Emily Ashworth is just getting settled into college, making new friends, when all of sudden her entire life changes. Who would have thought, the town sociopath would be the one to help her through everything when she needed it most...
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Emily sat in her room, twirling a pen between her fingers, her journal in front of her. She hadn't written in it recently but she felt the need to after the last few days. But as much as she tried to she kept getting distracted by her thoughts.
Had she really upset Kai earlier when she was speaking to Damon? Surely Damon was right. Kai couldn't care less what anyone thought of him. He was a sociopath and lacked all the normal human emotions, including worrying what other people thought.
She shrugged the thought off but it still kept coming back to her. She had a sudden urge to speak to him. To apologise. Why should she apologise to him? He had killed at least 5 people that she knew of, including Luke in the merge. Attempted to kill numerous others and probably had killed many more. Yet she was feeling bad for possibly upsetting him? Yet again, this side of her was taking over and would likely just end up getting her into trouble.
She finally started writing and spent the next half hour pouring out everything that had happened recently, including Kai. Why did she keep thinking about him? Sure, he'd helped her out a bit, but as people keep telling her, he only ever helps if there's something in it for him.
She finished writing and placed the journal under her pillow. She wandered downstairs and to Damon who was sat in the kitchen talking to Elena.
"Damon?" She said as she approached the breakfast bar and smiled at Elena, receiving a smile in return. "Yes?" He always sounded like he didn't have the time or patience to talk to her. Especially when Elena was there. "Where does Kai go?" "Huh?" He looked at her in confusion. "I mean, when he's not here. Where does he go? His family home is miles away. He doesn't seem to drive anywhere. Where does he actually go when he isn't here?" "No idea. Why do you care anyway?" He glanced at her with a curious look in his face.
"Don't tell me you're still feeling bad about earlier? Look. Him coming here and helping you out, we can deal with." He nodded towards Elena who nodded in agreement. "But if you seriously think it's a good idea to go out into the big wide world in search of him so you can apologise and make you're self feel better, you have another thing coming." Emily furrowed her brows at Damon and looked to Elena. "I just wanted to make sure I hadn't upset him earlier." "Upset him? Emily, he doesn't have any emotions. He's unlikely to have been upset. And even if he were, why would you care anyway?" Elena said. "Because her and the weasel connected yesterday." Damon shrugged and let out a snort. "We didn't connect Damon. In fact he confirmed yesterday that he wasn't ever likely to be a nice person. I just have this thing where I hate knowing that I've said or done something to upset people." "Well, my dear. That is something you really need to get over because it's likely to get you killed if you keep this up." He rolled his eyes at Emily. Clearly he didn't understand as he couldn't care less who he upsets on a day to day basis.
Emily grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl and walked out of the kitchen. "I need some fresh air. I'll be back in a bit" she called over her shoulder. "Sure. Don't forget to call us when you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of." He winked at her knowingly.
