Hi. This is a little something I came up with. I have not Beta and english in not my birth language so I apologize for all the mistakes.
Probably just a one-shot, I don't know yet.
I do not own the characters or anything at all about this show. This is just for fun and to help wait until January.
Vincent didn't know if Tess and JT were getting along before he lost his memories, but they seemed quite friendly, talking on the couch in JT's living room. Despite a few awkward moments between them, it sounded like they were enjoying what seemed to be beer and pizza night.
Vincent smiled when JT made a joke that Tess couldn't really understand since it was about computers. He wished he could be inside with them, but after he almost killed Catherine's father and chose to be a beast, he knew he was far from welcome in their lives. So he just used his super hearing to listen to their conversation. It was creepy, yet he needed to know how Catherine was doing. It's been two days since she shot him and he just wanted to make sure she was okay. Of course he could have spy on her from her fire escape but he knew he wouldn't be able to stay away from her if he saw her. And he knew he had to stay away. It was what was best for her.
Tess and JT kept on talking for a while until Vincent's old friend finally asked: "How's Catherine?"
"Not so good." Tess replied truthfully.
"It's been a rough couple of months." JT said.
"Try dozen of months." Tess sighed before continuing: "First she loses Vincent and her adoptive father, then she gets Vincent's back but he has no memories. Her sister leaves for Miami and she finds out that her biological father is a complete douche. On top of that, Vincent, the love of her life chooses his beast side and…"
"And she loses her baby." JT finished.
"She doesn't deserve any of this…" Tess added shaking her head.
Vincent felt his chest constrict… loses her baby… Could it be? Of course it was.
"What can we do to help her?" JT asked.
"I don't know… She's a mess, I've never seen her like this." Tess replied.
"Vincent." JT said in a murmur.
"Don't even go there JT." Tess warned.
"He's the only one who could help her. We have to let him know." JT said.
"No we don't. It's Cat's decision to make, not ours. He chose Tori and his beast side to her, it's all on him. He's not going to make her feel better, he's going to make her feel worse." Tess said sternly.
"I know, I know but he isn't really himself when he's near Tori and…" JT started but Tess cut him off.
"Don't defend him!" Tess almost yelled.
"Was she really… pregnant?" They both turned with shocked expressions on their faces at the view of Vincent standing in front of them. Neither of them had heard him come in.
"Hey man, it's good to see you." JT tried yet he was a little bit scared.
"Was she?" Vincent asked again.
As no one answered, he shook his head and left.
"Oh boy." Was all JT could mutter.
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When she opened the door of her apartment, Catherine Chandler wasn't expecting to see him standing in front of her. Firstly because he rarely used the door and secondly because after she shot him, she didn't think she would see him again. Yet he was standing there, with his hands in his pockets. He looked tired but he had just received a bullet and didn't have the ability to heal himself anymore. He shouldn't even be up on his feet right now.
"Catherine." She heard him whisper, taking her out of her thoughts.
"What are you doing here?" She snapped at him.
"I was.. huh… I wanted to see how… huh… you were doing." He tried to talk and hide his emotions.
"Shouldn't you be with your new girlfriend?" She asked. "What is it with you and the redheads anyway?"
"Could you let me in please?" He asked.
"First there was Alex, but you may not remember her, or do you? Then Tori. They have their ways with you. Promise you a future that you don't see with me."
"Catherine, please let me in." He asked again.
"Why don't you break the door in two?" She asked back.
"Catherine, please." He almost begged impatiently.
She sighed and moved away from the door to her living room where she sat on the couch. There was no use in slamming the door on his face because it wasn't what could stop Vincent Keller.
"We need to talk." He said, examining her. She looked so tired and so pale, it angered him that it was all because of him. She seemed so fragile that all he wanted to do was to wrap his arms around her and comfort her. But he couldn't. Her father was right, he wanted her to be safe and being safe meant that a half-human, half-beast couldn't be in her life anymore.
"I don't want to talk Vincent, you made your choice, your decision and chose to be a cold blooded killer, there is nothing more to add." She said, looking away from him.
"I heard JT and Tess talk… about the baby." He said abruptly.
"I don't want to talk about it." She said, getting up and walking to her room. She knew that if she talked about it, she wouldn't be able to stay strong, she would break into tears and that was the last thing she wanted. She had cried too much. In just one night she had lost everything, it was more than she could take. She just wished she could make it stop, all the pain and the heartache. She longed to be in his arms, to feel loved and safe again. She laughed at her own stupidity. There was no going back.
He followed her and grabbed her arm before she could reach her bed.
She turned to face him and he saw fear in her eyes, he let her go and made a step away from her.
"I don't want to talk about it." She repeated.
"Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?" He asked.
She shook her head slowly and smiled sadly.
"I wanted too. When we were at Reynold's. I had just found out and I wanted to wait for the right moment to tell you. After you attacked him, I went outside to look for you and let you know I was pregnant. I thought that maybe it would be good news for you and it would make things right somehow." She explained.
She looked up at him with tears in her eyes and added: "I saw you with Tori and then you told me that there was no 'us' anymore."
A tear escaped her eyes, she dried it quickly and tried her best to smile.
"After that we both went after Reynolds and I shot you, so there wasn't a good time to let you know." She said, trying to keep the rest of her tears a bay.
"When did you… hum… when… ho-how…?" He tried to ask but she cut him off knowing exactly what he was asking.
"The same night." She replied. "I went to my roof, I kept telling myself that it was to say goodbye but I guess I was just waiting for you, hoping that you would show up. And then, it just happened, I felt sick and I lost the baby."
Catherine looked at him for a moment, his eyes were wet with tears. He knew it was his fault, he was the one who caused her car accident and all the stress she had to go through.
"You should have let me know what was happening." He said.
"You chose to leave Vincent. You told me you didn't want to be with me. You made that very clear." She said, anger rising in her voice.
"You had no rights to keep it from me." He said.
"You decided to let the beast win! I begged you Vincent, I begged you to choose me, to choose your humanity, to choose us, but you didn't. You chose the beast and you chose Tori." She told him.
"I had to do it!" Vincent exclaimed, his eyes flashing yellow. Catherine took a step back and her legs hit the bed. He scared her, and it was all for the best. He couldn't tell her that he didn't want to kill Reynolds, that it was just an act to make her understand that they couldn't be together, that he wasn't good enough for her. She was better off without him and he knew that she wouldn't let go unless he lost his humanity, unless he betrayed her. Tori wasn't near when he attacked Reynolds. When Catherine begged him to choose her, he almost didn't go through with it, hearing her heartbeat made him morph back to his human form. He thought about just knocking her father unconscious and then kiss her like there was no tomorrow. But he knew Reynolds was right, they couldn't be together and for Catherine to be safe, Vincent had to leave her. So he morphed back and he let her shoot him. He was surprised when she shot him and it hurt like hell, although he didn't know what hurt more, his heartbreak or the gun wound.
She sighed and said: "I can't do this Vincent. I don't have the strength to fight with you. Please go."
"I'm sorry." He said.
"Just go." She told him, looking away from him.
"Let me be here for you Catherine." He said even if he knew he shouldn't have.
"No." She replied. "It doesn't change anything Vincent. You're gone."
"I'm right in front of you, right here and right now, I am with you." He told her.
"You're here because you've heard that I lost a baby, not because you want to be." She said before adding: "Thank you for coming and checking on me. You should go now."
He opened his mouth to say something but he didn't, he was at loss of words. He simply nodded at her and turned to walk away. It was what he had to do, leave. His heart wanted to tell her how much he loved her, how much he needed her in his life to keep him sane. He didn't know what he would do now, without her in his life. He wished he could be able to lessen her pain, tell her that everything was going to be alright.
Suddenly, his head started to spin. He shook his head, hoping the feeling would go away. He slowed his pace and put his hand on the wall for support.
"Vincent?" He heard Catherine's worried voice.
He stumbled, fell on the hallway floor and everything went black.
Please let me know what you think!