The Reaper

Chapter 3: Lonely Boy

Caroline POV 

I'm so pissed off at Elena right now. 

So it's been a few months, like 5-6 months maybe, since a ifound our about Jeremy's long and horrible past. I've been trying to help him as best as I could considering all the fucked up shit that had happened to him. Most nights since he recounted most of his life to me (leaving out the details and the killing and the torture and the experiments) he cried himself to sleep coming over to my place because Elena didn't know she couldn't comfort him when he was finally letting himself get over what had happened. 

And guess what she gets Damon to compel him to go to Denver when he needs me the most. I have to say I need him too. Since Jenna died and Stefan left we've all been grieving, Jeremy because he lost another person he saw as family and because we all lost a friend even if he's not dead. Jeremy threw himself into helping me get control and teaching me to fight with human strength which just made it much better when using vampire strength, I have to say I used those same methods to cope. 

"Caroline you can't just avoid me forever!" Shouted Rlena as I walked past her in the Grill blatantly ignoring her presence. Bitch you think I can't ignore you, just watch me. I walked up to the bar and waited for the bartender to finish serving another customer when I felt a presence pop up besides me. I knew who it was and I didn't bother turning to greet him. 

But then an idea struck me. It would probably piss Elena off if I talked to him. 

"Klaus" I Said in greeting turning to face the smirking hybrid. 

"Hello darling, now may I ask why you're here alone when all your little Scooby gang are over there" He asked whilst tilting his head in the general direction all my friends were sitting. I slumped down and sat at one of the stools. 

"If you expect me to complain about why I'm moody you better have a lot of pocket money for the booze that will require" I told him and he smirked flagging down the bartender. 

-TIMESKIP- 

"And she sent him away when I needed him and just why I'm lost without him" I groaned as I complained to Klaus after we split 2 and a half bottle of vodka. I'd chosen vodka because I'm pretty sure it's a Russian drink and Jeremy's Russian or at least half Russian. 

"I'm sorry who sent who away you've only told me they sent someone away?" Asked Klaus confused. For some reason I grew mad, how could he not know Jeremy?!! It was Jeremy for crying out loud. 

"My brf, best Russian friend" I whined and my head in my arms which were folded a top the bar. I felt a hand on my back that was suppose to be comforting but the big bad hybrid didn't know how to do that. "Your suppose to rub a crying persons back not pay it its more soothing" I whined my head still in my arms. He heard me though as he immediately took my advice. 

"Caroline can we talk?" Asked Elena who was glaring but at Klaus not me. I nodded my head and Klaus left after putting some money down the pay for the drinks. "Look I'm sorry I sent Jeremy away but it's for his safety. And why would you choose Klaus for company, after everything he's done?" She asked incredulously and I breathed deeply to calm myself, time to channel my inner Jeremy. 

"Elena I appreciate the concern but I can take care of myself and anyway Klaus isn't that bad, you can't judge someone in their past" that's the best advice I ever got from Jeremy. Well he didn't say it but one day out of the blue after he told me he said thanks and when I asked why he said it was because I didn't judge him. 

"He's been alive for 1000 years and probably killed enough people to fill the country, how can you say you don't judge him?" She said screeching the last part and everyone in the bar turned to look at us and I knew I needed to try diffuse the conversation, or leave everyone in curiousity. Option 2. 

"Because if i was going to judge people based on the horrific acts they've done I sure as hell would run far away from Jeremy" I whispered low into her ear before I left the restaurant. I ended up walking home, Klaus had left the area and I didn't want to go back to ask for a ride and I was too buzzed to drive. So here I am walking home in the middle of the night like I want to be killed and or raped. Non of those happened luckily. 

I reached home, took off my shoes, grabbed some cookie dough ice cream and hot chocolate and sat down to watch Say Yes To The Dress except it wasn't on so I watched Cake Boss instead. Halfway through an episode my phone rang and I left it to ring, who cares and if it's Jeremy I'll call him back later. But then someone started pounding on my door so I paused the tv and went to go tell whoever it was to either piss off or that they better have food and or alcohol, preferably more vodka. 

Except it was neither. 

"Hey Carebear" 

"Jeremy..."