Who we need to be to survive. (Emily Gilbert pt. 2)

Back to reality

I wake up next to Damon who is still sleeping so I get off my bed, put on some clothes and then go outside by the lake. For a vampire he sleeps hella strong....what the fuck. I had one night away from reality. Technically I guess I had a few weeks because I was dead but still. Anyways I sit on the deck by the lake and turn my phone on. It's more or less just calls from Stefan so I decide to call him back.

"Where are you?" Stefan answers. "Don't worry I'm coming back today." I roll my eyes while saying. "I thought Elena knowing that you were alive would make her switch her humanity back on but she didn't." He tells me. Of course this is about Elena. The wave of jealousy only flashes by. At first I think all anyone cares about it Elena and that I lost my brother too but then I remember that Damon just dropped everything to make sure I was okay. "But I saw something flash in her eyes I was so close." He continues. "Look maybe just show her a fun time let her get it out of her system." I shrug even though he can't see me but I hear Damon approaching me. "Just try it....I'll see you later." I tell him and then hang up. Damon is already behind me when I shove my phone back into my pocket and stand up and face him and I can't help but smile. "You sure you don't want to stay one more night?" He asks doing that stupid eye thing that I happen to like but I somehow resist. "As tempting as that sounds....we should get back."

He flashes a pleading look that I shake my head at. "Nope. Plus Stefan needs your help." I tell him. "Pretty sure he asked for your help." He replies. "Okay...yes but it's no secret Elena cares about you plus the sire bond and we all know you either feel or felt something for her so..." I look at him. Yep I was really hoping he disagreed with the last part but I knew he wouldn't instead he rolls his eyes and then focuses back on me. "Fine." He agrees.

I guess I shouldn't be mad, he chose to be here with me. He could've choosen to be with Elena when her humanity is off and she has feelings for him and doesn't give a fuck about anyone. He could've taken advantage of that but he didn't.

We go back inside and pack up the little bit of things that we did have and then we start our drive back.

We get to the boarding house and walk inside. I follow Damon to Stefan's room. I don't really know what happened. I know Stefan called Damon's phone which cause Damon to have some confused look and then drive faster and now where here. "You're gonna take her back to school?" He questions Stefan but not like an actual question. "Well, the fun route didn't exactly pay off." He gives a pointed look at me and I raise an eyebrow at him. "You probably just didn't do it right." I shoot back. Wasn't he just happy to see me lime yesterday...?

"Look, do you think I want to go to school and play chaperone?" He argues. "You can't go because you're not a student." He looks at Damon. "And how do we explain to everyone Emmy just coming back to school out of nowhere." He says. I shrug. "I've actually done that before....before i was even a vampire." I say and he raises his eyebrows at me. "I don't want to go though so carry on." I add. He switches back to looking at Damon. "Besides, you've got to go look for Katherine. I mean, Elena needs this cure now more than ever." Oh yeah I completely forgot about the cure. If I didn't finally have my powers back I would want the cure but I don't need it.

"Not that anyone asked me, but I think taking her back to school is a great idea." I hear Caroline's voice and turn around to see her in a bathrobe. Hm looks like Stefan had some fun... I almost laugh to myself thinking that. "Why are you here?" Damon questions. "Uh, blame it on your fancy water filters. Your house has the only vervain-free showers in town." She says and I furrow my eyebrows. "Huh?" I ask. "Oh, yeah. The mayor put vervain in the water supply." He informs and clicks his tongue shaking his head. "So many people to kill." I roll my eyes at his Damon joke. "Oh well I guess my showers are fine.....by the way that is not an invitation I'm just gloating." I flash a tight smile. "Wait." Caroline basically commands catching everyone off guard. "How are you here right now?" She kind of half smiles looking at me. Wow it took her this long to notice? "Long story I crawled out of a grave and now I'm really powerful....and still kind of lacking blood in my system." I say. She basically jumps amd her smile gets wider and she hugs me. Wow okay did not brace myself for that. "Oh my god thank god you're back I missed you." Then her tone shifts. "Oh my god." She says in a kind of sympathetic way and lets me go. She glances and Stefan and then Damon in a questioning way and everyone is quiet. "Yes they told me." I say trying to keep my face neutral. Everytime I distract myself somehow it's brought up again and I want to cry all over again.