Phoebe and Diego

**Phoebe and Diego** is the romantic pairing between Phoebe Taylor-DeLoughrey and Diego Montoya. Currently they are avoiding each other after all the events that took place on their school ski trip.

## Storyline

Their story begins before senior year when Diego developed a crush on Phoebe, however she was really close with his brother Raphael Montoya. Finding out about his crush was entertaining for Phoebe, his attempt to flirt with her only making her laugh knowing what his brothers were like and he seemed nothing like them. In her eyes he seemed sweet and more innocent, she didn’t get that playful energy she was always looking for from him so she didn’t take her usual route. She found a different kind of entertainment from that - a chance to simply tease someone but not in a harmful way. Phoebe on the other hand had a major crush on Elio Esposito.

At the beginning of senior year and first school party, Phoebe, visibly tipsy, approached Diego being very flirty and touchy. To mess with his mind more she gently kissed him and pretended to apologize for it.

"Maybe… maybe I should have said something like tha- I… I mean you… you do look just… wow. Really."

After walking away from him Phoebe leaned against a wall, drunk. When Diego found her again she ran out outside crying and saying she wanted to go home resulting in Diego offering to drive her. They ended up crashing the car that belonged to Raphael and leaving Phoebe even more distressed due to personal reasons. The next day Amelia , Phoebe's sister, attacked Diego threatening him not to go near Phoebe again. Phoebe tried to just ignore what happened and act like things were the way they always were however there was some tension.

Just fo fun Phoebe asked Diego to be her date for Jordan Williams and Jezebel Parker's wedding. On the way there she joked with him how that was probably his dream come true - going somewhere with her as his date. They did not end up spending too much time together at the wedding; both of them were distracted by a new Blue Royalty post including their families.

Once again Phoebe was the one to ask Diego to be her date, this time for prom. This is when she started being softer to him; her playfulness remained but deep down she started forming feeling seeing that he might be the one to truly make her happy. He felt like a safe, peaceful option, which was something Phoebe doesn't know she needs.

Prom didn't end in the way the two could imagine. They danced, and generally had a good time, but things took a turn for Diego personally when there was a new post from Blue Royalty revealing that Diego, too, was not a Montoya. He looked to Phoebe, asking her if she wanted to go, she agreed to head out with him to try and find a calm space for him. They found themselves at a park, alone under the stars, and for once his nerves about talking to Phoebe or just being around her weren’t the focus on his mind. That's when Phoebes true, caring side came to surface. Saying how he doesn't know who he is now, Phoebe tried her best to be there for him at that hard moment, reassuring him his family will always be his family.

They ended up at a house party due to Phoebe's belief that Diego should go there to forget about everything for a little while. They ended up in of the rooms and slept with each other. At first she didn't want to make that step because she didn't want to mess with him when he was hurting but this time it wasn't like that. Phoebe was not playing with his heart anymore.

That's when she confessed some of her feeling but soon left him in that room alone, realizing what she had done. Phoebe can not give Diego what he deserved. Diego was and always will be a much better person. After that night Phoebe avoided Diego as best as she could, hanging out with Elio after his breakup with Lenora Foley. That should have made Phoebe happy but she kept thinking about what happened so on the school ski trip she approached Diego apologizing. Little did she know it will be of no use thanks to the game of truth or dare that took place later that day. Phoebe made out with Elio in front of everyone and admitted she had been sleeping with Raphael. It only made Diego realize he can't trust Phoebe, she had only been playing with him.

## Songs

* I know it won’t work (Gracie Abrams)
* Where do we go now? (Gracie Abrams)
* champagne problems (Taylor Swift)
* Death By A Thousand Cuts (Taylor Swift)
* Cry with you (Jeremy Zucker)
* this is me trying (Taylor Swift)
* Full machine (Gracie Abrams)