Only Human (Rebekah Mikaelson)

Chapter 6:The New Deal

(September 26th 2010)

IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE events at homecoming, things have been relatively quiet since then but Cass knows the other shoe will drop soon. Cass is with Jeremy and Tyler in the woods, Jeremy has crossbow and Cass has her bow and arrows.

Jeremy shoots at a can with the crossbow and Cass lines up an arrow for her shot at one of the cans, a weird sense of normalcy fills Cass. It's nice to just chill and do normal things for once.

"Nice shot!" Tyler calls out a smile on his face.

"So what's the point of this again?" Jeremy questions.

"The point is I'm pissed at Caroline, Bonnie dumped your ass and Cass has nothing to do. The point is to get drunk and shoot stuff"Tyler explains.

"Profound. Alaric finds out I took this he is gonna use it on me" Jeremy tells the others.

Cass rolls her eyes. "he won't actually Jer" Cass tells the younger Gilbert.

Cass shoot at her can and the arrow goes straight through the can, a smile forms on the teenage humans face.

Jeremy then reloads his crossbow.

"So what's the deal with that? He is like your guardian now?" Tyler asks.

"It's not really any of our business Ty" Cass tells her best friend.

"It's fine Cass, yeah he sort of. I think he feels responsible for us" Jeremy tells explains.

"Do you like him?" Tyler questions prying for more information.

"Yeah. Yeah-I like him" Jeremy starts.

Jeremy aims his crossbow at the can but Tyler is stood in the way of it.

"You wanna move out of the way?!" Jeremy asks.

"I'm a hybrid, Gilbert. You can't kill me unless you cut off my head or rip out my heart. And you're not gonna do it with that lame ass crossbow and neither can Cass with her bow. Go ahead!! Take a shot! Unless you don't think you can hit me" Tyler tells the two.

Jeremy and Cass look at each other and smile they both aim their weapons and fire and Tyler catches both their arrows and smirks.

AFTER A FEW HOURS OF having fun in the woods, the trio decided to head back to the Gilbert household. Jeremy and Cass head inside, Jeremy heads to the fridge and Cass stands in the doorway of the kitchen.

"Just in time! We're cooking" Elena announces happily to her baby brother.

"Sorry, we are just passing through" Jeremy explains.

Cass waves awkwardly from the doorway and Elena smiles at her.

"Ah, well I thought we would all stay in, have a meal together like a typical, atypical family" Alaric explains to Jeremy.

"Why?" Jeremy asks confused.

"Maybe because you got fired and you didn't tell anyone" Elena says and Cass feels the air in the room change almost immediately, the tension builds quickly.

"Ahh- look, can we do this later? me and Cass made plans with Tyler. He's right outside" Jeremy tells them not wanting a lecture about his life choices from his big sister.

"Oh wait! I understand hanging out with Cass but when did you start hanging out with Tyler Lockwood?" Alaric asks concerned.

"I don't know...Does it matter?" Jeremy questions.