Fountain it is. [ he walks with her over to that location, tempted to glance over his shoulder, but not wanting to give caroline and stefan or anyone else who wants to get information out of him reason to follow. besides, what he has to say isn't... it isn't what they want to hear, but it's something he needs to talk about. something he needs a friend for. caroline wouldn't understand; she'd be even more furious with him if she heard such words coming out of his mouth.
matt sits on the edge of it when they finally reach it, staring down at shoes. ] I don't need judgement. I need... Someone to talk this through with, and I didn't exactly have the opportunity to really do that with anyone before I got pulled into this place and I think I might've made a bigger mess of things.
[ vague. for now. he'll get to the point soon, likely as soom as she agrees to just hear him out and play that old role of the one person in his life that never fails to be there for him. ]