Chapter 2: The Night of The Comet
September 9, 2009
Dear Diary,
I have a feeling that today will be different. It must be something with Elena, I can feel it. Vicki was attacked last night, I have no idea what might have caused it. Jeremy was terrified, I know he has strong feelings for her. I think I heard him sneak out earlier, he probably headed to the hospital. I hope that she'll be ok, I'll probably ask Matt to go with him to visit her. Bonnie also seemed pretty freaked after the stuff from last night as well. Hopefully last night was just a weird one and today will be better.
With a small nod, Ellie put her diary away and headed out of her room. She nearly stepped into Elena, but they both stopped when Jenna stopped them. "Mmm, do I look adult? As in respectfully parental?" She questioned them.
"Depends where you're going." Elena told her.
"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference." Jenna said as she went to check over her appearance in the mirror. "Hair up or down?"
"Sexy stewardess." Ellie commented when Jenna pulled her hair up for them to see.
"Boozy housewife." Elena added when Jenna let her hair down.
Ellie nearly choked on her laugh as Jenna said, "Up it is. You're feisty today."
"I feel good, which is rare. So I've decided to go with it." Elena admitted, a bright grin on her face. "Fly free, walk on sunshine, and all that stuff."
"Most likely has something to do with the super hot new guy that's definitely into Elena." Ellie told her aunt with a wicked grin.
"Ellie!" Elena hissed, but she was fighting a smile.
"Oooo, super hot new guy is it? How hot?" Jenna questioned.
"Definitely a ten. Elena's been making heart eyes at him since she saw him. He defended her in history." Ellie singsonged.
Jenna nodded sagely. "Ah yes, the beginning of young love."
"Of course, they'll have three kids and a small dog that barks all the time and of course the white picket fence." Ellie added as she and Jenna laughed.
Elena ignored them, opting to ask, "Where's Jeremy?"
"He left early." Jenna told her. "Something about getting to woodshop early to finish a birdhouse." When she saw Elena's confused expression she asked, "There is no wood shop, is there?"
"No." The twins informed her.
"Yeah." Jenna said with a sigh. Shortly after, Bonnie arrived with a honk of her horn and the girls were off.
Classes seemed to fly by, even history went by uneventfully. The only thing that had happened in history was Tanner calling her sister and her new beau out for not paying attention, which was kind of amusing in all honesty. But now she was going down the hallway with Caroline and Bonnie as the latter tried to explain what exactly she was supposed to be. "Wait, I'm confused." Caroline said. "Are you psychic or clairvoyant?"
"Technically, Grams says I'm a witch." Bonnie explained. "My ancestors were these really cool Salem witch chicks or something. Grams tried to explain it all, but she was looped on the liquor so I kinda tuned out. Crazy family, yes. Witches? I don't think so."
"Yeah, well, feel free to conjure up the name and number of that guy from last night." Caroline told her.
"We didn't see him Care, you did." Ellie said as she slung her arm over the blonde's shoulders as the trio smiled.
"Why didn't you just talk to him?" Bonnie questioned.
"I don't know. I was drunk." Caroline admitted unabashedly.
The girls giggled at that as Ellie added, "Well then maybe you should lay off the alcohol so you don't miss your mystery man next time." As they stepped outside, Ellie saw Matt ahead of them and quickly excused herself from the girls. "Matt!" She called and he turned to face her. When she saw his expression she was quick to pull him into a fierce hug. "She's gonna be ok, right?" Matt nodded once and Ellie added, "Are you gonna be ok?"
He sighed and confessed. "I just feel like I should have been protecting her. Maybe if I'd been more careful, kept a better eye on her, that she wouldn't have been attacked by whatever it was."
She looped her arm through his and leaned into him, "Matt, you can't think like that. Say you had been with her, who knows what could have happened. Yes maybe you could have protected her, or maybe you would have been attacked as well, or maybe even killed. There are so many 'what ifs' that it'll drive you crazy to think like that, believe me, I've gone through plenty of them myself. It's not healthy."
He gave her a look and she just smiled softly at him, she knew he understood. Elena appeared before them and fell into step on the other side of Matt. "Hey," She greeted. "How is she?"
"They're keeping her overnight to make sure there's no infection, but she should be able to come home tomorrow." Matt told them.
"That's good news."
"Yeah." Matt agreed.
"Did you get in touch with your mom?" Elena inquired. Both she and Ellie knew that his mom was a touchy subject, the woman wasn't exactly a stable guardian and was gone more often than not, but they both knew that he could probably really benefit from his mom being there.
"Called and left a message. She's in Virginia Beach with her boyfriend so… we'll see how long it takes her to come rushing home." Matt said and Ellie hugged his arm a little bit tighter to try and comfort her friend.
With a sigh, Elena told him, "Vicki's lucky that she's ok."
"I know, and now there's some talk of some missing campers."
"Really?" Ellie questioned. "I wonder what's going on that's causing all this stuff to happen. Did she say what kind of animal it was that attacked her?"
"She said it was a vampire." Matt admitted.
"What?" The girls asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah, she wakes up last night and mutters 'vampire' and then passes out."
"Ok, that is weird." Elena told him.
Ellie just shook her head. "It's probably just whatever pain meds they had her on. Blood loss and drugs can make a really weird combination."
Matt agreed and added, "I think she was drunk. So what's up with you and the new guy?"
She and Elena both glanced to where Stefan was sitting on a table with his back to them before Elena said, "Matt, the last thing I want to do is hurt you."
It was definitely the wrong thing to say. Matt just kind of shook his head before saying, "You know I'm… I'm actually gonna go back to the hospital. I wanna be there when Vicki wakes up, get the real story about last night."
"Ok." Elena said as she clutched her books a little tighter.
"Here, Matt I'll come with you, I wanna check on her." Ellie told him and then they left Elena by herself. As they made their way to the truck, Ellie couldn't help but comment. "If Elena can't see what a great guy you are Matty, then she doesn't deserve you."
Matt laughed at her statement. "She's your sister, literally your twin, shouldn't you be on her side?" He asked her as they drove towards the hospital.
"Just because I'm her twin doesn't mean I'm gonna act like she wasn't an idiot to let you go. You're an amazing guy, it was her loss." Ellie informed him. "Honestly you could do better." Matt was so surprised that he just stared at her.
After a moment, he just grinned and said, "Thanks, I needed that." The rest of the ride was filled with easy conversation as Ellie tried to keep Matt's worry from completely taking over his thoughts. Once they found a parking spot, they were quick to get into the hospital and headed straight for Vicki's room. As they turned down the hallway she was on, Ellie could have sworn she saw someone lurking in the shadows, but ignored the feeling and followed Matt into Vicki's room.
"Um… where is she?" Ellie asked as they walked in to see an empty bed.
They both turned only to find Vicki standing directly behind them, Ellie let out a small yelp as she stepped behind Matt. "Whoa, Vic. Vicki, hey." Matt said as they took in the blank stare she had. "Vic, it's Matt. Hey, what's wrong?" He asked as he leaned towards her a bit, trying to get her to snap out of her trance.
When he put his hands on her arms she started to freak out, her screaming startling Ellie. "No! No! Get off!" Vicki was screaming, the terror on her face horrifying to watch. "No! No!"
She got out of Matt's hold and just kept screaming, so Matt snatched Ellie's hand and they took off running as he called for a nurse. They ran down the hallway and nearly skidded to a stop when they found a doctor and nurse. "Nurse! I need help, it's my sister." Matt explained and they immediately started to run back to the room, the nurse running behind them.
When they reached the room, Matt and Ellie were extremely confused to find Vicki sleeping peacefully in her bed. "She seems fine." The nurse told them.
"But just a second ago she was-" Ellie trailed off when she saw Matt staring at something down the hallway. "Matt, where are you going?" She asked as she followed her blonde friend out of the room and down the hallway. "Matt?"
"Hang on." He told her but she followed him anyways. Who was that up ahead in the hallway? Was that Stefan? The potentially Stefan turned into a room and Ellie sped up her pace to keep up with Matt. When they walked in, there were people sitting in chairs donating blood, but no Stefan. It looked like there was a person standing behind a curtain, and Matt went and jerked it open, but there was no one there, only an open window. "You saw him, right?" He asked her as he looked around the room to make sure he didn't miss him.
"I think I did. Why would Stefan be here?" Ellie asked. Any conversation was cut short when Caroline sent her a text saying to come outside because she was roping Ellie into helping prepare for the comet. "I gotta go, Caroline…" She told him and he nodded absentmindedly. "Are you gonna be ok?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine."
"Ok, let me know if you or Vicki need anything." With that, she left the sweet football player and met Caroline outside. "You know, I don't really need to help you with this."
Caroline scoffed. "Of course you do, besides, has Elena spilled the juicy details about her rendezvous with Stefan yet?"
"Her what?"
"Oh, so she hasn't. Come on, I wanna know if they had sex in the next room over from you." Caroline teased as Ellie gagged.
"That's actually disgusting Caroline." Ellie told her.
They sat outside The Grill folding the little pamphlets for the comet as Elena explained how, no, she and Stefan didn't have sex last night. They didn't even kiss. Bonnie ended up getting off track and said, "Well, I was talking to Grams, and she said that the comet is a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity."
Ellie was fascinated, it was so interesting and she'd always had a thing for paranormal stuff. Before she could ask Bonnie more, Caroline sassed, "Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens." Ellie kicked the blonde under the table and glared. "What? I'm not wrong." Caroline turned back to Elena. "So then what?"
"So then nothing." Elena denied.
"You and Stefan talked all night?" Caroline asked dubiously. "There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy feely of any kind?"
"Nope. We didn't go there." Elena informed her.
"Not even a handshake?" Caroline said skeptically. Ellie had to laugh at that. The thought of the most romantic thing Stefan and Elena doing was a handshake left an entertaining image. "I mean, Elena, we are your friends. Ok? You are supposed to share the smut."
"We just talked for hours." Elena insisted.
"Ok, what is with the blockage?" Caroline questioned. "Just jump his bones already! Ok, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy. Sex."
"Profound Care." Ellie said with a roll of her eyes. She watched as her twin contemplated something, before making a decision and started to grab her things. "Elena?"
"Where are you going?" Bonnie asked staring at Elena with wide eyes.
"Caroline's right. It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it instead of doing what I started the day saying I was going to do." Elena told her and Ellie looked at her twin in disbelief.
"You started the day saying you were gonna just screw everything to hell and bang Stefan?" Ellie inquired. Elena shot her a playful dirty look but grinned and walked off, presumably to Stefan's. "Who are you and what did you do to my sister?" She asked Caroline as the blonde smiled victoriously.
"Well maybe now Elena will give into all her desires so I can focus on getting you a man." Caroline said with a saccharine smile. Ellie just scoffed and threw a crumpled napkin at the girl. "I'm not wrong. I mean come on how have you never even dated anyone? You and Elena are gorgeous and yet while she's out here getting Mister Tall, Dark, and Handsome, you're sitting here being all lonely and sad."
"I am not lonely and sad!" Ellie denied and Caroline just shot her a look. "I'm not!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Prince Charming?" Caroline asked. "You could have any guy you wanted and yet… nothing."
Ellie just shrugged. "I don't know. None of the guys here catch my attention I guess. We've known all of these guys for forever so I guess I just don't see them like that? And the first fresh blood we got, Elena snatched him straight up." She glanced at Bonnie and said, "Come on, you said it yourself, major lack of male real estate."
"Yeah. We are lacking. Maybe there will be some other new guy that catches your eye. But it couldn't hurt to try and set you up with someone." Bonnie admitted which resulted in her getting a napkin thrown at her as well.
"Shut up! You two are single too." Ellie said in her defense. "But anyways tell me more about the comet." Bonnie explained to them about everything her Grams had said before the conversation drifted off onto more trivial things.
As the sun set, Ellie sat up on the kitchen counter as Elena recounted what had happened at the Salvatore Boarding House. "He's on the rebound and has raging family issues." Elena sighed as she poured the chocolate sauce onto her ice cream.
"Well, at least it's an ex-girlfriend." Ellie said with a shrug as she dug into her own ice cream.
Jenna nodded in agreement, "Wait till you date a guy with mommy issues." Jenna warned. "Or cheating issues. Or an amphetamine issues." Elena and Ellie both winced at that one. It didn't sound fun. Ellie could hear the small creak of the front door and she saw Jenna's expression go from playful to pissed in an instant. "Jeremy!" Jenna yelled. "Jeremy, where were you?"
"More stoner stories?" Jeremy asked as Ellie walked up beside her aunt. "Look, Jenna, I get it. You were cool. And so that's… that's cool." Jeremy said giving her a thumbs up and obviously stoned out of his mind.
"Oh, no, no, no!" Jenna yelled and before Ellie could process what was happening, the apple was flying out of Jenna's hand, whacking the back of Jeremy's head much to Ellie's surprise.
"Ow! Why?" Jeremy complained. "Wh-Why did you do that?"
"Listen up! Quit ditching class or you're grounded. No discussion." Jenna told him.
"Parental authority. I like it." Jeremy said with a grin. "Sleep tight." He told her with another thumbs up before going upstairs. Jenna looked at Ellie and the younger girl just shrugged. She had no idea what Jeremy was on but he was bizarrely mellow.
"Tonight! Night of the comet! Would you like a program?" Ellie asked as she handed the program to a married couple. Bonnie and Elena repeated phrases similar to people as they walked past.
They had just given flyers to a group of three people as Bonnie questioned, "He didn't call, huh?"
"Or text." Elena admitted as she handed a flyer to a couple. "But then I realized we never even exchanged that stuff. We've never gotten to the texting part."
"That's an important milestone in any relationship." Bonnie told her and Ellie rolled her eyes a little and whacked Elena with the flyers she held.
"All this moping over Stefan that I've endured and you didn't even bother to exchange numbers? I suffered for nothing!" Ellie whined and Elena grinned at her.
Ignoring her, Elena said, "Isn't it? The timing is wrong, anyway."
"When is it ever right?" Bonnie asked her.
"I'm not ready Bonnie."
"Who is?"
"At least I put myself out there." Elena said in her defense.
"Is that what you're calling it Elena?" Ellie questioned. "You're full of crap."
Her twin looked down before asking them, "What do you mean?"
"All we're hearing is reasons why you can't." Bonnie told her softly as they turned to walk towards a larger crowd of people.
Ellie broke away from the other two girls and drifted over to an unfamiliar teenaged girl. "Hey, would you like a program for tonight?" The girl had pretty dark hair and bright eyes, but she seemed surprised that Ellie was speaking to her.
"Hmm? Oh yeah, sure thanks." The girl nodded as she took the offered pamphlet.
"Are you from around here? I've never seen you at school." Ellie questioned.
The girl gave a shy smile and nodded. "Yeah, I am, I'm just homeschooled and I don't really get out much. But this is such a once in a lifetime thing I decided I couldn't miss it."
"Oh definitely, it'll probably be another 145 years before the thing comes back and we'll all be long dead by then." Ellie joked and the girl gave her a laugh of agreement.
The mystery girl must have noticed the way that Ellie was confused because she admitted, "I'm so sorry, you just look like another person I've seen."
"Oh! It's totally fine, you probably just saw my twin sister, Elena." She scanned through the crowds and pointed out her sister from a distance. "There she is. Yeah it startles some people to see two of the same person before they make the twin connection. I'm Ellie, by the way."
The girl shook the hand Ellie held out with a smile, "I'm Anna."
"It's really nice to meet you, Anna." She said sincerely.
Before Anna could say anything else, Caroline swooped in and handed Ellie a candle. "Here you go, hi nice to meet you, we gotta go." Caroline said before pulling Ellie away from Anna after handing the other girl a candle as well. "Hey, I got some candles!" Caroline said excitedly as she handed a candle to Bonnie.
The group moved towards Matt and upon reaching him Elena greeted him with a smile and a "Hey." He returned the greeting before tipping his lit candle over to light hers as well. "Thank you." She said brightly.
"You're welcome." Elena turned to walk away from him, and straight into Stefan as she lit his candle.
Ellie watched as her friend stared longingly at her sister and couldn't help but be a little frustrated with the other girl. When Elena looked back at Matt, guilt written all over her face, Ellie just sighed and pulled Matt until his focus was back on their little group which consisted of him, Ellie, Tyler, Caroline, and Bonnie. "Here you go." Tyler said as he leaned forward from where he sat on the picnic table to light up her candle.
"Thank you." She replied and once Matt was completely drawn into a conversation with Caroline, she slid up onto the table next to Tyler as he talked with Bonnie. The other girl had just caught Tyler up on Bonnie supposedly being psychic or a witch and Ellie grinned and said, "Does that mean you can use those cool tarot cards and read my fortune?"
Bonnie was grinning as Tyler added on, "Oh, how about hitting me up with the answers to Tanner's tests."
"Pass those along to me as well if you don't mind kind sir." Ellie joked. She still remembered the terrified look on Bonnie's face the night of the party at The Falls and she didn't want her to dwell on it.
"Will do." Bonnie assured them.
"Hey Ty, you done being a dick to my brother?" Ellie questioned and the dark haired boy rolled his eyes.
"Is he done being a dumbass?"
"Hey! He's always a dumbass but that's my dumbass brother. So I'd hate to have to murder you because you tried to fight him." Ellie told him fondly. Tyler was a jackass half the time but when he wasn't being stupid or angry, he could actually be really nice. She could see that Stefan had moved to stand in front of her sister and she just hoped that Matt didn't see. To her surprise, Elena walked off leaving Stefan to watch as she went. Elena eventually rejoined the group and they watched the comet together. Once it was done they all headed inside The Grill to hangout.
As everyone was coming in to get around their table, Jeremy walked up, concern was coloring his features. "Hey, has anyone seen Vicki?"
"You're her stalker, you tell us." Tyler retorted and Ellie elbowed him harshly in the side.
"I can't find her."
"She probably found somebody else to party with. Sorry pill-pusher, I guess you've been replaced." Tyler taunted and Ellie sighed. He just had to say that in front of Elena.
"What's with the 'pill-pusher'?" She questioned.
"Ask him."
"You wanna do this right now?" Jeremy asked as Elena turned her disbelieving gaze onto her little brother.
"Are you dealing?" Elena accused.
"She's never gonna go for you." Tyler antagonized.
It seemed to finally be the tipping point for Jeremy because he snapped and said, "She already did. Over and over and over again."
"Yeah, right." Tyler scoffed.
"You slept with Vicki Donovan?" Caroline wasn't sure whether to believe the youngest Gilbert or not. "I mean, Vicki Donovan slept with you?"
"There's no way." Tyler denied.
"And I didn't even have to force her into it." Jeremy said, his gaze locked firmly on Tyler. Ellie sat up straighter in her seat, eyes wide as she looked between her brother and Tyler and the implication that was being made.
"What the hell is he talking about, Ty?" Matt asked, the protectiveness of his sister jumping to the surface.
"Nothing man, just ignore him, he's a punk."
"You know what, how about all of you shut up and help me find my sister?" Matt suggested and Ellie could almost see the air around him buzz with a worried energy.
"We'll check the back." Bonnie said as she and Caroline started for the back door.
"I'll check The Square."
"I'll come with you." Jeremy said to Matt only for Elena to refuse.
"Oh, no, no, no." She said as she grabbed a hold of him. "You are coming with me. So that's your game now? Dealing?"
"I'm not dealing." Jeremy denied.
"Look, I'm sick of the tough love speech, Jer. It's clearly having no impact." Elena told him.
"You and Jenna, between the two of you it's enough already-"
"We can stop if you want." Elena said, effectively cutting him off. "Send you to a therapist where you'll be forced to deal with it, or to rehab where you'll sit in group and tell some stranger how you let your life fall apart. Or you could talk to me."
"I vote for none of the above." Jeremy replied, looking tired and upset before he walked off leaving the twins alone.
"What?" Elena huffed.
"Did you really think threatening him was going to be a good idea, Elena? Do you really think that that's doing any good? Or are you just pushing him away more and into a drug haze? Because not only are his parents dead, the sister that's supposed to look out for him just keeps harassing him with a holier than thou attitude." Ellie snapped, growing tired of Elena's constant berating of their brother. Elena tried to call out to her, but Ellie just shook her head and walked out after her brother. She found Matt heading towards where they'd been during the comet watching and called out to him. "Anything?"
"No, not yet. Come on." Matt said as they came up to Stefan.
"Hey, Stefan!" Ellie called, catching the boy's attention. "Have you seen Vicki?"
He looked confused by the question before responding. "No, sorry."
"We can't find her." Matt told him. "She's missing."
Stefan nodded, "I'll keep an eye out for her."
The Salvatore had started to walk away when Matt called him back. "Hey. I saw you at the hospital yesterday."
"Did you?"
"What were you doing there?" Matt asked.
"Visiting." Stefan replied after a moment.
"Visiting?" Matt repeated, he didn't seem to believe that in the least. "You know, Elena and I, we've known each other for a long time. We might not be together right now, but I look out for her. And I'll always look out for her." Matt stopped talking when he Stefan tilted his head, as if listening intently to something that Ellie and Matt couldn't hear.
"Excuse me." Stefan said suddenly before walking past them.
"As nice as Stefan seems and all, that was really weird." Ellie told Matt as they went off to continue their search for Vicki. A few minutes later Ellie spotted a familiar face walking up ahead. "Matty look!"
"Vicki!" Matt called as he and Ellie ran for his sister.
She looked dazed and looked like she was in pain, holding her neck where her wound was. "Hey, Matty. I don't know how I ended up here." She told him as he and Ellie flanked her, making sure she was supported. "Stefan Salvatore found me wandering around back that way, got me to head back this way."
"Come on Vic, you seem pretty out of it. Did you take something?" Ellie asked as they made their way back to The Grill. Vicki nodded but Ellie didn't judge as they sat her at a booth and set to cleaning her up. Matt was fussing over making sure that Vicki's bandages were on properly when Ellie spotted Stefan walking into The Grill. "Matt."
He turned to face Stefan once he was sure Vicki's bandages were on right. "She said you found her wandering around."
"Yeah." Stefan nodded.
"So, um, thanks." Matt said sincerely.
Stefan looked over to Ellie. "Um, can I talk to you?" He asked and she stepped to the side, putting them halfway between Matt and Caroline. "Um, have you seen Elena?"
"No, sorry, I haven't seen her since we went to look for Vicki. Maybe Caroline and Bonnie have?" She told him and he moved over to ask the other girls.
"I think she went home." Bonnie admitted. Stefan nodded and turned to leave but Bonnie hesitantly called, "I'm gonna give you Elena's cell number and her email. She is big on texting and you can tell her… I said so." Once she'd finished writing down the information on a napkin she passed it to Stefan only to close her eyes and then pull her hand away with a gasp.
"Thank you." He said but it was replaced with concern when he saw her horrified expression. "You ok?"
"What happened to you?" Bonnie whispered and Ellie saw how confused and concerned Stefan was. "Wow that's so rude. I'm sorry. Excuse me." The girl quickly got up from the table and walked off.
"Yeah, she kind of wigs out." Caroline informed him. "It's like her thing."
When Ellie got home, she heard some sort of rustling and someone bent over in Jeremy's room. "Jer?" She called, stepping into the room to see not Jeremy, but Jenna rummaging through his desk.
"No, it's me, The Hypocrite Patrol." Jenna replied without looking up.
"What are you doing?"
"I've become my worst nightmare, the authority figure who has to violate a fifteen year old's privacy." Jenna turned and rushed over to one of Jeremy's shoes, pulling out a bong. "Jackpot." She held up the offending shoe and said, "I see the hiding places haven't gotten any more creative."
As she tossed the shoe aside, Ellie questioned, "What brought this on?"
"Your asshat of a history teacher shamed me good yesterday."
"You got Tannered. Been there." Ellie said sympathetically as she sat down.
"'Discover the impossible, Ms. Sommers.' Got it. Thanks. Like I didn't know I was screwing up." Jenna ranted as she ransacked Jeremy's drawers.
"You're not screwing up, Aunt Jenna."
"Yes, I am." Jenna corrected as she paused her search. "You know why? Because I'm not her." Ellie felt a swell of pain at Jenna's defeated expression and the mention of her mother. "She made everything look so easy. You know, high school, marriage, having you and Elena." She paused to try and reign in her emotions before admitting, "I can't do it. I'm gonna say or do the wrong thing, and he's gonna get worse, and it's gonna be my fault." Jenna sat down on the bed and told her, "It's impossible."
Ellie slid off her seat and knelt in front of her aunt. "This is just the fear talking. You're a little scared, that's all. We all are." From the corner of her eye, Ellie saw Elena standing there, listening to the conversation and it was like a light went off above her head and her twin turned and headed back down the stairs. Ellie grinned a little, "Pretty sure Elena just realized she had something to do." Jenna saw her other niece rushing back down the stairs and let herself smile a bit. "And you know what?"
"What?"
"So what if you're not mom? Or if you don't always say the right thing? They didn't. They were amazing parents, and I'm lucky that they're mine, but they made mistakes too. It's how they got so good at it. Mistakes make you human, Aunt Jenna. Jeremy isn't going to go off the deep end, trust me. And you are doing an amazing job at this. I wouldn't want anyone else here with us. If it's impossible, we'll make it possible. Jenna everything's gonna be just fine." Jenna's eyes were wide and she slowly broke into a smile and pulled the young brunette into a hug.
"Maybe you should be a motivational speaker? You're pretty good at it." Jenna told her and it looked to Ellie like her aunt had a weight lifted off of her shoulders.
"Pft I'm Ellie Gilbert, I'm good at everything." She joked. "Come on, let's go eat all the ice cream before Elena steals it from us." Jenna just laughed and they went off racing towards the kitchen.
Author's Note:
Hey Guys! I just want to say thank you to everyone that read the first chapter and then another thank you to the people that thought it was good enough to either follow it or favorite it from the chapter alone. It means a lot to me! If you guys liked this chapter please review and let me know and feel free to ask if questions you might have! The next chapter is already written and should be posted in a week at the latest. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
-Madame Magic
Posted: 2/16/20
