A/N: Thank you to everyone who's journeyed with Josie to Season 2! I appreciate all the views, favs, follows, and reviews! You'll gradually start to see more divergence from canon than Season 1.

Season One Recap:

In Season One, Josie Gilbert (twin sister to Jeremy, but aged up slightly) found herself in the world of the Vampire Diaries. All her efforts to escape have failed, though she did learn that it was Expression that brought her here. Her memory of the show isn't perfect, but she manages to save a number of people that died in the original storyline: Vicky, Zach, Lexi, and Pearl. Others, like Grams and Logan Fell, are still dead. She's grown close to her fake family and friends, despite trying to distance herself.

She had a friends-with-benefits relationship with Damon in an effort to escape all the stress she felt at being stuck in this world. She eventually healed and is now in a relationship with Tyler Lockwood. During the Founder's Day celebrations, she ended up in the fateful car crash with Tyler, Caroline and Matt and that's the last thing she remembers.

Oh, and she started getting visions of new events once she made significant changes to the storyline, in addition to having dreams about a mysterious dark-haired woman in a suit.

Josie blinked and sat up. She was in her bed, her real bed. In her real room.

"Was that… a dream?"

Getting out of bed, she opened the door to her room and saw the hallway of her house. Grinning, she ran downstairs, the smell of pancakes drifting up to meet her. Pancakes had been a Sunday family tradition for as long as she could remember.

She pushed open the kitchen door and stopped dead in her tracks.

"You…" she breathed, unable to believe her eyes.

Standing at the stove, was the dark-haired woman in the suit.

"It's not time yet," she said, flipping a pancake. "Not ready."

"I'm ready now," said Josie, frowning.

"But he's not."

Josie was confused. "Who's he?" But the woman just ignored her. "Who's he?" she repeated, over and over. "Who's he?" But the louder she shouted, the further the dark-haired woman seemed, until finally she just faded away, as if she'd never been there at all.

Josie gasped and opened her eyes, only to immediately shut them at the bright light that assaulted them.

"I think she's waking up," said a voice to her right.

Josie chanced another peek and saw she was in a hospital room. Jeremy and Elena were standing by her bed.

"How are you feeling, Jo?" Jeremy asked, a concerned look on his face.

"What…" Josie trailed off, confused. How did she get here?

"You were in an accident," said Elena.

"Accident?" Josie whispered, suddenly remembering. "The car… Tyler…"

"Matt and Tyler are fine. Caroline is still unconscious," said Elena. "They… we think she'll be okay."

"And so will you," said Jeremy, taking her hand. "How do you feel?"

"Fine," said Josie, a little suspicious. "I feel great, actually. Like I wasn't even in an accident."

"Okay, don't be mad," said Elena. "Stefan gave you some blood. You were seriously hurt, Jo. We can't lose you."

Josie sighed. It wasn't the first time she'd had vampire blood. She supposed it wouldn't be the last.

"What about Caroline?"

"He's just gone to give her some too," said Elena. Josie started to get up. "No, you can't leave, Jo. Damon compelled your doctors and nurses, but you'll need to stay for at least another day or two, for the sake of everyone else."

Josie frowned. She wasn't going to stay so Katherine could off her.

"What everyone else?" asked Josie. "I feel fine, just let me go home."

"What about your friends?" asked Elena. "They've all been to see you. Not to mention Tyler."

"Elena's right," said Jeremy. "Tyler just left. We had to send him for coffee so he'd leave long enough for Stefan to heal you. He's been here almost the whole night."

Josie smiled at that. She remembered that Tyler had avoided the hospital like the plague when Vicky was admitted.

"Listen, Jo… about Tyler," said Elena. She told Josie what she'd missed last night. That Anna, Damon and Stefan were fine. The tomb vampires were dead. Katherine was here, pretending to be Elena and had attacked Uncle John. And finally, that the Mayor was dead and his funeral was that afternoon.

Josie felt another pang of guilt about the mayor. She'd completely forgotten about werewolves and the vampire device.

Of course, the mere mention of Katherine's name terrified her. Katherine meant Klaus. Josie knew Klaus would not be so easily dealt with as the tomb vampires.

She was distracted from her negative train of thought by the arrival of Tyler. Elena and Jeremy said they were going to go check on Caroline, leaving Tyler and Josie alone.

"I'm so sorry," were the first words out of his mouth.

"It's okay," said Josie, knowing the accident was completely not his fault. "I'm sorry about your dad. I… What happened?"

Tyler looked down. "I don't know. They say he accidently got caught in a fire."

"I'm so sorry," she repeated, grabbing his hand. He linked her fingers with his and brought her hand to his lips. "I want to be there for you."

"You need to rest. Stay as long as the doctors think you should."

"I'm feeling much better."

She really did. That vampire blood was useful. She'd make a fortune back home.

"I'm glad," he said, bending down to kiss her gently, not realizing she'd been healed by Stefan's blood.

Inwardly, she cringed. Tyler was not going to be another Derek, damn it. He would find out the truth soon enough. Mason was coming. So there'd be the werewolf revelation and then vampires, witches, etc would come out too.

A few minutes later, Jeremy and Elena came back, this time with Jenna and they visited with Josie for a while. When they left to pay their respects to the mayor, Josie called Damon. She asked him to compel her doctor to let her go, citing an irrational fear of hospitals. He took pity on her and agreed.

It was just before dinner that she was officially discharged. Elena and Jeremy were suspicious, but didn't say anything when they came to pick her up. They told her about Katherine's appearance at the funeral and Josie knew this was the night Katherine would turn Caroline.

Josie had decided to let it happen, remembering how Caroline had preferred being a vampire, outright rejecting the cure later on. She'd only killed that one guy, right after she was turned, so as long as Josie prevented that, it was best to not interfere.

She was just walking up the stairs after dinner when she heard raised voices in Elena's room. As she approached, she saw Damon, Elena, and Jeremy there.

"No it's not okay, Elena," Damon was saying. "I…"

Josie cut him off. "What's going on?" she asked, moving into the room. Oh my god, this was the scene where Damon killed Jeremy, she realized. "Damon, what are you doing here?"

Her eyes flickered to Jeremy's hand, and, to her relief, the Gilbert ring was on his finger. Still, she subtly moved toward Damon and Elena, placing herself between Damon and Jeremy.

"He was just leaving," said Elena.

"I don't feel like leaving," said Damon, moving toward Josie, having been rejected by one Gilbert sister. "One more night, Josie? For old time's sake?"

Josie froze, unable to breathe. She looked at Elena with dread.

"What are you talking about?" Elena asked.

"Come on," said Damon, putting an arm around Josie, who tried to shove him off. "Didn't you notice that I was fucking your sister?"

The world blurred and Josie found herself on her bed with Damon's lips attached to her neck and Damon on top of her.

She gasped. "Stop, Damon," said Josie, pushing at him. "I'm with Tyler."

"Come on," said Damon, still kissing her neck. "You know he can't make you feel like I did."

Josie bit her lip, remembering just how good Damon made her feel. His skills hadn't lessened any, given the way he was treating her neck.

"No, Damon," she said, beating on his chest. "Stop!"

Damon growled and stood up.

"Leave her alone, Damon," came Elena's voice from the doorway. Josie saw Jeremy and Stefan standing behind her.

"I hope you enjoy this jock as much as the last one," Damon snarled and sped away.

Josie sighed. She was grateful Damon hadn't killed Jeremy, but he'd still managed to act like an asshole, per usual.

"Are you okay?" asked Elena, coming over and hugging her.

Josie nodded. "I'm fine. What the hell happened to him?"

"Katherine," said Stefan. He then proceeded to tell them about how Katherine had fucked with Damon. Josie instantly felt bad for him. Being rejected by three women in the same night. That had to sting.

Then it was Josie's turn. "Elena, I'm sorry… I wanted to tell you about me and Damon.. I just… It's over now. It has been for a while. I should have told you…"

"How could you sleep with him, Josie?" interrupted Elena. "After how he treated Caroline, after everything he's done?"

"Damon's not all bad," said Josie, feeling the need to defend her decision. Though in light of tonight, she felt stupid for saying it. "He's a jerk, I know, but so far he's honored our bargain and hasn't killed anyone."

"Lately," said Elena, angrily. "That doesn't make him a saint."

"I know," sighed Josie. Elena wasn't wrong.

"And how could you not tell me?" asked Elena, now more hurt. "We said no more secrets."

At that, Josie felt a stab of guilt. If Elena only knew the huge secret that Josie was keeping from all of them. Her true origins, her visions.

"I'm sorry," said Josie, unable to look any of them in the eye.

Elena sighed and then enveloped Josie in another hug. "It's okay, Jo. I wouldn't want to admit I slept with Damon, either."

At that, Josie had to suppress a little laugh, given Elena's future relationship with him.

Josie was just getting into bed when she realized something was off about Stefan's story of Katherine and Damon at the Boarding House. Pulling out her phone, she texted Stefan.

Tears sprung to her eyes when she saw his response, even though she knew it was true before he wrote it: Zach was dead. Apparently, the tomb vampires had killed him in Virginia Beach as revenge for Stefan and Damon's actions against them prior to Founder's Day. Josie was devastated. In the end, she'd only bought him a few more months.

The next day, Josie went to see Caroline at the hospital. Sure enough, when she tried to open the curtains and Caroline freaked, Josie realized she was a vampire. Josie called Stefan, who came and started helping Caroline become a non-murderous vampire. He convinced Bonnie to make her a daylight ring, etc, etc. Thus they all avoided the drama of Caroline the vampire ravaging the carnival.

Of course, everyone was freaking out about Katherine's message 'Game On', and what it meant and what Katherine was planning. Josie knew the real challenge wasn't Katherine. That Katherine was just a blip on the radar that led to all things Klaus. Klaus and his damn curse breaking.

Just thinking about Klaus and the Originals made Josie long for home. But she wouldn't leave. It was odd, but for the first time since she'd come, she didn't want to escape. At least not now.

She cared about the people here. True, they weren't her first family and friends, but they were a close second. And she knew if she left now, all the horrible things that happened in the show (Jenna dying, Mason dying, etc) would definitely happen. Jenna's death, in particular, haunted her. On the show, it had been awful, but now the thought was excruciating.

Still, she had time, she thought, as she headed to Tyler's house for dinner. Apparently, Carol had overheard Tyler telling Mason that Josie was his girlfriend now and she had insisted Josie be invited over.

Carol was pleasant enough, but she had a few too many glasses of wine and the questions she asked Josie and the comments she made got more and more inappropriate as the night wore on.

Where had Uncle John gone so suddenly? Did Josie know who Jenna was supporting in the upcoming mayoral elections? Did she understand the importance of being a Founding Family member? And most cringe-worthy, what a great match her and Tyler made. How it would be an honor to Carol's late husband for her Lockwood son to marry a Gilbert. Even Mason couldn't keep a straight face at that.

When Carol excused herself to go to the bathroom, Tyler apologized immediately.

"God Josie, I'm sorry."

"She just lost her husband, Tyler. It's understandable," said Josie. "I guess I should be grateful she approves." Josie bit her lip, unsure what else to say.

"I'm surprised she didn't ask what your dowry was," said Mason, trying to ease the awkwardness.

Tyler and Josie laughed at that.

"5 camels and a goat," Josie said, with mock seriousness.

"Oh, you're worth at least 10 camels," said Mason, laughing.

Soon, it became clear that Carol wasn't coming back. Tyler went to go check on her, leaving Mason and Josie alone.

"So, are you coming to the carnival tomorrow?" asked Josie.

"They still do that?"

"Every year," she said, nodding. "They have an arm wrestling booth, you know. I bet you'd do well," she smirked.

"Why would you say that?"

"You just look like a strong guy," she said, inwardly giggling at his suspicous eyes. Sometimes it was fun being her. "Anyway, you should come by. I'm helping set up."

With Caroline in the hospital, Elena had taken over her carnival chairwoman duties and had 'volunteered' Josie to help.

They talked about the carnival for a while until Tyler came back. He informed them that his mother wasn't returning to dinner. Mason excused himself and wished them goodnight.

"I guess I should probably get going," said Josie, reluctantly.

Tyler wrapped his arms around her. "You don't have to if you don't want to. But, I know you're still recovering."

"I'm fine," said Josie. "Really." Thanks to Stefan's blood. She couldn't wait for Tyler to find out about supernatural stuff. Wasn't Mason supposed to talk to him soon?

Tyler smiled. "So?"

"So… I guess I can stay for a bit," she said, grabbing his hand as he led her to his room.

"Mind if I change?" asked Tyler, tugging on the semi-formal clothes his mother had probably insisted he wear for their dinner.

"Go ahead," she said, sitting on his bed.

"Sorry about my mom," said Tyler, peeling off his shirt and pants. "Again."

Mmm… thought Josie, he really is quite sexy. Tyler worked out like crazy. Josie remembered that he had used it to help curb the aggression and anger that all werewolves and potential werewolves seemed to have.

"It's okay, hun," she said, getting up to stand in front of him. "She's going through a rough time." Josie ran her hands up and over Tyler's bare chest. "So are you."

Her hands linked behind his head and he lowered his lips to hers. He kissed her and she deepened the kiss almost immediately. He let his hands drift down to dip under her shirt. He grabbed the hem and pulled it over her head, walking them back to the bed. They continued kissing as he lowered her down so he was lying on top of her.

He stopped for a second and pulled off her pants and shoes, so they were both only in their underwear. They continued like that, just kissing, until Josie reached down and pushed his boxers down over his hips.

He broke away. "Are you sure?" he breathed, eyes closed when she circled him in her hand.

She nodded. They had been officially a couple for a few weeks now. She really liked him. Maybe even that other "L" word too.

"Yes. Do you have protection?"

"Shit," he said. "No. Sorry, I didn't think we'd be doing this tonight. You're not on birth control or anything?"

"No." Then Josie had an idea. "What about Mason?"

Mason was cool. He was screwing Katherine, after all. Maybe he had a condom lying around.

"Mason?"

"Yeah, maybe he has a condom you can have?"

"Mason's my uncle. It'd be too weird."

Josie shrugged. "He's not my uncle, I can ask him," she said, starting to get up.

Tyler pushed her down and got up. "I'll ask him," he said, gruffly, pulling some loose shorts over his swollen cock.

When he returned a few minutes later, he practically attacked her.

"Did you?" she asked, in between his brutal kisses.

"Yes," was all he said. He stripped off his shorts and boxers, practically tore off her bra and underwear. He rubbed himself between her spread legs and started to lower his head, but she stopped him.

"Please," she said, looking him in the eye. Foreplay could wait. She was too keyed up for anything besides him.

He smiled and reached down to roll on a condom. A few seconds later, he was sinking into her. She moaned loudly at the feeling of him stretching her. He felt amazing.

"God, Josie," he said, as he filled her to the hilt. With visible effort, he steadied his pace and kissed her as he moved inside her. She ran her hands down his back, through his hair, whatever she could reach. He started to speed up and reached down to stroke her until she was screaming his name.

"Tyler… oh god, I'm.. I'm coming," she moaned as she felt herself tip over the edge.

He soon followed, cursing as he came. He leaned down and kissed her, telling her how beautiful she was, how lucky he felt.

"Lucky Mason had a condom," Josie chuckled.

Tyler smiled and pulled out of her. He quickly disposed of the condom and laid on his back. She snuggled into his side and threw her arm over his chest.

"He didn't give you a hard time, did he?" she asked.

"No. Said I should be more prepared next time and to keep it down."

"You don't think he heard us?"

Tyler shrugged. "I did ask for a condom. He knew what we were doing in here."

Josie smiled. "Just one?" she asked, moving her hand lower to run a finger along his softening dick.

"Well, not just one," he said, kissing her. "A guy has to be optimistic."

They kissed and talked and had sex into the wee hours of the morning, when they fell asleep together.

The next morning they woke up to a knock on the door.

Tyler groaned, "Who is it?"

"Mason," came the answer. "It's 6 am. I thought we were going for a run this morning."

"Just a sec," said Tyler. "Sorry, babe. I did tell him we'd do a few laps around the property."

Josie mumbled something inaudible.

Tyler smiled. "You don't have to go anywhere. Sleep for a little longer."

"Mmm.. kay," Josie said, covering her head with the sheet.

She was just waking up again when Tyler came back.

"Still in bed?" he asked, coming over to her. He was sweaty and enveloped her in a giant bear hug.

"Tyler, you're gross…"

"And now you are too," he laughed.

He tugged her hand and she followed him into his en-suite bathroom, where they took a shower together. By the time they were finished, it was getting late, so Josie rushed back home for quick change before heading to school.

The day seemed to drag with her lack of sleep, but Josie didn't get a chance to rest as she joined Bonnie and Elena immediately after school to help with the carnival set-up. Once the carnival officially started, Josie met up with her friends.

Tyler came later and brought Mason. After a while, Tyler dragged Josie over to the arm-wrestling booth. Men and their egos, she thought, shaking her head. But Tyler was strong. He won again and again. Her inner feminist rebelled, but she had to admit it was really hot to see him beat all those other guys. And he wasn't even a vampire or a werewolf. It was all him.

Josie congratulated him on a particularly difficult win with a kiss, but when she pulled away, she felt eyes on them. She looked up and saw the Salvatore brothers looking at them.

Ah, she remembered this. Damon was suspicious of the Lockwoods. She was pretty sure Mason was going to reveal his werewolfy side at some point tonight. If she remembered correctly, Damon compelled some guy to go after Mason. She narrowed her eyes at the Salvatore brothers and pulled out her phone, thinking maybe she could head them off.

'Since when are you so interested in arm-wresting?' she texted to both Damon and Stefan.

'Your boyfriend seems pretty strong,' Damon responded.

'He is pretty strong,' she wrote back.

'I'm stronger,' wrote Damon.

'You're not human. Tyler is.'

'Are you sure?' wrote Damon.

'Yes. Is this why you were at the Lockwood mansion this morning? You think Tyler's a vampire?'

'Not a vampire. Something else maybe. And how do you know I was at the Lockwood mansion?'

'Saw your car there as I was leaving.'

'Naughty, naughty.'

'Guys, do I have to be on this chain?' wrote Stefan.

'Sorry, Stefan. But Tyler is human, Damon. I would know if he weren't.'

Their texting conversation was cut short by the arrival of Mason.

"I bet I can beat you," said Mason, smirking at Tyler. "Hey Josie."

"Hey Mason," she returned.

"Bring it on, surfer boy," said Tyler, grabbing Mason's hand.

Josie bit her lip. Poor Tyler was going to be disappointed.

"Is that it?" asked Mason, smirking after he won. "What were you up to last night that you're so tired today?" His eyes slid to Josie, who laughed.

Tyler rolled his eyes and didn't respond. "All right, he's the champ. Who wants to go next?"

Damon spoke up. "Uh, Stefan wants a go."

Josie just rolled her eyes. She'd considered trying to stop Mason arm-wrestling, but since Damon already suspected the Lockwoods, she figured that Damon was going to compel the guy to go after Mason regardless of the arm-wrestling match.

She watched as Stefan came up and, while he let Mason win, he was clearly surprised at how strong Mason was.

Josie kissed Tyler and excused herself, saying she needed to go to the bathroom. By the time she found Stefan and Damon, it was too late. Stefan told her that Damon had compelled a guy to go after Tyler. Damon was livid that Stefan told Josie, but didn't stop her when she took off.

She went back to the arm-wrestling booth and tried to find Tyler, but Mason said he had left. She asked him to help her find Tyler, but by the time they found him in the parking lot, he was already fighting with the guy that Damon had compelled.

Mason intervened immediately and subdued the guy, but not before displaying some impressive acrobatics and Tyler making a comment about his glowing eyes. Once the guy was down, Josie rushed over to Tyler.

"Oh my god, are you okay?" she asked, helping Tyler up.

"I'm fine," said Tyler. "Nothing broken, I think."

"Good," said Mason. "But, I should probably get him home."

Josie nodded, hoping that Mason would tell Tyler the truth when they got home and were alone.

"I can't leave just yet," Josie said, stepping out of Tyler's embrace. "I promised Elena I'd help clean up."

She kissed Tyler goodbye and left the two men alone.

Josie went back to her friends to enjoy the rest of the carnival. She particularly loved seeing Jeremy and Anna together. They were such a cute couple and she was happy for them, especially since Anna was originally meant to die on Founder's Day. Josie smiled at the thought- she could do this.

Bring it on, Klaus.