Different Lives

Chapter 1 - Home

Home, I thought but why am I back here to be honest what am I doing back here, this whole place is over run by hunters and then I remember Jeremy. I've not seen him in 20 years and I need to say sorry for the whole making him drink human blood fully knowing that he might become the ripper which he did. It took him ten whole years to get his control back and I still feel horrible about it and need to fix it. 

I stop my car in front of the Gilbert family home where Jenna, a distant relative of both mine and Jeremy, she lives in the house but it is still our house which she does know. I get out of my car and knock on the door. I hear footsteps coming to the door. It opens letting in warm autumn air start to fill the house. "Elena what are you doing here?" Jenna asks in a cold voice which sends a shiver down my spine.

"To say sorry to my little brother." I state with  a smirk. "So where is he?" I keep the smirk on my face. I see the fear in her eyes. She's scared of me because unlike Jeremy. I don't drink animal blood. Jeremy tried to get me back in the early 20th century but he didn't succeed. It tasted like metal, I prefer my human blood. My diet makes Jenna quite scared of me.

Jenna crosses her arms at me. "He's at school." Jenna tells me quickly then adds with a questioning voice. "Are you staying long?"

I shrug lightly. I really don't know. I'm not a small town type of girl anymore. "Depends and I will see you later Jenna." I turn on my heels and walk back to my car. School? Why does my brother want to go to school? I ask myself as I start to drive I've been at college but high school is full of too much drama for me to car.

I get their faster than I expected, I guess driving as a vampire there are no risks or barely any. I find my way to office to find two boys sat down annoyed at each other then they both look up at me and the blue eyed one winks at me but the other smiles bit I just roll my blue eyed one is handsome but I don't do romance. I look at the women be hide the desk and say "Hi I'm Elena Gilbert and I need to see my brother Jeremy Gilbert, like right now, family accident." I try to make my voice as calm and normal as possible, she flips through some files then looks back up. 

"No Elena Gilbert on his contact list so I can't let you take him. Sorry." She sounds bored and I know what I need to do, lets hope she isn't wearing or ingesting vervain.

"Yes there is, look again." I use compulsion to make sure I can see Jeremy, her eyes dilute and she starts to look again. 

She shakes her head at herself. Then looks back up at me. "Wait there you are. Sorry for the mistake, Miss Gilbert. Stefan would you go and get Jeremy Gilbert for me. He's in room 205." She asks one of the boys, the one who smiled at me, he stands up and leaves. "Go wait over there please." She points at the place where the other boy is sat, he smirks at me then averts his eyes. I walk over and sit down a few seats away.

"So, how do you know Gilbert?" He asks me with a smirk on his lips.

"He's my brother."

"I never knew Gilbert had a smoking hot sister." He tells me and if I was still able to blush, I probably would have. He's got that bad boy type of look about him. I've always been one to like the bad boys. "Hi I'm Damon Salvatore and you are?"

"Elena Gilbert. I think you're a bit too young to be flirting with me." I tease back leaning forward towards him.

Damon chuckles with a smirk on his lips. "I think I can keep up, so what about you let me take you on a date tonight?" Damon asks me, he's being straight forward. There is definitely something sexy about his confidence.

"I'll think about it."

Jeremy then walks in with his hands in his pockets. He doesn't look bothered by all of this. I know he's expecting to see Jenna but then his eyes go wide when he sees me sitting in the waiting chair. "Nice to see you again brother after so long, lets talk." I half drag him out of the room before I continue talking "Jeremy before you talk, just listen I am so sorry about the whole ripper thing and I should have been more careful with my dinking and I just want my brother back." I plead to him but his eyes go sharp.

"Elena I Don't . What do you want because you lost it." He speaks slowly as if I am a young child and he is explaining something to me.

"Jeremy I love you and would do anything to get you back." I plead even more and he smirks at me.

"You caused me to kill so many people, Elena. You took 50 years of my life to recover. You'll have to try and work hard for me to forgive you." He snapped and walks out of the school in a mood. I curse under my breath. I need a reason for me to stay. I get an idea.

I walk back into the office and quickly sign Jeremy out the school. I turn to Damon who is looking at me. I move my lips to his ear as I speak. "Pick me you at 7. Don't be late." I whisper and hear his heart rate triple. I smirk and straighten up. I give him a flirty wave walking off. I've got my cover story and probably a good blood bag for a while. Jeremy will forgive me.