A/N Here is the first episode of Season Two. I really hope you like it. I personally think that I wrote the best fanfiction episodes in Season Two. Please read and review.

I woke up to my phone ringing. I sat up. Most of the Vervain had worn off by now, though I was still sore. I answered my phone, seeing it was Elena.

"What else happened? Can we have one day without someone dying or something?"

"Jeremy… Jeremy took vampire blood and then overdosed."

"WHAT?!" I demanded, getting out of bed.

"Can… Can you just get over here? Katherine was in the house too."

"What? Katherine?! What the… Fine. Be there in a second. Give or take. My butt got Vervained pretty good..." I hung up and darted to her house, stopping by the ambulance that people were loading Uncle John into. I ran past that and to the door. A cop stopped me there.

"That is not in your best interest, dude!" I told him.

"She's fine!" Elena said from the stairs. He stepped out of the way and I ran past him.

"I would've called Stefan because of… of what you've been through tonight, but… but you were the first person I thought of when I thought about Jeremy and… and…" Elena stuttered as we ran up towards Jeremy's room.

"Its fine, Elena!" I said over my shoulder as I ran into Jeremy's room. He sat on his bed.

"What happened?" I demanded. Elena answered for him.

"He said that Anna gave him her blood and then he took these pills and now… I mean, he looks fine, but so do you, so I just don't know! Should I call a paramedic up here? What should I do?" She asked me. I looked him straight in the eye. His pupils weren't dilated and I could hear his heart rate had stayed the same. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's fine." I informed Elena.

"You mean I'm not a vampire?" Jeremy asked. I shook my head. He cussed under his breath.

"Don't say that, Jeremy! Jer, why would you want that?" Elena asked.

"Did you hear about Anna, what happened to her tonight? She's dead!" He almost yelled, directing it at me, as he stood up from the bed.

"Yes, Jeremy, I do know that because I was there! I was trapped in that stupid basement, Vervained like the rest of the vampires. I woke up after they'd already staked her! I'm sorry, but trust me, Jeremy, you do not want to be a vampire. I talk from experience!" I told him. He glared at me.

"Sit down." I pushed him back on the bed.

"I am very sorry about Anna. She was my best friend; I've known her since before I was a vampire, Jeremy! I know how much it must hurt! But it's very important you listen to me right now. With every passing moment you sit here being a little punk, as Damon would say, Anna's blood is leaving your system! If you try to kill yourself again, you could really die!" I told him.

"What about the pills he took? He over-dosed on them, Beth!" Elena reminded me.

"He didn't take enough. The blood healed him of whatever damage the pills could do. He's fine." I assured her. A police-man stuck his head into the room.

"Miss Gilbert?"

"I'll be right there." She told him. He walked off.

"I'll stay here with Jeremy. You need to be at the hospital." I reminded her.

"Okay…" She agreed.

"I don't need a babysitter." Jeremy protested. Elena shot him a look.

"Yeah. You do."

I stood in front of Jeremy's bed, watching him out of the corner of my eye and flexing my arms and legs in an attempt to work the soreness out of them.

"So what does Vervain do to a vampire?" He asked.

"Makes them weak… First it feels like fire is running through your veins and then it wears off to the point where you feel like you got hit by a truck." I explained.

"What does it to humans?"

"As long as it's in their system or on them, it keeps them from being compelled. That leather bracelet you have on, it keeps any vampire, including Damon, from compelling you. I gave it to Elena to give to you after Damon compelled you." I explained to him.

"You gave it to me?"

"Indirectly, yes."

"So you didn't want Damon to compel me?" I turned to look at him. He was lying against his pillows, just watching me. I sighed and sat down on the bed.

"No, Jeremy, I don't want any vampires to compel you, let alone my big brother. But you don't remember that night. You were… broken. I wasn't going to let him compel you anyway, but then Damon told me it was Elena's idea and… well, I guessed she knew you better than I did. If she thought you weren't going to get through it, then I had to believe her and let her do what she wanted. I did defend you, though."

"Thank you… I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize to me, Jeremy. I would be the same way you are now if I was you." I told him, flexing my arms again.

"You want to lie down?" He asked. I shrugged and then lied down next to him.

"Does that help with the Vervain?"

"It's Vervain. It hurts either way." I told him. Stefan walked into the room. We both sat up.

"Elena wanted me to check up on you guys. Are you doing okay, Beth?" He asked me. I just nodded. Then we heard the door opened downstairs. Stefan walked out again. A minute later I heard a thump as someone was thrown across the living room.

"Stay here." I ordered Jeremy as I jumped up from the bed. I darted out to the balcony and got caught by the neck by… Elena? No. Katherine.

"Miss me, Elisabeth?" She asked. Then she threw me back into Jeremy's room. I landed on the floor, hard. Jeremy ran over to me.

"Beth!" He helped me to my feet. Stefan, Damon and Katherine ran into the room. I darted towards Katherine and grabbed her by the throat.

"Beth!" Jeremy yelled behind me. Stefan grabbed my arms.

"It's Elena, not Katherine." I let her go quickly. I backed up to stand by Jeremy again.

"What is going on?" Jeremy demanded.

"Let's talk downstairs." The four of us walked downstairs into the living room.

After Elena explained everything to Jeremy, we started talking about what we were going to do.

"Katherine was in this house! That means she was invited in. What are we gonna do?" Elena asked.

"Move." Damon and I suggested in unison. We smiled at each other.

"Very helpful. Thank you." Elena said sarcastically.

"Katherine wants you dead; there's zero you can do about it; you would be dead, but you're not. So clearly she has other plans." Damon told her.

"Right and now we need to find out what those plans are and not provoke her in her the process. What happened tonight when you thought Katherine was Elena?" Stefan asked Damon.

"To risk another frown line on that already crowed forehead… We kissed." Damon informed him.

"And you thought it was me?" Elena asked in shock.

"What do you mean you kissed?" Stefan growled.

"Well, you know when two lips pucker and they go…" He started making kissing sounds. Stefan rushed at him with vampire speed. Damon dodged, laughing. Stefan went at him again and this time I got in the way. I caught Stefan by the shoulders and pushed him down to the floor.

"Don't be so obvious, Stefan!" Damon laughed.

"Damon, stop before I Vervain both of you and lock you in that cellar!" I warned as Stefan climbed to his feet. Elena was standing in front of Jeremy, watching Damon and Stefan wearily.

"Is this what you mean when you say 'family drama'?" Jeremy asked, staring in shock at what had just happened. I looked over at him.

"No. Family drama is when they actually try to kill each other with stakes or Vervain each other and lock them in a dark room down in our cellar." I told him, going to stand beside him again.

"We don't have time for this, guys. John must know something. There has to be a reason Katherine tried to kill him." Elena reminded us.

"She's Katherine freaking Pierce. She loves to play games and you're fooling yourself if you think you're going to find out what's she's been up to before you wants you to know." I told her.

"No, actually Elena's right, Beth… John could know something through Isobel. You're mother, she was in touch with Katherine so maybe we could go to the hospital and get him to talk." Stefan said.

"I've got a better idea." I told them.

"What's that?" Elena asked.

"Ignore her."

"If Katherine thinks she's being ignored then she'll come out, make her move." Damon agreed.

"Exactly." I nodded.

"And then what do we do?" Jeremy asked.

"You're not doing anything! Damon, Stefan and I will handle it!" I told him.

"And the plan is to stake her…" Damon told him.

"Rip her head off." I added. Damon nodded.

"Something poetic… We'll see."

The next day was the Memorial for the Mayor. I paid my respects, talked to Mrs. Lockwood and then met up with Jeremy on wrap-around porch.

"Hey. Has Katherine made an appearance?" Jeremy asked.

"Not that I've seen. For the future reference, Katherine had curly hair, Elena has straight. Easy to tell apart." I told him.

"Hmm… She's pretty powerful, for a vampire."

"She is. She's old. The older the vampire is, the stronger that vampire is." I told him, lowering my voice as someone passed by.

"Are you considered old?"

"Do you think I would say yes, no matter what the truth was?" I asked. He laughed and nodded.

"True… Sorry."

"How are you doing with … You know, Anna's death."

"Umm… Okay… I guess."

"Liar."

"Is that a vampire thing?"

"That's a best friend thing."

"Shouldn't you be with Tyler, being his comforting girlfriend?" He asked.

"Don't push me away, Jeremy! And for the record, Tyler and I broke up on Founder's Day." I told him. Just then, Damon hurried up.

"Katherine alert. Come along." He grabbed my arm and pulled me off the porch. We walked out to the backyard. Elena was sitting with Stefan on a bench, wiping the blood away from a stab wound on his stomach with a tissue.

"I tried to track her but she's gone. Ooh, cover up Fabio, you have a crazy ex on the loose!" Stefan rolled his eyes and pulled down his shirt.

"You'd better watch out. Looks like Katherine is trying to steal your guy." Damon told Elena. She stood up and shouldered her purse.

"That's not what's happening." Stefan said.

"Isn't it? It's only fair since I went after your girl."

"I'm going to check on Jenna and Jeremy. Let me know when you're done." Elena walked off. Damon put his fists up playfully.

"So what's it gonna be, huh? Fight to the death?" He punched the air a few times. "Go ahead. Make your threats, stake your claim."

"I'm not gonna fight you." Stefan told him.

"Why? I'd fight me!"

"You know that Katherine is going to try and pit us against each other, right?" I asked.

"Sis, don't worry. Our bond is unbreakable." Damon assured us. He put an arm around my shoulders and slapped Stefan's arm. Stefan just looked at him meaningfully.

"Even Katherine can find a crack to force open…"

That night I sat in Jeremy's room with him.

"Still watching me?" He asked. He was lying on the bed, sketching in a notepad. I was on his desk chairing, spinning myself around.

"Nope… Just bored. You want me to leave?"

"No… You're all pathetic and lonely, so I guess I can grace you with my presence." Jeremy said dramatically. I laughed and flopped down on the bed next to him.

"Excuse me?" I asked. He laughed. Then he stopped when we heard something going on in Elena's room.

"I'll check it out." He got up and headed out into the hallway.

"Hmm… Yell if you need me." I stayed on his bed, flipping through his sketch book.

"No Damon stop it! BETH!" Elena yelled. I ran into Elena's bedroom. Damon had Jeremy against the wall, choking him. I grabbed Damon's arm.

"Damon!" He easily shoved me back. I wasn't nearly as strong as him since I hadn't been on human blood as long as he had been.

"You want to shut out the pain? It's the easiest thing in the world! The part of you that cares just goes away. All you have to do is flip. The. Switch." Damon snapped Jeremy's neck.

"NO!" Elena screamed. She rushed over to Jeremy as he fell to the ground. I ran over too, searching uselessly for a pulse I knew wasn't there. Damon darted off.

"Ca…Call Stefan." Elena choked out. My phone was in Jeremy's room. I stumbled in there and my shaking hands hit the speed dial for him.

"Hello?" Stefan asked as he picked up. I walked numbly back into Elena's room.

"Damon…Damon killed Jeremy. Please get over here." I hung up. I dropped my phone on the floor and fell to my knees next to Jeremy.

"Wait… His ring… His ring." Elena whispered. I picked up his hand, examining the ring.

"It's just like Alaric's and your Uncle John's…" I said.

"It was… Uncle John's… He'll come back!" Elena said. Stefan darted into the room.

"Elena!" He ran over to us. He saw the ring and sighed with relief.

"He saw the ring. That's why he did this." Stefan tried to assure us.

"He didn't see the ring." Elena said with a shaking head.

"I didn't see the ring and I was with him all day Stefan." I told him.

"It's Katherine. She got under his skin. She undid everything good about him." Stefan told me.

"There's nothing good about him, Stefan! Not anymore… He's decided what he wants. He doesn't want to feel. He wants to be hated. It's just easier that way." Elena said as she cradled Jeremy.

"He got his wish." I said as I got to my feet.

"You don't mean that, Beth." Stefan told me.

"Yes I do! I hate him Stefan! I hate him!" I cried. He got up to hug me. Suddenly Jeremy woke up gasping.

"Is he okay? Is he okay?" Stefan kneeled down to check him out.

"He's fine." Stefan assured her.

"He killed me. Damon killed me!" Jeremy yelled in shock. Finally I unfroze and I threw myself on the floor to hug him, relieved.

"It's okay. It's okay."