What I wished had happened after the end of 2x14.

Chapter 1

Catherine stood in the kitchen of Gabe's loft. She was ashamed of herself, her arm hurt and she was confused. "Vincent has to go"! Gabe says as he walks away and takes his coat off. Catherine is stunned…. Let him go….. "I can't", she whispers as she picks up her coat and walks to the door.

"Catherine!" Gabe exclaims. She turns and looks at him, "I'm sorry Gabe, you don't deserve this, but this is not going to work". She walks out the door and does not look back. If she had she would have seen Gabe's face turn from shock to anger.

Catherine goes home, what she really wants to do is run to Vincent but she does not think that would be fair to him. I can't go from Gabe's bed to Vincent's, I am not that girl….but man she wanted to be. She calls Tess instead…

"Hello?" Tess answers, she can hear the hitched breath of Catherine…" Cat are you alright?" "No" she says, "I am not, can you come over?"

"Are you at Gabe's?" Tess asks. "Not any more, I am headed home, can you meet me there?" Tess quickly responds "Of course I can. Tess hangs up the phone and turns to JT. "Cat just broke up with Gabe and she needs me, I gotta go." JT smiles and gives Tess a kiss and says" you go and be there for Cat, I have somewhere to be too."

JT heads to Vincent's. Vincent is sitting in the dark brooding…."Dude listen Cat just broke things off with Gabe." Vincent looks up and JT can see that Vincent has been crying….

Vincent just looks at JT. "What?" "Vincent, did you not hear me, Cat broke things off with Gabe, and she just called Tess." Vincent looks down, "JT it doesn't matter, I am no good for her. She needs to find someone not connected to beasts and all this" he waves his hands to take in everything around him. "Catherine needs to take her life back."

JT rolls his eyes, "Listen there is no taking her life back, THIS is her life. Without you, she wouldn't even be alive. You've saved her life a dozen times." Vincent nods his head "Yeah well she has saved me too." JT is getting exasperated "I KNOW! That is my point. You two are destiny. You save each other, come on man, neither one of you is good on your own. Now man up and go get her."

Vincent raised his eyebrows, "Man up?" JT smirks, "Yeah I know I usually say Beast up but this time it's more of a man thing, although maybe she would like a beast thing. Ugh, I so don't want to go there!" Vincent laughed, "OK but she probably needs a little time JT, so I am not going to Man Up and run over there right now." JT gives in, "Fine, but this is your window, don't wait too long this time. I'll catch you later." Vincent smiles, "Ok man thanks."

Tess races to Catherine's apartment. When she gets there Catherine is sitting on the couch staring off into space. "What happened?" Cat looked at Tess, "I am not sure, its all a big mess, I shot and killed Jacob without so much as a thought and asked Vincent to go all beast to save Gabe without even thinking about how that would make Vincent feel. I am such a hypocrite, I broke up with Vincent because he chose his beast over us, but then when it's convenient for me I ask Vincent to be a beast. What kind of person does that? After talking to Vincent tonight I realized that I am the one acting like a beast, and he is the one struggling to be more human."

Catherine looked sad. "I tried to talk to Gabe about it, but he didn't understand and told me that I had to choose and that Vincent had to go. And right there in that moment I knew I could not do that, even if we are not together, I need him in my life. So I walked out and told Gabe that I was sorry but it was over between us." Catherine took a deep breath. "I don't know what to do?"

Tess was quiet a moment, "Well, what do you want?" Catherine didn't hesitate…'Vincent!" Tess smiled, "Well then you better go get him!"

As she drove to the boathouse thoughts were racing in her head, what would she say, how would she explain how she felt and what would Vincent do? How did he feel about her? She pulled over and stopped. Was she really going to do this, go to Vincent and tell him how she felt? What if he really had moved on and was still mourning Tori could she handle it if he pushed her away. She sat there for a bit, yes she had to talk to him, so much time had passed already, and she had lost too much. She had nothing more to lose.

Vincent heard her coming, he could hear her heartbeat. It was pounding, it sounded like it was going to explode. It's a good thing JT stopped by earlier to tell him that she had broken up with Gabe otherwise that heartbeat would have had him tearing off to find Gabe thinking he had hurt her. He was sitting on the couch pretending to watch TV when she burst in. Catherine stopped and looked at Vincent, he turned towards her. The pain in her eyes made his gut clench.

"Hey" Vincent said.

"Vincent I'm sorry", she blurted out… He looked at her, "what for?"

"Asking you to go after beast Jacob, when you were trying to cure human Jacob. For treating you like my own personal weapon and asking you to kill when I think you should and then judging you when I don't agree."

"I am so sorry", she starts to cry "I"….. I just …. I just miss you and I need you and I don't expect you to feel the same way but" ….That was as far as she got as Vincent got up and put his arms around her. She grabbed on to him. She starts to break down in his arms.

"Catherine you don't have to apologize to me, not after what I have done." He held her placing his big hand on the back of her head. She looked up at him, "Yes I do, you have been trying so hard to make amends and I have been just awful to you, I just have been so afraid of my feelings for you. No matter what I did they wouldn't go away."

"I kept telling myself that you were gone, that the man I fell in love with had been destroyed last year when they took you. That even though you looked like my Vincent you weren't really my Vincent. I thought you had moved on with Tori and I tried to convince myself that I was over you, to move forward with Gabe, but no matter what everything led me back to you."

"Today at the hospital, I saw you, Vincent the real you, the man that I loved and I couldn't handle it, and the thought that you were the Vincent I fell in love with. It just hurt so much. So I lashed out at you and you did not deserve that."

Vincent didn't say anything he just held her. God it felt good to hold her in his arms. "Catherine, what happened with Gabe, did he do something?" "Did he hurt you?" Catherine looked up at him, "No not at all, he just gave me an ultimatum." Vincent smiled remembering when he had given Catherine an ultimatum.

"He said that you had to go, that I had to choose between you two. I couldn't do it, even if you didn't want to be with me romantically, I needed you in my life. So I told him it wouldn't work out and I left and went home."

"I called Tess and she asked me what I wanted and I didn't even hesitate… I just wanted you." Catherine was breathing hard, she had said everything she had been holding in, she looked at Vincent it was all up to him now.

Vincent took a deep breath; those are the words he had been dying to hear for the last few weeks. His heart started pounding, Catherine was not a beast but she could tell his heart was racing by the little pulse at the base of his throat. Catherine looked up at him, "What do you want Vincent?"

He moved his hand from her waist and cupped her face…. "You"…. he said as he lowered his head and captured her lips. She moaned as he kissed her. Her hands rubbed his arms, tracing the contours of his muscles as they worked they way up to his shoulders. He pressed her close with one hand while the other angled her head so he could kiss her deeper. He growled at her and felt her smile against his lips. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He pulled her to him, and she used those gorgeous legs and squeezed so that her pelvis ground into his. He raced up the stairs and set her on the ground. He pulled back and looked at her. "Wait…. I need to say something."

They were both breathing heavy and Catherine was looking at him, it was hard to concentrate when all he wanted to do was throw her on the bed, tear her clothes off and stake a claim on her body, on her soul… "I need to tell you something."

"I Love You-I need you to know that, before this goes any further. You are my humanity, my soul, without you next to me I feel lost and adrift."

"And I am sorry, you may not believe me, but even when I chose my beast over us and I was with Tori, I was never at peace without you. I was always on edge and angry. When Tori died the anger and rage went away, I can't explain it and I am not sure I even understand it, but I am sorry that I hurt you."

Vincent kept explaining. "I want you to know, before Tori died, I recognized that what we had was toxic and not something I wanted, I just"…Catherine stopped him, "Vincent, I understand, I tried to make it work with Gabe and tried to let you go, but I just couldn't. I love you too and I want to be with you…. So shut up and kiss me."

Vincent needed no more encouragement. He grabbed Catherine's face and kissed her; she sighed and leaned into him. He wanted to take his time and savor this, savor the feeling of her skin under his hands. He ran his hands down her arms and interlaced his fingers with hers, her breath hitched , her fingers tightened on his, he looked into her eyes and they were moist "Vincent"…. she breathed, he smiled…"I remember too."

Chapter 2

Catherine woke up in the morning in the same position she'd fallen asleep in. Vincent's arms around her, her back pressed into his front and he was curled around her. His hand was splayed against her stomach and his thighs were tucked up behind her. It was at once familiar and strange. Before he was taken they had lain like this a few times, but because he always had to be back to the warehouse before dawn, they rarely woke up together. Catherine smiled, now that Vincent was out in the open they could wake up like this every morning.

She smiled to herself, Vincent was right, he did remember. This time was different than the two other times they had made love since he had been back. Before she was trying so hard to get him to remember and he was trying so hard to let her that their lovemaking had been desperate. This time she had felt their deep connection again. She snuggled down deeper into his arms, God she had missed this….

Vincent had been awake for some time reveling in the feel of Catherine in his arms. He could tell when she woke up and was waiting for her to say something. She snuggled down further into his arms and he moved his head to her shoulder, his lips just gently resting against her neck, his scruff tickling her. She bunched up her shoulder and sighed. "Good Morning". He pulled her back against him, "Good Morning to you."

Catherine rolled over to look up at Vincent, she smiled shyly as she put her hand on the side of his face. "That was amazing." "What was, this?" he asks as he kisses her gently at first and then with more passion. Catherine pressed her body to Vincent's, she could tell he was excited, she could feel his reaction to her. "Yes that, she giggled, but also waking up with you. I have missed you so much Vincent." "Not any more than I have missed you," he replied. Vincent lowered his head and captured her lips and for a while words were not necessary between them.

Catherine padded down into the kitchen to start the coffee and Vincent followed her not long after. He was wearing his blue robe. She cocked her head at him, "I don't ever remember you wearing a robe?" He smiled, well I never had one before, Tori….." he stopped realizing that he did not want to bring Tori up right now. Catherine looked at him, "Vincent it's OK, she was a part of your life and we need to be honest with each other about what we have been through these last few months and Tori is part of that for you."

"Just like Gabe is for you" Vincent said." "Yes", Catherine said sounding sad; I should probably talk to him. I left pretty abruptly last night." "Maybe I should talk to him" said Vincent. "You know mano y mano." Catherine hesitated, "I don't see that going well, you are probably the last person he wants to see right now." Vincent smiled, he knew it was petty of him but the last few weeks of watching her with Gabe had been some of the most difficult of his life, and he'd been experimented on, brainwashed and almost assassinated so that was saying something.

"I'll give him a call and go see him in a little bit and try to explain everything to him." Catherine said feeling guilty. What could she say to him; sorry for using you to prove I was over Vincent. Sorry for leading you on, for not really confronting my own feelings. All of those seemed inadequate considering all he had done for her these past few months.

As if reading her mind, Vincent spoke "You know he really should have known better than to start something with you in the first place." "I'm sorry?" Catherine asked. Vincent came up to her and put his arms around her, "Look, he knew what we had, he witnessed it last year, he could see all you went through these last few months, did he really expect that you had moved on so quickly, that you would be ready for a new relationship?"

"I don't know what to say to him, how to explain how I feel, at least not without hurting him and I don't want to do that. He has been there for me this whole time."Catherine said. Vincent thought to himself, yes he had and the question that was nagging at him was why?

At this moment the subject of Catherine and Vincent's discussion was pacing back and forth in his condo. Gabe was pissed, he had gone through a lot to get Catherine to trust him. He thought he had done just that in the last few weeks, she had been feeling vulnerable with Tori in the picture and he had been able to use that to his advantage. He never should have given her that ultimatum last night. He knew her well enough to know how she reacted to being pushed into anything. The question was now what is he supposed to do? He needed her to trust him in order for his plan to work. He needed her, she was the only one who could get him what he wanted. He was just going to have to continue to play nice and understanding Gabe a little while longer.