Today is my first day of school and there's a dance. Elena's coming to pick me up and she's helping me with my outfit for tonight. As we arrive at school Elena turns to me with a charm bracelet and says "here, Stefan gave me jewellery with vervain in because of this other vampire and I want to make sure your safe" I smile to her and say "thanks Elena but I don't need it" she looks to me confused as I take hold of my locket and say "Damon had this made for my birthday a few years ago. He had vervain put into the liquidized silver that was used to make it, so am good for vervain" she smiles as we get out of the car.
As we walk to English, two girls walk up to us, one blonde and the other dark haired. Elena smiles as we meet them half way and says "hey guys, this is Jackie. Jackie this is Caroline and Bonnie." I smile to the girls and say "nice to meet you" they smile back and the blonde, Caroline says "yeah you to, so you coming to the dance tonight?" I nod happily and answer "yep Elena's helping me with my outfit. I just have to convince Damon not to dance me into a coma." Elena and I laugh, but the girls don't and Bonnie asks "Damon Salvatore?" I nod and say "yeah you know him?" I take the look of hatred on their face's in and frown "oh god what did he do?" Caroline says "we went out." then Bonnie "he's evil, if I were you I'd dump him" I shake my head and say "no, no! its not like that. I've known Damon for years, he's my best friend" Caroline looks to me and says "well I hope he's better friend than he was boyfriend" and walks off, Bonnie following behind her. I turn to Elena and say "they hate me" she shakes her head and replies "no! they hate Damon" with that we walk quickly to class.
After school, when Elena has given out her vervain jewellery, I walk to the grill to meet Damon, when my phone rings, I answer to hear Damon's voice "hay my little worker bee, how was your first day?" I sigh and say "ok, apart from the fact that Elena's friends hate me as a direct result of hating you." I can hear him chuckle and I yell "its not funny Damon, I want some people in this town to like me and I cant have that if they all hate my best friend." he responds "I like you, Elena likes you, what more do you need?" I sigh sadly and say "forget it, it doesn't matter. I'll see you at the grill " and hang up.
When I get to the grill I see Damon talking to Bonnie with another guy between them, just as Damon turns to leave he turns back and says "I know you hate me, but don't hate Jackie just because of me." with that he walks over to a table to wait for me. I walk up to him and take my seat as I say "thanks" Damon looks to me confused and I continue "I heard you with Bonnie, so thank you for trying" he smirks and say "ah don't mention it. I order you a plain burger, fries and a coke by the way" I smile to him and nod slightly in thanks and he asks "so Elena helping you with your outfit tonight?" I smile warmly as I answer "yep she's picking me up from here and we're going back to hers to get ready" a waitress appears with our order as he says "you know I'm not dressing up right? Me and the fifties didn't get along well" I laugh with him as we start eating.
After we've eaten I get a text from Elena 'I'm outside x' I smile to Damon as I say "Elena's here. I got'a go, see you later." I give him a quick hug and go to meet Elena. On the drive to her house she tell's me about the compass that can point to vampires and we agree that it's dangerous for others to have, but handy for us at this moment in time. We enter the house to see her aunt Jenna. She walks to us and says "hay you must be Jackie, am Jenna" I take her hand and say "nice to meet you" she takes in my smile and asks sweetly "so Elena tells me you live with the Salvatore's?" I nod and say "yep, I've known Damon for a long time and he like me where he can keep an eye on me. I'm kind of a trouble magnet" she laughs with me as Elena says "Jenna, we should really start getting ready" as she pulls me up stairs and I shout down "it was nice meeting you". A little while latter and we're nearly ready, Elena's just finishing her hair. I look myself over in her bedroom mirror and see my usual straight hair curled, wearing a red fifties style black polka dot dress, with small puff sleeves and a wide collar, that shows off my large cleavage and matching small heal strap shoes, my eye shadow and lips a bright blood red, contrasting completely with my ice blue eyes.
I smile as Elena comes out of the bathroom and into the wardrobe. She turns to me and says "can you hear that?" then shouts down the hall to see if anyone's home, that's when I can hear the clicking to. Elena takes the compass from the bed and then calls Stefan, but it just rings and rings as we run down the stairs and I grab my phone and say "I'll try Damon" but before I can press his speed dial number one, a vampire comes rushing at Elena. I run to help her but strong failure arms hold me back, as Stefan beats me to it, throwing the vampire away from us.
Damon raps his arms around me like a protective cocoon as the vampire blurs away, Stefan doing the same to Elena. We sit to try and calm down, Stefan and Elena on the couch, me on the chair and Damon walking around. Standing behind the couch Damon asks "how'd he even get in?" Elena says blankly, shaking slightly "he was invited in." and Stefan specifies "he posed as a pizza delivery guy last night." and Damon jokes "well he gets points for that. Did he say what he wanted?" a bit annoyed Elena answers "no, he was a bit busy trying to kill me." accusingly Stefan asks "and you have know idea who this is?" Damon now standing next to me says "no. don't look at me like that, I told you we had company and you really think I'd but Jackie in danger like that?" I take his hand and smile up to him as he takes a seat on the armrest. Concerned Elena asks "you think there's more than one?" and Damon answers truthfully "we don't know" I look up to Damon and say "if he's been invited that means he can come back anytime he want" Damon nods understanding what I mean and says "then we go get him tonight. You up for it?" he looks between both Elena and myself, and she asks "what do I have to do?" and Damon explains "we go to the dance and see who shows up." Stefan objects but I argue "if we don't do this now then he has time to plan his next move, and there's also the fact that he can come and go as he fucking pleases, killing everyone who lives here." and Elena agrees to the plan, much against Stefan's will.
As we get to the dance Elena walks over to Bonnie and Caroline and I stay with Stefan and Damon. They talk for a moment then Elena comes over to me and pulls me with her to the two girls. I smile weakly as Bonnie starts "listen Jackie am sorry about earlier. Just because we don't like Damon doesn't mean we shouldn't like you for simply being his friend, that's not fair." and Caroline continues "Bonnies right. I mean it's totally not fair of us to judge you before we even know, so I'm sorry to. Friends?" I smile brightly at the girls and say "yeah, I'd love to be friends. Can I start by saying you both look awesome" Caroline shines happily and says "aw thanks you looks totally cute to by the way." and the conversation about who in the crowd of people look terrible started and Elena, unnoticed by us three, walked back over to Stefan.
After a while Damon approaches us and the smiles from my new friends faces fall. he smirks widely as he asks "Miss Crimsons, may I have this dance?" I giggle as I take the hand he's holding out and say "why of cause Mr Salvatore." he take my hand and leads me to the dance floor, Elena and Stefan following behind us. After a few dances Damon and I go to get some punch and a man in a varsity jacket comes up to us and says "I don't recognize you. How'd you get roped into chaperoning?" Damon just looks at him sceptically as he continues "Alaric Saltzman, am the new history teacher." Damon takes his hand and says "oh, the 'cursed' faculty position" Alaric laughs and says "so I've been told." I smile to him and say "Jackie Crimsons." he smiles to me and Damon offers his name and Alaric says "Salvatore? As in Stefan?" without looking at him Damon answers "he's my little brother. Am his legal guardian, hence the chaperoning." and he turns back to Alaric as I take a sip from my drink as he says "I've heard he's very bright not that I've had the pleasure." and Damon smiles as he says "well his attendants records a little spotty. Family drama." and Alaric asks "no parents?" Damon turns back to him and says "it's just the three of us now." looking to me as he says 'three of us' with a smile. Alaric, seemingly fishing to me, asks "you live here your whole life?" and Damon answers "on and off. We travel a bit, Jackie here likes our little road trips." they both smile to me and I say "cant blame a girl for wanting to see the world." as he presses for more information Damon gives him a sceptical look and he apologises and leaves.
We return to the dance floor and after a while I see Stefan talking to Bonnie and I stop, looking round I say "where's Elena?" and Damon takes my hand, pulling me threw the crowd and to Stefan and says "where's Elena?" Stefan takes a look around and says "come on" we all rush into the corridors and search for her franticly, then find her in a fight with the vampire. Just as he goes to sink his teeth in Stefan pulls him away. Damon picks up the piece of mop that had been thrown across the room and holds it behind his neck, standing in front of me slightly and says "hay dickhead, nobody wants to kill you, we just want to talk." with that the vamp races to Elena, Damon throws the stake to Stefan who stabs the vamp in the stomach, bringing him to his knees.
Damon and I walk to them as Stefan asks "now you feel like talking?" I take Elena's shoulders and look her over to make sure she's ok as the vamp says "screw you" and Stefan twists the stake in further. Elena and I look in horror at this as Stefan says "wrong answer. Why are you doing this?" he rolls his eyes and says "because it's fun" and Stefan twists the stake more, as Damon stands with his arms folded next to us while Stefan questions "what do you want with Elena?" the vamp looks at Elena, who's shaking lightly in my arms and says "she looks like Katherine" Stefan takes a step back and I say angrily "she isn't Katharine" and Damon asks "you knew Katharine?" and the vamp laughs bitterly "you thought you were the only ones. You don't even remember me" Damon bends into him and demands "tell me how to get into the tomb" and he answers blankly "no" Stefan pushes the stake in more and Elena retreats in horror and disgust as I stand closer to Damon. "the grimoire" angrily Damon says "where is it?" and the vampire says after a push from the stake "Jonathan Gilbert's journal" and they ask who else is with him but he refuses to answer and then looks to Elena with a side smirk. After a moment of silence, In anger, I walk over and pull the stake from his stomach and into his heart and say "no one hurts my friends" as he falls to the floor.
I turn to see two shocked faces, Damon already knowing that that I'd kill to protect my own and Elena says "how do we find the others now?" Damon simply says "he had to die" and Stefan continues "Elena, he's been invited in" then suddenly a noise and a shadow appear at the window of the door and Stefan turns to Damon "go, I've got this" he turns to leave and I go to follow, but Stefan grabs my arm "you could get hurt" I look up at him sternly and say "I'm a big girl, I can handle myself." I pull my arm away and run to catch up with Damon, I stop as I see him talking, no compelling, Mr Saltzman. And he walks back to me and puts his arm around my shoulders and says "everything fine. Just a teacher without a hall pass." and we walk back to Elena and Stefan.
Stefan takes Elena home and Damon and I go back to the boarding house. After a hot shower and a change into my purple pj's and fuzzy slippers, Damon and I sit down with a pizza to watch a movie in my room as he says "Stefan offered to help me get Katherine out of the tomb" I look up to him and ask "do you believe him?" he shrugs and says "I believe he wants me gone and he said that was his reason, but I don't know. What do you think?" I shake my head and say "I don't know him that well, he could be genuine or he could be lying. Personally, I'd ask Elena, after all he'd tell her if he was backstabbing us right?" he nods in agreement and takes a slice of pizza as I look at him sadly. After taking a bite of his pizza he looks to me and swallows as he puts it back in the box and says with worry "what's wrong?" unable to look at him, knowing I'm on the verge of tears, I ask "what's going to happen to me? When you get Katharine back?" he looks to me confused as he says "what are you talking about?" I look at him now, tears flowing freely "when she comes back your not goina want me anymore? I'll be in the way! And am sure she wont want me around! What if she makes you to leave me or kill me?" he takes my broken face in his hands and says "that wont happen. You could never be in the way, and as for Katharine, I'll just explain how important you are to me and she'll understand." I look away from him in disbelief and he orders softly "look at me. I will never, never leave you. You got that?" I nod my head with a small smile as he wipes my tears and kisses my forehead. We turn back to the movie as he says "good, now that that silliness is over, let get back to V torchering the bald woman he loves" I giggle and nuzzle into him taking a slice of pizza and knowing that everything's going to be ok, because he'll never, never leave me.