I hated Reunion. I thought the dialogue was choppy and awkward. I hated the Zach/Vincent Dynamic (He tried to kill Catherine for God's sake). I hated that Vincent remembered Gabriella so easily after struggling for 5 episodes to remember Catherine. So I have totally rewritten this episode. I tried to keep the theme of "Reunion" but flipped the dynamic around. Let me know your thoughts!
Reunion Rewritten
Catherine carried the laundry basket into her room. She hasn't seen her high school friends in years and didn't want them to think she had turned into a slob. Even though over the past 3 months searching for Vincent she had let some things go. But he was back and he was getting better. She was happy he was home, but she was looking forward to seeing her high school friends and catching up. Her life certainly was not where she thought it would be 10 years after high school, but all in all she was happy.
She turned into her bedroom and lowered the laundry basket, she jumped, from the corner of her eye, she saw someone sitting in her window. "Vincent!" It had been too long since he had waiting for her on the fire escape.
"I am so sorry….I didn't mean to scare you. I wanted to see you and I wasn't sure if I could use the front door or…." He walked over to her and took her into his arms.
Catherine smiled and snuggled into him and was so tempted to stay here. "You are welcome to use the front door or the fire escape. I am good with either one…..but." She pulled back looking up at him.
He interrupted her. "I really wanted to see you and see if we could pick up where we left off, maybe jog some memories." He was walking her back to the bed.
"I am sorry Vincent, I would really love nothing more, but my 10 year class reunion is tomorrow and I invited some of the girls over for drink tonight."
He looked disappointed, which make her feel all jelly inside. "I am sorry, maybe you could come by later? And…." She paused suddenly unsure of herself.
Vincent was becoming pretty good a reading her emotions. "What is it?"
"Would you like to go to the reunion with me? As my plus one? I mean you don't have to, it would probably be really boring I just…." She was rambling and he loved it.
"I would love to." He said kissing her gently. "Thank you for asking me."
"Really! You go could as Vincent..."
"Zalanski?" He said. They both stared at each other.
"Vincent?" Catherine said softly.
"I don't know where that came from…it just…"
Catherine smiled her eyes getting moist. "Zalanski was the last name we made up for you last year, when you talked about coming to my Dad's wedding." She wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly.
Vincent laid his cheek on her head. "I will remember everything Catherine, I promise I won't stop fighting to remember you."
Their moment was interrupted by a knock at her door.
"I am sorry Vincent I have to go." She stepped back out of his arms, immediately feeling bereft.
He smiled at her. "I will come back later…leave the window open for me. Enjoy the time with your girlfriends I am going to go see JT."
"Great! Maybe jog some memories with him. He missed you just as much as I did Vincent."
Vincent smiled and blurred out of the window.
He was distracted, thinking about later that night with Catherine and he missed the glowing eyes tracking him from across the street.
Zach can't believe the beast hunter he has been tracking is a beast himself, not only that, but its Vincent Keller. Instead of following Vincent he focuses on the lovely young woman he was holding in his arms just a few seconds ago.
"I am so jealous that you are clearly the same size you were in high school. While I am over here like the Goodyear blimp."
"Well don't be Zoe, you have a fabulous husband and adorable kids. And Beth is a big time reporter. I would say you both have done well for yourself in the last 10 years."
"So you are the same size as you were in high school, but are you still dating the bad boys?" Sue asked.
"Bad boys?" Catherine immediately flashes on the conversation with Vincent, he had called himself the ultimate bad boy.
"Yeah, you would always find the ones with the broken wings and nurse them, try to change them for the better." Zoe pointed out.
Beth jumped to her defense. "Yes, but now she is a bad ass detective, taking them down instead of dating them."
Catherine eager to change the subject. "How about some more wine."
JT and Vincent are kicking back and watching football. "Pass me the chips" Vincent passes JT the chips and takes the pretzels from him. Their moves are almost choreographed, it's obvious to Vincent that they have done this many times. He smiles. Catherine was right, JT did miss him as much as she did.
"Hey man, I just wanted to say that I am sorry, I don't remember all that much."
"Don't worry about it Vincent, I am just glad to have you back. After 10 years of protecting you, I felt like I had failed you. I wouldn't let myself even imagine what you might be going through. Although Catherine did plenty of imagining for the both of us. It's just going to take some time. You are remembering some things and the rest….we just have to be patient."
Vincent realized that Catherine and JT cared about him, hell, probably loved him. He was humbled by that. All this time he has felt like he was built for one thing and one thing only…hunting beasts. But JT and Cat, make him feel human. He has a lot to make up to them. Hanging out with his buddy seems like a good place to start.
"So we are meeting tomorrow at 7pm outside the school?" Zoe checks with the girls.
"Yes, although I am bringing a plus one?" Catherine slips that in there hoping her friends won't over react. No such luck.
"What!"
"Who is this guy and why didn't you tell us about him."
"You will meet him tomorrow, I promise. I wanted tonight to be about us, no guy talk." Catherine grins at them. "Seriously, I needed some girl time!"
Catherine hears a thump coming from her bedroom. Before the others pick up on it, she hurries them out the door. "See you guys tomorrow."
"Hey what's his name?" Beth says as Catherine is closing the door.
"Vincent Zalanski" Catherine says shutting the door. Placing her back against it, she closes her eyes and smiles. I have had a wonderful evening jogging my memories with the girls and now I get to jog Vincent's memory.
Vincent takes off from JT's and heads to Catherine's. He can't wait to jog some more memories tonight.
Catherine comes into her room and sees Vincent hiding behind the curtain. "You don't have to hide, they are all gone."
The curtain moves and it is not Vincent standing in her bedroom.
The man moves as fast as Vincent and before she knows it she is pressed up against the wall with his hands at her throat. "Scream and I will rip your throat out. How do you know Vincent Keller? Why is he hunting us?"
Catherine just looks at him. Daring him to do something. After all she has been through she is not giving up Vincent.
"I can smell him all over you….that would be nice, me all over you." He presses up against her.
Catherine brings up her knee and nails him right in the balls. He drops her. She wraps her hand around his neck and pulls him toward the mirror. It shatters. As he turns around she round house kicks him on the side of his face.
He turns and grabs her by the throat throwing her onto the bed.
Vincent is close to Catherine's when he hears the shattering glass. He blurs toward her fire escape, and as he enters the window he sees Catherine struggling with a man on her bed. Vincent rushes in and grabs the man by the back of the neck and tosses him out of the window. Vincent watches in shock as the man lands on his feet. Looking back up at Vincent his eyes are glowing.
"Hey! Wait! Stop!" but the man blurs away before Vincent can get to him.
Vincent turns to Catherine. Gathering her up into his arms.
"Are you alright, did he hurt you?"
"I am fine, he was more interested in you than me, Vincent. Do you recognize him?"
"No…not at all. What did he say?"
He asked me about you, how I knew you, he said he could smell you on me." Catherine shudders at the memory of him pressed up against her.
Vincent closes his eyes, his enhanced beast senses tracking the man's movements in Catherine's room. He can smell the surge of lust in hormones from the man. Vincent's beast rises to the surface, growling, wanting to protect Catherine.
"Vincent he asked why you were hunting him. He tracked you here. He's a …"
"Beast. I saw him transform when I threw him out the window. He is bleeding and I can track him."
Vincent wait! Let's call Tess and JT, see if we can figure out who he is first. The last beast you went running off after almost killed you."
But he was not willing to put Catherine at risk for one second longer. "Don't worry about me, I promise he won't hurt you again." He kissed her and took off out the window.
"Damn it Vincent"
