Wayward Hearts- Book 4

Part 26

"Umm...what the hell?" Emma looked at Damon's Camaro crashed into a potted plant, dangerously close to the wall of the house, she looked at Stefan to see if he had any kind of clarification.

Stefan noticed blood dripping down from the trunk, "You, uh, might wanna back up Em."

Stefan stepped over to the trunk and opened it up, inside was the body of Aaron Whitmore.

"That can't be good," Emma sighed and headed up the steps to the house.

Stefan stepped in front of her and opened the door, not letting her in until he was firmly in front of her. Emma rolled her eyes but smiled at the sentiment.

Damon was drunk on the couch, blood was splattered everywhere along side glass from broken tumblers. Damon's head lolled to the side as he watched Stefan and Emma walk in together.

"Sorry about the mess," he motioned around the room, "I had some company over. Things got a little out of hand."

"And the mess in the driveway?" Stefan asked.

"I let Enzo drive, he is a little out of practice," Damon smirked as he stood up, "almost ended up in the damn foyer."

"And, uh, Aaron was what?" Stefan crossed his arms.

Damon took a sip from the bottle of bourbon he had been holding on to, "Yeah. Well, last night, we hunted him down, and I ripped his throat out. Yeah. I just figured it's time to shove the last branch of the Whitmore family tree into the wood chipper."

Emma let out a sigh and stepped around Stefan and towards Damon, "Let's get you upstairs and sobered up."

"Not gonna happen, gorgeous," Enzo entered the room from the kitchen and smiled at Emma, "we haven't formally met. Enzo."

Enzo stretched his hand out to shake Emma's. She crossed her arms to show that she wasn't interested. He shrugged and put his hand back at his side.

"So are you guys old pals now? Murder buddies, is that it?" Stefan asked.

Damon handed the bottle over to Enzo, "Oh, you know how it goes. I mean, I left him for dead, he tried to kill me, we worked things out. You spend 5 years with someone in a dungeon, you have a pretty unbreakable bond."

Stefan shook his head, disappointed, "And your bond with your fiancé is-"

Enzo interrupted Stefan, "You haven't heard from Dr. Wes Maxfield have you? Bloke is next on the Augustine hit list."

"Is that the plan? Kill off Augustine and then go back to your sadistic, psychotic old self?" Stefan was loosing his patience.

"I happen to like my old sadistic self, Stefan. In fact, I miss that guy. That guy was dumb enough to try and change himself to get a girl," Damon glowered at Emma.

"You have a girl," Emma challenged, confused, "craziness accepted."

"Had!" Damon yelled, "Until she decided to act like me and run off instead of dealing with the problem. Oh, and the best part, she hooked up with the one and only Donovan."

Emma let out a quiet gasp but instantly recovered and stood her ground, "Hook up? Who ever gave you that information was definitely not paying much attention."

"I saw you Emma!" Damon continued yelling, "I saw you kiss him!"

"Kiss! I kissed him! That was it!" Emma stopped yelling, her voice suddenly quiet and full of regret, "All I did was kiss him. I knew it was a mistake the second I did it."

"I'm out of here," Damon pushed past Emma and Stefan, with Enzo on his heels.

Emma flinched as the door slammed shut. She looked down at the ground, ashamed, before she began walking towards the stairs.