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Chapter 17: The first lover's fight
Episode name 'Founder's Day'. As I recalled my memory it was the last episode of season one. I didn't know how things would play out this time. Would it be better than the TV show or worse? But I was sure about one thing that today is going to be a big day.
As I was accompanying Bonnie at the Grill, she offered me to come along with her to watch the parade. And honestly I had nothing better to do at that moment. So, I went along with her. Though I hesitated a bit about going to the parade. Because I knew Damon would be there. After hearing about last night from Jeremy, I simply wasn't ready to face him yet. Though Damon didn't know that I knew already what Isobel said but still there will be a certain amount of awkwardness between us from now on. And it was kind of unavoidable. So, the later I face Damon the better. But that also didn't mean that I will hide in a corner in the fear of facing him.
I planned to just avoid Damon for the day or until I feel comfortable enough to talk to him again. It felt so weird that everyone now knows that he is in love with me and probably believed that too. Thanks to Isobel for that. However I was the only one who still wasn't sure about that. Because apparently I knew more than anyone else what would be the situation if I didn't exist here in this world. Damon would be falling for Elena during this time.
When Bonnie and I reached our destination Bonnie had to leave me for a while because Caroline needed some help with her corset. She asked me to come along with her, not wanting to leave me alone but I assured her that I would be fine. As Bonnie left, I spotted Tyler with a hanging face close by. Guess, Matt is still giving him a hard time. But I knew they will be buddies soon. It was about time according to the show. That reminded me of another important thing. Tonight Mayor Lockwood meaning Tyler's father will be killed along with the rest of the tomb vampires.
It had completely slipped from my mind. I was deeply preoccupied with the tomb vampires' termination to think about other things but as I started thinking about it, I began to ask myself- Could I save him? Should I save him? Mayor Lockwood is Tyler's father for god's sake. Even though I know that Tyler and his father are not on good terms with each other and if I remember correctly Tyler wasn't that upset either about his father's death. After the mayor passed away Tyler was more frustrated about the ways his father was used to treat him. But I also knew that Mayor Lockwood actually cared about his son more than he let it show. Yes, I should save him. But how?
How am I supposed to save Mayor Lockwood? He is the Mayor after all. I can't just barge into his office and tell him that he has werewolf genes in him and he will be affected by the device that is initially used for hunting down vampires. I thought about it some more. But soon realized, I'm helpless here. There is nothing I could do about it other than let it happen and be there for Tyler to comfort and console him when it happens. As I decided to do that I already started feeling sad for Tyler and made my way towards him. He greeted me with a smile even though he was upset from inside.
"Matt still giving you a hard time?" I asked knowing that to be the matter here. Tyler nodded his head and sighed out heavily.
"Caroline said I need to do a little better than be sorry about what happened. But I have no idea what else I can do." Tyler sounded not only sad but frustrated as well. I snaked my arm around his and we started walking slowly with intertwined arms.
"Do you want me to talk to Matt? Maybe I can knock some sense into him." It was a matter between Matt and Tyler so I didn't want to just butt in without asking first. Tyler however shook his head at my offer.
"Thanks but no. I want him to forgive me without someone pushing him" said Tyler and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at that.
"I wasn't gonna force him into forgiving you. Anyway lets change the topic. And let's change the topic to 'Who are you dating now a days'?" My sudden question startled Tyler very much.
"What?" He asked sounding quite shocked. So, I repeated my question again more clearly this time.
"Who are you dating currently? Tyler?" He frowned in confusion this time.
"No one, why?" I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly to his reply and said-
"Just wondering. I don't know much about your love interest nowadays." I had said that casually however, Tyler flashed me a wide grin.
"Why? Are you interested?" I knew he would say something like that and couldn't help but smirk at him.
"Maybe." Yes I was flirting with him, Tyler Lockwood. But it was just to make him feel better and distract him from his problems for the moment because I knew more sorrows and sufferings were approaching him at a rapid speed. However instead of getting happy for my attention to him, Tyler simply rolled his eyes at me.
"Yeah right, you are not the dating type and you are definitely not into me like that." As Tyler said that so frankly I sighed out in disappointment.
"Ouch, is it that obvious." He didn't seem to mind though.
"Jacq, I know you are trying to make me feel better. But you should know that your being here with me is enough for me. You don't need to flirt with me or do anything else to make me feel better." Tyler sounded so genuine that I was really shocked to hear that. I didn't realize that over time Tyler has began to understand me so deeply that he can see right through me sometimes. I guess at the time being Tyler understands me better than anyone else. And what he just said meant a lot to me.
In my previous life I didn't have anyone for whom my mere existence would matter so much. Actually I had no one in my previous life so important. In this world I may have some people who cares a lot about me but Tyler is the first one who truly confessed this to me that my existence matters. And it certainly touched the bottom of my heart. I secretly hoped that he would forgive me for not even trying to save his father. Yes, Tyler wouldn't know ever that I could have saved his dad if I really wanted to but I started to feel more guilty about it. My friend would soon become fatherless and even after knowing everything I will do nothing at all to stop it from happening. Thinking about it, I felt so horrible. I didn't even realize when I became so overwhelmed with my emotions that tears blurred my sight and escaped my eyes without me knowing about it. Tyler obviously noticed that and was shocked. He downright panicked thinking that I was deeply hurt by what he said.
"Oh my god Jacq, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I meant what I said in a good way. I am such an asshole." Tyler was continuously apologizing and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him.
"No, stupid you didn't hurt me." I said making him frown in confusion.
"Then why are you crying?" He asked still baffled about what is happening to me.
"It's just that, what you said to me, it really means a lot to me. It touched my heart Tyler. I never thought my existence would matter to anyone so much. Thank you." Tyler wrapped his arms around me and engulfed me in a comforting hug. I let myself take comfort in the embrace for the moment.
"You are welcome I guess. But why would you think your existence doesn't matter to anyone. From what I know you matter to everyone around you. I am the one lucky here to get your friendship. And I am very thankful for it." Hearing that I wrapped my own arms around his neck and pulled him closer. However it was really just a friendly feeling that I was enjoying that moment but it was short lived.
"Now, isn't that a romantic sight!" Someone spoke up suddenly. When I pulled away from Tyler and looked up, I found someone standing not so far from us. And it was none other than Damon, in his usual black attire. But he was looking handsome nonetheless. Tyler and I broke the embrace and stood away from each other. Damon was glaring viciously at me and Tyler but smirking menacingly as well. Tyler actually gulped down his nervousness at the sight of Damon's angry face. He looked back at me and said-
"I think I should go. It's about time the parade starts." I nodded to Tyler immediately, relieved that he is leaving. I didn't want him to get hurt by Damon. Once Tyler was gone, it was only me and Damon standing in front of each other. I was actually feeling highly nervous to talk to him for a long list of reasons.
"Hey Damon, how are you doing?" I asked softly but his hard glare didn't falter away.
"You are not supposed to be here. What are you doing here?" Damon asked in a dangerously cold tone of voice.
"I was just-" I wanted to say that I came to watch the parade but I never got the chance to say that.
"What? Came to get all mushy with your boyfriend." Damon growled and came dangerously close to me. He was staring down at me with predatory eyes. I took a step back instinctively. Why was Damon being like this? Oh right he is with a huge maybe, in love with me and he is being jealous of Tyler. It certainly pissed me off. Just because he has feelings for me that doesn't mean I am not allowed to have moments with my friends. Besides, neither of us confessed anything to each other yet, so he shouldn't act all possessive like this with me. So, blame it on my tiredness or weakness or whatever that made me act irrationally but I glared back at Damon.
"Yes Damon, you are right. We were actually about to make out in the public. Thank you for the interruption." I said sarcastically and smiled bitterly at him but before I could blink, Damon wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him with such force that I slammed against his broad chest and my entire body was pressed up against his. I could smell his intoxicating scent as I took deep breaths. And it threatened to cloud up my mind. But his grips on my waist inflicted pain and kept me aware of the situation.
"What are you doing Damon? You are hurting me." He didn't say a word and just traveled his hand roughly over my back. He eventually reached my neck and then grabbed fistful of my hair. Damon pulled back my hair, exposing my neck to him perfectly, so that he could take a bite. Will Damon really bite me? No, he wouldn't do that. Not here at least. But Damon leaned in and I closed my eyes shut. I felt his lips brushing against my earlobe.
"You will not speak of such things." Damon hissed at me dangerously. I wanted to coward away from him that moment. His voice held such possessiveness and demand. It actually scared me. He was daring me to deny his control over me. I was actually very shocked to see this side of him. It was the vampire side of Damon that was threatening to take over him. Damon's face was threatening to change too. Thankfully Stefan came there out of nowhere and pushed Damon away from me before things could get out of control. Stefan was dressed in a suit like Caroline had planned for everyone. Damon glared at Stefan heatedly and Stefan returned the glare with no less heat. The incident drew Bonnie's attention as well and she came over to us immediately. She rushed and took me away from both of the Salvatore brothers.
Even though I was trying to grasp the situation but I was still a bit shaken after what just happened. How did it get to that? I mean seriously I never thought Damon would bring out his vampire side with me. Elena used to frustrate him a lot but he never did that with her in the show. Why did Damon suddenly lose his control like that? It was not like Damon. He is usually more in control of his blood lust than other vampire. Though I was trying to understand his actions but that didn't mean I wasn't mad at him for acting like that with me. And I am gonna give Damon hell for that. Bonnie was continuously throwing worried glances at my way.
"Are you sure you are okay?" She asked for god knows how many times.
"Why wouldn't I be okay Bonnie? I have handled worse situation than that." I said but Bonnie wasn't satisfied with the answer.
"What was that anyway? It's hard to believe that Damon would try to hurt you. Did you do anything to piss him off so much?" asked Bonnie and I couldn't help but raise my eye brows at her. I was completely shocked. Is that coming from Bonnie Bennett, the vampire hater witch?
"I can't believe it, you above all people are siding with him." I know I was sounding accusatory but I couldn't help it. Bonnie sighed out impatiently and rolled her eyes at me.
"I am not siding with Damon. It's just that he seemed to be in a good mood earlier. He even thanked me for-you know-inactivating the device that- still could kill him-because I didn't really do it." Bonnie was again feeling guilty for it and sighed out in frustration before continuing.
"My point is there was no reason for Damon to act like that. So what happened?" asked Bonnie straight away which made me huff in annoyance.
"I don't know Bonnie, just stop talking about it. I don't want to talk about him right now." I deadpanned and thankfully Bonnie didn't say more about it and we went to hang out at the grill. Though I was feeling like a mess at the moment but I shouldn't divert my attention from the tomb vampires. And that's what I am gonna focus on.
Third Person's POV
After Bonnie left with a shaken and shocked Jacqueline, Stefan turned to confront his older idiotic brother. Damon was still growling with anger at him. His face was still threatening to change into his vampire look.
"What the hell was that?" Stefan snapped at Damon angrily.
The younger Salvatore knew that if he hadn't come there on time something really bad would have happened between Damon and Jacqueline. Stefan had just given Elena the news about John Gilbert being her biological father. Elena was as expected broke down after learning that. Stefan was comforting Elena when Jenna had called her to tell that Jacqueline wasn't in her room and probably gone to see the parade. Stefan was actually looking for Jacq as Elena had some talking to do with Jeremy. That was when he found Damon practically trying to break Jacqueline in two pieces with his firm grips on her fragile body. Stefan quickly went over there and separated them. Thankfully Bonnie took care of Jacq and took her way from Damon as soon as possible. Stefan couldn't believe at first that Damon actually tried to hurt Jacq. He was pretty sure that his brother loved that young girl more than anything else in the world. Stefan was more confused than angry at his brother for his action. Damon had to take a few deep breaths to calm himself down first. And when he finally calmed down Damon was confused himself about his own action.
"Are you gonna explain or not?" Stefan demanded an answer. He was still glaring at his brother. Damon looked at him with furrowed brows but not angrily this time.
"I don't know. I just lost control" said Damon. That was the best answer he could provide with anyway. Stefan frowned at him and narrowed his eyes as well.
"How could you just lose control Damon? You fed this morning, didn't you?" Stefan tried to understand why happened what happened.
"I am not talking about hunger of blood control Stef. I lost control on myself, my vampire self." Damon tried to figure it out himself while talking to Stefan about it. It didn't make any sense to him at all. He has never experienced something like that before. It's Stefan who has a ripper side of him but Damon had embraced vampire-ism with open arms. He doesn't possess any sides in him. But what just happened a while ago was unexplainable to him. The vampire in him threatened to come out and play and take full control on him. It never happened before with Damon.
"What exactly happened?" asked Stefan with concern in his voice this time. Damon looked at him with troubled eyes. Stefan might be of help to this.
"I don't know I saw her with Tyler, they were embracing each other and then she said something and I snapped out of control." Damon finished in one sentence but Stefan waited for more but that never came.
"That's it." Stefan said making Damon frown at him.
"What do you mean?" As Damon idiotically asked that, Stefan glared at his brother instantly.
"Damon, just because you love her, that doesn't mean she can't have a life out of you. She can be friends with anyone she wants to. Your job is to protect her not control her life. Matt is Elena's ex-boyfriend, but I still let her spend time with him when I know Matt still feels attracted to her. Tyler is just her friend, you didn't need to be all possessive over her like that." As Stefan started to lecture Damon, he wanted to smack his own head for discussing this with Stefan out of all people. The do-gooder of the century and of the modern world.
"Will you shut up. I don't need love lessons from you. Now where is she? I need to talk to her" said Damon obviously talking about Jacqueline.
"She must be with Bonnie and I really don't think you should go to her right now. She needs time to get over what just happened. Your going there won't help it." But Damon already started walking away and began to search for Jacq. Stefan just stood there and sighed to himself. He needed to find out what really happened with Damon earlier. Because whatever it was it wasn't neglect-able. But for that time, he went to Elena. After all they have a parade to attend.
Jacqueline's POV
The Parade was over and almost everyone was hanging out at the Grill. It was totally crowded at the moment. Everyone was having a great time. Both during and after the parade. However, neither Bonnie nor I could enjoy the parade or relax afterwards. Apart from worrying about the tomb vampires and how things are going to play out this time, well to be frank, I was still a little pissed off at Damon for what he did and Bonny was still very worried about me for that reason. While Bonnie and I were hanging out at the Grill after the end of the parade, Caroline had joined us as well because Matt had to go home for some work he had to do.
"What happened to Jacq?" asked Caroline obviously noticing my unpleasant mood. Bonnie sighed out heavily before answering Caroline.
"Nothing, she just had an argument with Damon" said Bonnie and I wanted to snort at that. If that was anything like an argument I wouldn't be so worked up about it.
"Speak of the devil." Caroline announced and the three of us looked at the doorway and watched Damon entering the Grill. I turned away immediately hoping he wouldn't see me and leave me alone. But that was such a wishful thinking. Damon made his way straight towards us. While I kept looking at my coffee cup both Bonnie and Caroline glared at him heatedly. Damon ignored them both as if they weren't even there and looked straight at me.
"We need to talk." Meaning Damon wanted me to go with him alone. No way in hell that's going to happen especially after what happened in our earlier encounter. Bonnie was there so Damon wouldn't dare to force me into coming with him so courageously I turned him down.
"No we don't." I said as calmly as possible but still refused to look at him. Thankfully there wasn't any empty chair left at our table or Damon would have settled down with us right away. Damon sighed out heavily knowing power play won't work here.
"Look, I am sorry for what I did. I lost control." I rolled my eyes to myself.
"Then why don't you go somewhere else and work on your control issues and please stay the hell away from me." I said with all the coldness I could muster up in my voice. I could feel his glare at me right away even though I wasn't looking up at him. Damon was getting pissed off for sure.
"Fine." He snapped at me and left. That was easy. I thought to myself. Bonnie visibly relaxed when Damon left however Caroline was totally clueless about what was going on.
"What was that? What did he mean by losing control? Did he hit you?" asked Caroline with both concern and aggression in her voice. We all knew Caroline has a past with Damon and it was nothing shocking that she assumed something like that about Damon right away given the way he treated her when they were together.
"No Caroline, he just tried to manhandle me, that's all." I spoke up before Bonnie could reply. Caroline huffed angrily anyway.
"Why don't we just find a way to kill him?" Caroline said that in such a suggestive way that I couldn't help but laugh at that. But Bonnie was gaping at something. I followed her eyes and found Damon shamelessly flirting with Elena. She just changed back to her normal clothes and came into the Grill to look for Jeremy obviously. Who was talking with Anna over the phone at the moment and eating lunch all by himself. And of course avoiding Elena at all cost.
"What is he doing?" asked Bonnie about Damon not believing her own eyes. I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly at that.
"Flirting with Elena." I knew Damon was trying to make me jealous but it wasn't working on me at that moment. I completely ignored them. Elena then excused herself from Damon and walked up to Jeremy but he just told her to go to hell and walked out of the Grill. Damon followed Jeremy out too. As I saw that I couldn't stay in my seat anymore. Even though I knew Damon was just going to confront Jeremy for behaving like that with Elena and he won't really hurt him but I found it hard to trust Damon with Jeremy after what happened today with me. I excused myself and ran out of the Grill as fast as possible. I found Damon threatening Jeremy just like it happened in the show but before I could reach them Stefan appeared there out of nowhere and stood in between them. He stopped Damon from going any further with Jeremy. After Jeremy left I stalked up to Damon even though I had decided earlier not to talk to him for a few days.
"What the hell do you think you are doing with Jeremy?" I asked Damon crossing my arms over my chest and glaring at him heatedly. Damon just shrugged his shoulders at me nonchalantly.
"I was just trying to knock some sense into your brother. He is being such a dick to Elena lately." Damon replied smoothly. My glare didn't falter a bit.
"Look whatever is going on between Elena and Jeremy it's their problem and it's definitely none of your business. Stay away from Jeremy okay." I said almost threateningly. Stefan was helplessly looking between me and Damon.
"Not until he makes peace with Elena. I don't like to see her hurt, actually I hate to see her hurt in anyway" said Damon with sincerity. Even though I was completely sure that he was doing this to get back to me. Even though I was completely sure that he was just trying to make me jealous about it. But the way he said it, it sounded like he really meant it and I found my own blood boiling inside my veins. So what Stefan was standing right there and hearing us, I started saying things I shouldn't have said.
"That's really wonderful that you feel so deeply for her Damon. I mean yes, you obviously do feel something for her. Otherwise you wouldn't bother to confront Isobel just because she went after her. And you can't stand to see her hurt too. And let's not forget about the nights you spent looking at her while she was sleeping and caressing her face like a hopeless lover. I guess I was right all along. With Katherine gone, you were bound to fall for her. I just hope Stefan could handle all this and keep fighting for his love." Stefan had no idea what to do other than stand there like the statue of liberty or maybe I should say the statue of awkwardness. While Damon kept smirking arrogantly at me. He knew he got to me and I foolishly let him.
"And what about you princess? How well would you handle that?" Damon asked enjoying the whole thing. I really wished to punch him in the face that time but knowing that the only thing I will get from it is a broken hand, I resisted the urge to do so.
"What about me? Why would I have to handle anything? I really don't give it a damn about your love interest in my sister Damon." My coldness only made him smirk more. What's making him so happy? My jealousy, I guess. I really should have just walked away from him.
"Excellent, then don't bother about what I am doing to make Elena happy. Like you said you don't give it a damn, then don't and stay out of it" saying that Damon walked away smirking. If I were a vampire I would have killed him right then and there. Maybe I can get Bonnie and request her to do it for me or even Alaric would do.
"Jerk!" I muttered under my breath. God I was burning with jealousy. 'Make Elena happy' those words were piercing my ears. I took a deep breath to calm the raging anger down. I looked at Stefan for the first time since I was busy arguing with his asshole of a brother. He looked bothered as well. Wasn't it obvious to happen? After what he heard from our heated argument, I was surprised that he still managed to keep up a calm expression on his face. Stefan gave me a silent nod and started walking towards the way Damon went. Maybe to confront him. Who knows? I went back inside the Grill to spend some more time with the girls instead. Hopefully they would do something to make me feel better.
AN: I don't know where it came from but hope you liked it. Reviews please.