Remind me of always knocking my cousin's bedroom room before entering after important parties.

I had no idea Jeremy had company the night prior this morning. I was tempted to go back upstairs and warn Elena about it, but having to see her reaction of seeing such an act from her little brother stopped me

I'm that meanie...

Mom was drinking coffee being the first one to wake up all morning to go to college. I was really proud of her being my family.

I was still in my pajamas as I drank my morning tea.

Elena descended the stairs and entered the kitchen with a weird-out expression

"Jenna! Jill! Are you aware of what's going on upstairs?"

I chuckled realizing she must have seen Vicky at Jeremy's bedroom or at bathroom

"Uh-huh" we answered taking a sip of our drinks.

Elena looked at mom skeptically "And you have no objection?"

"He could be craftier about it, at least make an effort to sneak her in and out" I chuckled smiling. My smile fading away at her remembrance "Oh, and just so you know, I won't be home for dinner"

I scowled on my cup. Elena looked between us confused.

"Oh, so you're actually going to do it" I huffed making my point clear "You're gonna go out with Logan"

Mom shot me a disapproving look. And grinned sardonically "I'm going to show up and torture him, yes"

I smiled proudly, grinning. Mom smiled too. Elena chuckled looking out interactions

"You're weird, Aunt Jenna. I can see where Jill got her weirdness from"

We chuckled. Her eyes suddenly casting out to the floor, sighing a little

"Speaking of bad boys" Mom shot me an amused look "Have you heard from Stefan?" I asked my cousin

Since the night of the Founder's party four days ago, Stefan suddenly disappeared from our radar. Not attending school nor hanging out with Elena.

Weird if you ask me. The guy hadn't leave Elena's side since they started to hang out together.

"Not since he left that very vague message three days ago. "Hi, um, Elena, I, um, have something I have to do. I'll, uh, explain in a few days." She answered imitating or trying to do a mimic of Stefan's voice making me chuckle

Mom looked at her sympathetically "Haven't you called him?" She asked Elena. She shook her head

"Nope. Not going to either"

I tilted my ahead curiously "And you're ok with everything?"

Elena looked between us annoyed. We definitely changed topics drastically since Vicky and Logan to her love life....

"No, I'm not ok with any of it. But I'm not gonna cry about it, either" I shrugged a little "You know, I was going to write in my diary this morning and then I thought, what am I going to write? Honestly, I'm not gonna be one of those pathetic girls whose world stops spinning because of some guy"

Mom and I exchanged an skeptical look and then shrugged looking at Elena unconvinced

"Ok, then"

She smiled more convincing this time reassuring us she would be "I'll be fine"

I tilted my head eyeing her curiously

~8~

At school I look at Caroline incredulously. How is a girl suffering from Damon's hurting hands looking like nothing happened?

There's something seriously wrong with her... But maybe is the shock and wants to act normally to avoid embarrassment.

If I were in her situation, which I'm gladly not, thank god. I'll try my best to act normal... But this is too much. She's acting a lot like herself if nothing had happened.

She was at the end of the hallway departing fliers about the car wash the next day, being her usual perky, annoying self, which I was grateful for.

Caroline not annoying me with her bubbling, annoying personality is not Caroline. At all

I walked to my locker, Elena and Bonnie also in their's looking towards Caroline also looking incredulous for her attitude

I remember calling Elena after I found Caroline on the lawn of the Lockwood's and telling her how I found the girl. By that moment Caroline wasn't crying at all but had refuse to look up from my shoulder until we took her home. She didn't want Elena to see her in such state, so when she and Bonnie suggested her assistance, Caroline shut them down and dragged me with her.

I was about to say no, but I couldn't help it, she needed help and I couldn't reject her after how she looked at me pleadingly.

They were curious and confused of what had happened and I told them how I had found her.

"Unbelievable. It's like nothing happened" Elena said shocked shaking her head.

I hummed in disagreement looking at the blonde, tilting my head aside voicing my previous thoughts "She must be in denial. Acting normal so no one notices she was hurt. She doesn't want to embarrass herself"

They looked at me raising her eyebrows in surprise, I ignored their looks and continued looking at Caroline sympathetically

"Hey" I was suddenly startled by a voice behind me that I jumped slightly turning around touching my chest, relaxing slightly seeing Stefan standing next to Bonnie

He sent me an amused, concerned smile. I was wary of him of his acting since he arrived school so I grabbed Bonnie and pulled her away slightly from Stefan.

I looked between him and my cousin and shot Bonnie a look. She nodded in understanding

"Hey. You know, I gotta go. Be somewhere right now" Bonnie told them. I smiled awkwardly

"Yeah, see you later guys" I waved at them and practically dragged Bonnie away from them

"Wow, Jill. Chill out, what's wrong?" Bonnie stopped me turning around the corner. I breathed a sigh of relief now that Stefan wasn't in our sight

"Sorry, Bonnie. It's just...." I shook my head not knowing how to explain my actions to Bonnie "But, did you want to be in front of them when they would only give sex eye to each other?" I shuddered sarcastically "No thanks"

She chuckled "Yeah, me neither. But that's not it. You've been weird this morning. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Bonnie. There's nothing you need to worry about me" I smiled reassuringly. She nodded but leaned towards me, her voice in a whisper

"What about... You know? Have you experienced another feeling like the one from the game?" She asked me. I pursed my lips and shook my head

"That probably wasn't nothing Bonnie. Maybe I was only humoring you" I shrugged pathetically, I wouldn't even believe myself.

Bonnie hummed unconvincingly "Really? Because that didn't look just humor. You really looked freaked out"

I sighed "I told you, I'm not psychic Bonnie, it was just a coincidence"

She shook her head but say nothing else. I knew she wouldn't forget what happened and I was slightly regretting ever telling her.

From now on, if something like that ever happens again. I won't tell a soul

I'm not Bonnie nor Elena who would tell each other everything to help each other

I'm kind of more independent and don't need help.

I just hope it doesn't happen again

~8~

Later that day after spending almost all day with Bonnie, I headed home walking to my bedroom stopping in front of Elena's room seeing her writing in her diary with a frown in her face

"Oh, oh. I'm assuming your day went bad?" I spoke softly. She looked up from her diary and smiled sadly

"Yeah" I walked to her bed and made signs to move over so I could scout to her side, I leaned against her wall siting next to her as she placed her diary on her nightstand

"So, what happened?"

She sighed fidgeting with her pillow she placed between us, without looking at me "First he arrived an hour late" I whistled grimacing, she looked up seeing my expression and nodded looking down "Yeah and then he's so secretive. He doesn't share anything with me, you know? It's driving me insane. I feel like he's hiding something from me. How does he expect this relationship to work if he doesn't tell me anything about himself?" She huffed throwing herself on my lap.

I looked at her sympathetically not knowing how to respond at that "Wow. That's..." I sighed playing with Elena's hair. She nodded lightly "Well, there's nothing I can do to help you but only being here a moral support, Cuz"

She breathed a chuckle "That's all I need for now, Jill" she touched my hand giving it a squeeze, only to be frozen seeing a dark scenery and fog. "Jill?" I flinched shaking my head

"Yeah?" I breathed. Elena shifted on her position standing up facing me, concerned

"Are you okay?" She asked me softly. I closed my eyes slightly and exhaled softly

"Yeah, just tired"

She nodded unconvinced and stood up. "If you say so... I'm gonna go to the bathroom, if you need something just ask, okay?"

I nodded smiling a small smile and waited for her to leave her room to close my eyes sighing leaning my head towards the wall.

What the hell is happening to me?

~8~

"Stefan? Remember the day we met? And that you told you needed to come home and make amends with Elena?"

"Yes? Jillian what's the purpose if this phone call? I thought you were avoiding me"

I ignored Stefan's questions and Jeremy's raised eyebrow "Doesn't matter, you've made a mistake with Elena and she seriously needs for you to fix it"

"Jillian..." Stefan sighed. I scoffed. Jeremy shot me an amused look

"Look, Stefan. Elena's miserable because you're being secretive and mysterious, she needs to know about you, okay? If you want to be a dickhead about all of your entire..." Jeremy covered my mouth to stop talking, chuckling

"What Jill means is that you don't have to tell Elena all of your entire life just in once, only pieces, all right?"

I scowled at the smiling face of my cousin huffing "Yeah, what he said. What do you say tonight? You come home and make it up to Elena"

"Guys, I appreciate that, but..."

"Elena likes Chicken Parmesan" Jeremy interrupted him.

There was a silence over the line before Stefan sighed "Thanks guys. I'll be there"

We hung up and smiled to each other high fiving.

~8~

The dinner was a success. I could hear Elena and Stefan talking leaving me with a smile in my face.

I didn't say anything though about hearing Vicky sneaking up into Jeremy's room because even if I don't like that Vicky is only seeing Jeremy because of drugs, I don't want to ruin the happiness he's shown every morning after hearing Vicky sneaking out of the house.

~8~

This morning was the school's Sexy Suds Car Wash.

I was wearing my blue two pieces bikini under a jean shorts and an orange sleeved lose tank top and brown flip flops. My strawberry blonde or how everyone sees it, red hair in a messy bun. My wrists filled with my colorful bracelets and Stefan's bribing gift on my left wrist

Elena and I made it to the school and headed straight to Caroline. We dropped our bags and waited on the cash register for Caroline's orders

She was a good organizer even if it pained me slightly to say it, but I can't deny it.

I spotted some girls on a car having trouble with it so I told Elena I would go over there.

She nodded as I pull off my shirt standing only on my bikini top and shorts. This looked sexy enough so Caroline wouldn't scold me, I wasn't about to strip off in front of everyone only to earn money. I'm no slut. Even if this wasn't about anything sexual, I wouldn't risk myself.

~8~

I was on my third car when a girl rudely pushed me into the car getting wet

I scoffed incredulously looking at the girl I identified as one of the cheerleaders smirking at me

"What's the problem, Sommers? Got a little wet over there?" She asked mockingly making a few girls giggle. I threw her a sarcastic smile

"It wouldn't be called Car Wash if someone didn't got wet. Are you seriously blind? Tell me, Is sex texting with your boyfriend screwing up your sight?"

The girls snickered at their friend, who glared at me. I smiled blowing her a sarcastic kiss returning back to wash the car ignoring the girl snapping her friends.

God, that's why I hate cheerleaders

But it was getting a little difficult to ignore her annoying voice when she was next to me in the same car. It was in this movements where Caroline's voice was better than this little robots

"Ugh. No wonder why you don't have a boyfriend. You're such a bitch. You wouldn't last in a serious relationship"

I rolled my eyes sighing, but what made me tense up and glare hatefully at the cheerleader was when she mentioned my mother

"Tell me, do you follow your mother's footsteps? Was she a bitch to her own friends and a loner like you?"

I stopped, my grip on the sponge I was using tightening up. Getting a reaction from me made her chuckle and I could practically feel her smirk as she walked away.

I glanced at her over my shoulder pursing my lips, a glare on my eyes as I narrowed them at her

The bucket of water next to her shaking slightly as my glare intensified. She stopped to say hi to some of her friends, all of them laughing along the girl as she grabbed a sponge of the bucket of water. I narrowed my eyes almost in a daze and watched how it exploded and all the water splashed at her

"What the hell?!" She yelled freaked out as people around her laughed. I was snapped out of my trance by a hand on my shoulder and turned around to be met with Melanie's concerned eyes

"Are you okay, Jillian?" She asked me. I blinked once sighing. She smiled weakly "I'm sorry about what Sasha said about your mom. It brings the family shame when she opens her mouth only to insult someone else"

I furrowed my eyes in confusion. She chuckled in embarrassment

"Sasha, she's my sister" she pointed behind me to the girl who insulted my mom drying herself off with a towel and a guy helping her

"Wow. I'm sorry for that" I told her making her chuckle

"Yeah. She only knows how to insult people until she gets a reaction. Again, I'm sorry"

I smiled at her "No problem. It's not your fault you're related to her" she laughed shaking her head

"Anyway. She got what she deserved, right? Karma is a bitch" I glanced behind me over my shoulder at Sasha warily "Even if it was a little strange it was that bucket of water, not that I'm complaining. But it was kind of weird"

"Yeah, weird" I looked around to the place she was attacked by the water until my eyes settled on Bonnie's direction where Tiki, another cheerleader, God I hate them, was drying off with a towel too, looking as if she also got wet "What happened over there?" I asked Melanie nodding to Tiki. Melanie followed my gaze and chuckled

"Well, that's where everything gets so much weird. It happened the same to Tiki, the bucket she was working splashed her of water. God, it was amusing see her struggling and Sasha to stop the hose of wetting them"

I shook my head and looked away warily "Yeah, so much weird"

Melanie nodded and started washing the car chuckling. I looked down thoughtfully

Did I just do that?

~8~

As I finished with my fair cars, I sat down feeling kind of tired. I started playing with Stefan's bracelet when I heard screaming. I looked up seeing a car in fire near where I was standing.

People around me were screaming but ignored them, the fire captivating me. I was in like a trance. The flames grew as I looked and I could feel the heat near.

Suddenly the fire loosed it up a bit, the flames getting smaller but there was still fire. At that rhythm the car could explode...

And if it was me doing this, I couldn't stop....

~8~

Bonnie Bennett and Jillian Sommers stared at the burning car in a daze. The girl's combined powers making the flames grew bigger and hotter.

Stefan Salvatore ran from behind the Bennett girl and shook her shoulders, knowing it was her the one that set the fire.

"Bonnie! Bonnie! Bonnie!" The Bennett girl blinked getting out of the trance, the flames lowering drastically, but the fire was still going, leaving Stefan confused "Hey" he turned her around as she stepped out the trance, but she still could feel the hot from the fire behind her

"What just happened?" Bonnie asked looking behind her to see the fire still going.

Jillian from the other side of the parking lot, still looking at the fire in a trance didn't hear Melanie calling to her

"Jillian? Hey. Jillian" The cheerleader touched the Sommers' girl's shoulder worried about her safety. They both were too close to the car and if it exploded because of the fire it was possible they both could get hurt badly "Jillian! Move or you'll get hurt!" she tugged her shoulder harder, making the girl in question blink leaving her trance state.

The fire leaving the car completely.

She gasped in shock, Melanie stared at the car in relief and confusion "It just stopped" she murmured in confusion.

Jillian followed her gaze and saw the car with burn marks. She inhaled in disbelief and tears brimmed in her eyes as she backed away slowly

'Did I do that?' She asked to herself in shock

Stefan and Bonnie eyed the now scorched car in disbelief when the flames disappeared from nowhere.

Bonnie still eying the car shocked. She looked at Stefan scared "What happened? Did I do that?"

Stefan glanced at the girl. He knew what she was, she was first discovering her powers and anything could be a trigger to go her powers out of control. But what happened was weird.

He knew when witches started discovering their powers, the only thing you could do to stop them was to pull their concentration away. He did that with Bonnie, but he got confused when the fire didn't stop but only lowered its intensity.

That meant there was another newbie witch at the school and he hadn't realized it.

He felt eyes on him and remembered he hadn't answered the witch's questions and looked at her "You were in some kind of a trance" Bonnie looked at the car afraid and opened her mouth to repeat her other question, but Stefan wasn't sure to tell her she wasn't the only one "And, yeah, I think so"

Bonnie looked st him scared. Stefan looked at her worriedly "Nobody else saw, did they?" She asked him in a small voice, Stefan shook his head in 'no' "Don't tell anybody" Stefan nodded slightly "Please" Bonnie pleaded and then walked away avoiding the car

Stefan watched her go, still thoughtful. He needed to find the other witch

He was about to go when a conversation across the parking lot peaked his interest

"I can't believe you didn't move, Jillian"

Stefan glanced around looking for his girlfriend's cousin.

He found her standing in front of a car with a blonde girl. He causally walked to a bench and sat down hearing the conversation. For the looks of it, Jillian and the other girl were close to the car on fire

"I'm sorry. I just..." Jillian trailed off in a small voice. Stefan frowned hearing her trembling before she stopped talking

"I had to shake you strong, Jillian. You were like, I don't know in a trance"

Stefan raised his eyebrows.

Jillian, a witch?

He heard her scoff. "I wasn't. I was.." Stefan waited for an excuse he thought wouldn't be believable

"Yes. You were" The girl repeated. Jillian scoffed hesitating

"I was frozen. Okay? Fire is not something I like" Stefan heard Jillian's honest voice and frowned "I was scared to death that I froze, I can't believe it" she admitted softly. He looked up from where he was siting and with his enhanced vision he noticed tears on her eyes "I'm sorry, Melanie if I scared you. I froze, I can't believe it happened again"

Melanie, the other girl looked at her sympathetically and sat next to her and embraced her "I'm sorry for yelling at you. You had me worried"

Stefan stared at the ground frowning in sympathy. Jillian had to see something traumatizing with fire and now Bonnie's and another witch's lack of control of something they didn't know made her relive it again.

He sighed sadly and stood up. He had a witch to find

~8~

I can't believe what I did. I knew I did it. How? I have no idea.

I felt strong, it terrified me. What if the next time isn't a car but a person?

I shook my head blinking back my tears. I couldn't tell anybody because they'll believe I'm crazy.

Melanie saw what I did, I had no control over it, but thank god she was there to pull me out of that trance before the car exploded and hurt everyone.

She saved everyone without them knowing it. I felt bad when I had to lie to her. She was asking a lot of questions I didn't know how to answer.

Lucky me, I thought about something realistic that if she asked Elena, even if she didn't know, could ask mom who did know.

Back at school in McKinley, over the summer I was with some friends in a sleepover. My friend's mom was an alcoholic that didn't care if her daughter was having friends over, drinking into unconsciousness. She was a single mom and had two children.

I remember that night as if it was last night even when it was almost a year ago. My friend Darla made dinner and had us all in her bedroom not wanting any of us to come across her mother in her drunk state. As the night went, we heard movement outside her bedroom. Darla went to check it out and we didn't know what to do as soon as we heard Darla and her mother arguing. It got serious when we heard something breaking. I was the one to go check if everything was alright when I smelled it.

The gas was on and engulfed all the house. It wasn't until I smelt something burning when I panicked. I shouted Darla's name running towards the living room where Darla and her mom were arguing, both women had their eyes filled with tears. Darla's hands raised up in a surrender motion. Her mom had a lighter in her hands and her alcohol bottle in her other. I panicked hearing her say she was tired, that she wanted to be over. I remember catching Darla's eye as she silently communicated me to grab the girls and leave the house. I didn't want to leave her alone with her suicidal mother but the urgency in her eyes made listen to her. I ran back to her room and informed the girls. I ran past her brother's room and also grabbed him out. We were just reaching the end of the stairs when a explosion shook the house.

I remember waking up coughing under wood debris. My head was bleeding and I had a hand wrapped around my wrist. Darla's brother had his hand in a tight grip on mine. I stood up weakly coughing the smoke seeing fire around us. I struggled on waking up James, her brother and we both looked for my friends, they weren't anywhere to be seen and if we used our voices, the fire would've been the less of our problems.

We had no idea of how get out of the house, we rounded the hallways filled of debris looking for a way out when we heard her. We quickly, or as fastest we could under our circumstances followed the voice to the living room, finding Darla's burned half body. All her left side was under what looked to be third degree burns, her entire house was on flames as we struggled to stay awake because of the smoke. I noticed the fire getting closer and closer towards where we were and I cried for my friend that had a big heavy piece of wood on top of her. She reassured me and her brother that she was going to be okay, she looked in pain and looked pretty weak breathing heavily, her eyelids closing. We hold her hand as she slipped away, a small smile when she died. Her brother and I couldn't last too much longer and we fell to the floor. My gaze directly to the flames reaching us quickly.

That was the last thing I remember before waking up in the hospital with a a bleeding head, a concussion and smoke inhalation. James and I were very lucky according to doctors, mom was on my side all my time on the hospital as I recovered. That experience with fire, I never thought I would be grateful to use it on a lie.

The firefighters arrived on the parking lot as well the news van, Logan included.

I rolled my eyes, still no trusting the man around my mother. Speaking of which....

"Jillian....?! Jillian!" I looked up as she made her way to the parking lot looking around frenetically "Where is my daughter?!" A guy I recognized from History stopped my mom and pointed to where I was siting. She let go a sigh of relief and thanked the guy and ran to my side. I stood up slowly to receive her hug "Oh, thank God you're okay" she breathed hugging me tighter, I blinked back my tears burying my face on the crock of neck

"I'm okay" I whispered at her. She shushed me passing her hand over my hair soothingly

"Oh, Jill. When I heard about the car on fire, I could only think of you. I don't know what I would do without you" she whispered at me

"I... It came back at me, that night" I whispered on her hair. She tightened the hug "I froze mom. If it weren't by Melanie's insistence, I don't know what would have happened"

Mom pulled away, sniffing. Her eyes were brimming with tears as she blinked "Well, I have to thank that girl for saving you" I nodded as she caressed my cheeks. "Let's go home"

I nodded and let my mom guide me towards her now cleaned car.

~8~

Mom told me that we were going to have dinner with Logan, but she told me she could cancel it. I told her not to because even If I don't like the guy, this afternoon at school I saw her with him with a smile on her face, looking as if she was enjoying it.

So I told her to have fun while I was going to bed.

~8~

I stared at the ceiling on my bed, tears falling from my eyes as I hold back my sobs.

I sniffled thinking of what was wrong with me....

First the numbers in the crime scene of Tanner's death, then the cold feeling of Stefan's hand, the bucket of water exploding and finally the car in flames.

An not to mention when suddenly someone mentions a word and I get this chill shiver as if warning me of something.

What the hell is wrong with me?

My thoughts got interrupted by a noise outside of my bedroom, frowning, I stood up and wiped my eyes of tears and opened the door seeing Logan standing in front of Jeremy.

"Logan, what the hell are you doing up here? My mom is downstairs" I asked him coldly, crossing my arms. Jeremy doing the same.

Logan looked between us, slightly nervous "Jillian, I was just looking for the bathroom" I looked at him suspiciously. Logan smiled at me "Won't you be having dinner with us? I thought I told Jenna I wanted to be the three of us"

I pursed my lips "Listen, just because you're getting along with my mom, doesn't mean we are buddy buddies, got it? I still hate you. If I haven't say anything it's because I love my mom and I hate to see her hurt. So be careful on how you treat her, because you won't have one Sommers on your ass. You'll have two, and trust me when we propose it, we can be really scary"

I returned to my room leaving a slightly freak out Logan and a smirking Jeremy on the hallway

No one plays with my family.

Now, to find out what the hell is wrong me

I hope is nothing bad