I get out of the taxi I took from the hotel I'd been staying at, and collect my suitcase. I walk into 'Bree's Bar' while caressing my locket, it fits snugly into my palm, the silver folded angel wings, that open, creating a heart shape. As I walk in I check my reflection in the window, I see a small, snow white, busty, curved, seventeen year old girl, with dark chocolate brown hair, blue to silver traced down my straight layers, ending just past my shoulder, my emo fringe falling lightly on my rosy cheek, iced blue eyes with light blue and black eye shadow and untouched petal pink lips, wearing fitted, ripped dark blue jeans, a black loose belt with a small silver chain hanging at my waist, bright blue converse and fitted pail blue t-shirt with black vines and words reading 'your cute…I kill you last', hanging guitar earrings and my locket shining in the sunlight.
I give a confident grin and continue walking into the bar, pulling my case behind me. As I enter the bar I see Damon talking to Bree and a long haired brunette, he sees me and instantly stands running to me, picking me up into a twirling hug then places me down and says "god I've missed you, come on their's someone I want you to meet" he grins at me as he takes my case, placing it behind the bar for safekeeping. We walk back to where he was sitting and the brunette turns. I cant help but gasp, thinking I know who she is, but then I look at her eyes and know that she isn't her, not Katherine. I smile and offer my hand "hi, you must be Elena, am Jackie" she takes my hand and says "you ok? You looked a bit shaken just now." I smile at her concern as I take my seat and answer "am fine, just that for a minute there I thought you we're someone else. But then I saw your eyes and knew that you couldn't be her" her smile dropped as she asked "you mean Katherine. You knew her, what do mean my eyes?" I place my hand on her shoulder and say "no I didn't, but Damon's told me about her and I've seen pictures, and even in the photos her eyes were cold, empty, but yours are warm, full of kindness. that's why you couldn't be her." her smile returns, liking the point of difference I made and says "thank you".
Damon is sitting on one side of me, Elena on the other, as the hours pass. We've drank a bit, played pool, talked about what Damon's been up to in Mystic Falls, Elena's past and done dare games. I go to the toilet at the same time as Damon, but return a few moments later. I walk up to him, his face full of confusion, and I say "hay what's up?" he simply takes my hand and says "Elena's missing" as he pulls me from the bar and round the back, and then finds Elena's phone laying on the ground. He continues to hold my hand, until we find Elena standing on a ladder of some sort of power station. She barely has time to warn us "Damon, Jackie no" then suddenly, in a blare, a vampire starts hitting Damon with a bat, and Elena's running to us down the ladder as I scream "leave him alone" then he grabs a gas canister and starts to pour it on him.
As Elena came to us she shouted "NO!" and the vamp turned to her and I bent down to Damon taking his soaked body in my arms. He turned back to us and said "move" looking right at me. I shook my head, tears in my eyes "if you kill him, you can kill me to, coz I wont leave him" and Damon asked "who are you?" he snarled "that's perfect. You have no idea" Elena. Not daring to move, asked "what are you talking about? What'd he do?" he turned back he her tears in his eyes and said "he killed my girlfriend" then turns back to us and screamed "what did she do to you?" and Damon answered honestly "nothing" the vamp then threw the container to the ground and when Elena said that she didn't understand he said "she went to visit Stefan and Damon killed her, got it?" and Elena said "Lexi? Lexi was your girlfriend? She said you where human" he turns back to use and takes out a lighter as he says "I was, but if you wanna be with someone forever, you have to live forever."
I look him in the eyes and beg "please don't do this. Am so sorry for what happened, but please, he's all I have. Please!" he looks to me and says "you have family, friends, her. You deserve more than him" I shake my head "no I don't. My mum died when I was four and Damon killed my father after he found out he was hurting me. I've been with him ever since, an I only met her a few hours ago. Please, without him… I have no one. Your girl must have loved you, to turn you. Lexi? Elena told me about her, she sounded like a good person, so I'm guessing your good to, so don't do this, a good person wouldn't do this, would Lexi have wanted this for you? Please don't make yourself into a monster because of him. Please" he looks down to me through his tears and then quickly picks Damon up out of my arms and throws him back into a large metal door.
I look up to him and he says "he doesn't deserve you" then I says "thank you" he shakes his tear stained face and says "I did for Lexi , not you" with that he leaves and I stand and run to Damon, Elena just on my heals.
After a few minuets Damon was fine, and said for us to wait in the car while he said goodbye to Bree and got my case.
Elena got into the back seat and I waited, leaning on the drivers side, for Damon when he came out with my case I stood up straight and walked with his as he put it in the trunk. I looked to him and said "you killed her" without closing the trunk he turned to me and said "she called him and said I was here. What if he didn't care about what you said? What if he'd drained you dry? Or Elena? Or killed me? She was a threat to us, I did what had to be done." I nod with a sad smile as I rap my arms around him, my head resting on his chest lightly. He returns my hug and I say "I know you did, thank you" without a word he grabbed my face gently and kissed my forehead. He then shut the trunk and walked to the drivers side as I walked to the passengers seat.
The drive back was nice Elena and I slept most of the night, and come morning were laughing and joking with Damon. As we drove Elena turned to Damon and asked "why'd you bring me with you?" he turns and answers "well, your not the worst company in the world Elena, you should give yourself more credit." she smiles to him and asks "seriously?" Damon just turns to the road and answers "well…I don't know, there you were lying in the road, all damsel in distress like. And I knew it'd piss off Stefan. And your not the worst company in the world Elena, and besides it's good for Jackie to know someone besides me when we get back." Elena sits back in her seat and sighs "I used to be more fun" I turn to her with a smile and said "you were plenty fun Elena, don't worry bout it." she crouches forward again and says "you saved his life." Damon turns to us with his trademark smirk and said "I know" I giggly lightly as I say happily "yep I did, and you totally owe me a pizza for it" they laughed with me.
As we arrive at the boarding house Damon takes my things upstairs, as Elena asks "Jackie I just have to ask, how can you trust him? Damon? Knowing what he's done?" I smile to her and say "because not only did he save me from a crappy-ass life, but Damon doesn't lie and he'd never hurt me, he's my best friend, and as far as what he's done goes, it doesn't matter to me, he's never killed a kid, someone I care about or anything like that. He isn't perfect Elena, and besides when you care about someone enough to kill or die for them, then it doesn't matter about the bad things or the past, all that matters is that smile that makes you feel like you must have done something right, because their happy." she smiles warmly to me and says "I should go talk to Stefan. Thanks Jackie, Damon's lucky to be your friend and so am I." with that she walks up stairs and within seconds Damon's at my side and says "hungry?" I smile as he takes my hand and walk me to the kitchen to make something to eat.
After we made the pasta, Damon and I walked happily to Stefan's room, each of up holding two bowls each. When we walked in Damon said "dinner time" I saw a boy I guessed as Stefan holding a crying Elena. I immediately put down the bowls and ran to her and said "Elena what's wrong?" she turned to me and hugged me tightly as she sobbed "I just found out I'm adopted. that's why I look like her." I take her in my arms and say "oh Elena sweetie, it's ok. Hay look…" I pulled away and lifted her head so she could see me, moving hair from her face I said "I was adopted to, kind of, and I know how hard this is, but am here, everyone is here for you" she smiled to me and said, wiping her eyes "thanks Jackie".
It was then that I noticed a confused Stefan sitting on the other side of Elena and gave him a smile and said "hi am Jackie, am a friend of Damon's and I'm living here now. Elena and I met when he came to pick me up. You must be Stefan." he nodded to me politely. Damon broke the tension and said "pasta?" raising two bowls in the air.
After some food Elena left and I went upstairs to unpack. As I walked into my room my mouth hit the floor, it was beautiful, the wall's a pastel blue with silver markings, the floor light oak laminate, a large queen sized bed on the far wall, a large wardrobe with a vanity cabinet next to it, a desk with a computer a few feet away from the bed, laying in front of a half-circle window, selves and my suitcase next to a fancy door that leads to a Victorian styled bathroom.
I heard a voice say from behind me "like it?" I turned and ran to Damon, embracing him tightly and said "I love it" I turned to the bed and jumped on it giddily. As damon takes a seat next to me on the bed he says "you ok?" I smile up to him and say "am good, you?" he simply nods and I say "I like Elena, shes nice" he nods slightly and says "I know" I became searous and say "don't hurt her" he looks down to me and says detached "ok" with that I smile again and cuddle into him, feeling very tired, and say "I've missed you Damon" and fall asleep in his arms, dreaming of my new home, new town, new friends and of course…of Damon.