I do not own the Patriot. I only own Cori, Brandon, Anna, and their grandparents.

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"Grandpa, I found her," Brandon's young voice reached her senses as she felt cold grass poking into her skin. "Cori, why are you sleeping on the grass? I'm hungry, it's time to get dinner," her younger brother whined as more sets of footsteps approached her.

"What?" she thought in shock as she shot up from the ground. She quickly scanned her surroundings in fear and confusion. All she saw was her brother, her grandparents, and an empty dark field. She thought would hyperventilate at the fact that she was not dead on a battlefield with Tavington. She was back in her clothes from the day of the tour as well. Her brother and grandparents were also in their tour clothes, which just made her head hurt. "It couldn't have been a dream, it was too real," she whispered before she felt her brother grab her hand with a worried look.

"Are you all right?" Brandon asked softly as he started pulling his sister towards the car.

"I think, yeah, sorry, let's go get dinner," Cori whispered trying to give her best comforting smile, but she was still lost with what was actually going on around her. Her family was acting as if she had just been sleeping for a little bit of time, but she had been missing for days in the past.

The rest of the ride back home from their vacation was when Cori took the time to process everything that had happened to her. She still felt as if her heart had been torn out after witnessing Tavington's death, but she knew for sure that it had all happened. She had new scars on her body from where she had been shot and stabbed during her stay in the past. Hopefully, nobody would see or inquire about her scars, but they were living proof that she had been back in time during the days of the Revolutionary War.

A surprise was waiting in their neighborhood when they returned from their vacation. A new neighbor had moved into the house across the street from her. After they all unpacked the car, her grandmother made some brownies, which she would make Cori take with her to the new neighbor. Her grandmother was big on welcoming people to the neighborhood.

Cori really just wanted a nap of all naps after car was unpacked, but she was always the neighbor greeter with her grandmother. Brandon would have been, but he always tried to eat all of the baked goods.

Her grandmother knocked on the door a few times before taking the tray of brownies away from Cori. They waited on the doorstep a few seconds before a boy around Cori's age opened the door. Cori was thankful her grandmother had the brownies because she would have dropped them at the sight of the man.

"Hi, I'm Will, nice to meet you," the guy said as his grey eyes shone in the sunlight at her grandmother and then focused on Cori.

"Hi, I'm Cori, and this is my grandmother," Cori said softly as her eyes were still entranced by his. His dark hair and smirk were enough to make her faint at the realization that this person might be William's reincarnation.

"Well, welcome to the neighborhood, and enjoy the brownies, but I need to go unpack some more. Cori, why don't you stay and talk more with Will?" her grandmother said while happily walking away. She always loved playing matchmaker for her granddaughter.

"These smell great, thanks for making them and bringing them over here," Will said to break the ice between them.

"You're welcome," Cori said with a smile and a shrug. She had to shake her thoughts of Tavington from her mind, but the guy in front of her looked like him so much it was scary.

"I know this may sound weird, but you look really familiar, have we met before?" Will asked after a moment.

"Who knows? Maybe we knew each other well in the past," Cori said as her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest.

"Well then I think we should get to know each other in this time too, would you like to go out to eat with me tomorrow and maybe a movie?" he asked tilting his head to the side with a small smirk.

"I would like that," Cori said before she heard her name being called from her house. She gave Will a smile and wave goodbye, and then she went home. "I would like that a lot," she thought thankful that maybe her love from the past could continue into the future.

The End