*Chapter Thirteen* {The Turning Point}

"So, any idea of where you'll go?" Stefan questioned Damon who's standing in by the window in the parlor. Christian glances at his brother while pouring himself a drink. He glances at his phone knowing it was only a matter of time before he left to go see Jeremy.

"I don't know. London, maybe" Damon shrugs. Christian was too busy... being intimate with Jeremy to stay caught up on the drama his brothers are in. Apparently Elena's little sleep over went south and now Damon's lost all hope of getting Katherine back. As bad as it may sound, Christian didn't give a fuck. All he cared about is that he's with Jeremy and that makes him happy, it's been too long since he's been happy like this. "See some friends."

"You don't have any friends, Damon" Stefan tells him.

"You're right, Stefan. I only have you and Chris" Christian groans not wanting to get roped into whatever he was thinking. "So, where are we goin'?" Damon questions grinning.

"We are not going anywhere" Stefan shakes his head. "I'm gonna live my life as far away from you as possible"

"But we're a team! We could travel the world together. We could try out for 'The Amazing Race'." Damon suggests.

"Mmmm, that's funny. Seriously, where are you going?" Stefan asks. "Because we are not staying in this town."

"Speak for yourself" Christian scoffs as the doorbell rings. Stefan looks at the door before glancing at Christian. "I'm not going anywhere, little bro" Christian winks. Stefan narrows his gaze but goes to answer the door.

"I'm here to see Damon" The sheriff says. Damon walks out of the parlor and Christian sees his chance to escape. He speeds out the back and races towards the Gilbert house.

When he arrives he leaps up to Jeremy's room, entering it silently. He smirks when he sees Jeremy's back to him. The human boy was shirtless but was in the process of getting clothed.

"Pity" Christian says causing Jeremy to practically leap through the rough. He spins around relaxing when he sees Christian. "I was quite liking the bare back" Christian winks at him.

"You know you can come through the front door" Jeremy says.

"Have you told your sister about us?" He asks him. By the look on his face, Christian knew Jeremy's been keeping them a secret.

"I'm sorry, it's just-"

"Don't be" Christian cuts him off. He approaches him and grabs Jeremy's hips. "I like being your little secret" He whispers towering over Jeremy. "I'm glad I caught you before you left for school"

"Why don't I skip? Spend the day with you" Jeremy suggests.

"I love the sound of that" Christian whispers nuzzling his head into Jeremy's neck. His grip on Jeremy tightened. Jeremy moans softly as Christian kisses and nipples at his neck. "But you need to get an education" Christian smirks stepping away from Jeremy.

"You're an ass" Jeremy glared readjusting his pants. Christian chuckles and grips his chin lightly.

"I'll pick you up and we can defile every surface of this room" Christian grumbles. "But then I wouldn't be your little secret anymore" He mutters against his lips.

"There's multiple rooms at your house we can defile" Jeremy whispers. Christian smirks and chuckles again.

"Such a needy boy" Christian captures Jeremy's lower lip between his teeth and gently pulls. Jeremy groans moving closer to him. "I'll see you later, handsome" Christian presses their lips together before disappearing leaving Jeremy hot and bothered.

"There's another vampire in town" Damon says the moment Christian reenters the house.

"Cool" Christian shrugs. "I thought you were leaving, why do you give a fuck?" Christian frowns his eyebrows.

"Well I've got the council wrapped around my finger at the moment, can't pass up that kind of power" Damon smirks. Christian shrugs and sits on the couch wondering what he was gonna do from now until Jeremy gets out of school. "Want to help me catch this mystery vampire?"

"Why do I care?" Christian asks.

"Oh, I don't know. The vampire already killed one person, how long is it gonna be until Jeremy's one of the victims?" Christian tenses and Damon slowly smirks.

"Fine, I'll help" Christian stands up. "How do you plan on finding this guy or girl or whatever?" Christian asks.

"I've got a man on the ground" Damon smirks. "Or girl" Damon corrects himself. "Come on" Christian follows Damon to the middle of nowhere. Christian frowns his eyebrows seeing Caroline. "You can give me that" Damon says taking the compass from Caroline.

"So, why did you need me to do this?" Caroline asked.

"Because I interfere with the signal" Damon says. Christian realizes the compass points towards vampires as the needle bounces between him and his brother.

"Can I go now? This has blown like, half of my day" Caroline complains.

"You do that. Get in your car. Go home. Forget i asked you to do this" Damon compels.

"Ok, bye now" Caroline grins before walking around. Damon smiles and waves. Christian turns towards the warehouse. The brothers share a glance before walking up to the door. Damon enters first and gets shot full of wooden bullets. Christian enters as well but gets his neck snapped.

"Useless" Damon groaned glaring at his brothers body.

"I have tons of these wood bullets, so nothing funky" Logan Fell tells him.

"You don't wanna do this, trust me" Damon warns him. Logan shoots him in the shoulder bringing out a groan from Damon.

"That's what you get" Logan growled.

"For what?" Damon asked as Logan kneels in front of Damon.

"You made me like this" Logan growled.

"I killed you, I didn't turn you" Damon pries a bullet from his chest.

"See I know what you and your brothers are. I've been watching the three of you. I knew you'd show up here and I'm glad you did, because I have some questions."

"Me first" Damon groans pulling another bullet from his chest. "Who turned you?"

"How should I know? The last thing I remember is, I'm about to stake your brother and then you grabbed me. That's it! Until I wake up in the ground behind a used car dealership on highway 4. Somebody buried me"

"It happens" Damon groans pulling out a bullet from his leg.

"You bit me" Logan recalls. "It had to be you."

"You have to have vampire blood in your system when you die. I didn't do that. Some other vampire found you, gave you their blood" Damon groans falling on his back.

"Who?" Logan asks.

"That's what I wanna know" Damon mumbles.

"Dude it's not like the welcome wagon was waiting with a bundt cake and a handbook. It's been a learn as you go process." Logan continues to go on and on about his pity party. Damon explains things here and there.

Eventually Christian slowly begins to wake up. He groans and rubs his neck while sitting up. He cracks it a few times before looking around.

"What the fuck?" Christian groans. Logan whips around to him and shoots him with wooden bullets. Christian groans falling on his stomach painfully. "This is the last fucking time I go anywhere with you" Christian growls at Damon.

"You think this is my idea of fun?" Damon snapped back. Christian rolls his eyes and looks at Logan.

"The fuck you want?" Christian asks.

"How do you walk in the sun?" Logan asks.

"With my legs" Christian answers pulling out one bullet only to have Logan fire three more shots at him. "Jesus-fuck"

"Who turned you?" Damon asks regaining Logan's attention. Christian feels a buzzing in his pocket and discretely pulls it out. Christian curses under his breath realizing he's late to see Jeremy. Logan sees him on his phone and fires shots into Christian's chest, to close to his heart for comfort.

"I really am going to enjoy ripping your heart out" Christian chuckles painfully. Logan doesn't respond to him but looks at Damon. It isn't long until it's dark enough for Logan to leave them. "I don't think we should tell anybody we got bested by a baby vamp"

"Bullshit, I'm telling everyone you got your neck snapped by a baby vamp" Damon says pulling bullets out of Christian's chest.

"This is the second time that bastard almost killed me" Christian snips.

"I say we go back to the house, get changed into some different clothes. Find that stupid vampire and regain our man cards" Christian nods in agreement and the two of them race back to the house.

When they get there Christian instantly senses Jeremy. Logan completely leaves his mind and he speeds up to his room. He smiles softly seeing Jeremy asleep on his bed. He felt bad for not being there to pick him up for school and then annoyed with his brother for convincing him to get involved with some stupid baby vampire. All Christian wanted to do is lay in the bed and cuddle Jeremy, maybe even follow through with some promises if he wakes up.

"Hey" Damon whispers not so quietly. "Get dressed, let's go. I know where Logan is" Christian nods and quickly gets changed into other clothes. He stops by the side Jeremy is sleeping on. He pulls the covers over him and kisses his forehead.

"I'll make it up to you" Christian whispers softly before racing out of the house after his brother.

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