Ariel Forbes - The Vampire Diaries #Wattys2021

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For those of you who do not know and are confused by a certain scene, go back and read both parts of Pictures of You! I did announce that was editing Act III chapters!

Flashback

Just as Ariel is about to walk out of the grill to join the search for Vicki, she stops when she hears Elena and Jeremy arguring.

"So that's your game now, dealing?"

"I'm not dealing!"

"Look, I'm sick of the tough love speech, Jer. It's clearly having no impact."

"You and Jenna, between the two of you. Enough already!"

"We can stop it you want. Send you to a therapist where you'll be forced to deal with it or to rehab where you'll sit in group and tell some stranger how you let your life fall apart. Or you could talk to me."

"How about you let him make his own choices?" Ariel asks as she walks back over to them.

"Ariel, this is between me and my brother."

"Jeremy, go help the others find Vicki."

After Jeremy looks between the two, he quickly rushes out of the grill.

"Jeremy!"

"Enough, Elena. Just stop it. You see this controlling behavior of yours is why he never wants to talk to you.

"He's ruining his life! Ariel, how can you support him doing drugs?!"

"Did I say I supported it? I don't like it but he's grieving. People grieve in different ways in case you haven't realized. He won't do drugs forever, god! Who are you to tell him what he can and not do? You really have some nerve with how you write in that diary of yours in the cemetery." Elena's eyes widened. "Yeah, that's not you grieving as well? Could you just leave him be?!"

"He's my brother-"

"Exactly, your brother. You are not his parent. Not his mom or dad. You are his sister. Are you hearing me? And I know about what you said to him before... People are going to stop giving him breaks. They don't care. The world has moved on... You should be ashamed of yourself for saying things like that to him. He's a kid, Elena. It's only been four months since you guys lost your parents and he's suppose to just get over it? If that's what you want to do, then fine. But don't ever do that to him... You leave him be or else."

End of Flashback

"Hey. Where did you go?"

Ariel is snapped out of her thoughts when hearing Jeremy speaking to her.

"Huh?"

"We're suppose to be hanging out as much can before you graduate tomorrow! Because not long after that, you and Caroline will go on your roadtrip.

"At least you'll have Kol to yourself for the month while we're gone."

"Yeah but right after that Klaus and him will be joining you two for another month. And when the four of you get back. That's the last month that you and I will have together until you go off for college. We won't get to hang out as much during that. So I would like to spend as much time with my big sister if you don't mind."