A few days later, Jessie was at school. The school was having a 50s dance and she knew that she needed to make contact with Elena. Luckily, there was time before school.

"Elena." She called.

"Jessie?" Elena asked, probably wondering why the Fell girl was talking to her.

"Hi." Jessie greeted as she walked over. "I know that we don't talk much, but I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance with me…as a friend. Definitely as a friend, not as a date or anything."

"Well I was going to go with the dance with Stefan, but if you don't mind being the third wheel, I guess you can tag along." Elena replied. "I'm just a little confused why you want to go with me."

"Well the way I see it, I'm surprised that we're not closer." Jessie replied. "I mean my uncle almost married your aunt. Even though he's gone, that doesn't mean that we can't be friends."

"Sure, why not?" Elena replied. "But are you sure that you want to go with me and you don't want to go with a date?"

"You know that I'm not exactly Miss Popularity like you." Jessie pointed out. "I want to go with you so we can bond and I don't have to worry about work."

Suddenly Tyler Lockwood ran down the hall in their general direction. It looked like he might run her over. Instead she just turned around and stopped him.

"Dude, running in the halls isn't cool." She told him. "Someone could get hurt. What do you have to say?"

"Sorry." Tyler told her before he walked away.

"Jocks, they can be so rude." Jessie told Elena. "So do you want to meet at your house on Friday night? I already know the dress that I want to wear."

"Sure, I guess." Elena replied. Elena thought it was a little weird how she held him back like that, but maybe she just lifted weights. She wasn't considering Jessie being a vampire because she knew that Damon wasn't killing people anymore and she had grown up with her.

"Great, see you then, or maybe next time you come to the Grill." Jessie told her.

After History was over, Jessie went and put her paper on Mr. Saltzman's desk.

"So can I have a summary of what you wrote?" He asked. "Did you find anything interesting through your research?"

"Well one of the things that I learned is that the confederates seemed to think that the people inside were demons." She replied.

"Is that right?" The teacher asked.

"Yeah, I also pointed out the irony that they would burn down a church to do so." She added.

"Well, I look forward to reading it." Alaric said. "I should have it back to you by tomorrow."

"So do you mind if I ask you a question?" Jessie replied as she stood up.

"Shoot." He replied.

"Have you ever been married? I know it's not any of my business, but I'm just curious." She questioned.

"I was married, but she passed away a few years ago." He answered.

"Okay, I'm sorry for bringing that up." Jessie replied as she walked out of the room.

After school, Jessie saw Anna in the parking lot.

"You don't have to sneak up on me like that." Jessie replied. "I talked to Elena today. We're going to the dance together."

"You should try to see if you can find the journal in her house when you go." Anna suggested.

"I'll try, but I don't know if I'll be able to snoop around." Jessie told her. "I have to get to work. So can I quit after we've got this tomb opened?"

"That's up to you, not me." Anna responded before she darted off. Jessie sighed and ran toward the Grill and went in the back. Once she got there, she noticed Ben talking to Matt Donovan.

Later in her shift, Elena and Bonnie came over, but she wasn't sitting in her section. They seemed to be talking about Elena being adopted.

"So you're not going to the dance?" Jessie asked Matt.

"Nope, I don't have a date and I need the money." Matt answered.

"I don't have a date, but I'm still going." Jessie argued.

"Your family is also loaded." Matt pointed out with a chuckle.

Once she was home, she noticed Tina was still up.

"So I signed up to be a chaperone at your dance." The blonde told her. "I want to be as close as possible to that cute history teacher of yours."

"His wife died." Jessie told him. "He seems okay, but I can't help but think that he's kind of damaged. He's got definite baggage."

"Well that sucks. I hate baggage." Tina replied. "Well maybe there will be other cute guys, like some of the seniors perhaps."

Jessie just shook her head and went upstairs to get dress out. It used to belong to her grandmother when she was younger and also alive. She undressed and tried to it on for the first time.

"Wow, you look amazing." Blair told her as she entered the room. Their parents were at another council meeting. Jessie now knew why they met so much. She definitely couldn't tell them that she was a vampire. The dress was a deep grey satin with white lace on it. The dress was probably worth a fortune, but she wouldn't ever sell it.

"So what are you doing tomorrow night?" Jessie asked. "Don't tell me that you're chaperoning too."

"No, I need to work on a paper of my own. I know it may be hard to believe, but 21 hours is risking kicking my ass."

"You could drop some classes." Jessie pointed out.

"I need these classes for my major." Blair argued.

"And they'll still be there next semester." Jessie argued. "Even you aren't superhuman."

Yes, she realized the irony of that.

"I don't want to spend 8 years in school like Aunt Meredith did." Blair told her.

"Blair, listen to me." Jessie remarked, trying compulsion for the first time. "I want you to drop at least one class."

"I will drop one class." Blair repeated. She then walked off, presumably to drop a class. She then went into her dresser and pulled out a water bottle. Only it wasn't filled with water. She had to be very careful. She locked the door and guzzled the red liquid that was inside. She then rushed to the bathroom to rinse it out.

The next day in school, Jessie got her paper from Alaric. She had decided that in her head, she was going to call him that. There was an A on it.

"Really?" Jessie asked, sounding excited.

"You bring up a lot of facts. Just tell me that you don't actually believe in demons." Alaric responded.

"No, but I do believe that the founders did." Jessie answered. "So my sister wanted to know if you would be chaperoning the dance."

"I will. I've got a nice 50s outfit to wear. It's gonna be boss or whatever 50s slang was." He replied. She couldn't help but laugh at that. She was okay that her teacher was kind of a dork.

At the Grille, Jeremy was playing pool when Anna walked up to him.

"So what did he think?" She asked. Jeremy didn't know who or what she was talking about. "About the paper?"

"Oh I got an A. Thanks for the articles." He told her. "They really helped."

"Cool so what do did he say about the vampires?" She asked with a spooky emphasis and a goofy grin. "Did he believe it?"

"I don't even think that I believe it. It's just a paper, Anna." He replied as he started to walk away. "Anyways, I gotta get going."

She knew that she had to act.

"Hey…do you wanna do something later?" She questioned nervously.

"Sorry, I'm stuck on punch duty at the school dance." He explained as he hung up his cue stick.

"Whoa, how'd you get stuck with that?" Anna asked with a giggle.

"Well I'm failing English so I copped a plea." He responded.

"So maybe tomorrow or something?" She asked. He shrugged. "I'm being pushy again, aren't I?"

He thanked her and then walked away. Things weren't exactly going according to her plan. She decided to call Jessie for help with it.

"I need your help." She stated. "Do you have anything 50s that I can wear?"

"All I have is the dress I'm wearing." Jessie answered. "Why are you going to the dance?"

"Because so far my thing with Jeremy isn't going well." Anna replied.

"Do you like him?" Jessie teased. Before Anna could respond, her call waiting went off. "Hang on, I've got another call. Hello?"

"Jessie, I'm running a little behind." Elena told her. "I don't want you to wait up for me. You should go on ahead."

Jessie had a feeling that there was something that she wasn't being told, but didn't push it.

"Okay, fine." Jessie remarked. "How about we just meet up there?"

"Sounds good." Elena remarked before she hung up.

"Okay, so my end isn't going that well either." Jessie told Anna. "Elena just cancelled on me."

"Do you think that she knows anything?" Anna asked.

"No, she said that she wants to meet there." Jessie responded. "Look you don't have to dress up in 50s clothes. You don't even go to the school."

Jessie then went to the school. She eventually found Elena with Bonnie and Caroline. Dancing by herself wasn't really her thing. That was for strippers.

"Hey." She greeted them.

"Where did you get that dress?" Caroline asked, seemingly jealous.

"It was my grandma's." Jessie answered. "So who is that guy over there with Stefan?"

"That would be his brother Damon." Elena replied.

"Who is a major asshole." Caroline added.

Jessie looked over to Alaric, who looked like he was trying to avoid Tina. Everyone seemed to be dressed in dressed in period clothes, except for some guy in a hoodie. She was pretty sure that they didn't have those in the 50s.

Jeremy was serving punch when he was once again approached by Anna. Jessie decided to follow the hoodie guy.

"Let me guess, you're on the other one that she was talking about." Jessie stated. "Just what are you here for?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" The vampire asked cockily.

"That's why I asked you." Jessie replied. She went back inside the dance. Pretty much everyone was dancing, except for the chaperones (Though, Tina was dancing with some guy that she didn't recognize) . She walked over to where Alaric was standing.

"So being a chaperone must be fun." She said to him facetiously. "So I know this is a weird question, but since you're a history teacher, do you like get a kick out of dressing like you're from a different time period."

"You make it seem like it was so long ago." He responded.

"Well I'm 17. I wasn't alive in the 50s and I don't think you were either." Jessie stated. "How old are you, anyway?"

"31." He answered.

"Do you want to dance?" She asked.

"No, as we just noted you're 17 and I'm 31." He reminded her.

"It's just dancing and not even the dirty kind." Jessie argued. "Is there some rule about students dancing with teachers?"

"There is actually." Alaric told her.

"Oh, well that is oddly specific." She remarked. "Too bad. By the way, I was just offering to be nice. I like my men a little younger than you."

She walked off and over to the punch table where Anna was still standing.

"Hey, Anna, I see you made it." Jessie noted.

"You two know each other?' Jeremy asked.

"Yeah, we met a few days and we hit it off." Jessie explained. "Now we are friends."

"Hey, before I forget, can I borrow your ancestor's journal?" Anna asked. Apparently she had decided subtlety wasn't working.

"Why?" Jeremy asked.

"You said I could read it." Anna reminded him.

"I don't have it." Jeremy told her.

"Well obviously you didn't bring here but I can walk you home." Anna offered. Jessie noted that she was getting desperate.

"No, I gave it to my history teacher." Jeremy explained.

"Wait, why did you give it to him?" Anna asked in panic.

"He wanted to read it." Jeremy responded.

"You shouldn't be giving that to just anybody." Anna pointed out. "Family heirlooms are hard to replace."

"But I should give it to you?" He challenged. He did have a point.

"Anna, I think we should go." Jessie replied as she pulled the Asian girl away.

They went out into the hall.

"Why did you do that?" Anna asked angrily.

"You were making a fool of yourself there." Jessie told her. "He doesn't have it. We'll just have to get it from the history teacher."

The two of them heard what appeared to be a guy screaming.

"What was that?" Jessie asked.

"Noah." Anna replied as she pulled Jessie toward the sound. The looked inside of the cafeteria and saw Elena, the Salvatores and Noah with a stake in his stomach. Jessie recognized him as the guy with the hoodie, only he was no longer wearing it.

"Should we save him?" Jessie asked.

"No, he's a lost cause." Anna explained. "We need to meet up with Ben to discuss our next move. He made his choice and now he's going to suffer the consequences. I like you, but if you mess this up, you're as expendable as he is."

"Give a me a second to talk to my sister." Jessie bargained. She went back to the gym and found Tina. She couldn't help but notice that her sister seemed to be looking for someone. "Who are you looking for?"

"This guy with dark hair that had a leather jacket." Tina explained. Jessie hadn't noticed her sister dancing with Damon.

"I'm gonna go now." Jessie stated. "I'm going somewhere with a friend. I'll be back in time for curfew."

She and Anna went to the Grill where Ben was closing up.

"Watch this." Anna said as she snuck up behind Ben. Unfortunately, Ben was ready for her and grabbed her by the neck before he held her against the wall.

"Hello Ladies." Ben told them as he looked at the two of them "Where's Noah?"

"His obsession got the best of him." Anna explained. "Well that and the Salvatore brothers."

"They killed him?" Ben asked.

"Yup." Jessie answered.

"Well you don't seem very upset." Ben observed.

"He was dead weight anyway." Anna replied. "He would've screwed everything up sooner or later."

"I don't know why you keep her around." Ben remarked. Jessie responded accordingly with her knee to his groin area.

"So how is your end going?" Anna asked.

"The witch is crushing on me." Ben replied. "What about the journal? Were either of you able to get it?"

"No." Anna answered.

"We do know where it is, though." Jessie stated. "We'll get tomorrow. Now if you excuse me, I'm heading home."

So at some point, Jessie will get with Alaric. That's going to be a bumpy ride. And Tina may or may not date Damon, but it's not going to be the Damon style of dating. Anyway, please don't forget to review