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Chapter 22: Vampire Barbie

Season one episode name 'Brave New World'. And that is the timeline I am currently living in the vampire diaries show. Today another high school carnival is going to take place. Bonnie and Elena tried to drag me with them earlier and help them with setting up stalls and stuffs, but I managed to escape. I would rather spend time with Tyler and Mason than organize a carnival. I couldn't go and see Caroline at the hospital before visiting hours. Which is not before nine. Therefore early in the morning, Tyler, Mason and I, the three of us went to jogging. We were talking to each other about rather unimportant stuffs. Then Tyler and Mason decided to race and I volunteered to be the referee. Obviously Mason won the race without breaking a sweat. After all Tyler wasn't a werewolf yet. But Mason was.

I was really glad that Mason was letting me in with them but I could also feel that he was keeping a certain distance from me as well. It was not a secret to me that Mason doesn't trust anyone. And it included me as well which was pretty obvious. Besides it was impossible to make him trust me just in the second meeting. So, I guess I just have to be grateful that at least I am getting to have friendly conversations from him. After the race Mason and Tyler went home and I went to mine to get ready to go to the hospital. When I reached the hospital I saw Matt coming out of the room where Caroline was admitted. He looked confused and upset.

"Hey Matt, how's Caroline?" I asked sounding casual yet concerned. Matt struggled with his words first.

"She seemed fine one minute but then she started behaving a little odd. I don't know what is going on with her." He sighed out in frustration.

"Caroline is kind of back from the dead. In my opinion, it would be odd if she behaved normally. Just give her some time to come around." I suggested and Matt nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, I guess you are right. I will wait for her to come around." Matt said that more to himself than to me. That he definitely should do. Waiting I mean. I thought to myself. I don't think Matt can handle vampire Caroline so soon.

"I am gonna check on Care. See you later then." I said and Matt nodded too.

"See you at the carnival tonight, you coming right?" He asked wondering about it and I nodded my head in reply. However I wasn't sure if I could really go there tonight. It depends on Caroline actually. Matt left and I entered Care's room. Caroline was shocked to see me there.

"Jacq, what are you doing here?" She asked scared of herself, scared of me as well. I went to the window and closed the curtains more properly.

"I came here to help you Care." She frowned at me with confusion.

"What do you mean?" She asked without any clue about what I was talking about. I saw an empty blood bag hidden in the corner of the room. I pulled it out of it's hiding place and held it up for Caroline to see.

"I mean this." Caroline looked at me with wide eyes. She was definitely shocked. And then she tensed up as well. But I didn't let her think for long and started to explain everything to her slowly, step by step. Even though Caroline already knew a lot about vampires thanks to Damon for that. As Damon's past compulsions were wearing off one by one Caroline learned more about vampires on her own. But of course I let her know only as much as she needed to know. And thankfully Caroline was taking everything very well. Which was the most I could ask for from her.

Third Person's POV

On the other hand, Damon was having a private meeting with Carol at the Lockwood mansion. Carol has just asked him to be the spearhead of the council and Damon gladly accepted that. Right then Tyler and Mason entered the house. They were talking and laughing. Carol closed the doors of the room they were currently using. So that Mason or Tyler wouldn't hear their conversation.

"Is it safe to talk?" Damon asked.

"It's my brother-in-law Mason. He is still visiting. I just don't want him to hear us." Carol said walking back to the couch. "He didn't want any part of the council when he lived here and I see no reason to bring him into it now." Carol continued but Damon focused on what Mason and Tyler were talking about and it was more like eavesdropping actually.

"6, I didn't count the last one" said Mason. "You crawled it." Mason laughed out saying that.

"What?" Tyler snapped.

"Think grandma Lockwood actually passed you-" he laughed more. "In her walker." And he laughed some more.

"Yeah, okay" said Tyler feeling defeated and asked Mason to take off his shoes while he helped himself.

"So, all this anger aggression you were talking about earlier." Mason spoke up while taking off his shoes. "Do you notice a difference when you exercise?" He asked curiously. Damon was listening to their every word very carefully. He didn't even bother that Carol was talking to him and that he should pay attention to her.

"So you just black out?" asked Mason sounding more interested this time. Tyler nodded his head.

"It's like I go blind with rage sometimes." He handed Mason a water bottle while saying that.

"Is there a pattern like once in a month only at night?" asked Mason curiously. Tyler sighed out at that.

"All I know is that I lose myself and I become something else. And I hate it" explained Tyler as best as he could. Mason nodded in understanding. Right then Carol made Damon snap out of his focus for a while but Tyler and Mason were still talking and Damon needed to hear it all. So taking the tea and letting Carol blabber out everything Damon focused back on the duo's conversation.

"If you want to know more about my anger issues, you should probably ask Jacq about it" said Tyler and both Mason and Damon frowned in confusion.

"What do you mean?" asked Mason.

"First of all I hardly lose control when she is with me. And even when I do, she helps me calm down. Whenever I blacked out with anger and rage in past few months, I would wake up and found her taking care of me. She would know more about what happens to me during that time than I do" said Tyler and Mason listened carefully.

"She is not scared of you when you loose control. Last night you manage to scared off your mom" said Mason and Tyler shook his head to that.

"It's still very shocking to me that she isn't scared of me a bit no matter how aggressive I could become sometimes. She doesn't even care that I could hurt her badly, not intentionally of course but she still takes the risks with me every time. It seems like I am the one who is scared of her sometimes. I am scared of hurting her. Because I will regret that forever" said Tyler more to himself than to his uncle. Mason was very much intrigued to hear that but not Damon. He was getting pissed off at Jacq for being to careless. The way Tyler spoke about himself, Jacq shouldn't be any where near him let alone help him calm down. Damon decided that he would talk to her soon enough about this. Besides, it would be a huge lie if Damon says that he wasn't jealous of hearing Tyler's fondness for Jacq.

"So, you and Jacq are that close, huh?" asked Mason wanting to know more about a certain Jacqueline Gilbert that caught his attention as well. There was something especial in that girl that is very different from others.

"Jacq was there for me when no one else was. She hanged out with me when everyone else hated me. Whenever I needed someone most, she is the one I found every time. She stands by me. So, yeah you could say we are very close." Tyler's blunt explanation made Mason more interested about Jacq.

"I like her too. She is quite intriguing and fun. If you two are so close, then why don't you guys date?" asked Mason. Tyler rolled his eyes to that.

"We can't really date each other when she thinks you are hotter than me" complained Tyler and Mason laughed at that.

"Well she got that right." Tyler rolled his eyes at him. "But jokes apart, why don't you just ask her out?" Tyler shook his head.

"She is my friend Uncle Mason. What I have with her is kind of unique. She understands me in a way that no one ever did before or does. I don't want to screw things up with her. It's out of question." Mason tried to understand their relation more when Tyler said that.

"Why do you think dating her would screw things up? It could work just fine since she understands you so well." Mason wouldn't let it go until he gets to the bottom of it. Who is Jacqueline Gilbert? How can she understand Tyler so well?

"Jacq is not the dating type. She is kind of a free spirit. Besides, she is not into me like that. That's just another good thing about her, Jacq knows exactly what she wants from someone. And she wants friendship from me. She never led me in another way only to ditch me later. No matter how much time we spend together, nothing romantic ever happened between us, even when we are flirting with each other." Mason nodded but he was quite surprised that his nephew spoke so fondly of the girl. Damon was surprised too to hear that. He wasn't really happy that Tyler knew his Jacqueline so well and liked her so much but the part that nothing romantic ever happened between them made him happy nonetheless. Then Damon heard Mason mocking Tyler.

"Admit it, you just don't have the guts. If she wasn't so young I would have asked her out myself. Then again, she doesn't act like a fifteen year old, might give it a try." Mason winked at Tyler who rolled his eyes.

"Yeah sure, she is totally into you." He said sarcastically making Mason laugh but then Tyler said seriously.

"But it's true that she seems to really like you for some unknown reason. I mean you guys just met. And the way she looks at you as if she knows you very well. It's seems rather strange to me." Mason couldn't help but agree with Tyler.

"You would be surprised but I noticed that too. She looks at me like she knows everything about me. But it's not possible, we have never met before. It's quite intriguing though" said Mason and Tyler sighed out/

"I have to talk to her about this soon" said Tyler and went up to his bed room. Mason too went to take a shower. Damon however was seething with anger from inside. Why is Jacq so involved with the Lockwoods? He is sure that they have a family secret and they could be dangerous. What can he do to make Jacq stay away from them? He needs to find out about the Lockwood family secret as soon as possible.

Jacqueline's POV

Caroline was being difficult suddenly. She wanted to get out of the hospital right after the sun sets that evening. I understood why. The smell of the blood must be driving her crazy but she wanted to go to the carnival. That's where the problem is.

"Caroline, you do realize that you are capable of killing people right now." I said and she nodded but didn't stop being stubborn.

"But I won't. I promise. Please, I just want to see Matt. I want to get out of here. I will do whatever you ask me to. I will stick with you all the time and I know you won't let me lose control or kill anyone" pleaded Caroline and I sighed to myself.

"Caroline, I am just a human. I won't be able to stop you if you really get out of control. You don't know now how bad it feels to kill someone and take a life. Do you really want to feel that kind of feeling and be a murderer? You maybe a vampire now Caroline but you are not a monster yet. But you'll become one when you'll kill someone innocent." I tried to reason with her more.

"Of course I don't want to be a murderer or take someone's life. But I trust you Jacq. You won't let me become a monster" said Caroline reasoning with me instead of understanding me. I guess Caroline still needs some time to become my favorite vampire girl. I sighed out in defeat finally.

"Fine Caroline, but listen it up carefully. If you hurt someone or kill anyone tonight, this new kind of friendship and trust between us is over. And I will never talk to you again and neither will Bonnie nor Elena. Deal." Caroline just nodded however looking a bit worried this time but she didn't change her mind.

"Alright, I need to arrange some preparations for that. I will be here before the sun sets and get you out. Don't kill anyone okay?" Caroline nodded and I got out of the hospital. I needed to collect some blood bags for Caroline. So that whenever she loses control in the carnival she would be able to feed. And the only place I could find blood bags was the boarding house. Therefore I went there. I was hoping to find the boarding house empty when I reached there. I didn't really want to tell anyone anything about Caroline yet. Now that she is going to the carnival anyway, she might give everyone a surprise. Oh, it will be so much fun. While thinking that I entered the door hoping against hope that I wouldn't see Damon in here. But my rotten luck that he was the first person I found there. He was drinking blood in a whiskey glass. But thankfully Stefan was there too. I beamed highly at him while ignoring Damon completely. I haven't forgotten yet that he killed my brother without a second thought.

"Hey Stefan, how are you?" I asked and Stefan looked confusedly at me while Damon rolled his eyes.

"Jacq, what are you doing here?" Stefan asked but I could tell Damon wondered the same thing. They must have been discussing Lockwood family secrets just before I entered.

"Actually I was hoping you could do me a favor." I said and just hoped that Stefan wouldn't be too difficult. I was tired of putting up with difficult people for the day.

"What kind of favor?" He asked getting more curious and a bit tensed up. Always the careful Stefan.

"Relax, I am not gonna ask you to kill someone for me. But since I am incapable of robbing a blood bank at a hospital. I need a few blood bags from your stock." I stated a simple sentence but the reaction I got from both of the brothers were anything but simple.

"What?" They both yelled at the same time.

"Did I just speak in an alien language? I need three or four blood bags from your stock. I know you have plenty." I said and the Salvatore brothers looked at me as if I have gone crazy.

"Why do you need them?" asked Stefan worriedly. I rolled my eyes/

"Have you learned nothing from the past, Stefan? Don't ask me too many questions when I am asking you to do something." I said to Stefan shaking my head at him in hopelessness.

"Okay I will give you blood bags but first you have to tell me why?" said Stefan, Damon was looking at me with suspicious eyes. No way in hell I am gonna give them the news about Caroline. Even though they are going to find out soon.

"You know what, forget that I came here. I will manage it from somewhere else" saying that I turned around and started to walk towards the door but as usual my way was blocked and by none other than Damon.

"You are not going anywhere until you tell me what you are up to." Damon tried to do that eye thing he does so well but I rolled my eyes at him this time and sighed out.

"Don't you have anything else to do then cause me trouble. Look, I don't have time to put up with you right now so, please move out of my way." I waited for Damon to move but he didn't and stared down heatedly at me. Stefan saw the tension between the two of us and thought it would be better to get me out of the house fast and far away from Damon.

"Okay Jacq, I will get a few blood bags for you. Just wait a moment" saying that Stefan rushed to the basement fridge to get the blood bags. Right when Stefan left Damon leaned in closer to me dangerously and hissed at me with low deadly tone of voice.

"What's the deal between you and that punk Lockwood Kid? I heard you are being his best buddy even when he could kill you" said Damon and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Is that any of your business?" I asked casually but bitterly as well. His lips formed a thin line obviously keeping himself from shouting at me.

"Yes, it is." Damon hissed at me.

"No, it isn't." I said back with as much annoyance as I could muster up. For a moment it felt like he is just gonna grab my waist, pull me closer aggressively and crushed his lips on mine. And punish me with breathtaking kisses for talking back to him like that. But he just smirked at me.

"By the way how is Jeremy doing? Being back from the dead and all, must be quite a thrilling experience for him." I knew Damon was just wanting me to get mad at him and do something stupid in my aggression. But I was too smart to do that, so I didn't bother with a reply let alone throw insults at him. So, Damon pushed more.

"Elena hates me right now for killing her brother. You should be more furious with me since you and Jeremy are so close. After all he died trying to protect you. Don't you hate me for doing that to him? I thought you must be wishing to never see my face again. But here you are, asking for a favor and pretending like nothing happened. What more important could be than hating me right now? You do realize that if Jeremy wasn't wearing that special magical ring that moment, he would still stay dead right now." Damon was actually thinking that by saying all these things he could get me so mad at him that I will become enraged and crazy enough to spill out everything to him that I am up to. Normally this kind of mind games would have worked with any other person but I am not any other person. So, his bad luck, he won't be getting anything out of me. And where the hell is Stefan? He is delaying coming back on purpose.

"Hey if you want me to hate you Damon, all you need to do is ask. God knows hating you is the easiest thing to do in this world. You are an insufferable unstable time bomb that explodes without a warning alarm. So, what you did was not shocking at all, at least not to me/" Damon was disappointed that he wasn't getting what he wanted. And he wanted to know my secrets. But he was amused nonetheless by my blunt humorous insults at him.

"Besides, hating you? What's that's gonna get me? In my opinion that would be just a complete waste of my time and energy. And I don't want to do that. So as much as I would like to stake you for killing Jeremy, I will not waste my time hating you. I never expected anything good from you anyway, Elena did, she still expects you to be a good man and even a better human but I am not that Stupid." I finished with a coy smile on my lips. I thought Damon would explode with anger but to my surprise he didn't. Instead he smirked back at me and held onto my chin and brought my face closer to his not so gently but not roughly either.

"You are definitely smart not to expect anything good from me. Why don't I just prove it to you how right you are?" saying that Damon titled his head and leaned closer to my lips. What the hell is he doing? His arms already snaked around my waist, so that I wouldn't step away from him or ran away. Our lips would brush against each others any moment now. My heart started to beat so loudly in my chest that even I could hear that. A smirk formed on Damon's lips. Should I just close my eyes and meet his lips on my own? Or should I just stay still and wait for him to start kissing me? What's he waiting for? God, the anticipation is just killing me. For a moment I considered grabbing his hair and make him crush his lips on to mine. But that would be too wild for the first time. Our lips finally touched each others a little when he suddenly pulled away making me totally confused.

"Perhaps I will prove that to you later." Saying that Damon completely stepped away from me. And he was smirking at me like a bad-ass as well. I just stayed rooted on the spot there, panting as if I ran a hundred miles within minutes. It took me sometime to actually realize and understand what just happened. I was about to be kissed by Damon and I was anticipating for it. Then he just pulled away leaving me all red and flustered in an awkward situation. He just made me make a complete fool out of myself by letting me believe that he is actually going to kiss me. I should have slapped him away but instead I was willingly waiting for him to kiss me. What could be more embarrassing than that? Was it a pay back for what I did to him at the funeral? Whatever it is, I am not letting him get away with this. I will be damned if I do. And the nerve of him, he was still smirking at me. That arrogant jerk! I glared at him with as much hate as I could muster up in a glare. But that made him more satisfied. Stefan came back right then.

"What took you so long?" I kind of snapped at him angrily. If Stefan was in the house, even though his hearing isn't sharp enough, he has probably been hearing some of what was happening upstairs. How could he just stay away?

"Sorry, got busy with a call." I knew he was lying but let it pass this time. Stefan handed me four blood bags while giving me curious stares.

"Thanks Stefan. I will see you at the carnival tonight." He nodded. I turned away from Stefan to go to the door and get out but Damon stood in my way once again. I tried to walk by him but he stepped in my way again while smirking like an asshole. I again tried to pass and again found my way block. Stefan shook his head from his spot but didn't do anything to stop his jerk of a brother. I tried again and again he stepped in my way. First Damon fooled me and now he is playing with me. He was really enjoying irritating me. But I was way out of my patience line.

"Move, Damon. Gosh you are such a pain." I shoved him away, well more like he let me push him out of my way. Then finally I was able to walk out of the door of the boarding house. I went home first in case either of the Salvatore brothers decided to follow me or keep an eye on me. Tonight will be very eventful and I am looking forward to it eagerly.

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