Erika sat there silently as Stefan spoke, her hands in her lap as she looked down at them as she thought about what they both said. When Erika set her mind to something, she was stubborn to change it, but she knew this was the right thing to do, for both of them. After a moment, Erika looked up at Stefan. "For all these years I had dreamt, literally dreamt you weren't dead and the reunion we'd have. Living in the past kept me from tearing humans apart just for the hell of it" she began. "But you're here, you're not the same as you were then and neither am I, but you are right Stefan. We can't keep living in the past if we want any kind of future together, we need to look forward instead of looking behind us because we're not going that way" she admitted softly. Erika briefly glanced at her fumbling hands then back up to him "So what do we do now?" She asked him with a small smile.
Tyler saw Emily leaning in and smiled as he did the same to meet her halfway and gladly kissed her back. It was a good few minutes before they gently and hesitantly pulled apart to breath. Tyler nodded as he got out, grabbing his bag from the back before he followed Emily inside the house. "I'm a three time varsity sportsman, what do you think?" He teased at her. Tyler came up beside her and kissed her cheek as they stood in front of the open fridge. "Relax Em, you had food for me earlier and stayed in the cellar all night, I can dig up something out of the Gilbert family fridge" he teased at her a little. "If anyone should be resting today it should be you" he added.
Emily laughed and smiled at Tyler ‘’please like i could possibly ‘rest’ after all that and what happened before hand’’ she staed and saw the confused look on his face ‘’i dont know if you remember, but theres this hybrid jackass roaming aorund right now, last night there was this ritual iw as meant to be apart of, thankfully, only my blood was need to complete. It, but i was kidnapped into anyways. I have vampire blood in my system right now thats working its way out, i was force fed it as a ‘insurnace’ policy sot hat this hybrid Niklaus coudl. Get his way. Thankfully not much happened and iw as able to get to you beofre you shifted and tried to kill caroline, ‘’ she explained giving him the life notes version ‘’trust me i was not planning ont hat happening, well. .not the kidnapping part. ‘’ she stated and sighed as she sat at the island. ‘’Before you say anything about me not telling you. I was going to tell you.. i just didnt get that far before everything happened’’ she siad gently and sighed ‘’are ou mad?’’ She aksed gently as she looked at Tyler.
Stefan sighed and gave Erika a soft smile ‘’well.. i think what we do.. it start fresh.. as friends for right now.. and elt things naturally progress like that did before’’ he siad gently before holding out his hand ‘’hi.. im stefan Salvatore.. vampire, ex-ripper and all around book worm with an annoying older brother, a best friend who i think you’ll like and a lot of stories about ym life’’ Stefan said with a cheeky grin, seeing the smile on Erika’s face, he knew things would be oaky between them. Or so he hoped.. he knew he stilled loved her, but he wnated things to be better, they were different epople now… he wasnt the ripper he use to be. He was mroe cautious and timid, but he also knew she wasnt the same person either.
