A/N: Shout out to Vesuvious for giving me a prompt to get me through my writer's block on this one.

Random spoilers for True Blood in this one. Nothing specific, but I figure I ought to mention it.


Jeremy stood in front of the refrigerator, surveying its contents and trying to decide if he wanted to venture into the world of human food again. Damon said it would be fine, but Jeremy just didn't miss food enough to attempt eating it. He was doing just fine with blood bags right now. Maybe eventually he would miss the taste of a great burger or his sweet tooth might kick in again, but for the time being he just wasn't interested in food.

He wandered back to the living room, where Jenna was cuing up the DVD player. They'd been halfway through season three of True Blood when Jeremy was turned, and now that things had calmed down, post-turning and post-Hank, Jenna had insisted that they finish so they could start on the next season. He wasn't sure if the irony of watching a vampire TV show with her vampire nephew had occurred to Jenna yet, mostly because she was sleep-deprived.

Rick and Hank were having a father-son bonding night, which basically meant that Rick was upstairs taking care of Hank while Jenna watched TV with Jeremy, since the month-old baby wasn't quite old enough to appreciate much else besides a bottle and a rocking chair.

Jeremy got comfortable on the couch next to Jenna and she handed him the clicker.

"You do that. I always press the wrong buttons and break the TV."

Jeremy grinned, because Jenna really was notoriously bad with technology. She couldn't even work her iPod, and Jeremy had thought those were idiot proof.

"I don't get what it is about Sookie." Jenna commented halfway through the episode, frowning at the TV. "She's a waitress and, yeah okay she can read minds or whatever, but I don't see what makes her so special. And yet she's got several vampires, a shape shifter and various other supernatural creatures chasing around after her." Jenna grabbed a handful of popcorn. "You're a vampire. Explain it."

Jeremy snorted. "Jenna, I've been a vampire for a month. Maybe you should ask Damon."

Jenna rolled her eyes, "Damon doesn't appreciate trashy television."

"That's true."

"So spill. Give me your insider info on what makes Sookie so great."

"I don't have insider info. It's a TV show. It's not real."

"I know that." She ate another handful of popcorn, her expression thoughtful. "Is it accurate, though?"

"Seriously?" Jeremy asked.

Jenna nodded. "I'm curious. I've asked Rick some stuff, but he obviously doesn't know everything."

"Neither do I."

"Still, you know more about the stuff I care about."

"Like what?"

"How you're doing."

"It's an adjustment, but I'm okay."

"That sounds like the world's biggest understatement, Jer. You were human and now you're not."

"I could have been dead though." Jeremy said, and Jenna flinched. "Sorry."

"No. You're right. I don't regret letting Damon turn you."

"Me neither. It's been…weird. But okay."

"Weird how?"

"Well, the drinking blood thing took some getting used to—just out of blood bags, in case you were wondering."

Jenna looked a little bit relieved at that, and Jeremy figured she was justified in hoping he didn't become a horror-story vampire.

"True Blood has the super-strength and super-speed thing right. I was breaking almost everything I picked up for the first few days. And Damon likes to play tag now that I've actually got a decent chance of keeping up—although, he's faster because he's older, so it's not exactly fair. And I'm still not used to the fangs. I've bitten through my lip a couple times. Damon thinks it's hilarious."

Jenna winced. "Doesn't that hurt?"

Jeremy shrugged, "It heals in a couple seconds."

Jenna digested this for a moment, before saying quietly, "I really can't believe you're going to live forever."

"You aren't the only one." Jeremy admitted. "I still can't wrap my mind around it, and I've known about vampires a lot longer than you have."

"I'm assuming you won't age."

Jeremy shook his head. "Eighteen forever."

"Are you okay with that?"

"It isn't ideal," Jeremy admitted. "But Stefan seems to do okay. Although I have no intention of spending the rest of eternity in high school."

"I don't blame you." Jenna smiled. "High school is a truly miserable place. Although I still think you should give college a try, if just for the experience."

"I know you do. Maybe someday. It's not going anywhere, right? Damon's done the college thing a few times. I think Stefan has a few degrees too."

"Show offs." Jenna grinned. "I still haven't managed to finish grad school. It's been a crazy few years."

Jeremy nodded. He stuck his hand in his pocket, pulling out the ring he'd worn until a month ago. He handed it to Jenna. "Rick wasn't wrong, when he said associating with vampires isn't the safest thing. I think you should have that, just in case. It will protect you. Rick's already got one."

"More magic rings," Jenna rolled her eyes. "Shame it's so ugly."

"Wear it anyway. Damon used to get so pissed at me when I wouldn't."

"You were dating a vampire and you didn't wear your magic ring?" Jenna asked him, incredulous.

"I trust him," Jeremy said.

"That much is obvious." Jenna slipped the ring onto her middle finger. It spun loosely but didn't slide off past her knuckle easily, so Jeremy figured it would work fine. "Thanks, Jer," she said, and he knew it wasn't just about the ring.

"No problem." He wrapped his aunt in a one-armed hug.

"All right," Jenna said, "Enough of the sappy stuff. We've got some trashy TV to get caught up on. Feel free to point out any glaring vampire inaccuracies."