I woke up alone in my bed. I had gotten used to being alone. I began to make myself some breakfast. I needed to continue with my mission to win Jeremy. It would be a whole lot easier if I knew who I was competing with. I put my necklace on. I was glad to know that I had something of my mother's to remember my family by. It's too bad that I can't cast a spell to make Jeremy fall in love with me, but that wouldn't be real. What is the point of love if it's simply manufactured?

I went to the shower and then began to get dressed. I decided on a white silk single-strapped dress.

I couldn't help but wonder what I was going to do on this hot summer day. Maybe I could go somewhere for a swim. One thing I noticed was that people actually wore clothing for swimming in this time, no matter how little it is. Of course swimming tended to not be advised to begin with because the water more often than not either had leeches or vermin in it or was just too cold. I knew how to swim and probably a spell to breathe underwater if I needed to. I suppose that the water would be nice. I had bought a swimsuit, which basically just underwear made from a different fabric. It was green. The only thing that I had to do now was find a source of water where I could go.

I found a swimming pool surrounded by a gate. There weren't very many people there for some reason. Maybe it had to do with the fact that it was so early. There was a girl wearing a red swimsuit that said lifeguard on it. I didn't quite understand the basis on which they guarded lives. They didn't use any magic and probably didn't have any supernatural ability. I would probably be better guarding lives, if I wanted to that is.

My thoughts were interrupted by the vision of a familiar face. I smiled as Jeremy came into the pool.

"What are you doing here?" He asked me.

"Swimming, the same as you apparently." I replied as I looked at his shirtless chest. I liked it. Now I wanted him even more. "So, just out of curiosity, when was the last time that you saw your girlfriend?"

"It's been a few weeks." He explained.

"Isn't it kind of hard to maintain a relationship when you don't see each other?" I asked.

"Well we do video chat pretty often." Jeremy responded.

"That's not the same thing." I pointed out. "Unless she has a spell that allows her to reach through the screen and touch you, which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist."

They were spells for teleportation, but not that.

"You know since you're a witch, do you think I could talk to you about something?" He asked. I don't remember ever telling him that I was a witch, but maybe he found out when I was drunk.

"What is it?" I inquired.

"My girlfriend brought me back to life with a spell and ever since then, I've been seeing the ghosts of my ex-girlfriends." He explained.

"I've heard about things like this where a human is brought back to life by a spell." I replied. "It gives them the ability to tap into the Other Side which is where all supernatural beings go when they die."

"Why can I see them and why can I only see my exes." He asked. I had to admit, I was annoyed by that. The fact that now had to compete with ghosts also annoyed me.

I was have to look to see if I could find a spell that would allow me to see the ghosts that he was seeing so I could get them to leave him alone.

"So do you want to swim with me?" I asked, noting that he still hadn't gotten into the water.

"Yeah, sure." He replied. This pool really didn't have much space like the lakes that I swam in when I was younger and the water was habitable. No one thought much of it. Here, many of the males were staring at me. He jumped in, soaking my head. I shook my wet hair out of my eyes as he chuckled slightly.

"Stop laughing." I commanded as I splashed some water toward him. I had to admit that this was fun. It felt like we were the only ones in the pool. I wasn't sure what to do. I was starting to feel kind of hungry. I don't know why I didn't have breakfast this morning. I kind of wanted to do something other than going to Mystic Grill to eat. "So do you think we can get some food at your house? I didn't have any breakfast this morning."

"I guess so." He told me. "So are you really okay living with my family or no one at all?"

"I can manage." I replied. "It's not like I have anyone else to live with."

"Well how do you like Mystic Falls?" Jeremy asked as we got out of the water.

"Considering that I spent most of my life living in a small village, I like the small feel of it. Cities are too big for me. Still being around this many people is unusual." I answered.

We went back to his house after I wrapped myself in a towel. I decided to look around some as I realized that no one else was in the house.

"So where is Elena right now?" I inquired.

"She went somewhere with Damon. I think that they're trying to find Stefan." Jeremy explained.

"I thought she went to find Stefan the other day when she went to Smoky Mountains." I remarked.

"Well apparently that didn't work and they're going somewhere else to find him." Jeremy explained. "Stefan is with this guy named Klaus right now as part of a deal."

"What was the deal?" I asked curiously.

"Stefan offered his service to Klaus in exchange for Klaus giving Damon the cure to a werewolf bite." Jeremy explained. "You see Klaus is a werewolf and a vampire because he sacrificed one of each, including our aunt Jenna and also killed Elena, but a spell brought her back to life. Damon was saving Caroline and Tyler, but Tyler turned into a wolf and bit him."

"Did this all happen in one night?" I asked.

"Everything but the part where Klaus gave Damon the cure." Jeremy replied. "That was a few days later."

"So what do you have to eat?" I questioned. It was a fascinating story, but I was hungry. I was very hungry actually.

"We've got some lunch meat. Some leftover pizza, some meatloaf, and some Chinese." Jeremy said after sticking his head into the refrigerator.

"I don't think that they actually serve that kind of food in China." I declared. I hadn't been to China, so I couldn't be sure.

"Have you ever been to China?" He asked.

"No, I never left my village until I was revived and I went west after that as I made my way here." I explained. "I want some pizza."

He took out the pizza and then put it inside the microwave. I think I could heat it up quicker. Heating spells were easy.

"So what do you want to drink?" He asked.

"Do you have vodka?" I responded.

"How about some milk?" He suggested as he poured me some. I think that meant that he wasn't going to give me any or didn't have it. I need to get some. I hope I can use my mind control spell or the person at the supermarket because I really want some to keep at home.

"You know no one seemed to care when I had alcohol before." I told him.

"Well times have changed and people don't like us drinking anymore." He explained. I couldn't think of a good reason why. Was it just something that had the adults wanting totalitarian control over people under the age of 21? I then took some of the pizza and bit into it before I realized that it was too hot. I took it out before I used a spell to heal the damage to my mouth. Well that was definitely annoying. Jeremy seemed to be laughing some more. You know I heard the ability to make someone laugh is a quality that people look for in a mate.

"So is there anything else that you want to do today?" I asked.

"I don't know." Jeremy replied.

"Well maybe I could show you some magic." I offered.

"Do you think we can not do it inside of the house?" Jeremy asked. "I don't want anything to break."

"You know I could probably just put it back together." I declared before I opened the door and went into his backyard. He was still inside, standing there like a twit. "Are you coming?"

He walked out into the yard and I prepared myself. I began channeling.

"Okay, so I want you to stand back and also to not say anything." I told him.

"Okay." Jeremy said before I lit the grass on fire. "Oh my god."

"I said not to say anything." I reminded him before I began to say the incantation. I saw the fire grow larger before I walked closer. I could see that he seemed to think I was off my nut and seemed genuinely afraid but I stepped through without getting burned before I put it out. The gas wasn't even burned. "And that was a spell to walk through fire."

"Well I almost wet myself watching that." He admitted. I giggled. He already made me laugh. "Do you think that you could not do that again?"

"You're such a jessie." I told him.

"Okay, you're got to stop using all of this jargon that I don't understand." He told me.

"There are several words in your vernacular for it, but I think wimp or wuss would be a good word to use." I explained. "So do you have any idea when your girlfriend is supposed to get back?"

"I think it'll be just before school starts." He answered. "Why do you keep asking about her?"

"Well I don't know if she will exactly be keen on the two of us spending time together." I remarked. My goal was to have him in the palm of my hand before she got back. I think that I could possibly do that. I then realized that I was still in my bikini and towel. "You know I should probably go home and put some clothes. If you want to come with me, you're welcome to."

"I'll give you a ride so you don't have to walk on the hot pavement." He offered. I smiled. I was already pretty close to winning him. This other witch wouldn't know what hit her.

"You know there are enough men like you are." I pointed out.

"Well some people think that you can be a jerk to a girl and she'll still get with you." Jeremy replied. "My dad taught me to respect women and that's what I do. Also, I don't think that Bonnie will take our friendship for anything more than it is. She knows how I feel about her."

"Well she's a lucky girl." I replied. Of course there was luck and then there was leaving your cards on the table and asking no one to look at them. You can't just leave your guy for a long period of time and expect no one else to go after him.

We went out to his car and I got in the passenger side. I was quiet for most of the way. I couldn't help but like the song that was playing on his radio.

"Is there any way that you can tell me what this song is?" I asked.

"What song is playing?" Jeremy asked his radio. Could it actually tell him.

"The song is Magic by B.o.B." The radio said. Wow, it actually did.

When we got to my house, I got out and stood on the sidewalk to talk to him a little.

"So when do you think Elena is going to be back?" I asked as I bent over.

"I don't know." Jeremy admitted. "I'm pretty sure that she'll be back. Personally I think they should have just let Damon die and we wouldn't even be in this mess in the first."

I frowned because my subtle flirting wasn't really working.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I told him.

"Yeah, I'll be around tomorrow." He remarked before I walked into the house.

Not much going on in this chapter, but since Jeremy wasn't even in the episode and Elena was in Chicago, there wasn't much I could do. Please don't forget to review.