Emily groaned when she woke up. Instead of being able to roll around in her nice warm bed, she met with a cold window. Emily quickly sat up and ignored the pain in her neck. She looked around and realized she was in a moving car. Emily glanced over at the driver's seat and saw Damon Salvatore. Emily sighed, she really hoped last night was a dream, but she wasn't that lucky. Emily quickly remembered Elena, so she glanced in the back seat and sighed, glad her sister was still with her.

Having heard the oldest Gilbert, Damon glanced over to her and smirked, "good morning, sunshine."

Emily ignored the older Salvatore and reached to the backseat and felt for Elena's pulse, and thankfully it was still there. Emily needed to make sure for herself that her sister was okay since she hadn't seen Elena awake since before the crash. Emily turned back around and looked out the window in confusion, "are we not in Mystic Falls?" Emily asked, not recognizing her surroundings.

"Nope," Damon simply answered.

Before Emily could question him even further, Elena groaned from the backseat. Emily turned in her seat, and watched her sister carefully. Elena looked around confused, just like her sister was. "Where are we?"

"Georgia," Damon answered Elena's question and Emily's next question she was going to ask.

Elena looked at her sister in shock and turned back to Damon, "no, no. no, we're not. Seriously, Damon. Where are we?"

Damon glanced over to Emily with a playful eye roll before stating to Elena, "seriously, we're in Georgia." Damon looked back at Elena, "how ya feeling?"

"I-I" Elena trailed off not knowing what to say. She was beyond confused and her body was hurting all over the place. Emily gave her sister a warm smile, "you're okay, Lena."

Elena looked at her sister confused and scared, "but your car…" Elena trailed off in thought before continuing to mumble to her sister, "there was a man… you hit a man." Elena's eyes widen, "but then he got up…" Elena trailed off.

Emily turned to Damon in wonder, "do you know who it was?"

Damon shook his head, "no, I've been wondering the same thing."

It was silent for a moment before Elena yelped, "where is my phone?" Damon didn't say anything so Elena began to start to freak out, "okay. We really need to go back. Nobody knows where we are. Pull over." Elena pleaded, "I mean it, Damon. Pull over! Stop the car!"

Damon pulled the car to a stop on the side of the road and groaned, "why can't you be as fun as your sister?" Emily smirked, not the first time Emily heard that she was the more fun sister out of the two girls. Ever since they were young, Emily was the more outgoing one.

Once the car was stopped, Emily quickly jumped out of the blue car and helped Elena out of the backseat. As soon as Elena's feet touched the ground, she bent over in pain. Emily held onto her sister, encase she would pass out. Suddenly Damon came over quickly and crouched down in front of Elena, "hey," he spoke softly.

Elena looked at Damon confused but didn't think anything of it and stated, "I'm fine. We have to go back."

"Oh, come on," Damon huffed, "look, we already come this far."

"Why are you doing this?" Elena questioned Damon. "We can't be in Georgia. Emily's car is wrecked. We have to go home." Elena looked over at her sister for help and continued, "this is kidnapping."

Damon turned to Emily, "tell your sister to calm down." but all the oldest Gilbert did was hold her hands up in innocence.

Elena shook her head repeatedly, "you're not funny. You can't do this. We aren't going to Georgia."

Emily sighed and moved closer to her sister, "Lena, we are already in Georgia, just relax."

Damon nodded his head and looked at Elena with a smirk, "without your magical necklace, I might add. I can very easily make you agreeable."

Emily glared over to Damon for even thinking about doing that to Elena. Every time she thought she could be friends with Damon, he says or does something stupid like that. Emily turned to her sister seriously, "why don't you have your necklace? You know that keeps you save."

Elena shrugged, "I was upset."

Emily sighed and quickly took off her necklace that protected her and handed it over to Elena. "Wear mine." Emily saw that Elena was going argue, she quickly shook her head, "no. I need you to be save. Don't worry about me." after a few moments of staring at her sister, Elena finally agreed and placed Emily's necklace around her neck.

Not even a moment later, a familiar sound began playing. Emily glanced over at Stefan confused and noticed it was coming from Damon. Elena noticed that too and stated, "that's my phone."

Damon pulled out the phone from his front pocket, and sure enough, it was Elena's cell phone. Damon looked at the screen and pointed it towards Elena, "mmm. It's your boyfriend." Elena looked away from the ringing phone, Damon shrugged, "I'll take it." Damon answered the phone with a smile, "Elena's phone."

It was quiet for a moment before Damon glanced over at the two girls while talking on the phone, "Elena? She's right here. And, yes, she's fine." Damon listened to Stefan before shoving the cell phone towards Elena, "he wants to talk to you." But all Elena did was shake her head and looked away from the phone. Damon smirked before putting the phone back to his ear, "yeah, I don't… I don't think she wants to talk to you right now." it was silent for a moment before Damon told his brother, "you have a good day. Mm-hmm. Bye now," before hanging up the phone and placing it back into his pocket.

Not even one second later, Emily's phone began playing from her jacket pocket. Emily looked at Damon confused, who only just lifted one eyebrow up. Emily rolled her eyes and pulled her phone from her jacket pocket and say her green eyed best friend pop up on the screen. "Hey, Stef," Emily answered easily.

"Are you with Elena?" Stefan questioned in worry.

Emily glanced over at her sister, who was staring right back her while biting her nails in nervousness. "Yeah, I'm with her. She's okay. I gave her my necklace, she's safe."

"Emily!" Stefan scolded the older Gilbert. "What about you? You're in danger now without your necklace."

Emily shrugged even though Stefan couldn't see, "as long as Elena's safe, I'll be okay."

Stefan sighed, not happy that she could be compelled by Damon or get hurt. "Just call me later, okay?" Stefan mumbled, "be safe," before hanging up the phone.

Emily pocketed her phone back in her jacket and saw Damon smirking at her, "my brother is majorly protective of you."

Emily rolled her eyes, "he's worried about Elena, plus we're friends. That's what friends do, they worry. You wouldn't know, would you?" Emily smirked. Jabbing at the fact that Damon doesn't have friends.

Elena quickly jumped in before the two could start to argue with each other. "Look, no one knows where we are," Elena told Damon, "can we please just go back?"

"We're almost there," Damon told Elena.

Emily rose an eyebrow at Damon, "where?" She wanted to know where the oldest Salvatore was taking her and her sister.

"A little place outside of Atlanta," Damon explained before turning to Elena, who was less than convinced. "Oh, come on, Elena. You don't wanna go back right now. Do you?" Damon paused, "what's the rush? Time out. Trust me, your problems are still going to be there when you get home." Damon glanced between both girls and pleaded, "step away from your lives for five minutes. Five minutes!"

Emily thought for a moment, what's the worse thing that could happen? Well, Damon could force her to do something, but she didn't care. Elena would be save. Plus they needed a small break from all the vampire drama, even though they would be hanging with one. Emily turned to Elena with a small shrug, "it could be fun. Come on, Lena." Emily smirked over at Damon, "five minutes."

After finally convincing Elena to get back in the car and not go back home yet, Damon drove the two sisters through the countryside of Atlanta, Georgia. Suddenly, a thought came to Emily, "hey, where is my car?"

"I pulled it off to the side of the road," Damon shrugged, "I don't think anyone will bother it." Emily was going to get an earful once Jenna finds out that she totaled her car.

"What about that man in the road?" Elena asked from the backseat. She asked carefully, "was he a…?" Elena trailed off, not wanting to say the word.

"I watched him pop his bones back into place, I think he was," Emily told her sister.

Damon nodded, "from what I could tell, yeah."

"You didn't know him?" Elena questioned again.

"If I've never met him, I wouldn't know him," Damon paused, "I mean, it's not like we all hang out together at the Vamp Bar & Grill."

Emily smirked over at the vampire, "if there was one, then you would finally have friends." Damon rolled his eyes at Emily but let out a small chuckle. They definitely had the same sense of humor.


A little while later, Damon pulled the blue car to a complete stop. Emily looked around for something to tell where they are. She looked across the street and groaned at Damon, "seriously? We left Mystic Falls to come to a bar?"

The three got out of the small car before Elena complained, "Damon, we're not old enough. They're not gonna let us in."

"Sure they will," Damon smirked. Emily rolled her eyes, knowing Damon knew someone inside that would allow us enter the bar. Emily wrapped her arms around Elena's and pulled her sister inside the small bar.

As soon as they walked into the bar, a women called out, "no. No, it can't be. Damon." She stared at the vampire before sliding over the bar and walked in front of Damon, "my honeypie," she smiled before pulling Damon into a long kiss. Emily covered her mouth when she started laughing at Elena's gawking opened mouth.

After the small make out session, the two sisters and one vampire moved to the bar while Bree, the owner of the bar and Damon's old friend, moved back before the bar and grabbed a bottle of bourbon and yelled out to the whole bar, "listen up everybody! Here's to the man that broke my heart, crushed my soul, destroyed my life, and ruined any and all chances of happiness!" Bree poured six shots of bourbon and moved three shot glasses towards the sisters and vampire and left two for the people sitting at the bar. "Drink up!" Bree commanded. Damon and Bree both took their shot at the same time while Emily stared at her. She shrugged before drinking hers. Emily looked over at her sister who shook her head and Damon drunk her shot as well.

Bree turned to the two sisters, "so which one of you belong to this one?" Bree asked while pointing at the smirking Damon.

Emily held her hands up, "definitely not me."

Bree looked over at Elena with a smirk, "so, how'd he rope you in?"

But of course, Elena was horrible at lying, 'cause she started jumble over her words. "I'm not roped in, actually I dating his…"

But Elena got to finish her sentence, because Bree jumped in, "honey, if you're not roped, you're whipped." Bree began pouring for shots, "either way, just enjoy the ride."

Emily smirked, she definitely was starting to like this women. Emily looked at Bree in wonder, "how did you two meet?"

"College," Bree simply answered.

Emily looked over at Damon with one eyebrow lifted, "you and college doesn't mix."

Damon rolled his eyes, "I never said I went to college, but I've been on a college campus."

"About twenty years ago," Bree began, "when I was a sweet, young freshman, I met this beautiful man, and I fell in love." Bree glanced over at Damon, "and then he told me about his little secret, made me love him more." Bree looked back the two girls and continued, "because, you see, I had a little secret of my own that I was dying to share with somebody."

Damon leaned over towards the Gilbert sisters and whispered, "she's a witch."

Emily looked back at Bree shocked, "really?" the only ever witch she knew was the two Bennett witches.

Bree nodded and smiled over at Damon, "changed my world, you know."

Damon smirked, "I rocked your world."

Bree chuckled before turning to Elena, "he is good in the sack, isn't he?" Bree didn't wait for a response before continuing, "but mostly he's just a walkaway Joe." Bree turned towards Damon and asked, "so, what is it that you want?"

Noticing that Damon wanted to talk to Bree alone, Emily pulled her sister from the bar and walked out to Damon's car. "We should call Jenna," Emily told her sister before pulling her phone from her jacket pocket. Emily leaned against Damon's car beside Elena and placed the call to Jenna on speaker phone.

After two rings, Jenna answered her phone. Before Jenna could open her mouth, Emily quickly spoke, "Jenna, I'm sorry me and Elena did call you."

"Where are you? Why didn't you and your sister didn't call me?" Jenna questioned quickly.

Emily glanced over at Elena before coming up with a quick lie, "Caroline wanted to hang out last night and we completely forgot to call. Then we woke up late this morning and I had to worry to school." it wasn't a complete lie, but it was still a lie. Emily hated having to do this to Jenna, but it's for the best.

Jenna sighed, "is Elena okay?"

Elena decided to speak up, "you know, Stefan and stuff." Emily gave her sister a small smile and a thumbs up. She knew Elena didn't want to lie either.

After convincing Jenna that they were okay and at school, the two girls made their way into Bree's bar. When Emily got closer, she saw there was two burgers sitting in front of her and Elena's seat. Emily sighed happily that she finally had food. She doesn't even remember the last she ate.

The three ate in silence for a moment before Elena spoke up, "let's just say that I'm descended from Katherine." Elena paused, "does that make me part vampire?"

Damon shook his head, "vampires can't procreate." Damon stuffed a fry in his mouth and smirked, "but we love to try." Damon shook his head seriously, "no, if you were related, it would mean Katherine had a child before she was turned."

"Did Stefan think he could use me to replace her? Elena huffed. Stefan couldn't be that shallow and horrible, it's not like he's Damon. That just didn't sound like Stefan.

"Kinda creepy if you ask me," Damon shrugged. Emily rolled her eyes, Damon always tries to cause a drift between her sister and her best friend.

Emily glanced at her sister and saw stacking up her pickles on the side of her plate. Emily rolled her eyes and grabbed the pickles and ate them while smiling at her sister while Elena had a disgusted expression. Damon looked at Elena weirdly, "what's wrong with you? You don't like pickles?"

"Right!" Emily yelped and gave Damon a high five causing Elena to roll her eyes at the two bonding over her distaste of pickles.

Elena looked at Damon confused after thinking. "How can you even eat? If technically you're supposed to be…" Elena trailed off, not wanting to say it in front of a full bar.

Damon looked around the bar before whispering, "dead." He chuckled, "it's not a bad word. As long as I keep a healthy diet of blood in my system, my body functions pretty normally."

"This nice act," Elena paused, "is any of it real?" Elena stared at the vampire in wonder.

But before Damon could say anything, Bree walked over with a beer bottle and placed it in front of Damon, "here you go, honey."

"Thank you," Damon mumbled before taking a sip.

Emily smirked over at Bree, "we will have one too."

"What?" Elena questioned shocked.

Emily rolled her eyes, "come on, Lena. you need to relax." Emily smirked over at Damon, who also had a shocked face, "five minutes, remember?"

Bree smiled and placed a beer bottle in front of each sister, "there you go."

Emily smiled politely at the witch and clinked her bottle with her sister and took a sip. Elena rolled her eyes but took a sip also. Emily chuckled when she saw Elena's disgusted face, but she happy that her sister was letting go for a few hours. They both needed to relax after the horrible days that had been having lately.


Emily, Elena, and Damon were joined by a few people at the front of the bar where Bree poured everyone a shot and looked at everyone's face with excitement, "ready… go!"

Everyone downed their shot and the first one to be done was the two Gilbert sisters. "Yes!" Emily yelped and high fived her sister. Emily knew her sister was getting on the drunk side, but she deserved to have a little fun, so Emily didn't stop her and she joined in on the drinking.

Elena pointed at Damon, "that's three!" Elena faked pouted at Damon, "do you need a bib?"

"Sorry I can't unhinge my jaw like a snake to consume alcohol," Damon mumbled up his excuse.

Emily rolled her eyes and slung an arm over Elena's shoulder, "you're just jealous, 'cause you can't beat us." Emily looked over her sister and saw her smiling away, Emily chuckled and turned back to Bree, "another round for us!"

"Honey, you should be on the floor!" A women beside Elena spoke.

Elena shook her head repeatedly, "I am not even drunk. My tolerance level is, like, way up here," Elena jumped up in the arm and lifted her arm highly.

"All right, here you go," Bree said while pouring another round of shots.

Emily and Elena both clinker their shot glasses together, causing them to spill a bit of bourbon on their hands before downing the shot. Once the shot glasses were on the table, Emily grabbed her sister's hand and pulled her from the bar stool. Emily began twirling her sister around, dancing like there was no tomorrow. Emily missed this. This was how Elena was before the car accident, she was carefree and loved to have fun.

Something caught Elena's eye because she gasped and turned to her sister in excitement, "let's play pool!" she didn't even wait for Emily to respond before pulling her older sister to one of the pool tables.

The two sisters drunkenly played pool, it took way longer than it needed to let up since neither of the girls could exactly stand on both feet without stumbling around. But the two girls were having fun, so that all that mattered. Elena grew serious when she leaned down to take the shot and when she made it, she jumped up in joy. Elena ran to her sister and wrapped her arms around Emily's neck in excitement. Emily chuckled but hugged her drunk sister back. Suddenly, Emily's phone began to ring from a close table where her leather jacket laid. Emily skipped over to her jacket and pulled out her phone. She looked at her screen and her eyes widened. Emily turned to Elena and placed her finger on her lips before answering the phone, "Hello?" Emily answered.

"Emily?" Jenna spoke on the other end of the phone.

"Jenna! Hold on, it's loud in here." Emily smiled and pulled the phone away from her face and turned to Elena, "I'll be right back," once Elena nodded and continued to have fun at the pool table, Emily made her way out of the bar.

"Emily, where are you?" Jenna questioned in worry. "Is Elena with you? Are you guys okay?"

"Yeah!" Emily yelped, "everything's fine. Elena and I are great!"

"No, it's not fine," Jenna scolded her oldest niece. "I got a call…"

But Emily decided get the chance to hear the rest of Jenna's rant, because as soon as she stepped out of the bar, she tripped over her feet and dropped her phone. Emily huffed and carefully leaned down and picked up her phone. She placed it to her ear and spoke, "hello?" Hoping that Jenna was still on the phone. Emily went to speak again but before she could, someone covered her mouth. Emily's eyes widened in shock, she quickly sobered up.

Emily couldn't remember how she got up there, but here she was, on top of a tall tank beside the bar. Emily looked down when she heard multiple footsteps and saw Damon with Elena trailing behind the vampire. "Damon, no!" Emily yelped. But it was too late, the person who placed Emily on top of the tank suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hit Damon with a wooden plank.

Emily looked around where she was, and saw a set of stairs. She quickly climbed down them and ran towards the shocked Elena. Emily grabbed her sister's face in her hands and commanded, "go to Damon's car and stay there until I come get you." When Elena didn't move, Emily yelled, "run now, Elena!" Elena quickly nodded before listening to her sister and ran to Damon's blue car.

Emily ran back towards Damon and the vampire and saw that the vampire was pulling gasoline over the hurt Damon. "No!" Emily yelled out. Suddenly the vampire turned to Emily in anger, causing Emily to jump back in fright.

"Who are you?" Damon groaned on the ground, wanting to get the angry vampire's attention on him rather than on the human girl.

"That's perfect," the vampire seethed, "you have no idea."

Emily quickly jumped in before the vampire could light Damon on fire. "Wait, wait, wait! What did he do?"

The vampire turned back to Emily, "he killed my girlfriend." He turned back to Damon and continued to pour gasoline all over Damon's body and growled, "what did she do to you, huh? What did she do to you!?"

"Nothing," Damon whispered from the hard ground.

Emily looked at the man confused, "I don't understand."

"My girlfriend went to visit Stefan, and Damon killed her," the vampire explained. "Got it?" The vampire picked up a bat and started to beat over Damon with it.

Emily gasped her shock. She knew exactly who his girlfriend was. "Was Lexi your girlfriend?" Emily questioned, wanting to make sure. Once the vampire nodded, Emily quickly spoke again, "she was my friend! She told me you were human."

The vampire nodded sadly, "I was."

"Lexi turned you?" Emily asked, even though she probably already knew the answer. But she noticed the lighter inside the man's hand and needed to by Damon sometime.

The vampire turned back to Emily, "if you want to be with someone forever, you have to live forever."

The vampire kicked down hard against the face, so Emily spoke up again, "she told me, 'when it's real, you can't walk away.'"

"Well, that's a choice you're not gonna have to make," the vampire growled out in pain.

Once the vampire turned back around, Emily spoke quickly, "you meant the world to her, don't do this. Don't stoop to his level!"

The vampire lit a match and yelled, "I'm doing you a favor!"

Even though Emily wasn't Damon's biggest fan, she wasn't just going to let him die for something that she was still mad about. He was Stefan's brother and she could see them becoming friends so she thought quickly. Bringing up Lexi, would be the best way. "Lexi was a good, which means you are too. She loved you more than anything, you could see it when she talked about love. She wouldn't want you to do this," Emily pleaded.

The vampire stared at Emily for a moment before picking up Damon by the wet shirt and threw him towards the building across from the bar. Emily sighed in relief, "thank you."

"It wasn't for you," the vampire mumbled before vamp speeding away. Emily knew it was because of Lexi.

Emily quickly jogged towards the groaning Damon. She carefully pulled him up from the ground. "You okay?" Emily asked Damon.

It took a couple of minutes for Damon to get his strength back, but finally Damon stood up on his own. "Go to the car, I have a witch to deal with," Damon growled before stomping back to Bree's bar.

Emily knew that Bree would be dead by the time Damon came back to the car. But Emily couldn't find it in herself to care. The witch put Elena in danger, and that doesn't pass over easily for Emily. She slowly made her way to Damon's blue car and saw Elena was seated in the backseat with her head against the window, passed out. Emily chuckled, she knew her sister had fun for once. Emily was glad that Elena didn't have to deal with Lexi's boyfriend, she deserved a normal day.


The trio had been driving for hours, and finally Emily saw the Mystic Falls sign. They were about thirty minutes from the Gilbert house and twenty minutes from the Salvatore boarding house. Elena was still passed out in the backseat, Emily wasn't going to wake her up just yet. Emily looked over at Damon, "so, what was the real reason for kidnapping my sister and I?"

Damon playfully groaned, "I thought I made it clear that it wasn't kidnapping." Damon shrugged, "you're fun and your sister isn't the worse company in the world."

Emily rose an eyebrow at the vampire, not believing that was the reason for taking them out of the state. "Seriously?"

Damon smirked, "I knew it would piss Stefan off." Damon paused, "and you and your sister was hurt in the middle of the road, so why not."

Emily rolled her eyes, "of course Stefan would be pissed off. You took his girlfriend out of state and to a bar, I might add." All Damon did was smirk, like he knew something the oldest Gilbert didn't. Emily shrugged it off before smirking at Damon, "I saved your life, you know."

Damon groaned, "I know."

Emily smirked, "little ole human saved big bad vampire's ass."

Damon rolled his eyes, "yeah, yeah, yeah. You got lucky."

Emily rolled her eyes, "yeah, right. Just thank me and shut up." Damon smirked over at the oldest Gilbert and shook his head. Surprisingly the two got along, even if Emily does hate him sometimes.

The trio finally pulled up at the Salvatore boarding house. Emily quickly jumped out of the car to stretch. She felt like she been stuck in the car for days. Emily leaned in the backseat and saw Elena begin to move around. Emily shook her sister's shoulder, causing Elena to wake up fully. After a few minutes, Elena was finally out of the car. Emily began to walk towards her sister's car that she left, but Elena spoke up, "wait."

Emily turned back to her sister with an eyebrow raise in question. Elena was quiet for a few moments, before making him his mind. "I need to talk to Stefan."

Emily nodded in understanding before following her sister inside the Salvatore boarding house. Elena slowly made her way up the stairs towards Stefan's room, but didn't hear her sister. Elena looked down at Emily was standing at the end of the stairs. "You should talk to him alone," Emily told Elena. Who nodded and continued her towards Stefan's room.

Emily was beyond tired, she was ready to go home and actually sleep in her own bed for once. She doesn't even remember the last time we slept good since last night she slept in Damon's car after the accident. Emily didn't know how long Elena was going to take, so she laid on one of the many couches in the living room of the Salvatore boarding house.

Emily must have fallen asleep, because not even twenty minutes later, Elena was shaking her awake. Emily groaned, but slowly got off the couch anyway. "Let's go," Elena mumbled.

Emily noticed her twin's eyes looked sad so all she did was nod her head. Elena opened the large door of the boarding house and was about to walk out with Emily, but Stefan spoke from behind them. "Emily, can I talk to you for a moment?"

Emily looked at her sister weirdly, but all Elena did was nod her head and continue her journey to her car. Emily turned towards Stefan who looked nervous. "What's wrong, Stef?"

Stefan walked closer towards the oldest Gilbert and began, "you are my friend, so I think I should be the one to tell you." Emily looked at Stefan worried but only nodded. Stefan sighed before saying two words that caused Emily to gasp, "you're adopted."

Emily shook her head quickly, "there's no way."

Stefan squeezed Emily's arm in reassurance, "like I told Elena, you both would have to be adopted for Elena to look like Katherine since her last name was Pierce."

Emily shook her head, she couldn't wrap her head around all this. "How do you know this?"

Stefan explained, "your birth records. It says Emily Gilbert, Mystic Falls General. But there's no record of your mother ever being admitted. There's no record of her ever being pregnant."

Emily sighed loudly. She couldn't believe that she and Elena were adopted. She always thought Miranda and Grayson Gilbert were her parents. Nothing makes sense anymore. What the hell was the truth about her life? Emily needed answers and the only person she could think of was sitting in the Gilbert house. Emily looked up Stefan and spoke, "thank you for telling me, Stef," before quickly making her way to the door.

Stefan quickly grabbed her arm and turned her around, "hey, are you okay?" He asked in worry.

All Emily could do was nod her head. Because she didn't feel okay, she felt like she had been lied to since the day she was born. Realizing she wasn't going to say anything, Stefan quickly pulled the oldest Gilbert into a tight hug, "hey, if you need to talk, don't hesitate to come to me. You're my best friend, I'll be here for you."

Once Emily pulled away, she gave Stefan a small thankful smile before walking out of the Salvatore boarding house and straight towards Elena who was sitting inside her car. Emily sighed once she got in, but didn't say anything the whole way towards the Gilbert house. She didn't know what to say to Elena to console her since she didn't even know she was adopted either.

When Elena pulled up at the Gilbert house, Emily sighed but made her way up the porch stairs tiredly. As soon as Emily opened the door, Jenna spoke, "I don't set a lot of rules. I trust you to tell me the truth." Jenna stood up and walked towards the twins. "Where were you guys? Why would you lie to me about it?" Jenna stared hard at Emily, "I thought we were closer than that."

Emily looked over at Elena and pointed towards the stairs with her head. Telling her sister to head upstairs. She would deal with Jenna alone. Emily knew Elena wasn't as strong as she was, so she wouldn't be able to talk to Jenna without her emotions. Once Elena was upstairs, Emily turned back to Jenna with her arms crossed, "you do not want to talk to me about lies."

"Don't do that. Don't turn this back on me. I didn't do anything," Jenna explained, not knowing that she did anything.

Emily rolled her eyes. She didn't have time for games, so she asked straight out, "are we adopted?" All Jenna did was look at Emily with her mouth opened like a fish. "Why didn't you tell us? At least me? I thought we were closer than that."

Emily moved to walk up the stairs but Jenna spoke quietly, "Emily, I didn't… they asked me not to." Emily didn't say anything and continued her way up the stairs towards her bedroom. She just wanted to sleep. She didn't want to hear Jenna's excuses. She and Elena deserved to know they were adopted. Emily about to open her bedroom door, and remembered she haven't even talked to Elena after finding out they were adopted from Stefan, so Emily knocked quietly on Elena's door before opening. Emily saw Elena laying down on her bed and staring at the ceiling.

Emily sighed and laid down next to her sister before turning to her side. She looked at her sister and spoke softly, "how are you doing?"

Elena sighed and grabbed her older sister's hand, "I don't know. I never thought it was possible for us to be adopted."

Emily nodded in agreement, "I know. I don't know what to think either. I mean, you would think they would have told us." Emily shook her head, "it's just too much to think about right now." Emily moved closer to her sister, so they would be laying right next to each other. "I want you to know, that everything will be okay. As long as I'm here, you will be okay." Elena gave her sister a small smile, which caused Emily to smile back. Even though they are adopted, they will be okay somehow. Nothing changed, Miranda and Grayson would always be their parents no matter what.