[ elena's never felt more loved in her entire life than she does in this moment. she wraps one arm around alaric and the other around jenna, holding her aunt as tightly as possible and ric only a little less tightly. if she ever wants to go do something stupid on the deathship again, she's going to remind herself of this moment, and stay well out of trouble. ]

I will accept both, so long as the murdering comes in the form of a neck snap.

[ oh, god, now jenna's crying and elena can't keep the tears out of her own eyes, though she tries to bite them back. she doesn't get to cry about this, she brought it on herself. ]

I know, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Jenna, I'll never do it again.

[ her words are just as solemn, completely serious -- never messing with the ship again. she will duck her head and play along like a good little girl and stay with her family. ]