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 and Kai had been on the road for a few hours and she was already regretting agreeing to this. "So, of course I got into the oval office and took some photos, then I realised, where was I going to get photos developed?!" He laughed to himself. Emily let out a groan. She'd had to endure over 3 hours of Kai telling her about how he would spend his days when he was stuck in the prison world. She had heard at least 10 different ways he had tried to kill himself whilst there. He even went into great detail about one time when he found a guillotine in a museum and thought that might work. It didn't. Obviously. He explained how he had taught himself to fly, how he'd taught himself to cook. They still had at least another day of driving and she was already losing the will to live.
"And then..." He was still babbling. Emily closed her eyes, trying to switch off from his constant talking. Suddenly she heard her stomach growl. She opened her eyes and he glanced over at her, chuckling. "Do you think we could maybe stop for something to eat?" she asked him. Her stomach growling loudly again. "Sure. There's a stop just a few kilometres away. We can grab some food and take a breather?" She nodded in response. "You've been very quiet." He said, looking at her with a very slight look of worry on his face. "I'm not a very talkative person." she muttered. "Yeah, well, I know that's not true. Whats up?" His eyes were trained on the road ahead now, but he looked genuinely concerned. "I don't know... Maybe the fact that I'm in the car with a sociopathic murderer, heading to a place I've never been to find out about a family I've never known?" His eyes stayed on the road but he started frowning. "Sorry. I didn't mean..." she started. "No. It's fine. I get it."
That was the last thing he said to her until a short while later when they arrived at a diner by the side of the road. It was a cute little traditional diner. They didn't have anything like this in Mystic Falls. She smiled as she looked around. Young and old couples sharing milkshakes and fries, groups of friends enjoying each others company. Then there was her and Kai. Sure, they'd become relatively friendly over the past few days, but she still couldn't trust him. She wouldn't consider him her friend. Not even close.
"So, what do you fancy?" He asked her, snapping her out of her train of thought. They found a booth by the window and slid in on opposite sides of the table. She picked up the menu from the middle of the table and started scanning over it, still not saying anything to Kai. Suddenly she felt Kai's hand pull hers down so the menu was no longer in front of her face. "I don't know. I'm still thinking." "I can see that..." he mumbled. A few seconds later a waitress approached their table with pen and pad in hand. "What can I get you two kids today?" she asked with a great big smile on her face. "I'll have a burger and some fries please!" Kai responded enthusiastically, giving an extremely forced grin back. "And for your beautiful girlfriend?" She asked, looking over towards Emily. "I'm not...." she began, but Kai interrupted. "She'll have the same please. And we'll have a strawberry milkshake to share too please. Thank you!" He gave her the same huge grin again and looked over at Emily who was sat silently with a shocked expression on her face. He winked at her and smiled.
