Phoebe felt the soreness in her throat and the aching pain in her head she couldn't understand why her body was in so much pain. Her vision was a bit blurred but when she focused she finally realized she was in a hospital bed. She immediately started to panic, how in the hell did she get here? She thought. She looked over at the monitors, she noticed it was right next to a they were next to a mirror. She could see herself with bandages wrapped around her head. She now realized that she was in some sort of accident. She felt the anxiety in her chest the monitor began to make a noise and all of a sudden nurses started running into her room.
They all looked surprised to see her. "Phoebe!" One of the nurses said enthusiastic "You're awake."
Phoebe frowned. "How did I get here?"
Once the other nurses saw that she was in good condition they went back out the room but one nurse, the nurse that spoke to her stayed back. "My name is Jasmine I've been taking care of you for three months now in intensive care."
"Huh?" Phoebe said still not grasping what the nurse was telling her.
"You were in a car accident Phoebe." The nurse began to frown her face and sat down next to her.
Flashbacks started to resurface in her brain.
She remembered packing her bags, she remember the tears in her eyes as she wrote her goodbye letter, she remember the aching in both of her wrists and her throat with the makeup covered the bruises. She remembered how scared to death she was when she snuck away. Once she got on the road she immediately started speeding. All thoughts in her head was to get away from this man. She loved him so much but she knew if she stayed she was going to die. She kept hearing her phone ring over and over again. It didn't take long for him to realize she was gone.
Phoebe parked her car over to the side of the road and signed. She finally answered the phone but remained silent.
"Phoebe ..please don't hang up" Phoebe inhaled and held her breath to keep from crying.
"...Just talk to me, okay?" Tears fell but she remained quiet.
"I can't believe you just left."
Phoebe couldn't believe it either.
She knew she was weak for him, hell she was in love with him. She always forgave him every time he made a 'mistake'.
Leaving him in the middle of the night was the most courageous thing she ever did in her life.
"Phoebs...please come back...please say something...I love you, please don't leave me."
Phoebe felt the need to breath at this point and let out a shaky breath.
She placed her hand back on the steering wheel and put the car back in drive she had a decision to make, to either keep straight or go back.
"Look, we had an argument. Couples fight. That is no reason to just leave everything behind...I just..." She could here him letting out a trembling breath, as if he was trying to hold back tears.
Running away isn't gonna help it anything." Phoebe did what she thought was the right thing to do and that was to hang up the phone. She took a deep breath again, he was right, couples fight, they'll get pass this. Phoebe tired to make a quick u-turn but immediately before she could react, the car crashed into her. Her car went spinning and all she could here was tires screeching her hands gripped the steering wheel, but before she could react or gain control glass shattered as her car hit something hard and solid, and before she knew it everything went blank.
"What was the last thing you've remember?" The nurse asked, snapping Phoebe back into reality.
"Taking exams" she lied. She didn't want the nurses getting the cops involved because she knew that she wasn't going to press charges on him. It would have been a waste of time. The amount of money he had, his lawyers would have easily gotten him off, she didn't want to cause anymore problem than she already have, knowing for a fact, he'd be really upset about the car being totaled.
The nurse shook her head and said 'Mmhmm' she began writing some notes down and Phoebe immediately took offense to that and frowned "How bad was it?" she hesitate not really wanting to here the details.
"You hit her head on the window pretty hard but your injuries healed pretty quickly. You have a sprained ankle, so you'll have to wear a cast for two weeks, and got physical therapy twice a week if you want to get back to your extra curricular activities. I'll go get your things." The nurse said. A few moments later she came back with a bunch of pink bags and a pink purse. I rose up from the bed. "Um those aren't mines."
"I can assure you ma'am these are yours a gentleman dropped them off some time ago, your boyfriend." She said. I immediately felt my stomach drop. He bought me new bags. This was typical. Every time we got into an argument and he hit me he'd purchase me brand new things to make up for it.
"When am I able to get out of here?" I said as she placed the bags near me to reach. I was trying to come up with the right plan to avoid him.
"We'll have to run some more test to see, would you like for me to call your family and let them know your awake?"
I haven't talked to my family in years...
"Um..." I gave in and just nodded. "That's fine."
As the nurse left me to me lonesome, I looked through my bags and found my wallet, well new wallet. It was a pink Louis Vuitton wallet, this wallet was far from cheap, and more than what he ever paid on me before, he must've been really sorry, to spend 1400 dollars on a wallet. I looked inside curiously and saw my license, with a picture of me looking very young. As I looked over it my heart started to rise. 'Phoebe...Bennett.. what the fuck is going on here.' I looked at the date issued on the ID, 03/20/2009. Impossible. I said to my self. I pulled all of the cards out of the wallet and they all had the same name printed on them. Each card a came across was platinum credit cards. I knew for a fact that I didn't have good credit and I knew for a fact that my boyfriend would never put my name on any of his, so what kind of sick game is this? I thought for a second, but soon my thoughts of my boyfriend playing a sick game on me vanished when I saw a school ID. "Mystic Falls High School...GR 10th?" What the fuck is really going on here.
"No, no, no," I mumbled. I shut my wallet and started to look for my phone. I must be going crazy, I must had forgotten how to read. Maybe I hit my head a little to hard.
Yeah, thats it.
My mind is playing tricks on me.
I'm probably dreaming right now.
Once I finally found my Iphone. It immediately felt surreal. A fucking Apple 3G iphone, this was retro for real. Because If I could remember clearly I had an Iphone 11 and 12 just came out. After all the bullshit that happened in 2020 with corona virus I definitely wouldn't have thought my shit could get any worse, that I would end up in the Vampire Diaries Universe. I'm still convince this a dream, or I lost my shit...
I went through my messages first. I saw messages from Elena, Caroline, Vicki, Matt, Jeremy, and Bonnie.
Elena: Phoebe, I don't think I want to do cheer camp anymore, Matt wants me to go Boston, with him and his mom this summer ~8:35pm Wednesday 06/17/09
Caroline: We're totally going to beat Valmont's ass this year! ~ 2:30pm Friday 06/19/09
Vicki: See you at the party, bring the stuff! ~ 7:59pm Friday 06/19/09
Jeremy: You coming to the party tonight right? ~ 5:38pm Friday 06/19/09
Bonnie: Dad wont be home until tomorrow, he left the car keys on the counter ~ 3:30pm Friday 06/19/09
Matt: MYITFAD ~ 10:45pm Thursday 06/18/09
Trying to get this right. Bonnie is my sister in this universe. I went to my call log and saw calls from Matt and Elena incoming and outgoing. I went to my pictures and a saw me in a cheerleading uniform, more pictures of me and Elena, it looked like she was was best friend in this universe, the closes out of Bonnie, and Caroline
A few moments later, Nurse Jasmine came back with doctor. "Phoebe, this is Doctor Miller, he will be asking you some questions."
"Good morning Phoebe, I'm Doctor Miller, I've been taking care of you for these past few weeks, I know that you suffer a head injury. So I'll be asking a few questions." He said before sitting next to me. "Ready?" he asked and I nodded. "Ready." I confirmed.
"What year is it?" He asked.
"2009?" I hesitated.
"Correct." The moment he said correct I felt panic.
"How old are you?"
"Either 16 or 17..."I hesitated.
"Actually you're 17." I bit my lip.
"What is the last thing you remember?"
"I told the nurse...taking exams."
"So actually Miss Bennett, its August 21st and if I'm not mistaken school was 2 months ago."
"So its confirmed. I've gone crazy." I said.
"Crazy? Not quiet. Memory loss sounds more like it. I'll inform your family. I'll have Nurse Jasmine call in some breakfast for you, but for now, take it easy, rest if possible, and if anything you remember comes back notify me." He said before walking out.
I eventually reached over the beautiful flowers on the nightstand I took the card from the bouquet of flowers. It read:
Dearest Phoebe ,
Praying that you will get better really soon.
Love Jeremy
A few hours later after I finished eating my hospital breakfast I herd a knock at the door. "Come in!" I yelled.
"Welcome back to the land of the living" I herd a voice say, I looked over and saw Jeremy, Bonnie, Caroline, and Elena, coming in with balloons and stuffed animals
"Umm hello..." I said. 'This was so awkward.'
"The nurse already told us about your memory loss, is there anything you can remember about me?" Bonnie said sounding a little hurt.
"No...I'm sorry" I replied.
"Well I remember duke from school got knocked so hard during practice lost his memory, but in a week he started to remember everything." Jeremy said trying to bring light to the situation.
"It so nice for you guys to come and check on me." I said. In all actuality I did appreciate the attention, back home my boyfriend ran away my friends and family its been a while since I felt what real friends felt like, even if this was a dream.
"So when does school start?" I asked.
"Um not into tomorrow, but I doubt you'll make it for the first day." Elena said. "But don't worry Bon, Care and I will make sure we keep you updated and bring your homework to make sure you don't fall behind." Elena mentioned.
"And now that you're ankle is sprained, I'll have to find someone to take your place on the squad." Caroline said.
"Oh Caroline, I'm sorry" I said sympathetic, because I knew Elena wasn't going to be on the squad either, eventually she'll quit and have to find a replacement for her too.
"No don't apologize, Caroline knows that the car accident wasn't your fault, and the cheer squad isn't important right now, right care?"
"Right"Caroline said now feeling guilty. "Sorry"
I laughed "Come on guys, lets give Phoebe some space to rest." Bonnie said.
"Dad will be here tomorrow to pick you up and bring you home after work." She said before leaving with the rest.
Then it dawned on me.
How in the hell will I adjust to this new life...
A few hours later, they discharged me from the hospital, once I got up on me feet to leave the ache in my head started, I barely wanted to open my eyes as my "Father" drove me back "home". He every now and again checked on me in the mirror of his car. Once we got to the house it was even worse. He was finding every excuse to come in the room to check on me, it was kind of sweet. I never had a father in my life so I didn't really know what it felt like to have a caring one.
So here I sat in my so called room which was the basement, filled with pictures of almost all of the Scooby gang it was a whole wall dedicated to my growth in this universe, pictures of me and Bonnie when we were little, up until now, I looked on the dresser and saw a diary with a lock on it, but no key nowhere to be found. I figured if I find the key, I could figure out more about myself. I called out to Bonnie who arrived quickly.
"Hey, is everything okay?" She asked me.
"No, do you know where the key is to this?" I held up the diary.
Bonnie shook her head. "Nope, no clue."
"I figured if I could find the key to this, memories might start to surface..."I explained to her.
Bonnie looked touched.
"Phoebs, you don't have to overwhelm yourself trying to remember, the doctor said stuff like this takes time" She assured her.
"Yeah I know, it just sucks I don't remember nothing of this life i'm living right now." I signed.
"We can always go see grams, she always know what to do in these kinds of situations."
"Awesome lets go." I said. Sounded like the best idea I've herd all day.
"Slow your road" Bonnie chuckled. "Grams is still at Whitmore college teaching Occult Studies, she doesn't come back home until a couple weeks from now, I'll called her the minuted you woke up, she wanted to speak to you, but I wanted you to get some rest." Bonnie told her.
"Your always looking out for me Bonnie" I never knew how that felt before.
Bonnie smiled. "Of course I am. Your my sister." She said to her. "If you need anything, just let me know, I'm right up stairs" Bonnie told her before exiting the room. I went back on my bed. I tried closing my eyes and focus. But all I could see was black. I got frustrated again and signed and went back on my phone and notice I had a message from Jeremy:
Hey, I know I'm suppose to be letting you heal,
but I wanted to check on you and make sure you were okay.
What was the deal with me and Jeremy? We were friends or more? I mean he did send me some flowers so I guess theres only one way for me to find out.
The dial tone began to ring and soon Jeremy answered the phone.
-Hey Jeremy
-Hey Phoebe
*Awkward Silents*
-So...um...thank you..for the flowers
-No problem
-I wanted to ask for a favor
-Sure anything
-Would you mind coming over?
-Of course, on my way
-Can you bring some weed?
*Jeremy Chuckled*
-Whats funny?
-It just sounds like the old you.
-Oh...
*Awkward silence*
-I'm on my way
-Okay, see you when you get here
A few moments later. It was around 9:45pm and Bonnie and Rudy was in there rooms. I wasn't sure if I could have company, to tell you the truth it never really crossed my mind. Soon Jeremy texted my phone to tell me he was at the door in the back of the house. It didn't dawn on me until I herd a little knock that it was the door in the basement. I wondered if I snuck people in here before.
I hopped over to the door and let him inside. "Hey." He smiled. And to tell you the truth he did have a pretty smile and seeing him in person in the flesh so up close, I never really understood why Jeremy didn't have a lot a friends at school. Maybe it was the whole emo thing he had going on, and If I could recall on season 1 he was wearing black hoodies a lot. But now he had on a v neck Burgundy t-shirt, with some blue fitted skinny jeans. Which reminded me this was the skinny jean era.
He actually looked really good for a person who lost his parents.
I guess I was staring at him to long because his cheeks started to turn red.
"Sorry." I said and stepped to the side letting him through the door.
Jeremy walked in and looked around. "So this is what Princess Phoebe Bennett's room looks like." He commented.
"You never been in my room?" I asked quizzically.
"No, I never had the pleasure." He said.
"So whats the deal with you and me, we together?" I asked bluntly as I plopped on my bed. I padded the bed for him to sit down as well.
Jeremy chuckled. "I never had the pleasure. Not saying there hasn't been an attempt. He told me. I raised and eyebrow. "Yeah the flowers? I could see how you could have gotten misconstrued, but no we're just friends."
"The nurse said my boyfriend grabbed me things. Who's my boyfriend?"
Jeremy raised and eyebrow this time and shook his head "She must have been referring to me" He told her. "I came every single day hoping that you'd eventually wake up"
I smiled a little. "Jer, that's really sweet of you"
Wow this isn't how a pictured Vampire diaries when I was watching it. Jeremy was totally into Bonnie. The fact that he was in to me really made me feel good about myself. I was really insecure about stuff like that. I had an abusive boyfriend who always told me that nobody would want me, only him.
"So Jer...do you know anything about the accident that led me to lose my memory" I asked him
"No." He answering to quickly for my likeness, which made me to believe he was hiding something.
I bit my lip. What the fuck was really going on. And why was everybody so hesitant to tell me about the car accident. Bonnie and Ruby didn't want to talk about it and now with Jeremy, he's lying about knowing...
"So you wouldn't know where to key to this is?" I said holding up my diary.
Jeremy shook his head. "Im pretty sure, you wouldn't give me the key to your most valuable thoughts." Jeremy pointed out.
I signed and threw my head back on the pillow.
Moments later Jeremy started rolling the blunt while Phoebe hopped to her radio to see what kind of music she had in this year. Soon she put on one of her favorite songs back in the day which was Owl City Fireflies. She plaid the music to a low tone but where they could still here the music. She hopped back on her bed and got on her knees to open the window above her bed to get rid of the smell.
"So how am I like at school? Am I like a nerd or something?" I joked.
Jeremy chuckled. "Complete opposite. You, Elena, Bonnie, and Caroline are like tight. Like since birth. So once you guys started high school everyone saw how you were inseparable they started calling you all The Brat Pack. I mean...any sport, club, or squad? You guys did together. Any party? You guys came together. And growing up as kids? You guys use to torment me."
"We sound really mean?" I commented.
He said chucking at the past while putting the blunt to his lips and lighting it.
Seeing how I had history with these people, a past with people I barely even knew in a town I knew was fiction, it was really weird.
"You said that I sounded the same when I asked you for weed..." I remembered from our phone conversation.
"Oh yeah, you and Vicki always call me when you need weed." He said nonchalantly.
"So your a drug dealer now" I joked poking his side with my toe.
"If thats what you want to call it." He said.
I immediately lifted up on my pillow in shock. "Jeremy you're a fucking drug dealer?!" I said in a loud whisper.
"Why are you so shocked?" He laughed before handing her the blunt.
"I guess I can't see you dealing drugs." I said honestly. "I mean you can go to jail Jer."
"I'm not selling crack Phoebe relax."
"Do Elena know about this?"
"No, and you're not going to tell her." He told me.
"Well do I have to pay for this?" I said as I inhaled.
"No. Its on the house"
"Its on the house..." I mocked.
"Jeremy Gilbert. The local drug dealer." I laughed.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and took the blunt from me. "You can't be high already." He said to me.
"No sorry" I said laughing "Its just amusing thats all."
"Keep it down, I really don't want Mr. Hopkins coming down here busting us." He said.
"Sorry, sorry. I'll stop." I said trying to keep a straight face. We both looked at each other before we both started to laugh again. Soon after we put on scary movies which is my favorite genre and something that Jeremy already knew. He put on The Orphan and while we both ate popcorn Jer snuck and made upstairs in the kitchen as my broken ankle was propped on the pillow.
A knocking is what woke me up from my sleep. I looked up and saw a clock which said 8:30am and looked over and saw a sleeping Jeremy with his arm around my body. I immediately panicked. I tapped Jeremy who woke up instantly and his eyed widen. "Phoebe! Are you woke?" I herd Rudy say.
I whispered to Jeremy. "Back door." He nodded and quickly lifted up off the bed to get his shoes on.
"Um just a second" I said as I reached for the can of spray on my counter and sprayed the room a little. Jeremy rushed out and before he shut the door he said he'd text me. I nodded and smiled. I got my crutches and hopped over to the steps. "The door is open."
Rudy opened the door. "Hey baby, breakfast is ready." He said with a bright smile. I smiled back "I'll be there in just a sec." I told him.
"Take your time." He said to me before shutting the door I fell to the step and signed in relieve.
I don't know how Im going to fake this 17 year old lifestyle, or how in the hell I'm going to get out of here.
Just play along, Phoebe thought, how hard could it be, you kind of have the upper advantage of knowing whats going to happen before it happens right? I shouldn't be this nervous going to back to high school, I've done this before." I said as I tried to prep myself. I leaped to the front of Mystic Falls high, where you had the jocks in one circle, tossing the football around while looking at the blonde girls practice there cheers in front of them. It was so cliché. Nothing was more bother some, when I saw a bunch of people I didn't know gather in front of me when I reached my locker. Asking if I was okay, and if they could sign my cast.
It was becoming to overwhelming and I felt my head ache rising again. This was the moment when I felt like maybe Rudy was right, maybe it was too soon to be out. "Guys, guys, room please." She herd Bonnie say. She looked over and saw both Caroline and Elena trailing right behind her.
The girls that gathered around me cleared instantly. "Hey you okay?" Caroline said touching my shoulder.
I nodded my head.
"I thought you wouldn't be back until Thursday" Elena said to her.
"Yeah, If I stayed in that house for another day, alone with my thoughts, I think I would've blown my head off." I said to her.
"Well now that your finally here, is anything coming back to you?" Elena asked sounding a bit hopeful. Which made me feel bad when I had to tell her no. For the whole day, Bonnie, Caroline, and Elena never left my side, and it seemed like every class we had was together. They were there to help me get caught up on my classes and the gossip at the school, especailly about the new guy Stefan Caroline kept ranting on about.
Then the last period of the day, was history, Mr. Tanner. I couldn't stop staring at Stefan. I was in the seat behind him, and he couldn't stop eying Elena. "The battle of willow creek took place right at the end of the war in our very own Mystic Falls. How many casualties resulted in this battle? Ms. Bennett?" When Tanner said my last name I looked up immediately to find out he wasn't referring to me but to my sister.
"Um...a lot? I'm not sure. Like a whole lot" Bonnie said which made the class chuckle.
"Cute becomes dumb in an instant, Ms. Bennett. Mr. Lockwood. Would you like to take this opportunity to overcome your embedded jock stereotype? " Tanner said.
"It's ok, Mr Tanner, I'm cool with it." Tyler replied.
"Hmm. Phoebe..."
Shit me? He was suppose to call on Elena.
I bit my lap.
"I can't seem to remember..." I said honestly.
"Your doctor said it was okay for you to come back to school correct?" Tanner asked me.
"Yeah...but i don't understand how that has to d-"
"Personal excuses went out the door when you entered this school hallways Ms. Bennett, and using your accident as an excuse to why you cant remember what i've been teaching you for the past 30 minutes is not sustainable" Tanner continued, cutting me off.
What a dick...
"There were 346 casualties, Unless you're counting local civilians." Stefan spoke up. Okay, yeah I'm suppose to remember stuff from the show, but who in the hell was going to remember the exact number? This part wasn't all that interesting.
"That's correct. Mister... "
"Salvatore"
"Salvatore. Any relation to the original settlers here at mystic falls?" Tanner asked.
"Distant." Stefan replied.
"Well, very good. Except, of course, there were no civilian casualties in this battle." Tanner said. Which had me wonder if Mr. Tanner had any bad blood with the founding families, he picked on almost all of them. Because why would he say correct, but when Stefan said he one of the founding families, try to correct him.
"Actually, there were 27, sir. Confederate soldiers, they fired on the church, believing it to be housing weapons. They were wrong. It was a night of great loss. The founder's archives are, uh, stored in civil hall if you'd like to brush up on your facts" Stefan replied back. I wasn't going to lie, Stefan sicking up for me, kind of made me like him even more in this universe, even though I was team Damon when I first saw it.
In between 3rd and 4th period and I noticed Stefan was in almost all of Elena's classes. This was the first time I saw him alone. I decided a thanks was in order for him sticking up to me in Mr. Tanners class. I leaped over "Excuse me" I said as his back faced me, he quickly turned around and when he saw who I was he smiled a little. It was crazy, I was standing so close to him, it felt so surreal, he smelled like a man, but looked like a boy. His eyes were so green it was easy to get lost in them, but the fact that he was a vampire and he could easy over power me made it intense for me. I knew the things he could do, I know the kind of person he could turn into. But the man before me looked so innocent, so sweet. He could have easy had me fooled.
"Hey, I didn't catch your name." I started off saying, trying to play it off.
"Stefan." He said holding his hand out.
Without giving it a second thought I shook his hand, and it soon sent shivers down my spine, and waves through my body. Images of Stefan flashed through my head. But most of all I couldn't stop the feeling of pain. I felt his pain when I touched him. I almost made me jump. This must of been what Bonnie was referring too when told Elena she got a bad feeling of Stefan. But I on the other hand, felt the opposite, I felt like I could trust him. Then It dawned on me...Was I a witch too? Did Stefan know I was a witch. By him sticking his hand out I got the feeling he wanted me to trust him.
I held on to his hand tight, but not on purpose. And soon other images ran through my head. I could see myself in a car surrounded by bodies of water. I could just barely open my eyes. Images of my car spinning out of control, I couldn't tell if this was real or fake. Soon I could see Stefan's face on the outside of my car. breaking the glass and immediately pulling me out, I felt my hand float away but not before brushing against someone's fingers, my head turned to the side of me and I could see...
Clear as day...
Matt Donavan.
I gasped and removed my hand from Stefan's.
"You..."I said in barely a whisper.
"Are you okay?" I could here Stefan say. But I removed myself from him quickly.
I tried my best to get passed everyone in the hallway with my ankle being broken. I looked over to see Elena by her lockers, and if I could remember clearly Matt's locker was across from hers. Soon I could see Matt's locker. It had flowers and candles with his picture right there in the center. I could feel my heart drop into my stomach.
What the hell did I do...