There's Always You and Me

Chapter 10

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"Day!"

Damon had the feeling that someone was poking him. He groaned, turning on his side and curling over his pillow. He gave a muffled protest when the poking continued.

"Day, I did not just break into your house for you to be asleep. Get your ass up, I made breakfast!"

"Breakfast?" The vampire sat up, blinking and using a hand to rub the sleep out of his eyes, internally wondering how the human didn't have a hangover, "Wait, did you say you broke into my home?"

"Yeah," Percy waved him off. "Come on, get up! I'm not skipping school so I can watch you sleep, no matter how pretty you are. Get up!"

"Alright, alright," Damon pushed himself up on the bed, looking for a shirt. He mumbled a thanks when his best friend opened one of his drawers and handed him one. He didn't even want to ask how he knew where it was. "What's on the menu?"

"Pancakes and bacon," The teen said, walking out of the room. "And I bought some orange juice since no one bothered to buy any."

"Percy," Stefan blinked in surprise when he saw him in the boarding house but he really shouldn't have been shocked. The teen had a habit of popping in out of nowhere. "Do you need a ride to school? I was about to leave now."

"Nah, I'm good. I'm skipping today. I made breakfast, though, if you want to eat some before you go."

"Oh, thanks," The youngest Salvatore smiled. "Don't you have swim practice today?"

"Yeah, I'll be there for that," Percy promised. "But I really don't feel like dealing with math. Plus, I wanna hang out with Damon."

"You hang out with him everyday."

"I know. I can't just break that streak. Anyways, if you don't want to run into your brother, I suggest you get food and leave now. He's about to come down to the kitchen."

"Right," Stefan quickly went to the kitchen and grabbed a plate with two pancakes sans syrup. "Thanks again!"

Percy waved as he went with a smile. Once he left, his smile dropped, "Alright, I got your brother to leave. You can come out of your room now."

"Has anyone ever told you that you're the best?" Damon asked, giving him a cheeky grin.

The teen rolled his eyes, flicking his friend on the nose, "Just come eat your food before it gets cold."

The vampire wiggled his nose, looking down at it cross-eyed, before he nodded, "Okay. Did you make chocolate chip pancakes?"

Percy stopped walking, turning to narrow his eyes at Damon, "Did you want chocolate chip pancakes?"

"Just one?" Damon held up a pointer finger, resisting the urge to laugh at his friend's expression.

The teen stared at him for a moment before nodding slowly, "Only one."

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"Jeremy..." Aunt Jenna looked around the kitchen, eyeing the five thermos laying on the island with suspicion, "What're you doing?"

"Making coffee," The youngest Gilbert answered honestly, filling a thermos, a pink one, with some of the hot liquid.

"I... See that," She nodded slowly. "Why are you making so much coffee? You just came back from school."

"It's not for me," Jeremy promised. He tilted his head, "Well, not all of it." He lifted up a small green thermos that was next to him, "This is mine. The rest is for my friend."

"Your friend?" Jenna tilted her head in similar fashion to the boy because she was pretty sure her nephew had never mentioned a friend before, at least not one he was willing to make anything for.

"Mmhm," He nodded, grabbing a blue thermos. This one was fairly large, big enough to be two cups of coffee in one. "Percy really likes coffee," Jeremy explained, carefully closing the metal cup. "So, I decided to bring him some after his swim practice."

Jenna was silent for a moment, "I'll help you then." She smiled at his surprised look, "I know there's no way you can carry all of these. Plus... I can meet your friend?"

Jeremy hesitated for a moment before giving her a small smile, "Okay. I think you'll really like him, he's pretty cool."

"Are we talking about Percy?" Elena asked as way of greeting when she walked in the house, setting down her bag on the couch before entering the kitchen.

Jenna raised an eyebrow when her niece didn't bat an eye at the amount of coffee on the counter. She looked at Jeremy in time to see him nod at her question. So, his name was Percy. That was good to know. "This Percy, how'd you two meet him?"

"He tutors me," Jeremy answered honestly, not ashamed to admit it. "In history."

"He's in my history class," Elena said. "He sits in front of me."

Their aunt turned to Jeremy, "He tutors you? What's your grade in history?" She was hoping that he would answer this question since he was in such a good mood. She was aware of his lack of study habits and his usage of drugs. She always felt terrible about not doing anything because she wasn't assertive enough. Sometimes she felt like she wasn't good enough to be taking care of the children.

Jeremy visibly brightened, "I have a B now!"

Jenna watched as a grin grew on her nephew's face and she felt her lips turn into a smile, "Jer, that's great! I'm so glad you're getting help in history!"

"Actually," He looked down at his shoes for a moment, suddenly shy. "It's not just history. On Fridays I get tutoring help. But it's not a big deal," He said quickly, focusing back on the coffee maker, which was, hopefully, brewing the last bit of coffee. It seemed so since he was filling up the last empty thermos they had in the house.

Jenna didn't say anything, knowing he didn't want to make a big deal about his new studying habits, but she couldn't help how big her smile had gotten. She had to meet Percy and thank him for a lot.