Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not ownanything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However Idecided to have a little play around with the characters (I woulddefinitely like to play with Damon).

Elena arrived home exhausted just after six. The first thing shedid was shower as she felt sticky from sweat caused by the symptomsof the werewolf venom. Seeing as she'd got time before Matt was due,Elena decided to call Jeremy. He eventually answered just as shethought she was going to go through to voicemail.

"Hey Jer." Where are you? Have you eaten yet?"Elena asked.

"Hi sis." Jeremy answered. "I...um...yeah I'veeaten."

"Where are you?" she asked again.

"Just on my way over to the Grill." he told her. "Iwas hoping to run into Matt."

"He's coming here for me to feed from him." Elena wincedat how that must have sounded to her brother. "I fed thismorning but I went to Rebekah's party and was poisoned with werewolfvenom."

"Werewolf venom?" Jeremy asked shocked. "Are youokay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine Jer." she reassured him. "Stefanmanaged to get hold of Klaus who fed me some of his blood."

"Um...why would Klaus do that?" Jeremy asked. "Klausnever does anything without expecting stuff back. Who did Stefanoffer to kill?"

"Nobody." Elena told him. "Maybe he was trying toprove a point."

"And what would that be?" Jeremy asked.

"That we need him and not to try finding other ways to getrid of him, like desiccation." Elena suggested, although sheremembered Klaus's words perfectly about her being useful again, shedidn't want to worry Jeremy.

"Hmm. Still sounds too good to be true if you ask me."Jeremy mused. "If I'd have known you were going to that party Iwould have stopped you. I knew the Hunter had werewolf venom."

"And how did you know that?" Elena asked suspiciously.

"He venom-jacked Tyler whilst he was in hospital. Didn't youknow?" Jeremy asked.

"Obviously not." Elena said sarcastically. "OtherwiseI wouldn't have gone."

Elena heard a knock on the door, and noticed that it was almostseven. "I gotta go Jer." she told him. "Matt's here."

"Cool...no problem." Jeremy said. "Can you tellMatt to come over to the Grill after you're done?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure." Elena told him. "See you later Jer."she added.

"See you later." Jeremy replied as they both hung up.

Elena went to the door and opened it to a sheepish looking Matt.She beckoned him in and they headed to the kitchen.

"Elena, hey! If I had known you were gonna go to that party,I never would have told Connor about Rebekah." he apologized.

"I already had this conversation with Jeremy. There's no wayyou guys could have known that I would go, I mean, I was surprisedthat I went." Elena admitted shaking her head as Matt started toroll up his sleeve. "Stefan warned me that I would feel thingsmore powerfully, but Matt, the hatred that I felt today? I almost...Ialmost killed her, in front of everyone, in the middle of aparty. That's not me. At least, it didn't...it didn't used to be."she continued.

Matt smiled. "Honestly, Elena, Rebekah kind of deserves it."

"Yeah, but it's not just about Rebekah, it's about my mind."Elena carried on talking as Matt removed the bandage from his wristto allow Elena to feed on him.