Evil Within

Part 1

Don't own em but love em.

Narrative: Jeremy, Elena and Jenna had sat down for a serious heart to heart. Jeremy knows Elena was adopted. Aunt Jenna took a summer assignment in Mexico for her degree. Stefan, Damon and Elena took off to Chicago looking for Katherine (the why's will come out later). But our Jeremy is at home for the summer alone. Katherine decides to play some games with Elena and the Salvatore's. After all she never liked competition. And to her Jeremy Gilbert was just to scrumptious to pass up.

Night had fell on Mystic Falls the warm evening breeze lifted and tousled Katherine's hair. She sat on the front step of the Gilbert home waiting. Katherine leaned back against the post catching a scent of jasmine and honeysuckle. Her mind took her back to the Salvatore's home when she had first meet them. The flower gardens were her favorite, she had taken many a midnight stroll through them.

Katherine spotted Jeremy's jeep coming up to the house. She would have to play this just right, she suspected he knew all about her and vampires by now. But she was a wonderful actress, she had spent centuries perfecting herself. Her posture changed, her head on her knees, tearing were streaming...

Jeremy spotted Elena on the porch right away. What was she doing here? Wasn't she suppose to be off chasing her crazy doppelganger? Jeremy shut the engine off and got out of the jeep. Concern was already showing on his face. Elena had been really lost after finding out she was adopted. Well they all had, Jeremy had always had Elena at his side but with losing their parents, the new boyfriend and now finding out she wasn't really his sister...Jeremy still cared very much for Elena but inside he had felt like he had a large piece of his heart taken out. He wonder how much he had left. Elena had been obsessed about finding out who her real parents were. It had hurt Jeremy so much. Why couldn't I be enough? Jeremy got to the steps and he could her the soft sobs. Jeremy's heart clenched. He bent down, eye level with her. Jeremy reached out and brushed a strand of her behind her ear.

Jeremy's voice had dropped to a whisper. "Elena, what is it?" Katherine glanced over at the young man, then faked sobbing harder. Jeremy put his arms around her and hugged her tight. "It's alright Elena, whatever is wrong we'll get through it ok." "What can I do to make it better?"

Katherine held on tight to Jeremy milking it for all it was worth. "I just couldn't leave you." "Jeremy I'm so sorry." "Please don't hate me..."

Jeremy tensed and pulled back from her enough to look into those big brown eyes. "Hate you?" "I could never hate you Elena." "And you have nothing to be sorry about." "I know all this has been so hard on you, hell on all of us." "But to me, whether the same blood runs through us or not." "Your my big sister and I love you."

Katherine had kept her head down showing uncertainty. Then she chanced a look up tearing still streaming down her face. "It should have been me Jer...they shouldn't have died, it should have been me." "My family didn't even want me, it would have been better that I...died... not them."

Katherine let her face take on a broken appearance, watching Jeremy.

Jeremy had gasped at what Katherine had said. He was shaking his head, tearing slipping down his cheeks. He gripped her face looking into her eyes. "No, don't you ever say that again, do you hear me?" "Never again Elena." "How can you think that, Elena I would never want anything to happen to you." "I love you and I will always be here for you."

"I don't belong her anymore Jer..."

Jeremy scooped her up into his arms. "Bullshit, you are always welcome here, this is your home." Katherine laid her head onto Jeremy's chest. Her hair had fallen down over her face so Jeremy could not see the look of pure satisfaction on her face. She was in, and now the real fun could begin. Katherine inhaled Jeremy's scent, he smelled like sandalwood, cotton and she bet his blood tasted like the sweetest candy. It was going to be hard to wait, but she would, because she would have him begging for her to drink from him

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