Emily let out another yawn, once again, for the third time since she had been awake in the last two hours - thanks to the loud noises of metal pots and pans banging together downstairs in the kitchen. The human girl had finally accepted defeat after she had thrown two pillows over her ears to block out the sounds, but sadly, it didn't help much. So instead of getting pissed off over the noise and the lack of sleep on a Sunday morning, Emily slowly and tiredly got dressed for the day in a pair of ripped blue jeans and a white crop top before she threw her medium length hair into a half bun.
Once the brunette girl was finally dressed, Emily then pushed her arms through a white jacket to match her shirt and slipped into a simple pair of open-toed black heels before she sluggishly began to make her way down the staircase so she could tell off the person that was making so much racket this early in the morning.
The first thing the Gilbert girl noticed as she was walking passed the living room and heading towards her destination was the sound of Mayor Lockwood's voice from the large TV as she spoke about some sort of tragedy that has plagued the town. Probably another murder, Emily thought as that was all that happens in Mystic Falls - like last night. The brunette girl then quickly shook her head as she knew if she began to think about her fallen friend, Rose, again she would start to feel guilty. So instead, Emily focused on walking into the kitchen with a clear head before a groan instantly fell out of her mouth when Emily saw who was standing by the coffee machine.
"Morning," the gruff voice of the human doppelganger's biological father sounded through the now silent kitchen. The room had grew silent between John and his other daughter; Elena, when the aforementioned brown eyed Gilbert had stopped talking as she heard her twin sister walking towards them.
Emily rolled her green eyes at the fact that the older man was greeting her as if John was even involved in her life - which was far from the truth. It just crushed Emily's mood, even more than it was before because of the loud noise John was obviously making, with seeing her biological father as she had thought he was still at his hotel after John had just disappeared last night after Stefan and Elena had asked him two simple questions; where is Isobel and how do you plan on helping to keep your daughters safe? However, the Gilbert man had avoided all questions that involved anything important. So John was certainly the last person in the world that Emily wanted to see this early in the morning - or at all.
John could instantly feel the anger and irritation radiating from his oldest daughter at uncomfortable levels, so he quickly looked over to Elena for help. John didn't really have any experience with teenage girls, except when Isobel was pregnant, so John didn't even have the slightest clue to how he was suppose to get Emily to actually listen to him as she had only been giving him glares ever since he had told them that he couldn't give up Isobel's location or how he was going to help.
The older man swiftly grabbed the light blue coffee cup from Elena after the aforementioned brown eyed Gilbert had poured her twin sister's caffeinated drink just the way she likes it. John then gave his youngest child a thankful nod before he quickly held out the cup to Emily as he offered a peace treaty to hopefully ease the tension in the room, "coffee?"
However, unluckily for John, the green eyed girl didn't say a single word like he thought she would. Instead, Emily grabbed the coffee cup from her biological father's hands without a sound before she headed straight towards the living room and over to the small cabinet in the corner, where Alaric has his alcohol hidden.
John silently watched his oldest daughter in confusion as he had never noticed the cabinet before when he was last in Mystic Falls. The Gilbert man's blue eyes then swiftly widened and exclaimed, "whoa, whoa, whoa," when Emily turned to face him and Elena while she began to pour amber liquid into her coffee. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" John hollered after he watched Emily take a sip of the obvious alcohol and coffee concoction.
Emily raised an eyebrow at her biological father before she took another gulp of her drink that would help her get through the day if she has to see John's face around town and her own home. The brunette girl, however, still didn't say anything once she settled the cup into her hands like John had thought she would once her mouth wasn't occupied with a drink - which was Emily's current motive. She knew it would piss him off, so Emily stayed quiet for a couple of minutes as she ignored her biological father's presence before she finally saw John roll his eyes like she had done when she had first saw him.
The brunette girl then walked around the man and jumped on top of the kitchen counter next to her amused twin sister once she got the response she wanted from her biological father. "Now," Emily began as she spoke for the first time since she had made her way downstairs before she uttered, "the real question is what are you doing?" The human girl then twitched her head to the side as she tested John's patience before she continued to interrogate, "what is your purpose again? Why are you even here if you aren't going to help?"
"Emily, play nice," Elena scolded her twin sister as she bumped her shoulder into Emily's thigh that was swinging from on top of the kitchen counter. The brown eyed Gilbert didn't enjoy having John around anymore than Emily did, but she knew he was their only option. If John could somehow help them keep her sister safe, then Elena would proudly suck it up and endure having their biological father around.
The Gilbert man let out a heavy sigh as his oldest daughter still wouldn't give him a chance to be there for her. But John knew he should of known this was going to be difficult when the daughters that he wants to help hates his guts. However, John was glad that Elena had accepted him and didn't mind that he was sticking around town - even though Elena would still throw a glare his way when he wouldn't give her the answer she wanted.
"I'm here to protect you," John finally told Emily once he had placed his coffee down on the kitchen island and moved to stand in front of the twin sisters. He then shot his vampire daughter a similar assuring look that he had gave Emily as he added, "I'm here to protect the both of you. But that is all I can say for the moment."
John had sadly learned about the horrible news of Elena being a vampire once he had arrived in town last night and John absolutely hated it. He never wanted either of his daughters to get caught up in all of this vampire mess. However, John was still going to care for Elena even though he should want to kill her like all of the other vampires he had ended over the years. But Elena is his daughter and John still loves her, so he knew he just had to accept who she is now and try to keep both of his daughters safe from the hybrid.
"What does that even mean?" Emily interrogated as she looked at her biological father with her green eyes squinted. The brunette girl hated when she couldn't get a straight answer out of someone and that was exactly what John was doing; avoiding everything they ask him. It was pointless in Emily's opinion to continue to question John as they were obviously getting nowhere. However, the Gilbert girl had promised Rose that she was going to fight, so Emily guessed she just had to face it and bite her tongue to stop from physically hurting her biological father after every unhelpful word he speaks.
John glanced between his two daughters with now an unreadable expression as he was trying to figure out how he was going to answer without causing the twins to be even more upset with him than they already are. "It means that I will tell you all more once I'm convinced that I can trust you," the blue eyed man finally responded as he gave the sisters the first straight answer since he has been back in Mystic Falls.
"Trust - trust us?" The human girl gaped as her green eyes widened in disbelief as she couldn't believe John was actually saying that right now. It should be the opposite, you asshat, the human girl thought. No one around here even trusted or liked him, so John should be the one that should prove himself that they could trust him.
However, unluckily for the increasingly annoyed Emily, she didn't get the chance to yell at her biological father like she wanted as her twin sister swiftly stood in front of her before Elena gave John a quick smile. "That only sounds fair," the Gilbert vampire told the older man in a cool headed voice. They definitely didn't need Emily running John out of town already when they didn't have any answers about Klaus, so Elena knew she had to play peacekeeper to keep her sister from exploding and for John to finally trust them.
The tension in the kitchen was still at an all time high, even though Elena had stopped her twin from starting an argument with their biological father. However, the tension was instantly washed away along with the glare that Emily was giving John over Elena's shoulder once the resident strawberry blonde came rushing into the room. "Oh, God," Jenna shrieked as she jogged her way to the dining room table to grab her purse. She then fast walked into the kitchen as she rumbled around her bag to make sure she had everything for the memorial before she mumbled, "I'm so late."
"That's what you get for hitting the snooze button three times," the amused voice of Alaric Saltzman told his girlfriend before he trailed off towards the end of his statement once he came to a stop behind the frozen strawberry blonde as they had finally looked up and noticed who was standing in the Gilbert kitchen.
"What the hell?" Jenna mumbled as she stared across at the man, who she didn't even know was in town, with a confused but equally annoyed glare. The strawberry blonde then glanced between her two nieces before she mouthed over to Emily, "did you know about this?" However, Jenna only got a small shrug out of her oldest niece, which instantly caused Jenna to let out a sigh as she knew this is payback for not letting Emily know that John was here all those months ago during the Miss Mystic Falls pageant.
"Well, good morning to you, Jenna," the Gilbert man uttered with a small smirk as he raised his coffee cup in the air as if he was toasting his sister-in-law. John then moved his blue gaze over the strawberry blonde's shoulder before he greeted the man with a simple mumble, "Alaric."
"It's okay I'm confused, right?" The strawberry blonde wondered as she glanced at each face around the kitchen before she turned her fierce glare back onto her brother-in-law. "Because we were not expecting you," Jenna began before she glanced up towards the ceiling as if she was thinking hard. She then focused back onto the man in front of her and concluded snarkily, "like, ever."
"Well, I got in late last night," John explained to the strawberry blonde as he took a quick glance back at the two sisters behind him. The older man then turned back around and stared across at the couple that consisted of his sister-in-law and the vampire hunter before he mumbled proudly, "Elena let me in."
The kitchen was then, once again, overcome by a thick and awkward silence once the Gilbert man clued in the strawberry blonde before the brother-in-law and sister-in-law duo began to glare at each other like they were in an angry staring contest while the twin sisters kept their eyes locked on their relatives. However, the tense air was soon paused when the vampire hunter spoke. "You know," Alaric mumbled as he rubbed the back of his head before he lightly touched Jenna's black sleeve covered arm and stated, "I'm, uh, probably just gonna take off."
"I'll come with you!" Emily hurriedly exclaimed as she wanted to get away from John already. She was just annoyed with being in the same room as her biological father as he was offering no help whatsoever. However, before Emily could even take one step after jumping off the counter, she was instantly stopped as Elena swiftly grabbed ahold of her arm.
"I don't think so," the Gilbert vampire told her twin sister with a scolding expression at the fact that Emily was just going to leave her alone with the two hating adults. Elena then glanced over to the awaiting Alaric as he didn't know if Emily was coming with him or not before she told him, "we'll see you later."
The human girl huffed out a sigh as she realized she wasn't going to be able to get out of this just yet. So, Emily only gave the now amused Alaric a small wave to show she was agreeing to what Elena had said before she leaned back against the counter to see who would be the first one to explode; Jenna or John.
The strawberry blonde waited until she heard the front door click shut as she didn't want her lovely boyfriend to hear their family dispute before she turned her fierce glare back onto the man she didn't like. "I'm still confused here," Jenna mumbled out as she twitched her head to the side. She didn't understand why John would be back in town. There was nothing here that needed his attention as that would be the only reason why John would even come to Mystic Falls.
"I decided to come back and stay for a while," John explained to the strawberry blonde woman before he glanced back at the two sisters with a pointed look to show them that he wasn't going anywhere. He was here to stay and there was no way they were getting rid of him as John planned on protecting them as much as he could.
"Not here, you're not," the strawberry blonde argued while she shook her head and kept her hard glare locked on the man that was slowly annoying her even more as the seconds ticked by as she completely disagreed. There was no way in hell that Jenna was going to allow John to just tramp all over their lives like he always does when everything for the Gilbert family is finally going good.
"Actually," John trailed off with a small smile that oozed confidence and cockiness as he took a step closer to the strawberry blonde as he was begging for Jenna to challenge him. "You can't stop me from living here," the Gilbert man concluded his sentence proudly after a tense moment of silence as he knew there was no way for the strawberry blonde to get rid of him.
"Actually," Jenna began in the exact same way as John had with an added snarl as she crossed her pale arms over her black and grey sweater. The strawberry blonde then pointed towards her two nieces, who were nervously standing to the side, to prove her point before she told John, "I can as their legal guardian."
"Yeah," John uttered falsely as if he was finally agreeing with the strawberry blonde before he mumbled, "about that." The blue eyed man then turned his body to the side to look at the two silent sisters as he inquired, "Emily, Elena, you want me to explain the situation, or would one of you guys like to do the honors?"
"John," the human girl quickly warned her biological father as she knew what he was about to do. "Don't you dare," Emily growled as she gave the man an angry glare. John is the last person Emily wanted the news about who her father is to be told to Jenna - her aunt and close friend. It would piss off the strawberry blonde and Emily knew Jenna was going to be hurt that the truth didn't come out of her own mouth.
"Okay," Jenna mumbled as she trailed off. The strawberry blonde didn't understand what was up with all this secrecy as it seems like both Emily and Elena knows what John is talking about. Jenna then moved her gaze over to her nieces as she tried to see if she could read anything off of their body language, but when Jenna noticed the sisters were avoiding her eyes, she turned her glare back onto John as she interrogated, "what's going on?"
"I'm so sorry, Jenna," the Gilbert vampire hurriedly apologized as she knew she only had seconds before John would tell the strawberry blonde the hard truth. Elena then grabbed ahold of her twin sister's hand out of nervousness before she took a step closer to the confused Jenna and continued, "I know we should have told you earlier, but -"
However, before Elena could finish telling Jenna the bad news, John, of course, jumped in as he moved to stand behind the two sisters and placed his hands onto each of their shoulders. "I'm Emily and Elena's biological father," John confessed as he interrupted his vampire daughter's explanation that would have blown over easier. The blue eyed man then shrugged his shoulders like he didn't have care in the world as he uttered with a smile, "there, now you know," before he took his exit in a very John Gilbert fashion by leaving destruction behind like he always does.
The kitchen immediately grew tense at the shocking confession as the strawberry blonde woman silently watched as John walked away and out of the Gilbert house while Elena was shamefully staring down at the ground and Emily was rubbing her temples as they both couldn't believe John actually did it. The silence in the room then swiftly ended once Jenna jumped out of her shocked trance and twirled around to face her two nieces before she finally shrieked out, "what!?"
The human doppelganger was currently lying horizontally down on the leather couch that was in the living room of the Gilbert house as she let out another sigh, for the tenth time, before a tired and annoyed scowl settled onto her face. Emily and Elena had spent about two hours, after Jenna had told the mayor she was going to be late, and explained to the strawberry blonde about the whole John and Isobel thing.
It took a lot out of the human girl as she hated even thinking about her selfish biological father and her bitchy biological mother along with all the questions that Jenna had, some she and Elena couldn't even answer, like how long they knew about John being their father and how they found out. But thankfully, Jenna finally left to the memorial at Mystic Grill at the two hours and thirty minute mark as Elena had secretly texted Alaric to get their aunt out of the house and get her mind off the fact that her brother-in-law is also her nieces' father.
Currently, Emily was trying to calm her mind from all this family mess now that the house was deadly silent since Jenna was gone, Jeremy was still asleep, and Elena had left to go to the Salvatore boarding house. It is way too early for my head to be pounding like this, Emily thought as she closed her green eyes and rubbed her temples. It's barely noon, and the Gilbert girl felt like she had been up for over three days with all the drama her biological father caused.
"No!" The brunette girl immediately groaned out after about another five minutes of peaceful silence has passed by as the sound of the front door being knocked on interrupted her blissful moment of absolutely no John and no talking.
Emily huffed out a loud and irritated sigh as she pushed her tired body off of the comfortable couch before she sluggishly trotted towards the front door with her black heels clanking across the hardwood floors. This better not be him, the human girl thought as she definitely didn't want to see John's face already. However, when Emily pulled the door open, she was instantly surprised and extremely happy at who she saw.
"Stef," the human girl uttered as she breathed out a small sigh of relief before she swiftly threw her arms around the vampire's neck with a bright smile. Emily didn't even realize just how much she needed to see Stefan until he was standing in front of her as she missed him. The Gilbert girl then slowly pulled away after a moment of them hugging each other before she wondered with a smile still adoring her face, "what are you doing here?"
Stefan gave the human girl a small smile as he rubbed the left side of her warm cheek and whispered, "I missed you." The Salvatore vampire then quickly shook his head as he focused onto the real reason he was here once he got out of his love trance that he always finds himself in whenever Emily is around. "It's Caroline," Stefan began as he pulled out his cell phone with a serious expression, "she said Tyler is pissed about something that we all did."
The Gilbert girl's brows instantly furrowed with worry. What did Tyler know? Emily wondered as she couldn't think of anything that has happened lately that could make the werewolf mad. The brunette girl then quickly grabbed ahold of Stefan's hand, as she didn't have time to rethink about the choices they have made lately, and rushed out of the house as she decided she couldn't wait any longer to know what was going on with her two supernatural best friends.
It only took about eleven minutes of Emily driving frantically through the streets of Mystic Falls after she and Stefan had jumped into her black Honda before she raced to reach the Forbes residence. Once Emily finally pulled in front of the small house, the human girl and the Salvatore vampire vamp sped to the white porch, thanks to Stefan's speed, before Emily began to hurriedly knock on the front door with worry running through her veins.
The Forbes vampire instantly released a small sigh of relief once she saw not only Stefan but also her best friend standing in front of her after she had called the Salvatore vampire a few minutes ago. Caroline was thankful that Stefan brought Emily with him as Caroline knew she would need her best friend's comfort to help keep her calm after she tells them what happened with the Lockwood werewolf.
The Gilbert girl quickly pulled the blonde vampire into a tight hug once she saw her best friend's widened and nervous blue eyes. "What's going on?" Emily interrogated once she had pulled away from their embrace and slowly began to walk through the Forbes house with Stefan following along beside her. The human girl knew it must be bad if Caroline was freaking out like this, which caused Emily to be even more worried than she was when she had first got the news.
Caroline bit down on her bottom lip anxiously while she glanced between the human girl and the Salvatore vampire before she swiftly turned around as she closed her blue eyes and shook her head. "Tyler knows about you and Damon," the blonde finally confessed after she had felt Emily squeeze her hand before she stared across at Stefan. She then glanced over to the human girl as she mumbled warily, "and he knows that Mason is dead."
"No," Emily sadly mumbled as she placed the palm of her hands over her green eyes before she began to quickly pace the Forbes living room. "Dammit," the brunette girl whispered to herself as this was not what Emily needed right now - especially with John in town. She didn't even know what she was suppose to do with that information. Emily only knew that Tyler is going to be so pissed and betrayed when he finds out that she knew and didn't say anything about it.
"It's that woman, Jules," the Salvatore vampire snarled once he wrapped his arm around the pacing human girl's body to help her calm down as he knew Emily was beating herself up over this. Stefan didn't want Emily to feel bad about the whole Mason thing as it was him and Damon that told everyone that no one could find out about the dead werewolf.
The blonde vampire shook her head as she herself began to pace like the human girl had just done before she muttered, "Tyler was so upset." Caroline then nervously ran her hand through her wavy locks before she faced the human girl and the Salvatore vampire as she whispered what Emily knew would happen, "the look on his face. He was so betrayed."
"This isn't good," the human girl mumbled as she leaned her head against Stefan's arm and linked their fingers together for some sort of comfort as her mind was running a mile a minute with thoughts of her best friend. Emily knew this was so bad. Tyler was going to hate her for this - especially if the werewolf knows that Emily was actually there when it all happened.
"You're not gonna tell Damon, are you?" The blonde vampire anxiously asked Stefan after a moment of silence had took over the living room inside of the Forbes house. Caroline knew the older Salvatore vampire wouldn't think twice before ending Tyler's life if Damon was to know that the truth was out.
"No!" Stefan quickly assured the blonde vampire and the worried human girl beside him. "Damon already wants to kill him," the younger Salvatore vampire mumbled as he tiredly rubbed the back of his neck. "He thinks all werewolves should die," Stefan concluded in a whisper as he glanced down at the brunette girl, who is close to the aforementioned werewolf that his brother wants to kill, and squeezed her hand to hopefully make her feel better about the situation they were now in.
"Well, we're not going to let that happen," Emily exclaimed confidently once she got over the shock and distress of what they are up against before she moved and stood next to Caroline to prove her point to Stefan as she crossed her arms over her chest. Emily would rather die herself than let anyone, Damon or not, hurt someone that she deeply cares about.
"Damon's not wrong to think that, though," Stefan uttered under his breath while he shook his head. "I mean, what if Tyler tries to retaliate?" The Salvatore vampire swiftly questioned the two werewolf-defending friends as Stefan was trying to get them to understand the seriousness of Tyler knowing the truth about Mason and what it means. "He has every right to," Stefan added to further his point, "he could get himself killed."
Emily instantly shook her head before she snarled protectively, "it's not happening, Stefan." There was no way in hell that she was just going to sit back and let her best friend get killed by Damon. The human girl then glanced over to Caroline and grabbed the blonde vampire's hand before she told Stefan in a much softer tone, "we have to do something."
The blonde vampire quickly nodded her head in agreement with the human girl before she turned to look at Stefan with her sad blue eyes and told him to hopefully convince Stefan to stop Damon from hurting Tyler, "w-we we have to get to him and reason with him before he does something stupid. Y-You have to talk to him."
The Gilbert girl squeezed her best friend's hand out of comfort before she promised softly, "we will, Care." Emily didn't care about anything else except making sure Tyler doesn't end up with his neck snapped or heart ripped out by her twin sister's boyfriend. She wasn't going to allow Tyler to end up dead like everyone else she gets close to.
Emily then gave the blonde vampire one last reassuring look that told Caroline that Tyler wouldn't be harmed before she swiftly turned around and fast walked out of the Forbes house without caring if Stefan was following her or not. The human girl was only focused on getting to the Lockwood mansion as soon as possible to fix this mess.
However, before the human doppelganger could jump into her car, Emily was instantly stopped as Stefan vamp sped in front of her and blocked the driver side door. "Hey, hey, hey," the Salvatore vampire cooed as he stared into the human girl's green eyes. "I'll talk to him. You should go back home," Stefan softly told Emily as he didn't think it would be safe for the human girl to be around Tyler right now - especially when Stefan was going to try to get the werewolf to understand and the aforementioned vampire knew Tyler was going to be extremely angry.
"Are you kidding me?" Emily gaped in disbelief. She quickly shook her head when she saw Stefan wasn't smiling or laughing before she exclaimed stubbornly, "I'm going with you. Tyler is my best friend and I can get him to understand." The brunette girl hated when people would just tell her to get somewhere safe and stay out of the way just because she's human. Yeah, it could be dangerous, but when is something not? Emily couldn't just stand to the side when this has to do with her childhood best friend.
"Emmie," the Salvatore vampire softly began as he gently grabbed ahold of both of the human girl's hands before he explained why he wanted Emily to not be involved in this, "Tyler's going to be upset and I just don't want that to be all thrown at you when it wasn't even your fault. This is mine and Damon's problem."
"Ty is my best friend," Emily mumbled as she repeated what she had just told Stefan as she tried to convince the Salvatore vampire to let her come along to the Lockwood mansion, "I need to be there fo-" However, before Emily could finish trying to get the Salvatore vampire to not worry about her so she can be there and help her best friend, the human girl was soon interrupted by her cell phone ringing inside of her jacket pocket.
Emily huffed out an annoyed sigh at the disruption before she pulled her hands out of Stefan's soft grip and pulled her device out of her white jacket. The human girl then glanced down at her cell phone and noticed that she had one new text message from her twin sister. Emily immediately frowned when she began to read ~
TWINNIE : COME 2 THE GRILL. DAMON 911
The human girl briefly closed her green eyes after she had read the text message from her twin sister as she tried to keep herself calm with everything that has already happened today. If it's not one thing, it's another. Once Emily felt relaxed, she looked back up at the curious Salvatore vampire before she mumbled while she pushed her cell phone back into her pocket, "you just got lucky." The brunette girl then leaned up onto her tippy toes, even with her heels, and pulled Stefan into a sweet kiss.
After the Gilbert girl pulled away from the embrace, Emily stared into the vampire's green eyes before she begged, "please don't hurt Tyler and call me if something happens." Emily knew Stefan wouldn't hurt her best friend on purpose, unless Tyler did something bad, so Emily just prayed everything would go smoothly without her there.
The Salvatore vampire silently nodded his head before he placed a soft kiss onto the human girl's forehead. "I promise," Stefan whispered against Emily's warm skin before he swiftly took off with his vamp speed to the Lockwood mansion while he left behind a saddened and worried human girl.
MYSTIC GRILL
It only took Emily about twelve minutes to reach the famous restaurant from the Forbes house before the Gilbert girl exited her black Honda and began to look around for her twin sister. The doppelganger figured Elena was going to be somewhere close since the young vampire was the one to text her and knew she was coming.
"Oh, thank God!" The Gilbert vampire sighed out in relief as soon as the human girl had made her way through the front door of Mystic Grill. Elena had been nervously waiting by the entrance of the restaurant as she hoped her twin sister would show up since Emily never gave her a text back. The vampire didn't know how her sister does it, deal with all of this, but it was giving Elena so much anxiety.
Emily rose an eyebrow as she stared over at her frantic sister in confusion. She never seen Elena look so nervous before, but the human girl figured it had something to do with Damon. "So, where's the devil?" Emily questioned her twin once she had linked their arms together and Elena had slowly began to pull her through the packed out Mystic Grill. The human girl didn't even know what she was walking into. She only knew it has something to do with her sister's boyfriend - which meant it was probably something bad.
Elena ignored Emily's name for her boyfriend as she swiftly pulled her twin sister behind a brick pillar before she pointed towards the bright yellow flower arrangement in the center of the large room. "Damon thinks he needs to talk to John," the Gilbert vampire explained in a whisper before she turned around and faced her twin sister with her brows furrowed deeply with worry. "Please go be Switzerland," Elena begged as she didn't trust that Damon and John wouldn't end up killing one another in front of all these people.
Emily glanced between her concerned sister and her biological father standing next to the vampire by the flowers before she rolled her green eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "Fine," the human girl mumbled as she knew Elena was seconds away from having a nervous breakdown. Besides, Emily knew it probably wasn't the best idea to have the men standing so close together when they both equally hate each other with a burning passion.
"Oh, thank you!" The Gilbert vampire sighed out in relief before she pulled her twin sister into a tight hug as she didn't know how much longer she could of stood in the tension filled room with her boyfriend and biological father. Elena had controlled Damon as much as she could without him threatening John but she knew by the looks the two men were giving each other, it wouldn't take long before something bad would end up happening.
"Yeah, yeah," Emily muttered as she carelessly waved her hand even though she was really glad to help her twin sister feel calmer. The human girl then pointed her finger at Elena with her brows furrowed as if she was thinking before she wondered, "would it even be that bad if Damon did end up killing the sperm giver?"
"Emily Nicole!" The Gilbert vampire gasped as her brown eyes widened in shock before she swiftly slapped her twin sister's upper arm. "You can't say that!" Elena reprimanded the human girl.
The Gilbert girl shook her head as she let out a loud giggle before she looked up at her twin sister with a teasing smirk and uttered, "I was joking." Emily then grew serious as she stated truthfully, "I don't want anyone else to have to die."
The human girl shook off the severe moment after a couple of seconds of silence as she wrapped her arm around her twin sister's shoulder and squeezed Elena's upper limb as she promised, "I'll make sure they don't murder each other." Emily then gave her sister one last assuring look before she headed off in the direction of the two men that didn't like each other.
Emily had swiftly swiped a glass of bourbon from one of the trays a waiter was strolling around with for the event as she needed something if she's going to be around the two people she could hardly stand before she continued the short walk to her biological father and her sister's boyfriend, where she heard Damon say something about John not being Isobel. "Boys," the human girl uttered as she finally showed herself after noticing that they were twitching to fight by how close they were getting, "I hope you are both playing nice."
"Emily," John greeted his oldest daughter politely with a tint of shock before he gave her a grim smile when noticed just how close Emily was to Damon and John definitely didn't want the vampire around his human child. "I didn't know you were coming," the Gilbert man added as he moved to stand between Emily and the older Salvatore vampire.
The brunette girl shrugged her shoulders as she muttered, "well, what can I say," before she took a sip of the glass of bourbon that she had stole and uttered, "I can't pass up on the free booze." Emily knew her drinking habits would piss off John, so why not kill two birds with one stone - make sure the men don't murder each other and terrorize her selfish father.
"Now, that's what I'm talking about," the blue eyed Salvatore vampire stated with a smirk after he also took a sip of his own bourbon.
The Gilbert girl rolled her green eyes at the Salvatore vampire as she still wasn't Damon's biggest fan before she glanced between the two men out of curiousness. "So, what are we talking about?" Emily wondered as she had promised to be Switzerland for her twin sister - which meant she had to make sure the conversations didn't get out of hand.
"I was just about to ask daddy dearest about why he is here," the Salvatore vampire explained to the human girl before he turned his head to look at the Gilbert man. "So, John," Damon began as he stalked closer to the aforementioned human, "rumor has it that you know a lot, and you won't say anything."
John shook his head with a small chuckle at the fact that the vampire actually thought he was going tell him something. "How do I know you can be trusted, Damon?" The Gilbert man interrogated as he lit a candle that was surrounding all of the flowers for the memorial. "Originals can compel vampires," John mentioned, something that the human girl and Salvatore already knew, "and according to Stefan, that's why Katherine's still in the tomb, because an original has compelled her to stay there."
Elijah, Emily thought as she stood to the side as she carefully watched and listened to her biological father and her sister's boyfriend. The Gilbert girl figured that is why Katherine is still stuck in the tomb while Stefan got out thanks to Elijah and his witches. The tomb spell must be down, Emily realized, but Elijah probably compelled Katherine to stay inside.
"Only because of all of the vervain had left her system," the Salvatore vampire explained to his girlfriend's father before he silently moved to light a candle for the people that was killed because of the sick vampire; Rose. The blue eyed Salvatore then moved to stand beside Emily and threw his arm over her shoulder before he told John with a smirk, "Stefan and I, on the other hand, are chock full."
The human girl rolled her green eyes, once again, before she pushed the vampire's hand off of her shoulder. Emily then moved to stand more in between her biological father and Damon while she silently drank her glass of bourbon. The Gilbert girl didn't really want to be apart of all this with the two men, but a promise is a promise.
The light colored eyebrow on the Gilbert man's face twitched ever so lightly as he stared over at his daughter. John hated the fact that Emily openly drinks whenever she pleases, but he knew he couldn't say anything since he was never a father to her or Elena. So instead, John focused on the thing he could have control over and that was the Salvatore vampire as he interrogated, "you guys are drinking vervain?"
Damon shrugged his shoulders carelessly before he gave John a snarky grin and uttered, "it's an acquired taste." The Salvatore vampire then glanced down at the human man's hand by complete accident as he was just lifting his glass of alcohol before he commented with a smirk, "I don't see that magic ring on your stitched finger."
An emotionless expression immediately took over Damon's face as he slowly took a step closer to John and commanded, "so, if you know something about Klaus, you better start talking." Damon then stood in the Gilbert man's personal space before he added sinisterly into John's ear, "or I will kill you in your sleep."
Emily's green eyes instantly widened once she heard Damon's words which was what Elena had most feared would happen before she quickly stood in the middle of the vampire and her biological father as she mumbled, "whoa, whoa, whoa." The human girl placed her unoccupied hand onto Damon's chest as she glanced between the two men before she uttered soothingly, "we're going to stop all of this murder talk. We're just going to play nice in front of the these very human residents."
"Emily's right," John muttered as he glanced around and noticed that there was too many people here that didn't exactly know the truth about their hometown. The Gilbert man then walked around his daughter and stopped once he was shoulder to shoulder with the Salvatore vampire. "Is this any way to convince me that you and I are on the same side?" John questioned before he tsked in false disappointment while he slowly shook his head now that he had the upper hand on the vampire. "First, I need to know that I can trust you, Damon, and that I can count on you," John explained to the vampire about when he would tell them anything that has to do with Klaus. He then glanced over to his daughter for a moment as he took in her features before he told Emily, "I'll see you at home."
The human girl rolled her green eyes once her biological father walked away from her and Damon like he usually does - with destruction in his wake. Emily should of known she wouldn't hear anything useful from John's mouth. He only tells lies and pointless information or something that she already knew. It just annoyed Emily so much that John wouldn't just tell them what they wanted to hear. It was like he was just toying with them.
"What happened?" The Gilbert vampire interrogated with worry in her brown eyes once she jogged towards her boyfriend and twin sister once she had noticed John walking pass her with annoyance and cockiness shining all over his face.
"He still isn't saying anything," Emily told her twin sister as she crossed her arms over her chest while she held onto the now empty crystal glass. "No surprise there," the human girl mumbled irritatingly.
"Well, what are we going to do?" Elena swiftly questioned as she glanced between the annoyed Emily and the pissed Damon. The Gilbert vampire wasn't sure how they were suppose to get John to even tell them anything since he was shutting them out every time they would ask John about Klaus or even Isobel.
"We'll figure it out," the Salvatore vampire mumbled once he took his glare off of John Gilbert, who was talking to some blonde woman. Damon wrapped his arm around Elena's waist before he stared down into her worried brown eyes and whispered, "I promise."
Emily silently pouted as she watched the two vampires be all in love while her vampire was currently interrogating the Lockwood werewolf. "Hey, I gotta go," the human girl told her sister and the Salvatore as she figured Stefan wouldn't just kick her out if she showed up at the Lockwood mansion. Emily gave her sister a pointed look that said it was something serious before she stated, "I need to go find Stef or Tyler."
The Gilbert vampire stared at her twin sister in confusion as she didn't understand why Emily was looking at her like that. However, Elena figured her sister would tell her later, so she just gave Emily a small wave and muttered, "I'll see you later."
Emily knew she couldn't tell her twin sister what was going on in front of the Salvatore vampire that wants to kill her best friend, so Emily decided she would explain to Elena once the Gilbert vampire gets home. Instead, Emily just began to walk her way through the crowded Mystic Grill until she finally reached the entrance and took her exit.
The human girl frowned once she began to walk towards her black Honda and noticed the blonde vampire looking anxious as she talked with the Donovan teenager. Emily decided she would see how Caroline was doing with the whole Tyler thing and what was going on with Matt, so she stood to the side of Mystic Grill as she silently listened to their conversation.
"C-Can we talk later?" The Donovan teenager questioned as he pointed behind him before he explained, "I mean, I'm heading to work right now." Matt looked down at Caroline with his baby blue eyes and suggested, "but maybe after we could talk, to clear some of this weirdness?"
The blonde vampire slowly nodded her head before she quickly exclaimed with a small smile, "yeah, yeah, I'd really like that." Caroline then stared at the human she has feelings for with the smile still glued to her face before she wondered, "I'll just swing by when you're closing?"
"Sounds good," Matt assured the blonde with an even brighter smile on his face. The Donovan teenager was glad to finally get the chance to actually talk with Caroline without any disruptions so they could talk everything over.
"Okay, bye," Caroline whispered as she watched the blonde human teenager walk away with a happy grin. The blonde vampire just wanted to get back to normal already. With the Lockwood werewolf not exactly talking to her right now, Caroline really needed to have Matt back in her life.
"Emily," the Donovan teenager greeted the brunette girl with a tiny smirk as he noticed the Gilbert girl trying to hide behind her car when he began to walk towards the front door of Mystic Grill.
"Matthew," the human doppelganger awkwardly greeted her friend as she placed her two fingers against her temple like she was saluting him. Emily had totally forgot about getting caught while she was engrossed in the conversation between her two friends that she had forgotten to act like she wasn't spying.
The Gilbert girl then quickly headed towards her blonde best friend once the embarrassment of being caught escaped her as she wanted to catch Caroline before she left. "Hey!" Emily shouted just as Caroline was unlocking her silver car.
"Oh, hey, Emmie!" The blonde vampire greeted the human girl with the same happy smile adoring her pale lips. Caroline just couldn't be anymore happier now that she was finally getting the chance to talk with Matt. She just couldn't help but be her giggly and perky self.
"Sooo..." Emily trailed off with a large smirk as she leaned her side against the vampire's car before she questioned, "how is Matt?" The human girl just had to take the chance of teasing her best friend. It is what she does best.
Caroline's pale face instantly turned bright red before she let out a groan as she covered her embarrassed face with her hands. "You were listening, weren't you?" The blonde vampire questioned even though she already knew the answer.
The human girl bumped her shoulder against the blonde vampire's before she stated, "I was just making sure everything was okay with my bestie." Emily then turned her body to the side and grew serious as she wondered, "how are you really doing with the whole Matt and now the Tyler thing?"
The blonde vampire let out a heavy sigh before she confessed while she played with the keys in her hands, "I-I just want to be with Matt. He makes me happy but I just hate all of this lying. It's just too stressful." Caroline then thought of something that she had forgotten about as she questioned, "did you and Stefan get to Tyler before he did something stupid?"
It was now Emily's turn to let out a sigh at the question. "I don't know," the human girl mumbled before she explained to the worried and confused vampire, "Stefan didn't let me go to the mansion with him. But he said he would call if something happens, so I guess everything is fine." Emily didn't really know if everything was okay, that was what she was just telling herself to stop from worrying too much.
Caroline let out a breath of relief as she knew if Stefan is with Tyler then everything should be fine since Stefan is the calmer and reasonable one out of the two Salvatore brothers. "Hey, you wanna come over?" The blonde vampire questioned the human girl as she figured why not? They both are worrying about the same thing so they might as well be together while they wait for the news. "It could be just like old times," Caroline added as she tried coerce the brunette girl.
"Always," Emily stated with a smile as she squeezed Caroline's hand. The Gilbert girl knew the vampire didn't want to be alone right now, which she completely understood, and Emily would never turn the chance of being a normal teenager for a little while. "We should pick up some Chinese from Peking Gourmet Inn," Emily suggested.
"Oh, my God, yes!" Caroline gasped as she couldn't even remember the last time she had gotten to eat at the best Chinese restaurant in Mystic Falls. It was pretty far from her house, but it was so worth it. "And we're watching The Notebook," the blonde vampire told the human girl with a bright smile. She couldn't wait to have a long overdue girls' night with Emily like they used to.
The Gilbert girl was going to let out a loud groan like she usually does when the blonde vampire mentions her favorite movie, but Emily knew Caroline needed this, so the human girl just nodded her head with a small smile as she agreed. "The Notebook and Chinese food," Emily listed before she stated, "you got it."
Once Caroline let out an excited squeal, the human girl chuckled before she went to walk around the silver car so they could get going to the Chinese restaurant. However, before Emily could even take one step away from the blonde vampire, Caroline quickly grabbed her arm and whispered, "wait."
Caroline felt something off and her vampire instincts were blazing with the feeling of danger, so the blonde vampire kept Emily close to her before she turned around and noticed a dirty blonde haired woman standing in front of them.
"Caroline, right?" The woman with the leather jacket questioned before she moved her blue eyes to the other young girl with a twitch of her head and continued, "and that would make you Emily."
"That would be us," Caroline uttered cautiously as she slowly moved her body to be in front of the human girl. The blonde vampire didn't know what it was, but this woman just put her on edge. So, Caroline was definitely not going to allow the woman any closer to Emily as she didn't know what this woman could do.
"I'm looking for Tyler," the woman stated as she took one step closer to the brunette and blonde. She glanced between the two girls as she wondered, "you haven't seen him, have you?"
The Gilbert girl quickly became on guard at the mention of her best friend especially when she had never even seen this woman before. They were definitely not getting food tonight, Emily realized as she knew they needed to get to the Lockwood mansion to see what was happening and to find out who this woman is. "Tyler mentioned he and the mayor had something to do across town," Emily told the woman before she shrugged, "you can try back tomorrow."
"You heard her," Caroline snarled as she glared at the woman, who she had a feeling she knew who she was. "Let's go, Emily," the blonde vampire told the human girl before she turned back around to get into her car.
However, before Emily could continue to walk around the car to finally leave the parking lot, the woman swiftly grabbed ahold of the human girl's upper arm and stated with complete confidence, "I know you're lying."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Caroline growled as she vamp sped across her car and pulled Emily out of the tight grasp. She then placed the human girl behind her before she faced the dirty blonde haired woman and interrogated sarcastically, "is that one of your little wolf tricks? Can you hear the lie in the heartbeat?"
The woman or the female wolf gave the blonde vampire a grin before she reaffirmed Caroline as she nodded her head and stated, "actually, it is."
Caroline glanced up towards the night sky like she was thinking over the fact that she was face to face with a werewolf. She then muttered, "well, I have a trick too," before Caroline instantly vamped out to attack the werewolf.
But before Caroline could end the female werewolf, who couldn't turn thanks to the full moon not being out, she immediately felt a liquid being strayed onto her skin before she felt pain take over as she began to burn from the vervain.
The blonde vampire was quickly pulled back by the worried Emily as she tried to pull Caroline away from the werewolf. But Caroline's anger got the better of her as she took a step away from the human girl and turned to try to attack the werewolf once more.
However, the female werewolf wasn't there when she turned back around. Instead, it was a large man with a buzz cut. Caroline only had the chance to notice the steel gun in his hands and let out a small, "run," to Emily before she was instantly shot in the head - which caused her to drop unconsciously to the ground as she temporarily died.
Emily was shocked as she watched her best friend basically die in front of her before she quickly turned around to get out of here. She wouldn't be able to heal like Caroline did, so she knew she was definitely in danger. But before Emily could even take one step in the direction to Mystic Grill, where everyone was, the female werewolf appeared in front of her.
"Oh, no, no, no. You aren't going anywhere," the werewolf uttered with a smirk. She then took a small step towards the human girl as she stated, "I don't think we've had the pleasure to meet. I'm Jules and that handsome man behind you is Brady."
"You don't have to do this," Emily exclaimed while she ignored the friendly act as she made sure to keep her eyes on the two werewolves. She would either have to fight through Jules or get shot by Brady, so Emily needed to be cautious right now.
Jules ignored what the human girl said as she twitched her head to the side. "You know, Mason use to always talk about you," the female werewolf stated before she let out a tsk, "I bet he didn't see it coming when you and your friends killed him."
The Gilbert girl swallowed thickly at the mention of the deceased werewolf that she cared deeply for. "Mason didn't want to face the curse anymore," Emily mumbled as that was her only explanation to what happened on that horrible night. Mason gave up because he didn't want to have to deal with the pain anymore. "Mason knew that I cared and loved him," Emily added as she wasn't going to let this wolf make her feel like she killed someone she cherished.
Jules shrugged her shoulders as she uttered, "you were still there." The female werewolf took a step closer to the human girl before she questioned, "so, princess, are we going to do this the easy or the hard way?"
The Gilbert girl didn't answer the werewolf as she knew either way it wasn't going to be good for her. Emily knew she needed to somehow get some help. Maybe if I get close enough to the Grill Elena or Damon will hear me, the human girl thought before she took off as fast as she could as the restaurant was only a few steps away from her.
"The hard way it is," Jules mumbled out as she watched the human girl run off. The female werewolf let out a loud sigh before she glanced over to her boyfriend and nodded her head in the direction of Emily Gilbert.
Brady ran up to the human girl before she could reach the front door of the establishment and muttered, "it's your turn, princess," before he swiftly grabbed ahold of the human girl's waist and placed a cloth soaked in chloroform over Emily's face until her body fell limp. The werewolf then threw the human girl's body over his shoulder before he looked over to Jules with a smirk. They not only caught the vampire who is close with the young werewolf, Tyler, but they also got the girl that everyone would die to protect. Our mission just got that much easier, the two werewolves thought as they knew they would soon have Tyler in their possession and could end the vampires who killed Mason once and for all.
