Only One •| Elijah Mikaelson |•

Chapter 15- Missing

Elena hesitated and slowly walked towards her younger brother like he was an injured wild animal "It's not that easy, Jere" she cooed, reaching her hand out to rest on his shoulder "Things might not be as they seem"

"What the hell are you saying, Elena?" he rounded fully on the doppelganger with a full glare however, before she could speak up Jeremy once again spoke loud enough that it could be considered yelling "No! Ok No, she wouldn't just leave"

"Well she did three years ago didn't she, baby Gilbert" The raven haired man in the room couldn't help but add his two pence.

"Shut the hell up! You don't know anything" he yelled, shaking with rage

"Jere..." Elena tried to sooth him but he wasn't having any of it and lashed out

"No, Elena. She wouldn't leave without saying goodbye"

"She didn't say goodbye last time, Jeremy" she spoke softly, looking slightly guilty at she didn't take her brother's side.

"So what are you saying? You believe those two? That Roxy's just left town again?" Jeremy bellowed, looking confused, stunned and downright furious at his sister

A sister who didn't reply to his accusations and only looked down to avoid his gaze

"Something's wrong, I know it..."

"What are you, psychic all of a sudden, baby Gilbert?"

The stunned vampire clearly the older Salvatore didn't expect the boy to storm up to him and practically throw him against the wall as he snarled, practically foaming at the mouth. "Shut the fuck up!"

"Jeremy" the female voice cried out in shock and outrage at the action

"Damon stop" Stefan spoke up for the first time since he and his brother arrived at the house whilst pulling the Gilbert boy away from his brother who shook himself free of any shock and lightly dusted down his leather jacket

"What? The truth is he is deluding himself into thinking so highly of a sister that's most likely skipped town..." a glare from the girl he was in love with slowly brought his comment to an end

Jeremy took a shaky breath before forcing his way out of Stefan's restraining arms and spoke with a dead tone as he looked at the three other people in the room with eyes filled with sorrow and rage with more than a hint of disgust "I'm going to find my sister and you three can rot in hell for all I care"

"Jere-" Elena once again tried to reach out to grab her brother but he yanked his arm away as though her touch burnt.

"Don't touch me! You're once again choosing those two and I'm sick of it...stay away from me Elena"

With those parting words Jeremy stormed out of the Gilbert house leaving behind a heartbroken Elena and two disbelieving, slightly angry Salvatore brothers.

Striding down the now pitch black street, Jeremy seethed silently cursing Elena to the depths of hell. His worry for Roxanne only climbed higher and higher with every step he took, he felt like a giant cloud of fear and panic was looming over him and pressing down harder and more urgently than a second ago; like it was there to warn him and remind him that his rock was gone and mostly in pain. With a sudden burst of fresh rage, Jeremy let out a yell and quickly lashed out, punching the closest object, with all his strength, which happened to be a solid tree.

He didn't feel the pain, only white hot rage at the thought of Roxanne being hurt. Instead the only boy in the Gilbert family staring down at his now bloody hand with a blank expression before putting it down, only to brush against something hard in his grey jogging bottoms pocket. That's when he remembered that he had Roxanne's phone and an idea popped into his head, one that hadn't really formed before he was already punching in her password and searching through her contacts until he found the one he needed and hit call.