A loud and scratchy groan escaped the Gilbert girl's mouth early the next morning as an intrusive and irritating noise of a cell phone ringing right by her ear woke her up from her calm and dreamless sleep. The tired brunette girl then moved her fatigued body all around her bed as she tried to get herself to wake up before she finally opened her green eyes and noticed that it was the younger Salvatore vampire's cell phone that had interrupted her cozy slumber.
"Hey," Emily whispered in a raspy morning voice once she had placed her head into her palm as she sat her body up while she stared across at the green eyed vampire with a small smile. It didn't matter what time it was, Emily would always smile whenever she would see Stefan's face. It just had the ability to keep her calm from the hectic life they live.
Stefan smiled over at the human girl once he had placed his cell phone onto the wooden bedside table after he had received a text message from the vampire hunter; Alaric. "Good morning," the Salvatore vampire whispered before he leaned down and placed a soft kiss onto Emily's inviting lips.
The Gilbert girl couldn't help but smile, once again, into the supposedly simple kiss before she swiftly wrapped her arms around Stefan's neck and pulled him into her as she didn't want the embrace to end. It was like every time their lips touched, Emily just couldn't get enough. The brunette girl then laid onto her back as her body was in an awkward position, which caused Stefan to follow with her and hover over the doppelganger's body as they continued to kiss as if they were both addicted to each other.
However, the regular morning make out session didn't last as long as the human girl had wanted because about after four minutes of kissing, the Salvatore vampire slowly pulled away before Stefan stared down at Emily with his brows furrowed deeply.
"Oh, please don't tell me that you're about to destroy our happy world," Emily begged with a pout as she could tell by the look on the vampire's face that something was on Stefan's mind - that probably had something to do with the situations that Emily had been putting herself in these last couple of days.
Stefan gave the human girl a sheepish expression before he muttered apologetically with a tint of humor in his voice, "I'm totally about to ruin it all." The vampire then flipped his body around so he was leaning on his left side before he stated, "but I can't just pretend like everything is okay, babe."
The Gilbert girl let out a quiet sigh as she knew the moment was officially over and that she needed to focus back onto the real world. "Look, everything is going to be fine," Emily told the Salvatore vampire before she explained, "Katherine is still in the tomb like we all wanted."
"I know," Stefan murmured as he slowly pushed Emily's messy bed hair behind her right ear before he stated as he stared into the human girl's bright green eyes, "but we still have this pressing little issue of you being Klaus' human sacrifice."
"Ah, there it is," Emily exclaimed with a chuckle before she gave the brunette vampire a sarcastic grin as she knew it would only take a couple of seconds before Stefan would bring up the large problem that was revolving around their lives. The human girl then lifted up her head and placed a small kiss onto Stefan's lips before she pulled away and assured him that there was nothing to worry about, "everything is going to be fine. Elijah promised to keep everyone safe as long as we just do nothing."
"That's the problem," Stefan mumbled as he shook his head, "I can't just do nothing." The Salvatore vampire couldn't just sit around while the original tries to keep his promise to Emily that they didn't even know he could keep whilst he also uses the human girl to bring Klaus to Mystic Falls. Stefan would rather figure out a way to protect Emily on his own instead of trusting this deal with Elijah.
The Gilbert girl quickly sat up in her bed and twisted her body so she was sitting crisscross and stared at the vampire with a serious expression as soon as she heard the words fall from Stefan's mouth. "Please don't ask my birth giver for help," Emily begged as she remembered what Stefan had told her last night about what he found out from her doppelganger's sister. Emily knew exactly what was going through Stefan's mind as she looked into his green eyes; about how he didn't want to follow Elijah's plan that she had swore they would keep.
"Katherine said Isobel could have some answers," Stefan hurriedly explained his reasoning for wanting to call her mother once the human girl, once again, disagreed with his plan. The Salvatore vampire then innocently lifted up his arms once he had copied how Emily was sitting before he stated, "I just have a couple of questions, that's all."
Emily didn't like the idea of asking Isobel for anything. The woman had done nothing but cause trouble for her family, friends, and the whole town of Mystic Falls, so Isobel was the last person the human doppelganger would ask for help. Besides, she already made a promise to Elijah and she didn't plan on breaking it as a promise is a promise.
"Please don't do it," Emily begged, once more, as she grabbed ahold of Stefan's cold hand before she laced their fingers together. "I made a promise to Elijah and we certainly don't need him backing out of the deal to keep everyone safe by ruining it," the brunette girl stated. That was the last thing she wanted. Emily didn't go through all of her nerves by talking to Elijah just for him to cancel their terms because they weren't following his simple orders of not doing anything like she had promised.
"Right," Stefan exclaimed with a cheeky grin before he clued in the human girl of his master plan of him finding the loop hole, "you made a deal with Elijah." The Salvatore vampire shook his head as he elaborated, "I didn't make one." Stefan then placed a light kiss to Emily's forehead before he told her, "but you should keep your deal."
Emily let out a loud groan and threw her head back as she knew she was getting nowhere with the younger Salvatore vampire. It was as if everything she was saying was going in one ear and out the other. The human girl then decided to see if she could use her charm to keep Stefan from ruining hers and Elijah's plan, so she silently climbed onto the vampire's lap and wrapped her arms around his neck as she gave him a deep pout. "Stefan," Emily whined before she mumbled sadly, "I just don't want anyone to get hurt."
The Salvatore vampire shook his head as he wholeheartedly laughed at the human girl's obvious antics of trying to get him to change his mind before he questioned in amusement, "when have I ever wanted anybody to get hurt?" Unluckily for the brunette girl, Stefan definitely didn't plan on changing his mind anytime soon as he only cared about keeping Emily alive and safe away from the sacrifice.
Emily immediately let out an irritated grumble as soon as she heard the teasing tone from the vampire before she leaned her head against Stefan's bare chest as she knew there was no changing the vampire's mind. "You're the worse," Emily mumbled against Stefan's cold skin and left a soft kiss to his collarbone before she swiftly jumped out of his lap sooner than the vampire would have liked and made her way towards her closet door. Emily figured since she wasn't getting anywhere with Stefan, then she would just get dressed for the day.
"I love you," Stefan sang in a loving and equally teasing voice as he watched the human girl angrily stomp her way into her closet. The vampire couldn't help but always find Emily adorable when she would get mad or when she doesn't get her way. It was quite cute, Stefan thought as he chuckled to himself.
Emily simply rolled her green eyes when she heard Stefan trying to sweet talk her while she changed into a knee length pink floral sundress before she placed her feet into a pair of white slip on Vans. It took Emily a couple of minutes of grabbing the brush off of her dresser and taming her brunette mane before she finally walked back over to Stefan, who was now standing while he was busy throwing on a clean shirt that he had left over at the Gilbert house.
"Wait," Emily mumbled as she lifted up her hand once she was standing in front of the fully dressed Salvatore vampire. She had begun to run back on the conversation that they had shared once they were in bed together last night while she was getting ready for the day before she grew confused about something. "You mentioned that Elijah compelled Katherine to stay in the tomb," Emily stated before she wondered, "I thought vampires couldn't compel other vampires."
"He's an original," Stefan stated with a careless shrug like it would help Emily with her confusion. The vampire then further explained when he saw the annoyed look on the human girl's face after he had chuckled at her cute expression, "I don't really know what it means. I don't think anybody really knows what that means." Stefan then gave the doppelganger a smirk before he added dismissively, "well, except maybe Isobel. I'll make sure to ask her when I see your mother today."
"Fine," Emily mumbled with a deep pout embedded on her face. She knew she wasn't going to be able to change Stefan's mind. Emily just hoped that Elijah wouldn't see Stefan going to talk to Isobel as them breaking his terms of their agreement. "I love you," Emily finally spoke as she told the Salvatore vampire and gave Stefan a loving kiss before she watched Stefan walk out of the Gilbert house to obviously meet up with the woman that gave birth to her.
Now what am I suppose to do? Emily thought once she was standing all alone in her bedroom with no plans and no one to spend time with.
***
MYSTIC FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
The human Petrova doppelganger grinned immediately once she stepped out of her black Honda and straightened her black leather jacket as she saw all of the smiling and cheerful faces of the normal high school students that didn't know what actually goes on in their small town. It was Mystic Falls High School's bi-monthly Booster Club Barbecue, that Emily almost forgot about which was the reason why it looked like she was the last person here.
Thankfully, Jenna had mentioned the barbecue when Emily finally went downstairs after Stefan had left for the morning to find her birth mother. The Gilbert girl was quite glad that she was actually here and didn't just brush it off as it was nice for her to do something good and it would help Emily get her mind off of everything that goes on in her crazy life.
"Emily!" The perky voice of the brunette girl's fellow cheerleader, Cheryl Blossom, exclaimed as she interrupted the aforementioned doppelganger's thoughts just as the Gilbert girl had made it to the center of the event once she had pushed her way through all of the students and finally got to where everyone was getting set up for the barbecue.
"Hey, Cheryl," the brunette girl greeted her friend with a small smile before she pulled the pale girl into a tight hug. "How are you doing?" Emily wondered once they both broke the embrace before they began to slowly walk around all of the students. The Gilbert girl realized she hadn't even spoken to Cheryl or her brother; Jason, since the day of the Masquerade Ball. Everything has just been too hectic lately with her being kidnapped and meeting Elijah along with everyone knowing about the sacrifice, that she haven't even had time to be a normal teenager.
"I'm good and this is great!" Cheryl exclaimed as she spread her arms out in excitement of the festivities that was going on around them. "Mrs. Davis said everything is running smoothly like you and Caroline planned and the football team should be back soon with the food for the grill," the cheerleader explained to Emily about what their cheer coach had told her a few minutes ago about the event.
Emily silently nodded her head as she was glad that the event was already going very well. She knew by the looks of things that they just needed to start cooking soon as they had posted down at the town hall that the food would be served to the community at noon.
"Thank you so much for helping," Emily praised to her fellow cheerleader as she was glad that everything was running smoothly when she couldn't put all of herself into the event because of what she deals with on a daily basis. Emily wished she could be more involved with everything like she used to but with vampires, witches, werewolves, and originals, it was sort of hard to keep her teenage life on track.
The Blossom teenager quickly shook her head as she carelessly waved her hand. "Oh, it's nothing," Cheryl exclaimed, "I'm just happy to help." The cheerleader then swiftly changed her expression to a smirk while she turned the topic around as she bumped Emily's hip with her Timberwolves uniform before she teasingly stated, "a little birdie told me you are seeing Mr. Cute Gemini."
Emily couldn't help but chuckle as she shook her head at the way Cheryl worded her statement before she answered with a sheepish grin, "yes, I am." The brunette girl couldn't help but get all girly and giggly when someone brings up the love of her life; Stefan Salvatore. He just made her happy - plain and simple. The Gilbert girl then raised an eyebrow in Cheryl's direction as she wondered in amusement as she knew she was right, "let me guess... you heard it from Caroline."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Cheryl stated with a straight face before the two teenagers began to full on laugh as it was a common thing that if someone ever wanted to know the gossip in their small town, there was only one person that would have all the juicy details; Caroline Forbes.
Speak of the devil, Emily thought once she and Cheryl had calmed down from their laughter and noticed that her blonde best friend was heading straight towards them. "Hey!" Caroline exclaimed with a grin once she standing in front of the two human girls. She then focused her blue eyes onto Cheryl as she requested, "do you mind if I borrow our co-captain?"
"Oh! Of course not!" Cheryl exclaimed and told her cheer captains, "anyways, I need to go check if the boys are finally back," before she swiftly jogged her way towards the front of Mystic Falls High School, where they had the grills all ready to go for the football players.
Once the perky cheerleader had walked away, Emily linked her right arm with Caroline's left one before she began to walk with the blonde vampire through the loud event. "So, how did last night go?" The Gilbert girl questioned after a couple of silent minutes had passed of them moving through all of the happy students as she was still worried about how the full moon went since she couldn't get ahold of Tyler before she left the house this morning.
"It was rough," Caroline uttered quietly as she didn't want anyone eavesdropping onto their conversation about the werewolf transformation. "Actually, that's why I came to find you. Tyler was so scared and he's still pretty shaken up about last night," Caroline explained before she mumbled in a disappointed voice, "so, I thought maybe he needs you."
The Gilbert girl immediately picked up on the blonde vampire's disheartened tone of voice but Emily decided not to question it right now as she could only focus on one person at a time and she knew Tyler needed her at the moment. "I will," the brunette girl promised to Caroline before she squeezed the blue eyed vampire's arm and praised, "I wanna thank you so much for helping him." Emily then added as she muttered irritatingly, "I couldn't be there since Bonnie locked me in the house."
Caroline nodded her head with a small giggle before she stated, "oh, I heard all about that. I couldn't stop laughing when Elena told me where you were yesterday." The blonde vampire then pinched the human girl's left cheek as she exclaimed teasingly, "I would have just loved to watch you squirm."
"Oh, shut it," Emily commanded as she pushed her best friend with a chuckle. The human girl knew she should of known that her twin sister would of told Caroline since the blonde vampire is obviously involved with the supernatural world. It also helped with her lie that she had told the Lockwood teenager last night about why she couldn't help him, so Caroline would follow along with what she told the werewolf. That was the last thing Emily wanted to be involved in; an unsuccessful lie.
"But honestly, I was glad to help," Caroline stated once they stopped joking around and had continued to slowly walk through the crowd of happy students. "I think it brought Tyler and I closer," the blonde vampire mumbled as she avoided looking into her best friend's green eyes out of nervousness to what Emily would think of her new and strange feelings.
"Oh?" Emily wondered in surprise along with the fact that she could tell that Caroline wasn't telling her something. "And are you happy about that?" The Gilbert girl interrogated as she tried look through the vampire's short words about what she had missed.
"Well, uh, yeah... I guess," the blonde vampire uttered secretly. Caroline then finally glanced over to Emily after a moment of silence had passed between them before she confessed, "I-I'm just confused. I'm trying to keep Matt safe and happy from all of these secrets I'm hiding from him and trying to be with him, but then there's Tyler making me feel things I didn't know I could feel for him."
The human girl gave her best friend a warm and comforting smile before she leaned her head against Caroline's arm after the blonde vampire told her what was going on with her. "Well, whatever you decide, I'll be right there with you," Emily told her best friend as she tried to ease the blonde vampire's mind. Emily may be going through a lot but she was still going to try her damnedest to be there for her friends no matter what.
"Thanks, Emmie," the blonde vampire praised with a content smile as she was glad that she had Emily on her side with this really confusing situation that she was going through with her feelings for the human teenager; Matt Donovan and the werewolf; Tyler Lockwood.
The two best friends then continued to make their way through the barbecue venue for the boaster club after they got rid of the heartfelt moment and had began to talk about the current event and the newest episode of Grey's Anatomy. However, before Caroline could finish ranting about something Mark Sloan did on the show, the human girl finally saw the person she had been waiting to see.
"Thank God," Emily mumbled to herself before she released Caroline's arm and jogged her way towards the Lockwood teenager. The brunette girl then pulled her best friend into a soft hug as she didn't know what type of condition his body was in. However, when Tyler squeezed her body closely, Emily wrapped her arms fulling around the werewolf instead of partially as she had been afraid that she would hurt him.
If someone was to look at the two teenagers right now, it would look like they were old friends that hadn't seen each other in years. But, in reality, it was really just a werewolf that had missed having his best friend around after experiencing the worst night in his life.
It took about four minutes of Emily holding her best friend before she finally had to force herself from Tyler's body and made her way back to stand by Caroline. Emily just didn't want to let go as she was still worried about the werewolf. "How are you doing?" The Gilbert girl softly wondered after a moment of staring across at Tyler with her brows furrowed as she was curious to how he was feeling after going through his first full moon.
"I'm okay," Tyler mumbled as he nodded his head. The werewolf anxiously rubbed the back of his neck before he added, "I'm sore and every muscle aches but I'm okay."
"You did it, though!" Caroline exclaimed with a smile as she tried to get the Lockwood teenager to see the upside of things, "you did your first full moon and you didn't hurt anyone." The blonde vampire glanced over to the human girl out of nervousness before she focused onto the werewolf as she continued to make Tyler feel better, "it'll get easier. You'll get better at it, you'll learn to control it and it won't hurt so much."
"Well, we don't know any of that for sure," Tyler murmured stubbornly as he crossed his arms over his maroon football jersey.
"It's like I told you, Ty," Emily began as she knew the werewolf was feeling down about what he had went through, so she tried to make him feel better like Caroline had tried to do, "each time it's just going to make you stronger and you'll be able to handle it better."
"Yeah, I guess," Tyler muttered with a small nod before he focused his brown eyes onto Caroline's blue ones. "I wanna thank you for helping me last night," the Lockwood teenager began before he took a quick glance over to his best friend as he stated, "since Emily couldn't be there, I'm glad it was you." Tyler then focused back onto Caroline as he concluded, "I don't know what I would of done if you hadn't been there to help me."
The blonde vampire gave the werewolf a bright and excited smile as she was feeling happy to have done something good for someone. "Um," Caroline had began to speak before she quickly shook her head as she didn't know what to say with the feelings she had. Caroline then cleared her throat while glaring at the smirking Emily before she focused onto Tyler as she finally told him along with trailing off as she was nervous to how Tyler would react, "yeah, anyway, uh, next month we should probably reinforce the wall because you almost got me that one time and it just would been, um..."
The Lockwood teenager looked at the blonde vampire in confusion before he questioned as he didn't understand why Caroline had stopped talking in the middle of her sentence, "what?"
Caroline quickly glanced over to the human girl for help before she turned back to the confused Tyler and mumbled, "uh, never mind..." The vampire then began to awkwardly chuckle as she went to pull Emily with her as she tried to walk away from this very uncomfortable situation.
"No, wait!" Tyler swiftly hollered as he stopped the two best friends from taking another step. The werewolf then glanced between Caroline and Emily in disarray as he could tell they were both hiding something from him before he wondered, "what is it?"
The blonde vampire stared across at the human girl as she didn't know what she was suppose to tell the werewolf. But when Emily gave her a small nod, Caroline let out a slow sigh and turned back around to face Tyler. "Well, it's not a big thing," Caroline began as she didn't want the werewolf to start worrying before she confessed, "it's just that one bite and it's... you know, curtains for me."
The Lockwood teenager still continued to look at the two best friends in confusion as he didn't understand what Caroline was trying to tell him. "What are you talking about?" Tyler questioned as he slowly uttered each word.
Emily knew they weren't going to get anywhere as Caroline was just beating around the bush with the major issue, so she decided she would just tell Tyler. The Gilbert girl then took a step closer towards the Lockwood teenager before she whispered as she didn't want anyone to hear her, "the legend says that a bite from a werewolf can kill a vampire."
"Wait, what?" Tyler interrogated with his dark brows furrowed with even more confusion. "And how do you know that?" The Lockwood teenager questioned his best friend before he pointed towards the blonde vampire and continued to ask in a small whisper, "do you know about Caroline?"
The Gilbert girl rolled her green eyes at Tyler's ignorance and stated, "of course I do. She's my best friend." Emily then glanced up at the blonde vampire with a small smile as she showed how she would always have her back. The brunette girl focused back onto Tyler after a couple of seconds before she answered the werewolf's first question as she covered for Caroline, "and I read it in a book since I was grounded yesterday."
Thankfully for the Gilbert girl and the Forbes vampire, their awkward conversation with the Lockwood werewolf was soon interrupted before Tyler could ask anymore questions as the Donovan teenager made his way up to them and they all knew they couldn't have this type of conversation in Matt's presence since he's still in the dark about what goes on in their small town.
"Matty, hey!" The human doppelganger greeted her friend with a bright smile as she broke the thick air that surrounded the supernatural beings. Emily then pulled the blonde teenager into a tight hug as she expressed, "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."
The Donovan teenager chuckled as he hugged the brunette girl back before he pulled away and muttered, "I know, right. I never see you anymore." Matt then ruffled up Emily's brown hair like he always does with a smirk before he turned his gaze onto the silent Caroline and asked softly, "you got a second?"
Caroline shot her best friend a nervous look before she closed her eyes and took a deep breath as Emily had squeezed her hand and gave her the confidence she needed to speak with the Donovan teenager. "Yeah, sure," the blonde vampire whispered once she had turned back around and faced Matt with a small smile.
The Gilbert girl waited until the obvious awkward and nervous couple had walked away before she turned and faced the werewolf with a smile. Emily then silently nodded her head behind Tyler before she linked their arms together as she began to pull the werewolf with her in the direction she had pointed out so they could talk alone.
"So, how are you really doing?" Emily questioned once she and Tyler had walked behind Mystic Falls High School and sat down on the curb in a small corner away from everyone that was enjoying the barbecue. The brunette girl had noticed that the Lockwood teenager wasn't telling the whole truth when she had asked him in front of Caroline. It was just a small thing Emily had noticed when Tyler avoided looking into their eyes when she asked him.
The Lockwood teenager heavily sighed as he leaned his head into his hands at the question. "My body hurts and I am emotionally drained," the werewolf mumbled as he anxiously tapped his sneakers against the concrete ground. It was as if he was scared that his body would randomly start spazzing again like it did last night when he transformed and that was causing his body to not heal correctly like it should.
"Oh, Ty," the brunette girl cooed as she wrapped her hands around his bicep while she pulled him into her embrace, "I'm so sorry." Emily hated that she couldn't be there for him last night, especially when he really needed her. "I wish I could make the pain stop," the human girl uttered as she felt helpless.
"I don't want to go through it again," Tyler whispered as he rested his head against the short brunette girl's. It was the worse experience the Lockwood teenager had ever went through. It was nothing but pain and destruction - from what Tyler could actually remember before he blacked out.
"I know," Emily murmured as she rubbed her warm hand along Tyler's even warmer arm. "But it'll get easier," the Gilbert girl uttered as she tried to comfort her best friend before she added teasingly while she bumped her shoulder with Tyler's, "if surfer Mason can do it then so can you." Emily knew if she could get Tyler to just laugh at least once, then it would make him feel better like it always does when she gets him to smile.
The Lockwood teenager shook his head with a small chuckle at the brunette girl's small joke before their small corner was then overcome by content silence as they both just enjoyed finally being in the other's presence. Tyler was glad to have his best friend back while Emily was just happy to actually see Tyler and help in anyway she could after being locked in her house all day.
"I promise I'm going to be with you at the next full moon," Emily interrupted the silence as she didn't want Tyler to worry too much about the next transformation that is a full month away. That was no way to live.
"Good," Tyler mumbled as he relaxed his body against the brunette girl's. "Caroline wasn't that bad," the Lockwood teenager stated before he added, "but I'd really like it if you are there with me." The werewolf just felt safer and more confident that he could survive the pain of the transformation if Emily was with him. She just had this aura that kept him calm.
"Well you don't have to worry about that anymore," Emily promised before she stated, "I'm going to be there with you for every full moon until you decide that you are tired of me."
"Like that would ever happen," Tyler uttered with a small chuckle and a smile. The Lockwood teenager was glad that he would have his best friend on his side again and he was now feeling much better after having talked to her in person after these last couple of long and horrible hours of his life. Tyler felt like he could do anything in the world when he's in Emily's presence.
"We'll see," Emily stated with a smirk as she knew she could get quite annoying from what her brother and twin sister had told her plenty of times while growing up. The corner behind the high school was then silent for a couple more minutes as the two best friends just enjoyed the other's company before Emily slowly released Tyler's arm and stuck her hand into the inside pocket of her leather jacket as she remembered something. "Here," the brunette girl exclaimed as she handed her best friend a small silver flask of bourbon, "I thought you would need this."
The Lockwood teenager sighed thankfully when he saw what his best friend was holding up. "No wonder I keep you around," Tyler mumbled jokingly before he unscrewed the top and took a long chug of the amber colored liquid like it was water on a hot summer day.
Emily shook her head with a small chuckle as she muttered with an eye roll, "yeah, I'm sure that's the reason." The Gilbert girl then quickly paused her laughter and frowned when she heard her cell phone ringing in her outside pocket of her leather jacket. It's probably Caroline freaking out, Emily thought as she figured the blonde vampire would need to talk about her feelings that had to do with her two friends; Tyler and Matt.
Emily didn't bother looking down at her notifications as she knew it was a text, she just wiped across her home screen before the messages were on view and began to read her newest one that was obviously not from Caroline ~
TWINNIE ♡ COME 2 THE BOARDING HOUSE. ROSE GOT BIT
"Dammit," Emily mumbled to herself as she swiftly read the message from her twin sister before she shoved her cell phone back into her leather jacket. "I gotta go," Emily told her best friend as she stood up from the curb, "Elena needs me for something." The Gilbert girl hated leaving Tyler alone when he was just starting to feel better but she knew she had to get back to the real world that revolves around supernatural problems.
The Lockwood teenager pouted up at his best friend before he went to hand the Gilbert girl her flask back. However, before Tyler could extend his long arm all the way, Emily quickly shook her head. "No, no," Emily muttered with a smile, "you keep it. You'll just have to owe me a full flask once you've drunken it all."
Tyler chuckled before he stated with a smirk, "yes, ma'am." The Lockwood teenager then stood up from the hard curb before he pulled his best friend into a tight hug. "Thank you for everything," Tyler praised as he felt more calm than he had been since he experienced his first full moon. He no longer felt jumpy that is his body was just going to start transforming on its own. Tyler now felt calm and relaxed like he could continue to live his life as a normal teenager until next month comes around and he has to go through it all over again.
"Of course," Emily exclaimed as she squeezed her best friend's waist, "I'll always be with you one way or another." The Gilbert girl then pulled away and messed up Tyler's brown hair like the Donovan teenager had to done to her. "I love you, Ty," Emily stated with a bright smile before she quickly turned around and made her way through all of the happy and cheerful people.
However, as Emily walked around the Boaster Club Barbecue and made her way towards her black Honda, she immediately lost her bright smile that she had cherished with her best friend as she knew her day just got that much more difficult than she had originally thought with the news that her twin sister had just delivered to her.