Edge of Heaven: Tyler Lockwood [1]✓

Chapter Nineteen

Two weeks have passed since the Night of Illuminations and now Gemma was with Tyler, helping Caroline decorate the high school.
"Hey, can you hand me the glitter gun thing." Gemma asks Tyler, he hands it to her, "thank you."
"Hey, can't we ditch the decorating and go grab a bite."
"I have a thermos in my bag." Caroline told him.
"I mean a real bite. Rebekah knows some people who like to be fed on. They're into it, we don't even have to compel them."
"Okay, first of all, I finally have your mom liking me again, so I'd rather not get caught in some weird vampire threesome with her son. And secondly, quit hanging out with Rebekah the evil blood slut."
"Just keep the claws in tonight at the dance. For me?"
"So, who has the misfortune of being compelled to be her date?"
"Matt said he'd take her."
"You set her up with Matt?" Caroline questioned.
"She wants to go to the dance and he didn't have anyone to go with. He drinks vervain. She can't feed on him, what's the big deal?"
"The big deal, Tyler, is that Matt is an innocent, good person, who should not be going to dances with evil blood sluts."
"Matt's a guy, Gemma. And Rebekah is hot, don't over think this."
"This s a sire thing, isn't it? Please tell me this is some weird family extension of your sire bond to Klaus."
"I'm here, hanging streamers and I have glitter all over my hands. If I'm sired to anybody it's you." Gemma smiled at Tyler and he smiled back. They finished decorating and they both went home. Gemma showered and got ready for the homecoming dance. Gemma sees Caroline talking with Tyler, Gemma sees the fire brigade in the school.
"What happened?" Gemma asked.
"The gym is flooded." Tyler told her.
"The dance is moved to Tyler's." Caroline said to her, Caroline called Elena to let her know. Gemma and Tyler rode together to the Lockwood Mansion. There is a band already playing in the garden.
"Ty, how did you plan all this last minute?" he shrugged, got out of his car, leaving Gemma inside. Gemma got out and saw that Stefan was by her side.
"Hey Gem, looking sexy." he winked at her.
"Oh, Stefan." she placed a hand on his cheek, "even if I wasn't with Tyler, you have no chance in hell." Stefan walks away and Gemma goes around back, she sees Klaus on stage.
"Good evening everyone! I wanna thank you for being here with me to celebrate! It's been a long time coming!" Klaus said into the microphone, he continued talking and then got off the stage. Gemma sees Elena and Matt just arrived and she walked over to them.
"So Klaus is here..." Gemma told the two of them.
"What?"
"Yeah! Apparently our sired hybrid-friend Tyler thought it would be okay to let his master throw a party! I expected more, surprise!"
"I've learned not to be surprised by anything Klaus does. I'm gonna go find Bonnie." Elena says leaving Gemma and Matt alone.
"What's going on? And what are you two doing here together? Thought you were supposed to be here with Rebekah." Gemma asked Matt.
"Plans change. I need a drink." he walks off. Gemma goes inside the house and up to Tyler's bedroom and sits on his bed, Tyler opens the door and enters the room, he closes the door behind him.
"What are you up to with Klaus?"
"Uh-nothing?" Gemma questioned.
"He is onto you, Gemma. Whatever you think you're about to pull off, he's two steps a head of you!"
"You're lying to me."
"You know, actually, I'm not. I don't know anything. But even if I did, I wouldn't tell you about it, because you're sire to team Klaus now. And now you can't be trusted. So can we please go back to the party now?" Gemma goes to leave but she feels a prick in her neck and Gemma blacks out.
When Gemma wakes up she is in her bed and she sees Tyler.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"What do you think?"
"I'm sorry, I stabbed you. It was the only thing I could think of to get you out of there."
"Oh, yeah, that makes total sense. Not hey Gemma, I'm worried about what might happen this evening so maybe you should just go home and watch Supernatural?"
"If you knew all your friends were gonna get together and try to take down Klaus, would you have left?"
"Absolutely not."
"So there you go. I saved you from your own stubbornness."
"This isn't funny, Tyler! How am I supposed to be with you when you're sired to him?"
"I need you to understand, Gemma."
"Understand what? That you're one of our enemies now?"
"Understand that this is who I am! There's nothing that I can do about it. Klaus can't be killed. I can't be fixed. Understand that I'm okay with that."
"But... how are you okay with that?"
"Because it's better. I don't have to turn, Gemma. Not unless I want too. I never have to go through that pain again. If being sired to Klaus is the price that I have to pay, so be it."
"But... you don't have any true control over yourself."
"I never did before. The full moon controlled me. After everything that we've been through, you've been there for me through all of it. Don't turn your back on me now."
"Tyler." Gemma said.
"Right."
"I just..."
"I got it." Tyler leaves Gemma's house quickly, Gemma changes her clothes and goes downstairs to the kitchen. She grabs a blood bag from the fridge and she goes back up to her room. She lays down on her bed and slowly drinks from the bag until its empty, Gemma remained in bed until Sunday afternoon until she decided to grab another blood bag from the fridge and went back to bed.