Thanks for the responses and sorry this chapter is a tad shorter than usual. I actually am ahead by like, 4 chapters :) So I wanted to post a little something in the time being! And p.s. don't be alarmed if the chapters all of a sudden decrease. Instead of 25 I shrank it to 11. All chapters are here, but it's 3 in one chapter. So chapters 1-7 contain 21 chapters. Hope that's not confusing. I left the last three alone so if people need to catch up easier. Anyways, here's the chapter now.

Jenna smiled as she saw Elena came into the room. "I was just asking Rick about you," she said, holding her arms out for a hug

She got close to the bed and gave Jenna a small hug. "Hey! How are you feeling?" she said somewhat surprised. "I didn't expect you to be up yet!"

"Yeah. I didn't expect to be out for a week either," Jenna said shaking her head. "But I guess I was good enough to wake up or something. The doc took some blood and ran some tests and if they come out all positive, hopefully I can come home," she said smiling.

"That's great," Elena said taking a seat near the bed. "I'm sure everything will end up ok…Did you say Rick was here?" she asked curiously.

"Yeah. He just left to go get some coffee. He's looking tired…How was movie night last night, by the way? I'm so glad that you guys had someone looking out for you," she said smiling.

Elena sighed and shook her head. "This isn't going to work," she said looking at Jenna.

"What are you talking about?" Jenna asked.

"You were supposed to be sleeping….I don't have the patience for this small talk," she said glaring at Jenna.

Jenna was about to respond, but she was interrupted.

"I need you to just fall asleep," Elena said as her eyes turned dark.

Jenna stared at her a moment before she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

Katherine smiled, reveling in the silence. "That was annoying," she muttered to herself. She wondered how long she had to wait for the history teacher to arrive. Her patience was rewarded 10 minutes later when he walked into the room.

"I hate vending machines," he said as he entered the room. He closed his mouth when he saw Jenna was sleeping and noticed Katherine sitting in the chair.

"Elena? I thought you were out with Stefan," he said confused as he set down his coffee cup on the table.

"We decided to cut it short so that I could just leave and come visit," she replied.

He felt that something was off, but he couldn't place it. Looking at her closely to see if anything was off, he didn't notice anything physically, but there was something in her glance that had him second guessing her identity. Then he remembered that she should have been with Bonnie around this time to keep out…."Katherine," he thought to himself.

"Should I go along with it or play dumb?" he thought, continuing his train of thought. He silently himself for not carrying any vervain darts in his bag. He decided it was better to get it over with and see what Katherine was planning.

"So you went to breakfast with Stefan and came here? What about Bonnie?" he asked, trying to figure things out.

"I was hoping Jenna would be awake, so I wanted to come here sooner rather than later," she replied. "And Bonnie's fine. Doing homework …. Any change with her?" she asked, scanning Rick and changing the direction of the conversation.

"She was awake a bit ago. She's probably just tired…Hey," he started, trying to see what reaction he would get since he was almost positive this was Katherine. "So how did Stefan's meeting with that bitch go?"

The change in her face was immediate if not immediately noticeable. Her face changed from pleasant, to angry, to calm in seconds. Rick took that to mean that he was right: Elena was at her house and he was sitting with Stefan and Damon's maker.

"Stefan said that they just chatted about old times," she answered with a calculating glance.

"I'm surprised they didn't stake her or something," Rick replied. "She certainly deserves it."

"You know, Rick. I don't like playing games," she said with a snarl. "So let's stop this tango. I'm not amused…"

"How'd you guess I figured you out," Rick asked with narrowed eyes.

"If you've lived as long as I have, you know when people are playing you to get a reaction or….when they figure out your true intentions," Katherine said with a grin.

"And that is?" Rick asked, calculating what chance, if any, he had of beating Katherine.

"I assume you're just trying to keep this puny human safe, so you're trying to see what I'm up to," Katherine said with a smile as she stood up.

"You know what happens when you assume," Rick said nonchalantly as he stood in response to her movement.

"You make and ass out of you, and me…al out of your girlfriend," she said, going in close to Jenna's neck and taking a whiff. "She smells delicious by the way," she said as her eyes turned red and the veins protruded from under her eyes.

Jeremy woke up and stretched him arms. He shook his head as he took in Alaric's messy room. Spotting a note on the bed, he got up and grabbed the paper. He shrugged his shoulders when he was done. He vaguely remembered being woken up by Rick to tell him that Elena was out and that he was going to the hospital. But he was half asleep at the time.

He sat in bed for a bit going over all the information in his head from the night before. The one's that stuck out were that Tyler was a werewolf, Elena's mom was a vampire, her dad was Uncle John-whose body was missing-and that Damon had been the one to turn Isobel.

He had argued with Elena how messed up it was that she could still talk to Damon after turning his mom and all the other things he had done. Elena had wanted Jeremy to trust her again, so she started the story from the beginning and told him of both of the brothers' ups and downs.

Jeremy thought that even though Damon was an ass, he at least tried sometimes to be decent—like when he had tried to help him with Anna. But after the other stories Elena had told him, he wasn't sure if he could really trust Damon.

Sighing, he swiped his hand over his head at the thought of Anna. Lately he was trying hard to push his feelings to the back. He figured that if he really felt everything he was supposed to, he might explode. But at that moment, he couldn't help but to feel alone. He had lost many friends, neglected any he used to have, and his life now seemed to involve the supernatural. He felt like he had no normalcy to fall back on.

"I need to get a job or something," he muttered as he got up and started rifling through his bag for clothes. He thought that maybe if he had something to occupy his time with, he could stop feeling sorry for himself.

Once he was dressed, he looked over at the paper on the bed. "I should go see Jenna," he thought, getting his shoes on. He walked out of the room and into the kitchen and saw another note sitting on the counter.

Curious he went over to it and read it: Jeremy. I know you don't have that vervain bracelet anymore, so here's a sprig to keep in your pocket for the time being. Don't go anywhere without it. If you see Elena, give her one too if she doesn't already have any on her. See you later. Alaric.

Jeremy grabbed the sprigs, sniffed them, and shoved them in his pants pocket. He locked the door behind him as he stepped out into the sun.

He started a slow walk to the hospital. It wasn't too far away, but he was in no rush to get there either. When he finally reached the front of the hospital, he was surprised to run into Tyler.

"Hey," Tyler nodded at him.

Jeremy didn't know how to react now that he knew what Tyler was…and what Tyler may have done. "Hey…what are you doing here?"

"I was attacked last night and had to get stitched up. They just released me and I'm waiting on my ride," Tyler said looking awkward.

"Oh," Jeremy said confused. "I didn't know that. The last thing I heard on the news was about your mom…I'm sorry about that," he added looking Tyler over to gauge his reaction.

"Thanks…I know you probably understand what I'm going through… Tyler asked, glancing around to see if Matt was there yet.

"I understand, and if you want to talk about it, I'll listen," Jeremy said, not sure if he really meant it. Tyler gave him a bit of the creeps now that he knew everything.

"Yeah…Thanks, but I got it under control," Tyler said stiffly, done with the conversation.

"If you say so," Jeremy said a little too harshly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Tyler asked angrily.

"Nothing," Jeremy replied, cursing himself for setting Tyler off. "I just meant that everyone's first response is that they're fine and that they're dealing with it, when it's usually not the case."

"What are you a shrink?" Tyler asked sarcastically. "Look, I don't mean anything by it. I'm just tired and I want to head home," Tyler said changing his tone at the look on Jeremy's face.

"I understand. I have to go anyway," Jeremy said with a nod toward the front doors.

"You here to visit Jenna too, then?" Tyler asked.

"How'd you know?" Jeremy asked confused.

"Elena was here a while ago. I had to borrow her phone. She's probably upstairs by now…what's wrong?" he asked when he saw Jeremy scrunch up his brows in confusion.

"I just didn't think Elena was going to be here yet?" Jeremy said. "I guess she changed plans…See you around," Jeremy said walking toward the doors.

Just as he was heading in, he heard his cell phone go off. He opened it to see that it was a text message from Elena.

This is Damon. You need to come home. Elena needs your help.

Jeremy stared at the message for a second. "If Elena's home, then that means….Katherine's upstairs with Jenna," he thought to himself fearfully.

Katherine's words echoed in his mind: Mess this up and I end your life, and turn your Aunt into dinner, got it…." He shook it off like a bad dream and was stuck on what he should do. Deciding that Elena was at least with Damon while Jenna was unprotected, he sent Damon a quick text message and raced inside.

Damon. Katherine's at hospital pretending to be Elena. I have to check on Jenna. Be there when I can.

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