AN: I am really excited about this story now. Thanks for the reviews and fav alerts. I am not sure about this chapter. It's kind of messy. Hope you still like it.
Chapter 2: Bonding With The Characters
Unsurprisingly, I was still in the world of vampire diaries. Everything seemed quite strange to me. And why wouldn't it? I was living in a TV show for god's sake. As much insane that sounds but it was true anyway. However, nothing particular or worth mentioning happened with me in past few days. I knew what was going on around me or to everyone else for that matter but I chose to stay out of the action. I had planned on staying oblivion to everything and search for a way of getting out of here instead. Not to mention I didn't even know yet for what purpose I came to live in vampire diaries in the first place. Everything was messed up and crazy for me but things got crazier when Elena invited Bonnie and Stefan over to dinner, so that they can get along with each other. Because the other day Bonnie felt a bad vibe about him and clearly didn't like Stefan much for that reason. Elena however wanted Bonnie to personally get to know him first before she declares Stefan as a bad guy. Obviously I knew all about it. Everything was going on according to the episodes of the show. I should have been very excited about the whole situation I was in because I always know what will happen next. I was like an all time seer. I could've had a lot of fun too. But since I made my decision about staying away from everything related to the show, I planned on not attending the special dinner gathering that night. For that reason, I stayed out of the house since early evening, doing nothing exciting.
I had nothing to do because I already visited the witch house, the old cellar on the Lockwood property and I even went to check out the old Wickery bridge in past few days. I went to all the places I was interested about. Speaking of the Wickery Bridge, I reminded myself that when I get the time I would have to collect some woods from that bridge before Rebekah burns them all into ashes. Just in case I need protection against the originals. But that's going to happen after a long time so there was no rush about it. Besides, I was not planning on staying here for that long. Also, I have decided to let Damon open up the tomb and release the vampires in it. The tomb vampires needed to be awakened in order to bring Katherine back to Mystic Falls. Otherwise Demon would never stop looking for her. In other words, he would never stop being crazy. Damon and Katherine need to have that special encounter with each other for Damon to get over her completely. Hours later, I was getting bored of walking around the street for no reason at all. So I decided to head back home at last. When I entered the house I found Stefan, Caroline and Damon were already in there and having friendly conversations with each other. Which I was sure that I already knew about. They stopped talking when I walked inside the room. I had to cross the living room to get to the staircase so obviously I got their attention. Even though I didn't want to. I knew Elena was in the kitchen, washing dishes with Bonnie. Caroline smiled at me as I looked at her, intentionally avoiding both Damon and Stefan.
"Hey Jacq, where have you been? I was actually looking for you" said Caroline and I frowned in confusion inwardly. Well that wasn't suppose to happen. I mean Caroline wasn't supposed to say something like that. She didn't in the show. But never mind. Some changes were unavoidable, I guess.
"Why is that?" I asked with casual tone of voice but she beamed happily at me anyway.
"Well, I just wanted you to know that I took your advice about looking around and look what it got me, Damon Salvatore. Stefan's brother. Isn't he a good looker?" said Caroline dreamily, blurting out her inner feelings without any hesitation. Gosh Caroline! When are you gonna turn into a vampire? I asked myself in my mind. Well, I knew when she was going to turn but still I wished it would happen earlier this time than the actual story time. I really don't like the human Caroline much.
"Well, congratz, I guess." Saying that I was leaving the room but suddenly a mischievous thought stopped me in my track. I turned to face Caroline again.
"Another free advice for you Caroline, when he dumps you, just keep this in mind that, there is always someone better out there, G'night." I winked at the gaping blonde with both my eyes. Along with a smirk. And then I simply ran upstairs to my room. I really wished I could listen to what they were saying at the moment. God, I can't believe I actually said that on Damon's face. The advice I gave, must have left him confused as well along with Caroline and Stefan. It was like playing with fire. I just hope that I won't get too burnt.
Later that night, I was lying on the bed but couldn't get any sleep unfortunately. Suddenly, I felt someone's presence in my room. Who could be in here at this hour? I wanted to catch the person red handed. So without making any noise that would give away that I was wide wake, I suddenly turned on the lights in the room. I was surprised to see Jeremy in my room and he was going through my first aid box which was more surprising. It seemed that suddenly getting caught, scared the shit out of Jeremy. He even screamed like a girl. I couldn't help but laugh at his reaction and the expression on his face.
"What are you doing Jeremy? It's two in the morning." I said glancing that the wall clock. There was no way he could say nothing or make up some stupid excuses. So shamefully he looked down, avoiding meeting my eyes.
"I was looking for some pills that would help me get sleep." Jeremy made up a stupid excuse anyway and I irked an eye brow at him for that.
"Sleep? Really? Do you honestly think, I am that stupid Jeremy?" I countered his excuse right away. As a result Jeremy's face turned red out of embarrassment but no way he couldn't back out without a proper explanation.
"I was taking the pills for Viki. Hopefully she would like me back for giving her this." Finally Jeremy said the truth to me which I was happy about. I sighed to myself and motioned for him to come near me.
"Sit with me for a while. I haven't talked to you properly in a long time." Technically I have never talked to him before but I couldn't exactly say that to him, now could I? And I had no idea why I felt like I should talk to him at the moment.
"You haven't talked much to anyone since mom and dad died" pointed Jeremy as he obediently gave into my order and dropped himself on my bed. I nodded my head to what he said.
"But now I understand that if I really love my parents then I shouldn't be sad all the time or do something stupid with my life or be like a zombie." Jeremy frowned at me with confusion as I said that. Actually I surprised myself by saying something so wise, deep and intense. Where was this coming from? I don't say stuff like this. Before I could figure out what got into me all on a sudden, Jeremy spoke up again.
"And why is that?" He asked curiously. I pushed away the other thoughts aside in my mind and decided to explain what I just said to him. I titled my head to have a better look at Jeremy who was my brother in this world and began to talk.
"Do you remember how sad mom and dad used to be when something bad happened to us." Jeremy nodded his head. Well I didn't exactly know his parents but isn't what every parent do, worry about their children when something bad happens to them. So, I kept talking confidently knowing I can't be wrong about what I needed to say to him.
"Well I have been thinking for quite some time now that just because we can't see our parents anymore, that doesn't mean they are not watching over us somehow. What if they are up there somewhere or maybe with us right now and they are looking at us... they are watching us being all miserable in our own ways. Have you ever wondered how much we must be hurting them? I love them too much to hurt them like that." Honestly, I swear I was freaking out myself as I said all those things to Jeremy. How could I speak so fluently about parental love when I have never knew it personally. It was beyond my understanding? Being in the TV show was really screwing me up. That was the only logical explanation. On the other hand, Jeremy being Jeremy, he argued with me immediately.
"Then why did they leave us? Why aren't they here to stop us from making mistakes?" I knew he was on the verge of crying and I felt so bad for him that it was not funny anymore. Why would I feel bad for him like this? Jeremy was just a fictional character for me. And I wasn't really his sister, was I? But I couldn't think much about that because I had to say something to make Jeremy feel better and quickly so.
"Because they want us to make them proud on our own." Yet again, I had no idea where that came from. Jeremy and I looked into each others eyes and kept looking for a while. Then before I knew it, he pulled me into a tight brotherly hug.
"I missed you Jacq. I thought I would never get you back like this again." I really liked the warmth he was giving me. I have never felt something like this before and I didn't want it to end.
"Would you like to sleep here with me tonight?" I asked with hesitation but Jeremy beamed happily at the offer. Jeremy got into bed with me. I turned off the lights again. We both pulled the blanket up on us and while cuddling each other we fell asleep peacefully.
The following day I went to school early. I found that Stefan was going to play in the upcoming football match and Elena was quite excited about it obviously. Just like it was in the show. I also knew what special event is going to happen tonight and I couldn't wait to witness the incident for real this time. Damon would get slapped by Elena for the first time for trying to kiss her. Because Stefan has already put her on vervain, Damon wouldn't be able to compel her. Speaking of Vervain, it's my best friend now. I drink vervain, wear it, keep some with me all the time. It was not that rare if you know where to look for them. There were a lot of things for me to remember in the world of vampire diaries. Despite the fact, I still didn't forget about the little incident that is going to happen tonight after Damon is going to get rejected by Elena. A very pissed off Damon would kill the current history teacher of Mystic high. I could stop it from happening this time but the thing is, I won't. Let's just say, I wasn't in the mood of interfering with the plot line. Besides, killing the history teacher was a good thing in my opinion. I was really looking forward to meet Alaric Saltzman.
As expected, Damon killed the teacher when he was supposed to. However, when I watched the man dying, I felt kind of strange. I felt bad. It was a foreign feeling for me. How could I feel bad for a stranger? Not to mention he was just an insignificant fictional character of a TV show. I have seen people dying my whole life and I've never felt anything about that. So, why am I suddenly possessing feelings and emotions now? Why am I getting empathy? Why was I feeling guilty about the teacher dying? Even though just a little bit but the feeling was there and it was highly bothersome for me. I could have changed the man's death/fate but I didn't do it and it was making me feel something that I've never felt before. It was screwing up with my mind and big times so. In order to divert my mind from the death of the teacher, I started to think about other things.
It helped me remember something else that happened in the very episode. I remembered that later at night Damon is going to come into Elena's room and caress her face with adoration and unending affection. And Damon did come, just like he did in the show. I decided that I was so gonna ruin that moment for him. Besides, I had to do something to make myself feel better again for letting the history teacher die so carelessly. I appeared at the doorway of Elena's room while Damon was looking at Elena longingly. He was so lost in her beauty that he didn't even hear me coming to the door. I cleared my throat on purpose, making him turn around to look at me. Damon was obviously startled to see me there.
"That's your brother's girl you know" saying that I went back to my room while smirking to myself. I knew very well that Damon will come after me now. And he came, just as I expected. He entered my room quietly. However, I didn't bother to pay any attention to him and kept combing my hair while staring at my own reflection in the mirror. I was actually getting ready for bed.
"You don't seem surprised at all that I am here in your house at this hour." Damon said with serious curiosity that he tried hard to hide. I on the other hand shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly at that.
"It will take a lot more than this to surprise me." I replied casually, still not looking at him. Damon smirked at what I just said but he was obviously thinking of something not so good. I could tell by the look he had on his face at the moment.
"You are not gonna tell anyone, are you?" This time I glanced at his reflection in the mirror and shook my head with seriousness.
"As long as you stay away from my business, I won't interfere in yours." While saying that I turned around to look at him directly this time and he was staring right at me with amusement in his eyes.
"It's a deal then." He said smirking and I accepted it right away.
"Deal." The last thing I wanted was to get Damon's attention to me when there are so many things that I need to do without anyone finding out about it. For the time being I needed to be completely on my own. Damon was finally getting out of my room but I stopped him by speaking up again.
"Are you sure you wanna use the door? Jenna could be still awake downstairs." Damon looked back at me with calculating curious eyes this time. I pointed at the window in the room with my thumb. "I am sure you know how to use that." I said with a smirk. Damon just nodded to that and got out of the house through the window without a single word. I sighed out in relief because I had thought that before leaving Damon would try to compel me to forget everything. Then I would have had to pretend to be under his control in order to not let him find out that I knew everything about him being a vampire and all. So obviously it was a good thing that he didn't try to compel me. But why he didn't do it? Well, I had no idea.
Before I knew it, it was time for another important episode. In which the long waited comet passes the sky finally. Just like previous times, everything happened according to the show. So, Damon was able to get the crystal at first and then lost it again because of Stefan and his little vervain trick on him. Not to mention, by the end of the night Damon found himself locked up in the cellar of their boarding house. I watched Damon feeding off Caroline myself and then passing out due to the vervain in her blood. Stefan was determined not to let his brother out ever again. But only I knew that it was only a matter of time before Damon gets out of the caller using Caroline. And as for other insignificant characters, Logan was trying very hard to impress Jenna at the party but she was avoiding him like plague. Viki was again back with Jeremy for something to get high on. Even though she was Matt's sister, I really didn't like that girl. She was not only ruining her own life but Jeremy's as well. And no matter how much unlikely and uncharacteristic it was of me but lately, I found myself caring for Jeremy. So, I couldn't wait for Viki to get killed. Yes, I am absolutely evil sometimes. Can't help it. Besides, this was all just a game for me anyway. I save the ones I want to save and the rest can go to hell.
One day, not long after the night of the comet though, I found Stefan and Elena in the kitchen. They were cooking food and trying to know each other more properly. I remembered that happening in the show and I realized that I was living yet another episode of the show. It was hard for me to keep track of the episodes because there were a lot of other things that were happening here. Things that the show never really showed us. And I perfectly understood why? Because, this world wasn't a TV show. The people living here weren't fictional characters anymore neither their lives were stories for entertainment. Though it took some time for me to realize this but the point is the idea got into my head. This world, the characters, the people everything was real. The people here are actually living their lives and everything was real for them and to me as well for the time being. The only difference was that I knew the future of everyone important that no one else did. And it was indeed a big difference. Just like everything else I knew about I also knew that within a few minutes Elena is going to cut her hand and Stefan's face would change suddenly for smelling the blood. Yeah so I somehow should have stopped Elena from cutting her hand accidentally. But I knew that even if that happens, it wouldn't cause any serious problem other than causing Elena to suspect Stefan which was necessary to happen in my opinion. So, I just passed by saying a small hello to Stefan and Elena and went upstairs to my room. But I heard Stefan talking while I was ascending the stairs. It was something he didn't say in the show for sure.
"Your sister is really different. As if she is keeping a lot of secrets."
I couldn't hear what Elena said because by then I was out of earshot. But I agreed with Stefan mentally. I was indeed keeping a loads of secrets. Only if he knew how many. Which would never happen though. I will be doomed if anyone ever finds out about me or my reality. No matter what no one can know that I am from another world. Yes that's what I am thinking about myself now. That I am from another world.
Days were passing by fast and lots of things were happening in Mystic Falls. As usual, I was well aware of everything that was going on. First of all, Bonnie already started suspecting her witchy powers slowly. Now, It is only a matter of time that she finds out about her being a witch. On the other hand Caroline as anticipated released Damon from the cellar. Thankfully she got out of the boarding house in time like expected but Zack died when Damon attacked him. That very night, Damon created a massacre in the woods after getting released from his prison. I didn't witness it with my own eyes but I knew it happened judging Stefan's brooding face. Everything was happening the same way it happened in the show. The only difference was that this time someone was watching everything from a safe distance and that was none other than me. Another important thing that needs mentioning is that Elena has started suspecting Stefan. I couldn't help but feel that this was happening later than it was supposed to. But the point is Elena started questioning Stefan's actions and behaviors suspiciously. I don't know if it was being in the world for real but it seemed to me that everything was happening in a slow process. As if the events are taking extra time to occur. But it was good for me nonetheless. Because all I needed to do was observe things and behaviors of people in order to figure out what was going on. I could know about everything that was going on without really getting involved or witnessing it with my own two eyes. Which was great for me in my opinion because obviously I couldn't be in two places at once. Even if I was keeping an eye on Elena from behind the shadows but I could still know what Bonnie or Caroline must be doing at the moment. Having knowledge about everything from watching the show was doing me a huge favor.
I was eagerly looking forward to the time when Elena would finally learn the whole secret about vampires. I didn't have to wait long though. It happened when it was supposed to happen. And just like it happened in the show, Damon fed Viki his blood and killed her. Turning her into a vampire successfully. And as expected, still in transition vampire Viki created a lot of drama/problems for the trio. Jeremy, Matt and everyone else were occupied worrying about her as well. Then when Logan died whom Damon had killed in order to save Stefan, Viki completed the process of being a vampire by feeding on Logan's dead body. This time I watched it all happening from distance. The following day Viki was killed in the Halloween party as supposed to. And just like it happened in the show, Jeremy witnessed it all with his own two eyes. He didn't understand the supernatural stuff but he witnessed the murder.
I was home at the time the incident took place. But when Jeremy and Elena came home from the party, I didn't need to ask anyone what the hell happened to them. However, from that point, things didn't happen according to the show for the rest of the night. After entering the house just as Jeremy saw me, he came up to me quickly and engulfed me in a tight hug without saying anything at all. That was completely out of place and I was really surprised at first. But anyway, I took Jeremy upstairs in his room and we sat there on his bed, holding each other in a tight embrace. Jeremy was shaking lightly and sobbing too. I was comforting him as much as I could however without saying any word. Because honestly, what can I possibly say to him at such vulnerable moment? I realized then that whenever the situation is changed somehow which happens mostly because of me, I find myself completely clueless and all I could do is follow my instincts. And my instincts made me do weird things like at the moment, I was holding Jeremy with all the sympathy I was feeling for him. I never did anything like that in my entire life. I decided that I need to change that about me. I can't afford to be clueless in this world or only follow my instincts completely. Right then Damon entered the room while I was lost in my own thoughts about myself. I looked up at him. I knew he was here to compel Jeremy.
"Jeremy, I need to go now. I will come back later" saying that I tried to get up but his hold on me just tightened more.
"Please don't go. Please don't go." He sobbed on my shoulder. I can't explain it in words exactly how weird I was feeling at that moment. Not only I was someone's little sister but my big brother was seeking comfort in me above all the people. No one has ever depended on me like this before. This was all so alien to me. And with this I also realized exactly how much Jeremy cared for me as his sister and exactly how much affect I had on him in the current situation. And I would be lying to myself if I say that I didn't love him for his care for me, for relaying on me for peace and comfort.
"Hey, look at me... Jeremy, look at me... I will be right back, okay. You will be alright."
I sort of had to struggle against Jeremy to untangle myself from his hug. Damon however was patience about it and waited for me to go away without saying any snarky comment about it. I didn't fail to notice that again Damon was watching me with amusement in his eyes. I tried not to think too much about it. Afterwards, just like it happened in that episode, Damon compelled Jeremy to forget about everything and made him go to sleep. Later, Elena checked up on Jeremy after both the Salvatore brothers left. I on the other hand, stayed in my room, not wanting to disturb Jeremy's sleep with my own disturbing thoughts. I was sitting on the floor while leaning against my bedside. I was curling my fingers in my hair lightly out of habit. Suddenly I noticed movements in my room. Something was moving too fast to see its presence. I stayed still knowing it was a vampire, perhaps Damon. And I was right in my assumption. Within a blink of an eye, Damon was sitting right beside me. I wasn't startled by his sudden presence but surprised that he came here out of all the places he could go. More and more I was making it obvious for Damon by my behavior that I knew something. I should have been acting clueless about everything happening around me but I just couldn't bring myself to do that. How can I pretend not to know anything when I knew practically everything and things that even they didn't know yet.
"No secretly caressing Elena's cheek tonight?" I asked looking at his face without feeling any fear. His face was very close to mine but I didn't move back. He was trying to intimidate me, I knew that but he needed to understand, it wasn't so easy.
"You must have a lot of questions about what happened to your brother tonight, don't you?" asked Damon confidently but I sighed heavily at that which clearly revealed my disinterest in the matter.
"No, actually I don't, Damon." I replied casually but confidently. It obviously surprised the vampire but he acted otherwise.
"Don't you want to know why your brother was so shaken?" asked Damon again and I shook my head vehemently this time.
"Why not?" He asked again and tried to keep the confusion out of his voice as much as he could. I just shrugged my shoulders at him.
"But you can tell me if you want to." I said still sounding uninterested. This time Damon looked at me with that intense stare of his that said 'I am trying to figure you out but you are so difficult to read' or was he trying to compel me? I didn't know for sure. But his eyes didn't dilate so I guess he wasn't trying to compel me. But then suddenly Damon got up and left without saying a word. No wonder he is crazy. But on to more bright subjects, I couldn't wait for more things to happen. Because this is only the beginning.
AN: I know I am jumping from events to events but I really want to get to the good parts fast. You opinion is always helpful.