𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐓, ᵗʰᵉ ᵛᵃᵐᵖⁱʳᵉ ᵈⁱᵃʳⁱᵉˢ

𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 + 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬

𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨

night came over the small town as the square filled with the townspeople.

phoebe has just arrived with her mother.

the girl spotted elena and bonnie soon after, she turned back to her mom,''hey, mom, there's elena and bonnie. can i go?'' she pleaded sticking her bottom lip out.

vanessa chuckled, playfully rolling her eyes,"of course, sweetie''.

"and you'll be okay?'' phoebe asked, hesitant to leave her mother all by herself.

''yes, i'll be alright, go. i'll call you when it's time to go'' vanessa assured her daughter, hoping to ease some of her concerned nerves.

phoebe nodded, half-convincingly,''okay'' she placed a kiss on her mother's cheek before turning and walking toward bonnie and elena.

''hey, i got some candles'' phoebe turned her head to caroline, the two of them reaching the girls at the same time.

the dawson teen was greeted with smiles and 'heys' as caroline hands her a lit candle, then her and bonnie walks away arm in arm while elena went to go talk to matt, leaving the girl all by herself.

she sighed, observing the crowd, noticing a certain salvatore standing a few feet away from her holding an unlit candle, watching elena and matt interact and laugh.

the sad look was evident on his face.

phoebe sighed sadly, feeling bad for him, starting to walk toward him,''hey, mystery loner guy. what is it with you and just appearing out of nowhere?'' she teased, trying to cheer him up.

stefan's lips somewhat twitched up into a smile at the sight/voice of the dawson teen, but somehow he still found his eyes averting back to elena and matt.

phoebe drifted her eyes back to the pair, releasing another sigh.

she turned back to stefan, moving towards him to light the candle in his hand, getting his attention in the progress.

he silently thanked her with a pressed smile on his lips,"i don't know, i guess i'm just mysterious like that'' he shrugged making phoebe chuckle.

''okay. so, do you want to talk about the horribly sad expression on your face?'' the dawson girl asked slowly, looking up at stefan.

he sighed looking over at elena and matt, who were still in deep conversation with each other, before averting his gaze back to phoebe,''it's nothing. i just think i've wasted more time than i should have''.

''on elena?'' phoebe questioned softly.

stefan nodded,''guess she's not over matt''.

''or...she's not ready yet. it's been a rough couple of four months'' the teen reminds the salvatore boy with a sad smile, remembering that the remaining gilbert family is still dealing with the deaths of miranda and grayson gilbert.

''yeah, she told me about her parents. and i get it, i do, but it's just--i can't wait around forever''.

phoebe nodded in understanding, her eyes trained on elena and matt,''i get it. i do. it's okay to want to get straight to the point in a new relationship where you just want to get far enough where you don't have to worry about anything or anyone getting in between you two. not wanting to lose her to someone else when you've clearly made of your mind that she's someone you really wanna get to know and be with. it's not easy, but one day you wouldn't have to worry anymore and those walls are gonna come down when you want them to, it just gotta be to the right person, i guess'' she shrugged after, with a soft smile on her lips.

''you're right" stefan nodded taking her every word,"who knew you were so full of wisdom?"he asked sarcastically, sending a light smile towards the girl.

phoebe scoffed glancing up at him, with a brighter smile,"oh please, just learned a few things from my mom's poetic life quotes'' she laughed, making stefan do so also.

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after the comet-passing, phoebe and her mother went to the mystic fall grill for dinner since they were already out and then returned to the dawson house.

the whole drive home phoebe thought about her conversation with stefan and kept asking herself if he'll go running back to elena or move on.

''hey, you want to watch a movie, tonight?'' vanessa asked her daughter once the two entered the house.

phoebe snapped out of her thoughts turning to her mother with a small smile,''uh, actually i'm kind of beat, i'm just gonna go to bed. call it a night''.

the dawson woman nodded in understanding,''i get it. it was a long day. we'll reschedule for tomorrow night?" she asked with a pleading smile.

phoebe nodded with a chuckle,''yes, most definitely. goodnight, mom''.

''goodnight sweetie'' vanessa responded.

phoebe then made her way upstairs to her room.

she walked into the room, closing the door behind her, not even bothering to turn on the light.

she lazily took off her shoes, jacket and purse, tossing them aside knowing she'd pick them up in the morning and stumbled to her bed, flopping face down on the warm fabrics of her covers and fell straight to sleep.