Elena: Are you okay?
Matt: Yeah, I want [Caroline] to be happy, you know? It's what I want for all of you guys, in the middle of this crazy life you got stuck living.
Elena: Is that how you see it? That we're stuck?
Matt: I'd say it's attached itself to you all pretty tight, yeah.
Elena: Bonnie is right, you know, I have no business messing in Jeremy's head. I just don't know what else to do. He is in danger here. I can't lose anyone else that I love.
Matt: You're not gonna jump [off Wickery Bridge], are you?
Elena: Thanks for coming. I was just thinking about what you said, about us being stuck.
Matt: I was buzzed, Elena. I can't be held responsible for being judgmental.
Elena: I do feel stuck, Matt. I feel like, I've been holding on to the girl that was supposed to die here with her parents. The girl who had a normal life, and didn't fall in love with vampires.
Matt: You're not that girl anymore. It's okay if you want to let her go.
Elena: Is it? 'Cause I feel like I disappointed her a little like, like I disappointed them. My parents.
Matt: My two cents, as a guy who knew that other girl: you're doing a lot better than you think.
[Matt picks up some dandelions from the ground and holds them out in front of him as he faces the side of the bridge.]
Matt: Here lies Elena Gilbert. A fun girlfriend and an amazing friend.
622: I’M THINKING OF YOU ALL THE WHILE
ELENA: Here. Say it.
MATT: No. I'm not doing this.
ELENA: Fine.
[She turns so she can face the river and repeats the words he said in Our Town.]
ELENA: I'll say it. Here lies Elena Gilbert, a fun girlfriend and an amazing friend.
[She throws the flowers in the water and laughs.]
MATT: I'm glad one of us can find humor in this.
ELENA: I have to find humor in this, Matt. Because the alternative... The alternative would be to say good-bye, and I'm just... I'm not ready for that yet.
[Matt has finally thrown his bouquet of dandelions into the water. This time, he is dressed as a Sheriff's deputy.]
MATT: There, I did it. Are you happy?
ELENA: Very. Now it's your turn to be.
MATT: So, I'm a cop, huh?
ELENA: That's my hope for you, Matt. In our crazy lives together, you've always stayed the same-- human, loyal, and good. My hope is that you spend the rest of your life fighting for people like you.
MATT: You know, there's a good chance that I'll never see you again.
ELENA: Matt. Look at everything that the two of us have survived.
[They start to cry and they hug.]
ELENA: I like our odds.
