'the world is coming down on me and i can't find a reason to be loved at all.' the infamous twins in the small town of mystic falls could not share less similarities. when miranda gilbert and her husband left home to pick up their two oldest children from a party, the car drove off of wickery bridge. the two girls outlived their parents, mysteriously escaping the sunken car. elena gilbert grew up after that accident. she assumed the role of a mother toward her brother and sister. elena made sure jeremy wasn't using and she certainly made sure emerson wasn't enjoying her life. emerson wanted to live, her parents had died and she felt she had to live. she wanted to party and smoke and drink and avoid getting her balls busted by elena or her aunt jenna. what elena couldn't get through her thick skull is that not everyone copes the same. TVDU oc x oc