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Jeremy's POV

I laid in bed thinking about last night, we talked for hours outside my house. I spoke more than I have in the last three months. We talked about music, books, art and movies. Damon was more into the old stuff. Which didn't surprise me, he seemed a bit old fashioned. He asked me why I was in the graveyard at night. I hated talking about my parents death, but with him, It didn't bother me. I enjoyed his company. He kept looking at me strangely though, like the way Stefan looks at Elena. I didn't want the night to end, but my sister made sure that it did. Once The Salvatore brothers left. Elena sat me down at the table, asking me what was going on with me and Damon, I rolled my eyes at her. Just because I'm gay, doesn't mean I like every guy that talks to me! I thought to myself. She told me to stay away from him, that he's 'bad news'. How can he be bad news? I didn't get that vibe from him last night, when he talked for ages. Does she know something I don't? Or is she just being the protective big sister? I get out of bed and stare at my closet. There was some event going on at the Lockwood's today. There's so many of them, I can't keep up which one is which. I felt better today, the numb feeling was still there, but wasn't as bad. I wasn't really looking forward to seeing Tyler though. I was such a dick to him. After my shower, I head downstairs for breakfast. Jenna and my sister, look at me like I'm some sort of Zombie. I guess it's been awhile since I got up early on a Saturday.

Damon's POV

I'm in my room, getting dressed for the event at the Lockwood's home, when I sense my brother staring at me at the door frame. He's been on edge with me since last night. All because I spent the evening with the Gilbert boy.

"Are you going to come in or just stand there, brother?" I asked without looking at him.

"What are you up to, Damon?"

"Getting dressed?" I couldn't help myself, it was in my nature.

"you know what I mean, Elena's brother?" Stefan's face hardens.

"Relax brother, I was just talking to him, getting to know the young boy" I smiled.

"You don't get to know people, you eat them"

I couldn't help but laugh. My brother knows me way to well.

"I can promise you, I'm not going to eat the Gilbert boy"

Stefan stares into my eyes, trying to read my face, to see what I'm saying was true. He was confused to why I was interested in Jeremy, so was I to be honest. I enjoyed our talk last night. He seemed troubled, hurt and misunderstood. A bit like myself. Could I even maintain a friendship with this young boy without wanting to rip his throat out? I even struggled last night, seeing the veins on his neck bulging out. The sound of his heart beating. But I stopped myself, for some reason the thought of hurting this boy made me feel sick. What was happening to me?

Jeremy's POV

We arrived at the Lockwood Mansion around lunch time. Waiting on my sister getting ready. It's just a lunch event, its not like its the founders ball, why go through all the effort? I just wore my grey V neck t-shirt and ripped jeans. My sister wasn't too please with my effort of dress sense. But what else is new? Jenna goes off to chat to my History teacher, is she that obvious? And Elena goes to find Stefan, leaving me alone. I head inside to the buffet table. I see Tyler's eyes light up when he sees me.

"Didn't think you would show" Tyler grins, showing off his perfect white teeth.

"Kind of got dragged here" I moaned. "Listen, I'm sorry about the other day, I was kind of a dick" I didn't like upsetting him.

"Yeah, you were. But it's cool"

he started going on about the football team, I wasn't to keen on sports, but I was use to listening to the jock about it. As I listen to my ex ramble on, I notice Damon across the room, talking to mayor Lockwood, but he's staring at me. I smile at him but Tyler knocks me out of my daze.

"so, what do you think?" Tyler asks.

"Uhm, yeah sure" wait, what did I just agree too?

"Really? Cool! I'll see you at the grill at 8 then" Tyler's brown eyes stared into mine, showing off his teeth again with his smile.

As he walks away, I try to remember what he was going on about and why he asked me to meet him at the grill? Did he just ask me out on a date? I blame Damon for this.

I sneak into the Mayors den and grab a beer, everyone was too busy to notice. I turn round to the door and Damon is standing there, it made me jump.

"Dude, you got to stop doing that!" I grunt.

"Aren't you a little young for that?" he said pointing to the beer can.

"I'm sixteen"

"Like I said, aren't you a little young?" he smiled and held out his hand.

I huffed and handed him the beer can.

"I didn't take you to be friends with the quarter back" Damon's tone sounded quite bitter.

"He's my ex-boyfriend, actually" crap! Why did I say that? He wont want to be my friend now!

My comment didn't shock him, am I that obvious? He started asking me questions, questions like, when did I come out? Was I in love with Tyler? The normal stuff people asks. I've only been out for a year, I started having feelings for Tyler and was scared what his reaction would be. But one night I was just went for it and he returned my feelings, just as long no one would find out about it. I couldn't handle keeping it a scerct any longer and told my sister, we use to tell each other everything. She was happy that I finally told her who I really was but wasn't happy on the choice of man. I also told my mother, who happily accepted me. The one person I didn't tell, was my dad. I was too scared too and then it was too late to tell him, that has always been my biggest regret. I started thinking about the second question, did I love Tyler? Or did I just think I did? He made it hard to love him at times. And the fact he could never accept who he was. After we broke up he finally came out to his parents and friends.

We get interrupted by Stefan, who walks up to me and stares at my eyes, I swear he also looked at my neck. I leave the room, confused as hell.

Damon's POV

After the event party, I walk into the house with my brother right behind me. He won't shut up about walking in on Jeremy and I talking.

"For the last time, I didn't compel him and I didn't bite him! You have no faith in me little brother!"

"Can you blame me?" Stefan snaps back.

"I've had enough of this!" I shout and head back out the door.

I find myself in the ally about to have a snack on a lovely waitress, when I can smell someone else's blood from the front of the restaurant. I leave the girl and go check it out. To my horror, I see Jeremy lying on the ground with blood coming out his nose. I can feel my face changing, I try so hard to fight it. Do I really want to hurt him?