Motivation

A/N: This is my first VinCat one-shot! I hope you all love it! There will be a second part to this! ;) Let me know what you think! Enjoy and please excuse my errors!

She flopped on the couch beside her moping friend, purposely landing with enough force to catch her friends attention. Tess grabbed the black, flimsy rubber band off her wrist and positioned it back to tie around her loose hair cut. She gave her best friend the stink eye as she watched the 40's crime soap that was currently playing.

She huffed purposely to annoy her, "Cat, will you pleaseeee get up! I'm tired of watching you sulk all day! I already see it every day at work, I don't want to deal with it at home as well." She squawked at her slouching room mate.

Cat's shoulders slumped even further as she dug her spoon in her small jar of ice cream, getting a big scoop.

"I don't wanna, me and the couch have become close." She said in a joking tone.

Tess rolled her eyes, "Marrying this couch is not an option for you, okay? I know your sad about Evan but it's been 2 months, you need to get back out there!" She stressed, trying to uplift her spirits with the possibility of a new guy.

"Tess we were together were two years! Two freaking years! I'm not exactly looking at anyone right now. The only guys that have been good to me is Ben & Jerry." She said, holding up her carton in Tess' face.

"You don't mean that, there are plenty of other guys out there. In fact, I know one that likes you already.." She tried to propose innocently with a slick smile.

"Tess no." She deadpanned at her smirking friend.

"Oh come on! You don't even know who it is yet!" She tried, begging her to comply.

"Fine, who is it? Even though I'm 100% uninterested." She through out, looking into her carton, collecting a larger scoop this time.

"Okay, ready?" She asked getting excited. "It's Todd."

Cat's eyebrows furrowed, "Todd?"

"Yeah, Todd Willmack." She said simply. Catherine still looked lost, looking for the answer and Tess sighed resting her hands on her covered legs.

"Todd at work. He's Evan's replacement in the forensics department." She explained and Cat released an Ohhh.

"The new guy, right...I don't know..." She had seen this Todd before. She hadn't really looked twice but she guessed he was kind of cute. He was tall, had short brown hair and dark brown eyes. His built was somewhat slim but not to the reach of scrawny. Like she thought, there really wasn't much appeal to him, they'd never talked and she didn't know anything about him. Just a few seconds ago she didn't even know his name. But according to Tess, he had took notice to her.

"How do you even know he "likes" me?" Cat asked with implied air quotes.

"Well..." Tess began dragging out, "When Joe and I were at the bar last week, he was there and I over heard him ask about you when I was suppose to be going to the ladies room." Tess shrugged, revealing she had ease dropped. "He asked if you were single and of course Joe couldn't say so I jumped right in and said absolutely-"

"Tesssss." Cat frowned at her.

"What?! You are! And a little birdy told me he recently started working out at our gym on Tuesday's and Thursday's and guess what today is?" Tess asked enthusiastic, raising her hands in a flashy act.

Cat rolled her eyes and twirled her spoon in her container, "I hate you."

"I hate you too now get up! We're going to gym to finally make you happy! Plus I want to check out this new fitness class that starts at 7 tonight. Get up!" She bellowed out.

"I really don't want to go and I look like a mess. Don't make meeee." Cat groaned.

Tess rose off the couch to head to Cat's room and into her drawer. "You're going. This is just a one time thing. I know it seems like I set you up but if you don't like Todd, then at least we'll get to see hot guys working out. Shirtless." She said indefinitely.

Cat was prepared to throw Tess another loop but she squinted her eyes instead, she made a good point. She wasn't looking for anything serious at all so she'd just observe and talk. That's all. Plus she hadn't been to the gym in months and the ice cream was becoming a bad habit.

"Fine I'll go, only if I get to finish this ice cream!" Cat threw to her friend in the other room.

"Deal!" Tess responded as she came from Catherine's room. She had Cat's workout clothes in hand. She picked her low-rise, petal hemmed Capri's with her cross-over, back strap tank top to match. She shoved the black, yellow and peach material in her best friends face. It was certainly the sexy version of the typical version of work out clothes and Catherine had never worn them.

"With this, you'll get more than some attention." Tess immersed in a wide grin.

Cat shook her head and placed her cold contents down, finally getting off the comfy couch. "Whatever Ms. Vargas." She said, grabbing her clothes from Tess heading to the back.

~ At Mid City Gym~

6:46 pm

Tess and Cat paraded through the double doors of the gym. They went to the check in desk and was greeted by one of the overly-peppy instructors, Sabrina. The blonde haired woman searched for their names in the system since they were both full time members of the gym.

As Sabrina handed them the clip board to sign in, Cat noticed there were a lot more new faces at the gym. Particularly more women. Most of them weren't dressed for the gym. It was almost like a crowd of bikini models that were all too revealing. Why were they even at the gym?

Tess finished signing them in and gave the clipped paper back. She looked to where Cat was looking and folded her arms.

"Looks like we have some competition." Tess analyzed as some of the girls engaged in conversation and flipped there hair while chewing gum or whatever. They were waiting by one of the fitness rooms, with the doors appearing to be locked. This was the room where the class would soon start. And it seemed to be the trainer was tardy.

Cat looked around the lobby even further, "Or not. There's only like what...five guys here? Which includes two of the workers here." She pointed out.

"Relax, relax..." Tess started, observing the building even further. "They'll show up soon I'm sure." She went on not certain.

Just then a back door opened apart of the gym and actually a few guys strutted in with a basketball and multiple tote bags. It was about eight of them as they abandoned the basketball court outside in the dying heat. The aroma of testosterone and sweat instantly filled the air. Cat only planned to watched them for less than a moment till she saw a familiar face. Tess nudged her in the side quickly.

"Ouch! What?!" Cat blared out at Tess' sharp elbow licks. Tess tried to be discrete as possible as she pointed at the crowd of men that had just arrived.

"There he is! That's Todd!" She said, defining her aim to one guy now.

Cat looked at the who supposedly liked her and still..wasn't quite impressed, he looked better than she remembered but she wasn't exactly thrilled.

"Oh.." Cat said dully, giving him a quick glance.

"Oh? So go talk to him crazy!" She said loudly and added a push.

"Tess, quit it! He's talking right now!" She tried to respond quietly but it came out vocalized. She looked back over to the guys walking closer and realized Todd had spotted her and was wearing a full smile. Oh shit. What was worse is that he was coming over. He said his goodbyes as the rest of the athletic men dispersed to go chat with the bare clothed women waiting.

"Catherine, Tess..heyy!" He said with lifted spirits. "I didn't know you two worked out here." He said, wiping some of the sweat off his forehead.

Cat grimaced a little when she heard he had a noticeable British accent, she gave Tess a wide-eyed look. She failed to inform her of this information. He might as well have been Evan's double, except he was lacking in the looks department. But this obviously wouldn't go anywhere, he was too much like her ex. The last thing she wanted was to be reminded of her past relationship.

"Um yeah, we didn't know you worked out here either." Said a awkward Tess. Of course she was lying as she pushed a fallen strand behind her ear trying to remain clueless.

He smiled slightly looked to the shorter girl next to Tess, he seemed a bit embarrassed.

"Actually..I don't really like working out that much.." He said and Catherine had to stop herself from saying obviously out loud. He was firm and lean but anyone that came here could see he wasn't lifting any weights. "but I get in my exercise by playing basketball. It's my favorite sport." He shared, still mostly talking to Cat.

Catherine just slowly nodded her head as she didn't know much about the sport but she ended up saying,

"That's..cool. Sounds like fun." She said as enthusiastic as possible. Her lack of interest was probably surfaced though.

"Wow! I REALLY have to use the ladies room so I'll just leave you two to talk! Be right back!" She said flashing Cat a smile and Cat returning a glare as she hurried off.

Cat had set down her jacket and bottle of water as she did her best to engage in a conversation with Todd. She found out he moved here not too long ago after being offered Evan's position. He said he was currently staying with a friend and was actually looking for a place. He didn't know too many people or places here so she kind of figured where this info was going. He was going to ask her out.

"Maybe...um maybe you'd like to show me around sometime and we can have tea or something? Or whatever you like." He asked scratching his head.

Oh crap, I knew it. Cat thought. She bit her bottom lip, not knowing how to exactly reject him.

Where the heck was Tess?! Cat thought.

She had been gone for almost 20 minutes and it was going on ten minutes after 7. This class hadn't began yet and now she was stuck here trying to come up with some lame excuse. She wanted to just run away but she needed a distraction. Anything. She sighed, wishing she'd stayed home and ate her Chunky Monkey.

As she was about to say she had a lot of cases to work on lately, the entrance doors to the gym opened. Her eyes flickered over Todd's shoulder's at the sound. She actually felt her legs falter from their stance as her breathing capabilities were long gone. He was tall, clean-cut and even a bit rugged, which made him even more attractive. He rushed in with his gym bag following on his side, while his black tank top hung close and showed off his able arms. She forgot all about Todd as her eyes fed some where else. He made it in completely and into the lobby as he slowed down his steps. He gave an apologetic look to a delirious Sabrina making it to the locked doors everyone was waiting by.

"I'm so sorry I'm late everyone..." He started, spanning his arm to grab his keys and unlock the door, "you can't prevent traffic." He said, giving off a slight smile and 99% of the girls in the lobby laughed as if he was a comedian. It all made sense now. They weren't here to work out, they were here for him. Whoever he was.

He pushed open the doors and walked in as his class filed in.

"Catherine? Are you alright?" He asked and her hypnotic state was diluted. She looked to a concerned Todd and paused before nodding her head yes.

"So...what do you say?" He pestered again, this time more edgy as he didn't receive an answer the first time.

"Um-"

"Cat! Come on, the class is starting!" Tess ran over, pulling Cat along. Catherine mouthed a sorry to him, but really she was grateful. He waved slightly at them before leaving the gym. Tess and Cat joined the class being the last ones to walk in. Tess rushed over to an empty spot, leaving Cat to shut the door. They looked around as everyone was finding their spots and putting their belongings aside. They were lucky to find a spot in the back. They were new to this class and didn't know what all to expect. So being in the front was out of the question.

Cat set her things in the back cubby holes and tightened her disoriented bun. She took a sip of her water while peering towards the center of the class. She watched as one of the blondes yearned for the attention of the instructor as she ran to him with a question. She shook her hair dramatically as she spoke and even hit him on the arm playfully. Cat rolled her eyes, feeling a certain distaste towards this girl and her hand that was still greeting him. Cat shook it off for now, convincing her thoughts that she was being ridiculous. She put all her things up and got in position as the instructor began to speak.

"I see we have a few new faces today..quite a few actually." He observed, beginning to walk around. "So I guess today we can start with some basic moves and warm ups. For those of you who don't know, I'm Vincent and I just started teaching Krav Maga here." He informed and Cat instantly frowned, not knowing what that is. She looked to Tess who looked just as clueless.

"Now krav maga isn't anything like stretching, burpees or yoga. It's very rigorous and acute. It's actually a self-defense style that's used in the military that's now been incorporated in fitness. So this class will specialize in kick boxing, boxing and muay thai." He explained and most seemed comfortable with it, having took the class and others seemed frightened. Catherine was one of them. She wasn't sure about this. She had taken yoga classes but like he said, this was completely different.

"Okay, we'll start with some basic exercises but first, I'd like to show a demonstration to the class and it'll require another person..." He looked around and laughed a bit when a couple people raised their hands wanting to be volunteers. He examined the room even further and stopped walking when he saw her in the back. She was short, slim and from across the room he could already see the emerald in her eyes. She was talking quietly to the taller woman beside her so she failed to witness his recent admiration.

Vincent licked his lips momentarily and overlooked the other desperate girls and lifted his pointer finger, "You, in the back." He said in a low voice and everyone looked to where he was pointing.

Catherine was currently debating with Tess if they should leave or not. This whole street fighting exercise wasn't her at all. She thought she'd be running on a treadmill, not learning how to injure someone. They went back and forth, Tess trying to tell her they weren't leaving and Cat wanting the opposite. Cat stopped talking when Tess tried to direct her focus back to the front. Cat gave her a confused look but when she looked, every single person in the room was looking at her. Including the handsome instructor. She tried to gulp when her mouth went dry as she locked eyes with him for a moment. She looked down and eyed his finger that was pointed in her direction.

was he pointing at me? She thought. She didn't know what was happening, wishing she paid attention more.

Vincent flashed a crooked smile at her perplexed expression before pressing his lips together. "What's your name?" He asked in his defining voice.

"Me?" Catherine asked, pointed at herself and Vincent nodded, "It's...Catherine." She said slowly.

"Well Catherine, I was wondering if you would help me demonstrate a move to the class." He propositioned, striding closer to her area.

Catherine's eyes visually got bigger and she shook her head almost in terror.

"Oh no, no I wouldn't be any good at..that." She rejected and that made him smirk but give her a reassuring look.

"I promise it's just a demonstration, I won't try anything you can't handle." He guaranteed, still focusing on her.

Cat was still about to deny his offer but Tess practically yelled at her to go up there. Cat shook her head wondering why she ever agreed to coming tonight.

She looked back to the awaiting Vincent and gave him a nervous smile and nodded her head. "Okay." She rubbed her now clammy hands on her top and left her spot to go up front. She noticed as she was walking up a few girls scoffed and looked at her with envy, this included the groping blonde who gave Catherine a death look. She aligned herself in front him Vincent and looked to him waiting to see what he'd do.

Vincent eyed her for a minute and then grinned. "Hit me."

Catherine leaned back instantly, "What?" She asked puzzled.

"I want you to hit me. If anyone ever attacked you, I want to see the move you'd proceed with. Now hit me."

Oh My God, is he serious? He can't be serious. She thought.

She looked at him unsure and he stood still, open for any of her blows and nodded at her to go ahead.

Catherine took a deep breath, glancing at Tess who was watching intently. She looked back to her instructor and then took her stance. She balled up right fist and Vincent looked there instantly. She took that moment to throw her left fist instead towards his face. She gasped when his right hand caught her tiny, balled up fist. Vincent released his grip and she stretched her fingers, letting her hand fall to her side. He stood there and waited for her next move. Catherine eyed his position as he was still wide open and she didn't know why her stare moved down to his lower waist. Two thoughts crossed her mind. She prepared herself to knee him and she lurched forward but his hands shot her bending leg back down. She swung her arm quicker this time and he shifted backward. He caught her by surprise when he grabbed her wrist and spun around. Her back collided with his chest as she faced the opposite direction. She breathed heavily as she was roped in his arms, his hands clamped around her wrist, preventing her from breaking free. She felt him move closer, almost like his lips were inches from her ear as he spoke.

"Not bad..." He breathed and she swallowed thickly, "But you could still use some work." He delivered, eventually releasing his tight grip and she took a deep breath turning around to face him again. He glanced at her before bringing the attention back to the class and began to explain what they just saw and the details of the moves. Catherine got her thoughts together as she too looked to them. She honestly forgot they were in a filled room and she happened to catch a very intrigued Tess. She looked back to Vincent as he continued to speak.

"One thing you should never do is look at the place you are going to attack, it gives it away. Always give the element of surprise." He taught and then looked back at Catherine. "That position I forced you in, with your back facing me..isn't a good one to result in. You become helpless when your hands aren't at your will. They have the upper hand." He stated and Catherine nodded, feeling like an amateur. She knew she was incompetent against him but that was the whole purpose of the class.

"But there's always your legs, you can use them to hurt the other person to attempt to break free." He gestured for Catherine to come closer with his hand and she prepared herself for another demonstration. She walked over and gently placed his large palms on the soft skin of shoulders. Her eyes met with his before he turned her around in the previous position and his hands moved down to cling to hers and brought them up to her chest. She was in his firm grips again and brought closer against his body. She bit her lip unknowingly, waiting for him to guide her next move.

"In this position.." He aimed toward the class, "With your legs being free, you can raise your foot and kick backwards. With enough force, you can shatter the fibula in the leg and also the talus in the ankle, which is a sensitive spot." He spoke, informing them and also his present captive.

"Is there anything else we can do?" Asked a woman in the crowd. Catherine looked and saw it was the same blonde haired girl. She had blue eyes and dark red lip stick. Catherine was seriously getting agitated by her, with her suffocating short shorts and her crop workout bra that was entirely too small. She was begging for some attention and she didn't like It at all. It was mainly because it was their instructors attention she was thriving for.

Vincent nodded his head and actually perceived to look over Catherine's body at the possibilities.

"I may be gripping her wrist, but that leaves my arms out in the open. She can always bite me or try and dig her nails in my skin. It may sound silly but it does work in last resorts Natasha."

Natasha? Catherine thought. He knew her name so she was probably already dedicated to this class. She already knew more than me then and had a better shot with him—ugh! Cat, what are you thinking? This is stupid. You just met this man.

She watched as Natasha nodded her head and then flashed Catherine an unpleasant look. Cat looked forward again smirking to herself. She was obviously sour her interaction with Vincent wasn't prolonged.

Vincent let go of Catherine's hands all of a sudden but she remained in place, anticipating a move or another demonstration. Vincent smiled a little when she stayed against his chest in the same form. He almost placed his hands at her waist to give them space, but he realized the chances of her being uncomfortable with that.

"Thank you Catherine, you may return to your spot now." He breathed behind her and she quickly eased off his front and smiled at him awkwardly, hurrying back to her location in the room. She shook her head feeling stupid. She just stood there waiting, secretly craving his hands to put her body in action. She instantly fetched her cold water bottle and sighed in relief as it cooled her body down. She looked to Tess who was grinning and Cat rolled her eyes.

~After Class~

8:10pm

"I can't wait to get home, I'm jumping right in the showerrr." Tess heaved, trying to catch her breath. Her loose strands were stuck to her face and she felt worn out for today to be a "basic exercise." She was tired and even her clothes were dying to be thrown off. She drunk from the fountain before gathering all of her things. "Can we go now?" Tess asked, almost whining.

Cat was half listening as she watched Vincent fumble with the things in his gym bag. The last girl said bye to him and he waved politely as she walked out the room. Vincent looked from the door and then his gaze found Catherine's. She instantly looked away and cursed herself for doing so, she couldn't be more obvious.

She nodded at Tess who looked like she was ready to pass out, "Um...yeah yeah, just give me a minute, I'll meet you in the lobby?" Cat asked.

Tess looked at her weirdly and then at Vincent who was back to packing his things. She looked to Cat and ended up shrugging her shoulders, not thinking too much of it. "You can meet me in the car. I need some cool AC." She confessed, fanning herself. Catherine nodded as Tess left out the room.

Catherine bit her lip and glanced back to him as he stood up. She had something on her mind.

Should I ask him? No, I should just leave and go ! Cat stop wimping out! Just ask him!.

She managed to move her legs along and in his direction. He looked up to her as he drunk some water. The opening left his lips and he wiped the rest of the liquid from his mouth. His face seemed to perk at her presence.

"Heyy.."He said in his deep voice.

"Um..hey." She returned, unusually shy. She tried her best to avert her eyes from his gaze that she found out was very intense. "I just...I was wondering if you ever..trained people one on one?" She asked, nibbling on her bottom lip.

He nodded his head slowly, "Like a personal trainer?" Catherine mirrored his nod, still filled with nerves. "Yeah, I have before. Not recently since I just started working here and all.." He informed.

"Oh right, I understand." She said nodding, now wishing she didn't ask.

He lowered his eyebrows, interesting and where this conversation was going, "Why are you looking for a personal trainer?" He asked, placing his bag on his shoulder. He started to move forward as did she beside him, heading out the room.

She laughed slightly, "I guess you can say that, yeah. Today I learned...I don't really possess any defensive mechanisms as you witnessed my countless failures." She said in a light manner.

Vincent shook his head showing his full smile that Catherine became addicted to, "It was kind of unfair if you ask me."

"Oh totally unfair." Catherine agreed and she smiled as he grinned down at her. "But I would like to know more about Krav Maga. I didn't think I would...but I think I like the style." Vincent smiled and nodded as she spoke. "Plus, in this part of New York there are a lot of creeps and I'd like to know how to protect myself better."

"Okay, well Catherine I'd love to be your personal trainer. You're actually the first person to ask me." He stated and Catherine found that hard to believe with all the women sticking to him like magnets. But she didn't mind that at all, she was the only one he'd see solo.

"Tomorrow is Friday and I don't have a class. So we can meet here around..let's say the same time 7 and start then." He planned and looked to her as they greeted the entrance doors. He pushed open the door for her and she smiled to herself, looking down as they emerged from the building.

"Tomorrow is fine with me, my schedule is clear." She said, still walking at his side. She remained nonchalant but the excitement was bubbling underneath the surface.

"Then tomorrow it is." He said smiling again, "I'll see you then Catherine." He said smoothly and she let it drown her ears.

She smiled as he looked back while he was walking away, making his way to his car. Her flecks had the nerve to admire his ass as he went further and further. She finally turned around and spotted Tess' car. She hated herself for acting like a teenage because she was looking forward to her private lessons with Vincent tomorrow. She told herself it was to be better acquainted with the fighting style when really it was to be better acquainted with her instructor.

A/N: Well? This was the first part of my first one-shot! What did you guys think? x) Do you like instructor Keller? Haha This is a two part oneshot so the next one will be MUCH better and rated M, there's the warning. You'll see just how acquainted VinCat will get ;) If I don't update this before the next chapter of The Situation (I've spent a lot of time on this) then it'll most likely be right after! Please review! Love to know what you think of it!