A/N: Still in 2x06. I don't know if this chapter is really clear. You can tell me if there are confusing stuffs or english mistakes, I'll try to correct them.

"Shouldn't you two be helping downstairs?"

Tyler opened his eyes and saw his uncle, with crossed arms and judgy eyes. He quickly grabbed his crush's shoulders and pulled him away. Jeremy didn't get why Tyler was embarrased to hug him. Maybe it was a Lockwood tradition to forbid men having sensitivity. Or maybe Tyler and Mason both knew that he was working the enemy? No, Tyler wouldn't trust him that much if he knew. But Mason probably knew, seeing the look in his eyes and considering Damon's lack of discretion about these things.

Jeremy wasn't afraid though, he just gave Mason his dark eyes back and answered.

"Yeah, we should" then he walked away without looking at Tyler or Mason "See you around Tyler"

Tyler walked to the door and watched Jeremy walking away, disappointed. Then he thought about the day of his father's funeral when Mason did the exact same thing, so he turned towards his uncle.

"Seriously?"

Mason made a step forward as he was talking "Do you think you're honoring your father's memory like this?"

"Come on, I can stop helping for five minutes!" Tyler said as he was starting to walk away to find Jeremy.

But Mason stopped him with his hand.

"That's not what I'm talking about and you know it"

Tyler didn't answer, what was he talking about? He couldn't know about this could he?

Mason continued talking "You think that now your father's gone you can finally start your little romance?"

Damn, he knew! Tyler freaked out but didn't let it show.

"What are you talking about?"

"I knew it since the day I came back to Mystic Falls. I heard your heart beating faster than usual and understood, so I followed the sound of it to see who you fell in love with. Imagine my surprise when I came in and saw you with that boy"

So Mason knew before Tyler, how weird. He didn't like what his uncle has become. Especially his super-hightened hearing, and his lack of discretion. How could he say all of this out loud? Anxious, Tyler looked around to make sure no one else heard.

"No one else is there, I could hear if anyone was coming" the wolf reassured him.

Okay, maybe the super-hightened hearing wasn't that bad after all. Even if Tyler didn't really trust his uncle anymore, he knew he could when it was about keeping the last remaining Lockwood inheritor's potential homosexuality a secret. If it was just between him and his uncle it was fine, so he wasn't afraid to speak anymore.

"Alright, I love him. So what? My sentimental life is none of your damn business"

Tyler entered his room and started closing the door when Mason held it back. The teen looked at him annoyed, but stepped back as his uncle was entering the room as well. The wolf closed the door and looked at his nephew.

"It can be. Have you told him?"

"No. And I don't plan on doing that, I know he won't love me back. So don't worry, the family's pride is safe"

"What? This isn't what I'm talking about! I'm not your father, I don't care about the family's pride! Have you told him about the werewolves?"

Tyler smirked "Oh, this I did"

Mason sighted. Of course he told him! Young love, why does it have to turn teenagers into idiots?

"I don't think you should trust that guy" says Mason

"I still trust him more than you"

"That's stupid! You can stop trusting me if you want to, but in this case you shouldn't trust anyone anymore. How much do you even know about him?"

"I've known him my whole life, I know who he is"

"Do you? I've pretended to be human for a year, you've pretended to be straight for two years, why wouldn't he have something to hide as well?"

"I trust my instincts"

"You mean your feelings." Mason walked away, opened the door, stopped and looked back at his nephew "Think about it"

Then he walked away. Tyler didn't want to follow him. How could he lie to him for weeks and then tell him not to trust the only person he was feeling secure with? Instead he decided to wait a moment in his room before going back helping with Matt, or Jeremy if he can find him first.

When he heard the young Gilbert's voice, tied in Damon's chair, Mason felt a little satisfaction in being right about being suspicious about him. Sadly, his nephew hadn't been. Tyler's heartbeat was so loud and fast when he was around Jeremy, anyone with a supernatural hearing could tell that he was in love with him. This was probably why the vampires used the young boy to get informations from Tyler. Mason felt bad for him, to be used by his first love. Though Tyler was young, it was his age to fall in love with the wrong people. While with experience Mason managed to fall in love with the right person. Tyler loved someone who was manipulating him while Mason loved someone who was helping him. Katherine was an amazing woman, she was doing everything she could to get him rid of his curse. But Mason wasn't stupid, he wasn't trusting her like Tyler was trusting Jeremy.

Jeremy had a lot of feelings in mind as he was watching Damon torturing Mason. He was satisfied to see the guy who recently tried to kill his sister suffer, he was also feeling useful and strong for contributing in this, but he was also feeling bad about it. Because in spite of everything Mason was a person, and Jeremy couldn't help feeling compassion. Especially when he undertstood Mason did this for love and stupidity. The actual guilty person in this was Katherine, again. Mason was just her toy in this. A toy who didn't mind killing a weak human in cold blood though. That made Jeremy feel a bit better. But much less better when he understood Damon was going to do the unfixable.

"It's time to take a walk, Jeremy" The vampire tells him

He was going to kill him. No, Jeremy didn't want that to happen. Mason maybe deserved some torture but he didn't deserve to die.

"I'm staying" Jeremy answers

"No, you should go"

"I'm staying, Damon. He's got enough"

Seeing Jeremy not letting him die gave Mason hope. He knew that he was going to die, but he still had hope for his nephew. Jeremy clearly wasn't as heartless as Damon, maybe a part of him actually cared about Tyler.

Mason begged to Jeremy "Just help Tyler. Don't let this happen to him"

Hearing Tyler's name reminded Jeremy that Mason wasn't just Katherine's partner, he was also Tyler's uncle. What would happen to him if he lost another relative? He couldn't let this happen!

"Damon…" Jeremy almost whispers

Mason saw it, he saw that Jeremy cared. He knew that Jeremy would help Tyler. But would Damon let him? This hope faded away when he saw Damon strangling Jeremy, he definitely had the boy under control.

Damon yells to Jeremy "You want to be a part of this? Well, here it is! Kill or be killed! The guy is a werewolf; he'll kill me the first chance he got so you suck it up or leave!"

Then he released him. Jeremy knew that he couldn't stop this. Damn it! He was with Damon what the hell was he expecting? That he would use soft psychology on Mason to get what he wanted then let him go?

"He wants me to kill him anyway" Damon went back to Mason "Don't you Mason? Really is a curse, isn't it?"

Even if death would be a relief for Mason what would it do to Tyler? Jeremy left against his will, angry.

As he was walking away Jeremy felt a pinch in his stomach. He just let Tyler's uncle die! He even helped in his murder! What was the point in killing him? Couldn't they just convince him that Katherine was just a manipulative bitch who wasn't in love with him? He replayed in his head what Damon told him this morning "Your search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic". He didn't want to admit it but Damon was right. He was feeling alone, lost, he needed adventure to feel useful or whatever else that would make him feel he was worth something. But it wasn't how he felt anymore. Having blood on his hands made him feel guilty and even more lost. He was still going to continue being involved in the supernatural world though, because wether he wanted this or not it was part of his life, and ignoring it was the worse solution. But he was gonna do it another way, he wasn't going to work with Damon anymore.

But what was he gonna do about Tyler? How can he still be friends with the nephew of the person he just got killed?

A/N: I made this one pretty fast since it was probably the least interesting chapter, but a big turning point in Jeremy and Tyler's realtionship. I made a big part of the new chapter, it's probably gonna come out fast as well ;)

UPDATE: It's probably different from the last time you read it: I changed a part of Tyler and Mason's dialogue. After publishing it I saw 2x01 again and it reminded me that Tyler hasn't seen Mason in years, so it didn't made any sense that he told him. And after thinking about I also realised it didn't make sense that he would tell anyone at 14 years old, since he couldn't even tell himself back then.