Emily Gilbert is the older twin sister of Elena Gilbert by three minutes and the older sister of Jeremy Gilbert. Four months ago, their parents passed away in a car accident on the Wickery Bridge where only Emily and Elena survived. Emily is more p...
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Emily woke up with a bright smile on her face as soon as her alarm clock went off. It was the first football game of the season, which means it was the first time that Emily and the cheerleading squad would be showing their routine. Emily had always loved football season since she knew what cheerleading was. It has been a big part of her life ever since she was in junior high and got the chance to join a cheerleading squad.
Emily and Elena slowly made their way through the packed out crowd that surrounded the outside of Mystic Falls High School. Emily was dressed in her cheerleading uniform while Elena was in a denim skirt and a regular tank top. This would be the first time the two girls wouldn't be cheering together, but Emily was still excited for the first game like she was every time she stepped foot on the field.
The two girls were aimlessly walking around until it was time for the game when someone suddenly spoke up from behind them. The two sisters turned at the same time, and saw it was Stefan in a football uniform.
"Ooh. Look at you. You look hot in your jersey," Elena smiled at her boyfriend.
Emily faked gagged at her sister while Stefan smiled at the two sisters. Stefan looked at Elena up and down before he questioned, "what happened? No more cheerleader?"
"I quit," Elena commented at the same time that Emily said, "she's a quitter."
"No, hey, you're not a quitter," Stefan consoled Elena as he grabbed her hands. Stefan glanced over at Emily before he kept his gaze on the brown eyed Gilbert, "you both suffered a great loss. You're not the same person. You should be looking ahead. You should be starting over. Okay?" Emily couldn't help but smile at Stefan's word. She was glad that her sister had someone in her life that cared and protected her like Stefan did. Emily always knew from the beginning that Stefan was one of the good guys.
Once Elena nodded her head with a smile, Stefan pulled out two small boxes from his pocket. He looked at the two girls in nervousness before he spoke, "I hope you two don't think this is too weird, but I, uh, I wanted you both to have this."
Emily looked at Stefan weirdly but carefully took the small box from his hands. When Emily opened the box, she saw the most beautiful necklace she had ever seen. Emily looked up at Stefan in shock, "it's beautiful." She twitched her head to the side as she asked, "but why get me one?"
Stefan shrugged lightly with a smile, "you're Elena's sister, and I see you as a close friend. I hope you can take it as a token of our friendship."
Emily nodded her head in understanding, knowing what the necklace meant. She pulled Stefan into a surprising hug as she praised, "thank you, I love it." Emily gave the couple a smile before quickly speaking, "I'll see you two tonight. I need to go get the cheerleading squad in order," before she jogged towards the field to find her squad.
As the sun disappeared and the moon shined bright in the sky, the students of Mystic Falls High School crowded together in excitement for the first game of the year. It was time for the pre-game tradition that was led by Mr. Tanner. "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait," the history teacher spoke from the beginning on the small makeshift stage. "Let's be honest here. In the past, we used to let other teams come into our town and roll right over us!" Mr. Tanner yelled. As on queue, Emily got the whole cheerleading squad to start booing which caused the whole student body to follow along.
