Beauty and the Beast
Set after Season 1 Episode 9
Chapter 1
Catherine:
I squinted my eyes, as realisation slowly returned to my head by the minute. I tried to remember. What had just happened? A car, there was a car. I was in a car and then there was another one… it bashed into me, and mine tumbled. Maybe four times? My head was throbbing, where am I? I think for another moment. I feel I'm on some type of bed, in a small room. I slightly angled my head to a position where I could see what I was wearing. It was white, it was… It suddenly hit me. I'm in a hospital! That's right, I was shot. I shot her, but she still managed to puncture me. My name, some rather familiar voice was screaming out my name in agony. Then I felt a big pair of hands grab me around my waist and pull me up. And that's all I remember…
The curtain next to the window shook a little, and I realised someone was there.
"Vincent?" I echoed. "Vincent, are you there?" I saw his hand, I then saw his face. And then his eyes. As soon as we deeply stared at each other, there was a special moment.
And then he placed his fingers to his mouth and said 'Shhh' softly and quietly and he hid.
I suddenly heard the knob of the door turn, and one of the doctors entered.
"Catherine, you're awake. I thought I heard you talking. How are you feeling?" He said.
I slightly opened my mouth to try speaking. "Oh, just umm, ju-just a little groggy. My chest hurts though. Just slightly. And my head as well."
"Well you did have quite a serious injury. It's taken you three days to wake up."
"Three days?"
He nodded gently. "You're quite lucky you survived that. I don't think anyone would." He continued. "Seems like you have a guardian angel," he smiled.
"Yeah, I guess. Something like that. I am very lucky," I smiled back, knowing that Vincent could hear everything that I was saying.
"Well, I'll come back in a few hours to check on you. You should get some rest."
As soon as he left, Vincent was by my side in a flash. We didn't even talk. We just engaged in each other, he placed his hand to my cheek. I felt his lips slowly kiss my forehead.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me, so softly.
"I swear I just had that conversation like literally 12 seconds ago."
He started to smile. "I know, just to make sure. How are you?"
"Well, I just got ten times better, now that you're here. My 'guardian angel'. " I replied smiling. We continued to look at each other. And something really important just came to my head. "Vincent?"
Vincent:
I heard her heart begin to beat faster. "Cat, what is it? Are you hurt? Do you feel pain?" I began to bombard her with questions.
"Evan! He saw you in, in beast-ish form, didn't he?" I opened my mouth to talk but she continued. "No, what are we going to do? What is he going to think. Now he knows it's you. That you were the one with the mutating DNA. And Heather! She… oh my god. She kno-,"
"Cat, please. It's not good for you to be like this. You're not in a great condition. And, I had to tell Evan. Everything. Heather knows a few things as well but-,"
"What! What did they say?" she whispered fast in shock.
"We had to get you to the hospital straight away, so I told him to not say anything to anyone. I told him I'd explain everything later, which I did. It wasn't that bad actually; I think he's going to help me. As for Heather, I think she is okay with the completely new weird information that she just learnt. She wants to talk to you later though…"
"Well, uh. Wow. I guess it's not that bad." She said. "So, I know that you're DNA is mutating into a more… animal wa-,"
"I understand. You can stay away from me."
"What? No Vincent! No. I don't care what you are." I gently grabbed her hand, and she accepted straight away. "Vincent, I accept all of what you are…"
It meant so much to me. Those words right there. I suddenly realised that I'm not alone in this world anymore. I have someone, someone very special in my life. And she was lying right there in front of me. "You are the most amazing woman I have ever met."
At that point, we were both smiling. I caught a tear with my finger, slowly running down her face. I then kissed her forehead once more and watched her fall asleep.