Jeremy's Unexpected Adventure To The Past

Chapter Nine

Jeremy - Past

Jeremy stood in the corner of the large ballroom staring as Katherine ascended down the stairs. His eyes were widened in disbelief and his heart pounding as he took in the very farmilar features of the woman who resembled Elena so perfectly it was frightening. 

In fact the only thing different between the two was her long chocolate brown hair that was styled in tight little ringlets that cascaded down her back, bouncing with every step she took down the stairs.

When she finally reached the bottom she was wisked away by her escort towards the left side of the room and into the crowd of party goers.

Looking at her now, human, Jeremy couldn't help but noticed the seemingly innocence she held as she laughed lightly behind her hand at what he assumed her escort had said. Every expression she made was genuine and sweet reminding him so much of Elena. His heart began to ache and he found himself actually wanting to talk to the doppleganger.

Then as if sensing she was being watched she looked past the mans shoulder and connected eyes with Jeremy. He gasped in surprise and quickly turned away, a blush of embarrassment for being caught dusting his cheeks.

Katerina's smile grew wider in amusement at the young mans shyness. Looking him over she was pleased to see she had undoubtably caught the attention of such a handsome young man and to be attending such a party so young he had to to be quite wealthy. That fact made her even more pleased.

Making up her mind, she politely excused herself from her escort and made her way over to the still blushing man.
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On the other side of the room Kol watched the small interaction and couldn't help the frown that formed on his face.

He had been talking to a possible candidate for his evening meal, a pretty blond whose name he couldn't recall, when he heard the sound of a heart beat speeding up drastically in the crowd. He politely excused himself and searched the crowd for the owner of the heartbeat. He was surprised to find Jeremy leaning against the wall, arms crossed, staring straight ahead of him, and eyes widened for a reason he did not know.

He followed the line of sight and found a beautiful young woman, who he remembered to be Katerina Petrova, laughing behind her hand with amusement dancing in her brown eyes.

Then suddenly as if feeling the boy's stare she connected eyes with jeremy making him quickly look away in embarrassment for being caught staring. Looking back at Miss Petrova he saw her amusement grow and along with it, interest. He watched as took Jeremy's form in before her smile grew.

That irritated him greatly.
His irritation only grew as he continued to watch.
Katerina turned back to her escort, said a few words before suddenly making her way towards the still blushing boy whose face was still turned away. Finally having enough he stocked towards Jeremy intent on not allowing them to even speak to each other.

He glanced towards the woman and noticed her talking with Elijah but quickly dismissed it in favor of gaining the attention of his boy.

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Jeremy was relieved when he saw Elijah stop katherine on her way to him because he honestly didn't know what he would say to her. But he didn't have time to appreicate it for long because suddenly he felt someone tugging on his sleeve. Looking up at the man the arm belonged to, he was surpised to see Kol looking back down at him with a frown on his face. 

Tilting his head in confusion Jeremy wondered what had made the man so upset.

At seeing his expression Kol surpressed a smug smirk at the concern his boy showed for him.
"Would you like some fresh air?"
Jeremy was caught off guard by the random question but nodded anyways. Even though it was cowardly of him he couldn't help but want to get away from Katherine because she reminded him of what he had lost since he had been in the past.