An Elemental Difference - AIR - Book 1 (Stefan Salvatore)

Chapter 70 - Freakin' sparkly vampires!

First of all, I want to apologise and thank you all at the same time. Since officially finishing the remaining chapters for An Elemental Difference, I've been going back to the beginning chapters to clean them up and change any error... OMG how the hell did we get to 300K reads, 9.1k votes, and 3.4 comments... like 🤯 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Between posting updates, planning s2, and writing up my Game of Thrones fic, I will be going back and cleaning up the earlier chapters with a fine tooth comb! There will be a few changes to conversations, but the storyline will be the same, so don't worry about going back to read thinking you're missing something new. Anyway! I have some big news at the end of this chapter, I REALLY hope you enjoy, your amazing comments and encouragement have COMPLETELY lit a fire under my arse and I am in writing heaven. Love you all!

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GILBERT HOUSEHOLD

Jeremy sighed in frustration as he ran down the stairs, someone was knocking, and he was betting it was Elena and Bonnie who had gone out to get them all food. He knew his sister had the tendency to forget her keys when she was driving with someone else.

Jeremy pulled the door open, "Thank god you're here I was starv-"

He was stopped in his tracks at the fact standing in front of him wasn't Elena and Bonnie with food, but someone he never expected, "Anna?"

Anna nervously bit her lip, "Surprised?"

Jeremy didn't answer her question and instead asked his own, "What are you doing here?"

Anna only shrugged, "I got bored of my mom asking me how a series of buttons can create a message." She held up her phone, "Technology is a confusing thing to teach when you've been around since the original telephone was invented."

Jeremy ignored her rambling and fixed his glare on her, "You know what I mean, Anna. Why are you and your mom still here? And why the hell did you start with my dad's surgery?"

"This town is the only town I remember living happily with my mother," Anna admitted, looking down to the ground. She briefly smiled up at Jeremy, "And your dad's shop used to be my mothers when it was an apothecary. Small world, right?"

Jeremy's glare faded, but the bite to his words was still there, "Too small, I think sometimes." He glanced behind Anna for any sign of Elena and Bonnie, but when he came up empty he looked back to the vampire, "Look, Anna. I'm happy you got your mom back, but the way you went all about this could have been very different if you just trusted me, or even Aella." He started closing the door, "If you see me around town, let's pretend we don't know each other."

Just before the door shut, Anna placed her foot in the door, and Jeremy cursed himself for inviting Anna in previously. Anna pleaded with him not to go, "No-no-no, please don't go."

Jeremy sighed heavily, opening the door again, "What, Anna?"

MYSTIC GRILL

Bonnie and Elena stood in front of the sinks as Caroline and Aella stared down at them, with the same look they had given Kelly and Jenna only moments before.

"So..." Caroline pursed her lips. "Whose idea was this?"

The two girls shared a glance, and with the mood Bonnie was in she just held up her hand, "I just came for the free food."

"Bonnie!" Elena turned on her best friend.

Aella let a snort out of her stiff lips, "I think this is an opportune moment to quote the great R.Green, 'Isn't that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic.'"