Coping with grief is hard enough without having heightened emotions. Still, life can't be even that simple. There's an army coming, and the threat of Jay losing more than she already has is very real.
She can't run away to a new town now; she's goin...
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"So, you're in the clear because Klaus is now focused on Hayley, who's pregnant with his miracle baby?" Jay asks as she looks over at Tyler. "Meaning you don't have to run anymore?"
"Pretty much." He nods from where he's laying on her bed as she does her hair in the mirror that's sitting on her dresser. "I guess Jeremy was keeping an eye on the originals, since he knows that they scare you. He said that they're making a home for themselves in New Orleans."
"Nice and far away." She takes a deep breath, glad to hear some good news for a change.
"So, what's up with your boyfriend?" Tyler asks as he sits up, picking up the teddy bear that she has sitting on the side of her bed.
"Paul isn't my boyfriend."
"And what's the deal with that?"
Jay takes a deep breath as she turns to face him. "I'm still trying to get used to certain things."
"Like?"
"I knew that my emotions would be heightened." She says, and he nods. "And senses like smell and hearing..."
"You weren't expecting your sense of touch to be heightened." Tyler smirks, and she narrows her dark eyes at him. "What's wrong, Jay? He holds your hand, and you—"
"And we're done with this conversation. Thank you." The brunette grabs her jean jacket from the foot of her bed and then hits him with it.
"Hang on." He grabs her wrist, and she sighs as she plops down on the side of her bed. The older boy moves then so that he's sitting next to her. "I went through the same thing, remember?"
Jay's nose scrunches as she looks at him. "Is this weird?" She asks, and he shrugs.
"Maybe, but I think we can be mature about it." He reasons. "I know that everything's still kinda new, especially the things you're trying to avoid feeling, but you'll get better with all of it."
"It's just... I saw what happened when Caroline lost control with Matt, and then what happened with us. And I know that he's not afraid of me losing control and hurting him, but I still don't want to." She explains, and he nods. "And just with the times that he's held my hand or wrapped his arms around me, I can see how easy it would be to..."
"Get lost in the feeling?" He supplies, and she sighs as she looks at her hands in her lap. "You're not just afraid of losing control. You're ashamed of the thought that you might."
"It's not the whole...he kills vampires thing..." Jay shakes her head. "Ric was teaching me to kill vampires, and he wanted to die rather than become this..."
