AN: Yes! Finally free time and a new chapter! This is when things start going off the actual show and where we really get in the AU. Though things will get actually interesting next chapter... Also I was sick of using past tense so now I use present tense, I hope it doesn't make it less good
This night is important to Jeremy. He's been waiting it for weeks. In fact, probably everyone Mystic Falls has been waiting for it, but not for the same reasons. Most of the inhabitants of the town were looking forward to the Masquerade ball, while Jeremy, Damon and the others saw this night as "The night we're going to kill Katherine". If everything could go according to their plan, all of their problems will be over, and that bitch will finally pay for everything she's done. This time he wouldn't feel guilt like he did with Mason, maybe it would even go away if he could kill one of the people who caused his loss.
Right now he's helping Bonnie casting the spell that would trap Katherine in the room. Even if he doesn't need to he wants to be there. Not only to help killing Katherine but also to spend some time with the witch. The boy is always fascinated by every new supernatural creature he discovers, and he has to admit it, attracted. Anna when he found out about vampires, Bonnie when he found out about witches... To think her simple presence was enough to annoy him before, now it's the contrary. In spite of Jeremy's fascination, Bonnie on her side hates all of those witch stuffs, and she didn't like talking about it. But Jeremy wants to change her mind about it. After they finished casting the spell they go outside waiting for Damon's signal.
"So can you use like a hocus pocus to pass a test?" The human asks
"I don't know that spell" Bonnie answers annoyed by his questions.
"It'd be like the first one I'd learn or maybe like a spell sex or something. I don't know."
Bonnie really hopes he's not flirting. First because she's not interested in Elena's kid brother, and second because this way of flirting would suck.
"Do you want to dance or something while we're waiting?"
"No!" the witch almost yells.
She immediatly regrets her aggresivity after. Even if she's not interested back in him Jeremy's being nice to her, she doesn't have to be so harsh.
"I mean, no thank you" she catches up.
Jeremy smiles. He expected that answer, but he has hope in getting the witch liking him back later. After all that was what Anna did to win his heart: insisting. Though, even if Jeremy has hope for the future, in the present just got rejected by Bonnie. This lead to an awkward silence, quickly interrupted by Caroline.
"You can dance with me elseway" The blonde offers to the boy.
The latter got embarrased. He just wanted to dance with Bonnie and wasn't interested in Caroline. So he tried to reject her nicely.
"Er... I didn't exactly..."
Bonnie smiled, feeling revenged. Caroline on the other hand got pissed.
"I'm not flirting with you you idiot! I just want to get Matt's attention"
"Talking to him would be a great way to get his attention too" Jeremy says sarcastically.
The vampire bends over her best friend's brother, looks at him in the eyes and takes a deep authoritarian voice.
"Do you really want me to explain you how I work, then tell you how more complicated it is now that I turn into a vampire?" Then she gave him her hand with a passive agressive smile "Or just simply do what I tell you to do?"
Intimidated, Jeremy took her hand and she led him to the dance floor.
She never needed compulsion to make people do what she wants he thought, though making people forget you just fed from them might require a higher lever of intimidation.
Song: Give us a little love by Fallulah
When Caroline finds a spot not too crowded where Matt could see her she stops, puts her free hand on Jeremy's shoulder and with the other one curls her fingers into his. He responds by putting his hand on her hip and starts dancing. It stopped being awkward pretty fast, after all he's just dancing with a friend waiting for something.
"See? It's not that bad is it?" The blonde asks.
"It's better than just waiting, though I'm kinda feeling like your puppet"
"Better be someone's puppet than someone's meal right?"
Jeremy smiles "You're right"
"So, Bonnie?"
Of course Caroline Forbes was going to mention that! How could she ignore the possibility of a new couple, especially if her best friend is involved? He doesn't really wanted to talk about it, especially not with her.
"Yeah, Bonnie"
He doesn't want to say more about it. The blonde hesitates into compelling more informations or leaving him alone with this. She ends up choosing the second option. When she sees Matt arriving she waits for him to look towards her before she gets closer to her fake date. She lets go off the boy's hand and shoulder to put her arms around his shoulder. Then she goes closer, almost hugging him. Too close, too close to his neck, too close to his artery... The young vampire starts smelling the blood running though his vein and pushes her face backward quickly when the temptation is being too big. She first wants to hide her face, but realises she's with someone who knows. So she looked at him.
"Do I have..."
"Veins popping out of your eyes and sharp teeth? Yes you do"
Jeremy is still fascinated by this hungry vampire face, now matter how many times he has seen this on other vampires. Caroline likes the way he's looking at her. Usually people, or even vampires, show fear and worries when she's hungry, while Jeremy is showing a positive emotion. The hunger goes away and her face is getting normal again.
"It's gone now" Jeremy tells her
"How come you're not afraid? I could've killed you"
"Not forever, I have my ring remember?"
"Right... But still, I could hurt you"
As she said that she reminded herself how she almost killed Matt. She doesn't want Jeremy to see her sad, so she slowly looks away and changes the subject.
"Is Matt looking at us?" She asks
Jeremy looks for Matt and sees him in company of Tyler and Sarah. He can't help feeling down thinking about the loss of his friend.
"Not yet" He answers
Tyler is the first one who noticed Jeremy and Caroline. At first he only noticed Jeremy dancing with a girl, when he saw this girl was Caroline he was at the same time worried about his best friend but also relieved he could bitch about it. Even if he has to pretend he only cared about Matt's sake.
"Well, looks like she didn't waste her time!"
"What are you talking about?" The blonde asks, raising his head from his drink.
"Gilbert and Forbes, 4 o'clock"
Matt sees Caroline and Jeremy dancing together.
"What does he even see in her?" says Sarah.
And what do you think he could see in you? Tyler thinks.
Jeremy looks at Matt, Tyler and Sarah. To his surprise, the three of them seemed jealous. He wasn't surprised about Matt and Sarah, even though he thought Sarah would've got over him quickly. But why would Tyler be upset too? Maybe because Caroline is his best friend's girlfriend.
"And now? Is he looking at us?" she asks again
"He is now"
Matt doesn't know what to think about his girlfriend and her dance partner. A few weeks ago he would have thought they were just having a friendly dance, but what he has with Caroline now is too complicated. She changed so much he doesn't know if she could see someone else or not. So he asked for his best friend's advice.
"Do you think they're a thing now?"
"I hope not, I don't think Caroline is the kind to cheat. Though are you sure you two are still together?"
That wasn't what the blonde wanted to hear "How supportive" he answers.
Hey, this hurts me as much as you! Tyler thought. But he decided to say something else.
"What is with him stealing our girlfriends?"
This reminds him the time he saw Stefan and Elena talking together. He was also jealous but pretended to care for Matt, he was also angry at Stefan for being attractive. Now that he thinks about it again he realises how stupid his behavior was. Though his crush for Stefan didn't last long compared to the one he has for Jeremy.
"You know what this reminds me? When Stefan and Elena started hanging out, you didn't do anything to stop them. And look where they are now! Do you want the same thing to happen with Caroline?"
Matt felt like he was listening to the bully Tyler was a few months ago, then remembered the time he threw a ball at Stefan's face.
"You're not going to throw something at Jeremy, are you?"
Tyler looks at his glass, and quickly considers throwing it into Caroline's hair. That would ruin what probably took her hours to make, but he knows it's the most stupid thing to do.
"I'm not that guy anymore Matt. This time I'm just going to advise you to have a frank talk with her, or even Jeremy if you don't have the guts to talk to her. I mean he's nice, understanding..."
He suddently stops talking, afraid of making a huge list of the stuffs he loves about Jeremy Gilbert.
"Nice? Didn't you just call him a girlfriend's stealer?"
"Well, maybe he's not stealing your girlfriend. And he was better for Vicky that I would have ever been, I deserved to be dumpted by her"
"You finally admitted it"
"I've admitted it a long time ago, it's just the first time that I say it out loud"
After looking at Matt Jeremy looks at Caroline, and thinks about how these two sed to be happy together.
"Caroline, I don't get it. When you turned into a vampire, you turned more confident."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm dancing with you because Bonnie said no to me, while you're dancing with me because you can't ask Matt."
"That's the point, I can't ask him because I turned"
"Sure you can. And even if he rejects you and it gets embarrassing you can compel him to forget"
"Is it that simple to you?"
"No it isn't, I'm human. I don't have your gift, and yet I'm still taking risks. I'm not afraid to talk to people even though I can't compel them. So why would you be afraid?"
"What about Tyler?"
"Tyler?"
"Yeah, why don't you talk to him instead of avoiding him?"
"I practically killed his uncle Care"
"And I almost killed Matt"
"What? When?"
"Shortly after I turned. We were making out, I got hungry and... started to feed on him. If Stefan hadn't been there..."
"That makes sense now. So you can't be with him because you might eat him, but you want him to still love you until you learn how to control yourself"
"You got it!"
"What I don't get is why doing this by dancing with me?"
"You clearly hadn't been in a lot of relationships. Jealousy is the best thing to get someone you like's attention! Didn't you want Vicky more when she started dating Tyler? Speaking of him, I don't get why he seems as jealous as Matt"
"Maybe he's just worried about his friend"
"No, I know that look: it's jealousy"
"So? Do you think he likes you too?"
"Would be the first time two guys are interested in me!"
"That wouldn't surprise me, you grew into a pretty cool person since you've turned into a vampire."
"How sweet! Would that be a third guy?"
Jeremy giggles, which upsets Caroline a bit. Even if she's not into Elena's brother she still wants boys to like her, and this being something to laugh about is pretty bad for self-confidence.
"Maybe I should try to turn again, I would have more chances with girls"
"Gee, how long has it been since you haven't been with one?"
"Since my girlfriend's murder"
"Right, sorry..."
"That's fine"
"Well, if you're really in lack, you can grab my ass right now"
"What?"
"Just to make Matt jealous, I won't offer this twice"
"Thanks, but I'll pass"
Jeremy feels his phone vibrating in his pocket. He takes it and looks at his text.
"What is it?" Caroline asks
"Damon's signal, I gotta talk to Katherine" He answers as he gets off the girl, but she stops him as he starts leaving.
"Wait"
Caroline gets close to Jeremy's hear and whispers.
"Just another move to make Matt jealous, and also, good luck"
The boy pulls back when she's done.
"Thanks Care"
Jeremy leaves the dance floor and looks for Katherine. When he finally sees her outside, he goes to her, hoping the plan would work so that they can finally defeat her once and for all.
AN: I don't ship Jeremy and Caroline but I thought the dance scene would be sweet, though I do ship them as friends :) Also I'm anti-Beremy, Forwood is okay, but I think Jeremy and Bonnie are annoying together