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Chapter 33: Being A Bitch On Birthday

Third Person's POV

At The Boarding House...

Damon was sitting calmly on the couch in the morning. He was sipping blood from his glass frequently. Damon was also pretending to be absentminded about the current problems that just landed in their boarding house. Yesterday was a very busy day for Damon. Instead of going to find his girl, Damon had to go with his brother to rescue his brother's girl. Truth to be told the adventure did good to both brothers. They were road trip bonding the entire way. They were being brothers again just like they used to be when they were still humans. Stefan even apologized to Damon for turning him against his will. Even though one hundred and sixty four years have already passed by but the apology still meant a lot to Damon even though he didn't express his feelings in anyway. Damon never expected Stefan to apologize for that. Maybe his brother was touched by the move that Damon risked his own life for saving Elena when he didn't really have to. Not to mention, he had more than one reason not to go with Stefan in the first place. What Stefan didn't realize and what Damon would never admit even to himself was the fact that Damon didn't risk his life for Elena. He risked it for his brother and his happiness. Damon just couldn't let his brother go alone on a dangerous rescue mission. And it turned out to be the right thing to do after all. Stefan would have never made it out alive with Elena if Damon wasn't there with him.

After Elena was safe and sound and back in her bed for a peaceful sleep, Damon was getting ready to go to Florida to search for Jacqueline. Yes finally. He hadn't heard a word about her from anyone and it was driving him crazy. Honestly Damon wasn't that mad anymore. He didn't exactly forgive her for what she did to him yet but he wasn't furious like before. For the time being all Damon wanted was to have Jacq back in Mystic Falls and also back in his life again. He has been feeling empty ever since she left town. It was a weird kind of feeling. Damon never felt anything like it before. Not even when Katherine was gone from his life and he was madly in love with her. It was like Damon needed Jacqueline as much as he needed blood. Otherwise he would just dry out without her. However Damon couldn't go anywhere because the five hundred years old vampire named Rose who had kidnapped Elena decided to come to the Boarding house at night. And it was perfect timing because Damon was just about to leave for Florida right then. But the unexpected visit from Rose forced Damon to stay in town. He obviously wasn't happy about it.

The first thing Rose did was flood Damon and Stefan with original problems. As everyone knew already that her best friend Traver died or should say slaughtered by an original vampire named Elijah. And she didn't want to run anymore. Rose obviously had nowhere else to go as she never settled anywhere for five hundred years. Her only option was to come to the Salvatore brothers and ask them for shelter. Even though Damon was very pissed off because he had to cancel his trip to Florida yet again but he decided to listen to Rose and her side of the story before ripping her head off. At the moment Damon, Stefan and Rose the three of them were waiting for Elena to come to the boarding house. They heard knocks on the main door signalling that Elena has arrived. Stefan went to get the door in vampire speed. Soon, he and Elena walked back in the living room where Damon and Rose were sitting. For some unknown reason Elena looked kind of both sad and pissed off. She settled down on the couch and Rose started to explain things to her that she said to the Salvatore brothers last night.

"You have to understand, I only know what I have picked up over the years." Started Rose while pacing in the room in front of the trio. "And I don't know what's true and what's not. That's the problem with all this vampire crap." Rose kept rambling.

"But Klaus, I know is real."

Long story short, according to Rose the world's oldest, bad-est, first of vampire kind and a complete myth Klaus is coming after Elena. Damon being Damon refused to believe that Klaus is real and therefore didn't want to waste any time on it. Stefan and Elena however didn't know what to believe and what not.

"Okay so you are saying that the oldest vampire in the history of the time is coming after me?" Elena summed up the whole situation in one sentence.

"Yes!" stated Rose with confidence but Stefan disagreed immediately. Damon on the other hand was already bored of the conversation.

"What they are saying is, I mean what she is saying is, if true then we are looking here at a solid maybe" said Damon with sarcasm in his voice. Elena was getting worried slowly. Whenever she is involved, every horrible myth turns out to be true.

"Look Elijah is dead right, so no one else knows that you exist" said Stefan while walking up to Elena to comfort her and being positive about the entire situation.

"Not that you know of." Spoke up Rose, not being optimistic at all.

"That's not helping" complained Damon right away. In his opinion Rose was making the situation unnecessarily complicated.

"Look I have never met anyone who ever laid eyes on Klaus" stated Stefan again with positive attitude however Elena didn't look convinced that everything is going to alright. And then she suddenly said something that surprised everyone.

"Are you guys sure that Elijah is dead?" asked Elena which startled the Salvatore brothers and Rose as well.

"What do you mean? Of course he is dead. You saw him turning grey yourself" said Damon not getting why she would suddenly doubt it. Elena took a deep breath before speaking up again.

"I think you are right, it's just Jacq said something to me that-" Damon cut her off immediately.

"She is here?" Damon asked not believing that he didn't know about it until now. Elena looked pointedly at Damon right away.

"Yes, she came back yesterday and you are not going anywhere near her Damon." Elena said in her commanding tone of voice which kind of pissed off Damon but he kept his calm and decided to play cool for the time being. He would do whatever he wants no matter what Elena says but Damon didn't want to argue with her at that time.

"I was just asking" said Damon and shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. As if he didn't care if Jacq is back home from wherever the hell she went to. Thankfully Stefan started to ask the questions Damon wanted to ask but couldn't do it because of his ego.

"Jacq is back? How is she?" asked Stefan worriedly. He knew Damon was going through hell while Jacq was gone. And Stefan was worried about the girl too. It was a shame that they couldn't get a chance to go find her with everything that was going on all on a sudden. Elena however rolled her eyes at Stefan's questions which confused him and Damon both and also surprised them.

"When I met her early in the morning she was like a happy two feet, being cheerful for no reason at all. She congratulated me for getting kidnapped for the first time and even questioned me about the wonderful experience" ranted Elena sounding positively pissed off. Both Damon and Stefan had their eye brows shot up because of what they just learned. Elena never expected her little sister to be so careless about her getting kidnapped by two dangerous vampires. They could have killed her for god's sake. Elena obviously expected Jacqueline to be worried about her and then relieved to see her alive and okay. Just like Jeremy and others. However Jacq acted as if she was the most fortunate person in the world for getting kidnapped by two five hundred years old vampires like Rose and Trevor. It really pissed off Elena and earlier in the morning she wanted to yell at Jacq for her careless attitude.

"She wasn't scared about facing Damon?" asked Stefan however it sounded like a statement. He received a glare from Damon instantly but Stefan ignored that and waited for Elena to answer his question. It confused Stefan to no limit when Elena scoffed at the question bitter angrily. Elena scoffed! It was something she doesn't really do usually.

"Yeah, scared!" said Elena with bitter sarcasm in her voice.

"She is gloating over the fact that she successfully fooled Damon. She is actually feeling very proud of herself. She isn't even feeling guilty for what she did because according to Jacq it's really not her fault that Damon couldn't see through her pretense when it was so obvious and therefore it doesn't count as betrayal in the first place. To be honest Jacq seems like a completely different person to me when I talked to her in the morning" said Elena and that really got on Damon's sensitive nerve. He expected to hear that Jacq was hiding in a corner of her room, shivering with fear and praying that Damon wouldn't kill her when they finally meet face to face. And then Damon would forgive her but after making her feel very guilty for what she did to him. Jacq should have been trembling even at the mention of his name. If Damon had decided to let go of everything before, he is definitely going to see to it now. And Jacq even had the nerve to say that she didn't betray him and he was just a fool for falling in her obvious trap. Damon is definitely going to see to it now.

"What about Mason? Is he in town too?" asked Stefan with curiosity and didn't miss to notice that his brother sneered at the mere mention of the name. Elena shook her head in reply.

"No, he is not here. Maybe he is back in Florida. I'm not sure" said Elena with unsure tone of voice because she really didn't know anything about Mason for sure. Damon rolled his eyes to himself and finally stopped glaring at the space. He even mocked about Mason and Jacqueline.

"Why he is not with her? I thought they are gonna settle down somewhere together" said Damon bitter sarcastically. Stefan rolled his eyes at his brother for saying that. Rose on the other hand was completely clueless about what the trio was talking about or should say who therefore she just quietly listened to the serious conversation.

"Just to let you know Damon, Jacq had actually thought about it but then she realized that she doesn't want Katherine's left overs anymore and decided to come back home and start over, fresh!" Elena stunned the Salvatore brothers by saying that and it included Rose as well. Obviously Jacq was being sarcastic when she said that to Elena but Miss Perfect Gilbert stated it simply and without any sarcasm in it therefore the entire thing sounded very mean and rude. Truth to be told, it kind of hurt Elena when Jacq said that to her. Stefan is technically Katherine's left over too and she is dating him and obviously in love with him. Even though Jacq didn't mean anything about her and Stefan but that statement made Elena realize the fact and it hurt her feelings. On the other hand the Salvatore brothers were shocked to hear what Elena just said to them. They never thought Jacq would say something such as this. Rose however was getting quite interested in the matter this time. Especially about this Jacq girl she just learned about. No one knew how crazy Damon was getting with each passing moment. What did Jacq mean by Katherine's left overs? Did she mean him too? Obviously she said left overs with an s. Damon started getting more and more pissed off. Stefan noticed that and changed the topic quickly.

"What did Jacq say about Elijah? How did she even know him?" asked Stefan sounding very curious and interested.

"She doesn't know anything about Elijah. When I told her about him, she said that a thousand year old vampire killed with an ordinary wooden stake, didn't sound right to her ears." Elena didn't notice it right away but when she said that, the three vampires in the room suddenly got tensed up. Jacq got a point as usual. How could such a strong vampire like Elijah be dead so easily? He killed Trevor in a blink of an eye. Both Damon and Stefan were convinced immediately that something wasn't right. And they knew what they had to do exactly. The Salvatore brothers needed to talk to Jacq about Elijah. And knowing Jacqueline Gilbert, she definitely knew something otherwise she wouldn't have commented on the matter. Damon and Stefan needed to find out what Jacq knew as soon as possible.

"Did she say anything else about Elijah?" asked Stefan and Elena suddenly blushed without realizing. It obviously made Stefan frown at her with confusion.

"What is it?" questioned Stefan getting worried as well. Elena hesitated a bit but she spoke up anyway, not wanting to leave Stefan curious about it.

"Well Jacq asked me if I found Elijah attractive. Because she thinks as an original vampire, Elijah must be much better at... certain things... than any other regular vampire" saying that Elena blushed more due to embarrassment, leaving Damon, Stefan and Rose completely speechless.

Jacqueline's POV

Episode nine of season two 'Katerina'. The current timeline of the world of vampire diaries with me living inside. Everything was going great, well for me at least. Elena was still very shaken about getting kidnapped. I tried to cheer her up however I only ended up pissing her off. Not that I was complaining about it. Pissing off Elena was kind of fun. But the point is I tried to make her feel better even though in a different way. It wasn't my fault that it didn't work as I expected. Anyway moving onto a more interesting topic, my brother Jeremy came into my room last night. It was nothing new. I was about to fall asleep but his movements woke me up however I didn't move and pretended to be in deep slumber. I wanted to know why he was there because clearly Jeremy didn't want to wake me up as he was moving very carefully and without making a single noise. Questions started running through my mind that moment. What was he really doing here in my room? I felt him coming near the bed. Then I felt him kiss my forehead and he whispered-

"Happy Birthday Jacq!"

After that Jeremy left and my eyes went wide open without me realizing about it. It is my birthday today. Honestly I had no idea about this therefore I was very surprised as I learned about my birthday. After Jeremy went back to his own room, I had checked the time immediately and found that it was five minutes past twelve in the midnight. However I couldn't help but wonder, why would Jeremy wish me in my sleep and not wake me up? Something was wrong. I just felt it in my guts. The following day, after doing some investigation I found out that I was a creep and didn't like to celebrate my birthdays. I found that I hated my birthdays for no apparent reason. On my birthdays in previous years everyone used to pretend it to be any other normal day and wouldn't even mention it to me neither wish me. I had no idea what was wrong with me because that was definitely not a normal sign.

In my real life however I had no idea when exactly I was born. I had no birth date to celebrate in the first place for past fifteen years. But I never hated the concept of celebrating birthdays like I found out Jacqueline Gilbert did. The entire thing was quite puzzling actually or maybe it isn't. I never had any birthday to celebrate in my real life, and if by any chance Jacqueline Gilbert was connected to me while I was still living in the other world, she didn't feel like celebrating her birthdays as well. Even though she was living in the world of vampire diaries because technically I am her and she is me just living in different universe. Perhaps whatever I felt Jacqueline Gilbert felt as well and whatever she felt, I unknowingly felt it too. No, it was still very puzzling. Anyway the mere thought that I have a especial day as my birthday in this world thrilled me to no limit. So, even though no one would wish me or do anything especial for the day, I would celebrate my birthday in my own way. Not to mention, I am finally sixteen. The age of sweet sixteen, when girls get really mature both physically and mentally. Mentally I was more mature than needed already, I just hoped physically I will get more mature with my age.

Since the beginning of the day, I was feeling extremely cheerful. I even had a heated sarcastic chat with Elena before going to school. And I usually don't stick around to talk or have a conversation with Elena, so you can guess the level of my happiness that I was feeling. I was a little late for school than usual days as I had to investigate the truth behind my not celebrating birthdays. Once I reached my destination I was attacked by Caroline right away. She informed me that Elena was with Katherine in the tomb, hoping to get answers from her. Even though I knew about it already, I still pretended to be surprised. And just like it happened in the show Elena had asked Caroline to keep Stefan occupied so that he wouldn't look for her. I snorted at Caroline without hesitation when she said that.

"Good luck with that!" I said and Caroline narrowed her eyes at me immediately.

"You are so not helping it Jacq" said Caroline and she sighed out heavily afterwards. "Stefan would see right through my lies. How can I possibly keep him away?"

I remembered right then that Caroline talked about Tyler with Stefan in the show to keep him busy but I couldn't let her do it this time. Both Stefan and Damon can't know that Tyler is going to turn next full moon. Damon would kill him right away. And speaking of Damon, I was absolutely careless about facing him. Let him come and threat me all he wants. I am not gonna fear him or anyone else for the matter of fact. I am done with Damon for now. I didn't want him on my back when Elijah arrives in Mystic Falls. All I needed to do is focus on the originals during this time. If I needed to be a bitch and turn into Katherine for a while to stay clear of Damon and everyone else then that's what I would do. It was not a romantic love story I was living between a human girl and a vampire but a dangerous quest of survival and doing what needs to be done. And sweet, innocent, poor, helpless, damsel in distress kind of girl would never survive this. Take Katherine for example. She is still alive because she turned herself into a real heartless manipulative bitch. And I figured that if I wanted to survive till the end of this game, I must become one as well. Be the better villain and be the best bitch. Even if that means that I would only earn hate from everyone around me from now on.

"Why don't you talk to him about Matt? I am sure he would lend you an ear." I said however Caroline rolled her eyes not liking the suggestion at all however I expected her to glare at me for giving her such a stupid idea. I spoke up again thinking that if I am going to start being a bitch then why not start from this very moment. Besides, it was my birthday today and a very good day to start being a new person.

"Listen Caroline, whatever you do, don't go blabber about Tyler to Stefan." I said kind of rudely. Caroline shot me a look immediately that said 'are you crazy?' however she didn't get hurt by my rudeness. Actually she didn't even notice it. I sighed inwardly and felt defeated. Clearly I needed to practice becoming a bitch first. Before Caroline could retort back to what I said, she spotted Stefan. Vampire barbie ran to Stefan quickly however in human speed.

I hoped nothing would mess up with Tyler and Caroline. No, no I shouldn't care what happens to them. I have to stop caring about other people. The first rule of being a bitch. However, I couldn't stop my eyes from roaming over to the people who cared about me and vice versa. I spotted Anna and Jeremy being love birds. Tyler and Matt playing in the basket ball court. Caroline and Stefan talking with each other. And then I saw Luka, the warlock son of a warlock. I knew it from the show that his father Dr. Jonas Matthew is working for Elijah. They must be looking for the moonstone in Mystic Falls. I have got all the information on them already. And if I am not wrong then Dr. Jonas and Luka are my next rescue mission. Luka and his dad didn't deserve to die, especially Luka. He is just a kid after all and far from being an evil guy. Though it would be much tougher to save them than anyone I have already saved. I knew for a matter of fact that the warlock son and his father, they don't really make friends so easily with anyone and have serious trust issues. The only exception was Dr. Matthew's blunt faith in Elijah and his nobility. 'I want to be your friend' or 'I want to help you' kind of things won't exactly work in their case. I have to find another way to save those two from getting killed.

I watched Luka walking up straight to Bonnie who was totally dazzled by the young warlock. Bonnie and Carter were over before anything real could start between them. Therefore, Bonnie is still a single maiden, free to date anyone. Would she date Luka this time? I wondered to myself. As Jeremy is clearly not interested in Bonnie in a romantic manner this time. It was quite obvious that Beremy isn't going to happen this time or anytime soon. Then who is going to be Bonnie's love interest? She must get with someone and he must be someone good for her. I was so lost in 'who is going to be coupled with who' thoughts that I didn't notice Stefan walking up to me. That is until his face was right in front of me. I kind of jumped back a little as I was startled to see him suddenly so close to me. Caroline was standing right behind Stefan, looking clueless just like me.

"Stefan, you startled me!" I said with conversational tone of voice. Not really accusing him. Stefan smiled at me in a charming way that almost made me raise my eye brows at him in a questioning manner. But I kept my demeanor cool and normal. There was something off about the sweet smile Stefan just gave me.

"Sorry about that, didn't know you were so lost in your own thoughts" said Stefan with the same smile again.

"So, how are you Jacq?" asked Stefan sounding curious. Why was he being so sweet with me? Shouldn't he be pissed off at me for vervaining his brother? I couldn't help but suspect Stefan right away.

"How do I look Stef?" I asked instead of answering his question straight away. Stefan seriously racked his eyes over my body and he openly checked me out. It almost made me gap at him because I was pretty sure that Stefan Salvatore doesn't do these kind of stuffs like checking out girls especially when the girl is me. Caroline on the other hand was frowning at both of us with confusion. What the hell is wrong with Stefan? He was definitely acting strange. While I was wondering about Stefan's weird behavior, it suddenly made me realize that I was dressed quite like Katherine today. Black skinny jeans, sleeveless top, accessories along with the attire and high heel boots. Did it make Stefan suspicious? But suspicious of what? There was no way Stefan could know that I interacted with Katherine recently. Caroline would never tell him.

"You look great Jacq, as always. Now please tell me something, why it doesn't sound right to your ears that Elijah is dead?" asked Stefan getting straight to the point. My eyes widened a bit realizing Elena must have told them that. Damn, I shouldn't have said anything about Elijah to Elena. I just wanted to drop a hint to them that Elijah isn't dead. I definitely didn't want them to corner me about it. But the damage is already done I guess. Stefan was looking seriously at me this time.

"No, it sounds perfectly okay to me. I mean he is dead, end of his story." I said and I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly as well to show Stefan how careless I was about Elijah's death. And I didn't really think that he is still alive. However Stefan kept staring at me clearly not buying my statement.

"What do you know about the originals?" Stefan asked me straight away. Is it that obvious for them that I would know something about everything even if a little? Well I guess it is. I frowned in confusion though. As if I had no clue about what Stefan was talking about. I noticed that not only me but Caroline was frowning in confusion too. However she wasn't pretending like me.

"About what? The originals. Why do you think I know anything about them?" I asked pretending to be completely clueless and lost. Caroline was looking between me and Stefan uneasily. Stefan remained silent for a moment then said-

"You are coming with me." Then all on a sudden I was being dragged by Stefan. Caroline started following us but Stefan turned to her and told her to go to class. Well Stefan couldn't really say fuck off to Caroline now, could he?

"Stefan I have classes too, let me go." I said while forcefully gritting my jaws but Stefan didn't listen to a word I said to him.

"You are excused for today." Was the only answer I received from Stefan. I saw Caroline running up to Tyler and probably telling him about what was happening between me and Stefan. However, I didn't want them involved in this, whatever it is. So, I shook my head at them which told them not to come for me. They stood still at distance, looking confused about what was going on really. Well I was confused myself.

"This is kidnapping!" I yelled at Stefan when he shoved me into his car and started driving towards the Boarding house. Once we got there, Stefan practically had to carry me inside the house. He not so gently dropped me on the couch. Even though I was pouting and glaring at Stefan when entering the room but still I didn't miss to witness Damon and Rose making out just before Stefan and I interrupted them with our presence. How dare he? No wait, why the hell should I care? I decided to take a break from Damon, didn't I? But I must admit that I thought nothing would happen between Damon and Rose this time. I thought that this time the plot is quite changed than how it was in the show. I thought Damon and Rose, wouldn't happen but apparently I was wrong. And much to my disliking, my blood was kind of boiling inside my veins without my permission. But still I made myself comfortable on the couch and decided to play cool. I am the bitch now, aren't I? I reminded myself. Second rule of being a bitch, don't lose your temper but make others go crazy.

As Stefan and I crowded the room, Rose walked away from Damon and took a seat on the couch far across from me. Damon on the other hand was still leaning against the wall but this time with crossed arms over his chest. And with a pointed glare at me. However he still managed to look smug and that damn smirk. I really hated the smirk that moment. And I also realized that that's how Damon planned to take his revenge on me. By making out with Rose bud and hook up with her eventually. Well, I guess I couldn't be more lucky that Damon chose to get back at me that way and I am still in one piece. I am glad that Damon decided not to come anywhere near me. However I was also aware of the fact that Damon could change his mind in a blink of an eye. I felt like I was inside a lion's cave at the moment. I guess I was doomed anyway therefore I did what came into my mind. I sweetly smiled at Damon.

"Hello Damon, you are looking good today. Last time I saw you, you were looking kind of pale." I taunted him openly while smirking at him like a mean bitch.

I expected Damon to jump on me right away. I guess I was really trying to provoke him to do something bad to me but Damon did nothing but narrow his eyes at me angrily. Truth to be told, I wasn't satisfied with it. I wanted to get a rise out of Damon. Somehow I think physically getting hurt would be a lot better than mentally being tortured. I hated to admit this but the kissing scene between Damon and Rose was getting on my nerves slowly and it was quite painful I must say. I figured being more bitchy would do me the job of maddening Damon and push him to the edge where he would really snap and try to kill me. Come on I want to play with fire, give me some heat Damon. I said out loud in my mind.

"Don't be mad Damon, I was just complimenting you." I said and added a more perfect smirk to that.

I was sure that my whole demeanor screamed Katherine because Stefan had his eyes narrowed at me too but in confusion though and perhaps suspicion as well. I was pissed, yes I was and I wanted to piss them off too. And acting like Katherine was the best way to achieve that. How dare he kissed her? But I guess I shouldn't be so shocked about Damon kissing Rose because I already knew about this from beforehand, didn't I? They kissed in the show too. I should accept the fact that they kissed this time as well. Damon would probably sleep with her too because knowing Damon, he is far from one woman man. What else is there to expect from him? I looked at Stefan and started talking about business.

"Now what? You've kidnapped me from school, dragged me over here, obviously you are not gonna offer me milk and cookies. So, what do you want from me?" I asked straight away completely ignoring Damon and his stares at me this time as if he has just disappeared from the room somehow and I couldn't see him anymore. Even though I knew what Damon and Stefan wanted from me, which was information about the originals. But no way in hell I am going to be easy on them and let them get all the answers they wanted from me.

"Tell us what do you know about the originals" demanded Stefan getting to the point without wasting anymore time. I looked at him with narrowed eyes along with a perfect pout on my lips.

"There is something missing in it, isn't there? I think a please and a question mark in the end, don't you think that too Stefan?" I said tilting my head a little at him with a coy smile gracing my lips this time. I knew telling Stefan that I didn't know anything, or how am I suppose to know anything kind of dialogues wouldn't work this time. I've used that plenty of times. Better try to game my way out without answering his questions at all.

"Is she Elena's sister or Katherine's?" asked Rose seriously wondering about it. I liked the sound of it, Katherine's sister. But I didn't need to let them know that. I charmingly smiled at Rose as I spoke up.

"Rose, I presume. Nice to meet you." I said very sweetly but Rose didn't return the sweetness, bitch. Only if she knew how she would have died if I hadn't saved Mason.

"I am not sure about meeting you though. You are reminding me too much of Katherine than Elena did and she looks exactly like her" stated Rose without any hesitation. I sighed out deeply at that.

"Yeah, it's tragic really, how my sister can look exactly like Katherine and be such a bore at the same time. Katherine is just so much fun to be around. But you obviously know that already. How she got her fingers wrapped around your dear friend Traver, wasn't that his name? And all it took was just one glance at her. Quite a talented seducer Katherine is, isn't she?" My smirk increased as her glare intensified. I wasn't really worried about Traver's death neither sorry about it. I couldn't really have done anything to stop that. Standing up against Elijah was just not possible so soon. However, Damon and Stefan were looking horrified and shocked because they just realized that I interacted with Katherine, Oops. Well the damage is already done. No point in brooding over it. They must be thinking that's what caused the change in my behavior, being around Katherine. However they remained silent about it for the time being.

"So you are friends with Katherine?" asked Rose causing me to laughed at her. I was kind of hating Rose at that moment. Couldn't really be happy about her kissing Damon now, could I? Yes, I was jealous. I was burning with jealousy. But there was nothing I could do about it. I just hoped that my jealousy wouldn't show away and make it obvious. And I think I was doing a fantastic job at hiding it.

"We just crossed paths with each other once or twice." I said giving a real answer for the first time. I was smirking while answering the question but then turned serious and said-

"Katherine doesn't do friends, like Elijah doesn't do forgiveness. By the way I am sorry about your guy. I heard he is missing his head." I said very sensitively but still Rose tried to attack me. How rude of her! Thankfully Stefan and Damon stopped her from coming anywhere near me. But I wasn't finished yet.

"Don't be so sensitive Rose. You live in a world of kill or be killed. Your friend was on the be killed list unfortunately." Rose growled at me loudly as I said that. Damon and Stefan were still holding her back.

"I think you are on that list too" said Rose with gritting teeth. I shook my head at that, still maintaining my calm demeanor.

"Nope, I am the third kind. I avoid both killed or be killed situations." I smirked at Rose while saying that. She jerked her hands out of Damon and Stefan's grips and started taking deep breaths. Obviously to calm herself down. She didn't launch at me again. Damon and Stefan still stayed on alert though, ready to stop her if she tries to come at me suddenly. Stefan then looked angrily at me. Only then I got something satisfying, anger from the Salvatore brothers. It proved that I am succeeding in being a perfect bitch.

"Are you done being a bitch?" asked Stefan looking dead serious this time to which I only smirked.

"Oh trust me Stefan, I am just starting." I said that made Stefan breath out a frustrated sigh.

"Why are you being like this Jacq? You are not the Jacq I know or anyone else knows. What happened to you?" asked Stefan with concern this time. I didn't like it. I preferred anger and hate. I just shrugged my shoulders at Stefan nonchalantly.

"That Jacq is on a long vacation Stefan. You are not gonna see her again. Let's just say it's a demand of the situation." I gave Stefan a puzzling answer. He and Rose exchanged glances while Damon just stared at me with calculating eyes, trying to understand what was going on with me and figure out the problem.

"What kind of situation?" asked Stefan getting more curious. I slowly smirked at him and then turned it into a sweet smile.

"Oh I really wanted to ask you about your latest original hunting experience. How was it Stefan? Killing a thousand year old vampire, you must be feeling very proud. Did you catch him off guard? What tactics did you use?" I asked Stefan like an eager beaver. He stared at me with a hard expression for a while before speaking up again.

"Elijah is still alive, isn't he? I know you know that." I looked at Stefan with wide disbelieving eyes and gasped loudly at his accusation.

"How could I possibly know something like that Stefan? I am not an ancient vampire." I said but then I pretended to think about it deeply. "You know what maybe he is alive, maybe he isn't. But I am sure Elijah will pay you a visit soon if he is really still alive. You just need to wait and be patient about it. Though I know how horrible you guys are in patience department but you really don't have any other choice here." I said smugly and right then Rose got a call from someone. I stood up from the couch and slowly walked up to the parlor section. Both Damon and Stefan were listening to Rose carefully. Meanwhile I poured myself a drink and took a sip from it. Even hostages could have a little fun. By the time the conversation was over and the call ended, Rose was shocked and so was the Salvatore brothers. I wondered who called Rose but didn't ask it out loud.

"Elijah isn't dead" gasped out Rose as she said that. She obviously felt scared and started pacing in the room. Though I smirked at their situation. Whoever it was, informed Rose about Elijah being alive.

"I guess it's your lucky day guys. You really didn't have to wait long for the answer." I said and Stefan narrowed his eyes at me immediately.

"But you already knew that Elijah isn't dead. Why weren't you telling us that?" asked Stefan with strong tone of voice. He demanded answer but I only rolled my eyes at him.

"I didn't know that for sure. I am just not an epitome of idiocy to believe that I managed to kill an original who is a thousand years old vampire by the way, with an ordinary wood stake." I stated the fact while shrugging my shoulders nonchalantly at Stefan. Rose panicked even more and was hyperventilating with fear by then.

"There is no way to kill an original. Elijah is going to come after me now. What am I suppose to do? He is going to kill me." Rose had her eyes teared up out of fear. Damon quickly held Rose and pulled her into a hug. She wrapped her own arms around Damon and buried her face in his chest. Damon kept saying soothing words to Rose. Damon and comforting someone, clearly he was doing that on purpose. And the purpose was to make me jealous. However, it looked so genuine as if Damon really felt for the lady vampire and it made me feel like, someone just staked me through my heart. But did I glare at them with jealously and anger? No, I didn't. I just kept sipping my poison and rolled my eyes at them with a scoff. Clearly projecting that I was getting bored with their romance drama. Stefan on the other hand was clueless about the entire situation and had no idea what to do or what to think. He spoke up after a while.

"Elijah wants the moonstone." Stefan stated and drew our attention to him.

"Yes but Katherine has it now. She is never gonna give it up without something in return. Which will be freeing her out of the tomb" stated Rose the obvious.

"We can't do that" said Damon at once but Stefan's mind was in a conflicted state.

"We can destroy the moonstone though. Without the moonstone there won't be anything to lift off the moon curse from the werewolves." And the discussion began like that. Everyone was still thinking that the moon curse is true. Well let them think whatever they want. The only thing they knew at this point is that for the ritual they need the moonstone and the doppelganger which is none other than Elena. And Stefan would never let it happen.

"I just don't get it why a vampire wants to lift off a werewolf curse" said Damon frustratingly more to himself than to others. Poor thing, Damon. He really looked frustrated this time. Then suddenly his eyes landed on me. I was still calmly drinking from the glass. Damon walked up to me with angry strides. I smiled at him fondly but Damon grabbed my forearms with a strong grips and pulled me closer to him. He stared down at me dangerously. Well that was more like it. I said to myself.

"Why vampires want to lift off a werewolf curse?" Damon asked me with clenched jaws as if he was keeping himself from biting me brutally. But I stood without any reaction or action. Damon asked me the question as if he knew I knew the answer.

"Maybe they are feeling pity for the werewolves. After all it's a really nasty curse." I said with an innocent smile but Damon growled at me furiously.

"What do you know about the originals?" asked Damon aggressively. His grips tightened around my arms more as he shook me with anger. I could only smirk at him even though his grips were really hurting.

"I wasn't lying when I said you do look sexy when you are dangerous." I said and cocked my head at him. His face changed suddenly and fangs came out. I didn't look away when Damon hissed at me with his vampire face out. I didn't even bother to blink and waited for Damon to sink his teeth in my skin. Stefan came over to us in vampire speed before Damon could bite my neck, he pushed Damon away from me. Damon let Stefan do that and he changed his face back to normal but kept glaring at me with rage. Stefan looked relieved as Damon didn't charge at me again and stayed away on his own. However I wasn't done provoking Damon.

"You want to know what I know about the originals. Let me see-" I pretended to think deeply for a moment before speaking up again.

"Actually, I know everything about them." They all looked at me with shocked expression which made me smirk at them in return.

"And you want to know what I am gonna tell you about them? Nothing." I spat out the nothing part firmly.

"That's impossible, you are lying" accused Rose right away. "I have walked this world for five hundred years now and even I don't know everything about the originals" stated Rose but Stefan said otherwise.

"No, Rose. You don't know her. If she is saying she knows everything than she does know everything." Stefan then turned to face me and asked.

"Why can't you tell us about it?" In reply to that I simply shrugged my shoulders at him.

"I know something you guys don't. It's my leverage." The answer made Stefan gape at me for a while.

"Elena's life is in danger right now." He stated firmly as if I should start crying right now because of that.

"So?" I asked making Stefan glare at me angrily.

"How come you are suddenly so much like Katherine?" asked Stefan straight away but I avoided answering that instead I gave him a valuable information.

"Speaking of Katherine, do you know where your perfect little trouble magnet of a girlfriend who happens to be my sister as well, is right now? Maybe she is paying a visit to your ex. You know for some answers and all." Stefan stared at me for a while then dashed out the door in vampire speed.

"Well see you later." I said long after he was gone with a smirk while shaking my head to myself. Suddenly Rose left the room too leaving me and Damon alone. Oh, it's trouble time once again I guess. He approached me dangerously but didn't touch me which I was grateful for.

"If you don't want to get hurt, I suggest you start talking about the originals" said Damon and I looked right at him for a while, taking in his beauty with my eyes.

"I think I should leave now." I announced and started walking towards the door but my way was blocked before I could reach it. Damon stood right in front of me with a deadly look on his face at which I rolled my eyes.

"Look Damon whether you are going to let me go right now or kill me. Either way you are not getting anything out of me." Damon glared at me more then stepped aside slowly but punched the wall forcefully. Rose was in the room again in a blink of an eye. Obviously she heard the wall cracking noise. She put a hand on Damon's shoulder to calm him down.

"Are you okay Damon?" She asked him with concern in her voice. Damon didn't answer her however grabbed her hand and pushed her up against the wall and started kissing her hungrily. I didn't look away though like I wanted to. I stared at them until I got out of the door. I didn't know I was going to receive so many shocks and surprises for my birthday. I guess finally I successfully made myself hateful. For Damon at least. And I think it is for the best. So what I started dying from inside from the moment he crushed his lips on Rose's. I am gonna die anyway. He better move on from me now than later.

AN: So, I hope you like it. Reviews guys. kisses and hugs.