Reincarnated Love

Chapter 9: 162 Candles

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Brea's door burst open "up, come on!" Jeremy said from his sister's doorway.

"Jer?" she mumbled, "what the hell?"

"We have to go down to the station remember? To give statements. Elena told me to wake you up."

Brea looked at her alarm clock, "we don't have to be there for an hour and a half!"

"I'm not messing with Elena today. She's in one of those 'I'm going to destroy everything in my path' moods," Jeremy said with a shrug.

"Talking about Elena?" Jenna asked as she walked past Brea's room.

"Yep," Brea answered. "Want to mess with her?" Brea asked excitedly.

"Do I ever! Jenna, don't tell," Jeremy warned.

"Oh, no way. I am so in," Jenna said, just excited to be included.

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"Elena what are you doing!" Brea yelled as she came downstairs 10 minutes later all dressed and ready for the day.

"What did I do?" she asked between mouthfuls of cereal.

"We have to be at the police station in 15 minutes, Jeremy came to tell me you were still in your pyjamas eating!"

"Brea we don't have to be there for like over an hour."

"Wrong, Elena," Brea turned to look at the clock. "Yeah that clock has stopped Elena, you're seriously late." At the prospect of being late Elena's eyes flung open and she looked at Jenna.

Jenna turned to look at the clock and took a second to fake realisation before yelling "shoot," causing Elena to subsequently bolt upstairs to get changed.

"BRENNA!" Elena roared when she reached her room and saw her alarm clock was at the same time as the downstairs clock and realised she had been tricked. At this Jeremy, Brea and Jenna started laughing hysterically.

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Brea's interrogation with Sheriff Forbes was no doubt awkward. Caroline was her best friend and it was weird being questioned by her mom. As the Gilbert's left the station the mood was sombre, and as they were leaving they all caught sight of Stefan waiting out front. "Stefan alert, Stefan alert, Stefan alert," Brea whispered in Elena's ear until she was shoved away.

"Rejected," Jenna smirked.

"Shut up!" Brea laughed at her childish aunt.

"I'll meet you guys at the car," Elena told them.

As they walked away, leaving Elena, Jenna sang, "don't you wish that you could be a..."

"Fly on the wall?" Brea finished. "Not for that one Jenna, that one may be messy," Brea said looking back at her twin.

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Eventually, Elena met them at the car and the twins sat in the back seat. Brea had been playing piano notes with her hands on the empty seat next to her when Elena snapped "Cut that out, Brea."

"What?"

"The hand thing."

"Why?"

"It's irritating."

"But why is it irritating?"

"Why are you so annoying today," Elena huffed.

Before Brea could respond further her phone buzzed with a text from Jeremy who was sitting in the front seat.