AN: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUDDIE! Hope you like this story! And I used your man XD

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Jeremy POV

"Jeremy! You better get your butt down here in two minutes! We're gonna be late! And I have a huge Trig test today!" My sister, Elena, called from downstairs. She was so damn lucky I was a vampire, and could get everything done with speeds a human couldn't dream of reaching.

Yeah, yeah. I know what it is you're thinking. Vampires? Psssh. They only exist in stories. Well, I'm here to tell you that's nowhere near true. The only differences from books are that you don't get changed by being bitten, you have to either die with vampire blood in your system, or you have to exchange blood (1), we can't fly (which is very upsetting, actually), and holy water doesn't affect us (wood and sunlight does, though).

I know, this is all starting to sound beyond insane. I thought the same thing, too, when I was still a human. Until I met Anna, that is. She was my latest girlfriend that just so happened to be a vampire. After I was done being so skeptical about the whole thing, I begged her to change me. At that point, she wasn't my girlfriend, and I was still not over the death of Vicky, my love before her, who I thought might not have actually died, but instead became a vampire. That dream was partially true. She had been one of the undead, but she was staked by my sister Elena's boyfriend Stefan Salvatore- who is also a vampire, along with his brother Damon- after she tried to kill Elena and I.

Another vampire power; you can influence a human's mind. Which is how I didn't know Vicky died. Damon had changed my thoughts completely to think Hey, she'll be back. She's not dead at all. It's just a vacation. I kept on believing that until one of Elena's friends, Caroline Forbes- the daughter of the town sheriff- had found Vicky's body when she was stranded in the woods.

Anna and I didn't talk for a while after that, until we finally proclaimed our love for each other. Which was great… until her vampire mother decided they needed to leave Mystic Falls. And then, when she arrived home to leave, her mother was staked, along with another vampire, by my uncle. Anna was originally going to stay here, with me, knowing she had all eternity to find her mother, but after her death, my vampire girlfriend decided she couldn't stay here due to memories, gave me a vial of her blood so I could change myself into one of her if I decided to join her, and left. Which, through a series of events I refuse to recount, ultimately lead to her death.

Sad, right? Both girls I loved were vampires, and were staked to death. It may make all you girls go Aww, how sad! (2) but, as a vampire, you can block out emotions. Very easily. So, I don't really feel all that pain that a human would go through if this were to happen to them. But, I digress.

I ran down the stairs as fast as vampire power would allow, making sure to avoid my aunt Jenna, who had no idea about any of the supernatural actually existing. It was tough, living with someone that you were so close to, and yet you couldn't tell them a thing about who you actually were. Even after they dated a vampire and didn't even know it.

Elena glared at me from the bottom of the steps, her dark brown eyes boring holes into the top of my head.

"bout time you got down here."

I stuck my tongue out at her. What? I was the little brother. I'm allowed to do those things.

She laughed, "Come on, Stefan's waiting in the car for us. And you of all people know how impatient the undead get."

I cracked a small grin and then followed her out. Even though neither she nor Stefan actually wanted me to become a vampire, you had to give them credit- they both did extremely well when it came to accepting me as I was. After all, once I overdosed on pain pills and woke up as what was basically a giant mosquito (3), there was no going back from that point. They could except me as I was, or they could just write me off forever. Which frankly, I was glad they chose the first option, or else I'd be wandering around as a blood thirsty vampire, drinking off anyone I could find.

The two of us walked outside, and headed over to Stefan's car sitting in the drive way. I was lucky he had another one of his fancy rings that prevented vamps from getting burnt up by the sun, or else I would be a fried from walking that short journey.

Elena plopped herself up front, while I took the backseat, stretching my legs up and along the empty space.

"Feet of the seat," Stefan warned, grinning back at me. I stuck my tongue out for the second time that morning, but did as I was told.

The ride to school after that was quiet, per usual. We really didn't have anything to talk about beforehand. It was always on the way home that it was chatty. And, we departed without a word, too. Elena and Stefan walked over to where Elena's best friend Bonnie- who was also a witch- was waiting for them, along with Matt- Elena's ex- and his girlfriend Caroline.

The five of them took off into the school, with me behind them up until they needed to break off to go into the junior hallway, while I needed to head to the sophomore one. My locker was one directly in the middle of everything, and it was very hard to actually stay very incognito like Dracula. But, then again, the original story-book vamp never had to go to high school, where it was kind of- no, make that extremely- tough to stay hidden from all these teenagers. I feel bad for Stefan. If he had been alive for almost two hundred years, Lord knows how many times he went back to high school. And imagine how tough it was for him…

Ugh. I shivered. High school, over and over and over again. I could barely stand it once, let alone several times. Yeah, no way I was going to do that again. I especially hated my first class and the one I was going to next, English. Something about it just bored me to sleep. Maybe it was my teacher, who never talked about a monotonous tone, or it was the subject itself, I wasn't sure. I just knew that I hated it with a burning damn passion.

The first bell rang and dread ran through me. Great. The class that I absolutely detested was about to begin. I quickly shut my locker and headed down the hallway to get to Mrs. Barnaby's English class. Fun, fun, fun.

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(Not done, yeah!)

I zoned out for most of the lesson. I only woke up when the teacher started snapping her ruler on my desk when she discovered I wasn't actually listening to a word she had said. I snapped my eyes open and received a death glare from Mrs. B. All I could think was You are so damn lucky I already fed.

But, I couldn't let my identity as one of the undead come out into the public. Although, Damon was the one that killed Mr. Tanner and got away with it… However, he was much more skilled than I was. I say give it a good hundred years before I start attacking annoying teachers…

Crap, there I go again, zoning out. I barely caught a word of what Mrs. B(itch) said about our next assignment. Just the words partners and I pick. Her mind said the exact same thing. Great. So, she was picking out partners for some type of interview (hooray for vampire powers to read minds!)

I waited patiently, which was very, very hard to do seeing as I was tired and it was boring as hell. But, I managed until she called out my partner's and my own name.

"Jeremy Gilbert and Alejandra Tidmore. You to are partners. Go find each other and get to work," she called out in a nasally voice.

I sighed, but didn't move. This chick- or dude, for all I knew- could come over here. I didn't have the energy to walk. Damn being a new vampire and running out of blood quickly.

I waited for whoever it was, and, with super vampire hearing- which I loved oh so very much- I heard the desk creak as extra weight was put on it and turned myself around to see who I would be working with for however long this project was. And, damn, was I impressed.

AN: buhahaha! Cliffy! I still manage to do them, even in b-day stories! WOOT! Speaking of which: HOPE YOU LIKE IT BUDDIE! And, yes, I know Jeremy ain't a vampire and Caroline may not be alive *tear* buuuut, this was written before the new season, so its my world.

Any who, please review. That button will give you a hug! (or, in primavera's case, a birthday cake! :~D)

(1):I used the changing things from the books and the show.

(2): Me and my best friend- who is also VD obsessed- actually did say this when we thought about how bad Jeremy had it… it's so sad! *sniffle*

(3): Lots of facts in this one… any who, I came up with this! I told my friend that vampires were like mosquito's except a LOT bigger and then she hit me because she hates bugs, but loves vampires and she said I should never compare something so terrible with something so awesome. XD