Chapter 1
TPOV
I knew something had happened the minute Elena ran into the ER crying. Me and Matt were sitting in the waiting area when she came bursting through the doors, Stefan and Damon trailing behind her. She looked a mess, like someone had ripped the world from under her feet and I knew it was Jeremy. Her eyes were wild and Damon and Stefan seemed to be struggling to calm her down. Matt stood and walked over to her, murmuring too low for me to hear. She nodded and Matt came back over.
"Dude I need a favour" he looked worried which sent alarm bells ringing. "I need you to find out where Jeremy is."
"Gilbert? What'd the little punk do now?"
He looked kinda pissed, and for Matt that's a feat.
"He tried to commit suicide man. Please Ty, Elena's freaking out real bad and she'd feel better if she knows where he is"
He looked sincere, like he was about to beg for my help.
"What makes you think they'll tell me anything?"
"Ty, you're the Mayor's son" I shot him a look, "Ok, the ex Mayor's son, but please give it a shot. If you act like you care about him, they might take pity on you."
"Oh joy, I get my own private Pity Party. Just what I need." Regardless of my words, I stood and made my way over to the nurse's station. The nurse looked up at me and a look of sympathy fell over her face.
I cleared my throat, hoping to sound nervous, "Hi, uh could you please tell me where I can find Jeremy Gilbert?"
She smiled, sickeningly sweet, "Are you a friend?"
"Um, yeah and that girl over there" I pointed to Elena, "She's his sister and she asked me to find out where he is. He's the only family she's got left." Ok, so it wasn't the God's honest truth but come on, I'm a Lockwood, I was born to lie.
"Oh well in that case I suppose it wouldn't hurt. He's in surgery at the moment, I can get the doctor to come and get you when he's out if you want?"
"Yeah that'd be great, thanks." I smiled and turned to walk back over to Elena.
"Hey, uh the nurse said Gil…Jeremy's in surgery and she'll get the Doc to come talk to you when he's out."
She looked at me with a watery smile, a bit of a spark back in her eyes. She whispered a 'Thank you' and dropped down into a seat,, the adrenaline rush leaving her.
We all sat down around her, waiting to hear about Caroline and Jeremy, wondering how two people, so different, could be facing the same fate.