I was peacefully sleeping when my phone started ringing. Groaning, I picked it up and said, "Hello?" The chipper voice of Mrs. Lockwood sounded through the phone, "Good morning, Erin. I was wondering, since you are Mystic Falls resident history buff, and you have your mother's archives, if you would host a writer that is doing a book on small town Virginia."

I sighed and spoke, "Mrs. Lockwood, I kind of have a lot on my plate right now." She pleaded with me, "Please, Erin. I can't do this on top of being the interim mayor, raising Tyler, and having my husband die."

Glaring at the phone, I could feel guilt seep through me. "Of course, Mrs. Lockwood. I would love to host this writer." "Thank you so much, Erin. So, since the archives are at your house, the writer will stop by tonight to pick some of it up." She squealed, and I just muttered, "Ok." And then she hung up.

I got up for the day and changed, Thank god I have time to curl my hair! I can only spend so much time looking exactly like Elena. I walked past Elena's room and peaked in and saw Bonnie and Elena with the moonstone in their hands.

"Now that you've got this back, what are you going to do with it?" Elena asked, examining the stone. "Right now, it's what is binding the sun and moon curse. If I can figure out a way to remove the spell from the stone, the stone becomes useless." Bonnie explained.

I then strolled into the room and stated, "And then, according to Katherine, Klaus becomes vengeful." Bonnie turned to me and told, "Maybe, if he finds out." I then snapped, "Bonnie, can't this wait? Stefan's stuck in the tomb. We've got to get him out!"

Bonnie then argued, "Stefan wants me to focus on this." "Don't listen to him! He thinks he's protecting me, but he's wrong." I countered, and Bonnie sighed, "I'm taking Stefan's side on this one. We're not gonna let you get used in a creepy sacrifice ritual."

I saw Bonnie snatch the stone from Elena's hand and put it in her purse. Then, Jeremy made his way into the room. "What are you guys arguing about?" He asked, and I could sense the set up right as he walked in.

"We're not arguing about anything." Bonnie denied and got up saying that she wanted to 'get a coffee'. Yeah right. I saw the look that Bonnie and Jer gave each other, and it was so obvious what they were doing. They couldn't trick me, I taught them this!

I huffed and acted like I didn't know anything as I sat on the bed next to Elena. Jeremy stared at me and I snapped, "What?" "Why are you on some suicide mission?" Jeremy asked, and I rolled my eyes. "I'm just trying to prevent everyone else from getting hurt."

"So bringing Klaus the moonstone so you can get yourself killed is ok?" He said, and I knew that he was trying to put a thought into my head. Jeremy shook his head and walked out of the room, leaving me with my twin.

As soon as Jeremy was gone, Elena turned to me and looked down at Bonnie's purse. She sneaked her hand inside and grabbed the moonstone. 'What are you doing?' I mouthed to her, and she whispered back, "If I give Klaus the moonstone and tell him that I'm the doppelgänger, he'll have to believe it and sacrifice me."

My eyes widened and I shook my head telling her no. I knew that Elena wouldn't get away with it because Bonnie and Jeremy planned something, so I let her go. Elena walked down the stairs, and Bonnie stopped her, "Where are you going?" "Umm, to see Matt." Elena lied.

"You're lying." Bonnie stated, and Elena pretended to be confused, "No, I'm not." "Tell that to your face." Bonnie countered, and then Jeremy appeared from behind her with Bonnie's purse, "She took the moonstone."

"How did you?" Elena asked them as I watched on in amusement, "They tested us, and you failed." Bonnie nodded and added, "It was a fifty-fifty guess on who would take it." Elena looked between Bonnie and Jeremy and stated, "Klaus killed Katherine's entire family just because she crossed him. I can't let that happen."

Bonnie let Elena go surprisingly, and when Elena went to leave, she was stopped by an invisible barrier. Elena gave Bonnie a questioning look, and I asked, "What did you do?" Bonnie then spoke, "It's for the best guys." I huffed, knowing that I was locked in the house as well.

I walked into the kitchen and grabbed something to eat, seeing Jenna and Alaric coming down the stairs. I told Jenna about Mrs. Lockwoods call this morning, "So now I'm playing Historical Society hostess to some writer who's doing this book on small town Virginia."

Jenna chuckled while Alaric spoke, "Well that sounds-" "Lame." Jenna cut in, and a chucked a banana at her. "She played the dead husband card, who could blame me for giving in! Plus, mom kept most of the archives, so there you have it." They laughed and said goodbye as they left for the Grill.

I was taking a nap on the couch, Jersey shore playing on the tv in front of me. Hearing someone walk into the house, I woke up. "You should learn to knock, what if I was indecent." I joked, and saw Damon swagger towards me, "You should really lock your door."

I glared at him, and he mocked, "Oh, c'mon pouty, at least give me points for ingenuity." I crossed my arms, "Do you really think this is funny?" "Yes, Erin, I find hilarity in the lengths that I have to go to repeatedly save your life." He spoke.

"What did Stefan have to say about this?" Elena asked and walked into the room. I could see Damon immediately sour at her presence. Damon sagged onto the couch and said, "We had a good laugh." "And what did he say about Elijah still being alive?" I questioned him, and Damon rolled his eyes, "Still hung up over him, huh?" After seeing my heated glare, he spoke, "Yeah, that, I didn't tell him."

Damon put his arm around me, and I raised an eyebrow. He just winked at me in response while Elena asked, "Why not?" Damon turned to her and said, "Well, A he can't do anything about it, and B, what I just said."

Damon heard Jeremy walk into the room and asked, "Where's Bonnie?" "I thought she was with you." He answered, and Damon looked over at me, "No, she's on moonstone duty and I'm on Erin patrol, and Elena unfortunately." Elena glared, and I asked, "Who's on Tyler in the full moon?" Elena then snapped her head towards us and questioned, "The full moon's tonight?"

Damon's phone rang and he quickly answered Elena's question before picking up, "Yup, but you're too absorbed in all your bitchiness and suicidal tendencies to notice." Damon got up from the couch and was on the phone. He then hung up and pointed to Jeremy, "Change of plans, you babysit."

Jeremy then plopped on top of me while Damon continued, "You know you should get out, see the sun, oh wait, you can't." I threw a pillow at him and yelled, "Be careful tonight!" Jeremy was still laughing, so I got annoyed and pushed him onto the floor.

A few hours later, I heard Jenna calling my name. The writer must be here. I walked downstairs and Jenna was rummaging around in the closet under the stairs. When I was little, I would hang out in there and pretend I was Harry Potter.
"Hey, what are you doing?" I asked her and she grabbed another box. "Oh, perfect timing." She muttered and shoved one of the boxes into my arms, "Woah, why are you doing this, this is my job. I haven't seen these in a while. The files from mom's Historical Society, right? I was supposed to be handed the load when I hit 18."

She hummed in agreement, and asked playfully, "How did I get roped in when you got roped into help Mrs. Lockwood? And by roped, I mean very excited to participate." Jenna then closed the closet to reveal Elijah behind it.

My eyes widened, and I fumbled with the box. I quickly composed myself as he smiled at me and introduced himself, "Hey, I'm Elijah."

Jenna lifted the box from my hand and informed me, "Elijah's the writer in town that's doing research on Mystic Falls." Oh shit. I am Elijah's hostess. Elijah then walked up to me and put his hand out and spoke, "It's a pleasure." I shook his hand and gulped.

I then spoke to be friendly and not give anything away to Jenna, "You're welcome to stay and rummage through everything, or Jenna and I could help you load some of it into your car." I could see I brought a smile to his face while he replied, "Yeah, or I could get someone to pick it up tomorrow."

I then smirked and commented, "Also a good plan." Elijah then moved past me and Jenna led him out the door as he spoke, "Thank you for inviting me into your home, Jenna. And Erin, since you are my hostess, I will see you very soon." I nodded and waved.

Once he was gone and out the door, I ran up the stairs and pounded on Jeremy's door. As I was about to barge into his room, a hand caught mine. I looked up to see Elijah with a finger over his mouth, signaling for me to be quiet.

Jeremy opened the door and I quickly lied to him saying that Jenna needed help. When he went downstairs, I turned to Elijah who spoke, "It's a wise choice." "What do you want?" I asked him, and he said, "I think it's time you and I had a little chat."

I led him into my bedroom, and he looked around. "Forgive the intrusion, I mean your family no harm." I stood by my door and asked, "Why did you kill those vampires when they tried to take me?" Elijah sat down on my window seat and stated, "Because I didn't want you to be taken."

This got my attention, and I gave him a confused look. "Klaus is the most feared and hated of the Originals. But those who fear him are desperate for his approval. If word gets out that the doppelgänger exists, then there will be a line of eager vampires willing to take you to him. And I can't have that." He explained.

"Isn't that exactly what you're trying to do?" I questioned him, and he spoke, "Let's just say that my goal is not to break the curse." "So what is your goal?" I interrogated. Elijah then told, "Klaus's obsessions have made him paranoid, he's a recluse. He trusts only those in his immediate circle."

"Like you?" Elijah shook his head and answered, "Not anymore." Realization dawned on me as I put the pieces together, "You don't know where he is, do you? So you're trying to use me to draw him out." Elijah smiled at my connection.

"Well in order to do that, I need you to stay put and stop trying to get yourself killed." That made my mouth drop in offense and I complained, "That was one time!" He looked amused, and I asked, "How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"Well, if I wasn't being truthful, your family would be dead and I'd be taking you to Klaus right now." I scoffed at that and interrupted, "Way to be blunt." He raised his hands and continued, "Instead, I'm here and I'm prepared to offer you a deal."

I moved towards him eagerly and questioned, "What kind of a deal?" Elijah got up and stated, "Do nothing. Do nothing, live your life, stop fighting. And then, when the time is right, you and I shall draw Klaus out together. And I shall make sure that your friends remain unharmed."

Elijah looked through my belongings, and I snapped, "And then what?" He turned to me and told, "And then I kill him." I raised an eyebrow at him, "Just like that?" "Just like that." He repeated, and I couldn't help but admire his smile as he spoke, "I'm a man of my word, Erin. I make a deal, I keep a deal."

"How are you gonna be able to keep everybody safe?" I asked curiously. "I noticed that you have a friend, Bonnie, is it. She seems to possess the gift of magic. I have friends with similar gifts." He said, and I responded, "You know witches."

"Together, we can protect everybody that matters to you." Elijah must have seen my expression because he stepped up and spoke, "So, do we have a deal?" An idea hit me right then, "I need you to do one more thing for me."

"We're negotiating now?" He whispered, and I gave him a devious smirk.

I was waiting nervously for any indication of if Elijah came through. Sitting at my window seat, I pulled one of the curtains back and saw Stefan's face. I immediately smiled and turned to see him doing the same. "Hey," He greeted me, and I jumped into his arms.

I held onto him and Stefan pulled away from the hug after a moment. He cupped my face and smiled, while I did the same. Our faces inched closer and closer before our lips touched. His lips moved against mine for a short time before I pulled back. He looked shocked, and I whispered, "Hi."

He smirked and kissed me, and we walked back until we reached the bed. We both plopped onto the mattress, our lips never breaking from the others. Finally.