Damon kicked open the door to the boarding house and while still keeping a firm hold on Katherine, he took her to his room and placed her on the couch. She was still unconscious after being injected with Vervain by Elena. Damon went to the bathroom and grabbed a wash cloth, wet it and put it over Katherine's forehead, dabbing the cool water on her skin, he had to wake her up, not so she could go back and try and kill John again or Elena, but so he could be with her.

Jeremy ran along the road that went through the woods, he needed to feed, he thought he was going to go insane or burn up; his head felt like it was on fire. As he jogged, memories came flooding back to him, meeting Anna in the library, seeing her walk into the Founders ball all dolled up, kissing her… he missed her so much, it hurt him, and he hated being alone now he was a vampire, both his vampire loves were dead and now he felt he had to wander around in this new life alone, forever.

A car came up the road behind him and slowed when they saw him, tourists, he thought, easy prey. The man behind the wheel put the window down and the women spoke.

"Excuse me? Are we going the right way into town?" they were well dressed, rich tourists, and they smelt so good, Jeremy thought, he could see their veins pulsing in their necks and his mouth watered. The man's voice interrupted his salivating.

"Excuse me?"

"Are you alright?" the woman asked. Jeremy snapped out of it.

"Yes I'm fine" he smirked, then protracted his fangs, "you are going the right way" he told them and bit into the man's neck, letting the warm blood flow down his throat and ignite a fuse somewhere inside that changed everything he felt about the world.

Jeremy stepped back suddenly, the woman started to scream, her husband was dead, and his blood was still flowing from his neck, gushing like a stream. Jeremy's head was on fire, every inch of him was on fire, and then he felt himself grow stronger, all of his senses were suddenly stronger, he felt amazing, he didn't know why Stefan was keeping this from happening, it was the best feeling ever.

He realised the woman was still screaming and was starting to get out of the car to run. In a flash Jeremy was at the passenger door and his teeth were at her neck.

Katherine stirred, Damon was sitting right beside her, "hey" he welcomed her with a smile.

"What happened, I feel… weak" Katherine said groggy

"Elena injected you with Vervain to stop you from killing John Gilbert"

"What? I'm going to go kill them both!" struggling to get up

"No, you don't want to do that" he told her, pushing her back down

"Why not?"

"Well John Gilbert, I wouldn't mind killing him myself, again, but Elena would kill you, and if you kill Elena, Stefan would kill you"

"I'm not afraid of Stefan Salvatore" She told him firmly with a hiss

"He's not afraid of you either, but he's been hurt by you and he's just protecting his mate"

Katherine snorted

"A human lover? Why doesn't he just change her?"

"Katherine, there was a time when you had a human lover, two in fact, you didn't think it was so bad"

"It's preposterous" she defended. Damon rolled his eyes, he wasn't going to argue with her; he always lost.

"Whatever. I'm just glad you're ok" he told her.

Katherine looked at him with a question mark,

"So you really do care about me?"

"Katherine I've always cared about you, I should ask you the same thing"

She just pulled him close and kissed him, and he gave in to her.