Jeremy and Anna talked for hours. They sat on his bed across from one another. They kept their voices low though, Elena was in her bedroom and his Aunt was downstairs.

Jeremy learned so much more about Anna and the life that she would have lead when she was a child. He learned about Mystic Falls in Anna's day, which Jeremy found incredibly intriguing. Although there were some things that Anna left out because she wasn't ready to talk to him about yet, like what it was like when you were turned. It was an ever present subject, and one that she didn't like to talk about because since she had met Jeremy, she had almost regretted what she had become.

There were so many good things about being a vampire, the strength, the heightened senses, the speed, but now, it seemed to be the case that there were more bad things than good things. Like always wanting blood. Anna could hear Jeremy's pulse in his veins but she had already taken some his blood the previous night. She couldn't take anymore. Never growing old was another. Human's were desperate to live forever and Anna couldn't understand why. She found it hard to adapt to new times, and sometimes, being a vampire was boring.

Then she thought about what her life would be like if Jeremy was a vampire, where they could go, what they could do. The list was infinite. She would no longer feel trapped in the town, no longer feel lonely.

It was those thoughts which changed Anna's mind about breaching the subject. And it surprised Jeremy when Anna suddenly changed the subject from women's social place in the seventeenth century to the subject of when Jeremy wanted to be turned.

"Anna, are you okay? You seem to be somewhere else."

Anna shook her head, clearing her thoughts.

"Um, yeah, sorry. Listen, Jeremy. You still want to be turned right?"

"Yeah of cour...."

"Shh, too loud." Anna interrupted him. Then suddenly she disappeared.

All of a sudden Jeremy could hear footsteps outside his bedroom door. He quickly picked a book up from the side and turned it to a random page, pretending he was reading it.

Someone knocked.

"Come in," said Jeremy.

There was a swish of brown hair as Elena entered his room with an accusing expression on her face.

"I thought I heard you talking to someone,"

"Well I guess you heard wrong," Jeremy said coldly. "What's with the listening in anyway?"

"Nothing," Elena said innocently.

"Look, no one has even entered the house this evening, and it's not like I'm hiding anyone in here. Why are you so suspicious?"

"I'm not, it's just... oh it doesn't matter," and she left the room.

As soon as she left, Jeremy threw his book aside and whispered Anna's name. She appeared instantly, as if out of nowhere.

"Whoa," said Jeremy, "where the hell did you go?"

"Outside," Anna said as if it was obvious to anyone.

"Oh,"

Jeremy leaned across and grabbed Anna's hand pulling her back towards him, and she sat down on his bed beside him.

"I think we need to be quieter from now on," Anna said, a hint of a smile on her face.

Jeremy smiled in response. "Yes, I think so too."

For some reason, neither of them felt as though they could approach the subject of Jeremy's transformation again. It was like a taboo topic, neither of them wanted to seem desperate that it should happen.

Instead, there was something else, something that hadn't occurred to Anna since Jeremy found out about the existence of vampires, it was something that she thought Jeremy ought to know. She thought he would be understanding, now that he knew not all vampires were bad, and there was no other reason as to why he shouldn't know.

"Jeremy,"

Jeremy waited for her to go on.

"Do you like Stephen?"

Jeremy's eyebrows furrowed at the randomness of the question.

"Yeah, I guess. Why?"

"Look, I don't what you to get mad at your sister for her not telling you about this, after all, you would never had believed it before. But let's just say for now that I'm not the only vampire in this town."

Anna paused, waiting to see if Jeremy would figure it out.

"What? Wait, there are more?"

There was silence as Jeremy's brain registered this fact, whilst also linking his sister with the fact that there are more vampires in the town.

Then it clicked, and his eyes bulged with this newly found out information. Anna grimaced beside him.

"Stephen's a vampire,"

Anna nodded.

"So that means his brother is too, right?"

"Yep,"

"So how many are there actually?"

Anna thought of the house that was currently burning- she hadn't heard any sirens come to think of it-and all the vampires that were now burning inside. She wasn't going to tell Jeremy about them, even though it wasn't her who did the initial crime. She didn't want him to think that all vampires were capable of killing. It was a favour to the Salvatore's that she wasn't going to tell anyone, and that she cleared up the mess, a favour they didn't deserve. But it was better for everyone that she had done it.

"Er, not that many. As far as I know, currently there are just three of in town. Me, Stephen and Damon."

Jeremy seemed comforted by that, then he realised.

"Hang on. Currently? "

"Vampires pass through, they travel a lot. Not many stay in one place at one time. Once the crime rate increases, it causes too much trouble and they have to move on."

"So how are you managing that? I mean, apart from killing that man last night,"

Anna looked down, ashamed. "Donated blood. It doesn't taste as good as fresh blood."

Jeremy then started pulling his sleeve back to the two small puncture marks which were on his wrist.

He held it out offering.

Anna shook her head. " No, Jeremy. I won't take anymore of your blood. You'll end up anaemic or something," Jeremy drew back his wrist. "Thanks anyway."

Jeremy was just about to ask Anna on whether she knew how long his sister had known what Stephen really was when his aunt called from downstairs.

"Jeremy, dinner!"

"Ah, "

"I'd better go," said Anna. "Call me later, okay?"

"Sure,"

Jeremy then bent over and kissed her, closing his eyes. He intended it to be just a good bye kiss but Anna deepened it, putting her hands is his hair. They were falling, collapsing onto his bed, when his aunt called again.

"Jeremy?"

Jeremy broke away and smiled.

"I'll call you okay," he said as they both stood up.

He felt it necessary to walk her over to his window. Anna crouched on the ledge for a second then jumped.

Jeremy's heart stopped beating, just for an instance, as he watched her fall to the floor, even though he knew she couldn't get hurt.

Once she landed, Anna turned back and waved to Jeremy before heading back towards the blazing house.

I just need to check, she thought.