Chapter 45: Chapter 45

Emma got ready in her favourite tee shirt and jeans.

"Aren't you a pretty little thing?" She asked herself looking at the mirror cheekily.

There was a knock on the door and Emma opened the door to find her best friend Zada on the other side.

"Hey you!! I am ready." Emma said cheerfully.

"You are awfully cheerful. What's the matter?" Zada asked curiously.

"I am always cheerful," Emma said, feeling offended.

"True," Zada had to agree to that point. Emma is always cheerful. And that’s her main attraction.

"How are we going?" Emma asked, as she took her mobile phone and wallet.

"The boys will come and pick us up," Zada said and then she noticed the writings on Emma's tee shirt.

It was written 'Team Damon since hello brother'.

"Who's Damon?" Zada asked in confusion and Emma let out a dramatic gasp at that question.

"You don't know who Damon is? Damon Salvatore? The hottest man to walk on this whole wide world. The man who can win hearts left right and centre with his amazing sarcasms. The man who can give nicknames to anyone and everyone. The man who doesn't care about a single person other than his love, and still make us fall in love. Okay, that's not entirely true though. He does care about Stefan. And Bonnie. Of course Ric is his best friend. And I think he cares for Caroline too. Heyy, do you think there is something wrong with me. Because I happen to like the villains more than the heroes. If you ask for my opinion, I would say, the villain category is a highly misunderstood section. The way they cares for the people they love. I don't think even heroes do that. But then I like Zi-Zi more than Zahir. I mean, Zi-Zi is the hero material. And Zahir is the villain types. Not that I ever felt him to be a villain. That's what Emily told me. How can I be so contradictory is beyond-...." Emma trailed off as Zada cupped her mouth to stop her rambling.

"What I don't understand is how you can talk such long paragraphs without taking breaks in between," Zada said, making Emma huff in annoyance..

"Poor little me," Emma said with a pout.

"That might work with my hero brother. Not with me sweetheart." Zada said with a grin.

Emma's phone pinged indicating an incoming message. Her face lit up seeing the name of the sender.

"From that smile on your face, I guess it's my hero brother," Zada teased, making Emma blush.

“Aww! Look at you blushing..” Zada teased.

"They are here. Asking us to come down," Emma said and they walked out of the hostel after getting special permission from the warden who was already informed by the girl's parents about the dinner.

As soon as they got into the car with the brothers, Zada let out a dramatic gasp.

"My brother used to text me when he was ready to pick me up. Now he is texting my bestfriend. Can you believe it?" Zada asked dramatically.

"Brother is already becoming a stranger, little sister." Zahir added, making Zian roll his eyes at his siblings' dramatics.

"Emma's number was on top of the recently used list. That's why I messaged her," Zian said, defending himself.

"See. I used to be on top of that list, didn't I?" Zada asked, wiping her imaginary tears.

"That's enough dramatics for the day sister. Moreover, it's Zahir's department." Zian said, rolling his eyes.

Emma's phone rang and this time it was Emil.

"It's Emil. They are also coming for dinner right?" Emma asked doubtfully.

Zian turned around and looked at Emma.

"If he asks, tell him we are almost reaching Liam's home." Zian said and Emma nodded, though with a confused frown.

"Hello, Emil. You guys started?" Emma asked.

"Yes. We are coming to pick you up. Be ready. Tell Zada too." Emil said.

"Oh but the Z boys already came to pick us up." Emma said.

"Wait up there. I will come and get you now." Emil said urgently, making Emily roll her eyes from beside him.

"But we are almost reaching Freddy bro's home. We will meet you there." Emma said and hung up the call.

"I knew why he was calling," Zian murmured and then saw both his siblings staring at him with open mouths.

"What? Look at the road and drive, Zahir." Zian chided.

"Did you just ask her to lie? You?" Zahir asked and Zian turned red with embarrassment.

Soon they reached the Fredrick mansion and were welcomed heartily.

"Aww. Look at you three. Looking like xerox copies." Madison Fredrick said as she embraced the triplets into a single hug.

"Mom. Let them breathe," Liam said and Madison made a face at him and left the triplets. Then she noticed Emma, looking around the house in awe.

"Can I live here?" She asked, staring at the huge and beautiful house in awe.

"Aren't you a cutie pie?" Madison said, pinching her cheeks.

"I totally am," Emma said with a grin.

"Oh my. A TVD fan??" Madison asked, seeing Emma's tee shirt.

"You watch TVD?" Emma asked excitedly. She absolutely loves to talk about TVD and she has only started watching the show recently. She had instantly fallen in love with the show and had ordered many tee shirts from an online site.

"I did. Years back," Madison said.

"Damon or Stefan?" Emma asked excitedly.

"Actually, it's always Klaus for me." Madison said with a dreamy sigh.

"Madison. I think you should invite the kids in and serve them something to drink" Michael said, irritated with his wife for still being so obsessed with the so-called Klaus.

"Oh. It totally slipped my mind. Klaus tends to do that. Always takes me to a different world." Madison said dreamily.

"Damon does that for me," Emma said with a grin.

"Who the hell is this Damon?" Zian growled softly.

"Don't worry. Not someone she is ever going to meet." Zada said, patting her brother's shoulder.

"We are here," Emily announced as she walked into the house as if she owned it.

Zahir scowled at her.

"What the hell are you doing here??" Zahir asked, making a face at Emily.

"I invited her for dinner," Liam came in between.

Zahir glared at Liam.

"Why would you do that? You don't even know her." Zahir growled.

"Actually, I know him pretty well. I even know some of his secrets that even you don't know." Emily said smugly.

Liam groaned.

"Guys please don't start now. Let's get on with the dinner. Hmm??" Liam pleaded.