A Brother's Obsession

Chapter 7

The television drowned out the noise that night as Jeremy sat on the couch and listened to the news with worry all over his face. Mystic Falls crime rate was escalating quickly these past few months and that made him concerned. Elena might be mad at him for protecting her now, but she would understand when she was older. He was just trying to protect her. Always trying to protect her from this cruel world they both had been into...

A nearby door opened startling him out of his thoughts as Elena walked out of her room looking down at her phone worried. He wondered what the hell was that about? She had nothing to really worry about now that Damon was taken care of.

"What's wrong?"

Elena sighed moving toward the couch and sitting beside Jeremy.

"It's nothing." she said turning towards the program that Jeremy was watching.

Normally Jeremy would press the issue, but he knew better than to push when it wasn't necessary.

"What are you watching?"

"Just the news, I like watching what's going on in the world around us."

"I think it's kind of terrifying actually, like I'm not ignorant to the issues around us, but at the same time I hate seeing the world that we're growing up in."

"It'll get better."

"Will it really? How do you know?"

"Because it's a great approach to have faith in the world, because if we don't who will?"

Elena shrugged snuggling into Jeremy like she used to when she was younger.

"I don't know Jeremy, I honestly don't know."