I know that it's been a little while, but finally a new chapter in my FanFic. Things begin to develop more as a potential conflict emerges. Reviews would be appreciated Enjoy!

Chapter Six

Jeremy dashed into school several mornings later. He couldn't help but have a grin on his face. He knew that it might have been silly to take comfort in falling in love, but he couldn't help it. He finally had something to be happy about even though he'd been through a lot of shit. The most surprising thing of all was that Tyler Lockwood was the person that brought him comfort. The whole thing was just strange. He barreled down a corridor.

Jeremy caught Tyler by his locker a moment later.

"Hi sexy." Jeremy still had a smirk on his face when Tyler whipped his body around.

Tyler pulled Jeremy in for a kiss. He put his hands on each side of Jeremy's face. They continued their embrace for a good couple of minutes before they finally pulled back from each other.

Red exploded across his face. "There's something that I needed to ask you Tyler."

He furrowed an eyebrow. "And what would that be Jer?"

His jaw shook a little. "Alaric and Elena want to have you over for dinner tomorrow night."

Tyler winked. "That could be arranged."

"You don't mind coming over for dinner?" asked Jeremy.

He didn't even have to think about his answer. "Of course not. You know I would do anything."

Jeremy bit his lip. "I just hope that they still trust you even though you are sired to Klaus."

He shook his head in a vigorous fashion. "That doesn't mean anything. I'm not going to give Klaus any loyalty. I would die before doing that."

Laughter fell from his mouth. "Don't say that Tyler. If you die than no will be able to give me pleasure. And we wouldn't want that, would we?"

Tyler leaned in while he began to whisper something in his ear, "No need to worry Jer. That's never going to happen."

Jeremy's heart thumped inside his chest. He could feel each one of Tyler's passing breaths. Beads of sweat crashed down his face. If it weren't for the fact that the two of them were in the school hallway, Jeremy would have insisted Tyler have him right then and there.

Matt trekked down the hallway a moment later. He made his way over to the two of them. "Hi guys. What's going on?"

Tyler coughed into his left arm. "Hi Matt."

The red color returned to Jeremy's house. He almost exploded into a fit of laughter. "Matt."

Matt lifted his eyebrows at the two of them. "I didn't interrupt a moment, did I?"

Tyler waived his hand through the air. "It's fine. Don't worry about it. Jer was just telling me that Alaric and Elena want to have me over for dinner."

Matt flashed a smile at the two of them. "That sounds like fun."

Tyler almost choked on a gulp of air. "I hope that Damon and Stefan don't come."

"I'm sure they will," replied Jeremy. "Especially now that Stefan has his freedom back, he and Elena have been spending a lot of time together."

The following night, Jeremy, Tyler, Alaric, Damon, Stefan and Elena were all seated at the dining room table at the Gilbert house.

Tyler shot Alaric a gaze. "It was good that you decided to just order pizza. There's less pressure that way."

Damon finished the bight of crust that was in his mouth before he spoke. "I couldn't agree more."

Jeremy's eyebrows made an arch shape. "I still don't understand why Damon's here."

"I invited him." Alaric downed the rest of the glass of his Bourbon.

Jeremy shook his head in a vigorous fashion. "There's no need for him to be here."

Tyler drew in a breath. "It's fine. It's not really a big deal."

"That's true. And don't worry I'll kick his ass if he gets out of line." Stefan tugged at his black leather jacket.

Elena pushed a lock of her hair out of the way. "I'm sure that won't be necessary, will it Damon?"

Damon shot Elena a gaze. "Of course not."

Elena gulped down some of her diet soda before she responded. "Good. Because there's no need to fight."

Stefan threw his focus back to Jeremy and Tyler. "You two make a cute couple."

"Thank you." Jeremy extended his arm as he gave Tyler's hand a squeeze.

Damon made eye contact with Alaric and then Elena. "If you two aren't going to do it I will."

Elena gave Damon a dirty look. "Please don't."

Jeremy's eyebrows almost slid off his face. "What are you guys talking about?"

Alaric glanced back at Damon. "Maybe we over thought the issue. Maybe there isn't a problem."

Damon scoffed. "Are you really going to let Jeremy date one of Klaus' minions?"

Jeremy looked at Tyler. He couldn't help but gasp at the fact that Tyler completely ignored Damon's comment. "Are you fucking kidding me?"

Damon narrowed his focus. "Jeremy, call it concern but we don't think that this a good relationship."

Opaque blobs fell down from his eyes. "Is this about me being gay?"

Alaric glared at Jeremy. "No. Of course not. We don't have a problem with that, do we Damon?"

"Being gay isn't the problem. It's just too risky." Damon almost vaporized Jeremy with his stare.

Jeremy got up while he threw his napkin down on the table. He looked at Stefan for a moment. "And what you're here to play good cop?"

Stefan put his hands in the air. "Don't look at me. I told them it was a big mistake."

"This is such bullshit," continued Jeremy. "The moment I become happy you guys want to take it away from me. That's fucking ridiculous just so you know. I mean do you know how long I have had to watch the Elena show, no offense Elena?"

Jeremy looked at his sister for a brief moment.

Elena just remained silent while she pressed her right hand against her face.

Jeremy's face exploded into a violent shade of red. There was a difference this time though. He wasn't red because of embarrassment. He was genuinely annoyed. "It's fucking ridiculous how everything in Mystic Falls revolves around keeping Elena safe. It's like oh no Katherine came to town what are we going to do! And then Klaus comes to town. And then there's the fact that I have to watch the Elena Stefan Damon love triangle even though it's got to be one of the unhealthiest dynamics ever. I'm so fucking tired of it! I just want a normal life, or as normal it can be. So you know what, you aren't going to take this away from me too. I already lost my parents, Jenna, Anna and Vicki."

Jeremy didn't even bother to push in his chair. He just stormed out of the kitchen.

Stefan couldn't suppress the urge to laugh. "Well that went well."

Elena frowned at Damon and Alaric. "I told you we shouldn't have done this."

Tyler looked at all of them. "I can't believe you. I hope you're happy with yourselves."

Damon rolled his eyes at Tyler. "Just don't sit there dumbass. He's your boyfriend. Go find him."