Chapter Twenty-Two:

I watched Elena's mouth open and close a few times after I told her about my little problem.

"Can Bonnie fix it?" she asked.

"I don't know." I shrugged. I started to feel stressed. This was a bad idea. What if I couldn't be fixed? Would Jeremy and Elena leave me? I hurt people. I felt a hand squeeze my shoulder.

"Breathe Jordan." Jeremy ordered. I nodded, obeying the order. I took in a deep breath.

"So, you hurt Damon and Kol?" Elena asked.

"Yes."

There was silence before Elena jumped to her feet.

"Bonnie will be able to fix it."

"I agree." Jeremy said.

I felt a wave of pain crash through me. I forced my face to remain neutral, I could hear the blood rushing in my ears. I was right, something was wrong with me. I'm a freak. I felt myself spiral downward, I tuned out what Jeremy and Elena were talking about. I had to find a way to fix myself. Bonnie already has enough problems with Alaric and Klaus and the Originals and Ester. Why should I add myself to her plate?

"Jordan?"

"Hmm?" I turned to Elena, who looked at me worriedly.

"Jer, can you give us a minuet?"

"Why?" Jeremy demanded. He hated being left out of anything that involved me. He believed it was his right to be included because we were twins.

"Jer, please." Elena pleaded.

I turned to Jeremy and motioned for him to get out. He scowled but left, stomping up the stairs. Looks like he was back to being strongly Damon mad at me. I sighed.

"Do you think you could….show me?" she asked.

I held up my wrist, showing the red glow coming from where it was touching my skin. she touched it with her finger, yelping in pain. I snatched my hand back quickly, eyes wide with fear.

"I'm ok." Elena quickly smiled at me. I shook my head. She sighed. "Jordan, I am fine. Please?" she asked me gently. I watched her, slowly pulling my arm from my chest and holding it back up. I saw that she went to go and touch it and I flinched back. She grabbed a hold of my wrist before I could pull it away. She touched it and I could feel the fire dulling inside. I closed my eyes before I opened them to see Elena's face scrunched up in pain.

"Elena, stop!" I cried, jumping to my feet. Jeremy raced down at hearing my yelling. His eyes darting between us. He walked up to me, pulling me closer to him and away from Elena. Elena turned to me with a weak smile.

"I don't think it's just vampires or witches, I think it's anything supernatural. The only exception being Jeremy since he is your twin."

"What do you mean Jeremy?" I frowned and turned to him with a glare.

"I was getting around to telling you…." He rubbed the back of his head.

"Tell me what?!" I demanded.

"I'm a vampire hunter."

I sat in my room on my bed, I heard a knock at my door and glared as it opened.

"Please Jords."

"Seriously, everyone else knew BUT me! Come on Jer. How do you think this makes me feel?"

"I can't answer that, Jordan but I need my sister, not another one of them."

I looked at him and shook my head. He walked over, sitting on the bed, taking my hands. I couldn't be bothered with this fighting and lying anymore.

"Just seems like every time we take one step forward; we take another two back." He tried to pull me to him, but I pulled back. "Don't. I just…I don't even know."

"I tried to kill Caroline. Every time I am near any of them, this thing inside me just, takes over. It's like a drive and I can barely control it. Then I feel you and it's like you suck that darkness away."

"Your words won't work this time Jeremy. I'm mad at you." I folded my arms and tried to keep a strong face. He chuckled.

"Liar." He poked my cheek. "I know you better then I know myself. I have been trying to tell you, it wasn't until last night that we kind of figured it out."

"Last night?" I cocked my head to the side feeling confused.

"Before I got home. I had the whole conversation planned out in my head."

"What did I say?"

"You asked me if I had killed Damon yet. I said no and you said bummer."

"Sounds about right." I nodded. I sighed. "Why didn't you say anything last night when we were talking?"

"Because I was trying to stop my heart from breaking when you called yourself an abomination. The way you said it. It hurt."

"Oh." Was all I could manage.

"I'm not asking you to forgive me straight away, even though we both know you will…..I am asking you not to give up on me. I NEED you. Just you."

"Jer, we are twins. I shared a womb with you, I share practically everything with you. I will share this with you too."

"What if the darkness is too much for you?" I could hear the worry.

"It's not done anything so far." I shrugged.

"This thing, it just makes me so angry…" I could feel him tensing on the bed. I watched him. Jeremy wouldn't hurt me, he would more likely cut off his own head first. I reached out, taking his hand in mine. I felt this pulling inside, like I was taking something out of him. I looked down at our hands that was a warm orange and not a blood red.

"It doesn't hurt." Jeremy assured me.

"It's orange, not red." I murmured.

"I'm ok." He said, letting go of my hand. I nodded; I felt his eyes watching me closely.

"Jeremy, I will poke your eyes out, I am still mad at you."

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"No different. The flames inside are like, simmering and there is no pain." I shrugged.

"Emotionally?" he pressed. I scowled.

"Mad, still mad at you."

He chuckled.

Elena had told the others, much to my begging her not to. Since it really wasn't their place. I didn't mind Bonnie knowing, I would stretch it to Caroline but that's it. Jeremy and I walked into the Salvatore house. I felt him tense, a dark look in his eyes. He was standing in front of me, shielding me as we walked into the front pallor.

"Look, a hunter and a useless witch." Damon mused.

Ouch, that stung. I must have flinched because Jeremy had launched a stake, hitting Damon just above his heart. Damon groaned in pain, falling to his knees. I grabbed Jeremy's arm, siphoning the darkness quickly. I relaxed a little, the dark look still there.

"Damon?" Elena's worried voice. she walked in, running over to him, removing the stake from his chest. She turned to Jeremy with narrowed eyes. "Why did you do this?" she demanded.

"Damon deserved it. He is lucky Jeremy aimed above his heart and not at it." Stefan answered. I turned to see Stefan with a smug smile as he looked at Damon. Clearly, he was enjoying his older brother's misery. Damon stood slowly, I gasped when he was suddenly in front of us, hand wrapped around Jeremy's throat. I reached out, grabbing his wrist. He yelped in pain before I used my other hand on his upper arm. A minuet later, he was on the ground, dead.

"Wow, that was impressive." Stefan mused.

"I will say, I vote Jordan takes Damon's spot on the team." Caroline grinned walking into the room.

"I second it." Stefan raised his hand.

"That was very entertaining." A voice mused from behind. I spun around my eyes widened.

"Kol." We all said. He leaned against the wall, pure amusement on his face.

"Hello darling." He smiled at me.