Emily groaned as she was awoken from her very enjoyable sleep by the nuisance of her cell phone ringing loudly into her ear as it laid on her wooden bedside table. The brunette girl slowly rubbed her tired green eyes as she knew she couldn't fall back to sleep without seeing who was trying to call her.
However, Emily swiftly froze before she could even sit up as she felt extra weight lying on top of her. But when Emily glanced down, she smiled instantly when she saw that the youngest Salvatore was settled between her legs with his head resting against her chest.
The Gilbert girl couldn't help but forget about her cell phone at the moment and let it go to voicemail as she silently watched how peaceful Stefan looked while he slept. All the memories from last night swiftly flashed through Emily's mind as she studied the brunette vampire's bare form. She remembered everything; from Stefan's confession, to the first kiss, to her confession, and most importantly, the passionate and loving way they showed how they feel for one another.
Emily slowly lowered her right hand down to Stefan's body and began to run her fingers through the vampire's messy brown hair as she enjoyed the tranquility that settled in her bedroom. Emily felt like this was the first time in a long time that she could just relax as it was only her and Stefan; together.
However, the silence in the small and dark room was soon broken as the supposed asleep Salvatore vampire spoke as he mumbled against the human girl's warm skin, "you're staring."
The aforementioned human girl almost had an out of body experience as soon as she heard the sound of Stefan's voice as she had thought he was dead to the world. "Jeez," Emily mumbled before she placed her hand over her chest and tried to get control of her rapid heartbeat, "give me a little warning next time."
Stefan's body shook against Emily's with heavy laughter before he lifted his head up and looked into his favorite pair of eyes with humor shining in his own. A soft smile slowly rose onto Stefan's lips as he stared at the girl of his dreams before he wondered teasingly, "so, there's gonna be a next time?"
An equally soft smile lifted onto Emily's lips as she nodded her head. "Well, yeah," she muttered like it was obvious while she continued to run her fingers through Stefan's brown hair. The Gilbert girl then paused her movement and rose an eyebrow as she curiously wondered in a small voice as she felt like she needed assurance, "right?"
The Salvatore vampire shook his head in amusement as the thought of not being with the human girl was humorous. Stefan brought his hand to Emily's cheek and softly rubbed her skin as he uttered, "of course," before he brought his lips down to Emily's for a sweet and slow kiss.
Emily couldn't help but smile into the kiss as she felt like she was finally home. The brunette girl slowly wrapped her legs around Stefan's waist as the kiss progressed and got more passionate along with wrapping her arms around his neck as Emily wanted to feel all of him. It was like nothing could ruin what they had at the moment as they were in their own happy little world.
However, before anything else could happen between the vampire and the human, the annoying nuisance of Emily's cell phone rang loudly through the small room once again. At the loud sound, Stefan instantly groaned against Emily's lips before he pulled away and begged, "please answer that. It's been ringing nonstop for the past three hours."
The Gilbert girl pouted when she couldn't feel the vampire's soft lips against hers before she nodded her head with a sigh and reached over to the wooden bedside table to her left, where she grabbed her now silent cell phone. However, Emily's vision was instantly blinded as soon as she turned on her device as there was zero source of light in her dark bedroom.
Once Emily could actually read the letters on her cell phone, she quickly shoved Stefan's body to the side and sat up before she began to scroll down on her notification feed with a deep frown embedded on her face. She had a couple of normal text messages from Elena that said she was staying at the boarding house with Damon for the night along with a text from her brother that said he was staying out late. However, what caused the quick action and the panic from the human girl was the fact that she had seventeen text messages and twelve missed calls from one of her best friends, Tyler Lockwood.
The Salvatore vampire leaned his head into his palm once he sat up after Emily had pushed him out of her way and onto her soft pillows. "What's wrong?" Stefan gently questioned as he looked up at the brunette girl and noticed the worried expression on her face.
However, Emily didn't give the vampire an answer like Stefan wanted. Instead, she swiftly jumped out of her bed and walked over to her closet. She then hurriedly pulled the door open along with pressing the 'accept' button on her cell phone when she noticed she was getting another call from Tyler. The Gilbert girl placed the device between her ear and shoulder and began to grab a pair of black leggings and an overlarge red sweater while she waited for a greeting from her best friend.
"Ty, what's going on?" Emily questioned when she never got a greeting from the aforementioned teenager in over three minutes of dead silence. The only thing she could hear was the loud sound of Tyler's breathing.
The Gilbert girl decided she was going to get dressed as she patiently waited for Tyler to finally speak. So, she quietly made her way towards the wooden dresser in the corner of her room. Emily then tossed her clean clothes onto her bed and partly onto the worried Stefan before she grabbed a pair of black panties from her drawer and swiftly slipped them over her legs.
"Can we meet up?" Tyler's rough voice finally questioned through Emily's cell phone along with the sound of what Emily could only assume was Tyler moving around as she heard a lot of static on his end of the call.
Emily glanced over to her bedside table and read the bright green numbers on her alarm clock as she was curious of what the time was. However, the Gilbert girl was instantly in shock when she saw it was only four-thirty in the morning. No wonder I'm so tired, Emily thought as she had only fallen asleep about three hours ago.
"Yeah, sure," Emily answered Tyler's question along with a soft yawn while she held her cell phone between her ear and shoulder as she slowly slipped her lower limbs into a pair of black leggings.
There was another loud noise of movement from Tyler's end of the call before the Lockwood teenager's voice sounded through Emily's cell phone once more as he questioned in a mumble, "our old place?"
"I'll be there in fifteen," Emily quickly promised before she said goodbye to her best friend and ended the call. The Gilbert girl was starting to become worried about Tyler as he wanted to meet at their childhood spot in the middle of the night along with the fact that Tyler only gave her short questions and answers. That was definitely a sign that something was wrong with the Lockwood teenager.
Emily swiftly tossed her phone onto her bed once her touch screen turned dark and slipped the red sweater over her head as she wanted to hurry up and get to Tyler as soon as she could. The Gilbert girl then walked back to her closet once she was dressed and pushed her feet into the first pair of shoes she could find, which happened to be a pair of black combat boots.
However, when the brunette girl stood up and turned around to go back into her bedroom, she instantly gasped in shock as she noticed the Salvatore vampire was standing right in front of her with only his faded blue jeans hanging lowly around his hips.
Once Stefan realized he finally had Emily's attention, he gently grabbed ahold of her face between his cold hands as he was confused and worried about the human girl since she wouldn't tell him anything about what was going on. "Talk to me, Emmie," Stefan begged as he softly rubbed her right cheek with the pad of his thumb.
Emily placed her right hand over Stefan's that was settled on her cheek and gave him a small but assuring smile. She then lifted onto her tippy toes and brought her lips to Stefan's before she pulled away after a couple of minutes and finally told him in the simplest of terms about what was causing her to rush around like a madwoman, "Tyler needs me."
Stefan nodded his head in understanding as he knew how close Emily was to the Lockwood teenager. "Do you want me to come with you?" Stefan questioned with his brows furrowed as he slid his hands down to the human girl's waist. The Salvatore vampire didn't really like the idea of Emily going out while it was still pitch black dark in the dangerous and supernatural town, especially when she was just kidnapped.
Emily patted the concerned vampire's chest as she told him softly, "no, it's okay." She shrugged her shoulders lightly and added, "he sounded upset anyways, so I should probably do this alone." Emily then went back onto her tippy toes once she realized Stefan wasn't going to argue with her decision and kissed the tip of the vampire's nose, which instantly caused Stefan to scrunch up his face. The Gilbert girl couldn't help but chuckle as she shook her head at the vampire's action before she told him with a soft smile, "I'll see you later."
Emily then went to walk away from the vampire to leave but was soon stopped by the hold Stefan had on her waist. The Gilbert girl rose an eyebrow at Stefan in question before she immediately got her answer as he brought his lips down to hers for a long and sweet kiss.
The Salvatore vampire pulled away from Emily after a couple of minutes as he knew the human girl needed to breathe. He then whispered against her soft lips, "I love you," before he took off and left the Gilbert house with only a gust of wind as he used his vampire speed.
Emily shook her head while she bit on her bottom lip as she tried to hold down the bright smile that was working its way onto her face. The Gilbert girl still felt like everything that happened since last night was just a really good dream. Emily never thought the day would come where she would be with Stefan and finally happy in the disastrous town of Mystic Falls.
It took the Gilbert girl an extra couple of minutes before she finally calmed down from her happy thoughts and made her body move as she grabbed her cell phone off of her bed along with her black and white purse that held her school books and supplies. Emily didn't know how long she was going to be with Tyler as it depended on how serious the situation was and Emily wanted to be prepared in case she had to head straight to school.
Once Emily had her purse in hand, she grabbed her leather jacket from her dresser and quietly headed downstairs. Emily didn't know if Jenna was home yet or if she was staying on campus, so she tried to keep her steps as silently as she could with her heavy combat boots.
The brunette girl glanced around the hallway once she was on the flat surface and noticed that the house was silent and dark. Emily came to the conclusion as she quietly walked towards the living room and the kitchen was that Jenna wasn't home as she couldn't see her aunt's signature black flats or her brown school bag.
Emily let out a small sigh of relief at the fact that Jenna wasn't here. There was just so much she wasn't telling her aunt, so Emily was glad that she didn't have to add another lie to the pile. Emily hated lying, especially when it had to do with her legal guardian and close friend. However, the Gilbert girl knew she had to keep her aunt in the dark or she would be in danger and Emily would never want that to happen.
The sleepy but worried brunette girl swiftly jogged through the empty house and made her way towards the small, wooden alcohol cabinet that Alaric had put in the Gilbert residence since he stays over most of the time. Emily may had convinced Alaric to make his own in their house. She told the idea to Jenna because she saw Alaric as family plus it's free alcohol without leaving the comfort of her home.
Emily bent down and looked through the alcohol cabinet for a couple of seconds before she grabbed a half bottle of bourbon. She then shoved it into her purse before she made her way over to the kitchen counter and grabbed a box of playing cards. It was a rule she and Tyler had. Whenever someone needed some time at their spot, it was the other person's responsibility to grab the aforementioned supplies to make the other one feel better.
The Gilbert girl quickly shoved the playing cards into her purse and grabbed a bright yellow banana from the counter before she jogged her way out of the kitchen and towards the front door. Emily wanted to get to Tyler as fast as she could. She was worried as her brain ran wild as she tried to think of what was going on with her best friend. But sadly, Emily kept on coming up blank, so she just moved as quickly as she could before she swiftly jumped into her car.
I'm coming Ty, Emily kept thinking to herself as she drove through the empty town of Mystic Falls at four-forty in the morning while she tapped her fingers against the steering wheel with nervousness racking all through her body.
It took Emily about five minutes to reach hers and Tyler's special hangout spot from the Gilbert house. It wasn't, in fact, actually 'special' as it was located at Falls Park, where everyone who grew up in Mystic Falls spent their childhood. The spot was just special because the two teenagers got to call it their's when they needed a place to relax and take a break from the world.
Emily remembered coming here right after the funeral of her parents with Tyler. He had dragged her to their spot once everyone came back to the Gilbert house for lunch. Emily couldn't stand being around so many people that knew and felt bad about the death of her parents, so she and Tyler went to their spot in the middle of the woods at Falls Park and they drank Richard's, the now deceased mayor's, whiskey and played their favorite childhood game, Goldfish.
Emily pushed her brown hair out of the way of her green eyes as she paused and looked around the dark park for her best friend. However, the Gilbert girl soon gave up after a moment and pulled out the small black flashlight from her purse before she slowly began to walk through the woods that surrounded the park.
Finally, after about three minutes of walking around the large park, Emily spotted her best friend sitting underneath the oak tree that had their writing carved all over it. "There you are," she murmured to herself before she fast walked up to Tyler, tossed her purse to the side, and took a seat on the hard ground next to her best friend. Emily then turned her body as she carefully studied the side of Tyler's face before she whispered worriedly, "what's going on, Ty?"
Tyler slowly lifted his head up at the familiar speaker and looked into Emily's soft green eyes before he confessed in a shaky voice, "I'm scared."
Emily's brows furrowed instantly when she heard the short words fall from her best friend's mouth. She slowly grabbed ahold of Tyler's left hand and gave it a small squeeze before she asked in a gentle voice, "why are you scared?"
The Lockwood teenager bit down on his bottom lip while he avoided Emily's gaze as he was ashamed of what he was about to tell her. Tyler then took a shaky deep breath as he played with his fingers before he finally whispered after a few minutes that the Gilbert girl almost missed it, "I killed her."
A million thoughts immediately began to run through Emily's mind at the confession her best friend just made. But the first one that came up was something that scared the brunette girl. Emily had seen plenty of death recently, so it wasn't really shocking to hear someone died, but the fact that Tyler Lockwood, her childhood best friend, was the one to do it. Another thought that ran through Emily's mind was that she was saddened as she knew what it meant. However, Emily knew she had to hide the truth from Tyler thanks to the promise she made to the deceased werewolf.
Emily's green eyes falsely widened as if she was shocked by a death like a normal teenager should when Tyler finally looked over at her. She knew she needed to act normal or Tyler would be suspicious to why she wasn't scared or afraid. "W-Who was it?" Emily questioned in a small whisper. The Gilbert girl wanted to get all the information she could as she needed to know if Tyler knew what was going to happen to him when the full moon arrives.
Tyler stared up at Emily with warm tears clouding his brown eyes before he whispered the name that has been haunting his dreams and also his life for the past two days, "it was Sarah. I-I killed Sarah."
Emily's brows furrowed as she absorbed what Tyler was telling her. She knew exactly who Tyler was talking about. The young brunette girl, Sarah Jones, always sat in the seat behind Emily in English class. Emily also knew of the small crush the girl had on her brother. Sarah was always so nice and sweet. The Gilbert girl couldn't believe Sarah was the person to trigger Tyler's fate.
"Please say something," Tyler begged desperately as Emily hadn't said anything in over five minutes since he told her the truth. The Gilbert girl was the one person that Tyler thought would help him get through all of this. So, it made Tyler more frightened when the brunette girl wouldn't even speak.
Emily still didn't say anything, once again, like Tyler wanted. Instead, she dug through her purse until she pulled out something that she knew her best friend was going to need in a moment like this. "Here," Emily exclaimed as she handed Tyler the bottle of bourbon. The Gilbert girl still needed time to gain her composer and she knew the alcohol would give her that opportunity.
"Thanks," Tyler mumbled before he took a large gulp of the alcohol. He enjoyed the burning of the liquid as it slid down his throat instead of the feeling of constant grief and guilt that has been swallowing him whole.
Emily shook her head after a couple of silent minutes had passed as her thoughts weren't getting her anywhere. "Ty, I don't understand," she mumbled as she expressed what she was thinking. "I mean, how did it even happen?" Emily questioned as she tried to figure out how sweet Sarah ended up dead because of her best friend.
"I-I d-don't know," Tyler mumbled before he hurriedly explained to Emily what happened that night, "one moment we were all having fun and drinking in my dad's office and then she just came at me! S-Sarah attacked me!" Tyler nervously ran his fingers through his messy dark hair before he continued, "I pushed her away and the next thing I know, she's on the floor with a broken neck and s-she's dead!"
Emily lifted her knees to her chest as she listened to the Lockwood teenager's story before the brunette girl's brows furrowed as something felt off to her. "When did this all happen?" Emily questioned as she had a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach, and her instincts were usually always right.
Tyler threw his head back, which caused his skull to bounce off of the old oak tree, while he stared up at the bright lights of the stars that shined in the dark sky. "It happened at the Masquerade Ball," Tyler roughly mumbled as he finally answered the Gilbert girl's question.
Emily instantly realized that it was too of a big coincidence for Tyler to 'accidentally' kill someone as sweet and kind of a girl like Sarah, especially at the biggest event of the year along with the fact that Katherine Pierce was in attendance that night. Emily made a mental note that she was going to ask someone about Tyler's turning as she was being hurt when this all went down.
Once more, Falls Park was overcome by silence as the two teenagers were busy thinking about the same thing which was Tyler's 'accident' before the Lockwood teenager uttered in a nervous and scared voice, "t-t-there's something else I need to tell you."
The Gilbert girl was afraid of what Tyler was about to tell her, even though she was eighty-nine percent sure that she already knew what he was going to say. "What is it?" Emily questioned in false confusion as she knew she needed to act like she's clueless to Tyler's new identity, if she was right.
The Lockwood teenager took an extra large gulp of the bourbon before he turned his body to the side and looked at the brunette girl. Tyler knew he needed to tell his best friend now or he was going to chicken out. "I'm a werewolf," he hurriedly uttered as he ripped the band-aid right off.
Emily's green eyes softened at the confessed she already knew was coming. In all honesty, Emily didn't know what she was going to do. Mason never told her what or how she was supposed to help Tyler when she made that promise on that horrible day. So, Emily did the only thing she knew she could do as she brought the Lockwood teenager into a tight hug and whispered, "I'm here for you, Ty."
The newly triggered werewolf instantly wrapped his thick arms around Emily's waist and sighed in relief as he finally knew that Emily wasn't judging him or thinking of him any differently, which he was most worried about. "I'm scared," Tyler whispered against Emily's shoulder as the Gilbert girl consoled him.
"I know," Emily whispered as she rubbed Tyler's back while she tried to be there for him as best as she could in a situation like this one. "Does anyone else know?" The brunette girl questioned after a moment as she needed to make sure Tyler wasn't telling people about his new identity when it could put everyone in danger.
Tyler sluggishly shook his head as he looked down at the brunette girl with his saddened brown eyes. "Well, uh, Caroline found out... somehow," the Lockwood teenager mumbled as he changed his answer before he added disappointingly, "and Mason since he's a werewolf too, but he left town."
Emily quickly avoided Tyler's eyes at the mention of the deceased werewolf and didn't say another word. Instead, she grabbed the bottle of bourbon and took a large gulp as she tried to calm her nerves. Emily felt guilty that she couldn't tell Tyler the truth about what really happened to Mason.
However, as Emily sat there and stared down at the bottle between her fingers, she remembered the promise she made to the deceased werewolf to protect the Lockwood teenager. The brunette girl knew she couldn't deny Mason of his last dying wish, so she sucked it up and placed a comforting smile on her lips as she finally looked back to her scared best friend. "I'm going to be right here with you the whole way, Ty," Emily promised as she grabbed ahold of Tyler's hand in a tight grip, "I'm going to be here for you during the full moon and whenever you need me. Just call me and I'll be there."
The Lockwood teenager nodded his head with tears in his brown eyes. "Thank you," he murmured as he rested his head back onto Emily's shoulder. "I don't want to be alone in this," he confessed in a small, scared voice.
"I'm not going anywhere, Ty," Emily told her best friend before she pressed a kiss to the top of Tyler's head. The two teenagers then stayed silent once the words were out of Emily's mouth with the only sound coming from the crickets and birds. It was very calming for the best friends as Tyler finally got his secret off of his chest. "Now," Emily exclaimed as she squeezed Tyler's hand before she looked into her purse and pulled out a small item. "How about just like old times?" The Gilbert girl questioned as she showed Tyler the box of cards.
"Goldfish?" Tyler questioned as he rose an eyebrow at his best friend with a small smile. The Lockwood teenager was feeling much better now as he finally got to tell Emily his secret and knew that she was going to be there for him.
"You know it," Emily exclaimed with a cheeky grin before she pulled the cards out of the box and began to shuffle them as the sun slowly began to rise in the sky of Mystic Falls. The Gilbert girl was glad that they could push pass Tyler's new identity. She knew everything was going to get more difficult, but at least for right now, everything was okay. Emily could just enjoy her time with her best friend and act like a normal teenager that doesn't deal with supernatural beings on a daily basis. It was just like old times.
Emily yawned as she softly closed the large white door behind her before she sluggishly made her way down the steps of the Lockwood mansion. She and Tyler had stayed at their spot in the middle of Falls Park for a couple of hours as they talked about old things, played card games, and drank the rest of Alaric's bourbon to help get the fact that Tyler is a werewolf off of the Lockwood teenager's mind.
Emily paused when she reached her black Honda and pulled out her cell phone from her purse, so she could see what time it was. The Gilbert girl decided after checking her device since she had at least forty-five minutes before she had to be at school, that she would go back home and get in a quick nap as she was still exhausted with only a couple of hours of sleep and all the bourbon she drank.
However, as Emily closed her car door and started up the vehicle, the Gilbert girl heard the sound of her cell phone ringing loudly. Emily groaned in annoyance as she just wanted to shut her eyes for a little while. The brunette girl was really starting to regret not taking a bed in the Lockwood mansion like she used to do as a child.
Emily didn't even bother looking at the screen to see who was calling, she just pushed 'accept' before she brought the device to her ear and instantly heard the familiar voice of her twin sister. "Hey, are you awake yet?" The newly turned vampire questioned once she heard the breathing of her other half as she got straight to the point.
Emily rolled her green eyes and mumbled along with another yawn, "I wouldn't be talking to you if I wasn't, Elena."
The vampire Gilbert stiffed out a laugh through the cell phone as she shook her head at the crankiness in her sister's voice. "Fair point," she muttered before she told her twin, "we need you to come to the boarding house right now."
Emily furrowed her brows as she leaned her head against the cold glass window of her car. "Why? What happened?" She questioned even though the Gilbert girl wanted to add with the stress she was feeling with knowing Tyler was now a werewolf, what else could possibly go wrong?
There was silence along with the sound of static on Elena's side of the phone for a couple of seconds before she nervously uttered, "uh, I think we should talk about this in person." The vampire didn't think it was a good idea to have this conversation over the phone with the knowledge that her sister was still in danger.
Emily groaned as she was really hoping she could sleep for a little while. But no, that was quickly thrown out of the window thanks to her twin sister. "Fine," Emily mumbled into her cell phone before she added, "but you better have some coffee."
Elena rolled her eyes before she agreed to her sister's antics, "okay, yes. I'll have coffee waiting for you."
Emily grinned happily as she was at least going to have something to keep her up as she was close to falling asleep. "I'll be there in thirteen minutes," Emily told her sister before she ended the call and slowly began to drive away from the Lockwood mansion as she thought of the hot coffee she soon would be having to cure her sleepiness.
It took the Gilbert girl exactly nine minutes and forty-eight seconds before she pulled into the long driveway that welcomed her to the Salvatore boarding house. Emily guessed the drive was so short because every normal person was just barely getting up for work and school unlike Emily, who has been having a very eventful morning.
Emily closed her eyes once she parked her car and let out another yawn before she grabbed her black and white purse from the passenger seat and made her way up to the large estate. However, as the brunette girl reached the entrance, she barely had enough time to lay her knuckles against the door before it was thrown open by a grinning Elena Gilbert.
"Hi!" The Gilbert vampire instantly greeted her sister with wide smile before she quickly thrusted her hands towards Emily that held a large styrofoam cup of coffee from her twin's favorite coffee and pastry shop; Mystic Café. Elena was extremely nervous with how Emily was going to react with her still being in danger as it was making the aforementioned vampire worry horribly for her sister's safety.
Emily took the coffee with her brows furrowed at her sister's weird behavior, like the one she used last night, before she took a big gulp of the heavenly drink. "Now, what's the problem?" Emily questioned once she had caffeine in her system and felt more awake to actually have a conversation.
"Well, you see," Elena began as she jogged to catch up with her sister, who was quickly walking through the hallway of the boarding house, but the brunette vampire didn't say anymore as she wasn't sure how she was supposed to tell Emily the truth as her emotions were all over the place.
However, before Elena could come up with a complete sentence, she was saved by the youngest Salvatore brother appearing in front of them. "Hi," Stefan whispered as he didn't even bother looking over at Elena, instead he kept his eyes locked on the beautiful brunette that is Emily Gilbert.
The human girl instantly grinned when she saw the vampire that she had woken up to this morning. Emily then swiftly wrapped her arms around his neck and brought his lips to hers as she loved the feeling of him against her. Once she pulled away as she needed to breathe, Emily frowned as she noticed the distressed look on Stefan's and her sister's face. She took a step away as she was growing annoyed and confused with not knowing what was happening. "Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Emily asked as she rose an eyebrow while she glanced between the two vampires.
Emily's question was soon answered, but it wasn't from her sister or Stefan. Instead, it was answered by a vampire walking into the hallway that she never thought she would see again; Rose.
"I think we all need to have a chat," the oldest Salvatore exclaimed as he walked into the deadly silent area that held the three tense vampires and the one confused human girl.
Emily glanced up at Stefan with her brows furrowed as she silently questioned what the hell was going on. But the only response she got was the vampire giving her a small smile before he grabbed ahold of her hand and pulled her towards the living room. The green eyed duo then sat down on the Victorian-style love seat before Stefan brought his lips down to Emily's forehead as he waited for the dreadful conversation to begin once more as he already knew what the meeting was about as the three vampires told him the majority of what was going on when he had first arrived home.
"Okay, so you have to understand," the short haired vampire, Rose, began as she paced in front of the two set of siblings, "I only know what I was told." Rose then swiftly stopped her walking and stared directly at the human girl as she knew Emily was the only one that knew of the information she was going to tell them. "I met Katherine and her sister, Darina, along with the witch, Maria, when they first arrived in England. Darina, your doppelganger, befriended me instantly and we became friends. It took a couple of months, but she did tell me what they knew about Klaus."
"Well, who is he?" Elena questioned as she impatiently interrupted the older vampire while she tapped her sneakers against the hardwood floors of the boarding house. The Gilbert vampire didn't care much for the story Rose wanted to tell as she just wanted to know how she was supposed to keep her sister safe.
"He's one of the originals," Damon told his girlfriend as he took a seat on the arm of the couch by Elena. He shook his head as he crossed his arms over his chest before he added, "he's a legend."
Stefan nodded his head in agreement as he subconsciously squeezed Emily's small hand before he told the two Gilbert sisters as they weren't familiar with all the old vampire knowledge that he and his brother knew, "he's from the first generation of vampires."
Emily lifted an eyebrow as she questioned no one in particular, "you mean like Elijah?" The human girl didn't really get all of the information out of Rose while she was being kidnapped, seeing as Elijah was trying to take her away, so she didn't really know all that much about "the originals" like she wanted.
"No," Rose uttered as she responded to the human girl's question. "Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus," she further explained, "he's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal."
Emily silently nodded her head as she absorbed all of the information Rose and the Salvatore's were saying before she asked the older vampire the question she wanted to ask when she was being kidnapped but couldn't as she was worried about her safety with Rose and Trevor at the time, "so, what else do you know about the originals and the sacrifice?"
However, before the older vampire could answer the human girl's question, Emily quickly held up her hand as to stop Rose from speaking. She then swiftly dug through her black and white purse before she pulled out her doppelganger's journal and told Rose, "I don't really understand most of this, but it might help jog your memory."
"Is that the journal?" Elena questioned at the same time as Stefan asked in confusion, "what is that?"
Emily gave her sister a small nod as she had told Elena about the journal when she had gotten back from their birth mother's office at Duke University all that time ago. But the Gilbert girl soon realized that she never told Stefan anything about it. She only told him and Damon about how her doppelganger is Katherine's sister, Darina Petrova.
There was no point for the brunette girl to explain everything to the Salvatore brothers as they would soon understand, so Emily jumped up from her spot on the couch and moved over to the black grand piano that stood to the side of the large living room. She then opened up the journal once the four vampires were circled around the beautiful musical instrument. "I haven't read all of Darina's journal," Emily stated as she flipped through the pages before she settled on a folded piece of paper and pulled it out. "This is from Maria Radkova, the witch you were talking about," Emily told Rose as she handed it over to the older vampire, "she explained how Klaus needed Darina's blood to become a hybrid; a vampire and a werewolf."
Rose nodded her head as she scanned the paper before she began to flip through the journal. She slowly ran her fingers over the familiar writing that belonged to the girl she used to call her best friend. "Maria told me a little bit about it. I don't think she trusted me that well, but she did warn me that Klaus needed Darina for the sacrifice."
"You knew about this all along?" Elena asked her sister with a deep frown embedded on her face. She couldn't believe Emily didn't trust her enough to tell her about this when it was about her being in danger. They could have been coming up with a way to save her all this time.
"Why didn't you tell me?" The voice of the youngest Salvatore questioned not even a second after the Gilbert vampire did once he read the words from Emily's doppelganger about how she was suppose to die because of the feared one that was named Klaus.
Emily hurriedly ran her fingers through her messy brown hair with her nervous tick before she just finally exploded, "I didn't want you guys to worry!" The human girl hated that her twin sister and Stefan were ganging up on her about this. "I didn't tell you guys because I wanted to protect you," Emily explained before she shook her head and mumbled, "this guy is bad news."
Rose nodded her head as she agreed with Emily, "she's right," before she pointed to a page in the journal. "Darina told me about this. Maria spelled her blood with the protector spell, so she would be safe and that the future doppelganger would be protected as well with the same blood," Rose explained before she told Emily, "you cannot let anyone know about your blood or Klaus will kill you without a single hesitation before moving to the next doppelganger." The older vampire then avoided everyone's eyes in the room as she sadly murmured to herself, "that's why Darina had to die."
"Wait," Elena interrupted the older vampire as her brows instantly furrowed in confusion. "Wouldn't Klaus just use Katherine since she and Darina were twin sisters?" The Gilbert vampire questioned as she didn't understand.
Rose shook her head before she grumbled in annoyance, "he would have, but Trevor and I tried to help Katherine." The older vampire stared at Elena as she added, "however, Katherine had her own plan in mind as she made the same choice you had to make."
"She turned herself into a vampire," Elena muttered in a whisper as she realized what Rose was trying to tell her. She then glanced over to her human sister and watched as Emily bit down on her bottom lip out of nervousness. "So, out of your whole story, you're saying the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming after Emily?" Elena questioned as she wanted to know everything so she could try to keep her sister safe.
The older vampire leaned her side against the grand piano as she nodded her head and stated simply, "yes."
However, the youngest Salvatore vampire quickly disagreed as he uttered, "no," before he placed a gentle kiss on top of Emily's brown hair as he tried to make her feel better. Stefan knew that the human girl was nervous seeing as she wasn't speaking and she kept bouncing her left leg at a fast pace. Stefan just wished he could take her away from all the mess that comes with being in Mystic Falls as he hated seeing her like this.
"What they're saying is," Damon began as he threw his arm over Elena's shoulder and glanced over to the human girl he saw as a friend before he corrected himself while he pointed over towards Rose, "I mean, if what she's saying is true..."
"Which it is," Rose interrupted the blue eyed vampire in a voice that said she was right and there was no changing her mind.
"And you're not just saying it so we don't kill you," Damon continued his statement as if the short haired brunette didn't even jump in the middle of his speech.
"Which I'm not," Rose added, once again, along with an eye roll as she was annoyed with the blue eyed vampire not taking her words seriously. She didn't have time for these silly games when Klaus was coming for the human doppelganger, who Rose had began to like.
"Then we're looking at a solid maybe," Damon finally concluded as he glanced at each face around the room; from his girlfriend, to the new vampire, to Emily, and finally to his brother, Stefan. The older Salvatore was trying to be as optimistic as possible since he knew Klaus was someone they certainly did not want to see walk into their small town.
"Look, Elijah's dead, right?" Stefan questioned the group of vampires as he squeezed Emily to his side. He then looked down into the human girl's green eyes and uttered softly, "so no one else even knows that you exist." Stefan knew that his words weren't exactly comforting but he was trying his hardest to make Emily feel better about the current situation.
"Not that you know of," Rose exclaimed as she was being realistic before she gave the human girl a pointed and equally worried look. The older vampire didn't really know Emily, but if she was anything like Darina, then Rose wanted to help protect her as much as she could. Rose owed Darina that much after she couldn't help her best friend.
Elena glared over at the older vampire and mumbled, "you're not helping," before she reached across the piano and grabbed ahold of her twin sister's hand. "You'll be okay," the Gilbert vampire told Emily with a small smile as she tried to assure her sister that everything will be fine even though she wasn't so sure herself. But Elena couldn't and wouldn't let it show how worried she was. If it came down to it, she would go down swinging just to keep her twin sister safe.
"Look, I've never even met anyone who's laid eyes on him," Stefan stated as he tried to stop all this nonsense about Klaus. They all needed to calm down before they get too worked up about it. Plus, it helped him not think about the fact that someone was coming after Emily once again. "I mean, we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction," Stefan explained as he rubbed the human girl's back as to silently assure her, "we don't even know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bed time story."
"He's real," Rose exclaimed as she threw her hands up in annoyance. She was tired of them not listening to her. "He doesn't give up either," the older vampire added, "if he wants something, he's gets it." Rose then glanced at each face around the room as she warned them, "if you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot."
The oldest Salvatore rolled his eyes at the short haired vampire and muttered, "alright, we're shaking. You made your point."
Emily sighed as shook her head. This was all just too much for her right now. It was too early for all this and her brain couldn't even process it all. So, the human girl grabbed her doppelganger's journal before she silently moved back to the leather love seat and grabbed her purse. "Well, as much fun as this has been," Emily muttered as she spoke for the first time since getting the horrible information that she already knew about. She glanced at each anxious face around the room before she concluded, "I'm going to school."
The Gilbert vampire frowned instantly at her twin sister. "Emily, you can't run away from this," Elena told the human girl. The vampire was beginning to worry horribly for her sister as Emily wouldn't even talk about the issue at hand. It definitely wasn't like her sister to just push something behind, especially when it had to do with her life.
Emily lifted her shoulders and stated, "I'm not running away. I just can't do anything when Klaus isn't even here." The human girl ran her fingers through her messy brown hair and added, "so, I'm gonna do the one thing I can control and that is go to school."
"I'll come with you," Stefan announced as he went to grab his book bag. The Salvatore vampire didn't want to leave Emily alone anytime soon as they didn't even know when Klaus was coming. However, before Stefan could follow after the human girl, he was soon interrupted by the aforementioned human girl's sister.
"Actually, I think I need some sister to sister time with Emily before we head to first period," Elena told Stefan as she linked her arm with her very confused twin sister.
"Oh," Stefan mumbled disappointingly before he walked over to the human girl, who stood at the edge of the living room, before he gently laid his hands on the side of Emily's face. "We'll figure this out," Stefan whispered before he linked his lips with Emily's for a soft and loving kiss as he put all of his emotions into their embrace.
Emily brought her hands around Stefan's neck as they kissed before she whispered right back, "I'll be okay." The human girl knew that the vampire was worried about her, or everyone was worried about her, but Emily didn't know how she was supposed to react with the knowledge of her incoming death was coming for her. Did they expect me to cry and scream? Emily thought.
"I'll see you in first period," Stefan promised before he left a light kiss on the top of Emily's forehead.
The Gilbert girl silently nodded her head before she linked her arm back with her sister's and slowly began to exit the deadly quiet Salvatore boarding house as she was curious about what Elena wanted her for.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Emily questioned as she couldn't help herself once the two Gilbert sisters reached the human girl's black Honda. She lifted an eyebrow in Elena's direction as amusingly questioned, "is it about me and Stef? Or are you finally ready to tell me about the whole you and Damon?"
Elena chuckled lightly as she shook her head. "No, no," she stated before she placed her hands onto her sister's shoulders while she bit down on her bottom lip. "I have a plan," Elena exclaimed in a whisper as she stared directly into Emily's green eyes.
The human girl lifted her eyebrows in surprise and mumbled, "oh boy." Emily knew it was always bad when Elena had an unknown idea. "This should be good," Emily muttered humorously.
The Gilbert vampire rolled her eyes and playfully slapped her sister's shoulder. "Oh, shut up," Elena mumbled. She then opened the black door of Emily's car and stated, "just get in."
Emily stared at her sister for a moment before she huffed out a sigh when Elena got into the driver's seat without another word. She then quickly jogged around her car to jump in to the passenger seat. The human girl didn't know where Elena wanted to take her, but she trusted her and figured it had something to do with the looming death that was coming for Emily. This should be interesting, Emily thought as she let out another yawn while she leaned her head against the cool glass window.
