Dear Diary,

I feel good. The blood is no longer controlling me. Lexi would be proud of me. I hope that wherever she is, she's smiling.

After I was done with my shower, I walked into my room to find Damon, sitting on my bed on my phone. I was wearing a red long-sleeved dress with a lacy midsection and black heels. I wiped my hair down letting him know my presence.

"Have fun with the Mystic queen. I know I did." Damon told Jeremy as he hung up. I wasn't surprised to see him doing that, but I did give him a look of disapproval. He handed me my phone. "Jeremy called."

I guess I couldn't expect anything less of Damon.

From there, Leah and I went to school. We were supposed to be helping design the Miss Mystic Falls float. Apparently Caroline was gracious enough to let me stand on it even though I wasn't in the pageant.

However, as soon as we arrived, Alaric called us to his classroom.

"We need to talk." He declared. Once we were in the room, he said. "I need you to call Damon and get him to come here. It's important."

"What is it?" I asked as I texted Damon to come here immediately.

"Isobel's back." He explained.

"As your vampire wife Isobel?" Leah asked. "The one who is also Jeremy's mother?"

"That's the one." Alaric replied.

"What does she want?" Jeremy inquired.

"She wants to talk to you." The teacher answered. "She said that she'll start killing my students if you don't."

At that point, Damon walked in.

"Thanks for coming." Alaric told him. You know they seemed like they were friends. My brother had a friend of his own. I couldn't believe it.

"Sorry I'm late. Dog ate my…" He started before noticing the serious looks on our faces. "What's going on?"

"I saw Isobel last night." Alaric explained.

"Isobel's here?" Damon asked.

"That is what he said." Leah remarked in annoyance. She and him probably still weren't going to be friends any time soon.

"Did you ask about Uncle John?" Damon questioned. "Are they working together?"

"No." Alaric answered.

"No, they're not or no you didn't ask?" Leah clarified.

"Didn't ask." Alaric replied.

"What about the invention?" Damon questioned.

"Didn't ask."

"Does she know about the tomb vampires?"

"I don't know."

"Did words completely escape you?" Damon questioned.

"I'm sorry. I was too distracted by my dead vampire wife to ask any questions." The teacher declared.

"What does she want?" Damon inquired.

"She wants to meet with me." Jeremy replied.

"Alaric was supposed to arrange a meeting." I explained. "We don't know why or what she wants."

"You don't have to do this." Damon told Jeremy. I think he actually cares about him.

"I kind of do." Jeremy responded.

"She's threatening to go on a killing spree." Alaric added.

"Oh, I can see how that's not okay with any of you and it wouldn't look good with the council around." Damon commented.

"I do want to meet her if not only to find out why she gave me up." Jeremy stated. "I have to know why she didn't want me."

I went to the Grill with Jeremy and Leah. He was going to be meeting her at a table and Leah and I were watching and listening from close-by. Isobel apparently said that Damon and Alaric were not allowed inside of the restaurant.

"Do you think the bitch will show?" Leah asked. Before I could respond, Jeremy spoke up.

"Can you hear me now?" He asked like he was the Verizon guy. I nodded. "Good. I'm glad that you're here. I love you."

"I love you too." I mouthed.

At that point, a woman in black who matched Alaric's description sat down.

"Hello Jeremy." She greeted him. It was kind of creepy the way that she said it. "It's nice to see you all-grown up."

"Is that how you walk in the day?" Jeremy asked, referring to her lapis lazuli necklace.

"Katherine helped me obtain it." Isobel boasted. Why was the bitch helping…the other bitch?

"Who is my father?" Jeremy asked. That would be nice to know I guess.

"It's not important. He was a teenage waste of space." Isobel answered.

"You could at least tell me name." Jeremy responded.

"I suppose I could." Isobel declared. She did not though. "Has anyone ever told you that you ask a lot of questions?"

I already didn't like this woman. She's not someone that I want in Jeremy's life.

"Why compel that man to kill himself?" Jeremy asked.

"It was dramatic impact. I wish it would have worked." Isobel stated.

"Your husband was the one who kept looking." Jeremy pointed out. Yeah, Jeremy didn't really look any more, unless it was when I was locked up.

"You know the best part of being what I am is feeling nothing." Isobel commented.

"No, it's not like that." Jeremy responded. "I know vampires can feel things."

"You mean like your girlfriend and her friend over there?" Isobel asked. "Sara Salvatore, well you have great taste."

"Why are you here?" Jeremy asked. "It's obviously not to make up for lost time."

"I need to get what your uncle wants." Isobel replied. "Give me Jonathan Gilbert's invention."

"How do you even know my uncle?" Jeremy asked her. I still kind of wondered that myself.

"He had a crush on me when I was younger." Isobel replied. "He told me about vampires."

"So why did you want to be one?" Jeremy asked.

"There are a lot of reasons." Isobel replied. "I imagine you've thought about some of them."

"No I haven't." Jeremy responded.

"You're lying." Isobel stated. "You'll get older and Sara won't and people will start calling you a predator."

"I don't have this invention you speak of." Jeremy remarked as he tried to get up.

"Sit down." Isobel ordered as she grabbed his arm. I wanted to go over and break the fight up. "Also tell little your entourage to leave."

She's definitely not someone that I want in his life.

"I want the invention. I want you to get it from Damon." Isobel replied.

"He won't give it me." Jeremy told her.

"Then the blood will be on your hands." Isobel declared before she got up.

I took Jeremy back to the boarding house and the first thing that he did was punch the door.

"Watch it." I instructed. "You could break your hand on that. I get that you're upset."

"She didn't even care about me." Jeremy replied. "All she wants is the stupid invention."

"You should just think about the good times that you had with the mother who raised you." Leah suggested. That was actually a really good idea. "So is your sister going to be at the float building thing tomorrow?"

"Probably." Jeremy replied. "I should probably get going. Jenna's cooking dinner and I don't feel like going back to the Grill."

He walked out the door leaving the two of us alone. I had no idea where Damon was at the moment.

"So what are you doing with Elena?" I asked. "What is your relationship really like?"

"We're friends." Leah replied as she took a seat on the couch and dusted off her skirt. "Elena keeps going on and on about that Anna. It kind of sucks. I don't think she has any idea that I like her."

"Well maybe you need to let her know." I suggested as I took a seat next to her. "But I think that Anna really isn't evil. She used to be my best friend. We kind of drifted after I was turned and by drifted I mean she ran away and we did not cross paths again until just recently."

"So do you know where Damon is?" Leah asked.

"He might be looking for Isobel." I surmised.

"Do you wanna go out of town and get some barbecue?" The blonde then asked.

"Sure." I replied.

The next day, we were at the school to work on the floats. I was wearing a V-neck black tee and jeans with hair in a side ponytail and once again black heels. Yes it wasn't the best for the weather, but due to the workout that most people would think I would be getting, it fit. I knew I could do some actual work.

"You need to get to work." Caroline told me. "I am letting you stand on this float even though you bailed on the pageant and you are going to help build especially since Jeremy and Bonnie are doing something else right now. Also I need you to get an 1860s dress."

I actually still had some of those lying around. I had to sew them back together, but that was no problem because every girl from my time knew how to sew just like every guy knew how to whittle. I was also good at shooting arrows even though I haven't much chance to use that.

"Where are the Fells and why aren't they helping?" I asked curiously.

"Tina has the flu and Blair has a dentist appointment." Caroline explained. "It might the other way around, but they're busy."

I then noticed Jeremy had come out. I was going to go over, but Elena got to him first.

"Jeremy." She said as she greeted her brother.

"Have you seen Sara?" Jeremy asked. He wasn't looking that hard.

"She was helping Caroline." Elena answered. "Have you seen Anna? I left her a ton of messages and she hasn't replied to any of them."

"I didn't know that you were still seeing her. I thought you were with Leah." Jeremy responded.

"No, Leah and I are friends." Elena explained. I guess she hadn't told her how she felt. "Anna is my girlfriend. I'm afraid that something's wrong and I need to know if you know anything."

"I haven't talked to her, Elena." Jeremy explained. I don't think he really liked her.

"Are you lying?" Elena asked. "If I read your journal will I find something else? I know what Anna is and I know what Sara is, so tell me what you know about her."

"I don't know where she is." Jeremy remarked. Elena was dissatisfied and walked away. Jeremy called after her. He seemed kind of confused.

"I need help with this arch." Caroline told me. Suddenly I had to help with that and couldn't pay much attention, but noticed Isobel was back.

Suddenly, Matt screamed. The float that he had been under had collapsed. I don't think it was an accident. Tyler called for a group to help and I jumped at the call. Together, okay mostly me, we got the float off of him, but he looked badly hurt. Caroline rushed over to him.

"Call an ambulance." I told his girlfriend. I decided to see if I could detect what the problem was. I may not be good around blood, but I was good at anatomy. I'm pretty sure that his arm was broken.

"Why are you doing this?" Jeremy asked Isobel. "Is this because you don't have the invention?"

"Give to me and the fun will stop." Isobel declared. "You better hurry if you want to see your sister again."

I looked over at where Elena was only to notice that she was gone. That was her plan all along. I can't believe that I fell for it.

I grabbed Jeremy after she left and Leah appeared as well. I think she had just come back from fixing her makeup.

We met with Bonnie in Alaric's classroom after that.

"Where's the device?" She asked.

"Damon has it." Leah answered. "He's not going to give it up."

"I'll talk to him." Jeremy remarked. "We'll get him to hand it over."

"He won't hand it over if it's a weapon against vampires." I declared.

"What if it wasn't?" Leah suggested. I looked at her. "Maybe Bonnie can do something to make it useless."

We took this idea to Damon at the boarding.

"No way." He declared. "I'm not handing over a weapon against vampires to a vampire hater. I like being not dead."

"It'll be useless." Jeremy told him.

After a little bit of deliberation and Bonnie showing that she probably had the ability to dispel it, he finally agreed at which point Damon handed over the device and Bonnie made it float in the air. I guess that was how you dispel an old device. I didn't exactly have a good feeling about it either, but I decided to trust Bonnie. I had to trust her. I just hoped that this was going to work.

"Now what are we going to do?" Damon asked. "Did Isobel tell you where to meet her?"

"No, but I was going to go to Town Square. She'll probably want to do the exchange in a public place so we can't kill her." Jeremy replied. "I need you two to come with me in case she brings anyone with her. We don't know what she'll do and we need to be ready."

"I still think we should just kill her instead of handing over." Damon opined.

"What am I doing?" Leah asked.

"I need you to see if you can find Anna." I explained. "I want her to be an ally because I trust her more than I trust John."

After we had our coats on, we went to Town Square. Damon and I were staying close but not showing ourselves yet. Luckily, Isobel showed up.

"Where's the device?" She demanded.

"Where's my sister?" Jeremy countered.

"We're not negotiating." Isobel replied. "Where's the device."

"Where's my sister?" Jeremy repeated.

"Do you think I came alone?" Isobel asked as her two minions stepped out. Weren't those her only two?

"Do you think I came alone?" Jeremy mimicked as Damon and I stood behind him.

"For God's sake, call him." Isobel remarked. Jeremy dialed his home phone and Elena answered it. She seemed to be okay. Maybe we should kill her now. I could rip her heart out, but I don't know if Jeremy wants that.

"You weren't going to hurt her." Jeremy said.

"We'll never know." Isobel responded. "Don't try to look for any redeeming qualities in me because I don't have any."

"You took a risk with Damon. How did you know he was going to give it to me?" Jeremy asked.

"Because he wants a little brother." Isobel replied...that was probably true actually. I never thought of that. Isobel then held out her hand and Jeremy handed it to her.

"Take this and go away." He declared. "And one more thing: thank you."

"For what?" Isobel asked in confusion.

"For making me glad to have my real mother." Jeremy said.

"Goodbye Jeremy. You should really think about what we talked about." Isobel replied. I think Damon was wondering what they had talked about. I wasn't going to tell him right now, but I think he'd be for it. I don't know if I was.

I then went over and hugged him.

Afterwards, everyone went home. I lit up the fireplace because the warmth felt nice even though we didn't need it. After I got changed for bed, I went downstairs to talk to Damon. Leah still wasn't back yet. I hoped that she was okay. He was in front of his liquor stash.

"Can I get you any?" He asked. I wasn't in the mood for any right now. "So are you going to tell me what is on your mind little sister?"

"I was thinking about what Isobel said." I declared. "You wish that Jeremy was your brother, don't you? You know I'm perfectly happy with you two having that kind of relationship."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Damon denied. "Isobel was completely wrong in guessing that."

He couldn't have been any more transparent in his lie.

"You two have bonded, especially when you were in Atlanta." I explained. "He cares about you and you also care about him."

"This is a weird conversation." Damon remarked. "I hope that you're not insinuating that I have feelings for your boyfriend because I am as straight as an arrow."

"I wasn't suggesting that you did." I replied. "I seriously have no problem if you want to be a big brother figure to him. It's good for him to have that kind of figure in his life. Just know that I always have the right to spend time with him if I want to."

"You sound like you're jealous." Damon noted.

"I'm not jealous, but I don't want you taking him across state lines without my permission again." I replied. He probably thought I sounded like a broken record for talking about Atlanta again.

"You know your friend wouldn't even be here if we didn't go." He pointed out. I guess he was true there.

"Honestly, I just think of him as a good friend." Damon told me before he walked away to his room. "Oh by the way, I think John is Jeremy's father."

He then retreated to his room. You know I think that made sense. It sounded surreal that his dad's brother was actually his biological father.

At that moment, the door opened and Leah walked in the door. She was holding Anna, apparently comforting her. Anna seemed to be crying.

"Look who I found." Leah replied. "She's kind of fragile right now though."

"What happened?" I asked.

"My mother is dead." Anna cried as Leah let her go of her. "She was killed, Harper too."

"Who killed them?" I asked, even though I had a good idea who it was.

"Who do you think?" Leah asked. She seemed to be thinking the same thing.

"John." I replied. "Leah, I think you should go take Anna to a room."

I guess I wasn't going to ask for her help right now. She needed some time to grieve. I hoped she would be able to get it.

There's probably going to be a love triangle with Anna/Elena/Leah going into Season 2. You probably already expected that she would survive. Please don't forget to review.