[ doesn't that just warm the cockles of her heart? but katherine hears the past tense. would have. been. gone. he's gone to her now; lost. ]
You wouldn't have been happy with a life like that. [ stefan salvatore had been a boy of simple things. the picket fence was an ideal she thinks would've stuck with him for a very long time. he had been naive and innocent, and that is what had drawn her to him, before she had uncovered what was underneath. and even then, knowing who he was, what had shaped him to be the boy he was then, katherine still knows that the life she lead after leaving him was one that he would have come to resent her for. ]
[ just like he did now. both required different moves, but both choices lead to the same destination. ] You weren't made for running.
[ her battles were not his. they were not pearl's. they were not anyone's. they were merely pawns on a chessboard, not major players. katherine had never wanted stefan to become a major player. ]
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You wouldn't have been happy with a life like that. [ stefan salvatore had been a boy of simple things. the picket fence was an ideal she thinks would've stuck with him for a very long time. he had been naive and innocent, and that is what had drawn her to him, before she had uncovered what was underneath. and even then, knowing who he was, what had shaped him to be the boy he was then, katherine still knows that the life she lead after leaving him was one that he would have come to resent her for. ]
[ just like he did now. both required different moves, but both choices lead to the same destination. ] You weren't made for running.
[ her battles were not his. they were not pearl's. they were not anyone's. they were merely pawns on a chessboard, not major players. katherine had never wanted stefan to become a major player. ]