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The Night of the Comet

*Third Person's P.O.V.*

        "He's on the rebound and has raging family issues," Elena spoke, referring to Stefan, as she, Jenna, and Annabelle stood in their kitchen later that day, after the two sisters returned from the boarding house.
        "Well, at least it's an ex-girlfriend," Jenna said lightly, trying to brighten the atmosphere, "Wait until you date a guy with mommy issues, or cheating issues. Or amphetamine issues," she said, and the two brunettes shared a look as Elena finished putting the chocolate topping on her ice cream. And while she started eating her ice cream to 'wallow in the right way', Jenna and Annabelle both looked up as the front door opened, "Jeremy," Jenna spoke up, her voice stern, and Jeremy quickly tried to go upstairs as he saw her furious expression, "Jeremy, where were you?" Jenna demanded as she and Annabelle quickly stepped into the hallway and stopped at the bottom of the staircase, while Elena simply shook her head at her little brother.
        "More stoner stories? Look, Jenna, I get it.You were cool, and that's, that's cool," Jeremy gave Jenna a sarcastic smile and thumbs-up, before starting to head upstairs.
        "Oh, no, no, no, no!" Jenna's expression turned into a furious one as she threw the apple she was holding at Jeremy, the fruit hitting the teenager's back, making Annabelle's jaw drop, since this was the first time Jenna lost her calm demeanor since she came to live with them.
        "Ow, why?!" Jeremy exclaimed as he turned around to look at his aunt with wide eyes. "Why, why did you do that?"
        "Listen up! Quit ditching class, or you're grounded. No discussion," Jenna said, staring at her nephew coldly.
        "Parental authority, I like it," Jeremy smiled, giving the strawberry blonde another sarcastic thumbs-up, "Sleep tight," he said, before turning around and heading upstairs, making Annabelle sigh and shake her head.

*The Next Day*

        "Tonight! Nigh of the comet. Would you like a program?" Bonnie asked people in the streets as she, Elena, and Annabelle walked down the streets of Mystic Falls, handing out programs about the celebrations that were going to take place that night to passerbys. "He didn't call, huh?"
        "Or text," Elena said, referring to Stefan, as Annabelle handed a young woman a program. "Then I realized we never even exchanged that stuff," Elena said as she handed a man a program. "We've never gotten to the texting part,"
        "That's an important milestone in any relationship," Annabelle said as she and Bonnie handed a young couple programs about the celebrations for the passing of the comet.
        "Isn't it?" Elena agreed, before handing another man a program. "The timing was wrong, anyway,"
        "When is it ever right?" Annabelle asked rhetorically.
        "I'm not ready, Anna," Elena said firmly, and Annabelle sighed. She knew from the day Elena met Stefan that there was an undeniable attraction between the two, and she knew, despite what Elena just said, that they will end up together sooner or later.
        "Who is?" Bonnie asked rhetorically, also sharing Annabelle's view, making Elena stop.
        "At least I put myself out there," Elena defended herself, and Annabelle gave her a look.
        "Is that what you're calling it?" she asked, trying to be patient with her sister but finding it quite hard.
        "What do you mean?" Elena asked, looking down, though her voice immediately betrayed that she knew exactly what her sister was talking about.
        "What she means, is that all we're hearing is reasons why you can't," Bonnie explained, her voice soft.

*Evening*

        Bonnie, Elena, and Annabelle walked that evening, trying not to bump into many people, who have all gathered in the Town Square to watch the comet.
        "Hey, I got you candles," Caroline grinned as she walked up to the three brunettes, handing Annabelle and Bonnie a candle, seeing as Elena already had one.
        "Hi," Annabelle smiled, and let Caroline link her arm through hers.
        "Hey," Elena greeted Matt, who walked up to the four girls.
        "Hey," he greeted back, before lighting Elena's candle with his own.
        "Thank you,"
        "You're welcome," he smiled at her softly, and she gave him an awkward smile before walking away to light another person's, who turned out to be Stefan, candle, while Matt stared after her for a second before lighting Annabelle's candle, who gave him a smile in thanks.
        As Elena and Stefan walked off a few feet away, Annabelle, Bonnie, Caroline, and Matt were joined by Tyler, who immediately made himself comfortable on a bench beside them.
        "Matt," Annabelle called gently, looking at her friend, who was staring at Elena and Stefan with a heartbroken expression, "Hey," Annabelle said softly, putting her hand on his arm, making him snap out of his daze and look at her. Knowing that a talk about how he has to 'move on' or anything like that would only dampen his mood further, she simply gave him a smile and grabbed his hand, pulling him closer to her and the others so that he would be more tempted to concentrate on their voices in stead of the couple a few feet away.
        After a few minutes, Annabelle excused herself from the conversation she had with her friends and started heading towards her sister, wanting to ask her if she had any idea where Jeremy was, only to stop as Elena's voice reached her ears.
        "It's okay. We met, and we talked, and it was epic, but... then the sun came up and reality set in," the eldest Gilbert said, her eyes on the Salvatore in front of her, while Annabelle started taking small steps towards them again, silently cursing her sister for blowing off a relationship that didn't even have a chance to start only because she was upset that Stefan didn't tell her about Katherine, or even Layla. It's not like Elena was eager to talk about her past with Matt, so why on Earth was she upset that Stefan didn't tell her about his love life after only knowing her for a few days? "So..." Elena trailed off, before blowing out her candle and walking away. Annabelle sighed, shaking her head, before walking over to the Salvatore.
        "Don't take this to heart," she said, making Stefan's eyes snap over to her as she stopped in front of him. "My sister has an annoying habit of getting upset over petty things,"
        "No, she has every right to be upset with me," Stefan said, and Annabelle shook her head with a small smile.
        "No, she doesn't," she disagreed, her voice soft, making Stefan look at her in surprise. Why is that girl, who's known him for only a few days and talked to him only once or twice, defending his reasons, reasons she doesn't even know, from her own sister? "It's your life. You and Elena have known each other for only four days; I honestly think it's quite unfair for her to expect you to immediately tell her your whole life story, especially since, from what I know, she's not exactly rushing to tell you all about herself either. But... as much as I hate to admit it, she has a reason behind it," Annabelle said, grimacing slightly. "It's been a hard couple of months. For our whole family, and... after getting hurt so bad in such a short amount of time... she's just afraid to let anyone new in, because she's afraid that she will lose them, too,"
        "Why are you telling me this?" Stefan asked her, softly and curiously.
        "I like you," she smiled at him, "I honestly think you're a great guy, and guys like that don't come around very often these days. My sister deserves to be happy after everything she's been through, and I believe you're the key to that happiness," she said, looking at him with a smile that he couldn't help but mirror, "Like I said, don't take this to heart. All she needs is a bit of persuasion, and trust me when I say that once she realizes what a great guy she let slip through her fingers, she'll come running back to you, willing to wait for you to open up to her," Annabelle said, and, with one last smile, started heading back to her friends.
        "Anna!" Stefan called her, and she turned around, a bit surprised yet glad that he actually called her 'Anna' instead of a formal 'Annabelle'. That means they are closer rather than further from becoming friends, "Thank you," he said, smiling at her gratefully, making her smile and nod. Now, all she could do was hope that her sister will wake up and open up to the opportunities the world is offering her.