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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO; SALT LINE

chapter thirty-two
(the frost)

          BEFORE JACK even knew it he was at the roaring 20s dance. He had come with both Rebekah and Klaus, only Rebekah wasn't to be seen and Klaus was working up the courage to go talk to a chipper Caroline who was currently with Tyler.

          So now Jack stood at the punch bowl, trying to figure out a sly way to either spike the bowl or put his alcohol in his own cup without any teachers seeing.

          "Wow, you look very bored," Jaime said walking up to him. He pulled Jack into a hug, "Come with me if you wanna go drink" he whispered in his ear.

           Jack exhaled as they pulled apart, "Thank you, you're my savior" he said graciously. Then he grabbed Jaime's hand and let him guide him through the crowd of teenagers and then outside the gymnasium.

           "My friends found an empty classroom and we've been camping out in there until we get drunk enough to make tonight fun" Jaime explained making Jack laugh.

               "I knew you didn't like these dances!" he yelled, "It's unnatural for anybody to actually want to come to these" he added.

                 Jaime stopped him in his spot and then pulled him into a kiss, it still felt as electrifying the first time. "First I had to do that," he admitted grinning.

              "Wow, Jack. Never expected this, you swing the other way?" Damon said from the hallway, only then did Jack notice him standing there.

                 Jack looked from Jaime to Damon and then smiled. "Yeah, yeah I do. You have a problem with that?" he asked not caring what his answer was.

                  Damon really didn't know how to respond. In all honestly, he hadn't expected Jack to even give him the time of day. Ever since that night, he had yelled at the crying boy he'd regretted it. He wanted to tell him how sorry he was but then Elena explained how he was a Mikaelson and how he broke Maxine's heart. So he refrained from apologizing.

                "Actually I don't have a problem. Just nice to see you happy, I guess" Damon admitted.

                Jack was taken back that Damon was actually being someone nice to him, he smiled. "Thank you, Damon," he said, then facing Jaime. "Now we've got to get going" he excused, letting Jaime drag him toward the classroom.

               Once they made it inside he saw Violet, Parker, and another girl who he later learned was Tessa. This felt perfect. He actually had a group of friends that liked him for him, didn't care about the supernatural part, didn't know about it. He felt carefree, he felt, for once, alive.