EDITED Aug21

"Toast? I can make toast," Jenna suggested as she frantically flew around the kitchen.

"It's all about the coffee Aunt Jenna," Elena said whilst pouring a mug.

"Or the tea if you don't want to end up a jittery caffeine addict like Caroline," Brea quipped and Elena smirked.

"Is there coffee?" an emo Jeremy asked as he arrived downstairs.

"There's tea? Drink the tea Jer, join the cult with me," Brea suggested as he snatched Elena's cup from her hand.

"Your first day of school and I'm totally unprepared. Lunch money?" Jenna offered.

"I'm good," Elena replied as Jeremy snatched the money and handed Brea half.

"Anything else? A number two pencil? What am I missing?" Jenna rambled.

"Don't you have a big presentation today?" Elena asked.

"I'm meeting with my thesis advisor at… now," Aunt Jenna panicked when she realised the time. "Crap!"

"Then go," Elena said.

"We'll be fine," Brea reassured with a smile at her aunt as she ran out the door.

"You ok?" Elena asked Jeremy as Brea rolled her eyes.

"Don't start," Jeremy scoffed as he walked off.

"What did I do?" she asked Brea.

"You have to be his friend," she suggested. "Not a concerned parental figure. It's not what he needs. He needs someone to talk to, not someone to tell him what to do. He's a teenage boy, they're not meant to be pleasant to be around."

"Matt!" Brea said tapping him on the shoulder to get his attention away from his earphones in the schoolyard.

"Hey," he said hugging his friend. "How are you feeling today? All good? Any pain? Did you sleep ok?" he asked concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Walk with me to class?"

"Maybe if I walk in with you Tanner will be nice to me this year," he smiled.

"Dude Tanner will never like you… is that Jeremy?" Brenna asked spotting him smoking in the stoner pit.

"Oh yeah, and that's my big sister attached to Tyler's face," Matt grimaced as he spotted Vicki with Tyler.

"Urgh, that's so gross. Attack our siblings time?" Brea suggested with an eyebrow wiggle.

"I'll pass, don't really want to get involved with whatever Vik's doing with him. I'll see you later though," Matt said walking off as Brea stormed toward Jeremy.

"Jer!"

"What?" he snapped.

"I'm not Elena and I give you a free pass most of the time because you're my brother, but please, not at school Jer," Brea said ripping the cigarette out of his mouth throwing it on the ground. "Hey, Ty," she greeted as he walked past.

"Hey Gilbert, looking good as per usual," Tyler replied flirting to which she just rolled his eyes, he was deliberately trying to annoy her brother. Jeremy just groaned and stormed away from the two of them.

"Urgh, you idiot now he's gone," Brea groaned as she watched her brother runoff. "You're so annoying," she smiled as she headed off to class.

As Brea was leaving the classroom she bumped into the new kid. "Oh bugger, sorry Stefan," she laughed and walked off. She got a few steps before she halted and pivoted around to face him. "I'm sorry, did I just call you Stefan, sorry. That's weird. We've never met. Umm, what's your name?" she asked.

Stefan wiped the shocked look off his face and replied "Oh, it's uh, Stefan actually. You got it right."

"That is spooky," she muttered before gasping to herself, "maybe I'm the physic, maybe Bonnie and I should buy a lottery ticket." She smiled and turned her attention back to Stefan as she walked forward to shake his hand, "I'm Brenna, but my friends call me Brea. Have we met? You seem awfully familiar."

"Yeah I get that feeling as well but I don't think we have," he said with an awkward smile.

"Oh ok, cool. I'll see you later then, Stefan," Brea said politely before rushing off, shocked that she would know the new kid's name before had he even told her.

Brea met up later with Tyler and Matt at the Grill. They were just talking football, so Brea tuned out until Vicki came to the table with food.

"Do you need another refill?" she asked Tyler flirtatiously.

"I'd love one," Tyler replied flirtatiously and Vicki left.

"I would've liked a refill as well," Brea muttered, shaking her empty cup that Vicki had ignored whilst being preoccupied with Tyler.

"Please tell me you're not hooking up with my sister," Matt begged.

"I'm not hooking up with your sister," Tyler replied.

"Liar," Brea hissed under her breath so only Tyler could hear and he kicked the side of her leg under the table. "Ow!"

"You're such a dick," Matt replied.

"Cheers to that," Brea replied lifting her glass before scowling at Tyler, "oh wait, no, I can't, my glass is empty."

Matt sighed as he looked over at Stefan and Elena flirting at another table.

"You gotta stop staring Matty," Brea said clicking her fingers to pull his attention away. "My sister lost a real top quality man in you, my friend. You have to show her what she's missing," she smiled as she shoved his arm lightly.

"What are you doing?" Tyler asked with a laugh.

"Building his confidence, you can take on the world Matty! You could wrestle a bear and win!"

"Oh my god," Tyler groaned. "She's right though man, it's not healthy, but trust me, you definitely can't wrestle a bear."

"I can't believe you dragged me to this stupid party, Elena," Brea moaned as she walked up to her and Bonnie "Jenna and I had plans to eat ice cream together. Anyway, what are we talking about?"

"Stefan," Bonnie answered. "He has that romance novel stare. Stefan looked deep into her eyes, piercing her very soul." Bonnie mocked.

"Ok Bon, you're officially cut off," Brea declared. "So where is he?" Brea asked.

"I don't know," Elena replied. "You tell me you're the psychic one," Elena retorted to Bonnie.

"Oh nice one," Brea applauded her sisters come back and turned to wait for Bonnie's response.

"Right, I forgot. Ok, so give me a sec. Grams says I have to concentrate."

"Wait," Elena interjected. "You need a crystal ball." Brea spun around and found an empty beer bottle on the ground and handed it to Bonnie. As Bonnie gripped it her eyes widened and she stared straight at Brea.

"What?" Elena asked.

"That was weird," Bonnie said whilst Brea looked alarmed. "When I touched you, Brea, I saw a man, but from a long time ago. And you were with him but you guys had on like super old clothes."

"What?" Brea asked wide-eyed with a nervous laugh. "Like legit, I have dreams every night that are from different time periods."

"The man, he was holding your face. You were smiling. It was you, but it was so long ago." Brea stared at Bonnie, freaked out as she described Brea's recurring dreams perfectly. "I'm drunk," Bonnie reasoned. "It's the drinking. There's nothing psychic about it."

Brea was still freaked out and Elena was getting concerned, staring at her sisters face so Brea tried to put them both at ease by saying, "yeah well I've had that dream for a while so I probably told you about it before."

"Yeah? Ok, I'm gonna get a refill," Bonnie said leaving a little more relaxed than she was a moment ago.

"Elena I don't think I ever told Bonnie about the dream. I've told you, I know that, but I don't remember telling Bon. How could she see that?" Elena could only shrug, she had no answers either.

"You look bored, wanna go for a walk?" Jeremy asked as he walked up to her. "I need to blow off some steam." Brea nodded and they got up walking through the path in the woods. It didn't take long to find Tyler and Vicki up against a tree and Brea cottoned on as to why Jer wanted to go for a walk.

"Hey leave her alone!" Jer yelled at Tyler as he noticed Vicki was trying to shove him off.

"You know, you're starting to get on my nerves, Gilbert," Tyler said making his way towards Jeremy.

"Just go Tyler, get the hell away from me," Vicki snarled as Brea raised her eyebrows at Tyler.

"Wow. Vicki Donovan says no. That's a first," he snarked before walking away.

"Woah. Hey, you don't get to say that, what the hell! Don't be an ass Ty," Brea hissed storming off after him, leaving Vicki and Jeremy alone.

A while later Brea noticed Elena standing by the bonfire by herself. Brea sighed, she knew Matt needed some closure and a chance to talk to her so she pointed it out to him and he smiled and walked over to her twin. Not long after Brea caught sight of a stumbling Jeremy walking into the woods, she caught Elena's eyes, who saw the exact same thing and they gave each other the look, before following him into the woods.

"Jeremy! Jeremy!" Elena yelled after him, storming through the woods.

"Easy Lena," Brea called as she stumbled her way over tree roots. "Jeremy, where the hell are you going?" she growled as she tripped again.

"I don't want to hear it!" Jeremy snapped back at his sisters.

"Yeah, well, too bad!" Elena yelled back as Jeremy fell over. Watching her brother fall up ahead made Brea let out a laugh, that sent her tumbling to the ground as well.

"Vicki, no! Oh, my god, it's Vicki!" she heard Jeremy gasp in shock.

"Oh, my god," Elena breathed.

"What? What? What's happening?" Brea asked quickly pulling herself up and running up to them. "Oh, my god, Vicki!" she gasped, slapping her hands over her mouth as she saw Matt's sister groaning on the ground covered in blood.

"Somebody help!" Elena and Brea yelled as they got back to the bonfire, Jeremy and Elena who were carrying Vicki, laid her down on a table. \

"Matt!" Brea screamed.

"Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?!" he exclaimed as he came up and saw the state of his sister.

"What happened to her? Somebody, call an ambulance!" was shouted out by a whole bunch of people. But Brea's eyes were stuck on Stefan's as his face wasn't one of shock, but of recognition and anger. He then suspiciously ran away from the party, Brea looked over at Matt and saw he was watching the same behaviour Brea was and looked just as confused as her.

Elena and Brea walked up to Jeremy who was swigging beer out of the bottle.

"You ok?" Elena asked.

"Dude there's cops here, be subtle," Brea said nudging Jeremy as he took another swig.

"We called Jenna, she's on her way," Elena told Jeremy. Jeremy just ignored both of them and threw his bottle over his shoulder.

"Litterbug," Brea half-heartedly teased.

"People are going to stop giving you breaks, Jer," Elena said. "They just don't care anymore. They don't remember that our parents are dead because they've got their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try, too." Brea winced, poor choice of words.

"I've seen you in the cemetery writing in your diary. Is that… is that supposed to be you moving on?" Jeremy questioned. "The only one who is really trying is Brea. But she's just doing it for the both of us," Jeremy countered. "So don't lecture me, this is how I'm coping."

"Mom and dad wouldn't have wanted this," Elena said sadly as Jenna pulls up.

"Come on," Brea said grabbing Jeremy's elbow and helping him stand as she walked him to the car.

Brea walked through the corridors the next day at school only to be stopped by Tyler grabbing her arm.

"Ty! What the hell?" she asked smiling as she spun around.

"You've got to control your brother Brea."

"What'd he do now?" she sighed, running a hand down her face.

"He threatened to kill me," Tyler scoffed.

"HE WHAT!" Brea roared in anger.

"I was flirting with some girls and he got all up in my face about Vicki and then threatened to kill me. I can't restrain myself much more Brea. I don't want to hit him because he's your brother and he's just a kid, but I'm an angry guy. I'm going to snap soon."

"Please Ty. Please don't. He's going through such a hard time," Brea said desperately. "He's struggling so much and we can't help him but please. Please. Don't hit him. It'll just make things worse for him."

Tyler freaked at his upset friend and grabbed her shoulders, "Brea, hey, hey. I won't hit him first at least. I will defend myself if he comes at me. But I won't make the first hit ok?" he offered and Brea nodded.

Elena, Caroline, Bonnie and Brea were sat at a table outside the Mystic Grill as they discussed the upcoming comet and Stefan.

"Well, I was talking to Grams, and she said the comet is a sign of impending doom," Bonnie threw in. "The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity."

"Spooky," Brea smiled, waving her fingers in Bonnie's face, only to have them slapped away playfully.

"Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens," Caroline said dismissively. "So then what?" she asked Elena, wanting to resume the conversation about Stefan.

"So then nothing," she shrugged.

"You and Stefan talked all night? There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy-feely of any kind?" Caroline asked doubtfully.

"Nope. We didn't go there. Brea!" Elena snapped at her sister causing Brea to look up from her drink. "Stop blowing bubbles in your drink, you are driving me insane," Brea smirked and then continued to blow bubbles in her cola causing Elena to reach over and snatch the drink from her hand.

"Hey!" she whined in protest but Elena just ignored her.

"Not even a handshake?" Caroline kept pushing. "I mean, Elena, we are your friends. Ok? You are supposed to share the smut."

"I don't want to hear the smut," Brea grumbled, crossing her arms.

"We just talked for hours," Elena said handing the cola back to a sulking Brea with a fake smile.

"Ok, what is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already!" Caroline suggested.

"Caroline! Please," Brea spluttered as she choked on her drink. The last thing she wanted to talk about was her sister's sex life.

Caroline rolled her eyes and continued, "Ok it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex!" This caused Brea to kick Caroline under the table.

"Profound," Elena replied with an eye roll before looking down for a moment before she sighed and began gathering her things.

"Where are you going?" Bonnie asked.

"Caroline's right."

"No, she's not," Brea stammered.

"It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it, instead of doing what I started the day saying I was going to do," she said standing up grabbing her sister's hand pulling her up.

"No, no, no, I don't want to be there for that," Brea yelled as Elena started dragging her away. "What about my drink? Elena, you can't do this to me! Guys," she called out, hoping Bonnie or Caroline would help her, but they'd already started a new conversation, leaving Brea resigned to her fate.

"Ok, you forced me here, but why do I need to come in?" Brea pleaded with Elena.

"Moral support," she breathed.

"Ok, I get it, we're close, but I didn't think we were the sort of twins who had to witness each other's first kiss with a new guy."

Elena rolled her eyes before stepping into Stefan's home. "Stefan?" she called.

"Elena!" Brea whispered harshly, "no one let us in." Brea groaned before stepping over the threshold and catching up with her sister.

"Stefan?" she called out again. Brea and Elena then proceeded to look in awe at the living room in front of them before they heard a creaking sound and turned to see the front door now wide open.

"Creepy, let's go," Brea suggested. As she said this, a raven flew into the house causing the girls to spin around in fright and almost slam into a man's chest.

"I...I'm sorry for barging in. The door was…" Elena said as she turned around to see the front door now closed, "open."

"You two must be Elena and Brenna," the man said.

"And you're Damon? Stefan's brother?" Brea asked before whispering under her breath "how do I know that?" as he nodded with a smirk.

"He didn't tell me he had a brother," Elena stuttered, "he told you?" she asked Brenna causing her to shrug in response.

"Well, Stefan's not one to brag," Damon retorted.

"Brag," Brea snorted, "yeah, right. Oh my god, I am so sorry," she then said in shock unaware of how those words slipped out of her mouth.

"Please, come," Damon ushered the girls further into the house. "I'm sure Stefan will be along any second."

"Wow, this is your living room?" Elena asked in shock and the twins looked around in awe.

"Living room, parlour, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste," Damon confirmed.

"I love it!" Brea gasped as she walked over to a bookcase.

"I see why my brother's so smitten," Damon said, drawing Elena in. "It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him."

"The last one?" Elena asked a little upset as Brea glared daggers at Damon.

"Yeah," Damon remarked. "Katherine, his girlfriend?"

At this Brea's eyes widened in recognition, "Katherine?" she asked as Damon tilted his head at her as if he was studying her before smiling in confirmation.

Damon then turned his attention back to Elena, "Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet," Damon said as Elena popped out a nope. "Oops. Well, I'm sure it'll come up now." This caused Brea to resume glaring. "Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound. We all know how those relationships end"

"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end," Elena scoffed.

"I'm a fatalist."

"Yeah well you sound like a narcissist," Brea quipped, coming back to stand with Elena and Damon smirked at her.

"Hello Stefan," Damon said without looking away from the two girls causing them to spin around to look at him.

"Elena, Brenna," Stefan coldly greeted them, too busy glaring at Damon. "I didn't know you two were coming over."

"I know, I should have called I just..." Elena started.

"Oh don't be silly. You're welcome any time. Aren't they Stefan?" Damon interrupted making Brea close her eyes in irritation. Stefan didn't say anything just continued glaring at Damon causing the girls to look at him funny. "You know, I should break out the family photo albums, or some home movies. But, I have to warn you, he wasn't always such a looker," even though Brea wasn't sure about Damon and he was making her mad, she inadvertently let out a giggle causing him to smile.

"Thank you for stopping by, Elena. Nice to see you," Stefan cut in before going back to ignoring Elena.

"Yeah, we should probably go," Brea said trying to interrupt the silence.

Elena turned to Damon, "It was nice to meet you, Damon."

"Great meeting you, too, Elena. Nice seeing you, Brenna," he replied before kissing both girls hands, causing Elena to raise her eyebrows at the antiquated gesture, but Brea seemed to be at ease with the act.

"Bye," Brea muttered as she and Elena went to leave but paused in front of Stefan hoping he'd say something to Elena.

"Stefan?" Elena asked, "Stefan?" he didn't say anything however, he just moved to the side to let the girls pass causing them to both looked shocked as they left the boarding house.

"What an ass!" Brea scowled as they got in the car.

Mystic Falls, 1864

"Katherine, must we stay here?" Brenna asked.

"Yes, we must my darling sister. Those Salvatore men look positively delicious," Katherine giggled in the carriage.

"Katherine, this is the first place I died. It is not a place I ever wanted to return to," Brenna countered.

Katherine's eyes grew serious. "You will not die here. I promise. No one knows we're here, Brenna. I go by a different name. Word won't spread to the originals."

"It's not them I fear Katherine, they are my family too."

"But I am your sister."

"Yes, you are. That is why I do not tell them where you are and avoid them for the lifetimes I spend with you. That does not mean I want to return to Mystic Falls," Brenna scowled as she looked out the window of the carriage.

"I'm sorry," Katherine said feeling guilty for her sister's sadness. She immediately perked up when the carriage entered the Salvatore Estate. "We're here Brenna, Emily!" The three girls were helped out of the carriage and Brenna couldn't help noticing Katherine look Stefan up and down.

"You must be the Pierce sisters," Stefan greeted.

"Please, call us Katherine and Brenna," Katherine said with a curtsy.

At this Brea flung her head up as she awoke from her dream. Why had Stefan been in her dream? And why was Elena's name Katherine? Why was her dream set back in what seems the 1800's? Why was it so real? Brea dismissed these thoughts and stumbled downstairs to get a glass of water.

Brea plonked herself down in the seat next to Tyler at the comet event the next night and sighed.

"Hey, Gilbert."

"Hey, Lockwood," Brea said as she watched Elena walk off alone from Stefan. "Oh well, that didn't go well."

"No it did not," he smirked getting an elbow from Brenna. "Grill?"

"Sounds good. We're going to the Grill guys," she announced as everyone stood up to go. "Elena?" she asked concerned.

"I'm fine, let's go," Elena said as she reached the group.

"So think I can win another $20 off you tonight in a game of pool?" Tyler asked cockily.

"In your dreams. I'm winning that money back."

"You're on." Just as they found a table to gather around in the Grill Jeremy came running up to them.

"Hey, has anyone seen Vicki?"

"You're her stalker. You tell us," Tyler snapped and Brea flicked his ear.

"I can't find her."

"She probably found someone else to party with. Sorry, pill pusher, I guess you've been replaced."

"What's with the pill pusher?" Elena asked, immediately springing into supervisor mode.

"Ask him," Tyler shrugged.

Elena and Brea both turned their dagger glares at Jeremy.

"You wanna do this right now?" Jeremy challenged Tyler.

"Are you dealing?" Elena growled angrily.

"She's never gonna go for you," Tyler mocked.

"She already did. Over and over and over again."

"JEREMY!" Brea yelled.

"Yeah, right," Tyler scoffed.

"You slept with Vicki Donovan?" Caroline butted in. "I mean, Vicki Donovan slept with you?"

"There's no way," Tyler said.

"I didn't even have to force her into it."

"Jeremy that is enough!" Brea yelled getting up. "Sorry Matt," she apologised to a shell-shocked Matt. Brea grabbed Jeremy's pinky and twisted it to get him to follow her. "Seriously Jer, dealing?" she snapped, shoving his shoulder angrily as they huddled in a corner of the Grill. "Are you joking? I've given you so much freedom to heal your own way, but you're taking it too far."

"Is that your game now?" Elena snarled.

"I'm not dealing," Jeremy denied.

"Well, then what the hell is he talking about Jer!" Brea snapped.

"Look, I'm sick of the tough love speech, Jer. It's clearly having no impact," Elena argued.

"You and Jenna, between the two of you it's enough already. Brea's the only one who lets me be me."

"No way. I'm in their camp now. No more nice, pushover sister. I've had enough," Brea said shaking her head.

"We can stop if you want. Send you to a therapist, where you'll be forced to deal with it, or to rehab where you'll sit in a group and tell some stranger how you let your life fall apart," Elena suggested. "Or you could talk to us."

"I vote for none of the above," Jeremy said before walking off.

"Let's just deal with it later Lena, there's nothing we can do for him tonight. I'm going home, I've had enough," Brea huffed and Elena nodded and the girls walked off to go home.

As they got home they went upstairs to see Jenna rummaging through Jeremy's room.

"It's me the hypocrite patrol," Jenna said as they walked into the room.

"What are you doing?" Brea asked.

"I've become my worst nightmare."

"A frog!" Brea gasped jokingly.

"The authority figure."

"Oh much worse."

"I am violating a 15-year-old's privacy. Jackpot," she said pulling out Jeremy's drug paraphernalia. "I see the hiding places haven't gotten any more creative."

"What brought this on?" Elena asked.

"Your ass-hat of a history teacher shamed me good yesterday."

"Tanner?" Brea asked and Jenna nodded. "Yeah, he is an ass hat."

"You got Tannered. Been there," Elena agreed.

"I haven't," Brea said smugly.

"Yeah that's because you're a history nerd," Elena eye-rolled.

"'Discover the impossible, Miss Sommers'," Jenna said with a man voice, "got it, thanks. Like I didn't know I was screwing up."

"You're not screwing up, Aunt Jenna," Elena smiled softly.

"Yes, I am. You know why? Because I'm not her. She made everything look so easy," Jenna said getting upset. "You know, high school, marriage, having you guys. I can't do it. I'm gonna say or do the wrong thing, and he's gonna get worse, and it's gonna be my fault." Jenna sat down exasperated. "It's impossible."

"This is just the fear talking," Elena comforted. "You're a little scared, that's all. We all are. I have to go do something." Jenna nodded. "But are you going to be ok?" she nodded again.

"I'm here, I can comfort too," Brea threw in offended.

"Question still stands Jenna," Elena smiled and Jenna laughed at the girls arguing as Elena got up and left.

"Movie and popcorn?" Brea suggested.

"I am so in."

"Beauty and the Beast?"

"Couldn't think of a better one," Jenna said with a smile as the aunt and niece made their way downstairs.