RE–EDITED!
A/N: Yay! Thank you all for the awesome reviews. It's good to know that I'm earning new reviewers and followers for this story. It's so exciting. Teehee… *!Squeal!*
I'd also like to apologise about my taking so long to update. It's all because of school! This is my last year of high school (YESSS!) but there's like so much work! (NOOO!) I currently have 3 projects to do and I'm clueless in two of them so that's not good. I'm really sorry; I promise I'll make it up to your guys somehow… Love you all though… =) PS, does anyone know a good career I could do my Career Project on?
Disclaimer: As much as I'd love to earn some extra cash, I don't, so yeah… Me no own characters, except maybe Mike Cowry and Stacey what's–her–face
MINE: Revelations
Tyler was trying really hard to pretend that everything was normal with Jeremy, he really was. He tried to pretend that Jeremy wasn't making it his mission to avoid him, he tried to pretend that it didn't hurt every time he tried to look at Jeremy with a smile only to have Jeremy look away, pretending he didn't see him.
Tyler knew something big was bothering Jeremy, he knew that that's probably why Jeremy was avoiding him so much. He wanted to know what was wrong, but he also didn't want to push the kid. He hoped that Jeremy would come to him when he was ready, come and speak to him, tell him what was wrong… but only when Jeremy was ready.
All week Jeremy avoided Tyler, ducking and dodging him every chance he got. Jeremy was suddenly spending way too much time with Cowry, and this unnerved Tyler. Tyler had tried to tell Jules what he'd found out, but Jules had simply brushed it off as nothing which was really, really stressful for the teen because he didn't know who else to turn to since Bonnie was also suddenly ignoring him too.
Thursday after school Tyler was making his way to football practise—though he really didn't want to be there—when he spotted Cowry with Jeremy, holding Jeremy… his Jeremy! Tyler growled and moved closer to where the two boys were standing. He stopped though when he hear them talked.
"You promise you're okay?" Michael asked with concern. Tyler wanted to rip the other guy's head off. He wanted to be the one that comforted Jeremy, the one that held him and tried to take the pain away, because Jeremy was in pain, anyone with eyes could see it.
"I'm fine, Mike, really," Jeremy said with a smile. He didn't even sound okay. But maybe Tyler only caught that because Jeremy was his Mate. "It's nothing."
"Promise me?"
"I promise."
"Okay." Michael pulled Jeremy close then kissed him gently. Tyler growled dangerously and was about to go yank Cowry away from Jeremy when the last person he wanted to see joined him.
"Tyler!" Stacey said, smiling at him sweetly.
"What?" Tyler asked, over–pissed. He threw a glance towards Jeremy and Cowry and found that Jeremy was trying hard not to look at him. He smirked, so Jeremy still wanted him then.
"What are you doing tomorrow?" Tyler stepped closer to Stacey, leering at her.
"Nothing much, why?" Stacey smirked at Tyler, keeping that sweet innocent smile, noticing Tyler's advances.
"Trouble in paradise?" the girl grinned with a raised brow.
"I suppose."
"So, what? You think I'm your fall–back chick just because you and your secret lover are having troubles. You think I'm going to jump at the chance to be with you again? Do you think I'm your rebound girl or something?" Tyler chuckled.
"Never." Stacey kept her smirk.
"Hmm…" Tyler threw a slight glance to where Jeremy and Cowry, to find that Jeremy was staring point blank at him now. "Well, Mister Lockwood, I'm not a rebound girl!"
"If you say so…"
"I'm leaving now, Tyler, don't wait for me." Tyler laughed as Stacey walked off. Tyler turned to where Jeremy and found him sitting on the floor, curled up and looking like he was in pain. Tyler frowned and rushed to where Jeremy was sitting.
"Jer…" Tyler whispered, wrapping his arms around his Mate tightly, he almost broke feeling his Mate shiver against him. "Jer, what's going on? Please, Jer, tell me."
"It's nothing," Jeremy whispered, voice choked.
"It's not 'nothing', Jeremy, please tell me."
"Forget about it, Tyler, it's nothing." Tyler pulled Jeremy up and started dragging him towards his car. "What are you doing?" Tyler didn't reply, he got Jeremy into the car then also got in and drove away from the school. "Tyler— —"
"Wait!" Tyler almost growled. Jeremy kept quiet until finally they reached Tyler's house. Tyler stopped the car then pulled Jeremy out and into the house. He dragged the younger boy all the way to his room. He shut the door then made Jeremy sit on the bed.
"Ty— —"
"Now then! Tell me what's going on."
"It's nothing."
"I know it's not 'nothing'! What's going on, Jeremy? You've been avoiding me all week. What's going on?" Jeremy looked down, shaking his head.
"Don't worry about it." Tyler looked at Jeremy for a good five minutes then sighed and knelt in front of his Mate, touching his face gently.
"What happened, Jer? Please tell me."
"It's nothing, Tyler, forget about it."
"It's not 'nothing', Jer. Why are you avoiding me? You're not wearing your armlet or your ring. Is it…" Tyler took a deep breath. "Are you regretting this?" Jeremy looked up, shock all over his face.
"What?!"
"I understand if you do Jer, I mean, why would you want to be with me after— —" Jeremy pounced Tyler, getting his arms around the tanned boy and crushing his lips against the Wolf's. They toppled over onto the floor but didn't stop the kiss.
Tyler easily flipped them over and took control of the kiss. Jeremy let out a groan. Tyler continued to devour Jeremy's mouth and ground harshly while the younger boy writhing beneath him. Tyler ripped off Jeremy's hoody and shirt and also removed his own, wanting skin–on–skin contact. They continued to kiss each other hungrily till they were forced to pull away, breathing heavily.
"Jer— —"
"Don't ever…" Jeremy breathed. "Don't ever say that again. I do not regret this, us. I–I love you." Tyler smiled, kissing Jeremy again.
"Jer," Tyler whispered, against Jeremy's ear, kissing along Jeremy's neck.
"Hmm…"
"I don't like seeing you hurt…"
"Do you like Stacey?"
"No."
"Didn't take you long to answer."
Tyler just shrugged. It was true. He didn't really feel anything for Stacey. He'd wanted to ask Jeremy out but had chickened out big time and had decided to ask about Stacey instead. And besides, he'd gotten the answers he'd needed from Jeremy anyway.
"Did you even like her to start with?"
"Nope. I was actually trying to make you jealous." Jeremy chuckled but it turned to a groan when Tyler gently bit down on his Mark. "But then…"
"But then it backfired?"
"Yep, coz you started going out with Cowry." Tyler said the name with a low, angry growl. Jeremy snorted. "Did you like him?"
"Yeah… He's okay."
"Hmm…"
Jeremy chuckled but it was once more turned into a groan because of the delicious things Tyler was doing to Jeremy's neck.
"Okay…"
"Jealous?"
"Not really."
"Oh?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Coz I got you at the end." Jeremy laughed, pushing Tyler off him. They both sat up.
"Didn't you have football practice or something today?"
"I had more important things to take care of, Jer." Jeremy blushed.
"Whatever!"
"Hey, Jer…"
"Yeah, Ty?"
"I need… I need you to look after yourself okay?"
"Why? What's up?" Tyler shook his head.
"Just look after yourself."
"Are you going to tell me what happened?"
"After you." Jeremy shrugged. "Please just tell me, please."
"It's…" Jeremy sighed. "It's over." Tyler could smell the lie rolling off Jeremy's skin.
"No it's not, Jer, whatever it is, it's bothering you. Please just tell me." Jeremy was quiet for a while, contemplating whether to tell Tyler or not. Jeremy let out another sigh.
"I got a text," he muttered.
"And?" Jeremy shrugged.
"And nothing."
"That's a lie and we both know it."
"It just said some stuff, Ty, it doesn't matter anymore."
"Was it Stacey?"
"What?" Jeremy was more than surprised when Tyler asked. How could he have known?
"Was the text from Stacey?"
"Well… um…"
"It was, wasn't it?" Jeremy nodded. Tyler breathed in deeply, trying to control himself.
"Ty— —"
"Is that why you've been avoiding me? Why you stopped wearing the armlet? Why you aren't wearing the ring?" Jeremy sighed.
"Forget about it, Tyler. It's nothing."
"It's not 'nothing'! Did she threaten you?"
"Ty— —"
"Did she?"
"She might've. It doesn't matter anymore. Just let it go."
"No! She has no right to threaten you!"
"Let it go!"
"I'm going to kill her and Cowry."
"What? What does Mike have to do with this?"
"I heard him and Stacey talking. They're planning something."
"Oh? Did you tell Bonnie and Jules?"
"Bonnie's avoiding me too, Jules brushed it off."
"So what are you going to do?"
"We'll wait till they put their plan to action then I'll get rid of them."
"You can't seriously be thinking of killing them. There's two of them and one of you, and they might have some kind of weapon that'll kill you."
"I'll do whatever it takes to get rid of them, Jeremy… Just let them think your still clueless okay. They're planning on doing something this weekend."
"Ty…"
"We have to. No one else will." Jeremy sighed.
"What if you get hurt? What if they…" Jeremy swallowed. "What if they kill you?"
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Jeremy didn't like the idea, but he knew he couldn't convince Tyler to not go through with his plans.
"Fine."
"Good!" Tyler gently pushed Jeremy onto his back and they once more made out, still on the floor, till Tyler's mother walked in on them and finally getting to officially meet Jeremy… even if it was awkward.
ooooo
It was a warm sunny Friday. Jeremy and Michael had gone to Jeremy's house and were now sitting out on the garden at Jeremy's house. They were currently cuddling—though it was really uncomfortable for Jeremy because of the shit he knew about Mike—soaking up the sun.
Mike had been trying to convince Jeremy to go with him for a little 'woodland adventure' on the weekend. Jeremy had to pull out all his acting skills and fake like he didn't know that Mike probably had some hidden agenda. After much 'reluctance' Jeremy finally agreed to go for the woodland adventure with his boyfriend (?) on Saturday.
"So you promise you won't disappoint me?" Mike asked. Jeremy chuckled.
"I promise Mike," Jeremy said. "I'll be there. So it's tomorrow… at around two?"
"Yeah…"
"So are you going to tell me what it is?"
"Nope, it's a surprise, Jer. All you need to know is that it's an adventure." Jeremy faked a sigh.
"Fine… I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yep… Well I gotta get to practise, Jer, or coach is going to skin me alive, I'll talk later."
"Okay. Have fun… Oh, and do break a leg."
"Oh, ha–ha, Gilbert." Jeremy smirked.
The two boys got up from the grass and stretched. Mike pulled Jeremy to him then looked down and smiled at the younger boy.
"So remember, tomorrow."
"Yeah, yeah, tomorrow." Mike smiled then gently kissed Jeremy.
"Later, Gilbert."
"Bye, Mike." Mike left after saying goodbye to Elena and Jenna. Jeremy sighed, sitting back down on the grass, touching Tyler's armlet—that he'd put on as soon as he'd gotten home after his little breakdown.
"Hey, Jer," Elena said, sitting beside her brother.
"Hey, Len." Jeremy saw Elena stare at him calculatedly. "What?"
"What's going on between you and Mike?"
"What do you mean?"
"You seem… distant, like, it's not the same anymore." Jeremy shrugged. Of course Elena would notice that.
"I didn't notice anything had changed."
"Well it has, Jer. I don't know…"
"You're probably just over analysing everything, Elena." Elena nodded, not really convinced.
"Okay… if you say so."
"Yeah… I'm going out with Mike tomorrow."
"Oh?"
"Yeah… Hiking, I think."
"You don't hike, Jer."
"So? I'll suck it up." Elena scrunched up her nose. "Oh come on, Len, that's not what I meant." Elena laughed.
"I know. I just, I couldn't help it okay? Sue me!" They both chuckled.
"You hungry?"
"Nah, Mike and I already had lunch."
"Oh, okay." Elena got up.
"Toasted sandwich will do." Elena smiled.
"Toasted sandwich it is!" They both walked to the kitchen. Elena made them both sandwiches. She placed Jeremy's plate before him and they started eating.
Elena was busy enjoying her ham, cheese and tomato toasted sandwich when she spotted the armlet on Jeremy's wrist. Elena frowned, she recognised the armlet quickly and she wondered why her brother was wearing it.
"Hey, uh Jer…" she said cautiously. Jeremy looked up at his sister, enjoying his own chicken and mayo sandwich.
"Hmm…?"
"Why do you have Tyler's armlet?" Jeremy looked down at his arm to find that the armlet was slightly showing. He breathed in and out deeply and worked out a quick lie.
"I found it today after school and picked it up."
"Then why are you wearing it?"
"You know how I lose stuff, Elena. I figured that if I kept it on I wouldn't lose it and I'd remember to give it to Tyler on Monday." Elena nodded, though she didn't look too convinced.
"Okay…"
"Well… I'm going to go do my homework now."
"On Friday, Jeremy? Really?"
"I'm turning on a new leaf… That's what they say right?" Elena laughed.
"Well I'm proud of you, bro."
"I'm proud of me too." Elena kissed her brothers forehead then Jeremy left and went to his room to begin on his homework.
ooooo
Jeremy was a little over anxious on Saturday morning. He didn't like what Tyler was planning on doing. He didn't want to put his Mate in any danger and what Tyler wanted to do was very dangerous. They didn't even know how dangerous Stacey and Michael were. Jeremy really wished he could talk Tyler out of this somehow. But he knew his arguments would be futile, Tyler was stubborn!
Jeremy made his way downstairs slowly. He was feeling nauseous and he really wasn't hungry for anything. Elena and Stefan were in the kitchen too. Stefan sniffed slightly and looked at Jeremy in surprise. Jeremy avoided Stefan's eyes.
"Good morning," Elena greeted, smiling at her brother brightly.
"Morning," Jeremy replied. He got a bowl, cereal and milk. He sat down and began to slowly make his breakfast, even though he wasn't so hungry he knew he'd have to force it down or else Elena would worry about him again and he didn't want her to keep worrying about him.
"Are you okay?"
"Yep. Just don't know if I want to go hiking." Elena laughed.
"Faking sickness isn't going to get you out of this one, Jer."
"That's what annoys me." Elena laughed again, smacking her brother's cheek gently.
"Well you promised him didn't you? I guess you just have to 'suck it up' and do this."
"Aw, Elena…"
"What, you said it." Jeremy actually laughed.
"You're so disgusting!"
"Mmhmm! Anyway, I'll be right back; I'm just going to get my bag. Stefan and I are going to be out all day." Jeremy nodded.
"Okay." Elena disappeared upstairs. Stefan turned to Jeremy and narrowed his eyes at him.
"You stink like Tyler Lockwood," he said. "Do I want to know why?" Jeremy shrugged, looking down at his cereal.
"Not really, no."
"Let me guess, he Claimed you and now you're Mated?" Jeremy looked up in surprise.
"And you know this how?" Stefan touched his nose.
"Are you sure about this, Jeremy?"
"Yes."
"Elena isn't going to be happy."
"She won't know unless you tell her."
"I'm not, but you're going to have to, aren't you?" Jeremy shrugged.
"Maybe." Stefan sighed.
"Just be sure of this, Jeremy."
"I am." Stefan nodded.
"Fine, I'll respect that. What about Michael?" Jeremy shrugged.
"I can't do anything about that."
"You should end it, don't string him along."
"I know. I'll break up with him when I'm ready to tell everyone the truth."
"Fine, it's your choice, and I'll respect your choice."
"Thanks." Elena came into the kitchen and both boys fell quiet, Stefan smiling at Elena and Jeremy continuing to eat his cereal. Elena looked at each boy with narrowed eyes.
"What were you talking about?" she asked.
"How long you were taking," both boys said. They chuckled at the fact that they had the same excuse.
"Oh come on, I didn't take that long."
"Sure, Len," Jeremy said.
"Shut up! Anyway, let's go, Stefan. I'll see you later, Jer… and don't ditch Cowry." Jeremy rolled his eyes at her.
"Whatever you say, Len." Elena laughed and she and Stefan left the house. Jeremy got up and washed his dish then went upstairs to finish his homework which was just something he was doing to calm down his nerves.
At one–thirty Jeremy left the house and made his way to the woods where he was supposed to meet Michael. At this point Jeremy was so nervous he was actually shaking. He wondered why he'd even agreed to do this. Someone could die and it would probably be his fault too. Being piggy–in–the–middle sucked!
"I almost thought you were standing me up," Michael said, faking a sad pout. Jeremy turned in surprise to find his 'boyfriend' leaning against a tree.
"I considered it," Jeremy replied easily. It was said easily because it was the truth.
"Aw, Jer, don't be mean." Jeremy forced a smirk.
"Come on then, let's get this… 'surprise' over and done with." Mike also smirked.
"Impatient much?" Michael walked over to Jeremy and wrapped his arms around the boy's waist. "I missed you last night."
"Sure you did."
"So rude you are." Jeremy chuckled. Mike pulled away and took Jeremy's hand. "Come on, let's get this party started."
"Party…?"
"Shut up, Jer." Mike rolled his eyes then began to drag Jeremy deeper into the woods. "Almost there." When Michael said this, Jeremy got even more nervous. He was actually considering turning back and making up some excuse. Jeremy really, really didn't want to do this.
The boys finally reached their destination and Jeremy was surprised to find that Jules and her pack, Bonnie, Damon and Caroline were there, along with Tyler and Stacey. They all seemed to have been waiting for him and Michael to arrive. Tyler moved forward, pushing Michael away from Jeremy and taking the hand Michael had been holding.
"Are you okay?" Tyler asked. Jeremy looked at everyone in confusion.
"I'm confused," Jeremy finally said.
"Apparently, Michael is part of Jules's Pack."
"And you didn't know this how?"
"Never saw him at her Pack meetings."
"Oh… But I'm still confused." Tyler rolled his eyes. He kissed Jeremy gently then stepped back.
"Doesn't matter," Stacey said. "I'll explain when we're all here." Elena broke into the treeline followed close by, by Stefan. She looked all kinds of crazy. She spotted Jeremy and rushed to him, throwing her arms around her brother.
"Um…"
"What happened?" she asked Mike. "What is this thing about Jeremy being in danger?"
"Oh…" Stacey said sheepishly, raising a hand. "That would be my fault." Elena glared at Stacey.
"What?"
"Well… Since everyone is here… Let's get started…" Stacey looked at everyone. "The reason we're all here today is because of impending danger that involves Tyler and Jeremy, and— —"
"What's Jeremy got to do with this?" Elena interrupted.
"Well…" Stacey looked at Jules who shrugged. "Tyler and Jeremy are… Mates."
"What?!"
"Tyler Claimed Jeremy as his and they've already completed the Mating so you can't do anything about it now. Jeremy and Tyler are together and they are engaged to get married, but I don't know when."
"WHAT?!" Elena exploded. She turned to Jeremy. "You're with Tyler?!" Elena asked angrily her brother. "Tyler Lockwood? As in, the same guy who used to make your life a living hell? You're with him? Jeremy, have you lost your mind?! Are you completely crazy?!" Tyler growled and stepped forward but Jeremy stopped him.
"Don't," he said gently. Tyler breathed in deeply.
"Jeremy, how stupid can you be? How immature? Mike was great for you, but you just had to go for that stupid— —" Stefan put his hand over Elena's mouth. He knew that Jeremy could only do so much to control Tyler's growing anger.
"Are we done with the rants?" Stacey asked. She looked around once more then nodded. "Okay then. I'd like to start by formally introducing myself. My name is Anna–Maria Saltskovi."
"Wait…" Damon said, holding a hand up and stopping the girl. "Saltskovi, as in thee Saltskovi?"
"If there aren't any others in the world, then yes, the same one."
"You're part of the same Saltskovi that hunt Vampires?"
"Not only Vampires, but yes, I guess I am part of that Saltskovi."
"Hmm!"
"Any more questions? No?" No one said anything. "Good! Well then, let's begin the explanation shall we? Many years ago, one Maximus Lockwood happened to fall in love with a young lady who went by the name of Loretta. She was okay–ish, a good wife, a good mother and so such."
"Does this story have a point?" Damon interrupted. "Some of us have other things to do."
"Don't interrupt me, Mister Salvatore, it's rude." Damon rolled his eyes but said nothing. "Anyway… What people didn't know until much later was that Loretta was psycho."
"Can we just get to the point," Jules interrupted. Stacey—Anna–Maria; narrowed her eyes at Jules but sighed.
"Fine! The point. So most of us here know what Maximus looked like right?" Tyler, Damon, Stefan, Jules and Jeremy nodded. "Those of you who don't… He looks exactly like Tyler, but with green eyes. Right… Anyway… Loretta was admitted to an asylum when her coo–coo–ness returned. She'd accidently killed her husband while in some crazy hallucination about something chasing her, trying to kill her, or so the story goes. So the Lockwood's sent her to the coo–coo house.
"While there they found that she possessed some pretty strong Magick. And when they went to the hospital to confront her about this, they found… she was gone. Poof; disappeared and in her place was a letter.
"In that letter she wrote that she would come back and she would do anything in her power to have her love back and they would live happily together again because to her, her husband didn't die, but was taken away by the family because they were jealous of the love she shared with the man. She believed that they were jealous that they were going to lose Maximus to her so they sent her away and took him back.
"Now, my family from them times, who worked at the asylum decided that she was a danger and that she needed to be… terminated. We've been tracking her down for years. Now we find that she's here, and she thinks she's found her love again.
"That's pretty much why she's after Jeremy, because she thinks that Jeremy is replacing her in 'Maximus's' heart. Now… we are gathered here today, to discuss how we're gonna get her and get rid of her once and for all! Because if we don't… Jeremy will most likely end up dead!" Everyone was quiet for a long while, absorbing all the information.
"And how do get rid of her?" Jeremy asked, finally breaking the silence.
"I have no idea yet. But I do know how we can confuse her."
"How?" Caroline asked.
"We need to mask Tyler's scent on Jeremy."
"And how do we do that exactly?" Damon asked with a raised brow. "Maybe you haven't noticed, but Jeremy reeks like Tyler Lockwood. How are you planning on hiding his scent exactly?"
"Mike!"
"What?" everyone asked in unison.
"Mike is going to… rub himself all over Jeremy to hide the scent."
"Hell no!" Tyler just about growled taking Jeremy's hand possessively because he was not about to let Michael fucking Cowry get anywhere near his Mate.
"Hell yes. Unless you want to have an 'In loving memory of Jeremy Gilbert', I suggest you tell that Wolf of yours to get over its obsessive possessiveness."
"I'm not allowing Cowry to be all over my Mate!"
"It's his funeral then." Tyler looked from Jeremy to Mike. He reluctantly let go of Jeremy's hand.
"Fine. But if he," Tyler pointed at Mike, "does anything funny, I won't hesitate to kill him."
"Whatever… Michael?" Mike nodded then stepped closer to Jeremy. Tyler growled.
"Please hold him back," Mike said uncomfortably. Two of the guys in Jules Pack held Tyler back by his arms.
"Ready, Cowry?" Jules asked. Mike swallowed then cautiously touched Jeremy's shoulder. Tyler growled and tried to step forward, but the two guys held him back. "Would it be better if you looked away, Lockwood?"
"No," Tyler growled through clenched teeth. "I wanna see what Cowry's doing."
"Then shut up and let him do it." Tyler breathed in deeply then nodded. Mike touched Jeremy once more. Tyler swallowed down a growl, preferring to look away because he couldn't stand looking at another person rubbing themselves all over his Mate, let alone touching him.
Mike began to rub his hands and body all around Jeremy's, making sure to keep his eyes on Tyler at all times. He didn't want to make any mistakes with this. He knew exactly how protective a Wolf could be when it came to his or her Mate.
"Okay," Mike said when he was done. He stepped away from Jeremy. Jules sniffed and nodded.
"Though it's not completely gone," Jules said. "But that could easily be mistaken as something from a fight." Sta–Anna–Maria nodded.
"Good!" Anna–Maria said. "Now then. I was serious about the keeping away thing, though I probably over did it and was harsh, which I'm sorry for. Jeremy, I know it's gonna suck, but you and Tyler have got to keep away till Bonnie and I have figured out a way to get rid of Loretta, or at least to lure her away from you two." The boys nodded, though they didn't like the idea. "Good."
"What if she finds out that we're misleading her?" Elena asked. "Jeremy will be in danger, he is in danger."
"Relax, princess; we'll do everything we can."
"What if it's not enough?" Anna–Maria rolled her eyes.
"Then cross your fingers and hope it is." Elena was about to say something but Anna interrupted with a loud, "ANYWAY! I think its best everyone goes home now."
"Can I at least say goodbye to Jeremy?" Tyler asked. He was still being held back.
"Ah… do think I'm an idiot Lockwood. I know that you hate that it's not your scent that's dominating Jeremy's body right now, but you're just going to have to get over that now." Tyler glared at Sta–Anna–Maria.
"Demon!" She smiled.
"I've been called worse. Well then, go home now. Bonnie and I will do all we can." Everyone left the woods. Jeremy left with Elena, Stefan and Caroline—Stefan and Caroline being there to be extra protection for Jeremy in case Tyler got loose and tried to chase after the group.
The whole way to the car nobody said a word. They all got into Stefan's car in silence and he drove them to the Gilbert household. Elena and Jeremy got out the car—Elena kissing Stefan goodbye—and they walked into the house, still in silence. But as soon as Jeremy shut the door Elena turned and glared at him.
"What the hell was that Jeremy?!" the girl exploded. Jeremy sighed. He leaned back on the door, looking down at the floor. "Why didn't you tell me about Tyler, Jeremy? Are you completely crazy about this? Are you psychotic? This is Tyler we're talking about! Tyler! How could you not tell me?!" Jeremy didn't answer. "I thought we were closer than that? I thought we could tell each other anything."
"I know, Len, I am sorry that I didn't tell you. I wanted to, but…" Jeremy trailed off. Elena sighed. She knew she couldn't do anything about Tyler and Jeremy now. She just had to accept.
"But you knew I'd freak out."
"Yeah… And I didn't want you to have to worry about me." Elena nodded.
"Are you sure about Tyler, Jer? I don't want you to get hurt because of him. I'll kill him if he hurts you!"
"I am sure, and I know he won't hurt me."
"Are you absolutely sure?"
"Yes."
"Okay… Then I'm happy for you and I completely support you." Jeremy smiled then hugged his sister.
"Thanks, Len, you're the best." Elena smiled.
"I know. I love you, Jer."
"I love you too, Len." They hugged.
"So you and Tyler really…"
"Don't start!" Elena laughed.
"Are you hungry? I'm going to make lunch." Jeremy nodded and followed his sister to the kitchen, smiling slightly.
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Loretta Lockwood stood in the distance, looking down at the group of teenagers in the woods. She could instantly recognise the Saltskovi girl, she'd been dodging them for years now and she'd be damned if they caught her and once more took her away from her Maximus.
And there Maximus was too. He might be missing his beautiful bright green eyes, but now he had chocolate brown ones and Loretta couldn't help but like these more. What bothered Loretta though was the boy Maximus was touching. They seemed too comfortable together, like they were—
Loretta shook her head. No, Maximus couldn't have replaced her for a man. That would be ridiculous. Maximus wasn't… Loretta gasped as she saw her Maximus kiss the boy. She felt anger radiate through her body. NO! Her Maximus was NOT with this boy. Her Maximus would never. It was the boy. The boy was probably using some type of Magick to get Maximus; Loretta wouldn't be surprised if the other Lockwood's had something to do with this.
Now Loretta knew she had to act soon. Those damn Lockwood's and Saltskovi's were going to pay for taking her away from her Mate! And she also had to get rid of that damn boy!
Loretta turned on her heals and walked away, already formulating a plan on how to get rid of all her enemies once and for all!
…TBC…
So… I hope this was good enough for you guys not to kill me for taking so long to update this story. I promise it wasn't intentional. But yeah… I need ideas for the next chapter, anyone got something for me? *smiles sweetly*
Anywhoo…
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