusty, yet beautiful book cover of Persuasion. Opening up the book, her mouth literally fell open at the book's publication date, "Elijah, how?-" she couldn't even form a complete sentence.

"My family's been collecting rare books for years." he smiled, finishing Spencer's sentence.

"Elijah. This is too much, I barely know you."

"Well, how about we get to know each other sometime soon then?" he responded.

Spencer looked up from this book at Elijah, "Are you free tomorrow night then?" she said, smiling mischievously. She couldn't believe that she was asking out a complete stranger.

"It's a date," Elijah replied, matching Spencer's grin.

Elijah turned around and left. Closing the door, Spencer ran up to her room and plopped down on her bed. As she opened the attached letter, her smile grew even bigger as she read its contents:

"To Spencer: From one gifted woman to another.

Although, your wit and beauty supersedes any of Ms Austen's heroines.

Sincerely, Elijah Mikaelson"


"I'm glad we fixed this," Jeremy said, smiling at Emily as they walked back towards her house.

"Yeah. Me too," Emily replied, smiling politely back at Jeremy. She was glad that things were not awkward between them anymore, but she couldn't help but miss Bonnie.

"But Jer," Emily spoke. She stopped walking and looked at Jeremy worriedly, "You know I still care about Bonnie, right?"

Jeremy looked at Emily and put his arm around her, "I know, and I'm okay with that," he replied with a comforting smile. They started walking again.

Suddenly, Emily felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Her eyes widened. She sneakily took out her phone and then quickly shoved it back after reading the message.

"Hey Em! No one likes a two-timer. Be careful! If you kiss, I'll tell Bonnie. So do what I say or else! Kisses –A"