'Movie in the square presents Gone with the wind'

It was around two days later and I stood looking at the banner that was placed in the middle of the town square. I guess it would be a good distraction from recent events. I needed the distraction, and I was kinda thankful that Care talked me into coming here for this.

Caroline touched my shoulder and nodded for me to follow her over to Elena who was kneeling on an unfolded blanket on the grass; Jeremy was standing beside her looking glum.

"Hey! There you guys are. Who's' hungry?" Caroline chirped with a smile.

"Yeah, we've brought enough to feed an army!" I laughed as I kneeled beside Elena on the blanket. I tried to give her a reassuring smile.

"Are we really doing this?" I looked up into the sunlight at Jeremy, whose arms were now crossed tightly across his chest.

Caroline rolled her eyes, "Yes, we are really doing this. We're going to take a page from Scarlett. We made it through the war," She kneeled on the blanket across from me and exhaled. "I know you guys went through hell, and my mom knows that I'm a vampires and thinks that Jess is one as well, so basically it's like Atlanta has burned. And yet, in spite of everything, we persevered."

God my sister knew how to do a speech.

"All right," Jeremy finally caved and took a seat to my left. "What are we eating?"

I opened a basket that was filled with goodies, "Pick your poison." I smiled.

We sat and laughed as we dug into all the food we brought. The conversation was light and flowing, and for the first time since returning, I felt happy and at ease. I was just going to enjoy my friends and my sister all together at this moment.

A while had passed as we sat, talking and laughing with each other, when a voice entered the conversation.

"Hey."

We all turned to face Stefan who was stood behind us

"Ohh, look who couldn't resist a romance!" I smiled, "You come to join in the festivities and food?"

He nodded, "Elena… walk with me?" Elena rose from her position and walked away with Stefan, giving us a backwards glance of concern.

"What was that about?" I asked Caroline.

She shrugged.

Jeremy, Bonnie, Caroline and I remained seated on the grass and continued watching the movie with a lot of other people in the Town Square. I was nice to be involved in doing something with my friends. Elena called us and filled us in on the situation at hand. And the good day now turned sour. It was supposed to be a normal day for us all, but of course, something had to go wrong along the way. Damon was bitten by Tyler and Stefan had gone on a suicide mission to find Klaus and request his help in saving his brothers life. The odds were slim to none.

On the other hand, my skin no longer burns intensely, nor does it itch with every giving moment.

"All this waiting around for news is ruining Scarlett for me." Caroline whispered to Bonnie, but of course, I could hear her. I rolled my eyes.

Jeremy's phone began to ring, and we all turned to face him as he answered it.

"Alaric, hey."

His brow furrowed, "She went to go see Damon. I thought that's where you were?"

Caroline and I looked at each other as we heard the rest of the conversation regarding Damon's current state with the werewolf bite.

It was bad.

"If Damon is off the rails, there is nothing you can do to stop him. Let us take care of it." Bonnie said and Jeremy's face twisted into one of anger.

"You keep doing this. You left me behind before, and guess what, Jenna still died. Now, I'm going to find my sister. You go ahead and try to stop me." Jeremy walked away from us, leaving Bonnie to look at him dumbfounded.

"Jeremy, wait!" I called after him, but he continued to walk away at a quickened pace.

"I'll go after him." I said and both Caroline and Bonnie nodded in agreement. "You two, go find Elena."

I caught up with Jeremy almost instantly. "Jer… Wait up!" I said from behind him.

"Don't! Don't try to stop me." He said as he continued walking.

I shook my head, "I'm not. I'm coming with you. We'll find her quicker together."

He smiled small and I returned it as we set off together through the crowded area.

About 20 minutes had passed and we still hadn't seen Elena, or Damon for that matter. I was beginning to become more worried as time went by, but Jeremy's sudden out-cry snapped me out of it.

"Damon!" he called and I turned to face his direction. And sure enough, there was Damon slumped up against a monument. He looked terrible as we rushed over to him.

"Where's Elena? I need to see Elena, now."

"Okay. Let's get you out of here first, alright?" Jeremy said as he looked at me concerned. Damon stumbled and put his arms around Jeremy and I's shoulders for support as we held him up and began to walk away.

We entered the Mystic Grill, helping Damon along the way. Jeremy and I placed him in a chair and I rushed over to the bar for a glass of water as he was running a fever whilst Jer was calling Bonnie and Care.

"Hey, it's me. I'm with Damon at the Grill."

Just as Jeremy finished talking, I heard a loud ringing as a gunshot sound off from behind me. I snapped my head around to see a pool of blood forming on Jeremy's chest as he held his phone away from his ear and gasped for air. My grip loosened for the glass and it smashed to the ground. I looked to the left to see my mom standing there with her gun clasped between her shaky hands, raised in the air as she stared on in shock. Jeremy collapsed on the floor in a heap.

"NO!" I screamed and rushed over to him as did my mom once she snapped out of her daze.

"Oh, God. Oh, God." She began to speak as she placed pressure on Jer's chest to stem the bleeding. I could hear Jeremy coughing weakly on the ground in front of me, but I was frozen to the spot like stone. "I've got a gunshot victim at the Grill. Get the paramedics here." Mom shouted into her radio. "You're gonna be fine. It's gonna be okay."

As I heard someone coming through the doors, I snapped myself out of my trance as I could hear the life beginning to slip away from Jeremy as he struggled to breathe altogether now.

"Jeremy!" Bonnie shouted from the doors behind us.

"Mom. Mom what did you do?" Caroline spoke as she stood beside Bonnie.

"I was aiming for Damon…" Mom spoke in shock.

"He still has his ring." Caroline pointed out.

"She… she's human. The ring won't work on him." Bonnie sighed as she stared at Jer in horror.

"I've got it." Caroline said and sprung into action. She bit her wrist and placed it against Jeremy's mouth. "Come on, Jer. Just drink. Please drink!"

"What are you doing?" My mom looked at my sister in horror and disgust.

"She's helping him!" I panted as the shock was beginning to settle in.

Jer didn't make any move to drink and I was beginning to worry a lot now.

"Bonnie, what's going on?" I looked up to see Alaric staring at us all, dumbfounded. "Oh, my god." His jaw slackened at the sight of Jeremy on the floor, my blooded wrist in his mouth.

"I know what I need to do." Bonnie spoke as she turned to Alaric. "I need you to grab him. T-take him with us."

"No, no, no, no. You can't move him. This is a crime scene." My mom stood and said to us all. Her eyes were glazed with tears.

"Mom, you let them go" Caroline told her and she absentmindedly nodded.

"All right, come here, buddy. I got you. I got you." Alaric said as he took Jer and left the Grill with Bonnie.

A while passed, Caroline and I were seated in the Grill with mom. She was still horrified, as were we all. Caroline's phone began to ring and she answered it. I was too lost in thought to listen into the conversation she was having. I could feel my mom staring at me as I looked to the ground.

"That was Bonnie. Jeremy's alive." She smiled and I blew an audible sigh of relief.

"I thought I killed him."

"You did." Caroline answered our mom.

She looked at her confused, "I don't understand."

"I explained it to you once. I… I had to make you forget because I was afraid of what you might do. But now… I don't wanna lie, we don't wanna lie." Caroline stretched her hand out for mine and I walked over and took hers tightly in mine. "I'm not gonna be afraid of you anymore." We each took our mom's hand in ours. "I don't want you to be afraid of meanymore. I'm still your little girl."

We pulled our mom into a hug, but she didn't return it. The tears began to gather in my eyes until they broke free and I heard Caroline's voice crack. "It's me. It's both of us, mom." And that's when my mom grasped us tightly into the hug. I felt relieved and emotionally exhausted at this very moment.

Maybe things would be alright after all.