It was late at night and Anna and Jessie were sitting at a table across from Hank. Neither girl was looking for to it.
"Let's start with the basic question." Hank remarked, looking at Anna. "Why did you turn my daughter?"
"Well it all started with your brother." Anna admitted. "Logan was getting cocky and I knew it would get him killed, so I slipped him some blood. I didn't kill him. Damon did that to save his brother. Anyway, Logan was supposed to get me Honoria Fell's journal, but he couldn't get into the house and he was a bit distracted killing people and his obsession with Jenna hurt him too. Basically it got him killed again."
"What does that have to do with Jessie?" Hank inquired.
"Well after he failed, I still needed to get the journal." Anna explained. "I probably just could have compelled her, but I realized that she was lonely, so I gave her some blood and made sure to save some of hers so she could complete the transition."
"Why did you open the tomb?" Hank then asked.
"Her mother was inside." Jessie answered. "She did all of it for her mom. All of it was in vain, unfortunately. Dad, I know you don't understand, but my life is better now. I sort of have friends now and I have a job. I know that I have to be careful, but I have been careful."
Hank gave Jessie a hug.
"Just know that even though, you're a vampire, I love you." He told his daughter. "Though, I don't think I will be inviting Damon here anytime soon. You two should go to bed, once again in separate rooms."
In the morning, Jessie woke up. She hoped that Anna would find a good way to get some blood. She wondered if there was any way that she could get some from her aunt Meredith.
The next morning, Jessie got up to go to school. They were planning for the spring carnival. She wore a white tank top and a black pencil skirt. It was sophisticated but sexy. It was beginning to get warmer, not that it made much of a difference to her.
Apparently because Caroline was in the hospital, Elena and Bonnie were in charge of the carnival. So she had to report to them to find out what she was supposed to set up.
"Why are we helping out?" Anna asked. "They don't look like they really need it."
"The fact that Katherine kicked my ass made me think that I was being a bit hard on Elena." Jessie admitted before she heard Elena and Bonnie talking. "They're talking about Katherine."
"Well Katherine is an attention whore." Anna explained. "She loves when people talk about her. If I were Bonnie, I would try some sort of tracking spell to know where Katherine is at all times, but she probably isn't strong enough of a witch to do that spell, but she should learn. Anyway, we should find Jeremy. They've got it under control."
"We should find him a girlfriend so he can hang around us." Jessie suggested.
"That's easier said than done." Anna replied as they walked into the school and found Jeremy talking to Stefan.
"Is everything okay?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah, Stefan was just telling me all of the ways that I can kill him." Jeremy replied with a smile.
"Jeremy, you have no reason to kill Stefan." Anna remarked.
"Yeah, Damon's the one that deserves it." Jeremy replied.
"I want you to forget about Damon." Stefan told him.
"Yeah, let me deal with him." Jessie piped up. "I'm the one whose sister he is dating. Besides the only one who deserves to die right now is your uncle."
"You didn't here, did you?" Stefan asked.
"What?" Anna asked.
"Katherine killed John." Jeremy explained. "She cut off his fingers and then drove a knife through his heart."
"Oh." Jessie replied. "I wanted to kill him."
"I have his ring." Jeremy added.
"Well I hope that ends up helping you." Jessie replied.
Elena then showed up.
"Did you?" Elena asked.
"Yeah I set up the goldfish toss. All 300 goldfish, it's going to be epic." Jeremy interrupted before he walked away. Apparently, things were still tense between them.
"He's gonna be fine." Stefan remarked.
"Well I just want him to get back to normal, maybe date a human girl." Elena said, before looking to Anna. "No offense."
"None taken." Anna replied. "But I do care about Jeremy even though we're broken up."
"Do you two think that you can do the basketball toss tonight?" Elena requested of the two female vampires.
"Sure, why not?" Jessie answered. "I wonder if I should join the girls' team. I'd probably be pretty good at it now."
"Probably too good." Anna commented. "I don't know if you want colleges recruiting you. 10 years from now when you still looked the same, people would start asking questions."
"Well there go my dreams of being an actress." Jessie snarked. "But, yeah we'll do the basketball toss and I won't block the shots."
"So are you two hoping for a kiss on top of the Ferris Wheel?" Anna asked the vampire and human couple.
"How did you know?" Elena asked.
"It's the dream of every girl." Anna explained. "I'm hoping Jessie and I get a chance at the top. I could compel someone to get it accidentally stuck, but that would suck for everyone else."
"I probably wouldn't like it much either." Jessie answered truthfully. "I mean kissing on top is romantic, but it's not we could have sex in there or anything."
"Well I won't be eating lunch today." Elena remarked as she began to walk away.
"Aw come on." Jessie called to her. "I thought everybody thought girl on girl was hot."
Jessie then realized that everyone in the hall could hear her and blushed. She and Anna walked away so they could put the basketball toss together.
After the day was over, Jessie went home to find Mason was there. Anna was currently at the library, checking out some Hunger Games or something. It was a book that she never heard of. They were going to meet at the carnival.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I was helping your sister set up a safe place for the full moon in a few days." Mason explained before Blair came downstairs wearing a bikini.
"Is this good?" Blair asked him.
"That depends." Mason remarked. "Is it something that won't miss?"
Blair went back upstairs. Jessie was a little bit confused by what had just happened.
"Clothes rip during the transformation." Mason explained. "Also, you're going to want to ignore her screams. You need to stay away, especially you and your friend."
Jessie decided to keep that she was dating Anna a secret from him.
"So you know then." Jessie remarked.
"There's been a war going on between our two species for centuries." Mason told her. "But that doesn't mean that we have to be a part of it. I just want to make sure that your sister is kept under control, but a werewolf bite can kill a vampire so you need to stay away."
"Got it." Jessie replied as she went into the kitchen. Inside her father was sitting at the table. "What's up?"
"Mrs. Lockwood, who's taking over as mayor, asked me and Damon to spearhead the council together. It will give me a chance to get to know him and to keep them off your tail, but I need you to promise me that you and Anna won't do anything to draw attention to yourselves. How are you getting blood, anyway?"
"Well Anna used to get me some from the hospital, but since they upped security, I still have to find a good way out. I've used up my supply and I am a little on edge, but once I drink it, I'm fine. I thought about talking to Aunt Meredith. I mean the hospital doesn't need all of the blood that they get in donations." Jessie explained.
"I don't know if I'm ready to tell my sister about you yet." Hank replied. "Just promise that you're not going to kill anyone."
"I'll try my best not to." Jessie promised. "I don't want to kill anyone. I can tell you that, but when it comes to protecting those I love all bets are off."
At the carnival, Jessie decided to take a break and let Anna watch the thing for a little while. They would close up later or compel someone else to watch it so they could a trip on the Ferris wheel. She noticed Tyler was at the arm-wrestling table. She decided to give it a go.
"I'll take you." She stated.
"Are you sure?" Tyler asked.
"What's wrong?" Jessie challenged. "Are you afraid of Miss Mystic Falls?"
Tyler took her arm and wasn't able to put up much fight. She pushed him down pretty easily.
"Sorry boys, I don't want to go again." Jessie remarked before she noticed Tina and Damon were watching.
"Were you sure that was such a good idea?" The blonde asked.
"It was one match." Jessie replied. "People will probably think that he was just overconfident. Why are you watching this?"
"I think the Lockwoods have some sort of family secret." Damon remarked.
"I don't believe him." Tina lied. They had sworn to not tell anyone who didn't need to know about Blair or werewolves.
"Well I am going to get my girlfriend some popcorn." Damon lied. He had other plans that he didn't think either Fell girl would approve of.
He walked into the school after compelling some guy to start a fight with Tyler. He then noticed Caroline walking behind him.
"Oh hey Blondie. They let you out?" He asked as he kept walking.
"I remember." Caroline told him. He turned around and looked at her.
"What do you remember?" He asked.
"I remember how you manipulated me, you pushed me around, erased my memory, fed on me." She stated.
"You're crazy." He said.
"Well the memories have been coming back in pieces." She replied, causing him to stop in his tracks. He began to walk toward her.
"You can't remember. It's impossible." He denounced. "Unless you were becoming a…"
"I have a message from Katherine." Caroline told him. "She said game on."
Damon was confused and tried to stop her, but she pushed him to the ground.
"You suck." She added.
The guy Damon compelled started a fight, but Jeremy ended up breaking it up, getting a little bloodied in the process.
Jessie went back to the game, but Anna stopped her before she could get there.
"We have a problem." She told her girlfriend. "A big problem. Caroline is a vampire. I think Katherine turned her."
"What?" Jessie asked, stunned.
"We need to find her, preferably before she kills anyone." Anna explained.
The two of them did find Caroline, only to find that her face was covered with blood and Jeremy's body was in a pickup truck.
"I killed him." Caroline remarked. "Elena's going to hate me."
Jessie rushed over to him and saw that he was still wearing the ring.
"Caroline it's going to be all right." Anna consoled her. She then realized that the blonde had no idea who she was. "Don't worry about who I am now. It's going to be alright."
"I'm a murderer!" Caroline screamed. "I killed Jeremy. He was bleeding and I couldn't help myself."
"Caroline, he's going to be alright." Jessie replied as she showed Caroline the ring on his finger. "This ring will bring him back to life."
"I think you two need to step aside." Damon interrupted. He was holding a stake.
"You're not going to kill her Damon." Jessie argued.
"You can't stop me." Damon replied. He tried to rush toward Caroline, but Anna got in her way and threw him to the ground.
"I am 623 years old, Damon. I'm stronger than Katherine. I say that she's staying alive unless you want me to shove that stake up your ass." Anna threatened.
At that time, Elena and Stefan arrived. She then noticed her brother's shoe and saw his body, Caroline, and the ring.
"I'm so sorry, Elena!" Caroline begged. "I didn't mean to!"
Suddenly, Jeremy shot up. Caroline was confused. Jessie decided to grab her and take her to the bathroom to wash her face off.
"What happened?" Caroline asked as Jessie began to wet a paper towel. "Jeremy was dead. I know he was dead."
"Magic ring." Jessie explained as she began to clean the blood off. She kind of wished that she could have some herself. "It brings a person back to life when killed by a vampire."
"Why does this keep happening to my face?" Caroline cried as the veins appeared once again.
"Caroline, calm down!" Jessie replied as she showed the same veins. "That happens when you're around or when you're angry, but you can control it. You can make it go away."
Caroline focused and everything returned to normal. She looked Jessie in the eye as a tear escaped.
"Why did Katherine do this to me?" She asked.
"I don't know." Jessie answered. "I've only met her once. I'm going to make sure you're alright. You can stay at my house until we can get your mom at home to invite you in."
Apparently there was an issue outside with Damon and Bonnie. Fortunately, Elena had made it so Tina still had a boyfriend.
Jessie was able to convince her dad to let her stay in the night as it was probably the best place for her to stay. Jessie never thought that she would have to babysit someone her own age.
Once Caroline was asleep, Anna appeared at her window. She had been about to get into bed with Caroline in a non-sexual way. Anna was beckoning her. Jessie opened the window and she stood on the balcony.
"I figured that since we couldn't go to the top of the Ferris wheel, we could sit on the roof for a little while." Anna remarked as she pulled her girlfriend to the top of the house.
"So it looks like things are going to be rough with Katherine around here." Jessie commented as the two began to look at the stars. "Do you think you can fight her?"
"I may be older than her, but she is smarter than me." Anna said. "We'd have to beat her at her own game, but let's not worry about that right now and just enjoy the moment."
Jessie smiled as she kissed Anna. It was pretty great.
Let me start by saying that Damon did not kill Jeremy last chapter, because he wouldn't go to Elena. So, I needed to show off Jeremy's ring. Plus there is significance to what happened. Please don't forget to review.