"Especially when one of those someones is still on the island and wants a second chance to work things out," Mathias says, because that's really the issue. He thinks he'll always be in love with Veronica, but he knows he might be ready to move on one day. Not now, maybe not even soon, but one day. And even then he'll be in love with her.

But it's because Sookie wanted another chance to work her relationship out that they ended. He still thinks it's for the best, but sometimes he wonders what could have happened otherwise.