I know, I know, the last thing I should be doing is posting another story when I have three others to write, but this little plot bunny festered so long in my head that it became a full blown story before I even knew it! Not sure how long it will be but I've got the main plot hammered out pretty well. This is my version of season 4 with a different twist and starts after the episode where Elena and Damon slept together for the first time. The pairings are different from my normal stories but just...give it a shot anyways, please? :)

Pairings: Stefan/Jeremy, Bonnie/Kol, Elena/Damon, Klaus/Caroline/Tyler, possible others

WARNINGS: slash, violence, graphic sexual content, character death (possibly multiple), gore

Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries or any characters, places or events associated with it. I only own any original made characters that appear and this plot.

"Please tell me you're not really saying what I think you're saying," Jeremy Gilbert nearly pleaded with his older sister. Next to her, a black-haired vampire scoffed.

"It's true Gilbert. Your sister digs me," he winked. Jeremy would've punched him if he knew he wouldn't die for it. But Damon Salvatore was a violent bastard that loved to kill people for his entertainment, which was why he was having a hard time understanding why and how his sister fell in love with him.

He should've known when Damon showed up at his family's cabin with the purpose of 'helping' him control his homicidal urges to kill his sister that there was a motive behind it that had nothing to do with his well-being. When he caught them kissing back in Denver, he'd been upset and hadn't failed to let his sister know just how he felt about her relationship with Damon. When she chose to come back for Stefan the night she went over the bridge, he was willing to forgive her lapse of judgment. How foolish of him to believe that he would never be in the presence of his killer again. And now the bastard decided to shit on him further by screwing with his sister.

Should've killed him, he thought vehemently.

"Jer, I know this is hard for you to understand but I really do love Damon," Elena said gently with a small smile in Damon's direction. "He's always been there for me when I needed him."

"I thought Stefan was the love of your life? What happened to that?" he asked incredulously. Elena looked away and Damon's smirk grew.

"It didn't work out. Obviously."

"I wonder why," Jeremy rolled his eyes. "You're truly an asshole Damon. Props to Stefan for not killing you yet."

"He wishes he could."

"Jeremy," Elena sighed.

"What? You don't think it's kind of fucked up that you were just with Stefan and now you're with his brother? The one that snapped my neck and killed me?" he retorted. He knew he hit a nerve when she flinched and Damon's smile disappeared.

"Watch yourself Gilbert," the rogue vampire snapped. "I wouldn't want to do it again to teach you another lesson."

"Damon!" Elena smacked him on his arm.

"You really expect me to accept this? He just threatened me, again!" Jeremy cried to his sister. "What the hell are you thinking Elena? This is the guy that killed me, tried to kill Bonnie, Caroline and all of your friends! He's even tried to kill you and you decided to fall in love with him?"

"It's not like it just happened Jeremy! My feelings for Damon have been there for a long time and they're real. They're the most real thing I've ever felt!" Elena said desperately. This conversation would not end well, but she needed Jeremy to have her back on this. Caroline had already chewed her out for making the worst decision of her life, as the blonde called it, and Stefan wouldn't even look at her. Elena understood that she broke his heart, but he hadn't seemed to realize that he broke hers first by treating her vampirism like it was the plague.

"So what are you going to tell me next? That you've been in love with Damon this entire time and that we've all misunderstood him?" the youngest Gilbert sneered at the two vampires. "I can't believe you'd even put me in this position Elena. Do you realize that if I hadn't been wearing this ring I wouldn't even be here because of Damon? I'm not just going to get over that because you want to sleep with him!"

"No one's asking you to do anything Gilbert. We're just letting you know out of common courtesy that I'm now the man in Elena's life and I'm not going anywhere. So you're just going to have to get used to me," Damon smirked at him with taunting eyes. Oh, how he loved to get under this kid's skin. It was so easy it barely took effort.

Anger surged through Jeremy's veins. The want to kill vampires exploded within him and he was grabbing the stake in his back pocket and hurtling it towards Damon before he could stop himself. Elena screamed as Damon threw her out of the way unnecessarily but the stake never pierced him. An invisible barrier stopped its path and it dropped to the ground with a loud clatter.

"Jeremy, stop!" Bonnie ran downstairs and pushed Jeremy by his chest to sit on the sofa. The hunter's fists clenched and unclenched as he took deep breaths in an effort to bring his insane murdering urges under control.

"Thanks Bon," Elena said softly from the other side of the room. Bonnie nodded once but didn't respond verbally. Keeping her eyes on Jeremy, she whispered mantras with him under her breath until he wasn't as tense.

"Thanks," he muttered to her. She squeezed his shoulder with a supportive nod. A cough had them turning to the vampires again.

"Wasn't aware you were still here, witchy," Damon's eyes narrowed on her and he smirked. "Trying to rekindle old flames?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes, "You're a creep Damon."

"Most normal people find me attractive. Of course, you're not most people."

"That's right. I see you for what you really are: a selfish, egotistical, self-serving, psychotic bastard that takes pleasure in killing innocent people," she shot back. "I'm not attracted to murderers."

Elena looked down at the floor again in shame.

"Interesting, considering your boyfriend over there just beheaded a vampire two days ago so he could grow his hunter's map for the cure," Damon sneered.

"Because Elena clearly needs it!" Jeremy hopped back up, angry all over again. "Look at what being a vampire has done to her! She's turning into you!"

"Neither of you might want to admit this, but Elena is more like me than she is like either of you. Vampirism doesn't change you, it only heightens your personality," Damon rolled his eyes. "If you don't like the way she is now, maybe that has more to do with you."

"The problem is you Damon. The problem is that you force yourself into people's lives when they don't want you around until they have no choice but to tolerate you," Bonnie glared at him. "Caroline told me about the sire bond. You're using the sire bond to take away her choices and to make her believe she's in love with you!"

"No, Bon, this isn't the sire bond," Elena said gently but firmly. "I know what I feel and it's…it's something I can't explain. But it's strong and it's never going away."

Damon gave them a triumphant smirk. Jeremy glared back at him, hands twitching to get on another piece of wood to throw at him. What he wouldn't give to wipe that smirk off his face as he plunged the stake into his heart.

"Elena…how could you forgive him for killing your brother?" Bonnie said softly. "How can you even look at him?"

"He's changed Bonnie! He's not that person anymore!" she cried. "I don't excuse him for what he did but he's shown remorse and he's apologized for it! Shouldn't he have another chance at least?"

Jeremy threw his head back with a loud sarcastic laugh.

"Why don't you ask all the people he's killed if he deserves another chance," he spat. "Damon is never going to change. He's only acting this way because he wants to sleep with you! Why are you so blind to that?"

"You both are so dramatic," Damon sighed with another eye roll. "Get over yourselves and quit bitching at Elena for wanting to be with me. She's your friend and your sister, so why don't you show her some support?"

"A good friend tells their friend when they're making mistakes," Bonnie retorted before she turned to the brunette vampire. "Elena, you know you're my best friend, which is why I'm telling you that being with Damon is the worst thing you could do to yourself. I know you, and you would never date the man that killed your brother or abused your friend. Remember all those bite marks we saw on Caroline and how scared we were that Damon was going to kill her? Remember when he actually did kill Jeremy because you told him you would always love Stefan? He has terrorized all of us and he hasn't apologized to anyone accept for you. He hasn't even shown a hint of remorse to any of us for anything he's done."

Tears started falling down Elena's face as she looked at three people she loved dearly. She knew she would face some opposition when it came to Damon but now she felt foolish for even thinking they might be alright with their relationship. The rogue vampire had done terrible things to all of them, even to Tyler and Matt who were barely around him. And he had done terrible things to her as well. But if she could forgive him, why couldn't they? And why couldn't they at least pretend to for her sake?

"I forgave him for those things. He's different now," Elena sniffed. "If you guys would just give him a chance—!"

"I can't listen to this anymore," Jeremy's lip curled up in disgust as he stood. "The fact that you said you forgave him for murdering me is proof of how far gone you are. If someone had killed you I would never forgive them, and I sure as hell wouldn't be sleeping with them. At least now I know where we all stand with you Elena. Glad to know you care more about a psychotic murderer than your family and friends."

"Jer wait!" Elena cried as he started for the stairs. "You know that I didn't mean it like that! You're my brother, of course I love you! Just because I'm with Damon doesn't mean that isn't true! I don't have to choose a side!"

"If you really loved me Elena, you would've never chosen to be with someone that hurt me," Jeremy shook his head again. "I don't even know who you are anymore."

"Get lost Gilbert. If you don't like what you see, then leave."

"This is my house Damon, so you can have the honors," he sneered. "Don't come back either. Next time I will kill you regardless if you're the love of her life."

"Jeremy!" Elena gaped as he stormed up the stairs. She went to follow him but the barrier prevented her from doing so. She turned to Bonnie with desperation etched on her face.

"Bon, please let me talk to him," she pleaded. She shook her head.

"I think you guys should go," she said quietly, nearly looking sorry for saying it. Elena felt a lump in her throat.

"I don't want to choose between you guys. I really don't," she pleaded. "Nothing has to change! I'm still the same person I was! The only difference is who I'm with!"

"The fact that you won't acknowledge why we're upset by this tells me you're not," Bonnie said quietly. Elena swallowed and covered her mouth to stifle a sob. Damon growled at her.

"Stop being a bitch and get your head out of your ass!" he spat. "Elena's always been there for you when you needed her. The least you could do is—!"

He cried out as he crumpled to the ground clutching his head. Elena was by his side in seconds, watching with fear as he cradled his head and screamed in agony. She whipped to her best friend chanting under her breath, olive eyes dark with anger and hatred for the vampire she had crippled.

"Stop!" she cried as Damon fell into her lap. "Bon, please!"

She wasn't sure if the witch heard her but she was relieved when Damon finally let go of his head and groaned in pure relief. Elena turned her watering eyes onto her best friend and she glared back at them.

"Get him out of here," Bonnie sighed as she started for the stairs. Elena calling her name made her pause.

"He makes me happy," she started quietly. "I know you guys don't understand that, but can't you guys at least be happy for me? I'm falling in love with him and all I want is for you guys to support me."

"I want to be able to support you Elena, but we want you to be sympathetic to why we don't want to be around someone that's constantly terrorized us. I want to be happy for you but I can't when you're choosing to be with the man that tried to kill me. I can't forgive him as easily as you can."

"It wasn't easy for me either. It's not like I just decided one day to forgive him for doing all the bad things he did. It took time," Elena snapped, finally allowing her anger to shine through. She could understand Jeremy's lack of support, though she thought he was being slightly overdramatic, but she was positive that she would've had Bonnie's support even if she didn't agree with her choices.

"It doesn't look that way from my point of view," the witch kept her cool. "Who you date is your decision but you have to be prepared for the consequences. If Damon is that important to you, then that's great. But you're going to have to live with your actions."

She walked upstairs before Elena could utter another word.

Jeremy stood under the near-scalding spray of the shower head in the master bedroom, trying his hardest to control his anger. Damon always knew what to say and what to do to piss him off and he wished, not for the first time, that his stake hadn't missed him.

He couldn't understand how Elena could claim to love that monster. Damon Salvatore was sadistic and cruel; what his sister could possibly see in him, he didn't think he would ever see. What hurt him more was that she was fine with being in the company of his murderer and not caring about how that affected him. The vampire still scared him sometimes, even though he did his best not to show it, and the last thing he wanted to do is be around the man that constantly threatened to kill him. Elena could've understood that at least.

He got out the shower after a few more moments and dried off with his towel hanging by the shower door. Steam flew out of the room when he opened the door. He pulled on pajama bottoms and sat on the edge of the bed to dry his hair with the towel in one hand.

There was a knock on the door, "Jer? You okay?"

"I'm fine. Sorry about earlier," he murmured as she opened the door. "I really tried hard not to kill him."

"Don't apologize to me. You know I want him gone as much as you do," she shrugged as she joined him on the bed. "I was mainly asking because of Elena."

He sighed heavily, "I don't get it Bon. I'm her brother and she chooses him over me. Elena's never been this selfish. Being a vampire has changed her entire personality."

"Or enhanced it, like Damon said," Bonnie said quietly. "But you're right. The old Elena would've chosen you without a second thought."

"It's like…It's like that night she died on the bridge…everything good about her died too," Jeremy sighed as he fell onto his back, sinking into the plush blankets. Bonnie lay next to him and they both stared at the ceiling, lost in their own thoughts. She tried not think about him being next to her or about their arms nearly touching. Since being up here, they hadn't had an honest discussion about their relationship but she was wondering when, or if, Jeremy wanted anything to change between them. She wasn't sure she did, since she was still recovering from the low blow named Anna he dealt her but it wasn't as if her feelings for him didn't linger.

"I think the old Elena is still in there," Bonnie said softly. "It's Damon that's changing her, not being a vampire."

He covered his face with his hands and sighed loudly. Bonnie's cellphone ringing from the other room had her hopping up and running out of the room to retrieve it. Jeremy heard her answer and tuned out of her conversation to get lost in his own thoughts.

"Oh my—is he okay?" he heard Bonnie cry out. More alert, he walked down the short length of the hall to her room, which was the one Elena slept in. He watched with a furrowed brow as Bonnie paced beside her bed with a hand slapped over her mouth.

"Oh God," she breathed. "Where is he now?"

Jeremy watched as she paced more, answered a few more questions and became even more anxious before she finally hung up.

"What was all that?"

"That was Matt. Tyler's plan to kill Klaus backfired. He killed…all of the hybrids and…and Mayor Lockwood," Bonnie sat on the edge of her bed. "Tyler's mother is dead."

Jeremy felt his heart sink at the gut-wrenching words. He knew all too well what the hybrid was feeling right now.

He shook his head, "Poor Tyler."

"Caroline hasn't been able to find him. She's scared he's going to do something stupid, like try to kill Klaus," Bonnie sighed. "We should help her."

They dressed quickly, dressing warmly to face the biting cold outside. They hopped into Bonnie's silver Prius and drove an hour and a half from the lake to Mystic Falls. They met Matt and Caroline at Tyler's elaborate mansion. Both blondes were solemn, Caroline with red, watering eyes, frazzled hair and her bottom lip between her teeth.

"Thanks for coming," she grabbed Bonnie in a tight hug. She smiled at Jeremy over her shoulder and he nodded in greeting.

"When was the last time you saw him?"

"When—when he called me about his mom. I met him there and—and he was just holding her and rocking back and forth and he was crying…I've never seen him cry like that. Not even during the transformations," Caroline sniffled as she let out another sob. Matt handed her a box of Kleenex and she smiled gratefully.

"After a while he put her down and he just…took off," she sighed. "I've tried calling him ten times but it's just going to voicemail now."

"He probably wanted space. Let's wait until morning before we start freaking out," Jeremy shrugged. "He probably wants to be alone."

"But Klaus is still out there!" she cried. "He can't just be out there alone! He'll kill him!"

"Klaus also likes you Caroline. Maybe you could persuade him not to," Matt said quietly. "That Hayley girl was in on the plan too and he didn't kill her."

"Hayley isn't dead because she sold them out. She's the reason they're all dead," Caroline snarled viciously. "I knew we couldn't trust her. I tried to tell Tyler that but he insisted on her staying, that little bitch. I should find her and kill her myself."

"She's probably long gone now," Jeremy sighed as he looked out the window. There was nothing outside other than the front lawn and the quarter moon illuminating the sky.

"We should focus on finding Tyler first," Bonnie sighed. "Jeremy and I can start by the lake and you guys can start in the backyard."

"Should we call Elena?" Matt asked before they could walk too far from each other.

Caroline snorted, "She's probably too busy with Damon to care about anything else."

Bonnie and Jeremy shared a look.

Matt sighed. "I love Elena, but I don't understand what she sees in him at all. I could understand Stefan but Damon is a psychotic freaky killer. What's attractive about that?"

"We're all still trying to figure that one out," Jeremy snorted, his stomach simmering with anger. Sometimes his sister made the worst decisions and it truly amazed him.

They split up into pairs as they started their expansive search for their hybrid friend. The air was biting cold as they marched through the woods, crawled over fallen tree logs and stumbled through thick brushes of the forest. After two hours and multiple frozen body parts, Jeremy was ready to call it a night.

"I don't think he's out here," he said through the chattering of his teeth. "Maybe he went back to the house."

"Maybe he'll show up in the morning like you said. Maybe he just went somewhere to be alone," Bonnie shivered as she held her phone in her hand and read an incoming message. "Klaus showed up at the house. He told Caroline he hasn't seen Tyler but that he's going to kill him when he finds him."

"So we need to find him first," Jeremy sighed heavily as he pulled the thick blanket he stole from Tyler's house tighter around his shoulders. "I think we should check back by those trees over there."

Another two hours passed with each pairing having no luck. Bonnie and Jeremy drove back to the lake house when they covered their area of the forest thoroughly, promising to help Caroline and Matt continue searching the next day. The sky was getting brighter by the time both of them climbed upstairs and fell into their beds. Their eyes fluttered closed within minutes.

Jeremy started to regain consciousness the next morning when he heard the front door open and voices in the living room. Stretching, he groaned as he rolled onto his back and tried to make out who was there. The bed creaked as he reached down to scratch his leg.

He heard footsteps coming closer and then a knock on his door.

"Jer? We found Tyler," Bonnie said. "Actually he found us. He's down here."

"Alright," Jeremy sighed. He waited ten more minutes before forcing himself to get up.

When he went down there was breakfast in the form of The Grill. Through the living room door that led to the backyard he saw Tyler sitting on the stairs holding a mug in both his hands with his head bowed. He was wrapped in the thick blanket Jeremy had taken from his house the previous night and he looked so small and fragile that he felt sorry for him.

Matt, Caroline and Bonnie were seated around the wooden table, each with their own plate of breakfast. Jeremy joined them, fixing his own plate with four pieces of bacon, two pancakes and two pieces of French toast.

"So what're we going to do about Klaus?" Matt asked when he washed down his bite of scrambled eggs with orange juice. "He's not going to quit looking for Tyler until he's dead."

"We could kill him again," Bonnie shrugged. "There's no Original vampire hunter to stop us this time."

"What would we do with the body?"

"Drop it in the ocean like we were going to. As long as that stake never comes out, it doesn't matter what happens to him," Caroline shrugged. "I say we drop him in the deepest part of the deepest ocean so no one ever has a chance of discovering him."

"Agreed," Bonnie nodded. "The only problem is getting close enough to stake him."

"We should probably consult Damon and Stefan, since they're stronger than all of us," Jeremy sighed. He loathed having to interact with his killer but Klaus was an even bigger threat to them all than he was. At least Elena could keep Damon in check; Caroline's influence only went so far.

"So when are you two coming back home?" Caroline looked between Bonnie and Jeremy. "Are you making progress with your killer vampire hunter tendencies?"

"I don't feel like killing you or Tyler right now so yes," Jeremy chuckled. "I almost killed Damon yesterday but he was asking for it."

"I personally wouldn't mind if you staked that asshole," the curly-headed blonde grumbled. "I don't understand what the hell Elena sees in him. He's a shitty person who's done shitty things to all of us, including her, and she thinks it's okay to be in love with him? She's insane!"

"I feel like I'm looking at a different person sometimes when I see her now. She's so different from who she used to be," Matt said quietly. He was grateful for Elena living after she sacrificed her life for his but he didn't expect it to come at such a high price. The Elena he had been in love with since elementary school had died the night of the car accident, he knew that for a fact.

"Actually…I don't think I'm going back anytime soon," Jeremy said softly. Three pairs of eyes stared at him.

"We have school, of course you have to go back," Caroline scoffed.

"I won't ditch school. But I don't want to be in Mystic Falls either. I don't want to be near Damon at all. And if I stay with Elena, it's only a matter of time before we're trying to kill each other," Jeremy sighed. "I just think it would be better if I stayed up here from now on."

"That's true," Matt said slowly. "But it's a far drive."

"I'd rather make the drive than being around Damon. Hell I would make a five hour drive every day just so I wouldn't have to see him," Jeremy snorted. "I told him I would kill him the next time I saw him."

"Maybe you should stay up here then. We wouldn't want Damon to end up dead," Bonnie snorted sarcastically. "I'll stay here with you, so we can work more on getting your killer thoughts under control."

"You don't have to do that Bon," he said softly as he smiled at her. "Don't feel obligated to stay here if you don't want to."

"Truthfully, I don't want to go back to Mystic Falls either," she sighed. "With everything that's happened, now Elena and Damon and Tyler's mother and Klaus…I want a break from the supernatural. There's too much negative energy there and is messes with my magic," the witch took a sip of her herbal tea. "You should have someone stay with you up here Jer. Just in case."

"Good point," he chuckled. "Well you're always welcome, you know that. You all are."

"Maybe he should stay up here too," Caroline pointed to the huddled form of her boyfriend. "He shouldn't go back if Klaus is there."

"Klaus could just as easily come here," Matt reminded. "We're still going to have to kill him."

They finished breakfast and took time in cleaning all the dishes and the table. Caroline drove Matt and Tyler back to Mystic Falls in the late afternoon. Tyler decided to return to Mystic Falls so he could bury his mother and figure out his next move, despite his girlfriend's reluctance. He'd barely said two words to any of them, but they knew he was appreciative of their support.

He and Bonnie spent the evening making s'mores using the fireplace in the living room. Despite being in the dark woods alone, Jeremy found them a soothing change of pace from Mystic Falls. Out here, he could forget that the supernatural existed. He could pretend there were no such things as vampires, or that his sister had given up her soul when she became one, or that she chose to be with the man who killed him.

"Being up here is nice," she murmured as she slowly twisted the skewer. They watched silently as the marshmallow turned brown.

"It beats being home right now," Jeremy sighed as he leaned on one elbow. He gazed at Bonnie's back and bit his lip as he wondered if now would be the time for them to hash out their relationship. She had ended it and it had been his fault but were they ready to get back there? Regardless, there was one thing he did want to do.

"Bonnie," he started as he sat up. He waited until she was looking at him to keep going. "I…I'm sorry. About Anna. I never told you that I was sorry about what I did and I should've done it that night."

"Jer, it's fine. We don't have to talk about it," she said softly.

"No, it's not fine. What I did was shitty, and I don't even know why I did it. I wish I could change what I did but I can only say I'm sorry," he squeezed her free hand. She smiled and laced their fingers together.

"I forgave you a long time ago," she murmured with the bright smile he loved. "We don't have to talk about it anymore, okay? I know you're sorry."

"You'll never know how much," he gave her a small smile in return.

They fell asleep in front of the fireplace huddled together and wrapped in separate blankets. A knock on the door roused them late the next morning. Grabbing the blanket off the couch for warmth, Jeremy stumbled to the door sleepily and threw it open. The sunlight assaulted his eyes and he flinched before pulling back and holding one arm up to shield his eyes.

"Stefan?" he blinked when he saw the brooding vampire on his porch with his hands stuffed in his pockets. "What're you doing here?"

"I came to see Bonnie. Caroline said she was here," he said softly. "Can I come in?"

"Uh, sure," Jeremy stepped aside and allowed the vampire into his home. He shut the door, blinking as his eyes readjusted from the bright light and led him into the living room. He frowned when Bonnie was no longer on the floor where he'd left her.

"I don't know where—"

"Shower. I can hear the water running," he dropped onto the couch. Jeremy sat in the armchair beside it, watching him. Stefan seemed more depressed than usual; his shoulders were sagging as if he held the weight of the world on them, his face looked exhausted and worn and his clothes were rumpled. The vampire hunter wondered where he had been this entire time but he didn't ask.

"So what brings you to our place?" he said in an attempt for conversation. The younger Salvatore smiled grimly.

"I need a favor."

"Ah," Jeremy hummed, unsure of what else to say. He and Stefan had never interacted much unless it had to do with Elena but he had always liked him more than Damon. At least Stefan didn't go off the deep end when he was rejected.

"I'm sorry about Elena," he offered quietly. "It's a really shitty thing for her to do."

Stefan snorted lightly as he stared at his Italian loafers.

"It happens," he mumbled.

Jeremy watched him sympathetically but kept quiet, not knowing what else to say. He was pissed at Elena for choosing Damon over him because he was her family but he couldn't imagine how hurt Stefan was knowing that the love of his life chose his brother over him. Sire bond or not, the brooding vampire would feel the sting of that betrayal for a long time.

Bonnie joined them downstairs twenty minutes later and Jeremy was thankful that she was there to fill in the silence. He excused himself when they started talking to make coffee and he moved around the kitchen quietly as he listened to their conversation.

"Is there a way to break the sire bond?" Stefan asked.

"I'm not sure. I've been researching but I haven't found anything," she sighed. "She said her feelings weren't based on the sire bond, that they're the most real thing she's ever felt."

Stefan snorted again, "So she's been in love with Damon since before she turned. That's great."

"She also loved you Stefan," Bonnie squeezed his arm. "I don't know why Elena is doing this but it isn't your fault. You're going to get through this."

"I knew she cared about him…but I never thought she would…could fall for him," his lip curled in disgust. "She slept with him as soon as we broke up, like she couldn't wait to get rid of me so she could hop on my brother."

"I'm sure that's not true."

"She was in love with both of us and I was gone. I'm not so sure it isn't true," he ran his hands through his hair in distress. "If there's no other way to break the sire bond, then I need another favor. If you're willing to do it."

"I'll see what I can do," she smiled. "What is it?"

He stood and started pacing. "Rebekah offered to take away my memories of Elena but she was only using it as a way to taunt me. But I've had a couple of days to think about it…and I want you to do it. I want you to erase my memories of Elena."

Jeremy almost dropped the mug he was holding and winced when he burned his finger on the coffee pot. He knew Bonnie was caught off two with her surprised expression.

"Erasing memories is really complicated," Bonnie said softly. "I would have to find the spell and practice it."

"That's fine. I could wait," he stared at the witch with big, pleading eyes. "I could come back."

"Stefan…are you sure you want to do this? I know she hurt you but tampering with memories is…really final," Bonnie sighed. "It's not as clean cut as it sounds. I'd be fixing a lot of your memories with others too, including Damon."

"That's what I want. I would've done it by now if Rebekah was willing to do it," Stefan's face was so pained she couldn't help but feel bad. "Please, Bonnie. I need to do this. I need to forget her so I can move on with my life."

Jeremy winced at how desperate he sounded. He really felt sorry for Stefan, but he thought he was being a little overdramatic with this. He was a vampire. He would move on and find someone else in no time. Elena was a perfect example of how quickly someone could move on but he kept that to himself.

"I'll research the spells and see what I can do. I won't make you any promises, only that I will look into it," she said finally. "I think there's a better way, but if it's what you want Stefan, I'll try."

"Thank you," he sighed in relief as he squeezed her hand. "You don't know how much this means to me. Thank you Bonnie."

"Of course," the witch turned around to give Jeremy a smile, indicating that he could come back. He padded back to the living room with two mugs in his hand.

"Just call me when you need me," Stefan sighed as he stood.

"Where're you going?" Jeremy asked. He shrugged.

"Don't know. Maybe I'll rent a hotel room," he smiled grimly. "I can't be in that house, not while they're there."

"Then stay here. We have extra room," Jeremy shrugged. Bonnie's eyebrow rose.

"You don't think you'll stake him in the middle of the night?"

"No, I don't think so," he chuckled.

"You would be fine with me staying here? I wouldn't want to intrude in any way," Stefan asked, sounding nearly hopeful. They nodded simultaneously.

"As long as you don't invite Damon up here," the hunter smirked when he snorted. "We're all up here for the same reason, so why not?"

Stefan chuckled, "Well, thank you."

"No problem man."

When Stefan left for Mystic Falls to grab his things, they quickly went through the bedroom that belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert to make sure it was clean.

"Do you think it's a good idea having him here?" Jeremy asked as they went back downstairs. "What if I do stake him in the middle of the night?"

"I don't think you will. I was being paranoid," she chuckled. "Having him here is useful for us. He can help us get your thoughts under control."

Jeremy sighed, "Hopefully you're right."

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