A/N: Still the same chapter as before, I'm working on a rewrite, Sorry...
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Eliza Dushku as Jessica Evans
Maggie Grace as Bethany "Beth" Evans
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Chapter title's song reference: Imogen Heap - Just For Now
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Chapter Ten – Just For Now
29 Oct 2010
For Jessica, Friday started unfortunately early, 7 AM, mostly because she was used to it, but she had planned to sleep in. Unfortunately, she had problems sleeping, so she got up anyway. She was still wearing her black "hot pants/tank top" pajamas and her (new) favorite black silk-robe, when she was heading for the kitchen for something to eat.
The house was scary quiet, probably because the rest of them wouldn't get out of bed for at least two hours. She found some old pepperoni Pizza from yesterday and a couple of Sprite Cans, and got comfortably on the couch in the Family Room and turned on the TV, and an old episode of Let's Dance came on, reminding her of the dance later that night, and she started to freak out a little. But she tried to remind herself of all the praising Elijah had given her yesterday. She couldn't help but smile, thinking about how charming and such a gentleman he had been... a refreshing change from most of the men she'd met. But she didn't want to think about a guy who, with her (un)luck, would probably end up leaving in a few days. Right now, she just wanted to focus on getting through tonight without and mayor screw ups that would make Klaus angry, especially since he had started to warm up toward herself, but mostly Beth.
She opened one of the soda cans and switch channels to a cartoon, and started to remember when she, Grant, and Beth were kids and would sneak downstairs to the Living Room in the middle of the night, eating leftovers and watching TV.
Lost in her memories, she didn't notice that someone had got into the room.
"Well hello, if it isn't 'firecracker', sitting here all by herself. Isn't that just sad?"
"Hey to you too, Kol, have you figured out who Tom Jones is yet or have you gotten as far as 'the Spice Girls'? Are you really sure you are British, since you have no clue who some of the most famous British people of our, or should I say my time."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, you are so hilarious. Maybe I should let your precious sister teach me, or maybe I should teach her a thing or two, from what I have been told, she is much more into hunting men then hunting vampires."
"Keep your mouth shut about my sister, or I will do something I'll regret." Kol was starting to piss Jessica off, and she could feel all the anger and frustration building up inside her.
"Ah, who do you think you are fooling? There is not a thing you can do to me right now without breaking the oath-thing between you and my brother, and I know that you don't want that.
"You're right, I can't do anything that threatens you, but that doesn't mean that I can't make your life a living hell."
Kol growled and sped over to Jessica, grabbed her by the neck, and pushed her against the wall. Jessica struggled to get free, but Kol's grip was too tight, and she started to have problems breathing. Suddenly Kol dropped Jessica, and he was the one that was pressed up the wall by Elijah.
"That is not the way to treat a lady, brother," Elijah slowly puts Kol down, "Now, apologize or you will answer to me."
"Elijah, you are such a drag," Kol smirked toward his brothers stone-face, "but fine, I'm sorry, Jessica that I insulted your sister."
"Not that I believe you, but fine, I forgive you, and now, leave!" Jessica's throat was still a little sore, but she still yelled at Kol, who answered with an angry growl and then speeded out of the room. Jessica then turned, with a fake angry smile, toward Elijah, "I could have handled that myself," and then she changed to a warm smile, "but thank you."
Elijah gave Jessica a smile, and was about to say something, when a series of cracks came from the Ballroom, and both Jessica and Elijah want to check what it was, and got there just in time to see Kol smash the last CD and to stop him from destroying the stereo.
"Are you crazy, Kol? We're going to need this tonight." Kol answered Jessica's yelling with his standard evil smirk and speeded out. Jessica went through the destroyed CD's and found her Bryan Adam's CD, in pieces. "Awesome, now what are we going to do that 'stupid' waltz to? You have any idea how hard it was to find this CD?" Jessica sighed and dropped to the floor, and Elijah joined her. "Just my luck, when things starting going somewhat well, it falls apart. My life story, everything always ends badly." Jessica started sobbing and leaned against Elijah, knowing deep down that her tears had nothing to do with the dance.
"Do not worry; there must be another song that we can do the waltz to." Elijah offered Jessica a napkin, guessing that she didn't want to talk about the real reason for those tears.
"I think I've got one, but it's a bit faster than Bryan Adams, and I don't know if I can waltz to that tempo." Jessica dried her tears, and it felt a bit better.
"We are in luck, because we have 11 hours till the ball start for you to learn the waltz to whatever song of your choosing. But, you can not dance dressed like that. Not that I don't approve of it, but it would be more appropriate for you to wear something like you wore yesterday."
"You sure look ready for any kind of event. Do you own anything other than classy suits? Not that I'm complaining, just being curious."
"I do own a few pair of jeans, but I don't like wearing them. But I need to know the colour of your dress tonight, so I can match it."
"I have narrowed it down to three dresses, but then is the process of picking out accessories, and I'm not good at that. Is there any chance that you can help me?"
"I would be honored to help you in any way I can." Elijah offered Jessica his arm and they walked toward her room.
During the whole walk there was one thought in Jessica's head: Have I picked up my laundry? She didn't want Elijah think that she was a total slob. Elijah, gentleman as he was, opened the door for her, but when he were about to step through, he couldn't, it was as if he wasn't invited.
"Oh I'm so sorry, I totally forgot." Jessica erased part of a symbol on the door, and Elijah could enter. "We always do this spell to keep supernatural beings out. Why don't you make yourself comfortable, and I will go get the dresses."
Elijah looked around the room, impressed of the way she had decorated it. She had a big flat screen TV and Blu-ray player, many dvd's, a cream-colored leather couch, a dark red bookcase full of book, a black desk with a stereo and a computer, a full-body mirror and a (surprisingly) big king-sized bed.
Jessica laid three ball-gowns on the bed: one black, one blue/silver and one white. Elijah inspected the dresses, ruling out white one, it would not work with Jessica's pale skin. Not the black one either, because she needed to stand out more, and with the right accessories, the blue/silver one would do just that. Elijah looked in her walk-in-closet, and found a pair of silver opera-gloves, pair of silver high-heels shoes, a pair of sapphire/diamond hoops earrings and a silver necklace, and put all things on the bed next to the blue/silver dress, and put back the other two back in the closet.
"Wow, nice work, Elijah, I like it. I would never have succeeded all that on my own, so thank you. But I'm not going to wear that necklace, because I'm going to wear this", showing the necklace around her neck, "my mother gave me and I never take it off, and same goes for my bracelet."
"They are beautiful, but you should try everything on so we can see how it looks."
Jessica started giggle a little and pointed for Elijah to sit down on the cough that was pointed opposite the mirror, and it only took her a few minutes to get the outfit on.
"How do I look?" Jessica asked as she walked up in front of him, twirled a few times.
Elijah was speechless, she looked very beautiful, but her hair made him a bit worried, it was too… red for a ball and that needed fixing.
"Can you say something, because you make me nervous right now when you don't say anything."
"I apologize, you look very beautiful, except your hair, it needs changing. What is your natural hair color? Is it blond, like your sister?"
"No, only dad, Beth and Grant was born blond while mom and I were all born with brown hair. But don't worry; Beth and I have a hair appointment later today. Here," Jessica gave Elijah a CD with the group The Corrs, "the song, Runaway, is the one I mentioned before, so why don't you listen to that while I go change."
Elijah easily found the song, track 3. It was a pop ballad, and he liked it, and he had to admit that Jessica was right.
"All done," Jessica had changed into a dark blue cocktail dress and matching high-heel shoes and earrings. "What did you think about the song, 'cause if you don't I could probably find something else."
"It will work just fine. Shall we?" Elijah asked and once again offered his arm.
This time it only took Jessica a few hours to perfect the waltz, and when they stopped at 10:30 AM, Jessica was hungry and a bit tired, so they joined Klaus, Kol, and Beth, who were having brunch in the Dining Room. Klaus were sitting next to Beth, and Jessica was surprised how openly he flirted with her sister. All of them stared at Elijah and Jessica when they entered the room.
"I am impressed, 'firecracker', you look ravishing in that dress. If you look this good tonight I might even dance with you."
"Kol, if that is your way of asking me for a dance, I can right now say No, you want to give it another shot?"
Kol gave Jessica a wicked smile and walked up to her, took her hand and kissed it. "Miss Jessica, I would be honored if you would save a dance for me this evening."
Jessica was surprised over Kol's little performance, actually impressed. "Of course, sir, I love to dance with you. That wasn't so hard, was it?"
After brunch, Jessica tried to get some rest, and at 2:20 PM, Kendra woke her up so she had time to get a shower before they had to leave in order to get to Donna in time. Jessica decided to go back to her original hair color, shorted her hair a little and put it up with a clip. Beth kept her hair down, but put in highlights, making her hair more golden. Afterwards they meet up with Kendra and Sandra in the Family Room for their "Beauty Party", Kendra worked on Jessica and Sandra on Beth, doing some skincare and put on the make-up. In the end, they were both happy about their face and hair.
At 6 PM, with only an hour before the ball started, Jessica made sure that the sound system worked and that Jake, the "hybrid-DJ", knew the playlist.
When all that was gone, she got up to her room and put on her Ball outfit, and when she was done, she was amazed how beautiful she looked, almost as if it wasn't her. Jessica kept thinking about how much she wished that her parents and brother could see her. On the other hand, they would be furious about her deal with Klaus.
"Jessica, are you ready yet?" Beth's yelling voice from outside the door woke Jessica up from her daydreaming. When she opened the door, both Beth and Elijah walked in the room. "Wow, sis, you look…" Jessica chuckled at her sister's lack of words. Beth was wearing a red and black gown with ruby and diamonds earrings and matching bracelet.
"You look very beautiful, Beth, Matt is lucky who will go with you."
"Both of you look beautiful." Elijah said, and got both sisters attention, looking handsome in his midnight blue tuxedo.
"Jessica, have you noticed that Elijah here looks very much like your favorite spy, James Bond?" Beth said, and then whispered, even though Elijah would hear them anyway, "He looks just like Daniel Craig, doesn't he, so sexy."
Jessica stared wide-eyed at Beth, probably red as a tomato, started laughing nervously, avoiding to look at Elijah.
"Beth," clearing her throat, "just so you know, I'm going to kill you for that, and I don't need a license to kill." Jessica growled low to Beth, making Beth smile a little bit. "Beth, you should hurry down so you don't keep Matt waiting." Jessica walked, no more like shoved her sister out the door. "I'm sorry for my sister, she really doesn't know when to stop talking. But she had a point, there is something 'double-o-seven' about you in that tuxedo, and I would know because I'm a big Bond fan." Jessica said, pointing at her DVD collection with all the Bond-movies.
Elijah smiled, taking Jessica by the arm. "And you, Jessica, look like a Bond-girl," Elijah said, and they walked toward the Entrance Hall to join the rest of the Mikaelson family.
As people started to arrive, Jessica got more and more nervous, and Elijah could hear her heartbeat faster and faster. It got so far that Elijah's vampire face started showing. Elijah grabbed Jessica's arm and dragged her into a corner.
"Jessica you need to calm down or every vampire in this room will drain you. Everything will be okay, but you need to calm down."
Jessica nodded and took a few deep breaths and started to get a bit calmer.
At 7 PM, the official start of the ball, Klaus and Kol got up the stairs so everyone in the room could see them, and Klaus signaled to Beth, Jessica and Elijah to join them.
"Welcome, thank you for joining us this evening, which we have dedicated to our new friends and housemates, Jessica and Bethany Evans, so if everyone could get a glass of champagne and join us in a toast of friendship. Cheers."
As everyone was toasting, Jessica gave Jake a small nod, and he put on Celine Dion's Immortality, and everyone started socializing. Jessica was glad that the first part of the evening went well, and walked down the stairs together with Elijah.
"That went well, don't you think," Jessica asked Elijah, "next, the waltz. Maybe I should check with Jake that–"
"Do not worry, everything will be fine." Elijah stopped one of the waiters, took one glass of champagne and gave it Jessica. "I noticed that you only sipped on you glass at the toast. You should try to drink some more, it will calm your nerves."
"Thank you, Elijah, I usually don't drink alcohol, but I guess this will be an exception." Jessica said as she started to, slowly, drink the liquids and she could immediate could feel the tingling in her body.
"Now," Elijah led Jessica to Beth and Matt, "I like to introduce you to all the founding families."
Everything went smoothly until they saw Elena, accompanied by Damon, but as long as Jessica kept reminding Beth that it wasn't Katherine, it went somewhat okay.
At 8 AM, Beth and Matt went up the stairs, followed by Jessica and Elijah, standing at the same spot as Klaus had before.
"If everyone could gather, I like to thank all of you for being here this evening, and on the behalf on my sister and I, we want to say thank you to the Mikaelson family for opening their home to us, and now if all of you find yourself a partner and join us in the Ballroom for a waltz."
The waltz went well, Jessica only made a few minor mistakes, but Elijah managed to cover them. Jessica could sense someone or something familiar in the room, but she couldn't put her finger on it. But as the waltz ended Beth noticed something wrong in the room; there were two Elena's, making one of them Katherine. Jessica noticed it too, and managed to stop her sister in time.
"What are you doing? Have you forgotten that we're supposed to stay away from Katherine? I know that you're angry, I am too, but it's for the best to wait until Klaus allows us to. What we need is to focus on keeping the peace with Klaus. Come on, they are about to start serving your favorite champagne." Jessica gave Beth a teasing smile, and they both joined their dates and toasted to Elton John's Can You Feel the Love Tonight, the only song that the sisters both liked.
No one noticed the woman hiding in the back, keeping her eyes focused on the two witches. She snuck out with the rest of them as the ball ended and made a phone call as she walked into the woods.
"Hey, it's me. You were right, the Evans have betrayed us and they're working together with Klaus. Yes I understand, anything allowed to stop them. I call back later when I have more information." The mystery woman terminated the call and disappeared into the night.
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