Ch. 5

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                                                                 Emery POV 


Me, Elena and Bonnie are preparing dinner in the kitchen.

"You explain it. Last night, I'm watching Nine-o, a commercial breaks come on and I'm like, I bet it's that phone commercial. And sure enough, it's that guy and the girl with the bench, he flies to Paris and he flies back. They take a picture." Bonnie says 

" Oh, come on. That commercial's on a constant loop." I say

" Fine. Well, how about this? Today I'm obsessed with numbers. 3 numbers. I keep seeing 8, 14, and 22. How weird is that?" Bonnie says 

" Maybe we should play the lottery. Have you talked to your Grams?" Elena says 

" She's just gonna say it's because I'm a witch. I don't want to be a witch. Do you want to be a witch?" Bonnie says looking at us

" I don't want to be a witch." Elena says 

"Ditto." I say agreeing with her.

Elena pours the to-go food into a bowl.

"And putting it in a nice bowl isn't fooling anybody." Bonnie says 

I nod agreeing with her

" Ok, serving spoons. Where are the serving spoons?" Elena asks

"Middle drawer on your left." Bonnie says 

"Ok, so you've been in this kitchen like a thousand times." I say

"Yeah, that's it." Bonnie says sounding not convinced

The doorbell rings.

" Ok, he's here. Don't be nervous. Just be your normal loving self." She says and leaves me and Bonnie 

We were all in the The Dining Room eating together. This is so awkward 

" Did Tanner give you a hard time today?" Elena asked

"Well, he let me on the team, so I must have done something right." Stefan says 

" Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball right at him, and..." Elena says 

She's trying way to hard. 

" Yeah, I heard." Bonnie says 

" Why don't you tell Stefan about your family?" Elena says 

"Um, divorced. No mom. Live with my dad." Bonnie says 

"No, about the witches. Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool." Elena says 

Like I said trying way to hard.

"Cool isn't the word I'd use." Bonnie says 

"Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know that there's a history of Celtic druids that migrated here in the 1800s." Stefan says 

" My family came by way of Salem." Bonnie says 

"Really? Salem witches?" Stefan says 

" Yeah." Bonnie says 

" I would say that's pretty cool." Stefan says 

"Really? Why?" Bonnie asks

"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity." Stefan says 

"Yeah, they are." Bonnie says 

The doorbell rings again.

" I wonder who that could be." Elena says I follow her

Elena opens the door. Caroline and Damon are outside.

" Surprise! Bonnie said you were doing dinner, so we brought dessert." Caroline says 

" Oh." Elena says a bit surprised 

"Hope you don't mind." Damon says 

" What are you doing here?" Stefan says 

"Waiting for Elena or Emery to invite me in." Damon says 

" Oh, yeah, you can..." Elena says 

" No, no, no. He can't, uh...he can't stay. Can you, Damon?" Stefan says 

" Get in here." Caroline says 

I can sense something is off here between the brothers.

" We're just...finishing up." Stefan says 

"It's fine. Just come on in." I say

Stefan didn't seem to happy about it.

"You have a beautiful home, Elena, and Emery." Damon says 

"Thank you." We both say

We were all in The Living Room.

" I cannot believe that Mr. Tanner let you on the team. Tyler must be seething. But good for you. Go for it." Caroline says 

" That's what I always tell him. You have to engage. You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you. You have to go get it." Damon says 

" Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today. It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines." Caroline says 

I just roll my eyes one reason I would never become a cheerleader

" I'll work with her. She'll get it." Bonnie says 

" I guess we can put her in the back." Caroline says 

I look at Caroline giving her a glare she jumps in her seat

" You know, you don't seem like the cheerleader type, Elena." Damon says 

"Oh, it's just 'cause her parents died. Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a blah phase. She used to be way more fun. And I say that with complete sensitivity." Caroline says 

"Then why does it sound like an insult." I say glaring at her

" I'm sorry, Elena and Emery I know what it's like to lose both your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die." Damon says 

" We don't need to get into that right now, Damon." Stefan says 

"Oh, you know what, you're right, Stef. I'm sorry. The last thing I wanted to do was bring her up. Mmm." Damon says 

It was just me, Caroline and Stefan in the living room 

" Matt tries, but he's just having a really hard time. You have to understand that they were each other's first. You know, like, from the sandbox." Caroline says 

"That's a really nice scarf." Stefan says 

" Mm. Thank you, it's new." Caroline says 

" Can I see it? I mean, would you mind taking it off?" Stefan asks 

Something is definitely off about this guy.

" Oh, I can't." Caroline says 

" Why not? You ok?" He asks

" Um...All I know is that I can't take it off." She says 

"What are you two kids talking about?" Damon says 

" I was just commenting on her scarf." Stefan says 

I get up and go in the kitchen with Elena and Bonnie 

After everyone left I went to my room something was definitely off about those two, I just can't tell was it was. 

I lay on my bed starting up at the ceiling. 

I need to find out what it was.

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