A/N: This is a looooong chapter...

Ana refused to look at the monster next to her as he put his hand on her thigh.

"Don't be like that. Come on Ana, you had to do it anyway."

"No, I didn't. If it wasn't for you, then I wouldn't have a Doppelganger, I wouldn't even be in this car right now. Get your hand off of me Toby." She pushed his hand off her leg and continued to look out of the car window.

"You've got a nerve, Ana. Besides, everything's in order. Plus we now have leverage."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, the Doppelgangers baby bro. I gotta hand it to him, the tough guy act he's holding up is impressive."

"Don't you dare hurt him, tell your 'master' not to either." She suddenly snapped her eyes over to him. Ana couldn't quite figure out why she had suddenly been so protective over him, but shook the feeling off.

"You may be older, but I am not threatened by you."

"You should be." She muttered.

"If you do anything to mess this up, he will make your beloved Salvatore brothers more dead than they already are."

Ana kept wondering to herself why wouldn't she just attack him right there. But she knew she couldn't. One bite and it'd all be over. She sneakily got out her phone, and held it low enough so he couldn't see her.

'Don't do anything about Jeremy. I'm on my way to him now. I'm sorry.' She hit send and sighed out of relief.

"Jeremy had better be fine when we get there. My temper has gotten worse. I eat werewolves like you for breakfast on a bad day."

"Don't worry your pretty little head over it. He'll be in perfect condition. For the time being. Well, let's see for ourselves shall we?"

They drove up to a huge house that had an overgrown garden and crumbling bricks. It was obvious that they were in the middle of nowhere.

She got out of the car, feeling the sun bouncing off of her skin.

They walked up to the door and Ana was surprised to walk straight in, without a barrier blocking her from doing so. She stopped when she smelt that sickly sweet smell that haunted her.

"Where is he?" she turned to face Toby and he was smirking as he nodded his head towards the stairs.

"Jeremy!" She screamed, shooting up the stairs, into every room. Until she came to a last room and found him lying in a pool of his own blood.

She knelt beside him instantly and pulled him towards her, holding his head in her lap.

"Come on Jeremy, wake up." Ana bit into her wrist and put it to his mouth but he wasn't swallowing it. She lost all hope and her head fell onto his when something caught her eye.

Her hand shot to his and she let out a breath that she didn't realise she was holding in. She pulled him up more so that the top half of his body was in her arms.

"Wake up, Jeremy. You're okay." She barely noticed the sick man stood at the door.

Ana jumped up and shot towards him, straight away gripping his throat in her hand.

"You did it on purpose didn't you!" She screamed.

"All these years, and you care so deeply for human life. You're better off dead." He spat at her.

"Oh yeah, all these years, you know what I believed in? Shooting the messenger." She punched through him and ripped out his heart. She threw it aside and wiped her hands on his clothes.

Ana heard a gasp behind her and she rushed over to Jeremy.

"You're okay, Jeremy." She held his body in her arms, he was too shocked to get off the floor. More over the fact that it was Ana doing this, he always thought of her as the bitch that didn't care about anyone but herself.

"Where is everyone?"

"How 'bout we go on a road trip? I really don't wanna go back there right now, and you seem to be the only one that won't stop me." She avoided his question and looked at him hopefully.

"Are you serious? I don't know who the hell you are, for all I know, you and Katherine could be plotting against me."

"Then you're just gonna have to trust me."


"I thought we were going on a road trip?" Jeremy asked as they pulled in to the Airport.

"A road trip to the Airport, which is then going to take us far away from here."

"I don't know..."

"Stop being a bore! Come on," she stepped out of the car and pulled on her shades.

They were walking to the counter when Jeremy was hanging behind.

"Keep up, don't want to miss our flight," she mocked.

"Yeah, about that. How long have you actually had this planned?"

"So many questions!" she grabbed his hand and pulled him over to a vacant desk.

"Hi, we would like a private jet."

The woman behind the desk gave her a funny look before her eyes scanned her computer.

"Where to?"

Ana whispered something to the woman who gave her a confused look.

"Oh, it's for our honeymoon. Don't want to ruin the surprise." Ana wrapped an arm around Jeremy's waist as he stiffened.

"All I need is your luggage, passport, money and then you need to get checked by security."

Ana slowly pulled off her sunglasses and looked into her eyes.

"I barely think that is necessary."

"Follow me,"

Ana looked up at Jeremy and smirked, following the woman. They walked until they reached a lone plane.

"Enjoy your honeymoon."

"Oh don't worry, we will." They runned up the stairs and Ana jumped into the nearest seat, with Jeremy not so far behind.

They sat in a comfortable silence until the plane took off, and Ana realised that Jeremy's grip on the chair was causing his knuckles to go white.

"You want me to compel you to not worry about it?" she chuckled, but he shook his head.

"You sure? 'Cause we have to do this coming back too."

"Damon's done it to me before, I hate having no control over what I do."

"So what, do you want me to or not?"

"This'd better be the only time you ever compel me. Unlucky for me, I don't have any vervain on me."

Ana moved over to Jeremy so they were both at eye level with each other.

"You will not be scared when on a plane."

"I will not be scared." He repeated.

She stayed in that position for a while, for they couldn't seem to tear their eyes away from each other. The vibrating of Jeremy's phone broke their silence. Ana cleared her throat and sat back in her chair quietly.

"Elena? I'm fine," Ana looked over and listened in to the conversation.

'Where are you Jeremy? We've all been worried sick!'

"I'm eloping with Ana," her eyes shot to his face as he began smiling, she grabbed the phone from his hand and held him back as he tried to retrieve it.

"He's kidding, don't worry about him, he's safe with me. Maybe. He really should have at least drank some vervain..."

'You even think about laying a finger on him and I'll-'

"You'll what, Elena? Stake me? You really think Damon would let you? I'm kidding! I won't hurt him, nor will I let anyone hurt him. You have my word." She pushed Jeremy back lightly and he fell on the chair with a thud, they both found it hard to keep their laughing intact.

'Where are you even going?'

"I know one of the Salvatores is with you, Elena. I'm not stupid. But there's no point looking for us because we're currently in the air."

'She's taking him overseas,' Ana heard Elena say, clearly trying to cover up the phone.

"I'm not gonna hurt him, I promise you Elena. I haven't been so trust worthy but I swear, I just want to get away from the drama for a few days. If it helps, I'll get him to call you every day."

'But Ana-'

"Goodbye, Doppelganger."

Ana threw the phone at Jeremy and she looked out of the window a little frustrated. Jeremy fell asleep and Ana took it as her chance, she got out her sketchbook and began to draw him. He looked innocent when he slept, she thought that too when she found him in the abandoned house. A few hours later Jeremy woke up but didn't look like it at all.

"How about we play 20 questions?" he asked groggily.

"Now you just want answers." She smiled at him, knowingly.

"How old are you supposed to actually be?"

"Eternally 19, how old are you supposed to actually be, Mr. Gilbert?" she said in a macho voice.

"Right now? I'm 16. Question 2..."

"Hey! You just asked a question, now it's my turn. What's your favourite colour?"

"Blue. What's all the messing with Damons' head this week?"

"Okay, now I'm bored. I'm gonna go ask the Pilot how long before we land."

Ana went to walk to the front of the plane, but Jeremy grabbed her wrist.

"Wait, I need to tell you something."

"Shoot," she turned around and sat back down.

"Damon kissed Elena the night you got back."

"Are you sure?" she tried to stay strong but her voice cracked towards the end.

"He said he was in shock and Elena was there,"

"That's no excuse." She sunk back into her chair and brought her knees up to her chest, Jeremy soon made his way over to her and wrapped his arms around her. She hated showing weakness but she somehow couldn't keep her emotions in for much longer. They were both glad to get a break from the place they call home. Ana realised that the plane was landing and Jeremy didn't even flinch.


"When can I take this blindfold off?"

Ana was guiding Jeremy into the elevator of their hotel, she knew that if he saw anything around here he'd know where they were.

"Just wait a sec! We're going to the room now!"

They stood side by side and Anas hand grazed Jeremys. She looked up at him to see him smiling. She smiled to herself and faced forward.

A ding brought them out of their thoughts and she pushed him straight into the room and took the blindfold off.

"Oh, my god." He said as he gaped at the room.

"You still don't know where we are!" She ran over to the balcony and opened the window like someone would in a movie, and the Eiffel Tower was revealed in the perfect position

"Paris?"

"No, that's a painting." She smiled at him.

"I can't believe you brought me here."

"Hey, I wanted to get away and you just happened to be there."

"That's no excuse." He repeated what she'd said earlier but she only sent daggers his way.

"Get ready to have a fun, Anastasiya packed week! But tonight, we're staying in. We're Jet lagged."

"Do you know where some paper is?"

"Serious? I just got here, Jeremy." She looked at him with a slight grin.

"I'll go buy some," Ana raised an eyebrow at him, watching as he was about to walk into the Elevator, but stopped and turned around, "I don't have any money."

"It's a good job I have paper in my bag." She threw her sketchpad at him and he caught it before it hit the floor, "Think fast," she then threw a pencil at him and she realised it was a bad idea, seeing how fast it was going. So, she sped in front of Jeremy and 'took the bullet' metaphorically.

She winced as it lodged itself inside her stomach, and she fell to the ground, pulling it out.

"You are actually insane!"

"I guess you don't want to use that pencil anymore then eh?" she wiped it on her jacket and handed it to him.

"It's better than nothing," he smiled at her and walked over to sit on the balcony.

Ana was still lay on the floor until Jeremy shouted her over.

"Yes?" she was suddenly sat next to him.

"These are really good." He flicked through her drawings and looked up at her with a smile on his face.

"But I need a reality check," she smiled as she watched him flick through the drawings in awe until he reached the last one and he looked up at her in confusion.

"This, is amazing."

"That's because the model is a natural,"

Ana was sat yet again, watching Jeremy as he was drawing the Tower. He snuck a glance at her to see her lying in a seductive position.

"Draw me like your French girls, Jack." She couldn't hold her laughter in for much longer looking at Jeremy's confused face, "Your face was priceless."


It was the last day of being in Paris and the two had close spells, one being them two almost kissing, and another both of them stealing glances from each other.

They were walking through a park, their hands grazing every so often, until a man came up to them with a camera in his hand, whilst he was on rollerskates.

"Pictura!" he shouted at the pair and Jeremy put his arm around her waist as they saw the flash, and the man shot away.

Ana's brows furrowed in confusion and she looked up at Jeremy.

"I'm pretty sure he was Italian..." He looked down at her and they both noticed how close they were.

They were saved by the bell yet again as Ana's phone started ringing in her pocket.

"Hello?"

'You better realise how much this costs for me to call you.'

"Wouldn't want to make a hole in your budget." She said sarcastically.

'What is wrong with you? You've been ignoring my calls, every time you have answered you're being the bitch your sister is.'

"How's Elena?" she said bitterly.

'Gilbert told you. Didn't he?"

"Told me what, Damon? Anything you'd like to tell me?"

'Why did you take him? Why didn't you just ask me?' he easily avoided her question.

"I was in shock, and Jeremy was there." She put the phone down and looked back to see that Jeremy had gone.

"Jer?" she looked around, "Come on, this isn't funny."

He walked back in to sight with a recyclable camera.

"I thought, since I don't have my camera, there's no point in not taking any photo's." He smiled at her and she ripped it from his grasp.

After taking lots of pictures of each other, they headed back to the hotel, where Ana fell onto the bed face first, before rolling over upon feeling a weight other than her on the bed.

"It's my turn on this bed tonight," Ana spoke out as they both stared at the ceiling.

"I have to sleep on the couch?" He turned to face her.

"Not necessarily." She looked back at him and reached her hand to brush the side of his face.

"What about Damon?"

"What about him? As far as I'm concerned, he's made his choice."

Before they knew it, Ana threw Jeremy on the bed behind them and she straddled him, kissing him fiercely and needily.

"I've wanted to do that since we stepped foot on that plane." Jeremy spoke out.

She trailed kisses along his jaw, down to his neck.

"I have an unfair advantage over you," she whispered out between kisses.

"What's that?" he breathed out.

"I'm a lot stronger," she trailed back up to his lips and she tangled her hands into his hair.

"Bite me,"

She looked at him like he had two heads.

"Jer, I don't-"

"I trust you, I know you won't hurt me."

She brought her head down to his neck and allowed her fangs to extend and sink into him. He breathed out and she returned her lips to his, biting his, but not hard enough for it to hurt. She then went back to his neck, kissing it gently.

"Is it possible to fall for someone in less than a week?" he said breathlessly.

"I don't know, you tell me."

"I think I've fallen for you, in less than a week."

"That's the lust talking Jer, you don't mean that." She pulled back and looked at him with an incredulous look.

"I do, Ana. The time we've been here has been the best week of my life since my parents died. I have no-one to thank for that but you." He reached and cupped her cheek.


They were lay tangled in the sheets with their hair sticking up at unnatural angles. Ana had her head in the crook of his neck, tracing circles on his chest, while he had his arm around her waist.

"I didn't take you for the cougar type." Ana said as she smile

"You're the predator, not me." He chuckled.

"I don't want to go home Jer," she never realised, but Damon would kill the both of them when he found out.

"I'll be dead when I get home, Damon and Elena will both play a part in my death,"

"They won't. I'll make sure of it. I'm stronger than both of them put together. Which I just proved to you."

"I think I love you, Ana."

"Jer, you don't even know me."

"Isn't that enough proof that I do? I barely know anything about you, and even then I still manage to love you."

"I have somewhat strong feelings for you that I can't seem to place... I hardly even felt that with Damon... Plus, aren't we like, related?"

"About that... We found something out when Katherine came to the hospital."

"She told us, you were adopted."

"And, you choose to tell me this now? When were you going to tell me, Jeremy?"

"Ana, I didn't know you enough to tell you, it should have been Damon."


The two walked into the boarding house to see everyone sat around the fire nervously, the brothers heard the door and Elena ran towards Jeremy.

"Jeremy! I've been so worried about you!" she grasped him like there was no tomorrow.

"I'm gonna head out, Ana, can you come out here a sec?"

"You've been together all week, what more is there to say?" the jealousy radiating off of Damon was almost blinding.

"Sure, Jer." She frowned at Damon and followed Jeremy out of the door.

"Are you okay now?"

"A lot better. Thanks for being there, Jeremy. I don't know what I'd have done if something happened to you at that house."

"Well you wouldn't have gone to Paris for one," Jeremy smiled down at her.

She put her arms around him, and kissed him gently before they were interrupted by an angry and hurt Damon.

"I think it's time to leave, don't you Jeremy?"

"I'll call you, Jer." Ana waved before pushing past Damon and walking to her room. Though he was soon in front of her.

"What the hell was that?"

"That was me saying goodbye to my boyfriend."

"What? You go to Paris for a week and you think you're in love. You know, you using the 'L' word is really getting old."

"No, you know what's getting old? You choosing Katherine over me all the time. Though, I understand why now though. Considering I am adopted. Ever think of letting me know?" She scoffed when he didn't reply, "didn't think so."

Ana was expecting Damon to follow her, to apologize. But he never, he stood whilst she stomped to her bedroom.

When she got there, she threw her bag on the bed and took out the pictures that they had processed.

She smiled and put them up along with the hundreds of other pictures that were scattered around her room.

"You could have asked me, you know." Damon said, sounding hurt.

"You were too busy in Elena land to know that I'd never, ever act like that. Not to you. I went away so that I didn't have to care about what was going on around me. That's all going to come back, I just wanted a break from it all."

"How am I supposed to help if you won't tell me what's wrong?" he shouted.

"By not doing anything, you're helping me Damon. I know that bringing Jeremy into this is putting him in danger, but when you love someone... It's hard to stay away."

"Your other ex is back. And he's back for good."

"Which one?" when she said this he laughed bitterly.

"Klaus."

A/N: I'm sorry! If you all hate me, I understand:(... Do you think it will last long? Stay tuned!
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