The next morning, the girls were downstairs, ready to go to school. "Where's Jeremy?" Elena asked Margret.

"Don't look at me. I knocked on his door five times this morning and he wouldn't answer. He said he was getting ready half an hour ago."

"Well, we're gonna be late if this keeps up." Elena said. Then she yelled up the stairs. "Come on Jeremy, going to school! Walking out the door now!" Jenna ran over to the girls.

"Forgot this." She handed Elena a thermos.

"Thank you." Elena said. She and Margret headed toward the door and when she opened it she was surprised to find her uncle outside.

"Elena. Margret."

"Uncle John! Hi." Elena said.

"Nice to see you again." Margret said, pretending to be happy he was there. There was just something about him she didn't like, but never could tell what it was.

"Jenna."

"John, you made it." Jenna said, surprised.

"I said I'd be here before noon." He told her, entering the house.

"what you say and what you do are typically two very different things." Jenna pointed out. Just then, Jeremy came downstairs.

"Uncle John, what's up?"

"Hey!" Jeremy headed out the door after slapping him on the arm.

"I had some business in town, I thought that a visit was in order." John told them.

"How long are you staying?" Elena asked.

"I don't know yet."

"Ok, well, we're gonna go to school, I'll see you later." Elena told him.

"Bye." Margret said as they headed out the door. "What is it about him that gets on everyone's nerves?"

"No idea, Margie." Elena said. "But I don't wanna find out."

At school, Margret was talking to Amy about it. "So we don't know how long he's staying this time, so if I need to go to yours or Melody's, you know why."

"What's the deal with your weird uncle anyway?" Amy asked. "I mean, even my aunt doesn't like him and he works with her sometimes."

"Yeah, I don't get why nobody likes the guy. On the other hand, there's something about him that seems to get on everyone's nerves." Margret said.

"We all have someone like that in our lives." Amy said. "Did you hear what my cousin tried to do for Matt?"

"What?"

"She kept dropping off stuff at his house, trying to support him." Amy said. "According to Aunt Liz, she finally went to our uncle's place."

"Poor guy, though." Margret said. "Maybe she was just trying to support him, cheer him up, you know. Vicki was his sister and Jer's still hurting from it, too."

Outside, Jeremy was with Tyler. Rob came by. "I heard."

"Let me guess, Care's equally obnoxious cousin?" Tyler asked. Rob nodded. "You are so…"

"Knock it off, will you?" Jeremy said.

"All right. They say she OD'ed." Tyler told them.

"That's what I don't get, she was doing okay." Jeremy said.

"Apparently not." Tyler said.

"Wasn't she acting kinda crazy before she left town?" Rob pointed out. "She was talking all kinds of weird stuff and hallucinating."

"How did she end up buried in the woods? That's what I don't understand." Jeremy told them.

"By whoever was with her when she OD'ed." Tyler said.

"Yeah but you leave her, you don't take the time to bury her." Jeremy pointed out.

"Maybe she saw something and… Hell man, I don't know."

"It's possible she could've gotten hurt and fell into the ditch when it was low tide or something." Rob suggested.

"Are you sure about that?" Jeremy asked. "Didn't she say that Vicki was buried near the ditch, not in it?"

"The whole thing's just complicated." Rob said.

"So, you going to the party tonight?" Amy asked as she and Margret left the building.

"I completely forgot about it. If I know Uncle John, he's probably going to make us all go." Margret said. "Obsessed with being part of the Founding Families and family legacy and stuff like that."

"Well, you know what they say about history."

"Yeah." Margret said. "So, are you going?"

"Well, I suppose someone from our family has to." Amy said. "But it's less lame since you're going, too."

That afternoon, she and Jeremy were talking. "So, guess Uncle John's talked you into going to this Founder's Day thing?"

"Uh, with our luck, he'll force us to go to all of them." Jeremy said. "I don't see the point of all this old family legacy stuff."

"You never know, Jer. Maybe one day you'll be one, too." Margret said.

"Oh, what about you?" Jeremy pointed out. "You're way more into this family history stuff than I am."

"I'm not sure if they'd recognize my achievements." Margret told him. "The Founders were all men, they probably wouldn't realize a girl's recognition."

"Well, for girl, I think you're pretty awesome."

"Oh, shut up. You're just saying that cause we're family."

"No, I'm not." Margret went back to doing her homework. Just then, there was a knock at the door. Elena answered it and started to head upstairs

"No Elena, I will not go to your bedroom with you." Margret and Jeremy looked up and saw Elena and Damon heading upstairs.

"What in the world was that about?" Jeremy shrugged.

"You know, Stefan was here earlier. Maybe he forgot something but he's unavailable, so he came to pick it up."

"Okay." Margret said. "You know, I worry about you sometimes. I know you're still upset about…it's okay if you are."

"I'm not upset, just confused." Jeremy said. "I mean, yeah, I miss her and all, but she was buried in the woods. Something feels off about this."

"All that matters is that she was found, though."

"You don't know anything about this, do you?"

"I'm just as clueless as you are." Margret said. "And a lot more freaked out. What kind of idiot would bury someone in the woods? Anyway, where is Uncle John?"

"He said something about going to a meeting." Jeremy told her.

"Before I forget, I made these last night." Margret handed him a bracelet. The stones were black.

"It's a little girly, isn't it?"

"Those stones are supposed to help with depression or negativity or something like that." Margret told him.

She headed into her room. She was reading when someone knocked on the door. "Hey." Elena said.

"Hey, is everything okay?" Margret asked.

"You mind coming for a walk with us?" Elena asked her.

Outside, the three siblings walked along the lakefront. Elena told them about how she was really adopted and had been trying to figure out who her birthparents were.

"Whoa." Margret said. "So that's what they're helping you with?"

"Yeah." Elena said. "So far, we've found no leads, though."

"I just can't believe mom and dad never told you that you were adopted." Jeremy said.

"I'm sure they would have eventually." Elena said.

"I know they would have." Margret said.

"Why were you worried about what we thought?" Jeremy asked.

"Because… I don't know. It's weird. Going you're whole life thinking you're related by blood to someone."

"Does it bug you that we're not?"

"No, Jer. You're my siblings, that's all that matters."

"I don't care if you're adopted." Margret said. "You're always going to be our sister."

"Thanks, Margie." Elena turned to Jeremy. "So, Mr. Saltzman said you've been doing great in history now."

"Yeah, yeah he's really been helping me out. He gave me some extra credit and stuff." Jeremy said.

"He loved your vampire paper."

"He thought I had a clever angle."

"What drew you to that subject matter?"

"Probably his imagination." Margret said. Jeremy looked at her. "Not that there's anything wrong with that."

"I don't know, boredom or maybe I'm just as nuts as the long line of Gilbert crazies." Jeremy said.

"The Gilberts aren't crazy." Elena said.

"Easy for you to say, you're not one." Jeremy said.

"Ouch." Elena said. She elbowed him playfully. He elbowed her back before running off. Both girls ran after him.

At the party, Margret was talking with Amy. "Hey."

"Hey."

"So, your boyfriend around somewhere?"

"Rob is not my boyfriend." Amy said.

"But you wish he was." Margret pointed out.

"No. Well, maybe." Amy sighed. "It's just…he understands what I've been going through. It's like I'm constantly arguing with my parents about my future career." She noticed Margret looking away. "Sorry. I didn't mean to…"

"It's fine, Amy." Margret told her. "Really, it's okay if you want to talk about it."

"Forget it." Amy said. "It's not that important, anyway."

"Hey, there you are, Margie."

"Rob, you surprised me." Margret said.

"Yeah, sorry. You're brother wants to find out what really happened." Rob said.

"Didn't your aunt say it was an overdose?" Margret asked Amy.

"She did." Amy said. "I mean, that's what I heard her tell my mom, anyway. Said the medical guy examined the body and everything."

"Maybe I should go talk to him." Margret said.

"I'll go with you." Rob said. "Look, I'm just as confused as he is, but I think he's in denial about it."

They entered the room at the same time as Elena. "Jer? I heard about your conversation with Sheriff Forbes." Elena said. Margret and Rob joined her.

"No one is trying to figure out what happened to her. They all want to believe that she OD'ED."

"The coroner's office confirmed it. If that's what they said happened then…" Elena began.

"Is that what you believe?" Jeremy asked.

"I believe it." Rob said. "That chick went kinda nuts…no offense…but it's highly possible she could've died from taking one pill too many."

"I think she could've been saved if someone had found her earlier." Margret said. "I mean, she could've called her brother or the hospital or someone, but she didn't. If someone was with her, I know they would've."

"What do you think happened?" Elena asked.

"I think somebody killed her and buried her body and I don't think we should write it off just 'cause it's easy." Jeremy said.

"That's a little disturbing, Jer." Margret said.

"Yeah, I'm with her on this one." Rob told him.

"They're just doing what they can to move on." Elena told him.

"The truth is the only thing that's gonna help people to move on."

"Well, we believe what they reported is the truth." Rob said. "Look, you can't deny the chances that she…"

"Hey, I never said that." Jeremy pointed out. "But something just doesn't feel right about it."

"Jer, just let it go, okay? Whatever it was she's gone now." Elena told him.

"Whatever it was? So you don't think it was an overdose?" Jeremy asked. Margret noticed it, too.

"Yes… I do."

"Is there something you're not telling me?" Jeremy asked. The others were looking now, too. Elena looked away from Jeremy. "Why aren't you looking at me?"

"Stop it, that doesn't mean anything." Elena told him.

"Elena…" Margret didn't know what to say for once.

"If there was something else you would tell me, right?"

"Of course I would." Elena said.

"Okay, I need some air." Margret said. "Rob? You coming?" They left the room.

"What do you think?" Rob asked.

"I don't know. I don't think Elena would lie about this, but she's been kinda distant since they found Vicki." Margret told him.

"This may sound a little off, but maybe she was with Vicki when it happened and feels guilty about it." Rob suggested.

"But Vicki was in the woods when she died." Margret pointed out. "Elena barely goes to the woods unless it's for a school event."

"I don't know. But if she's hiding something, I'm sure she has a good reason." Rob said. Margret looked at him, understanding. There were some things even she couldn't her siblings.

A few hours later, the group returned home. "Not so excited that we have another month of these Founder's day events." Jenna said.

"Tell me about it." Elena said.

"Seriously. They're kinda boring." Margret said.

"Well, at least Melody will be happy. She's doing the music for two of them." Elena told her. They went to Jeremy's room. "Are you okay?"

"Fine."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm fine Elena." Elena left, but Margret didn't.

"Okay, I know you're lying." She said, closing the door.

"Do we really have to do this now?"

"Jeremy, look, I might not know much about what's up with you two lately, but whatever she knows, I think she's hiding it to protect us." Margret said.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"What?"

"Nothing. Good night." Margret left the room. She couldn't help but think they might end up arguing and she'd be the one caught in the crossfire.