Elena sat in the hospital waiting room. Jenna was getting coffee for them both and Stefan was out hunting, he couldn't come to a hospital without feeding first, especially after his 'blood scare' as Elena referred to it. They hadn't been able to get Jeremy to the hospital with John because by the time the paramedics had made it to his room he was gone, which was bizarre, and Jenna had only been out of the room for a few minutes, so unless he was super-human or a vampire, he couldn't have gone far, especially after over dosing on her prescription pain killers.

Elena sat and thought about that for a moment, Jeremy, a vampire? Perhaps he had ingested some of Anna's blood before she died, before they both… died, Elena couldn't bring herself to think about the reality of the situation, that her brother, or Cousin, could be dead. But if he was a vampire, that would mean he was still around.

"He must be freaking out" Elena thought out loud, unaware that Stefan was standing right next to her.

"Who is freaking out?"

Elena closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Stefan, you scared me"

"Are you ok? You seem a little jumpy tonight" He sat down next to her.

"It's just everything that has happened in the last few hours is a lot to deal with, the Parade, my clothes being stolen, Katherine coming back to town and trying to kill John, and now Jeremy's missing"

"I know, but we should take it one step at a time" He took her hand and squeezed it reassuringly.

"I know, but Stefan, what if Jeremy is a vampire? Think about it" she looked at him anxiously

"If he ingested Anna's blood then we must find him, he has to feed to complete the change, and you know how dangerous a new Vampire is" He took an empty vile out of his pocket and put it in Elena's hand.

"What is this?"

"It was filled with Anna's blood, I can smell her scent on it, and also Jeremy's, I found it on the bathroom floor of your house"

"Oh My God, why didn't you give me this before?"

"I wanted to make sure we were alone first, Jenna can't know about this yet ok? We have to find him first"

"Ok let's go now" Elena stood up quickly.

"No Elena, when I said we I meant Damon and I, it's much too dangerous for you to be around Jeremy at the moment, he could hurt you"

"But he's family Stefan, I want to help"

"Please, stay here with Jenna, she would worry if you're suddenly not around" He kissed her head, "I will call you when we find him" he told her, and before she could protest, he was gone.

Elena slumped back down in the waiting room seat, which was starting to get uncomfortable, and before long Jenna came back with two steaming hot cups of takeaway cappuccinos.

"Sorry about the wait, I had to go across the road to Starbucks to get these, hospital machine coffee sucks"

"Yeah" Elena replied distantly, she was really worried about Jeremy and what he must be feeling right now, and more importantly she wanted to be out trying to find him, to reassure him that its going to be ok, and she also wanted to tell Jenna everything, but the latter wasn't going to happen, actually, all of the above weren't going to happen, she was stuck in the smelly hospital on an uncomfortable seat.