FORBES HOUSE
No matter where she falls asleep, Emily seems to always be awoken in the worse way possible, except when she has Stefan by her side, and that was exactly what was happening once again as she was awoken to her cell phone blaring loudly through the blonde vampire's bedroom along with the groans of the three supernatural beings; Caroline, Elena, and Bonnie.
The human girl instantly rolled her green eyes in annoyance at the fact that her cell phone was going off at whatever time it was and at her twin sister along with the Bennett witch, who were groaning, and most of all; at the blonde vampire, who swiftly pushed her out of the large and comfortable bed.
"Rude," the Gilbert girl mumbled as she glared over at the blonde vampire from her spot on the hard floor while the Forbes supernatural being looked quite cozy in her bed - where the human girl should be right now. Emily then huffed out a sigh when she didn't get a reaction from her best friend before she pushed herself up from her uncomfortable spot and crawled to the bedside table to finally answer her ringing cell phone.
Emily pushed her messy brown hair out of her eyes once she settled her back against the wall that was adjacent to the large bed after she had grabbed her cell phone before she aimlessly pressed the accept button as she was too tired to even see who was calling her this early in the morning. "Whoever this is, it better be important," the brunette girl snarled as she accidentally banged her head against the wall before she let out a groan and closed her green eyes as she just wanted to go back to sleep.
There was instantly a hearty chuckle that rang throughout the sleepy human girl's cell phone, which Emily found absolutely heavenly, before she heard the familiar voice of the Salvatore vampire. "Well, good morning to you too," Stefan uttered in amusement at the crankiness that the brunette girl was sporting at eight o'clock in the morning.
Emily's green eyes instantly widened when she realized she wasn't talking to her brother or her aunt that are use to her attitude, but she was instead talking to the Salvatore vampire. "Heeey," the human girl trailed off in embarrassment of greeting Stefan so rudely before she let out an awkward and nervous chuckle.
"Shut up!" The Bennett witch exclaimed as soon as the human girl had squeakily and loudly spoken into her cell phone before both of the Gilbert and Forbes vampires immediately shouted as well while they had their heads shoved into Caroline's baby blue pillows, "Emily!"
The human girl rolled her green eyes at the three complaining supernatural beings. "Oh, shut up, you babies," Emily mumbled as she tiredly pulled herself off of the tan carpeted ground of the blonde vampire's bedroom. "Sleep tight!" The brunette girl yelled with a smirk to the sleeping girls before she slammed the door behind her just to annoy her sister and friends even more.
"Was that really necessary?" The younger Salvatore vampire wondered teasingly once he heard the human girl's breathing become louder when Emily finally brought the cell phone back to her face after she had finished torturing the two vampires and the Bennett witch.
The Gilbert girl let out a small chuckle as she made her way to the small Forbes kitchen and headed straight towards the coffee machine. "If I have to wake up, then so do they," Emily mumbled as she defended her actions with a deep pout before she focused on fully waking herself up with some caffeine. Thank you, Liz, the human girl immediately praised when she noticed the dark liquid was still hot from the sheriff making a pot of coffee a few hours ago for work.
"Whatever you say, babe," the Salvatore vampire muttered in amusement with a chuckling smile still displayed across his face as he sat on the edge of his bed in the boarding house. "So, how did the girls' night go?" Stefan wondered after a calm silence had settled between them as he had just listened to the human girl pour her coffee with his enhanced hearing.
Emily immediately released a happy sigh as she remembered the fun that she, Elena, Bonnie, and Caroline had last night and partly this morning. "It was so good," the human girl gushed as she took a seat onto the dark grey wool couch with her warm coffee cup balancing on her thigh. "I can't thank you enough for setting that up for us," Emily praised. The brunette girl couldn't even remember the last time that she, Elena, Bonnie, and Caroline all hung out together without a care in the world.
"You know I'd do anything for you," Stefan uttered sweetly. The Salvatore vampire had arranged the girls' night partly because of his friendship with Caroline and he had been worried, but Stefan had also done it for Emily. He could tell that she was mentally drowning with everything that has happened lately, so Stefan just wanted to make her happy like she deserves.
"Maybe we should have our own night together," the Salvatore vampire suggested after another moment of tranquility settled between them. If he wants to keep Emily safe and happy, why not go out for a small trip to keep the calmness that Emily was currently feeling going. It was the least Stefan could do when their lives were gonna get that much more difficult when Klaus shows up in Mystic Falls.
"Oh, really?" The Gilbert girl wondered as her brows instantly rose to her forehead in surprise at the Salvatore vampire's offer as she never really thought about going away - especially with the crazy life they live, but she definitely wasn't against the idea. Emily then took a low sip of her warm coffee before she curiously inquired, "what did you have in mind?"
"Hmm," the Salvatore vampire hummed as he was glad that the human girl was on board. Stefan had been thinking about taking Emily out since they never even had a first date, so he figured this would be the perfect opportunity. "What do you say to a trip to somewhere with a lake, a fireplace, a nice Italian meal, and just the two of us?" Stefan questioned once he listed all of the things that would make the best first date.
Emily grinned excitedly as she leaned back onto the wool couch in the silent Forbes house. "I say I love it," the Gilbert girl commented as everything that Stefan listed sounded so amazing and relaxing. Emily then sat there for a couple of seconds as she thought about the alone time she would have with the vampire before her green eyes instantly widened as she knew just the place where they could go.
"I have the perfect destination," Emily told the Salvatore vampire in a soft voice as she was immediately pulled into her memories of spending time at the place she was suggesting; her childhood getaway cabin that her parents use to always take her and her siblings to. It would be the perfect place for her and Stefan to get away from all of the vampire and werewolf drama, despite the feelings she may feel once she gets there as she hadn't been there since before her parents' death.
"Have you been secretly planning this, Miss Gilbert?" The Salvatore vampire teasingly questioned. It seemed to Stefan that the human girl had been thinking about it since she already had a destination in mind when the vampire was just going to find a place a couple of towns over. However, Stefan wasn't complaining. He was glad that they already had a place to go to so they could get out of Mystic Falls as soon as possible and keep this happy Emily mood going instead of the stressed and worried one that had been showing these past few days.
"You caught me," Emily uttered with a smirk. However, in reality, the human girl had never really thought about leaving Mystic Falls. It just never popped into her head that she should leave for awhile when almost everyday something bad happens. She's always so worried about keeping everyone safe to even think about leaving, but the human girl did like the idea of going somewhere with Stefan for a small break. Emily figured everything in Mystic Falls would be okay for a couple of days, so why not? Once the Gilbert girl had finally convinced herself into actually leaving town, she quickly told Stefan as she couldn't wait for their getaway, "meet you at the house in 20?"
The Salvatore vampire grinned through the phone as he muttered, "you got it." Stefan couldn't be anymore happier to know that the human girl was willing to leave for a couple of days. The supernatural being was glad that he didn't have to recruit the other Gilbert twin to convince Emily to forget about all of the sacrifice stuff for a little while to just relax. "Love you," Stefan uttered softly to say goodbye to Emily as he knew he needed to get everything they would need ready before meeting the human girl at the Gilbert house.
"Love you too," Emily told the Salvatore vampire with a bright smile adoring her face and said a quick goodbye before she ended the call. The human girl couldn't help but become a giggling mess and feel her cheeks turn red over the fact that she was finally getting some alone time with Stefan.
Emily did feel bad about leaving town when something could happen but she was only human and everyone else was either a witch, a vampire, or a werewolf so they should be fine for a couple of days - at least that is what the Gilbert girl was telling herself. Emily just had to remember that they will be okay or she wouldn't even dare step foot out of Mystic Falls.
The human Petrova doppelganger then shook her head with another giggly smile as she couldn't believe and couldn't wait that she was actually going to have one-on-one time with the Salvatore vampire. The only time that does actually happen is when they are in bed together and they aren't really alone as her family are always somewhere in the house.
Once Emily finally calmed her giggly and girly self down for what she was looking forward to today, the human girl jogged towards the kitchen and placed her now empty coffee cup into the sink without even losing her bright smile. Emily then ran back towards the blonde vampire's bedroom as she couldn't wait any longer to what was waiting for her at the Gilbert cabin before she shouted to her sister once she saw the three sleeping supernatural beings, "Elena! Get up! We gotta go!"
GILBERT HOUSE
Emily felt like she wanted to die right now. She was currently standing in the middle of the kitchen with her face ruby red with the Salvatore vampire holding her hand and rubbing her skin while her lovely aunt Jenna stood in front of them with the keys to the cabin in her hands while talking about safe sex. It's worse than the time that Emily had the birds and the bees talk with her mother when she was fifteen and her mother ended up crying that her daughter was growing up, but that didn't even come close to the embarrassment Jenna was causing her right now.
"OKAY!" The human girl finally shouted to interrupt the strawberry blonde woman as she couldn't take it any longer when her aunt began to talk about 'the backdoor.' Emily just couldn't listen to it anymore. It was just too much and Emily knew her aunt was just doing it to tease her as they didn't have any secrets and the strawberry blonde knows what happens in Emily's bedroom. "We get it, Jenna," the human girl mumbled before she begged, "can we please have the keys?"
The strawberry blonde quickly placed her hand over her mouth and acted like she was coughing as she tried to hide her amused smile. This is payback for not telling me John was in town, Jenna thought before she finally placed the keys into her niece's hand after about ten minutes of embarrassment.
"You are the worse," Emily whispered to her strawberry blonde aunt with a glare as she could still feel her cheeks on fire once she grabbed the keys to the cabin from Jenna. This is officially the most she had been embarrassed, Emily realized. "And I'm so getting you back for this, Jennie," Emily taunted with a smirk before she looked up like she was thinking. "Maybe I'll embarrass you in front of Ric," the human girl thought out loud and gave her aunt another smirk before she uttered her farewell to the now nervous looking Jenna, "have a good day."
"Oh, whatever," Jenna mumbled as she prayed Emily would forget about getting her back once she comes back into town. "You should probably leave now before John pops up," the strawberry blonde suggested with an innocent smile before she carelessly added with a shrug of her shoulders to hopefully convince Emily to not embarrass her in front of Alaric, "you know, just helping out my niece so she'll go easy on me since I saved her from facing the man she despises."
Emily nodded her head at her aunt with a smirk and muttered, "duly noted." The human girl knew what her aunt was doing, but it doesn't mean she was going to go easy on her when Jenna embarrassed her in front of Stefan - however, Jenna doesn't know that. The Gilbert girl then gave her aunt a small wave when she felt the Salvatore vampire squeeze her waist as she knew they needed to get onto the road. "Love you, Jennie," Emily told her aunt before she and Stefan began to walk away after Jenna told them to have fun, but not too much fun - which caused the doppelganger and vampire duo to chuckle.
"So, are you ready to get out of Mystic Falls for awhile?" The Salvatore vampire wondered in amusement as he and Emily slowly walked through the foyer of the Gilbert house after they had been grilled by Jenna. Stefan hadn't been too effected by the strawberry blonde's teasing and her version of 'the talk,' it was more enjoyment of seeing Emily's face turn red.
"Oh, you have no idea," the human girl mumbled with an eye roll at what her aunt had just pulled as she leaned her head against Stefan's upper arm. Emily then swiftly slapped the Salvatore vampire's stomach and shot him a playful glare when he started laughing at her before she silently walked over to the staircase to grab her bag for their getaway that she packed earlier when Elena had dropped her off.
"Aw," the Salvatore vampire cooed as he grabbed the bag from the human girl's hand with one arm and with the other he titled Emily's head up so he was looking down at her pouting face. "You know I'm just teasing," Stefan uttered before he leaned down and placed a soft kiss onto the human girl's plump lips. The vampire then grinned when Emily gave him a bright smile before he told her, "I'll go put your bag in the car."
Emily nodded her head as she looked into her favorite pair of green eyes before she praised, "thank you," as she held onto the Salvatore vampire's cold hand until he was far enough that she had to let go when he made it to the front door. The Gilbert girl then watched Stefan reach the door knob with a happy and content smile before she instantly groaned when she heard her cell phone ring inside of the pocket of her shorts.
"No, no, no," the human girl mumbled as she slowly pulled out the device while she prayed that something wasn't already wrong. Emily then closed her green eyes and said another quick prayer before she finally opened up the message from the blonde vampire and began to read.
FROM; CARE BEAR - Where are you? I need to talk... It's important.
Emily furrowed her brows in confusion as she read the new text message from her best friend. It confused the human girl as she had told Caroline where she was going before she left the Forbes house with her twin sister. However, she just took it as the blonde vampire forgot and she was worried about something before Emily threw her best friend a message back.
TO; CARE BEAR - Heading 2 the Gilbert cabin. What's goin on? Do I need 2 come over?
"Please tell me there's nothing wrong," the Salvatore vampire begged just as the human girl was pressing send on her message to the blonde supernatural being. Stefan had only opened the door to take Emily's bag to his car before he heard the sound of the doppelganger's cell phone.
The human girl took a quick glance up at the worried Salvatore vampire while she was waiting for her best friend to explain the situation before she swiftly moved her green eyes back to her cell phone when she felt the device vibrate in her hands that alerted her to a new message.
FROM; CARE BEAR - All good, never mind. Have fun.
Emily instantly sighed in relief when she noticed that the blonde vampire didn't need her right now. But the human girl was still worried, just not as worried, since Caroline wouldn't just text her if it wasn't really important, so Emily made a mental note that she would give her best friend a call once she got back.
The human girl then looked back up at the Salvatore vampire once she knew that whatever problem was bothering her best friend could wait for now. "False alarm," Emily told Stefan with a bright smile as she slipped her cell phone into the back pocket of her jean shorts. The brunette girl then held out her arm with a charming grin as she asked, "are we ready to go, Mr. Salvatore?"
Stefan shot the brunette girl a wide smile as he slowly shook his head in amusement before he linked his fingers with Emily's. "Certainly, Miss. Gilbert," the Salvatore vampire uttered before he pulled the human girl out of the house to begin their getaway from all the drama that comes with being involved with the supernatural in their small town of Mystic Falls.
GILBERT CABIN
It took a little over three hours of Emily and Stefan driving around before they finally pulled in front of the cabin that the human girl used to spend her childhood during the summer or other small vacations and birthday parties. It would have taken two hours, but Stefan made Emily pull over and switch seats as the vampire had told the human girl that she was driving his red Porsche too fast and that she needs to be gentle with it - which caused Emily to playfully roll her green eyes immediately as no one ever likes her driving.
Once the Salvatore vampire finally and slowly pulled in front of the cabin, Emily couldn't help but let out a shaky breath that she didn't know she was holding. Emily thought she would go back to how she use to spend her time here with her family; happy and carefree. But now that she's looking at the large cabin, all she can feel is sadness. It also caused Emily to automatically recall the last time she was here as she glanced at the old exterior of the cabin. It was one week before the car crash that killed her parents, Emily realized.
"Hey," the gentle and concerned voice of the Salvatore vampire interrupted the human girl's thoughts as he softly placed his large hand onto Emily's bare thigh. "You all right?" Stefan cautiously asked as he had noticed the brunette girl's mood drop dramatically.
Emily swiftly jumped in her seat when she felt Stefan's cold touch as she was so lost inside of her memories of the last vacation that she had gotten to spend with her whole family. The human girl then gave the vampire a sheepish smile before she placed her hand over Stefan's and gave it a small squeeze. "I'm fine," Emily promised before she explained as she looked back at the cabin with an emotional gaze, "it has just been awhile since I've been back here."
The Salvatore vampire's green eyes instantly widened as he realized what the human girl meant. "Oh, my God," Stefan mumbled. This was the last thing he wanted to do. He wanted their time together to be happy not sad from the memories of Emily's deceased parents. Stefan didn't want Emily to feel pressured to stay here so he quickly turned his body, so he was fully facing the human girl before he softly grabbed ahold of her face and told Emily honestly, "if you aren't comfortable being here, we can always find some other place. We can even drive across the world if you want."
Emily shook her head with a soft chuckle as she stared at the serious Salvatore vampire, who was willing to do anything to make her happy. "No, No," the human girl assured Stefan as she grabbed the hand from her cheek and brought the vampire's palm to her lips. "I'm the one that picked this place, anyway," Emily uttered before she continued with a small smile, "I was just thinking about the memories I had here and now I want to make more with you."
Stefan stared into Emily's green eyes for a moment to make sure she was telling the truth before he nodded his head once and muttered, "okay." The Salvatore vampire then leaned over the middle console and pulled the human girl into a sweet and soft kiss before they both pulled away and finally exited the red Porsche.
The doppelganger and vampire duo silently began to walk up the pavement sidewalk to the front door hand in hand as Emily smiled softly at the little things she noticed that happened during her childhood like the tire tracks that are embedded into the pavement from when Jeremy was learning to ride a bike, or the empty flowerbed where she and Elena use to help their mother plant flowers. It was all just happy memories that Emily was glad that she still had and that she never wanted to lose. It was what made the cabin so special to her because it will always be the place that held nothing but happiness and Emily hopes that bringing Stefan here will bring more memories that she will cherish forever.
Finally, after a minute or two of absorbing all the good memories of this place, the human girl pulled out the keys from her pocket that her aunt Jenna had gave her before she slowly opened the front door. "Wow," Emily mumbled as she took a few steps into the foyer and just immediately felt a presence of safety and protectiveness that use to always follow her parents. It was as if they were here with her.
"It still looks exactly the sam-" the Gilbert girl had began to tell the Salvatore vampire as she twirled around. But Emily soon stopped talking and moving once she noticed that Stefan was still standing in front of the door. The brunette girl lifted an eyebrow at the vampire in confusion as she didn't understand why he was still outside. "What are you doing?" Emily interrogated before she stated as she waved her hand, "come on. I want to give you a tour."
"Uh, I would love to see it," Stefan muttered as he shot the human girl a small smile. The Salvatore vampire then paused for dramatic effect before he lifted his fist and pounded onto the invisible wall that stops him from entering as he uttered, "but there's just one small problem."
Emily's green eyes instantly widened as she gasped, "you got to be kidding me." The human girl couldn't believe that she didn't notice this earlier. Of course Stefan couldn't get in because he's a vampire. No invitation equals no getting in.
Stefan nodded his head once as he uttered, "I'm afraid so." The Salvatore vampire then placed his right hand flat against the invisible wall as he stated in amusement, "I don't think we'll be making any good memories if you don't invite me inside."
Emily figured that as she knew the only way Stefan could enter the cabin was by, of course, being invited inside by the owner. The human girl then opened her mouth to allow the Salvatore vampire to enter but quickly shut it as she had another idea. Emily swiftly acted like she was coughing for a moment, like Jenna had done to her, as she hid her smirk before she told Stefan in a sad voice, "well, that's going to be a problem."
The Salvatore vampire instantly furrowed his brows in concern as he turned his body all around so he was standing directly in front of the door instead of just lounging on the side amusingly. "What? Why?" Stefan interrogated as he grew worried about why the human girl couldn't just invite him in.
"Yeah," Emily mumbled in false sadness as she pushed her brown hair behind her left ear as she took a couple of steps closer to the front door. "My dad put the cabin in John's name on his will," the human girl explained the fake issue as she shook her head in disappointment, "the asshat is the only person that is allowed to invite vampires in here." Emily then swiftly wiped the false tears away as she avoided Stefan's gaze as she mumbled, "I-I'm so sorry, Stef. I-I totally just ruined our time together. I-I'm sorry."
"Hey, it's alright," the Salvatore vampire quickly uttered as he tried to assure the human girl that everything would be okay. Stefan was bummed that he wouldn't get to give Emily anymore good memories inside of the place that makes her happy but he wasn't going to let his vampirism ruin that. "We can, we can just go somewhere else," Stefan added as he didn't want to take Emily back to Mystic Falls when she was so excited to have some time alone.
The human girl couldn't help but swoon at the Salvatore vampire. He was just so sweet and was willing to do anything for her and it touched Emily's heart so much that she couldn't keep up her facade any longer as she was starting to feel bad. So, instead of continuing her lie, Emily let a smile slowly build up onto her face as she silently told Stefan the truth.
"You were joking?" The Salvatore vampire gaped in disbelief as soon as he noticed the sadness wash away from the human girl's appearance. Stefan had believed every word that Emily had said as it really sounded real as Stefan could see Emily's father giving the cabin to his brother. "So, I can come in?" The vampire questioned after a moment as he lifted up an amused eyebrow.
Emily let out a heavy chuckle as she nodded her head. The human girl didn't think her fake act was actually going to work on the Salvatore vampire. The fun has already began, Emily thought as she was already feeling better about being in her family's cabin than she did a few minutes ago. The Gilbert girl then gave the vampire an excited grin before she officially allowed him inside with a teasing smirk and a posh voice, "Mr. Stefan Salvatore, you may come in and join Queen Emily."
"Oh, Queen Emily, huh?" The Salvatore vampire uttered with his own smirk as he slowly stepped over the threshold of the cabin while he kept his amused green eyes locked onto Emily's teasing ones. Stefan shook his head with a chuckle as he slowly stalked towards the human girl until he grabbed ahold of her thin waist. "You are so in trouble, Queen Emily," the Salvatore vampire uttered before he swooped the human girl up into his arms and swiftly twirled her around.
"No, stop!" Emily gasped with her green eyes widened before laughter quickly escaped her mouth as she felt Stefan's fingers tickle her sides. "Queen Emily commands you!" The Gilbert girl jokingly commanded as she could barely breath.
"Yes, my Queen," Stefan whispered as he stopped tickling the human girl before he brought Emily's legs around his waist and stared up at the brunette girl. The doppelganger and vampire duo then locked eyes for a couple of seconds before they both rushed to reach each other's lips at the same time.
It was exactly how they both imagined how they would spend their alone time together. There was no problem, supernatural or not, to interrupt them. No originals, No John Gilbert, no Katherine Pierce. It was just Emily Gilbert and Stefan Salvatore, and that all they really needed.
It was about two hours later when the human girl found herself out on the wooden dock with a wool blanket thrown over her shoulders and covering her bare legs. She and Stefan had a small make out session in the kitchen before they had their much needed alone time on the couch in the living room. There had been no rushing encase someone would catch them. It was just two people that loved and cherished each other.
However, currently, the human girl was lost in her memories of the Gilbert cabin as she sits in front of the light blue lake now that she is all alone since the Salvatore vampire said he needed to go into town about an hour ago. There was just so many good memories that instantly came rushing into Emily's mind by just staring out at the water. The wooden dock that she was resting on had at least ten different memories on its own.
"Hey," the soft voice of the Salvatore vampire interrupted the human girl as she moved her bare feet around in the water with a small remembrance smile plastered onto her face. "You okay?" Stefan quietly questioned as he took a seat on the edge of the dock before he threw his arm across Emily's shoulder and placed a gentle kiss to her temple.
Emily shot the vampire a soft smile as she nodded her head before she leaned her body against Stefan's. "I'm good," the human girl muttered before she continued as she looked out onto the water, "I was just remembering some things." Emily sat there in silence for a few moments before her green eyes found a jet ski to her left. She pointed towards the white and yellow watercraft and muttered with the same soft smile, "Jer tried to do a trick off that thing right before eighth grade and broke his leg." Emily then moved her eyes to the thinner dock across the lake as she mumbled, "Lena and I use to race off of that and swim all the way to this side every summer."
Emily shook her head with a soft chuckle before she uttered, "I just can't believe that I have so many memories here. It has always been like my second home." The human girl then let a low sigh as she stared out onto the water before she glanced up at the Salvatore vampire. "Do you ever think what kind of memories we will have in the future?" Emily curiously wondered. "I mean, you never know what memories will mean something until that is all you have," the human girl mumbled as she grabbed Stefan's hand and aimlessly began to nervously play with his fingers as she remembered the deal she made with the original, "you never know when it'll be your last with someone."
Stefan furrowed his brows when he heard the sadness in the human girl's voice towards the end of her small speech. The Salvatore vampire then swiftly moved his arm from around Emily's shoulder and softly grabbed ahold of Emily's chin so she was facing him. "Hey, we're going to have a future and a whole bunch of happy memories," the supernatural being promised as he rubbed the human girl's cheek before he added, "even though I don't like it, Elijah is going to keep you safe from being sacrificed."
The Gilbert girl instantly looked down at her lap when the vampire mentioned the sacrifice. Emily felt horrible that she never told Stefan, or her family and friends, the truth about the plan with Elijah. But Emily knew if she tells everyone that she isn't one of the people Elijah is going to keep save then they would find someway to anger the original and ruin the plan that she had to make sure they stay safe from Klaus' wrath. Emily just had to keep telling herself that she was protecting them. It's not like they'll ever figure out the truth, the human girl thought as she finally looked back up at the concerned Stefan with a small smile.
"Okay," Emily finally mumbled as she agreed with the same small smile before she leaned up and brought her lips to Stefan's for a short kiss. The human girl knew that was the only thing she could do; agree or it would just become an argument about protecting her. But Emily didn't want to be thinking about the sacrifice right now, she just wanted to spend time with Stefan, so she tried to get the topic off the vampire's mind. "I just want to be here with you," Emily uttered as she stared up into Stefan's green eyes, "I just want to focus on the memories that are happening right now."
The Salvatore vampire gave the human girl a small nod as he was definitely okay with that. Stefan then grabbed ahold of Emily's light body before he settled her onto his lap in a sideways position and held onto her hand. "You know, I have a memory that we both will never forget about," the Salvatore vampire uttered softly into Emily's ear.
"Yeah?" Emily wondered with an raised eyebrow as she titled her head up so she was now looking into the Salvatore vampire's soft green eyes.
"Mhmm," Stefan mumbled with a small smile as he brought his other hand that wasn't holding the human girl's to Emily's cheek. "It is the moment that Stefan Salvatore officially asks Emily Gilbert to be his girlfriend," the supernatural being whispered as he stared directly into his favorite pair of eyes.
A real and bright smile instantly rose onto the human girl's face as the vampire was actually saying the g-word. It had never really bothered Emily that Stefan never asked her to be his girlfriend. It always sounded childish to her to put a label onto their relationship since she is literally together with her sister's ex along with the fact that they starting seeing each other after confessing their love to one another - plus the whole compulsion ordeal. However, Emily did love the action of Stefan asking her as it was honestly the sweetest thing in the world.
Emily brought both of her hands up to the Salvatore vampire's face after they stayed silent for couple of calm seconds. The human girl just stared into Stefan's eyes with the same happy smile adoring her face while she rubbed the vampire's cheeks before she whispered to her entire world, "I love you, boyfriend."
Stefan chuckled lightly before he commented softly, "I like the sound of that, girlfriend." The Salvatore vampire then brought his lips to Emily's for a slow and sweet kiss before he pulled back by just an inch and whispered, "I love you too."
The official couple brought their lips to each other once more for about a minute or so before Stefan pulled away and moved the human girl so she was sitting back onto the dock. The Salvatore vampire then quickly stood up from his spot with a smile on his face before he held out his hand to the human girl.
Emily looked up at the Salvatore vampire with her brows furrowed in confusion as she thought they were just going to sit here on the dock for a little while. "What's going on?" The Gilbert girl wondered as she voiced her thoughts.
The Salvatore vampire shook his head with a small smile as he moved his hand around to get the human girl to grab ahold of it. "It's time for the Italian meal part of our alone time," Stefan explained as the now grinning Emily finally placed her hand into his before he swiftly pulled her up from the wooden dock.
The doppelganger and vampire duo then silently walked back into the Gilbert cabin while they held hands before they finally reached the large kitchen. "I went to the grocery store earlier," Stefan explained as he walked further into the room after he noticed the human girl's shocked expression, "I just wanted to make sure everything goes perfectly." The Salvatore vampire then sped over towards the counter and poured a glass of red wine before he vamp sped back to the human girl. "Red wine pairs well with Italian," Stefan explained to the pouting Gilbert before he added teasingly, "and it'll do you good to take a rest from bourbon."
Emily looked at the dark substance with squinted brows. She never been much of a wine drinker as that was Jenna's and her mother's department. But Emily shrugged her shoulders as she brought the glass to her lips and mumbled, "when in Rome," before she took a small sip.
"See, it's not bad," Stefan uttered with a small chuckle as he watched that Emily's face didn't turn into one of disgust once she took a drink of the wine as he stood in front of the kitchen counter and was beginning to chop up fresh tomatoes.
Emily shrugged her shoulders, once again, as she leaned her body against the island that separates the kitchen and the living room. "It's alright," the human girl mumbled. It wasn't the worse thing she had ever tasted. Emily then moved her eyes back onto the deep red alcohol with a soft smile before she whispered, "this is what my mom would always do. She would sit down with a glass of wine and watch my dad prepare dinner."
The Salvatore vampire looked up at the human girl with a gentle smile as he knew she was experiencing her memories again. "And what would you be doing?" Stefan wondered as he placed the chopped up tomatoes into a large pot before he began to chop up an onion.
The Gilbert girl couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle as she instantly remembered all of the memories that were made with her siblings in the living room while their parents would be in the kitchen preparing dinner. "We used to have this dog named Lucky," Emily began to explain one of her memories to the vampire with an amused smile, "that Jer was so afraid of when we were in middle school. So, Lena and I would always chase Jer around with the small dog when our parents were busy."
Stefan full on belly laughed and immediately paused his cutting of the onion before he commented with a teasing smirk as he found Emily's memories quite humorous, "I see nothing has changed." The Salvatore vampire could definitely see both of the Gilbert twins doing that to the youngest Gilbert even to this day.
Emily instantly rolled her green eyes and mumbled embarrassingly, "oh, whatever." The human girl then brought the glass of wine up to her lips and took another gulp when she heard the vampire was starting to laugh. However, though, when Emily brought her eyes back onto the now calm Stefan and watched him prepare their meal, a shiver swiftly ran down her spine. "Dammit," Emily mumbled as she rubbed her bare legs, "who knew North Carolina could be so cold."
The Salvatore vampire looked up at the shivering human girl as he didn't want her to get sick before he glanced over to the fire place and immediately saw their problem. "Ah, fire's dying," Stefan told Emily as he placed the knife down onto the counter before he uttered, "I'll go get some more wood."
"No, no, please," Emily quickly uttered as she stood up straight from the island counter top. "You've already done so much for me today," the human girl uttered as she grabbed ahold of the vampire's hand, "I'll just go put on some sweatpants and a jacket and grab the firewood." Emily felt bad about letting the vampire do all this stuff for her, so she wanted to at least do something and let Stefan have a little bit of rest.
"You don't have to do that," Stefan told the human girl as he squeezed both of her hands while he stood in front of her. "It'll only take me a second to gather the wood," the vampire explained before he gave Emily a soft smile and added, "plus, I don't want you to get sick."
The Gilbert girl rolled her green eyes at the worried vampire before she leaned up and patted Stefan's left cheek and stated, "I'm just going to grab some warm clothes while you finish cooking." Emily then quickly turned around so Stefan couldn't disagree with her and jogged her way up the wooden staircase.
Emily let out a small chuckle when she heard the Salvatore vampire yell up to her that she still wasn't going out into the cold just as she reached the long hallway of the second level of the cabin. The human girl shook her head in amusement at the worried Stefan before she headed towards her parents' bedroom after she didn't hear anything more from the Salvatore vampire as she didn't have any clothes here in the cabin since she took them all home the last time she was here.
The brunette girl then headed towards her parents' dresser as she knew her mother must have left a pair of sweats here in the cabin for times like this when it would get cold. However, before Emily could even make it to the dresser, she came to a stop when she was about to pass her mother's vanity table that matched the one she has in her own bedroom in Mystic Falls.
Emily slowly looked at each item with emotion clouding her green eyes before she shakily picked up a gold necklace from the white vanity table. The human girl instantly smiled once she opened up the small locket and saw the two small pictures; one side was an image of a normal picture of the whole family, her siblings and parents, and the other was another picture of them but with all funny faces instead of serious ones like the previous image. Emily shook her head as she wiped away a tear as she remembered her mother proudly wearing the necklace around the house, which she used to embarrass her children with most of the time.
"Hey," the soft voice of the Salvatore vampire called out from the entrance of the bedroom as he had watched the human girl for a moment. Stefan knew Emily needed some time with her parents' things, so he just stood there until he noticed that Emily had tears in her eyes. "You okay?" The Salvatore vampire gently inquired as he walked into the large room.
Emily quickly wiped the rest of the tears from her face before she gave Stefan a small smile. "Y-Yeah," the human girl mumbled as she softly placed the necklace back onto her mother's vanity table, "I just haven't been in here in a long time." Emily then slowly walked around the room for a moment as she uttered, "Jenna was suppose to pack up all their things but she just never had the chance to come up here." The Gilbert girl walked towards the large closet as she figured her parents' clothes were still inside as she mumbled, "I don't blame Jenna, though. It's tough even being in here."
The human doppelganger briefly closed her green eyes and cleared her throat as she hated getting so emotional before she flipped on the light switch to the closet so she could actually see. Emily then began to look on the inside door, where there was some jackets before she grabbed one that would fit Stefan. The human girl knew the vampire wasn't going to allow her to go alone so she figured she would get him suited up as well.
"This one is for you," Emily muttered as she tossed Stefan the red and black plaid zip up jacket. She then walked further into the closet and grabbed a pair of her mother's black sweatpants and pulled them over her shorts before she grabbed her father's hoodie and slipped it over her body as well.
Once Emily was finally ready to go into the chilly air of North Carolina, she turned around and instantly smiled when she saw that the jacket fitted Stefan perfectly. Emily then slowly walked towards Stefan before she wrapped her arms around the vampire's neck and uttered softly, "you fit right into this family."
"Oh, I do, don't I?" The Salvatore vampire uttered teasingly as he wrapped his arms around the human girl's small waist. Stefan then surprised the Gilbert girl as he swiftly brought his lips down to her's for a hard kiss while he slowly walked her into the closet and pushed Emily's back against the wall.
The human girl sighed softly when she felt Stefan's cold lips trail down her neck once he pulled her father's hoodie off of her skin. However as the vampire lowered his mouth down to her collarbone, Emily swiftly realized where she was. "Stef," the brunette girl mumbled after she let out a small moan, "maybe we should go somewhere else."
The Salvatore vampire chuckled softly before he shook his head and brought his hands to the human girl's cheek. "I just can't get enough of you," Stefan whispered before he leaned down and linked his lips with Emily's for another passionate kiss.
Emily mentally rolled her eyes as she knew she wasn't going to win, even though she really wasn't complaining. She was in the same boat as the vampire. It was like whenever she is in Stefan's presence, all she cares about is feeling his body on her's. So Emily didn't let any other thought bother her about moving or stopping as she brought her hands around the vampire's neck and pulled him even closer as they continued to kiss.
However, as their small make out session was slowly getting more aggressive and more passionate, the human girl knocked her head against the wall a couple of times which caused the Salvatore vampire to pull away as he heard something that shouldn't be there. "What's wrong?" Emily wondered confusingly as she noticed Stefan's focused expression.
The Salvatore vampire didn't say anything, instead he brought his hand down onto the wall beside the human girl's head. "Huh," Stefan mumbled after a couple of knocks on the wood and realized something. "It's hollow inside," the supernatural being explained once he looked down at the human girl before he softly moved Emily to the side and easily pulled a piece of the wooden panels from the wall.
"What the hell," Emily mumbled to herself as she watched the Salvatore vampire began to remove the supposedly wall of her parents' closest and showed another door that she didn't even know existed. The human girl then watched Stefan break off the lock from the door before he slowly pushed it open.
"Holy crap," the Gilbert girl gasped as soon as Stefan pulled on the light switch and noticed that the small room was covered in weapons. It wasn't any normal weapons, either. They were all weapons that would kill a vampire. Emily couldn't help but glance over to her vampire boyfriend in shock. She just couldn't fathom what she was looking at. She didn't even know her parents knew about vampires - but Emily knows she shouldn't be that surprised since John, her father's brother, has always been wrapped in the supernatural world.
It took about three minutes before Emily finally shook herself out of her trance after she realized her parents knew the existence of vampires before she slowly began to walk into the small closet full of weapons. The human girl looked around for a moment before she spotted something familiar. "More Gilbert journals," Emily mumbled, mostly to herself, as she recognized the item that looked exactly like the books that Jeremy had found a few months ago about their relative; Johnathan Gilbert. Emily shook her head in disbelief as she began to flip through the pages as she commented, "I never knew there was more. He must have written his whole life in these things."
The Salvatore vampire finally spoke for the first time since they found the hidden closet that belonged to Miranda and Grayson Gilbert when Emily began to read the journal, "I'll go get the firewood." Stefan then placed a soft kiss on top of Emily's head and squeezed her waist as he mumbled, "I'll give you a moment," before he silently exited the closet and the bedroom.
Emily didn't even hear the Salvatore vampire speak until she heard the front door slam from downstairs as she just couldn't believe what she was looking at. The human girl never thought her parents would have been involved in all this mess. They always seemed like normal people to Emily so she never thought her parents would have so many types of wooden weapons. The brunette girl slowly bent down and grabbed a box from the floor before she let a shaky breath as she stared down at a box of wooden bullets. What the hell is going on? Emily thought as she looked around in confusion at all of the vampire killing weapons.
Meanwhile out onto the front porch of the Gilbert cabin, Stefan dropped a large stack of wood onto the ground with a sigh. The vampire then turned back around and headed to the garage again as he decided to get more wood so they wouldn't have to go back out for the rest of the night. However, when Stefan turned the light on and went to grab the rest of the firewood, he swiftly paused as he felt something was wrong.
The vampire was right to fear that something was happening because as soon as he turned around, the werewolf, Brady, instantly shot him in the chest with, what Stefan realized was, wooden bullets until the Salvatore finally fell to the ground. Brady then stared down at the vampire for a few minutes until he felt the presence of the Lockwood werewolf.
"Keep him down," Brady commanded as he glared down at the vampire before he turned to look at the young wolf. "If he moves," Brady began as he pushed the gun and a wooden stake into the Lockwood's chest before he told Tyler, "kill him."
The older wolf silently walked out of the garage once Tyler gave him a small nod before the Lockwood teenager quickly stood over the groaning Salvatore vampire with the gun pointed at Stefan's chest and the stake pointed like he was holding a flashlight. "Don't move!" Tyler shouted as he was growing nervous by how Stefan was moving around so much.
"Just let me get the bullet out," the Salvatore vampire begged as he slowly stopped moving around on the ground before he explained to the twitching werewolf, "it punctured my heart. I need to get it out." Stefan then looked up at Tyler as he promised, "I'm not gonna fight you."
The Lockwood werewolf slowly walked around the vampire with the gun and stake still pointed at Stefan before he quickly walked back to the door of the garage. Tyler looked into the dark woods for a couple of seconds before he swiftly faced the vampire again. "I don't think so," the young wolf muttered as he remembered the plan to end the curse.
Stefan let out another loud groan as he rolled onto his side to hopefully relieve the pressure on his chest from the wooden bullet. He then glanced up at the twitching werewolf as he interrogated in a pain filled voice, "Tyler, why are you doing this?" Stefan just didn't understand why his girlfriend's best friend was so willing to kill him and follow Brady's orders.
"I can't let you break the curse," the Lockwood werewolf explained as he kept the gun filled with wooden bullet pointed down onto the Salvatore vampire as he knew he couldn't let Stefan get up from the ground. There was no way in hell that Tyler was going to let the vampires break the curse as he just wanted out of this life.
The Salvatore vampire let out a slow breath as he tried to keep himself alive before he looked back up at the Lockwood werewolf. "You know about the curse?" Stefan questioned in a soft tone before he leaned his head down onto the cold pavement of the garage as he could barely hold himself up.
Tyler let out a loud scoff as he stared down at the Salvatore vampire in anger. "You're liars, all of you," the Lockwood werewolf snapped. Tyler knew he should of never believed Stefan when he said he told him everything there was to know when he showed up yesterday to keep him quiet.
"No," Stefan quickly exclaimed as he lifted up his upper body by his arms so he could show Tyler just how serious he is. "I swear to you," the Salvatore vampire promised before he explained to the Lockwood werewolf, "we don't want to break the curse, Tyler. We don't want to do that."
"Oh, yeah?" Tyler wondered, even though he didn't really want an answer. It was just brand new information that he and the wolves didn't know - which would make this mission that much easier. They just needed Emily for a second and then it'll all be over. The Lockwood werewolf then quickly shot Stefan in the leg when he noticed the vampire was getting up while he concluded in a growl, "well, I do." Tyler shook his head as he exclaimed, "I can't be like this forever."
The Salvatore vampire let out another loud groan as there was now two wooden bullets that was causing his body hell. Stefan then looked up as he snarled right back in a protective tone, "I'm trying to keep Emily alive!" The Salvatore vampire knew he shouldn't tell the young wolf the truth about how his curse was really the hybrid curse since it was some ancient secret, so Stefan just continued to let Tyler and his wolf friends think they could actually be free of their werewolf side.
"Emily will be fine!" Tyler exclaimed as he kept the gun pointed directly on the vampire encase he had to use it again. The Lockwood werewolf just couldn't understand why Stefan was fighting this so much. Stefan and the vampires didn't even want to break the curse, anyway.
Stefan swiftly looked up at Tyler in shock along with a tint of sadness. "They didn't tell you that part, did they?" The Salvatore vampire inquired before he let out a humorless chuckle and questioned sarcastically, "who are the liars now?"
Tyler looked down at the vampire in confusion as he didn't understand what Stefan was talking about. Jules had told him that nothing would happen to his best friend. "Tell me what?" The Lockwood werewolf wondered nervously.
The Salvatore vampire slowly and painfully lifted himself onto his knees before he stared at the anxious werewolf with tears clouding his vision. "In order to break the curse that you think you want is by killing Emily."
Back inside of the Gilbert cabin while the garage was overcome by a tense and heartbroken silence, Emily was currently walking slowly through the foyer as she hadn't heard anything from Stefan in about thirty minutes. The human girl had began to feel uncomfortable inside of the room of weapons, so she came to find Stefan as she knew he could help her forget about it all but she just couldn't seem to find Stefan anywhere.
Emily had looked all through the cabin and still couldn't find the Salvatore vampire, so she was now standing in front of the opened front door as she tried to see if Stefan was still getting the firewood since he was nowhere inside. "Stef!" The human girl shouted as she rubbed the sleeves of her father's hoodie that she had thrown back on. "Babe, are you out there?" Emily shouted cautiously as she was slowly growing worried.
The Gilbert girl wrapped her arms around her waist and took a step across the threshold when she still didn't get a response from the Salvatore vampire before she yelled, "okay, this isn't funny, Stefan Salvatore!" Emily then glanced around the woods nervously before she continued as she hoped Stefan would hear her, "I've seen Friday the 13th, so you better come on or I'm locking you out!"
"Nope," Emily mumbled to herself after a minute or so as she felt something was wrong, "I'm not dying today." The human girl then jogged back into the cabin and ran into the kitchen. Emily opened up the first drawer she walked by and swiftly grabbed a large knife before she slowly walked back to the front door and out onto the porch. "Show yourself!" The human girl shouted while she held her knife in front of her as she did not like these type of games along with the fact that she knew Stefan wouldn't play with her like this.
The doppelganger was right to follow her instincts as not even a second after her command escaped her mouth, the familiar body of Brady jumped in front of Emily which caused the human girl to act quickly and stab the werewolf in the stomach. The human girl knew it wasn't going to stop Brady, so she quickly abandoned the knife and ran back into the cabin before she locked the door behind her.
"Okay, okay, okay. I can do this," Emily mumbled to herself as she tried to think of what she was suppose to do. The brunette girl's eyes then quickly widened as she knew just the place; the secret weapon room. Emily figured all those vampire weapons could at least slow down Brady until Stefan showed up.
The Gilbert girl swiftly froze right as she was about to enter her parents' bedroom as she heard the werewolf yell, "I can smell you!" Emily felt her heart start to pound a mile a second - which she knew wasn't helping her case of escaping Brady. The human girl then quickly pulled her father's hoodie off of her body as she knew she needed to trick the werewolf before she ran towards her bedroom in the cabin. Emily tossed the clothing with her scent onto the bed before she swiftly jogged towards her twin sister's bedroom that was across the hall.
Emily pressed her ear against the door of Elena's bedroom once she was inside and covered her mouth as she waited to hear the werewolf in the hallway. The human girl then rushed to the other side of her sister's bedroom when she heard Brady's footsteps stop and gently opened the door to the adjacent bathroom. Once Emily realized it was safe and she didn't see Brady, she ran across the hallway and into her original destination; her parents' bedroom.
Emily softly closed the door behind her once she was in her parents' bedroom before she jogged into the small weapon room. The human girl then swiftly grabbed two stakes and stuck them into the pockets of her black sweatpants before she grabbed two more and hid herself in the corner of the closest when she heard fast footsteps heading towards her.
The Gilbert girl closed her green eyes out of nervousness as she prepared herself to what would happen before she slowly opened them when she heard the squeak of the closet door opening. Emily then charged at the werewolf with her two stakes and stabbed Brady on either side of his stomach before she pushed him down onto the ground so the weapons would enter him further.
Emily was just about to run outside of the bedroom once the wolf was down but quickly stopped when she noticed the kitchen knife that she had originally stabbed Brady with on the ground. You can never be too careful, the human girl thought as she quickly grabbed the knife before she finally ran as fast as she could out the front door. Emily didn't stop there, either, she ran towards the woods as she hoped she could lose Brady.
However, unluckily for the human girl, the angry werewolf was much faster than she was and he was only inches away from grabbing ahold of her hair. But luckily for Emily, the Salvatore vampire picked the right time to show up as he vamp sped in front of the werewolf before he ripped Brady's heart right out of his chest.
"Oh, thank God," Emily mumbled as she watched the dead werewolf fall to the ground before she swiftly dropped the bloody knife and rushed into the Salvatore vampire's awaiting arms. The human girl then wrapped her shaky limbs around Stefan's waist in a tight grip as she was afraid what would happen if she let the vampire leave her sight again.
"It's okay," Stefan instantly whispered into the human doppelganger's ear as he began to rock her body back and forth to offer her some sort of comfort, "it's okay." The Salvatore vampire then pulled away after a minute or so of them embracing each other before he softly grabbed ahold of Emily's face and assured her, "you're safe, I promise."
The couple stayed like that in front of the Gilbert cabin for a couple of minutes before Emily caught something over Stefan's shoulder that shocked her. "Tyler?" Emily mumbled out in confusion as she didn't understand why Tyler would be here in North Carolina.
The Lockwood werewolf glanced over to the Salvatore vampire, who nodded his head, before Tyler focused back onto the girl he sees as a sister and a best friend. "I didn't know what they were gonna do to you," Tyler quickly apologized as he slowly walked towards the human girl and the Salvatore vampire, "I didn't." The young werewolf ran his fingers through his dark hair as he mumbled emotionally, "I just... I don't want to be like this anymore."
The human girl let out a slow sigh as she watched tears build up into the Lockwood teenager's eyes before she released Stefan's waist and slowly walked up to her best friend. "It's okay, Ty," Emily whispered before she pulled the wolf into a tight hug. The Gilbert girl couldn't stay mad at her best friend for long. She understood that Tyler just didn't want to be a wolf anymore - just like Mason. But sadly, Emily knew there was no getting away from it thanks to Rose telling them the truth about the curse.
"I'm so sorry, Emily," the Lockwood teenager mumbled as he squeezed his best friend's waist and laid his head onto her shoulder. "I never wanted for you to get hurt," Tyler apologized, "and I know I can't say sorry enough for what happened in the woods yesterday but I just need you to know that I am honestly sorry for ever hesitating in helping you." Tyler shakily grabbed ahold of Emily's hand and confessed, "you will always be my best friend and I feel so bad for all the pain that Brady caused you and Caroline. I-I just hope you can forgive me." The Lockwood werewolf then chuckled humorlessly before he added, "I know you hate me but I hope that you will still care about me when I'm gone like I'll always care for you."
Emily's brows instantly furrowed in confusion as she looked into the Lockwood werewolf's sad brown eyes. "W-What do you mean?" The human girl mumbled as she didn't understand what Tyler was talking about. "Where are you going?" Emily wondered.
Tyler let out a shakily and nervous sigh as he began to rub the back of his neck with his unoccupied hand. "I-I think I need to leave town until I can understand my werewolf side," the Lockwood teenager explained softly.
"Ty," Emily mumbled heart brokenly as she stared up at her best friend with sadness shining throughout her green eyes. The human girl just couldn't picture Tyler not being in her life. It just didn't seem real.
"I'll give you two a moment," the Salvatore vampire mumbled when a tense silence stood between the two childhood friends as he squeezed the human girl's shoulder before he quietly made his way into the Gilbert cabin.
"You can't be serious," the brunette girl uttered as she stared at her best friend in confusion once she heard the front door of the cabin close shut. Emily couldn't even fathom not being around one of her closest friends. It was like losing one of her siblings.
"Jules said she could help me deal with being a werewolf," Tyler explained as he aimlessly began to play with the cold hand that he was holding. "And I-I just can't be around you and mom when I'm afraid that I'll hurt you guys," the young wolf added as he feared of hurting the only two people he actually cares about.
Emily definitely didn't like the fact that Tyler was going away with Jules. But she knew that the young wolf needed to learn how to control himself just like how vampires need to learn to control their blood lust. It was the same idea and Emily understood that as she had watched her twin sister and blonde best friend go through the tough times of controlling themselves. Finally after a minute of silence, Emily placed her hand onto Tyler's cheek as she whispered as she accepted the fact that her best friend has to leave, "I know."
The Lockwood teenager nodded his head as he was thankful that his best friend was on board with him leaving as he it was hard for him to even convince himself to leave his mother and best friend. Tyler then looked into Emily's sad green eyes as he questioned anxiously, "do you think you could ever forgive me for the part I played yesterday and tonight?"
Emily instantly let out a low chuckle as she shook her head. "I think I forgave you the second it happened," the human girl whispered truthfully before she leaned up onto her tippy toes and laid a soft kiss onto her best friend's forehead. "You're free," Emily added in a gentle whisper, "I hope you can find yourself."
Tyler sighed out in relief before he swiftly pulled Emily into a bone crushing hug as he couldn't help but feel thankful that his best friend had forgave him even though he hadn't truly forgave himself for what happened in the woods and with Brady almost killing her tonight. "Thank you," the Lockwood werewolf whispered once he pulled away and muttered, "I love you."
"You will always be my best friend, Ty," Emily uttered softly, "I'll love you to the ends of this Earth no matter what." The human girl then pulled her best friend into another tight hug before she laid her head onto Tyler's shoulder as she just needed a minute with her best friend to finally say goodbye to someone she had grown up to care like her own brother.
While Emily was embracing her best friend into a loving and protective hug as she didn't know when she would ever see Tyler again, inside of the Gilbert cabin was the youngest Salvatore vampire watching the two close friends from the window as he spoke to his brother about the truth that the supernatural beings in Mystic Falls had found out from Elijah's witch.
"It was straight from the witch's mouth," the blue eyed Salvatore vampire told Stefan as he had his cell phone sitting on the grand piano in the boarding house as he stood right beside the saddened Elena. "He was gonna go through with the whole sacrifice," Damon explained what they found out from Bonnie as he held onto his girlfriend's hand before he commented, "you should probably just keep Emily away a little longer."
Stefan silently nodded his head, even though he knew Damon and Elena couldn't see him, as he kept his gaze locked onto the human girl and the Lockwood werewolf from the window. The younger Salvatore just couldn't believe what his brother told him so he could only warn the vampire couple as his thoughts were clouded with the truth about the sacrifice, "be careful. Try not to get yourself killed."
"Yeah. It's been a day for that," Damon mumbled aimlessly as he instantly remembered what had happened tonight when he was tortured by the werewolves until the original had showed up and saved the day.
"Yeah," Damon mumbled as he instantly began to get flashbacks of what happened tonight with the pack of wolves torturing him for the moonstone before the original showed up and, sadly, saved him, "it's been a day for that."
"Keep my sister safe," Elena quickly commanded once she saw Damon was about to end the phone call as she stood in front of the device with her brows furrowed together in worry now that they all knew what Elijah is planning to do with her twin sister.
"I will," Stefan whispered as he watched the human girl walk up onto the porch of the Gilbert cabin after saying goodbye to her best friend. The Salvatore vampire then silently ended the call with his brother and his ex girlfriend once he saw Emily open the front door as he knew he needed to tell Emily what they found out.
Emily let out a slow sigh as she tried to get rid of all of the sad emotions she was feeling once she walked into the Gilbert cabin after saying goodbye to her best friend. It had just taken a lot out of her as she didn't want to let Tyler go, but she, of course, knew she had to. This was just something Tyler needed to do to get control of his werewolf side.
"Hey," the human girl mumbled with her brows pulled together as she noticed that Stefan was standing in the middle of the living room. "What's going on?" Emily wondered as she stared at the concerned look on the Salvatore vampire's face.
Stefan stared at the human girl with a sad expression mixed with pain and heartbreak for a moment before he lifted his cell phone in the air and uttered, "that was, um... that was Damon and Elena." The vampire then crossed his arms over his chest and stated with zero emotion, "we need to talk."
Emily looked at the Salvatore vampire in confusion as she didn't know what Damon and her twin sister could have told Stefan to make his mood turn this way. "What happened?" The brunette girl cautiously inquired as she couldn't help but become worried about what Stefan needed to talk about.
"They learned that Elijah is planning for you to die in the sacrifice ritual," the Salvatore vampire slowly confessed as he didn't know how the human girl was going to take the news. Stefan knew he should of never believed a word that came out of Elijah like he originally wanted to. The Salvatore vampire just couldn't help but want it to be true, that Elijah would protect Emily from Klaus, so the human girl didn't have to die.
Dammit, Emily instantly swore as she knew everything was about to blow up in her face. This was exactly what she didn't want to ever happen. Emily had thought she was going to be able to keep everyone safe when Klaus comes into town with the help of Elijah. But the human girl knew her friends and family weren't just gonna stand by and let Elijah continue with his plan - which Emily hated so much. They are just going to end up ruining the plan that she and Elijah had agreed to by them confronting the original, which will probably piss off Elijah and end their deal about protecting everyone Emily loves.
"I'm sorry, Stef," the human girl apologized once she finally found the strength to even speak after finding out everything she tried to keep a secret was now in the open. Emily then slowly took a couple of steps towards the Salvatore vampire as she uttered softly, "this is exactly what I agreed to. I knew Elijah needed the sacrifice to be completed to kill Klaus. So, I said yes because all I care about is making sure that you and everyone else is safe."
The Salvatore vampire's brows instantly furrowed in confusion as he had thought this was going to be a shock to the human girl. "You mean you knew that you weren't gonna survive this?" Stefan interrogated with a tint of hurt evident in his voice.
Emily silently bit down on her bottom lip as she avoided looking into the vampire's sad green eyes for a moment. She knew this was going to be hard, but she didn't know it was going to be like this. Emily hated seeing Stefan this way but Emily knew she just needed to tell him the whole truth before it gets worse. So Emily looked up and nodded her head before she uttered, "the only thing that has ever mattered to me is keeping everyone safe. If I have to die for that to happen, then I will gladly follow along with Elijah's plan."
Stefan looked at the human girl with tears clouding his vision as he couldn't believe that she knew all of this time that she was going to die. "Emily," Stefan mumbled heart brokenly, "how... how could you stand out there earlier with me and talk about all of these memories we will have together when you aren't even going to be alive?"
The human girl let out a small sigh as she cautiously touched Stefan's hand before she uttered with a sad smile, "I'm doing what is right. I will always protect you and everyone else over myself." Emily shook her head before she continued in a serious voice, "Klaus is dangerous and he will not hesitate to kill you and everyone else I love like he did with Katherine's family. I-I just can't let that happen."
The Salvatore vampire swiftly ripped his hand out of the human girl's as he looked at Emily in disbelief after he listened to what she said. "No," Stefan snapped angrily, "you aren't being a hero or saving us. You're just being a martyr."
Emily swiftly wiped a loose tear from her eyes before she silently crossed her arms over her chest to offer herself some sort of comfort. "I will not apologize for my actions," the human girl exclaimed in a strong voice, "I will not apologize for wanting to protect my family and friends. I will gladly do this if it means no else has to die." Emily didn't care if everyone hates her for what she is going to do. All that matters to Emily is that they will still be alive at the end of the day.
Stefan swiftly vamp sped even closer in front of the human girl with tears now streaming down his cheeks as he couldn't control the pain he was feeling any longer. The Salvatore vampire then grabbed ahold of Emily's face and began to shake her a couple of times to get her to understand what he was about to say. "You do not just get to play the sacrificial lamb when you made all these promises about our future and our memories," Stefan wailed as he swiftly shook his head. He then started to rub the side of Emily's face as he exclaimed emotionally, "yo-you can't just die when I-I love you."
"Stef," the human girl mumbled sadly as she couldn't help but begin to cry as she hated seeing the vampire like this. However, though, before Emily could even say anything more, the Salvatore vampire quickly pushed himself away from the brunette girl and rushed out of the front door without another word.
Emily let out a heavy sigh as she watched the angry Salvatore vampire walk away from her. She could understand why he was mad as she would react the same way if Elena or someone she loves was in her position. Emily knew they were never going to understand why she was so willing to die. The only thing she can do is just show them her love and pray that her family and friends don't end up messing with Elijah and ruin the deal that would keep them all safe from the feared hybrid.
