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As I Lay Dying

*AGE CHANGE FROM 12 to 14; Birthday no longer on Founder's Day*

"You brought me to see a girl movie." said Jeremy as he, Elena, and Emma walked among the crowd of people dressed in late 1800 clothing.

It was the annual movie night in the square and the featured film was Gone with the Wind. There was a giant screen set up in the middle of the square and many people sat in front of it with picnic blankets or lawn chairs. There were food stands selling movie food and photo booths set up to take pictures if you had dressed up. Emma had been looking forward to it for sometime, being a fan of the movie. She was thinking of inviting Jared to go with her but never got a chance due to the fact that they had Klaus breathing down their necks. But being there, at the square with everyone walking around all happy, made her want to just run away. She was in no mood to have fun. Everywhere she looked, reminded her of Jenna.

After the funeral, there were a couple cases where Emma would forget that Jenna was gone. They had just gotten back to the Gilbert home and she went to Jenna's room with the intention to ask her a question, only to stop midway up the stairs and breakdown. This morning, when Elena woke her up to get ready for the movie night, she had asked if Jenna was awake already and downstairs making coffee. Following that, she could not stop remembering. There was a woman who had walked by them with a bag that looked nothing like the one Jenna had, but Emma could not help but think that Jenna would have liked to have a bag like that.

Elena sighed, holding the picnic blanket they would use. "We had to get out of the house, Jer. This is our 3-hour distraction from reality."

"I don't know, Elena. I don't like this." Emma admitted as they stopped in a clear area. "I hate pretending nothing happened."

"We need to do this, okay?" Elena said, holding part of the blanket to the younger Gilberts. "Breathe, eat, sleep." They unfolded the blanket and laid it flat on the ground. "Wake up, and do it all over again until one day, it's just not as hard anymore."

"Hey!" a voice called and Emma turned to see Caroline making her way over with two picnic baskets. "There you guys are. Who's hungry?" she asked, setting the baskets down.

Emma took a seat next to Elena and took off the cloth that covered the food inside. 

"Are we really doing this?" Jeremy asked, still standing up.

Caroline nodded. "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, raising her fist towards the sky.

Emma and Elena looked up at Jeremy to see if Caroline had somehow convinced him. After a second, he sighed.

"Alright. What are we eating?" he asked, sitting down next to Caroline.

Elena tossed him a ziplock bag with a sandwich in it. Emma made eye contact with Jeremy and lightly smiled in his direction.

Sometime had passed and the movie was almost about to begin. The four of them were trying to eat as little as possible to save some for the movie, but who was kidding? Food doesn't last before any movie begins. So Emma got up to get some popcorn and maybe some candy at the stands, Jeremy volunteering to help her.

"So, this is the first time in awhile we've spent time together." Emma admitted, taking out her wallet to check the amount of money she had. She had $10 which should be enough if the town didn't have ridiculous prices.

Jeremy laughed, his hands in his jean pockets. "Yeah, well, that's what happens when there's a crazy killer-" He glanced around and lowered his voice. "vampire out to destroy your family for selfish gains."