Chapter Five:

The next day I woke up and changed into a pair of black souped-up sweatpants, a burgundy adjustable spaghetti strap seamless basic camisole, and a burgundy V neck 3/4 long sleeve open front button down shrug cropped cardigan top.

Today the movie Gone with the Wind was playing in the town square so Elena, Jeremy, and I went to watch it as a distraction from all that has happened the past couple of days but Jeremy wasn't too thrilled about it.

"You brought me to see a girl movie." Jeremy said to us in disbelief.

"We needed to get out of the house, Jer." I said to Jeremy.

"This is our three hour distraction from reality." Elena said to Jeremy.

Jeremy then scoffed.

"Is that what we're doing? Pretending like our lives aren't screwed?" Jeremy asked us.

"We need to do this, okay?" I asked Jeremy.

"Breathe, eat, sleep, wake up, and do it all over again... until one day, it's just not as hard anymore." Elena said to us.

Elena then spread the blanket that she was carrying with her out on the lawn once we found a place that wasn't so crowded and then Elena and I sat down on it while Jeremy continued to stand.

Caroline then skipped over to us smiling carrying two baskets in her hands.

"Hey. There you guys are. Who's hungry?" Caroline asked us.

Caroline then sat the baskets down on the blanket and then sat down on it.

"Are we really doing this?" Jeremy asked us in disbelief.

"Yes, we are really doing this. We are going to take a page from Scarlett. We made it through the war. I know you guys went through hell, and my mom knows I am a vampire... so basically, it's like Atlanta has burned. And yet in spite of everything, we persevere." Caroline said to us.

Jeremy then let out a sigh.

"All right." Jeremy said to us in a defeated voice.

Jeremy then sat down on the blanket with Elena, Caroline, and I.

"What are we eating?" Jeremy asked us.

"Something good." Caroline said to us vaguely.

Stefan then walked up to us.

"Hey." Stefan said to Elena smiling.

"Hey. Look who couldn't resist an epic romance." Elena said to Stefan smiling.

Stefan then crouched down next to Elena.

"Will you come take a walk with me?" Stefan asked Elena.

I then looked at Elena and Stefan.

"Go. The movie's not gonna start for at least another half an hour. You two go have your couple moment or whatever." I said to them.

"Thanks." Elena said to me hugging me.

Elena and Stefan then stood up and walked away from Jeremy, Caroline, and I and when they walked back over to us several minutes later they told us that Damon was bitten by Tyler on the full moon and Klaus had the cure that could save him.

Elena then left to go be with Damon while Stefan went looking for Klaus.

Not too long after they had both left Bonnie showed up and then the movie started playing and we reluctantly watched it while we waited for news.

"All this waiting around for news is ruining Scarlett for me." Caroline whispered to us.

Jeremy's cell phone then began vibrating and he answered it and I used my werewolf hearing to listen in on the conversation at the same time Caroline used her vamp hearing.

"Alaric, hey." Jeremy said to Ric on his cell phone.

"Tell me you're with Elena." Ric said to Jeremy on the other end.

"She went to go see Damon. I thought that's where you were." Jeremy said to Ric on his cell phone.

"No. He just escaped. I think he's looking for her. And the cops are after him. Listen, he's in bad shape, Jeremy, so if you find her, get her somewhere safe, okay? I'm on my way." Ric said to Jeremy on the other end.

Then the conversation ended and we all stood up and walked away from the movie.

"If Damon is off the rails, there is nothing you can do to stop him. Let us take care of it." Bonnie said to Jeremy.

"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 you try to stop me." Jeremy said to us.

Jeremy then walked away from us and I ran after him.

"Jeremy, wait up!" I yelled at Jeremy.

Jeremy then turned around to look at me.

"What?" Jeremy asked me impatiently.

"Look, I know you want to help and I'm not gonna stop you, okay? Just stay with me so if something happens I can protect you, all right?" I asked Jeremy.

"Yeah." Jeremy said to me.

"Good. Now let's go find Damon." I said to Jeremy.

Jeremy and I then looked around town square for Damon and when we found him he was over by a monument and we walked over to him.

"Damon." Jeremy said to Damon.

"Where's Elena? I need to see Elena now." Damon said to us.

"Hey, let's get you out of here first, all right?" Jeremy asked Damon.

Jeremy and I then each put Damon's arms around our shoulders and we carried him to The Grill where we thought he would be safe.

Once inside The Grill Jeremy and I let go of Damon and he leaned over a table to help himself stand up.

Jeremy then pulled out his cell phone and called Bonnie.

"Hey, it's me. I'm with Damon at The Grill." Jeremy said to Bonnie on his cell phone.

Then Sheriff Forbes walked into The Grill with her gun pointed at Damon and then shot at him. Before the bullet could hit Damon he used his vamp speed to run out of The Grill and instead of it hitting him it hit Jeremy in the chest because he was standing behind Damon and then he fell to the floor.

"Jeremy!" I yelled at Jeremy.

I then ran over to Jeremy's side and put pressure on the gunshot wound with my hands.

"Oh, God. Oh, my God." Sheriff Forbes said to herself running over to us.

Sheriff Forbes then pulled out her radio to call for help.

"I've got a gunshot victim at The Grill. Get the paramedics here." Sheriff Forbes said into the radio.

"You're gonna be fine. You're gonna be okay." I said to Jeremy sobbing.

Bonnie and Caroline then ran into The Grill and saw Jeremy lying on the floor and ran over to us.

"Jeremy!" Bonnie yelled at Jeremy.

Caroline then looked at her mom.

"Mom. Mom, what did you do?" Caroline asked her mom.

"I was aiming for Damon." Sheriff Forbes said to Caroline.

I then checked Jeremy's hand and saw that he was wearing one of the Gilbert rings.

"He still has his ring." I said to them.

"She's human. The ring won't work on him." Bonnie said to me.

"Caroline…" I said to Caroline.

"I got it." Caroline said to me.

Caroline's eyes then turned red with the veins around them protruding and her fangs elongated and she bit into her wrist so it would bleed.

"Come on, Jeremy. Just drink. Go on, Jeremy, drink." Caroline said to Jeremy shoving her wrist to his lips.

"What are you doing?" Sheriff Forbes asked Caroline confusedly.

"I'm helping him." Caroline said to her mom.

"Jeremy, drink." I said to Jeremy.

"Please. Please. Please." Caroline said to Jeremy.

Although Caroline's blood was running down on Jeremy's lips none of it entered his mouth so that it could heal him and then he died from the gunshot wound.

We then all started crying.

Ric then walked into The Grill and walked over to us.

"Bonnie, what's going on?" Ric asked Bonnie confusedly.

Ric then saw Jeremy's dead body lying on the floor.

"Oh, my God." Ric said to himself.

"I know what I need to do. I need you to grab him. Take him with us." Bonnie said us.

"No, no, no, no, you can't move him. This is a crime scene." Sheriff Forbes said to us.

"Mom, you let them go." Caroline said to her mom firmly.

"All right. Come here, buddy. I got you. I got you." Ric said to Jeremy.

Ric then picked Jeremy up and carried him in his arms and then Bonnie, Ric, and I left The Grill with Jeremy's body and took him to the old witches' house where Bonnie planned on bringing him back from the dead.

"Is this even possible?" I asked Bonnie.

"There's a spell for it if they'll give me the power to use it." Bonnie said to us.

Bonnie then began chanting in Latin.

"Vitas phasmatis ex silento. Revertas phasmatis ut victus. Vitas phasmatis ex silento. Revertas phasmatis ut victus." Bonnie chanted.

Then all of the candles that were surrounding us suddenly lit up and Bonnie stopped chanting.

"No." Bonnie whispered to us.

"What? What is it?" I asked Bonnie.

"They're angry at me for coming back here. They don't wanna help." Bonnie said to us sadly.

"Well, they have to. I am not losing my brother too." I said to Bonnie.

"They said there'll be consequences." Bonnie said to us.

"Well, he's just a kid. Tell them to shut up." Ric said to Bonnie.

Bonnie then began chanting in Latin again

"Vitas phasmatis ex silento. Revertas phasmatis ut victus. Vitas phasmatis ex silento. Revertas phasmatis ut victus. Revertas phasmatis ut victus. Vitas phasmatis ex silento. Revertas…" Bonnie chanted before she stopped herself.

Then the flames of the candles grew and the house began shaking violently.

Then blood began running down from Bonnie's nose and she looked up to the ceiling and called out to her ancestor Emily.

"Emily. Emily! I know you're there. Please help me. I love him." Bonnie begged Emily with tears running down her cheeks.

Then the house stopped shaking and a huge gust of wind blew out all of the candles.

"No!" Bonnie yelled sobbing.

Jeremy then gasped and woke up.

"Oh, my God." Bonnie said to herself.

"Bonnie?" Jeremy asked Bonnie weakly.

I then rushed over to Jeremy's side and hugged him.

"Oh, my God, Jeremy. Oh, my God." I said to Jeremy sobbing.

"What happened?" Jeremy asked us confusedly.

"It doesn't matter. You're okay now. You're okay." I said to Jeremy.

I then looked at Bonnie and hugged her.

"Thank you." I said to Bonnie.

After that Jeremy, Ric, and I went home and stayed there for the rest of the night and when Elena came home hours later she told us that Klaus gave Damon his blood to cure him of the werewolf bite in exchange for Stefan leaving Mystic Falls with him for a decade.

The only good thing to come out of this is that Klaus believes that Elena died during the ritual and it is imperative that it stays that way. If he were to find out the truth, who knows what he'd do to us all.