AN: Okay folks here is another chapter for you. Thanks for the reviews, they are great as always. Hope you will like this chapter too and love the Damon and Jacqueline moments because I loved writing it. Here goes the story...
Chapter 40: Finding Out The Deal
Episode 'Crying wolf' from season two. I remembered the episode vividly like the other ones. Therefore I knew for a fact that Elena went to the old Gilbert Lake house to spend the weekend alone with Stefan. She was hoping it to be very romantic as well. Even though Stefan wanted to stay and help Damon kill Elijah but he went with Elena. I also knew that Elena obviously didn't want Elijah dead or daggered. She didn't want Stefan involved in her deal with Elijah in anyway. Hence she had insisted Stefan to take her away from everything for a while. And thanks to me the couple won't be attacked by a pack of werewolves this time. This time they could really enjoy their weekend. I was about to get out of the house when I got a call from Caroline.
"Hey, Care. What's up?" I asked after receiving the call.
"Hey Jacq, could you please get me a few blood bags from the boarding house. I am kind of busy with Bonnie so I wouldn't be able to go over there but I need to feed once I am done helping her." I frowned in confusion as I heard Caroline.
"What are you two up to?" I asked suspiciously. I heard Caroline sighing out heavily.
"Bonnie wants to do a spell on Luka and get inside his head to find out about the deal that Elena made with Elijah. And I am helping her with that along with Jeremy." Of course how could I forget that little spell Bonnie is going to do on Luka. So much for remembering the episode vividly. I knew exactly what I had to do.
"Sure Care, no problem" saying that I hung up the call. I went straight to Dr. Jonas and informed him about what Bonnie is up to at the moment.
"Can't you just stop your friend from doing it?" Dr. Jonas asked and I shook my head vehemently.
"I can't do that without making them suspicious of me. Besides, they need to find out about the deal. It will motivate them more to dagger Elijah as soon as possible." I said and Dr. Jonas nodded in understanding. Yes, Elijah knew that Isobel has sent the dagger to kill him. And according to my plan with Elijah, he would let the Salvatore brothers or brother dagger him when he's gonna get attacked. It was absolutely necessary because unless Elijah is not dead or dagger dead, Klaus wouldn't come to Mystic Falls. And we obviously needed Klaus to come in town. As soon as Elijah will be dagger dead, John Gilbert will inform Isobel about it and she will give the news straight to Klaus. And then hopefully Klaus will make his move to get here to Mystic Falls. Well I knew for sure that he would come.
"What do you want me to do?" asked Jonas for suggestion.
"Just make sure Luka doesn't leak any information about my deal with Elijah. Not that he knows much about it but still I don't want to take any risk. After all I did ask Luka to deliver a request to Elijah for our first meeting." I explained and Jonas nodded his head. I was certain that Dr. Jonas would make sure nothing about me escapes Luka's mind. Because frankly it would not only get me in trouble but them as well. I was ready to leave when Dr. Jonas spoke up.
"Where are you going?" He asked me curiously.
"I am gonna make sure Elijah is daggered without anyone else getting hurt or killed in the process." I replied before walking out of the house. After that I went to the Boarding house. As I walked inside I found Alaric and Damon talking to each other and the dagger was there as well. They were talking about the dagger of course.
"Hey Ric!" I greeted him and he gave me a small smile in return. Thankfully I wasn't blushing madly at the sight of Damon standing there right in front of me. Alaric would have suspected things right away and I didn't want that to happen so soon. Damon behaved quite normally when he saw me as if nothing had happened between us last night. It kind of disappointed me. Moreover he frowned at me rather angrily. Damon never likes me around when he is discussing something serious such as murdering someone. But his bad luck, I always manage to barge in at the time of the conversations.
"What are you doing here?" Damon asked narrowing his eyes at me suspiciously.
"I came here to get blood bags for Caroline. She is helping Bonnie to get inside Luka's head to get information about the deal Elena made with Elijah." I said truthfully. Damon nodded his head. It was time for acting again. I pretended that my eyes suddenly fell on the dagger.
"What is that?" I asked pointing at the dagger. Damon rolled his eyes to himself. Clearly he didn't want me to notice that.
"It's a dagger your dear uncle gave me so that I could supposedly kill an original like Elijah" said Damon with full of doubts in his voice. He didn't trust the dagger to actually work. I however gasped in surprise as I took the dagger in my hands.
"Oh my god! it does exist." I spoke as if I was very surprised. Sometimes I hate acting so dramatically.
"Do you know anything about it?" asked Ric with a frown gracing his forehead and voice full of curiosity. He was just as confused as Damon. I nodded my head in reply.
"Yes, I have seen it before. Not for real but in Jonathan Gilbert's journal." I said and Damon racked his memories immediately.
"I have read the journal Jacq. There was nothing written about this dagger." Damon said confidently but I looked assured as well.
"No, you didn't read that one. There is another journal. I believe it's still in the old Gilbert lake house. Actually Elena and Stefan are there right now." I said and smartly revealed the location of the journal without making anything suspicious.
"Great, we could just ask them to read it and find out more about the dagger" said Alaric happily. He was relieved that he wouldn't have to search for anything regarding the dagger now because clearly Alaric knew in his guts that he wouldn't have found anything about it. Damon considered the idea and then called Stefan. Damon told him to look for a journal in the house and find out information about the dagger.
"Don't you remember what is written in the journal about the dagger?" asked Ric and I shook my head regretfully.
"Sorry Ric, I didn't really pay attention to the description, just seen the picture of the dagger." I said because I didn't want to flood them with information about the dagger especially because both Damon and Alaric were clearly suspecting me that I am keeping some very serious secrets from them. I didn't want to make it more obvious for them or tempt them to find out about me.
"They are on it" announced Damon as he ended the call. Great now Stefan and Elena would soon find out the secrets of the dagger. The dagger can't be used by someone supernatural because that would kill them as well. They will also find out that the dagger needs to stay inside the body otherwise the original would just wake up and they might not get another shot at daggering the original.
"Alright I better leave now. I have to pick up Jenna" said Alaric and instantly his face got tensed up. I didn't miss to notice it.
"Is everything alright Ric?" I asked worriedly even though I knew why Alaric looked so tensed up. Jenna must be giving him a really hard time nowadays. Inwardly I couldn't help but smirk though. But I also felt sorry for Ric.
"Ah, it's Jenna, she is asking me a lot of questions lately and I am lying to her constantly. I don't know what got into her so suddenly. She never asked me so many questions before. It's really bad that I have no choice but to lie to her" said Alaric and Damon furrowed his brows hearing that while I sighed out heavily.
"You can't blame her for being nosy Ric especially now. Uncle John suddenly announced that he is Elena's biological father. Jenna must be suspecting that everyone is hiding more secrets from her which is by the way quite true." I stated the obvious. Alaric sighed out heavily once again but nodded his head in understanding my point. I honestly felt pity for Ric. He really looked devastated. But I promised Jenna that I will let her have some payback for a while. I am a bitch that way.
"Okay I will show myself out now. See you two later" saying that Alaric walked out of the house. Suddenly I started to feel uncomfortable. Probably because I am alone with Damon now and there is no one else in the house.
"Where is Rose?" I asked looking everywhere but at Damon. The tension between us thickened with every passing seconds.
"She is out of town for a while" replied Damon. Great, I shook my head inwardly. I could feel Damon staring at me with unblinking eyes.
"Oh, okay I will just go grab a few blood bags then." I said suddenly feeling a lot nervous than before but I started to walk away anyway. However, before I could reach the door to the underground storeroom, Damon grabbed me and pressed me up against the closed door. He immediately crushed his lips on mine. I groaned in protest in the kiss and pulled away from his mouth.
"No not now Damon...I have to get the-" but I was interrupted because Damon captured my lips again before I could finish talking. It was impossible for me to hold back for long. Before I knew it I started kissing him back. Instantly I felt Damon pushing his tongue in my mouth. He lifted me up from the ground and wrapped my legs around his waist for support. His hands roamed over my body lustfully. Damon kept bruising my lips with breathtaking kisses. I ran my fingers through his hair. Damon liked the gesture very much. It made him deepen the kiss more. I was running out of air eventually and pretty soon I needed to breath terribly. I broke the kiss and inhaled oxygen in deep breaths. Damon still kept me pinned against the door.
"Don't you have a party to attend?" I asked Damon when I could speak again. It was Lockwood historical society party after all. And as a council leader Damon has to be there. Besides Damon must want to meet Elijah formally by now.
"It can wait." Damon said smirking at my flushed face and he kissed me once again. I pulled away forcefully.
"Damon I have to go. Caroline must be waiting for me." I reasoned with Damon but he only grabbed my hair and pulled my face down for another heated kiss after saying-
"Vampire Barbie can wait too." This time I couldn't pull away from the kiss myself and Damon didn't let me either. He left my mouth when I ran out of air again and needed to breath desperately. Damon started kissing my neck while I calmed down my uneven breathing. I had my eyes closed as I felt the session of his lips deeply.
"Why did you run away before I woke up in the morning? Were you scared?" I asked Damon in a raspy whisper. Damon bit onto my earlobe lightly before whispering-
"I didn't want to stick around to hear that you've made a mistake last night" said Damon and I knew he was being honest. It still made me frown in confusion though.
"I wasn't drunk last night Damon, why would you think that?" I asked really not understanding Damon's reason for thinking that way. Damon looked deeply into my eyes this time, and brushed his thumb on my bottom lip lightly.
"Well honestly, I thought maybe you weren't thinking straight last night and when you would wake up in the morning you would realize that you shouldn't have done what happened and consider last night a mistake" said Damon and I could see that he really thought that. Damon thought that I would freak out in the morning and he was worried about my reaction afterwards. I cupped his face with one hand and spoke up again.
"I knew what I was doing Damon and I will never regret what happened. I love you." I said and planted a soft kiss on his lips but before I could pull away Damon deepened the kiss. Every time I kissed Damon, it feels like I am in heaven. His hand found the hem of my shirt and Damon pushed his hand inside. Pretty soon I felt him cupping my breast and molesting it in a pleasurable way. I groaned in the kiss in pure bliss. I tried to pull his hand out of my shirt because I didn't want to get too lost in the heaven.
"Damon, I am serious I have-" Damon cut me off before I could say more. He pulled out his hand out of my shirt only to grab my hair again. We continued the heated kiss like that. I felt Damon rubbing against me, trying to make me aroused and turn me on so that I wouldn't be able to walk away from him. His fingers untangled from my hair only to rip my shirt buttons open in the front. Damon left my mouth and attacked my chest instead. He started kissing my breasts hungrily. I couldn't help but moan when he bit on my skin. I felt his hand tugging on my jeans button as well. And that's when I came back to my senses.
"No, Damon. I am seriously gonna die if I go for another around now" hearing that Damon left my jeans and sighed out heavily. Damon looked up at me and stared deeply into my eyes.
"I hurt you badly last night, didn't I?" while saying that Damon combed his fingers through my hair, removing a few strands from my face. A flash of guilt washed over his face at the thought of hurting me. I leaned in and kissed his lips hard enough to make it swollen. I needed to prove Damon that I was alright.
"It's okay Damon. I am still walking, aren't I? Besides, I liked it rough too." I said smirking which made Damon smirk as well. He bit onto my bottom lip lightly and growled like a beast indicating that he was pleased with what he heard me saying.
"You aren't gonna make it easy for me to wait for another round, are you? You are evil sometimes Jacq, you know that?" said Damon and I simply nodded my head proudly and smirked some more.
"You won't have to wait long though, just a month or two. You will survive that." I said biting my bottom lip while smiling coyly at Damon. I was rubbing his torso lightly as well. I liked to tease Damon, a lot. Damon glared at me playfully.
"This better be a joke. I can't survive a day without you. You are not getting a single day more than two days, before our second time. And trust me when I say this, you should be very thankful for that" said Damon with seriousness in his voice. I couldn't help but laugh and shook my head at him.
"Men, always so horny all the time." I said sighing out a little. Damon rolled his eyes at me for that.
"I am not just any man Jacq. You have no idea what you are dealing with." Damon said seductively but also dangerously and he bit onto my neck lightly. I pushed his face away much to his disliking. I didn't want to get carried away once again.
"I will find out about that later. For now I have to be somewhere else" saying that I unwrapped my legs from Damon's waist and he helped me stand on my feet again. Untangling myself from Damon, I entered the underground storeroom and grabbed a few blood bags for Caroline like I planned to. After that I got out of the boarding house however not without giving Damon one last kiss.
Just like it happened in the show, Damon went to the party to meet Elijah officially. Everyone was busy doing their own jobs. Bonnie was trying to find out about the deal Elena made with Elijah. Then Elena and Stefan were helping with finding out about the dagger. And Damon, well he was waiting for an opportunity to kill Elijah for good. I on the other hand, was hanging out with Katherine in the tomb. The reason was simple. I didn't want any part in other tasks. I had taken a blood bag for Katherine as well when I got a few for Caroline. While Katherine enjoyed her blood bag, I drank from a coke cane. I would have preferred beer though.
"Uncle John paid me a visit already" informed Katherine. "He knows that as soon as Elijah will be daggered I can get out of here." I nodded knowing about it from beforehand obviously. Katherine knew as much as I knew about the daggers, if not more. Therefore we had no problem talking about it openly. And for once I didn't need to hide anything from her.
"It won't take long now. You can soon get out of here." I said to Katherine with assured tone of voice.
"I should let you know about this-" Katherine started speaking after a little pause. "John wants Damon and Stefan out of Elena's life. He gave me a choice whether to stay here, help him kill Klaus and kill Damon and Stefan as well or stay stuck in the tomb forever." I remembered Katherine making a deal with John from the show but I pretended not to know anything about it as usual.
"You obviously agreed with him." I stated the obvious knowing it to be true. Katherine nodded her head and if I am not mistaken she looked kind of guilty as well. I sighed out a little before speaking up again.
"It's okay Katherine. You did the right thing. I want you out of the tomb as much as you do."
"If you hadn't need my help out there, I wouldn't have mind staying in here for a while longer as you constantly supply my blood and give me company now and then. Thanks to you being stuck in the tomb isn't that horrible." Katherine said with a smile and I could tell she was being honest about it. And grateful as well, in her own way.
"You are welcome Katherine and thank you, for agreeing to help me." I said and I really meant it. The topic of conversation changed when Katherine asked-
"Does Damon know yet that if he uses the dagger himself, he will die?" I knew Katherine would ask this sooner or later.
"John intentionally kept the information a secret. He wants to kill Damon that way. That's the reason he gave the dagger to Damon because I asked him to spare Stefan. You know I love Stefan more than I love Damon. And I am sorry for that" said Katherine making me sigh out heavily. I shook my head to myself. Not because of what Katherine just said but because John was creating a lot of trouble this time. He was causing more problem than he did in the show. Not only John was after Damon and Stefan but Anna was hiding in her own house because of him. Alaric also fell victim to John. I wouldn't let anything bad happen to anyone including John, for sure but I would have preferred not dealing with so many problems at a time.
"I know what John has planned to do Katherine. But don't worry, everything will work out just fine." I said to Katherine confidently.
"Damon doesn't know about the dagger yet but he will know about it in time. I have already dropped a hint to him where he could find out information about the dagger. Stefan must be going through Jonathan Gilbert's journal at the moment. It's only a matter of time now."
"Jacq, I don't understand, why can't you just tell Damon about your dreams" asked Katherine with serious curiosity. One thing was sure that Katherine really believed me about the dream crap I told her. I had to let out a heavy breath realizing how much I am lying to everyone about everything.
"Katherine, you were his lover once. You know how obsessive Damon is. And in my case he is extremely possessive as well. Damon would lock me up in a cellar if he ever finds out anything about what I am up to. I can't afford him to know anything while I am at it." I said and Katherine nodded in understanding. Suddenly she breathed out a sigh.
"I wish Stefan would have felt like that about me, loved me like that, so possessively" said Katherine more to herself than to me. I knew for a fact that no matter how many times Katherine claims to have her humanity turned off, her love for Stefan would never go away.
"You know Elena would never want to become a vampire, and if she is not a vampire then Stefan won't have her forever. You still have a chance with him, even though after a couple of centuries." I said giving Katherine hope. She smiled at that.
"That's exactly what I am counting on" admitted Katherine. I nodded knowing that's what exactly she is counting on. I also remembered to warn her about Damon.
"Damon might pay you a visit soon. Most probably tomorrow. You know what you have to do to make him dagger Elijah, don't you?" I said and Katherine nodded her head with a smirk playing on her lips. Then suddenly Katherine thought about something and got worried about it right away.
"Hey, what am I gonna say to Damon when he comes here and sees me as healthy as he saw me last time. I should be dried like a corpse right now. He will suspect right away that someone is giving me blood everyday." Oops, now that is something I really haven't thought about before. Thanks to Katherine for bringing it up. I thought about it for a few moments.
"I am afraid I have to leave this to you. Just make up a silly excuse. Besides, you have the most thoughtful mind Katherine. You will be alright." I said encouragingly however Kathrine pouted a little. She sighed out heavily afterwards but nodded her head anyway.
"Fine I will think of something" said Katherine and I knew she would come up with something brilliant. It was time for me to leave so I got up on my feet.
"I hope next time we see each other, it will be anywhere else but here. See you outside soon Katherine" saying that I walked out of the tomb. Just as I got out, I got a call from Bonnie. I knew why Bonnie was calling me before I picked up the call. And just as I expected Bonnie informed me about the deal that Elena made with Elijah. She successfully got it out of Luka's head of course. Obviously I had to act very surprised and shocked. Everyone was worried therefore I had to be anxious as well. At least pretend that way. Caroline, Jeremy, Bonnie and everyone else who found out about the deal, couldn't help but feel scared for Elena. Stefan must be feeling very hurt. I wondered how Damon is feeling about Elena this time. He considers Elena a very good friend after all.
Damon must feel worried as well and I wanted him to feel that way. I didn't want Damon to just worry about me and no one else. I didn't want Damon to only think about me and my well being. He needs to learn to care about others as well. Only then I could hope that Damon will understand me when I am going to sacrifice myself for everyone I love and care about.
At night I was lying on my bed lazily, reading a random book to occupy myself because I couldn't sleep at all. However, I could hardly concentrate on the words written across the pages. Damon would kill Elijah tomorrow. Hopefully everything will go according to my plan and Elijah wouldn't have second thoughts at the last moment. A lot of things could go wrong tomorrow but there is a huge possibility that everything will work out just fine because that's what happened in the show. Suddenly I felt an arm snaking around my waist. I kind of jumped up, completely startled and a gasp escaped my lips. I looked up and found Damon smirking at me. I hit him playfully with the book in my hand.
"You scared the hell out of me." I said in an accusing tone of voice which pleased Damon for some reason.
"Finally, I thought I could never startle you" said Damon happily. I glared at him while narrowing my eyes at him.
"I hate this sneaking up habit of vampires." I said angrily. Damon smirked more then planted a kiss on my hand. I laid back again and let Damon wrap his arm around me. I inhaled a deep breath, feeling very content at the moment. I liked this feeling of being in his arms. It feels like I belong here even though I didn't even belong in his world. And Damon didn't exist in my world. But still it felt like we were meant to be. Breaking the peaceful silence Damon spoke up-
"Now, please tell me you were thinking about me and got so lost in your sinful thoughts that you didn't even notice me standing in the room for a whole minute" said Damon and I rolled my eyes at him first but then got startled and furrowed my brows at him.
"You were in the room for a minute?" I asked and Damon nodded his head in confirmation. Strange, I thought to myself. I must be really lost in my thoughts because I usually feel his presence right away.
"What were you thinking?" Damon asked again with serious interest and curiosity this time. Suddenly a mischievous thought crossed my mind and I smirked inwardly.
"I was actually thinking about Stefan." I said with serious tone of voice. Just as I expected, Damon's face darkened right away and he narrowed his eyes at me.
"Really? And what exactly were you thinking?" asked Damon and he tried to keep the bitterness out of his voice but failed miserably. I shrugged my shoulders at him nonchalantly.
"I was just thinking about him. This deal that Elena made with Elijah. Stefan must be feeling very hurt right now. I wish I could do something to comfort him." I said and I definitely didn't sound like I was kidding about it. And if I am not mistaken, I heard a growl escape Damon's chest immediately.
"Elena is with him right now. She is very capable of comforting Stefan. You don't need to worry about it" said Damon with jealousy undertone. I sighed out heavily.
"Yeah, but Elena is the one hurting Stefan. I think Stefan needs someone else, someone like me. I care about him too much-" before I could finish the sentence Damon got on top of me and shut my mouth with a ferocious kiss. He was so damn jealous. I couldn't help but giggle in the kiss though. Damon pulled away from my lips to talk. Not to mention he finally understood that I was just pulling his leg and he didn't really appreciate it.
"You are going to be the death of me." Damon said and he seemed touchy about it however he was looking at me fondly.
"I will die before I let that happen." I said with seriousness in my demeanor which surprised Damon a little. I kissed him with all the love I felt for him before speaking up again.
"Elena is sacrificing herself to keep everyone she loves safe and alive. What if it was me doing that?" I knew why I was asking Damon this question because I wanted to know what he would do after I am gone from his life.
"I would never let you do anything like that." Damon said forcing out each and every word strongly. I gulped down my sudden uneasiness.
"What if you were too late to save me? What if I am already dead when you found out that I died to protect everyone I love and care about. What would you do then Damon?" I asked softly while looking deeply into his eyes. We stared at each other for a while before Damon spoke up again.
"I will take off my ring and walk into the sun and burn myself to ashes" said Damon and he really meant it. I couldn't help but gasp in my mind because he meant it so strongly that it seemed unnatural. Suddenly fear crawled up into me from inside my heart.
"No, you wouldn't. You can't do that Damon. You are an immortal eternal being and you have to live forever. Do you understand me?" My voice shook terribly as I said that. I couldn't imagine Damon dying along with me. However, Damon shook his head.
"No, not without you Jacq. I won't live for a moment without you." Damon said stubbornly and I shook my head at him in hopelessness. I knew he wouldn't listen to me.
"Don't love me so much Damon, I am not worth it." I said more to myself than to Damon. He looked at me with intense eyes as I said that because I meant it and it was the truth. I am not worth this kind of love. And I am definitely not worth dying for.
"Stop talking" saying that Damon captured my lips to make me stop talking any further. As I kissed him back I kept thinking about what Damon just said. I can't let him kill himself for me. I won't allow it to happen. I have to do something to stop it from happening from beforehand. Damon can't die, not for me at least. I will never let that happen, never. I broke off the kiss for a moment because I had to ask Damon something.
"Did you meet Elijah today?" I asked and Damon nodded his head while rolling his eyes with annoyance.
"That douche stabbed me in my neck with a pencil" complained Damon and I shook my head to myself.
"Damon, when you are gonna realize that you are not so invincible. You must have done something to piss him off." I said confidently because I knew that for a fact. Damon gave me a look and said-
"I didn't do anything, I swear. He is just an ass-hole" said Damon but I scoffed at him. Clearly not believing him.
"Yeah right, like I am gonna believe that." I said bluntly. Damon rolled his eyes at me.
"Whatever" saying that Damon leaned his head in my neck and started kissing me passionately and made me giggle in the process as I felt ticklish all over my body.
"Stop it Damon!" I said while laughing but Damon didn't stop and kept torturing me like that. I wish in my mind that things would remain like this forever. But I knew better than to wish something like this.
AN: Okay now this is it, not much progress of the story though, I know but hope you liked it.