Authors Note: Sorry about the delay, I've been busy with study and sickness and also a case of writer's block, but a new chapter is here at last, please review, feedback is much appreciated, thanks.
Stefan ran back to Elena's house, he had to tell her that he had failed in finding Jeremy and stopping him before it was too late, that was the last thing he wanted Elena to think about him, that he failed her, miserably.
He ran along the main dirt road that lead out of mystic falls and came across Jeremy's carnage; the car carrying the couple whom Jeremy had drunk to complete his change.
"Oh no!" Stefan panicked, he knew the people were already dead so he couldn't help them, and Jeremy was no where to be seen.
He got a hold of himself and decided that he had to get rid of the vampire evidence. He went to the trunk of the car and found a container full of gasoline, lucky he thought. He poured it all over the victims and the car and got his lighter and set it alight. He stood watch for a few seconds and then continued to run towards Elena's house.
Elena unlocked her front door and stepped inside. She was content that John was ok for now, and that Katherine was taken care of, literally, by Damon, and she was pleased that Damon finally had something, or someone, to worry about. Her house felt so empty without Jeremy, she thought, she was so used to feeling his presence around.
She walked into the kitchen to look for Jenna and to get a snack, when she found a note on the fridge, "Gone to shops, Jenna", Great, Elena thought, alone again. She opened the fridge to get an apple out of the fruit and vegetable crisper, and when she turned around she found herself wrapped in someone's arms, and she knew straight away from his scent and the build of his body who it was.
"Stefan" she sighed and moulded her body against his.
"Elena I'm so sorry" He told her, stroking her hair and kissing her head. Elena stepped out of his arms just a little so she could look up at him.
"What's wrong?"
"I failed, I couldn't find Jeremy"
"Shh I'm not mad at you, if Jeremy doesn't want to be found, he wont be found" she told him, putting her hands on either side of his face.
"But I found something else"
"What?"
And then he spoke the words that Elena had been dreading
"He fed"
"What? What did you find Stefan?" Elena asked, shocked.
"I found his victims, they were already dead, he drained them, I couldn't do anything for them so I got rid of the evidence"
"Oh, that's good I guess" clearly distracted, Elena slumped down on a kitchen stool and stared into nothingness.
"Its not good Elena, that means I failed in preventing him from changing, I'm so sorry"
"No don't blame yourself, we'll find him ok, we have to" she was trying to reassure Stefan, and herself.
Jeremy loved his new found speed and super strength, he was like a superhero, he thought, now he only needed someone to share this new world with, and both his vampire loves were dead, unless, he thought, unless I turned someone…
His thoughts occupied his mind so much so that he wasn't paying attention to the path in front of him, he ran smack bang into Anna.