It was Monday morning and after a very eventful weekend, Jessie didn't know what to expect to happen. She wore a blue green dress with Spartan shoes. It was one of the more feminine garments in her wardrobe. One thing that she did wish would happen was Anna staying in town. She really didn't want the girl to leave. They were friends. She found Tina in the kitchen, drinking some coffee. She seemed to be preparing for her interview.

"Do you want a ride home from school today?" The blonde asked.

"What?" Jessie asked. Tina's license was still suspended, wasn't it?

"As of today, my six-month probation has officially ended and can operate an automobile again." Tina replied. "So do you want a ride?"

"Sure." Jessie responded. "Are you going to give me a ride to work as well?"

"We'll see." Tina told her as Jessie took a bite of some toast. She could really use some blood now. That was another problem that might arise if Anna were to leave. How was she going to keep herself fed? "If I get the job, I'll be in a much better move, but I'll give you a ride home from school regardless."

"I'll see you after school then." Jessie remarked as she grabbed her bag. She had some blood in there, but she wasn't just going to drink it in broad daylight. She would probably wait until she got to school.

Once she was in the bathroom, she took her bottle and began to guzzle it. She heard footsteps, but she would just compel whoever walked in. It turned out to be less than ideal when Elena walked in.

"Jessie…" She stated in surprise.

"Elena." The vampire said as she finished the bottle. "I'm…sorry for the whole kidnapping thing. So is Damon still here?"

"I don't know." Elena admitted.

"So I can trust you to keep this a secret, can't I? I don't need to compel you?" Jessie asked.

"You can't compel me." Elena responded as Jessie rushed in front of her and grabbed the necklace off her neck by the chain.

"Unless you're also drinking it, I can." Jessie replied. "So can I trust you?"

"Yes, I won't tell anyone." Elena remarked before Jessie gave the necklace back.

"Good." Jessie replied as she rinsed her bottle and then left the bathroom before she walked to what was becoming her favorite class.

She took her seat in the front of the room.

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. One thing that she learned was that Bonnie's grandma apparently died casting the spell to open the tomb. Jessie hadn't seen or heard from Anna all week and was starting to get worried that she was really gone. There was a pain in her heart.

Blair was in the living room studying when Jessie came downstairs, fresh out of the shower.

"So are you having an easier time now that you are taking less hours?" She asked as she took a seat next to her sister.

"Yeah, I guess I was overworking myself." Blair stated. "I'm sure that I can take psychology in the fall."

Jessie then noticed a cup of tea in front of Blair.

"Do you want some?" Blair asked. "Mom and Dad said that they made it from this herb. I don't remember the name. I think it starts with a v."

"Vervain?" Jessie questioned.

"Yeah, that's it." Blair responded. "Do you want some?"

"Nah, I think I'm starting to get over tea. It has too many empty calories." Jessie answered. She actually didn't know how her body worked now. "But I heard that stuff is good for you."

"So now that Tina has a job and all, she really wants to find this older guy that she danced with at the school. She says that you might know her." Blair responded. "Do you think that you could talk to him?"

Jessie sighed. "I talk to him before work." She declared.

So she left early and rushed over to the Salvatore house to find Damon. What she planned on doing was telling him to stay away from her, even if she was now on vervain. She noticed the door was unlocked and tried to enter the house, which she was successful at. Damon was dancing with sorority girls and listening to European rock music.

"I don't want to talk, Stefan." Damon replied without looking at her.

"Well I'm not Stefan." Jessie told him. She could the open wounds on the girls. "But I do need to talk, do you mind if I have a drink?"

"If you don't kill any of them." He stated. He seemed drunk. "I'm tired of burying people."

Jessie had a bite of sorority girl, before she decided that she needed to get down to business.

"Now I need to talk to you." She stated as she licked the blood off her lips. "I'm here to tell you to stay away from my sister."

"I don't know your sister." Damon replied.

"She's blonde, 20 years old. You danced with her at the dance." Jessie explained. "Her name is Tina. Anyway, she's been kind of obsessing over you and I want you to stay away from her. Or maybe you can tell her that you're not interested."

"Will do." He replied sardonically. She wasn't sure if he even remembered her or he wanted to go back to his sluts, but it was the best that she could do before work.

After the Grill, she couldn't help but notice Alaric was putting up a sign for the bachelor auction with Jenna.

"Are you in the auction?" She asked him.

"Yes, kind of against my will." Alaric answered.

"Well I might just have to bid on you." She joked. Both of them looked kind of shocked. "It's a joke. I'm joking. Employees aren't allowed to participate if they're on the clock. Anyway, I've got to her inside."

She looked around, and noticed that the bartender position still hadn't been filled. In a twisted way and morbid way, it was lucky that she decided that she would rather grovel than die or they would have to replace two employees and they were low on waitresses as it was.

She happened to overhear that apparently Alaric's dead wife was Elena's birth mother. What were the odds of something like that happening?

Eventually Matt came into work. With Ben dead, he was the only person that worked there that she vaguely knew.

"So what's up?" She asked him. "Anything interesting happen lately?"

"My mom came back." Matt answered.

"Oh…" Jessie responded. She had heard many things about Kelly Donovan, and none of them were good. "That has to be different. So it's a big night tonight. Hopefully none of those women will try to bid on you."

"If they did, they'd have to face the wrath of my girlfriend." Matt cracked. Jessie noticed then Alaric walk in. "So seeing teachers on the weekend where you work is a little weird."

"But it's a nice surprise." Jessie replied. "Especially when they're that good looking."

A few minutes later, Damon walked in and took a seat next to him. Jessie had a feeling that wasn't going to go well. The two of them began some small talk. Apparently Alaric had to do some work and he liked to be drunk while doing it. They weren't really bonding over their drinks. The teacher eventually left, to her disappointment and then the sheriff sat next to him. Jessie couldn't help but wonder if she would be so friendly if she knew the truth.

"So we're short a bachelor tonight." The sheriff replied. Jessie really didn't like where that was going, especially since Tina already had plans to attend the bachelor auction. Well maybe someone would outbid her.

"Do me a favor then." He instructed. "Alaric Saltzman: the history teacher seems kind of shady. Mind doing a background check on him?"

"Sure thing." She said as she walked away. Jessie flashed a smile at her, even though she was far from happy.

When she went on her break, Jessie walked out to town square. She couldn't help but notice a young black man who looked very confused.

"Are you okay?" She asked him.

"This place is so strange." The man replied. Jessie then noticed the ring on his finger and put two and two together.

"How old are you?" She questioned.

"I was born in 1843 and it's 2010." He stated. "I don't know…I never really learned math."

Jessie made the assumption that he had to have been a slave before he was turned.

"What's your name? I'm Jessie." She inquired. "I'm like you."

"Harper, Miss." He answered. He seemed so proper. Even though that he wasn't her type, he was kind of hot. If she had to guess, she would say that he had been in the tomb.

"Well I will tell you two things." Jessie declared. "One you have rights now. Slavery ended just after the war and also, you need to be careful. I could show you around some time, but I can't right now because I have to get back to work."

Jessie walked back into the Grill. She decided that she would keep this info on the down low because Harper seemed like a nice guy.

Later in the night, many women started to pour in, as did the bachelors. Amongst the women was Tina.

"Please don't tell me this is where you're looking for the man of your dreams." Jessie remarked. "A bachelor auction really isn't the best place for that."

"Is that…" Tina replied as she looked over to where Damon was standing. "That's him! That's the guy that I danced with!"

Jessie noticed that people were staring at her.

"I think you need to calm down, Sis." Jessie instructed. "What about Alaric? You like him. Maybe you should bid on him instead."

Jessie had decided that even though she had a crush on Alaric, she would rather have her sister date him if it meant that she would stay away from Damon.

"Sorry, I think I think I prefer the hotter, sexier guy." Tina replied. Jessie sighed. Tina was probably on vervain so she couldn't compel her, not to mention the fact that it was a crowded place.

To say that the auction was good for business was an understatement. There were a lot of horny women ordering drinks. It was going to be good for whatever the fundraiser was benefiting. Tina was probably the only girl that wasn't old enough to drink. It was easy to tell that she was jealous. Jessie was not comfortable serving the Real Housewives of Mystic Falls. She could only imagine how the bachelors must have felt. Alaric looked uncomfortable at least.

She then made her way over to Elena, Matt, and Caroline.

"So how goes everything?" She asked. "I saw some of those women hitting on you Matt."

"Like 35 of them." Caroline stated. She looked like she could barely contain her laughter. "I have such a hot boyfriend and cougars love him."

"Care, it's embarrassing." Matt replied. Jessie then noticed that Matt's mom was walking their and that was Jessie's cue to leave. She seemed to notice that the women didn't hold Caroline in high regard and seemed to love Elena. As bad as the rumors were, Jessie couldn't help but think that Kelly was a nice, but self-destructive woman…kind of like an older version of her now-deceased daughter.

She also overheard the sheriff talking to Damon. There really wasn't anything or note on the background check.

Mrs. Lockwood was emceeing the ceremony. The only one that was really impressing was Alaric, at least to Jessie. She had a feeling that he and Damon would raise the most money. When it came down to the bidding, Jenna ended up winning him. Jessie couldn't have been more annoyed at the fact. She was not only jealous, but jealous of the slutty girl that was her uncle's groupie.

"Alright, it's time for our final bachelor: Damon Salvatore." Mrs. Lockwood announced. "He's young, handsome, and rich. Do we have any opening bids?"'

"One hundred dollars." One of the women shouted.

"Three hundred dollars." Another rebutted.

"One thousand dollars." A voice said. Everyone in the restaurant gasped and looked at the source of it. It was Tina.

"So I have one thousand dollars. Going once, going twice, sold to Miss Tina Fell." The mayor's wife declared. Jessie was gritting her teeth and wanted to crush the glass that she was holding in her hands, but she knew that would make a scene.

Now more than ever, Jessie was glad that Tina was taking vervain. She was glad that her parents weren't trying to force vervain on her. She then heard a scream from outside and went to check it out. Elena and Stefan were standing out there and there was a man under a truck.

"What happened?" She asked them.

"He was compelled." Elena explained. "He just jumped in front of a truck and let it hit him."

"You should go before the sheriff comes out here. You didn't see this." Jessie suggested. The two of them fled the scene.

Jessie's phone then started to ring. When she saw the name on the screen, she lit up like a kid on Christmas morning.

"I'm so glad to hear from you. Are you still here?" Jessie asked in excitement.

"Easy there, Girl." Anna told her. "Yes, I'm still here and so is my mom. It turns that the Bennetts forgot to or were unable to close the tomb after opening it. One of them told me that you talked to him today."

"Harper was nice." Jessie stated. "He didn't seem particularly vicious. Are all of them like that?"

"No." Anna answered. "I'm pretty sure that a lot of them are planning some sort of revenge. We have a cabin in the woods. You're welcome to come and stay with us if you like."

"I don't think my parents would be too thrilled about that." Jessie replied. "Plus, I need to hatch a plan to keep my sister away from Damon. I'm considering letting the air out of her tires. When can I see you again?"

"We can meet up soon." Anna promised. "I kind of want to see Jeremy again as well. I don't know why."

"I want to meet your mom." Jessie stated. "I did all of this work to get her out. I think I deserve to meet her."

"You will." Anna declared. "You will."

So I want to ask you guys. Jessie and Alaric or Jessie and Anna? She definitely has a deep friendship with Anna. Also it looks like Tina and Damon are going to happen, much to the ire of our protagonist. Please don't forget to review.