Emily bounced down the stairs and made her way to the kitchen when she heard voices. But in reality, it was only one voice talking to the the TV. As Emily made her way into the room, she saw her aunt glaring at the TV with hatred as she mumbled, "scum ball. Scum bucket."
Emily looked over at Elena, who was sitting at the dining room table while she watched Jenna in amusement. "Who the hell is she talking to?" She asked her sister.
"Him," Jenna spoke as she pointed towards the TV.
Emily looked closely at the TV before she realized who it was. She groaned as she looked her aunt in question, "is that Logan Fell?"
Jenna nodded her head as she commented, "also known as Logan "Scum" Fell." Jenna looked over at Elena as she questioned, "did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?"
Elena chuckled, "oh, no way. You and him?" She looked back at the TV as she commented, "he's cute."
Emily looked over at her sister in disgust, "are you blind, Lena? That man is not cute." The older sister knew all about Logan, after Jenna had told her one night when she was drunk.
Jenna nodded her head in agreement with Emily, "definitely not cute. There's nothing cute about him." Jenna glanced over at Elena, who was digging inside of a familiar old wooden box. "What are you doing with that?" Jenna questioned.
Elena grabbed a gold watch and began to clean it as she spoke, "I went yesterday and got it from the safe deposit box. Mom told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display."
Jenna carefully picked up a ring from inside the box and examined it before she wondered, "is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?"
"Originally, it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring," Emily corrected her aunt with proudness leaking from her voice.
Elena looked over at her sister in shock as she questioned, "how did you know that?"
Emily explained, "mom told me when I turned 18 that I would get to have the ring." She glanced down at the ring in Jenna's hand with a small smile before she mumbled, "it was always my favorite."
Elena squeezed her sister's shoulder, but before she could say anything, Jeremy came towards the table and grabbed a pocket watch from the box. "How much do you think this stuff is worth?" He questioned, "you know, like on eBay?"
Elena quickly reached over the table and grabbed the watch from Jeremy's hand. "You're not gonna find out," she stated.
"That stuff is mom and dad's," Jeremy grumbled, "you can't just give it away."
The front doorbell suddenly interrupted the siblings dispute. Elena looked up with a bright smile before she quickly ran towards the door. Emily chuckled lowly, she knew it was probably Stefan at the door. So she turned to her brother with soft eyes as she vowed, "we're not giving it away, Jer. The council just needs it for a while, we'll get it back, I promise."
It was a little after three in the afternoon when the front doorbell rang. Emily was already in the kitchen, so she made her way to the front entrance. But Emily wished she hadn't, when she saw who was at the door. It was Tyler Lockwood. Emily wasn't that happy with Tyler at the moment, since he beaten Jeremy to a pulp.
"I'm here for my mom. I was supposed to pick up a box of stuff," Tyler mumbled as he avoided eye contact with the Gilbert girl.
Emily nodded her head before leaving the door wide open and quickly grabbing the small box from the dining room table. "Please be careful with it, Ty," Emily commanded.
Tyler looked up at Emily when she used his nickname. He sighed as he apologized, "look, I'm sorry about fighting with Jeremy. It was just in the heat on the moment, I was angry." But when Emily only stayed silent, Tyler looked into Emily's green eyes as he begged, "please, Emmie."
Emily rolled her eyes. Ever since she was little, she could never be mad at her best friend for too long. "Fine," she huffed, "just stop fighting with my little brother."
Tyler gave the oldest Gilbert a bright smile before he pulled her into a hug. "I'll see you tonight, right?" He questioned. Emily nodded her head as she watched one last smile grow onto Tyler's face before he quickly jogged towards his truck.
Later in the evening, while Elena was in the kitchen, Emily sat at the dining room table with Bonnie as they looked over several different colors of nail polishes."Delicate flower vs naughty vixen," Bonnie called out as she held up two colored nail polishes.
Elena looked over at the two colors with furrowed brows as she spoke, "tough call. Can we mix them?"
Bonnie looked over at Elena with teasing smile as she observed, "look at you, getting all pretty for your date. You seem happy-ish."
"I am... ish," Elena commented as she sat across from the two girls, "tonight's gonna be a good night."
"Speaking of dates," Emily spoke. She smiled vibrantly at Bonnie as she questioned, "would you do the honor of being my beautiful date?"
Bonnie faked gasped in happiness, "the Emily Gilbert asking me to be her date? I would love to!" Emily chuckled before she pulled Bonnie into a tight hug. Ever since Bonnie had came to Emily about all the witch stuff, the green eyed girl felt like they have became closer.
Elena rolled her eyes at her sister before she turned to Bonnie seriously, "you looked like you had something important to tell us as soon as you walked in."
Bonnie sighed as she looked away from Elena's doe eyes as she spoke, "what if I tell you guys in the morning? I don't want to ruin the night."
Elena grabbed the nail polish from Bonnie's hand, so she would focus on her before she commanded, "Bonnie, out with it."
"Okay," Bonnie sighed, "but it has to go in the fault, because Caroline would kill me if it gets back to Damon that she squealed." Bonnie took a deep breath before she explained, "apparently Stefan has a very interesting back story."
"Uh-huh," Elena mumbled, not knowing what Bonnie was getting at.
"Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend Katherine?" Bonnie questioned.
That grabbed Emily's attention since Damon had told her about Katherine, which Emily also told her sister about. Emily shrugged her shoulders, "we know that they both dated her."
"Yeah," Bonnie nodded her head. "They both dated her, only she chose Damon," Bonnie began to explain, "and that drove Stefan mad, so he did horrible things to try and break them up. He manipulated Katherine. He filled her head with all these lies until finally it worked, and she turned against Damon."
Emily rolled her eyes as she chuckled, "come on, that doesn't sound like Stefan at all. I'm guessing it's all lies."
Elena nodded her head in agreement, "that sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's."
Bonnie shrugged her shoulders lightly, "I just wanted you to know." She looked over at Emily, "I know he is your friend now," before she moved her eyes to Elena, "and you are dating him."
"Anyway, his past relationships are none of my business," Elena told Bonnie.
"Unless he's a calculating, manipulative liar," Bonnie mumbled as she painted her nails. "That is your business," she explained.
"Stefan is none of those things." Elena defended her boyfriend.
"Yeah? How do you know?" Bonnie questioned.
Elena opened her mouth to respond, but nothing came out, because she didn't really know Stefan as good as she thought. He doesn't tell her anything about his life. She only knows about Katherine because what of Damon told her sister.
In the crowded bathroom that the three Gilbert siblings shared, the two sisters and Bonnie stood in front of the large mirror as they got ready for the founder's party. Bonnie was curling her hair while Emily was helping Elena straighten her's as Elena did her makeup. Suddenly the house phone rang that was sitting on the bathroom counter. Elena was the closest, so she reached over and answered the phone as Emily continued to straighten her hair.
"Hello?" Elena spoke into the phone, "hi, Mrs. Lockwood. What do you mean?" Elena looked at her sister in the mirror with worry written all over her face. "Is it? Are you sure? 'Cause I saw it. Let me check. Mm-hmm. I will find it and bring it. Okay. Bye," Elena spoke into the phone.
Emily watched her sister carefully as she saw the distressed look in Elena's brown eyes. The younger sister hung up the phone before she sighed, "come with me." Emily nodded her head before she placed the hot straightener carefully on the counter and quickly followed after Elena, who was heading straight for Jeremy's bedroom.
Elena rushed into Jeremy's bedroom with Emily following confusingly behind. She slapped the back of Jeremy's head, causing Jeremy to jump in annoyance. "Ahh! God, what now?" He groaned.
"The pocket watch," Elena commanded, "where is it?"
"What watch?" Jeremy questioned in annoyance.
Elena explained, "the one you stole from mom's box." She sighed, "look, Mrs. Lockwood just called me, freaking out. It was on the list, Jeremy. And she can't find it, and she thinks she's the one who lost it."
"Maybe she did," Jeremy shrugged. "Maybe Tyler took it," he commented.
Emily rolled her eyes, "don't go blaming this on Tyler."
Elena glared at her brother, "Jeremy, you took it." She questioned, "if I go online, am I going to find it on eBay? Is that how you pay for your pot?"
"Screw you," Jeremy growled before he stomped over to his bookshelf and bent down. He pulled out the watch from a small hiding place and walked directly in front of Elena. "I would never sell this, okay?" Jeremy hissed.
"Then why did you take it?" Elena questioned in confusion.
"Because it's supposed to be mine," Jeremy responded. But when he saw the confused expressions on his sister's faces, he continued, "dad said it goes to the firstborn son. His father gave it to him, and now what?" Jeremy slammed the pocket watch into Elena's hand before he stomped back towards his desk.
Emily's eyes widened in realization. Just like great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring was Emily's, the pocket watch was supposed to be his. Emily looked at her brother softly, "and dad was going to give it to you."
"Yeah," Jeremy mumbled sadly.
"Look, Jeremy, it's still yours, okay? Mom promised Mrs. Lockwood. What do you want me to do?" Elena questioned as she stared at her brother.
"Just take it and get out," Jeremy grumbled before he placed his headphones over his ears, ignoring whatever his sisters had to say.
Emily and Bonnie finally made it to the front doors of the Lockwood mansion after waiting in line for all the residents of Mystic Falls to greet the mayor of the small town. Emily couldn't help but chuckle at Bonnie when she saw the brown eyed girl roll her eyes at the mayor's wife as she smiled at everyone.
"Emily! You look gorgeous!" Mrs. Lockwood yelped when she saw the oldest Gilbert sibling walk towards the door.
"As do you, Mrs. Lockwood," Emily spoke politely.
"Hello, Bonnie," Mrs. Lockwood greeted as she saw the other founding families child.
Bonnie let out a quiet, "hi," before she quickly linked her arm with Emily's and walked away from the older woman. Emily chuckled when they were finally away from Mrs. Lockwood. "You really don't like her?" Emily questioned with amusement in your voice.
"Nope!" Bonnie smiled before chuckling. "I'm going to go find me a drink. I'll see you later," she told her date. Emily nodded her head before she slowly began to look for her twin sister. She finally found Elena after a few minutes of talking to different people.
Emily walked inside the small room that held all of the founder's personal items before she called out with a smirk, "looking sharp, Stef."
Stefan turned around and chuckled when he saw the older Gilbert. "Looking beautiful, Emily," He complimented with a small smile.
"Looking stunning as always, Lena," Emily smiled at her sister before she glanced to the wall that Elena was looking at.
Elena gave her sister a bright smile before she turned back to the wall and began to read, "the founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration." Elena chuckled in astonishment, "wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names - Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood." Elena looked at the registry in confusion, "is that Damon Salvatore? And Stefan Salvatore?"
"The original Salvatore brothers," Damon spoke from behind the trio. "Our ancestors," he explained, "tragic story, actually."
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past," Stefan quickly told his brother before he could continue.
Elena smiled brightly over at her boyfriend as she spoke, "it's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family."
"Well, I'm bored," Caroline exclaimed from Damon's side. "I want to dance. And Damon won't dance with me," she explained.
Damon shook his head, "mm-hmm."
Caroline looked over at Elena as she questioned, "could I just borrow your date?"
"Oh, uh..." Elena trailed off, not knowing what to say.
"I don't really dance," Stefan told Caroline.
"Oh, sure he does. You should see him," Damon explained, "waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all."
"You wouldn't mind, would you, Elena?" Caroline asked.
Elena stay quiet for a moment, not knowing what to say, but also not wanting Stefan to go. But finally, she mumbled, "it's up to Stefan."
Before Stefan could decline, Caroline quickly spoke up, "well, sorry, but I'm not gonna take no for an answer." She grabbed Stefan's arm and the both of them left the room.
It was silent as Emily and Elena slowly looked at the different artifacts that were being displayed before Damon suddenly spoke towards the oldest Gilbert girl, "I want to apologize to you for being such a world-class jerk the other night when I tried to kiss you."
Elena looked over at Emily in shock, but she quickly shook her head, telling Elena not to question it right now. Damon continued, "there's no excuse. My therapist says I'm... acting out, trying to punish Stefan."
Elena looked over at Damon in confusion as she questioned, "for what?"
Damon shook his head, "it's all in the past. I don't even want to bring it up. Let's just say that the men in the Salvatore family have been cursed with sibling rivalry. And it all started with the original Salvatore brothers."
"The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town," Damon explained, "until the war. There was a battle here -"
"The Battle of Willow Creek," Emily interrupted.
"Right," Damon spoke with evidence of shock in his voice.
Emily chuckled at Damon's surprised face before she explained, "I'm apart of the founding families too. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside."
Damon nodded his head, "what the history books left out was the people that were killed, they weren't there by accident." Damon slowly moved over towards to a small model of the exact church before he continued, "they were believed to be union sympathizers. So some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive." Damon looked down at the model as he spoke, "Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood."
"Who was in the church that they wanted to save?" Elena questioned as she was sucked into the story.
"A woman, I guess," Damon shrugged lightly. "Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?" He questioned.
It was quiet for a moment before Emily sighed as she looked over at Damon. "Look, I'm sorry that you and Stefan have this thing between you," Emily began as she glanced over at Elena, "but neither Elena or I can get in the middle of it."
"I hope you two can work it out," Elena added as she looked Damon with soft brown eyes.
"I hope so, too," Damon whispered as he stared at the younger sister.
Emily and Bonnie sat quietly in a small room on one of the many couch that were inside the Lockwood mansion as they shared a bowl of ice cream. But that was suddenly interrupted when Elena came into the room and plopped down next to her sister with a deep sigh.
Bonnie sighed as she saw Elena's face. "This is my fault. I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter," she admitted.
Elena shook her head, "It's not your fault." She glanced over at her sister as she continued, "I just - I feel terrible because you promised we wouldn't get in the middle of it, and then that's exactly what I did." Elena sighed, "I got all snotty."
"Girls, there you are," Mrs. Lockwood spoke as she walked into the room and saw the three girls. "I notice the watch still isn't in the collection," the older woman commented as she looked at the two Gilbert sisters.
Emily looked over at Elena in confusion, she was there when her sister took the watch from Jeremy. Elena ignored her sister's confused expression and turned to Mrs. Lockwood with soft eyes. "Oh, um, I'm sorry, Mrs. Lockwood. I, um, couldn't find it. I guess it's still packed up in our parents' stuff somewhere," Elena apologized.
Mrs. Lockwood looked at the younger sister in disappointment. "I see. Well, please let me know if you find it," she told Elena.
"Okay," Elena mumbled politely.
Once Mrs. Lockwood was out of the room, Emily turned to her sister in confusion as she questioned, "I thought you took it from Jeremy?"
Elena shook her head, "I gave it back to him before I left the house."
Emily smiled proudly at her sister, "that's nice of you." She smirked at Elena as she stated, "we need to work on your lying skills, because they suck badly." Elena rolled her eyes at her sister before the three girls laughed together.
Being one of the founding families are a big thing for the small town, so Emily and her sister mingled with a lot of different people from Mystic Falls. Everywhere you looked, there was someone wanting to socialize with the Gilbert family. After finally getting a second alone, Emily and Elena quickly made their way to the powder room.
As the two girls made their way into the room, they saw Caroline by the mirror. "Hey," Elena spoke softly to the blonde.
"Hey," Caroline smiled. "How are things with Stefan?" She questioned the younger sister.
Elena stared into the mirror with an emotionless expression before she smiled over at the blonde, "great. Just great."
"Really?" Caroline questioned. "Well, my radar must be off, 'cause I was getting all sorts of other vibes," she commented.
Elena didn't say anything but she only stared at Caroline. She looked at the blonde weirdly when she noticed something poking out from Caroline's scarf. "What is that?" Elena questioned.
"Hmm?" Caroline questioned even though she wasn't really paying attention.
Elena glanced over at her sister in worry before she slowly moved Caroline's scarf to see what was under it. But Caroline quickly pushed Elena's hand away as she yelled, "don't!"
While Caroline was distracted by Elena, Emily quickly lifted up Caroline's scarf and gasped, "Caroline! What happened?"
Caroline quickly pushed Emily's hands away as she yelped, "nothing, okay!?"
Emily couldn't believe what she saw on Caroline's neck. It was like someone took a bite out of her. "Caroline, that's not nothing! Did someone hurt you?" She questioned with worry in her green eyes.
"No, okay, nothing," Caroline mumbled, "it just... my mom would kill me."
While Caroline was busy looking in the mirror, Elena quickly moved Caroline's white shawl from her back and the two girls saw a large bite mark. Emily couldn't control her anger as she growled out, "did Damon do this to you?"
"No!" Caroline yelled as she fixed her shawl over her shoulders, "of course not! Just leave me alone! Okay, Emily!?" Before she quickly rushed out of the powder room.
Emily looked over at Elena, before she quickly made up her mind. She rushed out of the powder room and looked through the crowd. After a moment, she found the smirking blue eyed devil and stomped her way towards him with Elena quickly following behind her. Once Emily was close enough, she pushed hard on Damon's chest. The older Salvatore's smirk vanished when Emily spoke angrily, "I told you what would happen if you messed with people I love. Hurt Caroline again and her mother, the sheriff, will be the least of your worries. If i see another mark, I will end you."
Emily marched away from Damon when Elena quickly pulled her arm to a stop. She looked at her sister with a sad and angry expressed on her face. "Come with me," Elena mumbled before she pulled her sister down by the lake, where Emily saw Stefan.
"I'm sorry," Elena spoke causing Stefan to glance at the two sisters in confusion. "I take it all back. You're completely right about Damon," she explained.
"Wait what did he do?" Stefan questioned nervously.
Emily spoke up, seeing that she connected the dots about what Damon was doing to her best friend, "Caroline has bite marks all over her body. And she's confused and doesn't know what happened to her."
Elena looked at Stefan face carefully and saw that he wasn't shocked. "You don't look surprised," Elena mumbled.
"Um... I'm handling it," Stefan uttered as he avoided looking into the Gilbert sister's eyes.
Emily looked at Stefan angrily, "he's abusing my best friend. He should be in jail!"
"Emily, Elena," Stefan spoke softly, "I...I don't expect you to understand."
"I don't understand anything, Stefan," Elena cried out. "So why don't you just clear it up for me?" She questioned.
"Look, there are things that you don't know. Neither of you, okay?" Stefan glanced between the two sisters before he focused on Elena as he spoke, "things I want to tell you, but I can't. And I may never be able to. And I need you to trust me."
"Trust is earned," Elena told Stefan, "I can't just magically hand it over."
Stefan glanced over Elena's shoulder before he quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry. I have to go," before he rushed away.
It was getting late at the Lockwood mansion as everyone slowly began to leave one by one. Emily had let Bonnie take her car home since she was tired and the Gilbert sisters were still searching for Caroline. Emily was worried about her best friend with everything that happened tonight with Damon. Emily was about to call sheriff Forbes when she walked onto the front lawn of the Lockwood mansion and saw Caroline standing in the dark.
"Caroline!" Emily yelled. She quickly jogged towards the blonde, with her heels in hand and Elena quickly follow behind her.
"Are you okay?" Elena questioned once they got closer to Caroline.
"I'm fine," Caroline mumbled.
Emily saw right through Caroline as she saw tears forming in her blue eyes. She touched Caroline's shoulder softly as she questioned, "what happened, Care?"
"I'm fine," Caroline sobbed quietly.
Elena looked at Caroline in confusion as she stated, "you're shaking."
Caroline tried again as she kept repeating, "I'm fine."
"Oh, Care," Emily mumbled sadly before she pulled her best friend into a tight hug. "I got you. It's going to be okay," Emily consoled Caroline while she looked at Elena over the blonde's shoulder with sadness in her green eyes. "Come on, Care. Let us take you home, okay?" Emily told her best friend. But all she got was a small nod and continuous sobbing. Emily and Elena slowly made their way to Elena's car with the sobbing Caroline. Emily just wanted to put her best friend to sleep and let Caroline forget about the horrible day for a few hours.