Early the next morning, Emily was seated right in front of sheriff Forbes. After the search for Vicki didn't go anywhere in the small town, the police decided that they would get involved and began questioning anyone Vicki would have known. Each of the Gilbert siblings were being asked questions, Emily being the last one. But she wasn't worried, sheriff Forbes had always loved Emily like a daughter since she grew up with Caroline.
"Thank you for coming in, Emily," sheriff Forbes told her daughter's best friend.
Emily smiled, "it's no problem."
Sheriff Forbes nodded her head before she began her questions, "where did Vicki say she was going?"
Emily shook her head, "she didn't. I wouldn't know anyway. I've always been more friends with Matt than Vicki."
"Did she tell your brother anything?" Sheriff Forbes continued.
"Jeremy told me that Vicki said she was leaving town," Emily commented.
"So you really believe Vicki left town?" Sheriff Forbes asked one last question.
Emily nodded her head, "yes. She didn't seem happy in Mystic Falls, I think this what she needed."
Sheriff Forbes nodded her head before smiling at the young girl, "thank you, Emily."
Emily smiled brightly and hugged her best friend's mother before walking out of the room and made her way towards Jeremy, Jenna, and Elena. The Gilbert family made their way out of the police station, where the two sisters saw Stefan standing out the end of the steps. Emily gave her sister a look, to go talk to him before speaking, "we'll meet you at the car, okay?"
Once Elena nodded her head, Emily made her way to the car with Jenna and Jeremy following behind. But not even five minutes later, Elena came walking towards the car. Emily sighed, she knew that wasn't a good sign. While Jenna and Jeremy got into the car, Emily waited for Elena to get closer before asking softly, "I'm guessing it didn't go well?"
Elena shook her head as she leaned her head on Emily's shoulder. "I'm sad," she mumbled.
Emily sighed, "let's go home and we can watch whatever movie you want. Just you and me today, I promise." Elena smiled thankfully at her sister before the two girls quickly jumped into Jenna's car.
Being the amazing sister that she was, soon as the Gilbert family walked into the house, Emily pulled her sad sister and pushed her onto the couch. Emily found Elena's favorite movies and the two sisters watched them together. After the third movie, Emily turned off the TV and leaned against her sister's shoulder. Emily knew Elena just needed to think about everything so that's what they did, she comforted her sister in silence.
Jenna suddenly plopped next to Elena and stated, "you're wallowing."
"So are you," Elena mumbled.
"My wallow is legitimate," Jenna stated, "I was dumped."
"Logan didn't deserve you, he was an ass," Emily told her aunt.
Jenna gave her oldest niece a small smile before she turned to Elena and exclaimed, "you didn't get a brush-off email saying, I'm leaving town. See ya."
"Wanna keep it down over there?" Jeremy called out from the dining room table.
"Why?" Jenna asked. "What are you doing?" She questioned as she turned from the couch and glanced over at the young boy.
"Homework," Jeremy answered while not even looking up from his writing.
Emily and Elena looked at each other with confusion before turning to look over at Jeremy. "Since when do you do homework?" Elena questioned.
"I gotta finish this," Jeremy mumbled. "I'm way behind and I have a quiz tomorrow, so..." Jeremy trailed off when he looked up at the girls in his family before focusing back on his homework.
Elena glanced between Jenna and Emily before whispering, "what do you think? Alien?"
Emily nodded her head as she stared at Jeremy before whispering to her sister, "could be."
Jenna shook her head as she whispered, "some sort of replicant."
Jeremy looked up at the girls in annoyance as he mumbled, "he can hear you."
Emily was about to walk up the stairs to check on her heartbroken sister, but the front doorbell rang before she could even take one step. Emily looked around in confusion as she didn't hear anyone rushing to the door. Jenna and Jeremy must be gone since Emily already knew where her sister was and couldn't find her aunt or brother anywhere. Emily made her way to the door and smiled when she saw it was Bonnie Bennett.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Emily questioned.
"I wanted to check up on Elena," Bonnie explained. "How is she?" she wondered. Emily had talked to Bonnie earlier in the day and explained that Elena was sad, even though Emily didn't tell her the reason.
Emily rolled her eyes, "she's been moping around the house all day. I tried everything, but she's still sad."
Bonnie nodded her head before smiling brightly, "come on, I want to show you guys something. I think it'll make her smile."
"You can try," Emily chuckled before the two girls made their way upstairs to Elena's bedroom.
Emily knocked on Elena's door quietly before she peeked her head through the door. She smiled at her sister as she spoke, "I have a surprise for you."
Elena looked at her sister with annoyance and confusion shining through her brown eyes but watched her sister open up the door widely. "You up?" Bonnie questioned as she walked into the room.
"No," Elena mumbled before throwing her head back into her warm soft pillow. Bonnie tried to pull Elena's covers from her face, but had no luck since Elena wouldn't let go.
Bonnie finally gave up and sat at the end of Elena's bed as she questioned, "why haven't you called me back?"
"I'm sorry," Elena mumbled.
Emily jumped on Elena's bed and laid down next to her. She looked at her sister in worry as she questioned, "are you going to stay in bed forever?"
"Yep," Elena mumbled.
Bonnie sighed before she commanded, "move over." But when Elena didn't move, Emily rolled her eyes and moved over as she pulled Elena with her. Bonnie laid next to Elena before stating, "I'm officially worried. What's going on?"
Elena stared at the ceiling before trying to explain, "I'm tired of thinking... of talking I..." Elena trailed off.
"Can I get a one-line version so I can at least pretend to be helpful?" Bonnie questioned.
Knowing how heartbroken her sister has been, Emily decided to answer for her, "she and Stefan broke up."
Bonnie looked at Elena in shock, "I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" She shook her head, "right, stupid question." Bonnie sighed, "I know I've been kind of M.I.A. when you need me the most. I suck."
"You wanna make it up to me?" Elena questioned. "Get my mind off of it," she suggested.
Bonnie smiled brightly, "just remember, you asked for it."
Bonnie jumped up from Elena' bed and walked towards Elena's opened window before closing it. She walked towards Elena's bed and grabbed a nail filer from Elena's bedside table and split one of Elena's pillows open.
"Hey," Elena yelped.
Bonnie dumped all the feathers from the pillow onto Elena's bed and commanded, "be patient."
"Okay," Elena mumbled.
Bonnie jumped back onto the bed as she looked between the two Gilbert sisters, "I need to swear you to secrecy."
Elena glanced over at her sister and mumbled, "it's kind of a bad week for that kind of stuff."
"Swear," Bonnie commanded. "Cause I'm not supposed to be showing you this," she told the two girls.
Emily glanced over at Elena before turning to Bonnie, "we swear."
Bonnie nodded her head before questioning, "okay, there's no windows open, right?"
Emily glanced at Elena's windows before shaking her head as Elena spoke, "right."
"There's no fan. No air conditioning," Bonnie continued.
Elena shook her head, "none."
Emily looked at Bonnie in confusion as she questioned, "what are you doing?"
"Grams just showed me this. You're gonna love it," Bonnie told the two girls before asking, "you ready?"
Once Bonnie saw the two girls nod, she slowly lifted her hand a little bit from the bed. She continued to move her hand slowly and when she did a small white feather was floating underneath her hand. Bonnie continued to move her hand around before letting her hand fall back onto the bed, and sure enough, the feather fell also.
"Bonnie, what's going on?" Elena questioned in shock.
Bonnie just gave the two sisters a smile before lifting up both of her hands slowly and when she did, multiple feathers followed her hands. Bonnie let her hands fall back to the bed and, of course, the feathers followed too. Bonnie stared at the two shocked faces before suddenly all the feathers were floating around Elena's bedroom.
Bonnie smiled at the two sisters as she spoke, "it's true, guys. Everything my Grams told me. It's impossible and it's true."
"You're a witch," Emily stated as she looked at Bonnie with a proud smile.
"I believe you," Elena chuckled.
"It's weird, huh?" Bonnie chuckled, "after all this joking about being psychic. I really am a witch." Bonnie looked at the two girls worried as she questioned, "you guys don't think I'm a freak now, do you?"
Emily grabbed Bonnie's hand softly as she spoke, "of course not, Bon Bon." Emily smirked at her friend, "and I even believed you were a witch before you did."
Bonnie chuckled but gave the green eyed girl a thankful smile. "I just... I don't understand though," Elena jumped in. "If Grams asked you to keep all this a secret, why tell us?" She questioned.
"You guys are my best friends," Bonnie stated like it was obvious. "I can't keep secrets from you," she explained.
Elena glanced over at Emily with sadness in her brown eyes. Emily knew what that look meant, because she felt the same way. She wished she could tell Bonnie everything about the existence of vampires, but Emily knew that Bonnie would somehow get hurt from knowing the information. Emily just had to tell herself that she was protecting Bonnie from the danger.
Emily was relaxing on her bed when suddenly there was a soft knock on her bedroom door. She looked up when the door slowly opened and saw her sister standing there nervously. "Can you come with me?" Elena asked.
Emily sat up and looked at her sister in confusion as she questioned, "where?"
Elena sighed as she sat on the edge of Emily's bed as she responded, "I'm going to go see Stefan."
"Are you sure you are ready to see him again?" Emily questioned her sister in worry. She knew how heartbroken her sister is, Emily didn't want Elena to do something she's not ready for even though she knew her sister's feelings for Stefan wouldn't be going anywhere.
Elena nodded her head as she looked down at her hands, I need to see him. To talk."
Emily smiled at her sister before standing up from her bed and grabbed Elena's hand to pull her up. "I'll come with you," Emily told her sister, "I always got your back."
Elena sighed thankfully, not wanting to go alone. When she is with Emily, she feels like she could do anything. Elena felt like she never wanted to disappoint her sister. The Gilbert girls made their way to Elena's car once they left the Gilbert house and drove towards the familiar Salvatore boarding house.
After a few silent minutes, Elena finally pulled up at the Salvatore boarding house, but she didn't get out just yet. Emily looked at her sister with soft eyes as she spoke, "don't worry. I'll be there the whole time."
Elena smiled at her sister, knowing that is what she needed before she made her way to the front door of the boarding house with Emily right beside her. Elena pulled the doorbell but instead of someone coming to the door, someone shouted from inside.
"It's open! Come on in," a female voice yelled.
Emily looked at her sister in confusion as she heard the girl's voice. She never seen any girl in the Salvatore boarding house except for her, Elena, and of course Vicki Donovan. Emily shrugged her shoulders before pushing the door open and began to look around for the younger Salvatore brother. But when she looked to her left, she saw a blonde girl in a brown towel.
The girl looked shocked as she yelped, "oh my God!" She looked over at Elena as she confusingly mumbled, "how... uh-wh... who?"
Emily rose an eyebrow at the stranger before introducing herself, "I'm Emily and this is my twin sister, Elena." Emily twitched her head to the side as she questioned, "and who are you?"
"Lexi, a friend of Stefan's," the stranger, Lexi, responded.
Emily smirked, "so Stefan does have friends?"
Elena interrupted the conversation and quickly asked, "is he here?"
"He's in the shower," Lexi stated. "Um, do you wanna wait?" she questioned.
Elena looked over at her sister uncomfortably, so Emily quickly jumped in. She smiled at Lexi as she spoke, "no, it's okay. We should be going. It was nice to meet you, Lexi."
Lexi nodded her head as she stared at the older Gilbert and stated, "I'll tell him you stopped by."
"Thanks," Emily smiled politely before grabbing Elena's arm softly and quickly got Elena out of the Salvatore boarding house. Emily knew Elena was freaking out over Lexi. She decided she would drive Elena home, since her mind was probably all over the place. After a few minutes of driving, Emily glanced over at her sister and questioned, "how are you doing over there?"
"I feel worse," Elena mumbled.
"She might just be a friend, you never know," Emily tried to help her sister ease her mind.
Elena didn't say anything, she just leaned her head against the cool window. Emily kept quiet until she pulled into the driveway of the Gilbert house. Before Elena could get out of the car, Emily quickly grabbed a hold of her arm. Emily sighed, "look, Stefan likes you a lot. He wouldn't try so hard to get you to talk and understand him. He wouldn't just have some random girl in his house." Emily gave her sister a small smile, "how about you take a nap, you never know, things might be better when you wake up. You need to get your mind off of everything and relax."
Elena sighed quietly but nodded her head as she gave her sister a small smile. The two sisters made their up to the porch and into the Gilbert house. Emily was about to walk into the living room, but Elena quickly grabbed Emily's arm and pulled her into a hug. Emily was shocked but she quickly wrapped her arms around her sister. "You're the best sister I could ever ask for," Elena told her sister truthfully before making her way upstairs to do what Emily suggested and to take a nap.
Emily smiled as she watched her sister walk up the stairs. She knew Elena would be okay in the end. Emily made her into the living room, and was about to sit down but her cell phone began to ring. Emily sighed but pulled her cell phone out and saw it was her favorite blonde.
"Hey, Care," Emily answered.
"I'm having a party at the Grill," Caroline stated, "please tell me you're coming."
"What's the occasion?" Emily questioned.
Caroline was quiet for a moment before mumbling, "I don't know." Before Emily could ask if she was okay, Caroline quickly questioned sarcastically, "do you really need a reason to party?"
Emily chuckled, "you're right. I'll be there soon."
"Yay!" Caroline yelped. "There can't be a party without Emily Gilbert. I'll see you soon, bestie," spoke before she ended the phone call. Emily couldn't help but roll her eyes at the blonde when she didn't even get a word in.
Emily was about to go see if Elena wanted to go the party before she smirked, she had another idea. Emily grabbed her black purse that was hanging by the door before made her way to her car and made her way back to the Salvatore boarding house. It didn't take long before she pulled back into the driveway. Emily made her way to the door and walked in, surely Stefan wouldn't mind if she just walked in. It's not like they ever locked the door anyway.
Emily made her way into the living room and saw Stefan and Lexi talking. She knocked against the side of the wall a few times before the duo looked up. Emily smiled, "knock, knock."
Stefan looked up at the older Gilbert and smiled, "hey. What are you doing back? Lexi told me you stopped by."
Emily looked between the two before speaking, "I just wanted to talk to you about something."
Lexi stood up from the couch and smiled, "I'll give you two a moment," before walking out of the living room to get the duo some privacy.
Emily sat across from Stefan as she stated, "I wanted to talk about Elena."
Stefan looked at her worry as he questioned, "is she okay?"
Emily waved her hand, letting Stefan know not to worry. "She's fine. But..." Emily trailed off with a smile, "you should talk to her."
Stefan sighed, "she told she didn't want to talk to me anymore."
Emily rolled her eyes before explaining, "Elena is too proud to say she needs you in her life, but she does. I know my sister. She's just confused and scared. All our lives, everything has been simple and straightforward. But with you," Emily smiled, "she's experiencing new feels that she never had with Matt. Just go talk to her."
Stefan looked at Emily for a moment before nodding his head with a small smile, "I'll talk to her."
"Good," Emily smiled before she looked at Stefan seriously, "I know you care about Elena. I mean, you told Elena about Katherine and being a vampire, you wouldn't have done that just for anyone. Elena's my sister but you are also my friend, I want you to be happy. I know Elena is the way to your happiness like you are for her," Emily stated.
Emily could see that Stefan was thinking hard about everything that she had said, which caused a small smile to lift onto her face. She knows that Stefan will listen to her advise and talk to Elena. Emily quickly stood up from the couch and spoke, "well then, my job is done." emily walked towards the doorway but looked back at Stefan with a smirk, "by the way, happy birthday."
Stefan looked at Emily in shock as he questioned, "how did you know that?"
Emily continued to smirk as she responded, "I have my ways, Mr. Salvatore."
Emily was about to turn around and leave the boarding house, but Stefan called out her name. She rose an eyebrow at Stefan before he spoke softly, "thank you."
Emily looked up at Stefan in confusion, he moved to stand in front of her before he stated sincerely, "you're a good friend. I know Elena's your sister but you also want me to be happy, so thank you."
Emily chuckled and pulled Stefan into a hug, "hey, that's what best friends are for." She gave Stefan a final smile before walking towards the hallways where she saw Lexi sitting by the stairs.
Lexi looked up when she heard footsteps and saw it was one of the Gilbert sisters. She stood up and looked at the young girl with a small smile as she questioned, "Emily, right?"
Emily nodded her head with a smile, "yeah, that's right." She smirked at the blonde, "and you are the other best friend."
Lexi chuckled, "yeah, that's right," mimicking what Emily had just said. "You seem very protective over Stefan," Lexi stated.
Emily shrugged slightly as she spoke, "he was my sister's boyfriend and he has protected my family ever since he came into town. He's a great guy."
Lexi nodded her head in agreement before she stated, "I'm glad he has someone here that would protect him like I would."
Emily was really starting to like this girl. She smiled as she questioned, "hey, do you want a ride to the Grill for the party?"
Lexi grinned, "yeah, I'd like that."
"Bye, Stefan!" Both girls called out at the same time before chuckling as they made their way to Emily's car. Not even a few minutes after leaving the boarding house, Emily questioned, "so when did you meet Stefan?"
Lexi looked over at Emily before with uncertainty, "do you know?"
Emily looked over at Lexi in confusion before realizing what she meant, "you mean, vampires? Then yes. Found out a couple weeks ago."
Lexi nodded her head before answering Emily's previous question, "actually I met Stefan the same year he was turned, in 1864." Lexi chuckled at the memory, "he tried to drink from me, not knowing I was a vampire."
Emily chuckled before she questioned, "can't you tell the difference between a vampire and a human?"
Lexi nodded her head, "of course. One has blood running through their veins and other doesn't." She shrugged her shoulders as she continued, "he was a new vampire so he couldn't tell the difference."
Emily nodded her head in understanding before she smirked, "do you have any juicy stories about our best friend?"
Lexi smirked over at the young girl, "you bet your ass I do." She chuckled as she questioned, "did he ever tell you that he met Bon Jovi?"
Emily gasped as she quickly looked over at Lexi, "are you serious?"
Lexi nodded her head with a smile, "dead serious." She chuckled as she continued, "we partied with Bon Jovi. Stefan was the life of the party."
Emily smiled in amazement as she stated, "that must have been so much fun meeting Bon Jovi." She smirked over at the vampire as she suggested, "maybe someday you, me, and Stefan can go."
Emily parked the car in front of the Grill and the two girls got out and made their way to the restaurant before Lexi responded to Emily a smile, "I'm holding you to it."
Emily and Lexi made their way through the party until they found an empty table between the pool tables and the dancing strangers. Lexi smiled over at the brunette as she spoke, "I got an embarrassing moment about our Stefan." She smirked, "let's just say, Stefan, naked, and the Trevi fountain."
Emily couldn't help but bust out laughing. "No way! Our Stefan went streaking in Italy?" She smiled brightly at Lexi as she questioned, "where have you been all my life?"
"Waiting for you," Lexi joked.
"Hey," someone called out to the new best friends. Emily turned around and saw it was Stefan. "What are you two talking about?" He questioned.
Emily smirked, "we're just talking about the amazing Trevi fountain, you ever been?"
Stefan groaned as he sat across from the two girls. "Lexi, that was a secret. I was drunk," he complained to the blonde.
Lexi shrugged as she leaned against Emily's shoulder, "she my new best friend so I had to tell her."
"Yeah, you've been replaced, Mr. Salvatore," Emily smirked.
Lexi suddenly stood up from her chair and shouted over the loud music, "let's dance, new best friend and old best friend!"
Emily jumped up while Stefan groaned but followed after the two girls to the dance floor. Emily and Lexi danced together before Lexi turned to Stefan, "I'm gonna need a little more foot movement."
"Yeah, I'm not really interested in making a fool out of myself," Stefan stated while he moved in slow motions that he called dancing.
"Oh, come on, Stef. It's your birthday. Just one day, let yourself relax," Emily told Stefan as she continued to dance with her new best friend, Lexi.
Stefan looked around the party before he told the girls, "do me a favor, tell me if you see Damon with his camera phone."
"Right," Emily and Lexi said at the same time sarcastically.
Stefan finally got the two girls away from the dance floor so he wouldn't embarrass himself anymore and moved towards the pool table instead. It was Lexi and Emily verses Stefan, who made the first move. Once Stefan made his move, he yelped, "whoo!"
"Nice!" Lexi yelled in excitement as she high-hived Stefan while Emily chuckled at the two. Stefan went for another shot, but this time, he didn't even hit a single ball. Emily walked towards Stefan and grabbed the pool stick as she taunted, "get ready to lose to the new best friends, Salvatore."
Stefan rolled his eyes playfully, "in your dreams, Gilbert."
"Don't make me hurt you, Stefan," Lexi called out teasingly.
Stefan held up his hands in innocence, which caused Emily and Lexi to laugh at the younger Salvatore. The trio continued to play pool and enjoyed each other's company. Emily really liked Lexi. she was fun and Emily could tell that she was a good person in the inside. She was just an easy person to get along with. Emily thought she could be best friend with Lexi forever if she could.
Once the game was over, Lexi told Stefan, "we'll be right back," before wrapping an arm around Emily's waist and pulled her towards the bar. Emily looked over at Lexi in confusion before the blonde explained, "your sister is here and I want to talk to her, you're my backup."
Emily nodded her head in agreement as the duo made their way to the bar. Lexi stood in front of the male bartender and stated, "three shots of tequila." Emily faked coughed causing Lexi to smirk, "make that four shots."
The bartender poured three of the shots before he looked up at Lexi and stated, "you know, I need to see some I.D."
Lexi lost her smile as she looked the bartender straight into his eyes and compelled, "no, you don't."
"That'll be, uh-" the bartender started before Lexi interrupted.
"Free!" Lexi exclaimed.
"On the house," the bartender smiled.
"Thanks," Lexi smiled at the bartender before handing Emily two of the shots and taking the other two as they slowly made their way to Elena, who was sitting alone.
"Oh!" Lexi yelped in shock as she faked bumped into the younger Gilbert sister. "You must be Elena," she recalled.
Elena looked over at her sister in confusion, not knowing that she was friendly with Lexi. Lexi turned back to the blonde as she mumbled, "towel girl."
"Don't be rude, Lena," Emily scolded her sister, "she's my new best friend."
Lexi shrugged lightly, "I've been called worse." She sat down one of the shot glasses she had in her hand and pushed into the brown eyed girl, "here."
Elena looked over at Lexi in wonder as she commented, "I didn't know you guys could drink."
"Oh, yeah, it helps curb the cravings," Lexi stated, "but makes for a lot of lushy vamps."
Elena chuckled, "you know, I've never seen Stefan drunk. He always seems so..." Elena trailed off.
Lexi and Emily both took their shot with a sour face before the two new best friends spoke at the same time, "uptight?"
Elena looked over at her sister weirdly as she questioned, "I thought that was our twin thing?"
Emily smirked playfully at her sister, "you've been replaced."
Elena couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Emily and Lexi place an arm around each other's waist. She grew serious as she went back to Lexi's question, "yeah. But not with you."
Lexi smiled, "well, that's the benefit of knowing someone for over a hundred years. You can be yourself."
Elena shook her head, "yeah, he can't be himself with me."
"Well, not yet," Lexi told Elena, "the first step was him telling you. The rest comes with time."
"You seem so sure," Elena spoke as she looked at Lexi with furrowed brows.
Lexi looked down with a small smile playing her face before she looked up at the two sisters and began, "the love of my life was human. He went through, what I imagine you're going through; denial, anger, etcetera. But at the end of the day, love really did conquers all." Lexi motioned to Elena's full glass and questioned, "are you going to drink that?"
Elena shook her head, "go for it."
Lexi smiled before turning to Emily and bumped her shot glass with the one that was in Emily's hands and smirked, "bottoms up."
Once the two girls downed the alcohol in their hands, Elena stated softly, "I'm scared."
Emily moved over to her sister and threw her arm over Elena's shoulder as she spoke sincerely, "that's a good thing, Lena. It means you're scared to lose him. He's good for you." Emily gave her sister a smile as she continued, "all joking aside, I'm your twin sister, I know these things and you can't deny you don't want him in your life, because you do."
Lexi nodded her head, "she's right. 'Cause you're crazy about him. I get it, okay?" Lexi glanced back at Stefan, who was playing pool by himself before she added, "I mean, what's not to love." She turned back to Elena and spoke seriously, "listen. Take it from someone who's been around a long time. When it's real, you can't walk away."
Once Lexi saw that Elena was smiling, she went to walk away, but the brown eyes girl called out, "hey, Lexi. It was really nice to meet you."
Lexi gave Elena a small smile before turning to Emily with an eyebrow raised. Emily chuckled, "I'll be over in a minute."
"You better," Lexi joked before walking back towards Stefan at the pool table.
Emily turned to her sister with a bright smile, "I'm guessing Stefan came to see you."
"Yeah," Elena trailed off, not know how her sister knew that.
"You're welcome," Emily smirked. "Being the amazing sister I am, I went to talk to him and made him man up," she explained playfully.
Elena looked at her sister gratefully, "thank you, Emmie." She looked at Emily seriously as she questioned, "when did you start taking shots?"
Emily chuckled, "it's a party, Lena." She linked her arms with her sisters as she spoke, "now, go get your man."
Elena blushed but nodded her head and followed Emily to the pool table where Lexi and Stefan were playing a game. "Hi," Elena smiled when she moved closer to Stefan. Emily made her way towards Lexi with a smirk and the two girls high-fived each other.
Stefan ignored the two smiling girls and focused his attention on Elena as he spoke, "hey, you came."
Elena smiled up at Stefan as she explained, "I couldn't miss your hundredth and..." she trailed off as she thought, "whatever birthday."
The four began playing a new game of pool with Elena and Stefan on one team and Emily and Lexi on the other. In the middle of the game, Lexi told the trio, "I'll be right back." She pointed at Emily as she spoke, "don't let them catch up. I'm counting on you."
Emily chuckled as she pulled Lexi into a side hug, "they can't be us, Lex." The blonde smiled before she began walking towards the bar.
Elena, Stefan, and Emily continued the game since Lexi never did come back, but they didn't mind. Suddenly Stefan looked up when he saw the police walk into the Grill. Emily and Elena both turned to see what was happening and saw the sheriff and her deputy's drag Lexi out of the Grill.
"Oh, my God," Stefan gasped in shock.
"What is it?" Elena questioned in confusion.
Emily couldn't believe what she just saw, she was worried about what they were going to do to Lexi. Emily ignored her sister's questioned, instead she grabbed her hand and pulled her to follow Stefan out of the Grill.
The trio quickly moved through the crowd and tried to leave the Grill, but two deputy's stood in the way. "Can't go out this way," one of them said.
Stefan didn't wait before he began jogging through the back way with Emily and Elena following quickly behind. The trio ran from behind the Grill when they heard gunshots and saw the sheriff shooting straight at Lexi. But suddenly out of nowhere, Damon appeared and Staked Lexi right through the heart.
Emily gasped loudly in shock as she saw her blonde friend fall into Damon's arms as she turned grey. Stefan quickly grabbed Emily and Elena and pulled the two sisters behind Mystic Grill's wall. Once the sheriff and everyone involved left the scene, Stefan finally let the two girls go. Emily couldn't believe what just happened, she had no words to explain how she was feeling. Emily looked up when she heard Elena shout out to Stefan, who was walking away.
"He killed her," Stefan seethed. "He killed Zach; he killed Tanner; he turned Vicki; I have to kill him!" he yelled.
"No, you can't do that," Elena told Stefan.
"Why are you trying to save him?" Stefan angrily questioned. "Elena, he's never going to change! Don't you see that!? He's never gonna change!" He ranted.
"I'm not trying to save him, I'm trying to save you!" Elena explained. "You have no idea what this will do to you, please Stefan," she begged.
"Everywhere I go, pain and death follows; Damon follows me," Stefan stated before he shook his head, "no more."
Elena quickly grabbed Stefan's hand when he tried to walk away and tried again, "please, Stefan. Please jus-just talk to me. Let me be here for you. Talk to me."
Stefan shook his head, "no. You were right to stay away from me." He glanced over at the saddened Emily before walking away from the two sisters.
Elena sighed heavily before walking over to her sister, who was still leaning against the wall when they saw Damon stake Lexi. Elena didn't say anything but pulled her sister towards her car and made their way to Gilbert house.
Once they pulled in front of the Gilbert house, Emily made her way to the stairs, but before she could walk up the stairs, Elena quickly turned her around and pulled her into a much needed hug. "I'm so sorry," Elena whispered to her sister, knowing that Emily had gotten close to the older vampire. After a few silent minutes, Emily pulled away from her sister and gave her a tiny smile before she began trudging up to her bedroom.
Emily slowly closed her door once she was in her bedroom and slid down the door. She gasped for breath as tears began to pool down her face. Emily couldn't believe that Lexi was dead. She may have only knew Lexi for a few hours, but she became someone that she could trust and that would forever be her friend. But Emily wouldn't get that opportunity since Damon took that away. Emily couldn't wrap her head around what happened tonight, all she could see was Lexi dying right in front of her. She didn't know what to do or how to feel, so Emily slowly moved to her bed and wrapped herself in her blanket and slowly drifted off to sleep, hoping to forget the horrible night that took place.