The Owl Gilbert

2:1: Seeing Double

I walk into the kitchen and see John on the floor with a knife next to him on his right side and gasp, running over to him, and crouch down, grabbing towel on the oven with my right hand, applying pressure to the wound and see all his fingers cut off on his left hand, and dial nine one one. "Nine one one. What's your emergency?" The female receiver asks. "I need an ambulance at twenty-one oh four Maple street." I say and John tries to tell me something. "What?" I ask. "Behind you." He says and I gasp, turning around and see no one there. I look at John and grab the bloody knife with my right hand, and stand up, slowly walking. I hear someone behind me and quickly turn around, and then hear the front door open and shut, and turn around, gasping and remember Jeremy. "Jeremy!" I exclaim and run up the stairs. "Jeremy!" I shout and run into Jeremy's room, trying to wake him up. "Please, Jeremy, wake up!" I exclaim and he wakes up, gasping.

I'm at the top of the stairs with Elena on my left side as the police are taking Uncle John to the hospital and the officer tries to stop Stefan from coming in. "He's okay." I say and he lets Stefan by, and runs up the stairs. "What happened?" Stefan asks as we walk into Jeremy's room. "He said that Anna gave him her blood and then he took these pills and now-- I mean he looks fine but then again so do you. So, I just.. I don't know." Elena says, handing him the pill bottle with her right hand and he drops them, touching both sides of Jeremy's face. "Look at me." Stefan says. "I'm fine, ok? I feel exactly the same." Jeremy says. "Should I call a paramedic up here? What should I do?" I ask. "No, he's fine." Stefan says, and stands back up, walking over to me. "You mean I'm not a vampire? Damn it!" Jeremy exclaims and we look at him. "Don't say that Jeremy! Jer, why would you want that?" Elena asks. "Did you hear about Anna, what happened to her tonight? She's dead." Jeremy says, standing up. "Jeremy, Jeremy. Come here, sit down." Stefan says and pushes Jeremy on the bed, and makes him look at him, touching both sides of his face. "I am very sorry about Anna but it's very important that you listen to me right now. With every passing moment, Anna's blood is leaving your system. If you try to kill yourself right now, you could really die." Stefan says and Jeremy looks away from him. "Hey." Stefan says and slaps his left cheek. "Do you understand me?" He asks. "Stefan." Elena says. "Yeah, I understand." Jeremy says. "Good." Stefan says and walks back over to us. "What about the pills that he took?" I ask. "He didn't take enough to die so Anna's blood actually healed him of that." Stefan says and there's a knock on the open door, and I look at the policeman. "Mr. Gilbert." He says. "I'll be right there." I say and he walks off, and I look at Stefan. "You and Elena need to be at the hospital." He says. "But.." Elena says and we look at Jeremy. "No, no, no, I'll stay here with Jeremy." Stefan says. "No, I don't need a babysitter." Jeremy says. "Yes, you do." I say.

I arrive to the hospital with Elena and we see Bonnie. "Bonnie. How's Caroline?" Elena asks. "She's weak. They don't know if she's going to make it." Bonnie says. "What?" I ask and Bonnie hugs us, and releases. "Is there something that you can do? Like a spell or something?" Elena asks. "She doesn't know how, do you?" Damon asks as we look at him. "No, I don't." She says. "No, you don't because it took Emily years to learn a spell like that." Damon says. "Well, I can take down a vampire, that spell was easy to learn." Bonnie says and Damon looks at Elena. "I can give Caroline some blood." He says. "No. No way." Elena says. "No, just enough to heal her. She will be safe in the hospital and it will be out of her system in a day, she will be better, Elena." Damon says. "It's too risky. I can't agree to that." Elena says. "Do it." Bonnie says and we look at her, and she looks at Elena. "This is Caroline. We can't let her die. Do it." She says, looking back at Damon. "If I do this, you and me, call a truce?" He asks. "No. But you'll do it anyway. For Elena." She says and her and Elena walk off. "I know this is probably the last thing you want to do right now but we should talk about what happened tonight." He says. "Yeah, one of the tomb vampires got into the house and almost killed John." I say. "What? When? What are you talking about? After I left?" He asks. "You were there?" I ask. "Come on, Adam, you know I was." He says. "When were you at the house?" I ask. "Really? Earlier, on the porch, we were talking, all cathartic, feelings exposed. Come on, we kissed, Adam." He says. "Ok, I don't have time for this, Damon." I say and shake my head, and start walking off, and he grabs my right wrist, and I look at him. "If you want to forget what happened fine but I can't." He says and lets my wrist go, and Jenna walks over to us. "Adam, I came as soon as I got your message. How is John?" She asks. "Where have you been?" I ask. "At the fire department, I had to fill out a report. I told you earlier." She says. "No, you didn't." I say. "Yes, I did." She says, nodding. "No, Jenna, you didn't. I would of remembered." I say. "Yes, I did." She repeats. "Ohh." Damon says and we look at him. "You gotta be kidding me. It's impossible. No freakin' way." He says and walks off.