The Reaper

Chapter 15: Come Out To LA

Jeremy POV 

"We have decided that Mr. Gilbert needs the chance to rehabilitate, to come to terms with the suffering he's been through and learn how to not be afraid. One of the other members of the jury suggested going to a different country perhaps, she is friends with someone from Wakanda that has said he would happily take him in. We suggest at least a minimum of 10 years for Mr. Gilbert to recover as he is both guilt and not" said the jury and I sighed in relief, I'm not going to die. 

"Thank you, court dismissed" Said the judge and people immediately started to leave. I turned around and hugged the first person I saw, Alaric, and just sighed in relief. 

"Your going to be okay Jeremy, your safe don't worry" Said Alaric and I nodded into his shoulder and I heard an impatient cough from my left. Turning I saw Caroline and Elena and I pulled both girls into a hug. I heard another cough from behind me and I saw a man wearing a suit an official looking clothes who held himself with an air of importance. 

"My names Zuri and I'm a representative of Wakanda" he said and I furrowed my brows, was I going to be leaving already. "It's now Monday so on Sunday morning at about 10am I'll come collect you from your apartment so we can leave for Wakanda" he said raising a questioning eyebrow asking if that was okay. 

"Yes that's fine thank you" I Said and he held out his hand high I shook before he left. "So I have the rest of the week left, what are we going to do?" I asked everyone but I felt hands in my shoulders and turned to my head to the left to see Tony there. 

"Well kid I have it all figured out we are spending time at the tower and the fanciest restaurants money can buy and all of us will have a huge group sleepover at the tower to purposefully annoy Romanoff, I vote yes" Said Tony and I just laughed at him. 

"You have enough rooms?" Asked Alaric and Tony just raised an eyebrow. "Oh yeah your a billionaire of course you have room, well let's get going I want out of this suit" he said and we all took our leave. 

-TIMESKIP- 

"Okay so tomorrow morning Jeremy's being forced against his will to a country which is suppose to somehow help his psyche, so what are we doing tonight? since I've taken you all to already really fancy restaurants and even gave you a tout of Oscorp but that's just between us" Said Tony rambling as we were all piled into the living room of the common area of Avengers tower. It's true he convinced Neds parents and May to allow them off school for the rest of the week and Elena didn't go to school in New York but Caroline made the excuse like she'd do extra work for the internship or whatever. 

"How about for dinner we get takeout?" Steve suggested. After he'd heard what happened to me at the trial he'd felt sympathetic because of his friend Bucky or whatever who HYDRA experimented on. Everyone agreed much to Tony's dismay and he ordered a huge selection of multiple takeouts for us all, the Avengers, everyone from Mystic Falls and those from Queens all except Romanoff. She'd refused to go near me although it should be the other way around but to be fair if she hadn't of wanted to avoid me I would have avoided her, I have my reasons. 

"Dinners ordered and now movie time, but be warned I'm getting you all up for an early breakfast as a Last celebration" Said Tony and an argument about what movie to watch commenced. I was sat between Caroline and Elena with Damon, Alaric, Clint and Steve next to Elena who was on my left and Peter, May, Ned and Bruce next to Caroline on my right. Pepper and Tony were sharing a loveseat whilst Thor took the floor and Elijah who stuck around was sat in a chair. 

"I'm going to get another drink" I Said to Caroline and Elena who had made sure to stick themselves to me like glue for the week I had before I had to go. "You want anything?" I asked the and they both asked for a coke and vodka which they'd taken to drinking instead of the usual bourbon or whiskey since pretty much everyone else was drinking that. 

So I went to the kitchen with my own and the girls glasses went the near silent footsteps stopped me as I looked over at Romanoff. 

"Should've known you would have heard me" she said with a slight smirk to her face. I just raised an eyebrow at her, so she didn't want to talk to me and now she does what's with the mood swings? "You asked me why I hate you" She said and my brows furrowed, where she going with this? I'm pretty aware she hates me considering she desperately wanted me to go to prison. "Truth is I don't, you just remind me of how much of a failure I am which I hate" she told me so I nodded my head. 

"I don't hate you either although I'm still pretty posed I never got to see that cottage" I Said and she just smirked in return. "Wanna join us?" I Said motioning to the living room. "I don't know what we're watching but I'm sure I'm about 10 minutes Caroline or Clint will put something in anyway" I Said and she smiled and helped me finish making the drinks getting one for herself in the process before we joined the others. 

When everyone saw May they froze. Understandable I mean she did side with the people who wanted me to go to prison but then again she's the first person I trusted, the first parental figure I had in my life so I guess theirs a sentimental connection. 

"So what film are we watching?" I asked the group but everyone was still quiet. "And make room for Nat she doesn't seem like a floor kind of gal" I Said and she went and sat between Clint  and Alaric when they made room for her. 

"Well we hadn't decided on a film" Said Caroline in a wary tone so I nodded my head and me and Natasha shared a look. 

"Saw"