thank you all so much for all the reviews! When i was writing this story i was debating on even posting it and I'm glad i did! Here's CH6 hope you like it.

EPOV

"Missing? Jeremy's gone?" it wasn't like Jeremy to go off anymore, he was becoming such a good kid. Jenna didn't answer me but started crying again; I silently led her to the couch, feeling myself cry as well. "Jenna I'm going to go shower and change, will you be ok here on your own for a few minutes?" I asked after about ten minutes of just holding her, I didn't want to leave her but I felt all grimy. I just felt her nod in response.

I made it to my bathroom with a change of cloths before the tears really spilled over, sinking down to the tiled grown I pulled my knees to my chest; just letting myself cry. Everything that was going on was crushing me. Katherine was back, John was dead, Stefan is becoming very territorial, and now Jer was missing. If anything happened to him I think I might go insane, all I can hope for is that he just needed some time away and he's safe. Trying to control my tears I pealed myself away from the tiled floor and into the shower, letting the warm water relax my muscles.

After my shower I got dressed and made my way down stairs to see Sheriff Forbes talking to Aunt Jenna in the living room and a couple of other officers just standing around. I stayed on the last stair listening to Jenna talk to Sheriff Forbes, "I know Jeremy had trouble in the past but he's really turned around, he's become such a good kid. This isn't like him anymore to just leave with out saying anything; John I understand, John always leaves with out letting anyone know." I could feel tears forming again when I heard a knock on the door.

Opening the door I saw Damon standing on the porch with a pile of my cloths in his hands and a concerned look on his face. "Elena what's wrong?" he reached out his empty hand and wiped my tears with his thumb. With out thinking I threw my arms around him and tried to hold back more tears. "Why is the Sheriff here?" he asked softly, looking over my head into the house.

"Jeremy's gone." I sobbed out not wanting to say it, "No one has seen him since the fair" I knew he was thinking what I didn't want to admit, that Katherine took him. His arms wrapped around me and he rubbed soothing circles on my back.

"It'll be ok sweetie, I'll find him, I promise." He held me tighter as if I would get taken away also; I was so distraught I didn't even correct him for calling me sweetie. I heard footsteps approach us from the house and someone say Damon's name. "Liz, do you have any leads as to where to find Jeremy?" he asked quietly but with authority.

"I'm sorry, I haven't been able to find anything promising. Can I ask you a few questions Elena?" I broke away from Damon to look at the Sheriff.

"Of course." She headed back into the house; I grabbed Damon's hand and lead him inside after her. Holding onto him made me feel more grounded throughout this whole situation. We sat in the love seat that was across the chair that Sheriff Forbes was sitting in. She looked at our connecting hands for a moment then began to speak.

"Have you noticed anything unusual in Jeremy's behavior in the past few days?"

"No, he was going to school, doing his work and being a good kid recently…well it was unusual for him, but he was getting better it seemed. Nothing that would make me think that he would take off." She nodded at my answer and wrote some things down in her note book.

"I understand that you found out you were adopted recently, could this have made Jeremy feel alone? Knowing that you aren't truly his sister, and he wanted to get away from such big news?"

"Of course not!" I couldn't help but be a little angry, "all because we aren't blood related doesn't mean we aren't siblings, he will always be my brother." Damon gave my hand a squeeze to reassure me that I was ok.

"There isn't any need to get angry; I'm just asking standard questions." I saw that she truly was sorry and apologized for my out burst.

"What about the news about Viki? They were always close; he had a lot of weight on him in the bad news department for a teenage boy."

"He seemed to be taking that well, as well as some one could take it. He was spending a lot of time with a few friends, to me he seemed happy." which was partly true, he did seem happy with Anna. At the thought of Anna I remembered what Damon said happened to her, I felt awful at the thought that someone else he cared about being taken away from him.

"When was the last time you saw him?" another question pulled me from my thoughts.

"During the celebration, before all the chaos happened." She asked me a few more questions, wrote some things in her notebook and stood up, I was crying again.

"I think I have everything for now. We'll find him Elena"

"Thank you Liz." Damon answered for me.

"If you have anymore information for me just let me know, both of you."

"Of course" Damon answered again. The sheriff left to go talk to Jenna one more time; before she moved I saw her eyes glance from me to Damon as if telling him something, I felt him nod in response to her look. "This has got to be over whelming for you, want me to take you upstairs?"He asked kindly, which seemed so unlike him.

"Yea I guess" I stood up, feeling a bit uneasy on my feet due to the crying and lack of breakfast, when Damon scooped me up bridle style. I felt too drained to fight for him to put me down and leaned my head in the crook of his neck instead. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jenna watching us as we made our way up the stairs. When we got to my room Damon laid me on the bed and sat himself on the edge near me knees, resting his hand on one.

"How are you doing?" he asked softly. That was a great question how was I doing? My whole world was falling apart, and why? Because I got involved with two vampire brothers who are being sought out by an ex vampire girlfriend who looks exactly like me and now my brother is missing! Instead of answering his question I asked my own.

"Do you think she has him?" I knew he knew who I was referring to; I just needed to hear him say if my fears are most likely a reality.

"Elena I don't think this…" I sat up quickly putting my hands on top of his.

"Please Damon; I need to know if you think that is the case." I pleaded with him to tell me. I needed to know, the idea of not knowing seemed worse than having it be the case. My logic didn't make sense to me right now but I didn't care, nothing made sense anymore so why should I?

"Yes, I believe there is a good chance Katherine has your brother." His voice was low like he didn't want me to hear it. I just nodded silently and looked onto the floor. I felt his hand loosely grab my chin to have me look at him.

"I'll bring him back Elena, I promise."

"I don't want you to put yourself in danger. I know how you felt when you found out she was back. I don't want you to have to see her again when you seemed to be letting her go." I was speaking quietly, not wanting to offend him. He smirked and let out a short laugh; I could practically feel the switch turn off, something I never liked him doing.

"I'm fine with her being back, it hasn't fazed me. I can turn it off remember?" he shifted, hand dropping from my face and back straightening. "I should probably call Stefan, tell him to come over; he's better at this comforting stuff." He took out his phone but I placed my hand over it to prevent him from opening it.

"I'd rather not see him right now." Damon gave me a confused look. "We got into a fight this morning."

"Trouble in paradise?" his tone was teasing with fake surprise." You seemed completely fine with each other when I saw you this morning." his eyes became a little dark when he recalled what he had to witness this morning. I looked down again and fiddled with the end of the shirt I was wearing, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"Yea, it was kind of one sided this morning. I kind of yelled at him because of it." Damon lend in eyes still dark.

"Because of what?" I knew what he was doing; he wanted me to say I was uncomfortable kissing his brother. His assumption made me angry, even if he didn't completely voice it.

"Just for get it Damon." I went to get up and walk to my bathroom, stopping with my hand on the knob; I could feel his chest against my back. In the back of my mind I thought of how intoxicating his presence was to me.

"Why did you yell at Stefan, Elena?" his voice was alluring, pulling me into to telling him what I didn't want him to know.

"Because he kissed me like that, it made me feel dirty." I still couldn't make the move to turn the knob and put space between us.

"Only because he kissed you hard?" I could literally feel his eyes on the back of my head.

"No." I replied hesitantly, trying to stall myself to making a big confession, that maybe I had feelings for Damon. Of course I cared about him, he has saved my life more times than I could count, but it seemed to be something more and it scared me.

"Then why did you yell at him?"

"Because he kissed me like that in front of you." I dropped my hand from the door and slumped my shoulders "I didn't want you to see me with him like that and it made me feel dirty, feeling your eyes on me." he put his hands on my shoulders brushing his thumbs on the base of my neck, feeling his breath by my ear.

"Elena…" he was so close I could feel his lips moving against my ear.

"Damon, please don't do this…"

"Do what?" his voice was all husky, making my knees weak.

"What ever it is you're doing. Acting all irresistible, I really don't need this right now." I could feel his lips turn into a frown for a split second.

"Just remember that I'm here whenever you realize how wrong Stefan is for you." He stepped away from me and I felt instantly cooler. "Speaking of the saint, I'm going to go and tell him the situation so we can figure out how to find Katherine." His wall that I have been trying so hard to slowly breakdown just shot right back up. I turned to see him making his way to my bedroom door.

"Damon, please don't shut me out." He turned his head to look at me.

"I couldn't shut you out even if I tried" with one last smirk he left.

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