Please don't leave me
No ones pov
Katherine was packing her bag at the Salvatore mansion. She threw her clothes in one by one, "Hey I was wondering-" Matt started to say but cut himself off when he saw Katherine packing. "What are you doing?" He asked as he walked into her room.
"Packing." She said bluntly and he stared at her, "I see that, I mean why are you packing?" He asked and she sighed as she threw another shirt in the suitcase and turned to face him. "I'm leaving." She said and he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Where are you going?" He asked and she shrugged. "I don't know yet." She replied bluntly. He stayed silent for a couple moments, "Why?" He asked and she stared at him. "Why what?" She asked.
"Why are you leaving?" He asked in a sterner voice. "Stefan was right. I can't be here, there's nothing here for me." She said, "Stefan's full of shit." He replied and she sighed. "No, he's right." She said and he stared at her intensely.
"What about Elena?" He asked and she shrugged. "What about Elena?" She asked skeptically, "She loves you. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it." He said and she looked down. "She doesn't love me Matt, she thinks I can be this great person but I can't. All I do is put her in situations that endanger her." She said and he scoffed.
"Dangers everywhere Katherine." He pointed out and she stared at him. "You're right. But she'll be a hell of a lot safer if I'm gone. Klaus will chase me, stop trying to kill her, she can be with Stefan or Damon. It'll all work out for everybody, you'll see." She said in a strong voice, trying not to show any emotions.
"She doesn't want Stefan or Damon, Katherine, she wants you. You can't just leave her because you feel like you always put her in danger." He said and she looked down at her shoes. "I've been on this earth five-hundred years Matt. Killing innocent people, hurting the ones who care about me. It's time to stop Matt, it's time for me to just give up on this fantasy of a perfect life. My life will never be perfect, it's everything but. It's messy, it's unstable. Elena wants commitment, she wants peace. I can't give her that when everyone from my past is trying to kill me." She said and he scoffed.
"Katherine she doesn't care about any of that, all she cares about is you." He said angrily. "And all I care about is her too, which is why I have to go." She admitted and he stared at her for awhile.
"What about me huh? What about Caroline, what about Jermey? What about the people who have learned to love you, the people who care about you?" He asked and she looked down. She walked over to Matt slowly and gave him a hug, he soon hugged her back and she sighed contently.
"You'll all be okay. I promise." She said quietly and he hugged her for awhile more. She pulled away and walked back over to her suitcase, continuing to pack. "Are you gonna come back?" Matt asked and Katherine sighed.
"I don't know." She admitted truthfully. She closed her suitcase and picked it up, dragging it with her. "Goodbye Matty Blue Blue." She said lightly and he sighed as he hugged her once more.
She let go of him and walked away and he looked down. "Goodbye Katherine." He said softly.
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"Hey Matt, where's Katherine?" Elena asked as she walked into the living room. Matt stared at her for awhile, "S-She didn't tell you." He said in a voice barely above a whisper.
Elena furrowed her eyebrows, "Tell me what?" She asked and he looked down. "Katherine left, Elena." He said and she stared at him, "Well when's she gonna be back?" She asked and he took a shaky breath.
"She's not coming back." He said and she stood there silent for about twenty seconds. "W-What?" She asked and he looked down. "She said she was tired of putting you in danger, so she left." He said carefully.
"Where'd she go?" Elena asked still in shock. "I-I don't know." He replied truthfully, "When did she leave?" Elena asked and Matt stayed silent.
"Matt, when did Katherine leave?" She asked again and he sighed, "Twenty minutes ago." He finally answered. "Elena-" He started but was cut off by Elena speeding away.
Elena searched through town, trying to find Katherine. She finally saw the older vampire walking down a road. "Katherine!" Elena yelled and Katherine stopped walking, but she didn't turn to face Elena.
"Katherine." Elena said once more and Katherine finally spun around facing the younger girl. "You were gonna leave, without telling me." Elena said her voice laced with anger. Katherine only stared at her in response.
"Why?" Elena asked and Katherine stayed silent. "Why?!" Elena yelled again and Katherine looked down. "I didn't wanna say goodbye." Katherine admitted and Elena stared at her in disbelief.
"So if I didn't find out as soon as I did, you would've been gone, without any trace or any words?" Elena asked angrily. "Goodbyes aren't my thing." Katherine said bluntly and Elena's blood started to boil in anger.
"Goodbyes aren't your thing?! That's all you have to say?!" Elena yelled and Katherine stared at her. "I'm sorry." Katherine replied and Elena scoffed. "You were willing to leave me forever, without a single goodbye, and all you have to say is your sorry?" Elena asked and Katherine sighed.
"Well what do you want me to say Elena? Huh? You want me to say that I'll come back home? Everything will be perfect? I won't Elena, because I can't go back home, and everything's not perfect." Katherine said and Elena stared at her.
"Every choice I make hurts you, it puts you in danger. Every ghost from my past comes back and tries to kill me, sometimes they try to kill you. Klaus wants one of us dead and I'm sure as hell not gonna let him kill you. Can't you see Elena? The universe is literally working against us." Katherine said and Elena stared at her in disbelief.
"Screw the universe Katherine! It's you and me, against the world. I don't care if loads of people try to kill me, because at the end of the day I love you Katherine." Elena said and Katherine looked down. "You hear me? I love you." Elena added as she stroked Katherine's cheek gently.
Katherine pulled away and stared at Elena, "But I do care Elena. You don't understand, if something bad ever happened to you because of me, I'd never be able to forgive myself." Katherine said and Elena stared at her, tears welling up in the younger girls eyes.
"I can't stay here Elena. I have to go." Katherine said and Elena stared at her, she didn't say anything- she couldn't say anything. "Please don't leave me." Elena practically begged as tears started to fall. Katherine ignored the pain in her chest as she stared at the younger girl.
"I have to." Katherine said as she started to walk away. "Don't walk away from me Katherine!" Elena yelled but Katherine kept walking, "Please don't walk away." Elena whispered as tears started to fall.
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Katherine had been walking for an hour now, she hadn't left mystic falls yet. She hadn't figured out where the hell she wanted to go. She kept thinking about Elena, about her voice, her beautiful smile. She sighed, "This is the right decision." Katherine whispered to herself. She found herself aimlessly walking down a neighborhood.
"Dammit Harold I told you not to forget the keys!" An older lady yelled at her husband and Katherine stared at the two from across the street. "I told you to grab them before we left!" He argued back and Katherine rolled her eyes. "Old love. Gross." She murmured to herself as she watched the two.
"You never listen to me." She said and he shrugged, "You married me." He joked and she rolled her eyes as she laughed. "I'm sorry I forgot the keys." He said and she smiled, "It's okay." She said as she hugged him. While they were hugging he grabbed her butt and she laughed.
Katherine found herself smiling at the two, her smile quickly fell as she sighed. "Dammit Elena." She mumbled as she walked off.
Katherine found herself standing at the door of the Salvatore house as she sighed and walked in. She walked into the living room to see Matt. "Katherine?" He asked and she nodded. "In the flesh." She said and he got up.
"But I thought you left." He said uncertainly, "I uh, I couldn't go." She admitted and he smiled at her. "Is Elena still awake?" She asked hopefully and he nodded.
"I'll go get her for you." He said and she nodded as he walked off. Matt walked up the stairs and he heard Elena's muffled sobs, "Hey Katherine's here." He said softly and she looked up at him.
"W-What?" She asked and he smiled softly at her, "She's downstairs." He said truthfully and she stared at him. "She wants to talk to you." He added and she nodded. "O-Okay, just give me a minute to get myself together." She said and he nodded as he flashed her a caring smile while he walked out.
About twenty minutes later Elena walked downstairs with her arms crossed to see Katherine staring aimlessly at the fire place.
"I wanted to apologize." She said not turning to face Elena. "Good." Elena said with her arms still crossed. "Let me finish I said I wanted to." Katherine said and Elena rolled her eyes.
"Then I realized, I'm not sorry." Katherine said as she faced Elena. Elena rolled her eyes and gritted her teeth, "You were gonna leave me forever, without so much as a goodbye, and you expect me to be okay with that?" She asked angrily.
"I didn't say you were supposed to be okay with it, I just said I'm not sorry." Katherine said bluntly causing Elena to become even more angry. "But you know what I really am? Selfish." Katherine said almost self loathingly.
"Because I make bad choices that hurt you." Katherine added and Elena stared at her intensely. "Yes I would rather leave than stay here and hurt you. I'd rather leave then spend a handful of years with you only to lose you to something that would probably be completely my fault." Katherine said and Elena rolled her eyes.
"I'd rather leave right now then spend the rest of my life remembering how good I once had it. Because that's who I am Elena, and I'm not gonna change. And there's no apology in the world that encompasses all the reasons that I'm wrong for you." Katherine spat and Elena stared at her intensely.
After Elena didn't say anything Katherine took a breath and faced the fire once again. "Fine." Elena said as she walked closer to Katherine and Katherine only stared at her uncertainly.
"Then I'm not sorry either. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything." Elena said with tears in her eyes. "That in death, you're the one that made me feel most alive. You've been a terrible person." Elena said taking a shaky breath as she stared at Katherine. "You've made all the wrong choices, and of all the choices I've made this will prove to be the worst one. But I am not sorry, that I'm in love with you." Elena said as Katherine stared at her. Katherine then started walking closer to Elena.
"I love you Katherine." Elena said softly and Katherine grabbed her face and passionately kissed her. Elena immediately kissed back as she melted into Katherine's touch. "I love you too." Katherine whispered after they pulled away.