Jessie woke up in the morning. She showered and then headed downstairs.
"Good you're up." Blair remarked as she walked into the kitchen. Jessie didn't know why her sister was so happy to see her. "We're building the Miss Mystic float today. Well the actual building will probably be tomorrow. Today mostly will be thinking of ideas for it."
"I thought I was just supposed to stand on it, why do I have to help build it to?" Jessie complained.
"Because no one wants to volunteer for this stuff." Tina explained. "It's pretty much highschoolers who are being forced to do it and the two of us."
Jessie sighed. She would be able to miss out on some the planning for working, but she was off Sunday, so she'd have to do that.
When they got to the school, Alaric came over to the younger Fell.
"Jessie, I need to borrow you." He told her. She was kind of relieved, since creativity really wasn't her strong point.
He took her to a room with Elena and Stefan and they were later joined by Damon.
"Okay, let me ask the question that everyone is thinking about." Damon remarked. "What's the princess doing here?"
Jessie glared at him.
"Isobel is back in town." Alaric replied. Jessie really didn't know how any of that concerned her.
"So Isobel's back?" Damon asked.
"Yes..." Jessie remarked in annoyance.
"She said that she's willing to kill people if she doesn't get to see Elena." Alaric added.
"Then let her meet Elena." Jessie replied. "As grateful as I am to get out of working on the float, I don't think that you really need me here. This isn't really my problem."
"Did you ask her about Uncle John?" Damon questioned.
"No." Alaric answered as Jessie stood by the door.
"Did you ask about the invention?" Damon then asked.
"No." Alaric repeated.
"What about the tomb vampires?" Jessie asked.
"I don't know." Alaric told them.
"Did words completely escape you?" Damon inquired.
"I'm sorry. I was a bit distracted by my dead vampire wife to think of anything." Alaric replied in annoyance.
"Well we're not letting her see Elena." Damon responded. That was all Jessie was interested in. She wanted to make sure to get some work done before she had to go to the Grill.
"I want to meet her." Elena remarked once she was outside the door.
Jessie walked into the cafeteria. She took a seat at the table where Caroline, Bonnie and her sister were sitting.
"So what are we working on?" She asked.
"The float is going to be Gone with the Wind. It's true Southern elegance." Caroline explained.
"She wants us in full period outfits with hoop skirts and corsets." Blair replied.
"I can't wear a corset." Jessie argued. She probably could now, but hated the idea. "I used to have scoliosis and something like that wouldn't be good for my back."
She actually did have to wear a back brace through 9th grade to straighten it out. Of course, she knew that since she was a vampire, her spine was perfectly straight, but that was beside the point.
"She did." Her two sisters agreed.
"Come on, you can do it just once." Caroline urged.
"How about we keep the elegance, but add a little more comfort?" Jessie suggested. "I mean there's no reason we can't still look good."
Later in the day, Jessie was at work. Elena was at a table, waiting for Isobel and Stefan was just standing around looking totally awkward. She couldn't help but wonder where Anna was. She hadn't heard from her all day. She could also hear Elena talking to Stefan. She would pay some attention, but she also had to focus on her work.
Finally a woman sat door in front of Elena. Jessie couldn't help but think that the two of them really didn't look that similar. She was in all black and her hair was black.
"Hello, Elena." Isobel told her. "You look just like her. It's eerie."
"You've met Katherine?" Elena asked.
"She found me." Isobel explained. "She came to me after I turned. I guess it was genetic curiosity. She would be fascinated by you."
"Is that how you can walk in the day?" Elena questioned, noting Isobel's necklace.
"Katherine helped obtain it." The woman answered.
"Who's my father?" Elena asked bluntly.
"Not important." Isobel replied. "He was a teenage waste of space."
"A name would be nice." Elena replied in irritation.
"It would, wouldn't it?" Isobel asked. Jessie's first impression of her was that she sounded like a bitch. "Did you know that you ask a lot of questions?"
"Why did you compel that man to kill himself right after him telling me to stop looking for you?" Elena asked her.
"Dramatic impact." Isobel responded. "I wish it would have been more effective."
"So, human like means that little to you?" Elena inquired.
"It means nothing to me." Isobel declared. Yup, definite bitch alert. "It's just part of being what I am."
"No, it's not." Elena disagreed. "I know other vampires. It's not true."
"You mean your boyfriend over there by the pool table?" Isobel questioned. "Stefan Salvatore. Why Stefan? Why not Damon? Or do you enjoy them both, like Katherine?"
Apparently Isobel didn't know that Jessie was a vampire. She could probably somehow use that to her advantage. She just didn't know how. Before she could hear the end of it, she had to go on break. She went out to the square.
"What did you find out?" Alaric asked her.
"Well she knows about Stefan being a vampire and she's a complete bitch." Jessie explained.
"I should be in there." Damon replied.
"She made it clear that we weren't supposed to step in there." Alaric replied.
"I'm not going to kill her in a crowded restaurant." Damon replied. Jessie sighed. Why did Damon think murder was the solution to all of his problems? She once again started to walk away to find somewhere she could enjoy her last blood bag in peace.
She had found a little more out. Isobel apparently wanted some invention from Elena. She had no idea what it was. Maybe someone would tell her something about it. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to care or not.
Her dad was still up when she got home.
"Hey." She greeted.
"We need to talk." Hank remarked.
"About what?" Jessie asked nervously.
"It's about your friend." Hank replied. "Tina told me about her."
Jessie was freaking out on the inside. Had Tina blabbed that Anna was a vampire?
"I can explain…" Jessie responded.
"You don't have to explain yourself." He told her. "If you want to go out with a girl, you can."
Jessie breathed a sigh of release.
"Did you think I was going to say something else?" He asked.
"I just thought that you wouldn't be okay with it." Jessie admitted. "I mean, I'm still attracted to guys, but I'm also attracted to Anna."
Hank gave her a hug.
"I take it her mother wasn't exactly supportive of the two of you." Hank assumed. "I'm not going to get into any arguments about that, but I know that people are born that way."
"I think I want to go to bed." Jessie admitted. "It was a long day working and talking my way out of wearing a corset in the parade."
"I think I would prefer you not wearing a corset." Her father replied. "I don't think that they're exactly appropriate for a 17-year-old."
"Good night, Daddy." She told him with a laugh before she went off to bed.
In the morning, she woke up and changed into a tank top that had a noticeable paint stain on it and a pair of sweatpants. The look wasn't exactly fashionable, but she would be doing labor and thus, they were perfect.
"Jessie!" Jeremy called to her as soon as he spotted her.'
"What?" She asked him.
"It's Anna. Have you talked to her, because I left her all of these messages and she hasn't replied?" Jeremy asked.
"I haven't talked to her since Friday night." Jessie admitted. "So are the two of you back together now?"
"She didn't tell you?" Jeremy asked.
"Tell me what?" Jessie asked.
"She chose you over me." The Gilbert stated. "I thought she would have told you that she loved you by now."
"Wait, she actually loves me?" Jessie asked in shock. The attraction was there and maybe a few feelings, but she didn't know that Anna actually loved her.
Jessie didn't say anything and just walked away. She then spotted Elena talking to Isobel.
"Hi, Elena." The woman greeted her.
"What are you doing here?" Elena asked.
"I'm your mother Elena." Isobel answered. "I want to be more involved in your life."
"I don't want you in my life." Elena told her. Jessie didn't know why Alaric wanted her in his life in the first place. What he had seen in her?
"I understand that." Isobel responded. "You have a lot of people that you care about. But I've been studying. Let's see there is the witchy best friend, Bonnie. I'm staying away from her. There's your sad little brother, Jeremy. There's Matt, the ex-boyfriend, Caroline, the chatterbox who told me everything, and Jessie. Couldn't find out much on her, all I know is she's the outsider."
Jessie was kind of glad that she had asked Caroline.
"You shouldn't be here." Elena told her. "You need to leave."
"No." Isobel told her. "I want the device and I'm not afraid to hurt people to get it. I have some friends too. You see that man. His name is Frank and he's handsome and handy. He noticed the axel on that float is broken. All that needs to be done is a little bit of pressure."
Frank jumped on the float and it collapsed on Matt. Jessie rushed over. She didn't like seeing people get hurt. A bunch of guys went to lift, and she decided to help. It turned out that with her help: i.e. her vampire strength, they were able to get it off. She then looked over to Matt. He wasn't bleeding, but he looked like he was in a lot of pain.
"Why are you doing this?" Elena asked.
"I'm showing you how easy it is to hurt the people that you care about." Isobel explained. "Give me the device."
"Damon will kill you before he gives it up." Elena explained.
"Is that before or after I kill your brother Jeremy?" Isobel asked. Before even Jessie could react, Jeremy was gone.
Jessie ended up meeting her, Stefan, and Bonnie in the same classroom.
"What does she want?" Bonnie asked the obvious question. Jessie sighed once again.
"She wants the device, whatever it is or does." She answered.
"Damon has it." Stefan replied.
"He's not going to give it up, especially if it harms vampires." Elena remarked.
"Wait, I don't know if I'm okay with this." Jessie replied. "I mean I'm all for saving Jeremy, but I don't want to die as a result."
"We can make it so it's not harmful to vampires." Elena replied. "Bonnie can."
Jessie didn't see through the rest of the plan. Apparently they didn't think that she was dedicated enough. She needed to finish building the float that wasn't going to be Gone with the Wind anyway.
That was until that night. Apparently Jessie was supposed to be the contingency plan. If Isobel brought other vampires with her, she was apparently supposed to take them out, because obviously her previous attempt was so successful. She was supposed to stay far enough away so Isobel couldn't see her. Apparently Bonnie had dispelled the device and it would be useless.
Elena was meeting Isobel in town square. Jessie was waiting by the Grill. Her cover was eating a cheeseburger.
"Where's the device?" Isobel asked.
"Where's my brother?" Elena countered without showing any fear.
"This isn't a negotiation." Isobel declared. "Where is the invention?"
"Where is my brother?" Elena repeated.
"Do you really think that I came alone?" Isobel asked. Jessie noticed the same human lackeys walked out. It looked like she would be enjoying her burger then because she wasn't needed.
"Do you really think that I came alone?" Elena challenged as Stefan and Damon walked out.
Apparently Isobel had returned Jeremy home.
"Don't look for any redeeming qualities in me." Isobel warned. It was good, because Jessie didn't see any.
Elena handed over the device. Jessie didn't see why she still needed to if Jeremy was okay, but if it was useless, she guessed there was no reason not to.
Jessie went home. She put herself stuff downstairs and found Anna in her room.
"I've been trying to get a hold of you all weekend." Jessie explained. "Where have you been?"
"My mother is dead." Anna stated with tears in her eyes. Jessie grabbed her and hugged her. "I didn't have anywhere else to go. She was killed. I think it was John Gilbert."
She let Anna cry on her shoulder for as long as she needed. She knew that she needed to bring it up, though.
"Anna, I know this might not be the best time, but today Jeremy told me that you rejected him and you're in love with me? Is that true? Is that really true? Do you really love me?
"Yes." Anna stated.
"Okay…" Jessie replied.
"Okay?" Anna mimicked.
"I don't know if I love you. I know that I really like you and I do want to be with you." Jessie declared. "Please tell me that you're not going anywhere."
Anna then slowly pushed her back on her bed and soon the two of them were cuddling with each other. Anna then began to lift at her tank top a little.
"I don't know if we should." Jessie admitted. "I don't want to wake anyone up."
"I know how to be quiet." Anna explained. "Please."
Jessie lifted her arms and Anna pulled her top off. It revealed her dark blue bra. Jessie helped Anna out of her clothes leaving a black bra and panties. Neither girl was clad in their unmentionables very long.
After a minutes that were surprising more quiet than Jessie had expected, both girls were lying under the covers of Jessie's bed together. Anna stroked her hair,
"So what that your first?" She asked the brunette.
"Yeah." Jessie answered.
"I'm just telling you now, I won't be staying for breakfast." Anna replied.
"Can I ask you something?" Jessie replied. "Do you know anything about your father? You know who he was."
"My mom moved to this country from China long before any settlers did. She took a boat and ended up in far off land that had been recommended to her. Once she got there, she got…intimate with one of the Natives and that's where I came from. He didn't last long. When I was 16, she met a young man named Kol. He turned us. Haven't seen him since, though."
"Thanks for telling." Jessie replied.
The next weekend, Jessie awoke once again. The day had come: Founder's Day.
Well Anna and Jessie are now officially together and we find out about Anna's heritage. Since Malese Jow is of Chinese and Native American descent, I figured Anna should be too. Also there will be no period dresses. Sorry if you were looking forward to them. Anyway, next we have Founder's Day. Please Don't forget to review.