Anna walked through the house that she was sharing with numerous house guests. The vampires were having a bit of trouble adjusting to the new time period. She noticed one of them, Frederick, was feeding from the woman that her mother had designated as owner of the house and food supply. As tempting as it was to drink blood from the vein, she didn't like to share her food. She actually didn't like the idea of a vampire refuge and she knew that a lot of the ones that they were housing could be trouble. Rather than stick around the house, she decided to go see Jessie.

Jessie was on her way to school. Once she was on the sidewalk in front of the building, Anna appeared before her. Jessie wrapped her in a hug.

"I was beginning to think that I would never see you again." She said as Anna lightly returned her hug. She wasn't used to hugs.

"Do you wanna play hooky today?" Anna asked.

"I can't. I have a history test today." Jessie replied.

"He's the one that you have a crush on isn't he?" The Asian girl asked, to which Jessie blushed and nodded. "Is that why you're dressed so sexy today?"

Jessie was wearing a grey dress with her leather jacket, fishnets with stars on them, and 4-inch heels.

"How about you take your test and ogle your teacher and then you leave after 1st period is done?" Anna suggested.

"I think that might make things look even worse." Jessie pointed out. "If I was there for one class and not there for the rest of day, they would probably call home."

"So compel the audience office to say that you were there." Anna told her. "It really shouldn't be that hard to do."

"I guess I can do that." The brunette agreed. "But what are we even going to do?"

"We'll talk after you're done with class." Anna replied.

"So why do you want to hang out with me during school hours?" Jessie questioned curiously. "You seemed to be able to keep yourself entertained before.

"Well I had Ben and Noah then." Anna pointed out. "Now, I have a house full of vampires that don't know anything about the 20th or 21st century. It's annoying and I wanted to escape from them."

"So do you plan on seeing Jeremy again?" Jessie inquired. "He probably misses you too."

"Well I have to see. My mom isn't the biggest fan of Gilberts after all. It's ironic because she's buying a building from them." Anna explained. "You should probably head to class."

"You know if you want to be away from them, you could enroll here." Jessie suggested as she walked into the school.

She noticed a few male heads, and probably a girl or two, were looking her way. Though some of them were nice-looking, but they weren't who she was interested in. She couldn't help but remember her conversation with Blair in the morning.

Jessie nervously tried to make her way out the door without anyone seeing her. She could say that she wasn't hungry and skip breakfast.

"Who is he?" Blair as she touched the door knob. She hadn't noticed her sister was sitting on the couch.

"What?" Jessie asked in shock.

"You're obviously not dressed like that for no reason, so who's the guy?" Blair responded.

"I don't know what you're talking about…" Jessie stammered.

"Alright, don't tell me." Blair replied. "I just hope that you know that you don't have to dress like a hooker to get guys to like you."

"I don't look like a hooker." Jessie argued.

"Then why did you try to sneak out?" Blair asked. "Also you need to eat. Take a bagel to go or something."

Jessie sighed and went into the kitchen.

"Can we not tell mom and dad about this?" She requested.

"Sure, but you should probably change before you come home." Blair cracked. Jessie had never known Blair to be snarky.

She walked into Alaric's classroom and took her seat at the front. She wondered if he would be able to see her cleavage. She actually wasn't one of those girls that wore a low-cut top to get a good grade. She was pretty sure that she could get a good grade. She was just really interested in him. She was starting to think that it was beyond a crush. She just had to find a way to get him to notice her…let him know that she wasn't just another student.

"Jessie, I hope you're ready for the test today." Alaric told her.

"I'm definitely ready." Jessie told him confidently. "So, am I like your favorite student?"

"I don't play favorites." He told her as another girl entered the classroom. It was something that she wasn't used to. The girl was menstruating and it caused her face to vamp out.

Alaric reached into his desk as she tried to control herself. She noticed his hand on a wooden stake.

"Wait." Jessie stopped him hastily. "Can I please talk to you after class? I can explain."

So after the class and the test and after everyone else left, Jessie remained in the room.

"You have about five minutes to explain yourself." He told her.

"I don't want to hurt you." Jessie told him. "I think I actually like you. This isn't some schoolgirl crush. I want to be your girlfriend."

"But you're a vampire. How can you have feelings?" He asked.

"That's kind of a bad stereotype." Jessie pointed out. "That would be me saying that you were some gangster who only eats beans because you're from Boston. I haven't killed anyone. I'm not some monster that doesn't have a heart. If you listen hard enough, you could hear it beating."

"Look Jessie, you're a very pretty girl, but you're 17 and my student. Even if I did like you that way, there would be no way that we could ever be together." He said. "You should find someone your own age…whatever that may be."

"I've only been a vampire for about a month." Jessie told him. "I have to go. I don't need a note. I just hope you reconsider at some point…that is not a threat."

Jessie then went to the attendance office and after a quick "chat", she walked out the door to meet Anna.

"So where are we going to go?" Jessie inquired.

"Do you want to meet my mom?" Anna asked.

"Do I have to meet the other vampires?" Jessie countered, not wanting meet any the murderous ones that Anna mentioned.

"No." Anna replied. "I'll have her meet us somewhere. I am glad that I taught her how to use a phone."

They went to the park and Pearl met them there.

"Mom, this is Jessie Fell." Anna introduced.

"Fell?" Pearl replied with confusion,

"She's one of us." Anna explained. "I turned her myself."

"It's nice to meet you Miss Pearl." Jessie said politely. She wanted to get in the woman's good graces.

"Jessie was a key player in the opening of the tomb." Anna added.

"Well in that case, I want to thank you." Pearl replied. "I hope you don't take my disdain for what your family did in the past personally."

"So I was kind of surprised that you decided to stay here." Jessie remarked. "I was really upset when Anna told me that she was leaving."

"Well Mystic Falls is our home and we want to take it back." Pearl explained.

"If you have some plan for a revolution, could you please leave my family out of it?" Jessie requested.

"Does your family know that you're a vampire?" Pearl questioned.

"No, but I still care about them?" The teenager replied. "I don't know how they'll react, but they're my family and they mean a lot to me."

"There is no revolution planned at this time, but I do plan for us to settle." Pearl stated. "I also understand that council is spreading vervain around the town."

"That's not something that I have control over, but I want my family to be protected." Jessie replied, not wanting to get into the stuff with Damon and Tina.

"I want to thank you for keeping my daughter company while I was gone." Pearl replied. She turned like she was about to leave before looking to her daughter. "Don't get into any trouble Annabelle."

With that she was gone.

The rest of the day involved Jessie finding an outfit that she could wear home. What ended up happening was she took her stockings off and put some jeans on under her dress. Did it look strange? Yes, but, at least it was a look that she could let her parents see.

She came across her father as she walked into the kitchen.

"How was school?" He asked her.

"It was…fine." She answered nervously. She really hoped that her compulsion worked. "I think that I did pretty well on my history test."

"So do you have any plans for tonight?" Hank then asked.

"I don't know." She replied. Blair was meeting with her study group and Tina was finally going out with Damon, which did worry her, but she had no idea where she was going.

"Well you shouldn't stay inside on a Friday night. You should go out and do something." He suggested. She didn't know what to do. Anna was going to see Jeremy and she didn't feel like being the third wheel. There weren't any parties either.

"I guess I could go to the Grill and see who's there." She responded. Going there on her free time wasn't as fun since she started working there.

Anna went over to the Gilbert house. Jeremy looked a little surprised and slightly spooked by her.

"Anna." He stated.

"Surprised?" She asked with a smile.

"I thought you and your mom were leaving town." Jeremy remarked.

"Hmm, change of plans." She shrugged. There was an awkward silence. "I'm sorry. I thought you'd be psyched to see me."

"No, no, I mean…I am." Jeremy fumbled through his words. "Of course I am."

Anna laughed. "Alright then, step aside." She instructed as she entered the house.

Jessie went to the Grill…and the first thing that she saw was Tina was drinking with Damon, Jenna, and Kelly Donovan. She also noticed Elena, Matt, Stefan, and Caroline at the pool table. They looked embarrassed.

"You can add me to the list of embarrassed people." She said as she walked over.

"Is your sister even old enough to drink?" Caroline asked.

"Nope, nor is she supposed to since she's on probation." Jessie replied. "But I'm betting that someone charmed the bartender to give her some drinks. Do you mind if I join you to make sure that my sister stays out of trouble?"

"This is kind of a double date." Caroline replied.

"Oh…I'm sorry." Jessie apologized. "I'll just be over there."

She walked over to a table. She really wished that she didn't have to babysit her older sister.

Jeremy and Anna sat on the couch as he handed a controller.

"So what made you and your mom decide to stay?" Jeremy asked.

"She got this business opportunity." Anna answered. "She's going to open up this little store. So, yeah, we're staying. And I'm thinking of enrolling at your school, so you'll be seeing a lot more of me. Enough of homeschooling, I'd like to be a normal teen for once."

"Well I wish you were there now. I actually have to right another paper." Jeremy lied. "I was thinking about going into the whole vampire thing."

"Wouldn't that get repetitive?" Anna asked in disbelief.

"No, I wanna understand why people were labeled as vampires and I wonder if they're real." He explained. She was beginning to get nervous.

Eventually they wound up in the kitchen as he was preparing sandwiches for them.

"Roast beef, turkey, ham, what do you want?" He asked.

"Let's do the works. Pile it high." Anna instructed.

"Alright, I like your style. Will you uh grab the bread for me?" He requested.

"Okay." She replied as she went to get the bread. While her back was turned, he pushed the knife into the palm of his hand. He screamed. "What are you doing?"

"It's just a cut, will you hand me that towel?" He asked. She gulped. He walked closer. "Do you got a problem with blood Anna?"

At this point, she was positive he knew. He kept moving closer and the veins began to appear under her eyes as she smelled it. She rushed and pushed him against the refrigerator.

"What are you doing?" She asked angrily.

"I knew it." He responded. "Go for it."

She took his hand and began to drink from it. After a few seconds, Jenna called for him. She pulled away and he left the room. When he got back, she was gone.

Jessie in the meantime, had to find a way to get Tina in bed without their parents finding out that she had been drinking. It was not going to be an easy task. Especially considering the fake-blonde was almost passed out in her arms. She could only hope that her parents were asleep.

She then noticed that for some reason, Tina's window was open. She decided to give it a try and attempted to jump in like the vampires in those movies. Luckily, she was successful and tucked was able to get Tina tucked into bed. This was just as her Blair was coming in from her meeting.

"How did the study group go?" Jessie asked, happy that Blair hadn't arrived minutes earlier.

"Good. The food was great, even though I don't some of the people got what we were studying." Blair answered. At that time, Jessie noticed Anna standing outside.

"I'll be back in in a few minutes." She stated before she went outside. "What are you doing here?"

"Jeremy knows that I'm a vampire." Anna declared. "I don't know who he found out."

"Well Alaric knows that I'm one." Jessie replied. " I don't think that's going to tell anyone, especially considering that he knows that I like him. You like Jeremy too, don't you."

Anna could only nod.

"What are we going to do about this?" Jessie questioned.

"I don't know." Anna replied as she trailed off. "I don't know."

Well the girls now have to deal with their respective love interests learning about their identities. It still looks like it will be easier with Jeremy and Anna. I am going to drop the whole Jeremy asking Anna to turn him thing, because I felt that was pretty weak. Anyway, please don't forget to review.