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Chapter 9: Meeting Uncle John
My eyes fluttered open and a gasp of horror escaped my throat. When I found myself in my bed, I let out a sigh of relief. It was the third time I had this same dream about Stefan tasting human blood. Nothing like that happened in real life. I was sure of that. I mean Damon would have told me if something like that had actually happened. Besides, I would be seriously damned if Stefan still turns into a blood thirsty monster after all my effort of saving him.
I got up and went to the bathroom to get ready for school. I really like going to school but of course when I am not busy dealing with the supernatural world around me. It was kind of a surprise, even for me that I enjoy going to school so much. Maybe because I didn't really get a chance to attend one in my other life. I was up earlier than I planned to so I had a lot of time to kill while doing nothing important. I took extra time in shower and got dressed without any rush. Once I was done with my hair, I stood in front of the mirror in my room. I was very satisfied with my own reflection. I tried a new look today that Caroline suggested me a few days back. Usually, I like changes in looks department and hate to look same for a long time.
"I wonder what Damon would think about it." I muttered to myself but as soon as I said that I was shocked. Because I realized in no time what I had just said. Where did that come from? Why would I want to know what Damon thinks about my looks? Oh I think I know why! Because I had a stupid crush on him once. Maybe I still have it but only a little, I think and hope.
Speaking of Damon, it has been four days since I last talked to him. The last time as I remembered correctly was a confrontation from him for saving Stefan's life. Do I want to look different to get his attention again? I asked myself. No, that sounded downright ridiculous. I said to myself strongly. I just want to look nice for myself. I convinced that to myself. Besides, Damon has probably started looking at Elena in a different way by now. He hadn't even come into my room in the middle of the night to creep me out lately. However, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't overlook the fact that he is completely avoiding me since last time we talked. I told myself that nothing interesting was going on and perhaps that's why he is ignoring me or avoiding talking to me. But it was bothering me a bit. Actually I take it back, I was feeling extremely pissed off for that, angry even. And the fact that I knew for sure that Damon would soon start noticing Elena in another light, wasn't helping a bit. She will be the one he would care about, love, protect, kill for and die for. And god knows for what ridiculous reason, I couldn't bring myself to be okay with that.
"God, I hate this." I sighed out with frustration.
I wanted to change things that would soon take place between Damon and Elena. But I am only fifteen what can I possibly do about it. Damon wouldn't even spare a glance at me after he starts falling for Elena. Maybe he is already in love with her. Who knows? I know I said it to myself that I won't let the triangle thing happen this time. That's why I risked my life to save Stefan in the first place because according to the show, while Stefan was struggling with his thirst Damon and Elena got close while trying to help him. That's when Damon truly started falling for Elena. But now that Stefan won't turn into that monster this time, theoretically Damon and Elena won't get close to each other like that, right? I am certainly hoping for that to work. But I still felt insecure about it. What if he still falls for Elena? There is a huge chance that it could still happen. But I am gonna keep trying to not let the triangle form. It was not only because I had a crush on Damon but also I didn't want him to suffer in love. Falling for Elena will only give him pain and hurt because Elena would never return his feelings like he would want her to till the end of season three.
"Everything is going to be just fine." I said that to myself out loud in the end of my inner discussion. I pushed those mind troubling thoughts away for good. I have better things to do than harass my mind with awful thoughts. One thing I should definitely do was talk to Stefan about his blood diet. I am sure after what we went through, I could talk to him freely now and he would share things with me without any hesitation.
At this point, only Damon, Stefan and Jeremy knew that I know about vampires and everything about supernatural world. And Anna wouldn't talk to anyone else but me and Jeremy, so she wasn't a problem at all. However, others I knew who possessed the knowledge about vampires were still in the dark about me and I would very much like to keep it that way as long as possible. But I also know this that sooner or later they are all going to find out about it. I was just hoping for the later one. Above everyone else I really didn't want Elena to find out about my knowledge about vampires any time soon. I don't know why but I just didn't want her to know anything about me. That doesn't sound friendly but I can't help it. What she did with Jeremy, compelling him to forget everything about Viki, I didn't want the same thing to happen to me as well.
Speaking of Jeremy, he was still moaning Viki and trying really hard to find out what exactly happened with her. Anna didn't show up since Viki's dead body was found because Jeremy was being an idiot and said to Anna that he wanted to turn into a vampire for Viki, not for her. Stupid, I know. I thought he wouldn't do it this time but I guess I was wrong about that. After I confronted Jeremy about it, he realized that he made a mistake and regretted saying that to Anna. He wanted to apologize to her but we had no idea where she was. Jeremy tried to call her hundreds of times, left her countless messages, even I tried to contact Anna but it seemed as if she has just disappeared. As if she never existed. I really didn't want this to happen and I wanted to fix this but unless Anna decides to show up herself, I couldn't do anything about it.
With that being the situation between Anna and Jeremy, it was not hard to guess that I was living the episode 'Under Control' of season one. And I know from beforehand that a lot of things would start happening from now on. With that in my mind, I walked downstairs. I was ready to go to school. The day was bright and shiny like it was supposed to be. However when I got downstairs the situation wasn't as bright and shiny unlike the day because I found our dearest Uncle John at our door steps. What a pleasant surprise! And it was more wonderful because everybody seems to hate him very much. Well, I know they have their fair share of reasons for hating him. But unlike everyone else, I knew that he has goodness in him even though no one has seen it before and yet to see it. But it's also a fact that no one really knows what he would do for his daughter in the future and how deeply he cares about Elena. And anyone who could love and care for someone like that can't be all bad. And I knew all about how unconditionally he loves his daughter. The sacrifice he gave for Elena's life really made me respect him even though he refused to show his caring side to anyone. So while everyone's face was looking dark and also furious in Jenna's case, I went up to him with a bright smile and gave him a nice hug.
"Hey Uncle John, so nice to see you again." Surprisingly John hugged me back and appreciated my welcoming gesture.
"It's always nice to get a warm welcome like this. How is my lovely niece?" He asked affectionately. Everyone else was just standing there, completely shocked at what was happening before their eyes.
"Okay, I guess. How about you?" I asked with cheerful tone of voice.
"Yeah, I am good. I missed you guys." I nodded to that with a smile.
"Well, as much as I would love to catch up with you but I have to go to school, so we will talk later, Okay. See ya" saying that I ran out of the door in hurry. I was already getting late for school so rush was natural at that moment. However, I couldn't get that far before Jeremy followed me out and caught up with me.
"Jacq, what was that?" He asked me still looking quite surprised himself.
"What was what?" I asked pretending to have no clue about what he was talking about.
"That, with Uncle John?" I raised my eye brows at him as he asked that.
"He is our uncle Jeremy. And he is not a bad person. It's just that his ways of thinking things are not very appropriate. But he is a good person underneath." Jeremy didn't say anything else on that matter and just followed me to the school while talking about Viki and Anna. Jeremy and the loves of his life. It sometimes seems really funny to me. I never voice that though.
In the school something interesting happened. While I was walking down the corridor, I over heard Alaric talking with Elena. I was passing right by his classroom when I heard them discussing about something. When I paid more attention and started eavesdropping in on them, I found out that he was talking to her about Jeremy's essay. I never thought I would say this but I was glad at that moment knowing that Alaric didn't know anything about me yet. Because he considers Elena more sensible and responsible and he would have told her about me right away. Elena on the other hand totally declared her love for us and that's the reason she wanted to keep us in the dark. I rolled my eyes at her confession. Just wait until Jeremy finds out what you did to him. I said that in my mind. I really hate her nature of trying to be the almighty all the time. In this case, I share Caroline's way of thinking. What's so special about her? What she got into her that both Stefan and Damon would fall head over heels for her. Why? I know she loves her siblings but it still bothers me that she thinks she has the right to make decisions for us. Like when she asked Damon to compel Jeremy, it was completely her decision. She didn't even give Jeremy a chance to cope up with the situation on his own. If taking our choices away from us makes her think that she is actually caring about us then I don't want her to care about me at all. She may love me but she doesn't really have any right to influence my life or in other words control it.
The same day at night Jeremy, Uncle John, Jenna and I were having dinner together. We were talking about random things. More like catching up with each other. It was pretty clear that Jenna hates John. She just can't stand him and wants him out of the house immediately. I heard her inquiring about Uncle John's arrival at our house and what he really wanted? She was clueless about it just like others which was obvious. However, I obviously knew very well about Uncle John's intention for coming here in Mystic Falls. He came here to kill the tomb vampires and restore the town's safety. That reminded me, I needed to speak with Anna as soon as possible. It was absolutely necessary to do if I wanted her and her mother Pearl safe and sound. And keeping them safe meant keeping them alive.
"Why does she hate you?" At one point of the conversation Jeremy asked this to Uncle John in a whisper. However John answered it out loud.
"We used to sleep together." Just as he said that Jenna threw a paper ball at his head which hit John perfectly.
"I am standing right here." She growled out at John. Both Jeremy and I couldn't help but laugh at that.
The rest of the dinner was pretty normal and full of conversations obviously. After dinner I went to my room and called Stefan. I wanted to ask him when he has free time so that I could have a proper chat with him about certain matters like his blood diet. He picked up the call on the first ring.
"Jacq, everything alright?" asked Stefan. He already sounded worried. I rolled my eyes to myself for that.
"Yes, Stefan, everything is fine. Why do you think I will only call you when something is wrong? I could call you just to talk you, you know." I heard him laugh a little which made me smile as well.
"Yeah, sorry. So, what do you want to talk about?" Stefan asked, his tone noticeably lightened this time.
"Actually, I was just wondering if you could spare some time for me when you are free. I want to discuss some things with you." There was silence for a moment as I asked that.
"I am actually headed towards your home right now. Elena wants me to spend the night with her." I could tell it slipped his tongue and he didn't really want me to know that. The silence was the proof of his uneasiness.
"Stefan, when I said I want to discuss things with you I meant it with you only, not you along with Elena." I said that to ease up his uneasiness but somehow it made the conversation more awkward.
"Right, so how about I sneak into your room first before going to Elena's. Is that okay with you?" The thought of Stefan sneaking into my room kind of thrilled me and I couldn't help but smirk to myself
"Yeah that would be great, see you soon then."
Stefan came into my room sooner than I expected. I was about to greet him with a smile but when I saw his face I couldn't help but gasp out loud. Though he tried to hide it from me but I saw right through his facade. Stefan looked so torn up behind his mask of calmness that it was clear that he was struggling within himself. I scowled at him, because I felt absolutely confused.
"What happened to you?" I asked right away without hesitating about it. Something must have happened to Stefan. He wasn't suppose to look as if he was in pain.
"Nothing" said Stefan quickly and without looking at me which made me sure that he was lying to me. "What do you want to talk about?" He asked clearly trying to change the subject quickly.
"Don't change the topic Stefan. What happened to you?" I asked leaving no way for him to deny it or back out from answering my question. Stefan took sometime to decide whether to tell me or not. Sighing out heavily he gave in and decided to tell me what happened.
"I accidentally tasted human blood while having a fight with Damon. I lost my control for a while but I am regaining it now. I am getting my control back slowly. Don't worry about it." Stefan said with assuring tone of voice. But I was downright gaping at him. After everything I did to avoid this accident from happening, Stefan is still becoming the monster he became in the show. Why the hell Damon didn't say anything to me about it? Of course how can I forget, he is infatuated with Elena right now and he must have felt it absolutely unnecessary to even inform me of this situation. And what about that dream I was having? It wasn't really a dream then, was it? It really happened. But why would I dream about it? I am not a witch. My head was spinning at the moment with all the thoughts running through my mind. Why am I failing at everything? I just wanted to scream out my frustration right then and there. Thankfully Stefan's voice snapped me out of it.
"Are you okay, Jacq?" He looked worriedly at me. I could barely nod.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Stefan asked again. After what I heard and realized, there was no point in having any conversation with Stefan about blood thirst control at that time.
"Stefan, would you mind if we talk later? It was nothing important anyway." Stefan was clearly curious and confused and obviously wanted to know what I wanted to talk to him about but he nodded thankfully and left for Elena's room.
After Stefan left, I went to bed even though I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. I heard the crashing sound from Elena's room which I probably wouldn't have heard if I were sleeping. It seems like no matter what I do the story line is remaining the same one way or other. Stefan was supposed to be normal right now. My interference was supposed to change things for good. But clearly that wasn't happening. Then my thought got stuck into something else. If everything is going to happen the same way or remain the same, then it means that no matter what I do, Damon would without any doubt fall for Elena in no time. I never felt so frustrated in my whole life. I felt like giving up on everything. Again I questioned myself, why am I here? Why I ended up here if I don't have the power to change things? Even with all my knowledge, I can't help anyone. What is my purpose of being here then?
That night I had yet another dream. I couldn't really remember it clearly after waking up. But from what I could remember, I somehow just knew that I have to make sure that everyone is safe in this world. I didn't even know what that's suppose to mean. Because honestly I felt like giving up already. It wasn't fun anymore.
The next day, Elena called Damon in the morning. Just like she did in the show. So, Damon appeared at our door steps.
"Oh good, you are here." Elena breathed out in relief.
"You ask, I came. I am easy like that" said Damon smirking. I rolled my eyes as I heard that. Yes, I was eavesdropping on them. I didn't really have to hear it as I already knew why Damon was at our house and what's going to happen next and also what Damon is going to say at every point but still I couldn't help it. And for the record, I was extremely pissed off at Damon for hiding Stefan's situation from me.
On the other hand, Elena clearly didn't want anyone to know that Damon was in the house so they went to her bedroom to talk privately there. She pointed at Jeremy who was eating breakfast at the kitchen and asked Damon to be quiet. Thankfully she missed to see that I was there too, standing very close to them but perfectly hidden behind the wall. Even though Elena asked Damon to be quiet but Damon being Damon ruined her plan.
"No Elena I will not ...go to your bedroom with you." Damon said out loud but Jeremy didn't give it a damn. Elena while glaring at Damon, dragged him up in her bedroom.
I walked into the kitchen to eat something for breakfast. Thankfully Jeremy didn't start to bother me at the moment. He was lost in his own world. I didn't bother going upstairs because I knew exactly what was going on in Elena's room at that time. And obviously I also knew what they were talking about. I also remembered Damon going through Elena's underwear drawer. A low growl escaped from my chest at the thought before I could stop myself. Thankfully Jeremy didn't notice that. I didn't know this before that knowing everything could be also painful sometimes. I was sipping juice from my glass and Jeremy was still chewing on his cereal when Elena entered the kitchen. Damon has obviously left. I didn't acknowledge her presence and Jeremy kept on chewing ignoring her as well.
"Is something wrong between you two?" asked Elena but both Jeremy and I shrugged our shoulders at her. When actually I wanted to say to her was "yes, everything is wrong". First of all I am pissed off that soon Damon and Elena will become Delena. Second, I can't find a way to get the moonstone or the stakes made out of white oak tree wood for that matter. Third, Jeremy had added another problem to the list which was finding Anna. And lastly it seemed that I am failing at every attempt to right everything that went wrong in the show. So, yes, everything is going on wrong for me. But I will kill myself before saying all these out loud.
The same day in the afternoon, Elena asked me and Jeremy to take a walk with her. We were doing nothing in our own rooms anyway. I knew already that she was going to confess and tell us about her being an adopted child in the Gilbert family. Elena started talking about things at first before getting to the point.
"I just can't believe that mom and dad never told you that you were adopted." Jeremy was surprised to find this out. Well it was natural for him to be surprised and shocked as well. But I just kind of played along with them. After all I couldn't be really shocked because I already knew it.
"They would have eventually I guess." I said just for the sake of looking naturally surprised like Jeremy was.
"Yeah, I guess, they would have eventually." Elena agreed with me. I left Jeremy to do the rest of the talking. After ending the current conversation, Elena brought up Jeremy's history homework. Jeremy's eyes flickered to me and I shrugged my shoulders in response to tell him that I have no idea why she brought that up. This time Jeremy played along and managed to look completely innocent.
"Jacq, what have you decided to wear at the founder's party tonight?" asked Elena. She was trying to engage me in the sibling conversation as well. I felt that she wasn't satisfied at the lack of my response to her revealing the truth about herself. I know she wants me to give her as much attention as she gets from others. But it was just not gonna happen, not with me at least.
"I am not sure if I am even going to this party." I said honestly. I had no wish to be there tonight. What can I possibly do there?
"Jacq, everyone's going to be there." Elena looked worriedly at me but Jeremy smirked at me.
"Besides, it will hurt uncle John's feelings if his favorite niece won't be there at the party where he would be honored by the Mayor himself." I shoved Jeremy and playfully glared at him.
"Shut up!" Then Jeremy shoved me back and before I knew it I was running after him and Elena was following us behind. Guess, I have no choice but to go to this party now.
AN: Guys I have another chapter ready in my doc manager. But I won't post it until you review this chapter. I am mean sometimes. Lol
