Title: Elena Hears A Thump
Author:
captbrilliant Pairing/Character(s): Elena, Jeremy/Anna
Rating: PG
Word Count: 838
Summary: Elena gets an unexpected surprise...
Disclaimer: Don't own TVD blah blah blah
It was around eleven o’clock when Elena climbed the stairs to her front porch, reaching for the front door. The air was cool and crisp and the sky was clear of any haze above. She had a great night with Stefan, just the two of them in the park - for once there were no other worries or dangers within an eye sight. The doorknob was ice cold to the touch. Her hand jerked back, she put them to her mouth and blew hot air before rubbing them together and trying once more. Slightly creaking, as the wood of the doorframe settled, Elena pushed into dark house.
First stop was the kitchen. Setting her purse on the counter she saw there was a note on the refrigerator from Jenna saying she would be late from class and was meeting Alaric afterwards, so no need to worry. Elena smiled, in partial relief, being happy for her aunt to finally find someone deserving of her young aunt and stuck the paper back under the magnet. She walked over to the top west side cupboard for a glass of juice before heading upstairs to do some last minute homework for history (which Alaric wouldn’t care if she didn’t get done that night as long as she did it the next day in before class started) and any other nightly rituals before bed. She rinsed the glass of any remaining drops of liquid, grabbed her purse and started up the stairs.
Midway up, Elena heard a thump. She stopped momentarily, looking around her and shielding her clutch in front of her instinctively. Hearing nothing, she continued walking the stairs until she heard the noise again. It could really be anything, so she ran the rest of the way into her room and shut the door swiftly behind her.
Her pulse raced as she her breathing slowed down, trying to get a grip on herself. “It’s nothing, there’s no danger, you’re okay,” she murmured, with every reassuring breath. “You’re fine.” Coming to a point where she could stand straight again, she fixed her wrinkled shirt and went into the bathroom to wash her face.
She turned on the water and splashed herself a few times, just to calm her down. That was when she heard the noise again, but this time it was different. It was louder and there was another muffled sound with it. Elena shot back looking into her room, quickly realizing that wasn’t the source and turned back to the mirror. Her hand reached for the faucet with the movement of her wrist, slowly turned the water off, so she could hear where exactly the sound was coming from. Elena moved towards the door that connected her bathroom to Jeremy’s room when another loud sound emerged, but this time it sounded like a person.
“Jeremy!” Elena gasped. Scattering, almost not being able to focus, Elena threw the door open, half expecting to see Jeremy at the bloody hands of yet another vampire hell bent on revenge when she stopped dead in her tracks.
He was in the hands of another vampire all right, if you want to call it that...
She couldn’t help it, she just stared. Not being able to move, or even trying for that matter, she stared at the whole scene. When she burst into his bedroom and the light shone onto his bed, Jeremy jumped off of something, which turned out to be a someone. Elena knew Jeremy was growing up, but still… this was just weird.
“ELENA!” Jeremy yelled, falling off of his bed.
Elena put her head in her hands as he wrapped his top cover around him, the person in the bed shrinking even smaller into size.
“Don’t you know how to knock?!” He was not best pleased having his older sister walk in on him… busy.
“How was I supposed to know you were in there with... with...” Elena stuttered to get her words out when a pair of eyes popped from under the sheets. Her own eyed widened and she grabbed Jeremy’s hand pulling him into their adjoining bathroom and slammed the door shut.
Pointing in the direction of his room, her words sputtered out. “Anna?! How... what... WHY are you with... her?!”
Jeremy looked down at her, his expression nearly blank and very ‘duh’-like. “I kinda love her, Elena.”
“But she’s a vampire! She could kill you, Jer!”
“So could Stefan,” Jeremy nodded, annoyed by the whole situation.
“But Stefan-“
“But what Elena? He’s still a vampire. You don’t know that he could possibly not be able to control himself, you’ve seen him vulnerable before.” Jeremy moved to open his door. “Anna’s changed. She just wanted her mother back. I think you should be able to understand my decision.”
Elena watched him go, defeated and sighed, throwing herself onto her own bed.
Jeremy sighed, as he locked the bathroom door as well, but a smile crept to his face when he saw Anna’s in the moonlight. “Now, where were we..."