Opening a tomb of vampires was not the typical Sunday activity for a teenage girl. She wanted Anna to be happy and getting her mom out would make her happy. Anna had called her to go to her hotel room. Just as the two of them were opening the door, they caught Elena trying to make her exit. Anna threw her to the floor.
"I told her to watch her you idiot." Anna scolded Ben.
"I told her not to leave." Ben argued. "I did that eye thing."
"It doesn't work if she's wearing vervain." Anna explained to him as Jessie looked over Elena.
"Jessie, what are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"Well Anna took time to notice me and pay attention to me unlike you and everyone else, so I am helping her get her mom out of the tomb." Jessie explained.
"But they're vampires, Jessie." Elena told her. Jessie smiled and showed her fangs and the veins under her eyes. "And so are you…"
"Very good." Anna replied as she threw Elena into the bathroom.
"Okay so let me get all of this straight, the tomb is underneath the ruins of the church and we need the witch to cast the spell. What do we do if she can't cast the spell?" Jessie asked
Ben and Anna looked at each other.
"Damn it, I didn't think about that." Anna cursed.
"What about her grandma?" Ben asked. The two girls stared at him in surprise. "I mean I bet she's a powerful witch."
"That's a surprisingly good idea." Jessie commented.
"I'm not as dumb as I look." Ben remarked.
"Well in that case, we need to hold Bonnie here until her grandma agrees to cast the spell." Anna said. "It's going to be tonight. I'm getting my mom back tonight. Now get Elena out. I want to talk to her. We'll call it some girl time."
Ben opened the door and turned off the running water. It wasn't useful, but Bonnie and Elena really weren't saying anything important.
"I'm not going to help you." Bonnie boasted.
"That's what she's here for: motivation." Ben replied. Jessie guessed she could be used for that, but she knew the real reason why Anna wanted Elena. "You know you should be so desperate. You made it too easy. They want to talk to you."
Ben then threw her back into the main room.
"Well, well, Elena Gilbert." Anna commented. "You really are Katherine's doppelganger. You must have the Salvatore boys reeling."
"She does." Jessie confirmed. "She and Damon were just oozing tension last night."
"Who are you?" Elena asked.
"I'm Anna. Your brother may have mentioned me. I mean we're practically dating." Anna explained.
"Why did you turn Jessie?" Elena asked.
"Well it starts with Logan being completely useless. He was supposed to get me Honoria Fell's journal, but all he managed to do was kill a dozen people and shoot Damon with wooden bullets." Anna replied. "So I needed someone else. I figured Jessie gave me someone who would want to help and would want to have a friend."
"Of course choking on my blood wasn't fun." Jessie admitted. "But this strength and speeding and enhanced senses is awesome."
"Bonnie's not going to open the tomb." Elena declared.
"I think she will." Anna replied.
"Do you really want Katherine out that bad?" Elena asked.
"That bitch can rot in hell for all I care." Anna replied. "Only Damon the love-struck moron wants her out."
"Then why do you want to open it?" Elena asked in confusion. Jessie decided to spread the message.
"Were you not paying attention?" She shouted. "They are 26 vampires in the tomb."
"One of them is my mother." Anna stated calmly. "Katherine couldn't help herself. Just like every other time, she wasn't satisfied with one man and went after both of them. When she got caught, so did my mother and everyone else. I watched Jonathan Gilbert take her away. I would've tried to save her if Emily hadn't told me about the spell."
"I'm sorry." Elena apologized.
"Are you actually apologizing for something that your ancestor did?" Jessie asked in confusion. "Well technically not even your ancestor."
"What are you talking about?" Anna asked.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that I overheard that she was adopted." Jessie stated,
"Whatever, I'm still going to use her anyway." Anna remarked. "Let's get this thing going."
"Why do you need me?" Elena asked.
"Let's say leverage." Anna remarked as she took out Elena's phone. "So, let's now call your boyfriend to get that grimoire."
She dialed and the phone was answered by Stefan.
"Elena, are you okay?" He answered. He sounded slightly panicked.
"She's fine, for now." Anna explained. "Tell me that you have the grimoire and she'll stay fine."
"I can get it." Stefan replied.
"That means that your brother has it." Anna filled in. "So one of you better meet me in the very public town square and give it to me because I have the witch. We're going to have so much fun working together."
She hung up and looked to Jessie.
"Although, I can't say that I trust him, I need you." She stated. "I'm not dumb enough to think that they won't try to kill me. So I need you to watch from a distance. You can be my bodyguard if you wanna call it that."
Before she could get to town square, Anna came across Jeremy.
"Anna!" He called to her before he ran over. "What happened to you last night?"
"Sorry, I had to leave." Anna replied. Jessie couldn't help but notice that they looked cute together. "I told your sister to tell you."
"I haven't seen her." Jeremy stated.
"I've gotta run." She remarked, trying to leave.
"Do you wanna go to a party tonight?" He asked which caught her by surprise.
"What?" She asked.
"The guy who's throwing it is a total douche, but it's supposed to be fun. I figured safety in numbers." He told her.
"So you're finally ready to go out with me." She declared.
"It's been awhile since I've been to a party and I kind of want to get back out there." He explained. "And I like you. You're fun. You're also kind of strange and lurky, but I like that too. So, you should come with me. It's in that old cemetery but the woods."
"Yeah…I'll meet you there." She told him, blushing.
"Sounds like someone has a date." Jessie teased as she appeared in front of Anna. "You like him, don't you. You like-like him."
"Just get back to your post." Anna ordered as Jessie made her exit.
It was at that time, Damon appeared. He didn't see her and he didn't appear to be armed. Though, Anna had told her that vampires get stronger with age, so she could probably kick his ass. Damon acted like he didn't care about Elena, but as soon as Anna threatened to kill her, he came around. Just like Anna had the night before, it was going to happen that night. She couldn't help but wonder what Anna's mother was like. How would she feel about her?
After Anna was out of Damon's sight, Jessie went over to her.
"So, I think we should compel Elena when we get back." Jessie suggested. "We just have to get that necklace off of her."
The two went back to the room…to find that Ben had let them escape.
"You are useless!" Anna shouted at him. "I should kill you right now for screwing up like this."
"Don't." Ben begged. "Stefan came for them. He used the sun as a weapon."
"I'm starting to think that I should have reversed the roles here." Anna pondered. "Well the good news is Damon is going to help now. If you screw up again, I will rip your head off."
As much as she hated Ben, Jessie kind of liked having him around. Maybe it had to do with the team aspect. They were a team and they shouldn't go killing each other."
"Well I'm going home for a bit." She announced. "I'll meet you guys at the church tonight. I'll make sure to put on my best party clothes."
When she got there, she came across Tina, who was kind of stressing out.
"There you are." Tina replied. "I just heard Duke is throwing a party."
Duke was one of the many men that Tina had been with. She went on a few dates with him before he went back to Duke.
"So?" Jessie asked, not seeing the problem. She knew that Tina loved to party.
"So I need you to talk to him to see if he remembers me and if it's okay for me to come." Tina explained.
"Tina, I really think that if you're that worried about it, you shouldn't go." Jessie replied, remembering that they were opening the tomb. She didn't want anyone that she cared about around there. "Definitely don't go. There will be other parties and you have a job interview tomorrow morning."
"Okay, I'll skip this one." Tina agreed. "Do you really think that I can get a job as the mayor's secretary?"
"I think if you try hard enough, you could have any job that doesn't require a degree that you want." Jessie responded as she gave her a sister a hug.
"Ow." Tina remarked. "Too much."
Jessie was then reminded that she needed to watch her strength when hugging.
"Sorry." She apologized. "Now I am going to the party, so I have to get ready."
Jessie went to shower and when she got out, she put on her a white tunic and jeans. She added a leather jacket. She kind of felt that it seemed like everyone in Mystic Falls owned a leather jacket.
"So did you ever see that guy from the dance?" Tina asked as she went back to the living room.
"I think he has a girlfriend." Jessie replied. She assumed that would be an acceptable excuse since he did plan on getting Katherine out.
"Why are all of the good men taken?" Tina pouted.
"I don't know if he could be considered a good man." Jessie remarked as she headed out the door. As far as she was concerned, the farther that Tina stayed away from Damon, the better.
Jessie met Anna and Ben on the outskirts of the woods.
"So are we sure that they'll do this?" Jessie asked.
"Well I've got Jeremy coming here, so if all else fails, I can use him as motivation." Anna replied. She looked to Jessie. "I want you two to keep people away from the tomb. We need people to stay away, especially if there's a chance of any others getting out. Jessie's in charge."
"Okay." Jessie agreed. She liked that plan and she would like being in charge.
Anna then saw Jeremy and walked over to him. She appeared behind him.
"Thank God." He said.
"Weird hello, but okay." She commented. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing…it's nothing." He babbled.
"Let's walk." Anna instructed as they walked off into the woods.
Jessie stood with Ben on the edge of the line that wasn't supposed to be crossed.
"So do you wanna make out?" Ben asked.
"That's a great way to stand guard." Jessie quipped. "Sure, walk on by, we're too busy snogging to do anything it."
"No, would have worked." Ben replied. "So, what's your deal? Why don't you have any friends?"
"I just want people that could see me as my own person, not Tina or Blair's younger sister." Jessie explained. "I guess I could have tried harder."
Back with Jeremy and Anna, the two were conversing deep in the woods.
"So you dead people, don't you?" He asked.
"I'm strange, remember." She reminded him with a smile. "You okay?"
"Yeah, yeah, this place makes me think about someone." He answered.
"A dead someone? You mean your mom and dad?" She asked.
"No, not them." He told her. "I don't think she's dead either. So hey, we made it all of 37 minutes in that party?"
She laughed along with him as she sent out a text.
"Not your scene?" She asked.
"Do you want to be part of my non-scene?" He questioned.
"Sounds tempting." Anna admitted. "But I'm leaving."
"Wait, what?" He asked in confusion.
"Yeah, my mom and I are moving away." She explained.
"Oh, that's a bummer." He stated in disappointment.
"So…I guess this is goodbye." She remarked. The two kissed for a moment before Ben came over and knocked him out.
"I got your text." He stated.
"You didn't have to hit him that hard." She said. They carried him towards the tomb and near Jessie.
"There you are. They're in the tomb." Jessie remarked as she noticed Jeremy. "What are you doing with him?"
"I need his blood for my mom." Anna replied.
"I can't let you do that." Stefan remarked as he appeared near them. Anna handed Jeremy over to Ben who laid him on the ground.
"Well you either let into the tomb, or my friends chow on Elena's little brother." Anna responded. Jessie definitely hadn't agreed to that. Anna ran off and Ben and Stefan began to fight. Jessie wasn't sure what to do. She didn't want to hurt Jeremy. Stefan then took out a flamethrower and fired it on Ben. As he went up in flames, she wanted to cower in fear.
"I surrender!" She shouted, throwing her hands in the air. "Please don't kill me. I don't want to hurt anyone. I just wanted to help Anna get her mom out of the tomb."
"Why do you care about her?" Stefan questioned as he put the flamethrower down near Ben's charred corpse.
"Because she cares about me." Jessie told him as she stood near Jeremy. "I will take him home and I promise that I won't feed on him or hurt him in any way. I will stay out of your way."
"You take him home." He ordered. "I'm gonna call Jenna to make sure that he gets there."
She nodded and grabbed him and ran off, ending up at the Gilbert house. Jenna answered the door and she said that he had too much to drink and passed out. But she then compelled Jenna to make her think that he came home on his own.
Once she was home at home and changed for bed, she got a call from Anna.
"I got my mom out." She stated.
"What about Katherine?" Jessie asked curiously.
"She was never in there to begin with. It was just motivation to get Damon on my side." Anna explained.
"So what happens now?" Jessie inquired.
"I don't know." Anna answered truthfully. "Part of me wants to go so my mom and I can move on and part of me wants to stay. It's like I don't want to leave you or Jeremy. I always planned on leaving."
"I hope you stay." Jessie stated. "You're the only friend that I have."
"You really should try to make more." Anna declared. "I think you could make nice with Elena and her friends."
"Please stay…" Jessie begged as a tear escaped her eye. Anna didn't say anything as she hung up.
Now if that last scene makes you cry even though you know Anna is sticking around, it's done its job. Originally, I was going to have Ben survive to be Jessie's escort for Miss Mystic Falls, but then I remembered that the pageant is during the day. Anyway, please don't forget to review