Hi everyone! First of all, I want to thank everyone of you for your constant support, may it be in a review or a PM, you are the reason why what is coming, is coming (and I'm not talking about winter here).

So this is the sequel to "Pain, Loss and Heartache." I hope you will like it. I'm not really sure where this is going but I know I'll suffer writer's block soon enough! Just remember I am a slow writer. As always I hope you'll enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it and I hope you will let me know.

I don't think that you need to read "Pain, Loss and Heartache" to understand what's going on here, well maybe a little…

I don't own Beauty and the Beast or its characters. I just use them to fulfil my need for VinCat storylines only.

Here we go: "Growing Up Beast"

"Daddy! Mommy's home!" Happily exclaimed Tyler from his room at the first floor of a nice little house lost in the woods of Long Island.

"Yeah, I've heard her." Vincent Keller replied from the living room where he was watching a baseball game comfortably on his couch.

"I'm going to see her and tell her about the spider!" The little boy shouted happily.

Then Vincent heard a window opening and he only had the time to shout: "Tyler! Not through the window!"

Vincent turned his head away from the TV and looked outside to see his son gracefully landing down on the grass in the front yard and running towards his mother.

Vincent let out a sigh and rubbed his face, raising a little boy full of life with his DNA was a struggle of every day.

Catherine had just exited her car when she saw her son jumping through the window and landing elegantly on the grass. Tyler Michael Thomas Keller was now four years old and was too smart for his own good. He was a cute brown hair boy with green eyes. Every time Catherine looked at her son, she could see Vincent, they were very much alike. Although she had never seen a picture of Vincent when he was young, she was certain Tyler would look just like young Vincent. The looks were not the only thing he shared with his father. She guessed that with the handsomeness came the DNA and Tyler had inherited his father, that was for sure. With that Keller super smile, came super senses: speed, earing, strength and the glowing yellow eyes. Tyler had never transformed into a Beast. JT's hypostases were that he was either too young to transform or the mix between his parents' DNA created the super creature Muirfield always hoped for, someone with all the pros and without the cons of being a Beast. Both those theories were freaking Catherine out. But her fears were pushed aside as she watched her son who was now running in her direction, his arms wide open. She kneeled down and hugged him tightly and he told her: "I missed you Mommy."

"I've missed you too baby. But what did we say about using your super powers?" She asked.

The little boy looked down and said: "Not use it only if you say so or it's urgent."

"So you can't jump through the window like you just did." Catherine told him.

"Sorry Mommy. I wanted to see you." Tyler explained.

"Use the stairs next time." Catherine said before kissing him on the forehead and her son nodded.

"Daddy gonna be mad." Tyler stated.

"Yes, he is." Catherine replied as they walked towards the house to find Vincent waiting for them on the porch.

"Sorry Daddy." Tyler apologized when they reached him.

"Go to your room." Vincent replied sternly and Tyler obliged.

Vincent hated to be the stern father sending his son to his room when he broke the rules but with Tyler, it was not just an educational matter, it was a life and death situation. His son had to learn not to use his powers or he would end up being exposed and turned into a rat lab. So Vincent would rather punish him than see him being taken away from them. Tyler and Vincent were different on one point: Tyler was born with those abilities so it came to him naturally while Vincent had to summon the Beast to be able to use it. Therefor it was much harder for Tyler to learn to act like a normal little boy of his age.

Catherine and Vincent kissed and she wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head against his chest.

"How was your day?" Vincent asked.

"Same as always. Maggie Jacobson called because her cat was stuck in a tree." Catherine said.

Vincent chuckled and said: "That poor old lady didn't understand that you're the Sheriff and not a firefighter?"

"She's alone and needs company. I sent Tess over there." She told him with a smile.

Catherine was indeed the new Sheriff in town and Tess her Deputy. They job had nothing to do with what they were used to do in New York City. This little town was quiet and civil. The worst things they had to do were to give parking tickets. Tess was often bored with this job and sending her to drink tea and talk all day with the old lady didn't help.

Vincent and Catherine would always be thankful to JT and Tess. When Catherine got pregnant, they gave up everything and followed their friends to Long Island to help raise Tyler. They were living in a house not really far away from Vincent and Catherine's. They both loved Tyler very much and the little boy was very fond of Uncle JT and Aunt Tess too.

"And how was your day?" Catherine asked to the man she loved.

"Well, we played hide and seek, did some drawings, climbed in the trees, played some football and learnt how to write Tyler in capital letters." He explained.

Vincent was a full time Dad. As Catherine was working, he was the one staying with Tyler. Vincent was still haunted by numerous organizations so he couldn't expose himself and still had to live like a fugitive meaning he couldn't get a real job even if he wanted to. But he really didn't care, raising his son was a blessing and more than he could ever hope for.

"Come on, let's get inside." Vincent told Catherine before kissing her on the head and wrapping an arm around her shoulder, guiding her inside their home.

Catherine put her badge and gun down, some things never changed. She put the gun in a safe place where Tyler wouldn't be able to reach it. You could never be too careful with fire arms. She then joined Vincent on the couch and said: "Tell him to come back down."

"Ty! Come here son." Vincent said and Tyler joined them on the couch where he sat between them.

"Sorry Daddy." Tyler apologized once again.

"I know son. But you have to be careful with your super powers." Vincent told him.

"But sometimes I forget and I run too fast." The little boy said with sadness.

"It's alright. It takes time to learn to control powers." Vincent explained.

"It was hard for you?" Tyler asked.

"Yes it was, but I had your Mom to help me. And you have the both of us to help you." Vincent said looking lovingly at Catherine.

"But Mommy I wanted to tell you that we saw a big big big spider in the woods today!" Tyler explained happily.

"Really?" Catherine asked.

"Yeah, Dadddy said you scared spiders." Tyler stated.

Vincent and Catherine both laughed and Vincent said: "Mommy can be quite scary."

Catherine playfully hit him on the shoulder and she corrected her son: "I'm scared of spiders, but just don't tell Aunt Tess."

"It was really big." Tyler added.

Both of his parents smiled and Catherine said: "Now if you'll excuse me boys, I'm going to have a shower and change into something more comfortable. Can I count on you two to fix dinner?"

"Pastasssss!" Tyler exclaimed as he quickly got up on the couch and threw his arms in the air.

"Pastas it is." Catherine said before kissing both of her men on the cheek and going upstairs.

A while later, Catherine came down to find her men in the kitchen. Tyler was sitting on the stool talking about Spiderman while Vincent was making dinner. She walked behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head against his back.

"It smells great." She commented.

"You smell great." Vincent replied while continuing to cook.

"You smell flowers Mommy." Tyler added.

"It's ready, sit." Vincent told them and all of them sat at the dining table.

Vincent served the food and joined them and they started eating and talking about everything. Catherine had nearly finished her plate when she realized that Tyler had barely touched his food and was just playing with his fork and pastas.

"Ty, stop playing and eat your food honey." She told him gently.

"I'm not hungry." The little boy shrugged.

"Come on, with everything we did today, you must be starving." Vincent told his son who only shook his head no.

"Come on, eat Tyler." Catherine said a little more sternly.

"I'm not hungry!" Tyler repeated, glowing his eyes at Catherine.

Vincent said: "You don't glow your eyes at your mother. Go to your room. Right now."

Catherine watched her son leaving the table and let out a long sigh. She put her face in her hands and shook her head.

Vincent put a comforting hand on her tight and she looked up at him.

"I'm sorry." He told her, lowering his voice as much as he could so his super powered son wouldn't hear. With time they were used to whisper when they didn't want Tyler to hear their conversation. They learnt the hard way that they had to be careful when one day they were talking about Tyler's birthday present and they heard him cheer happily from his room when Catherine said 'Spiderman costume'.

"It's not your fault Vincent." Catherine replied almost in a whisper.

"It's my DNA running through his veins." Vincent reminded her.

"It's not that. Something is wrong with him. Something is bothering him and he's not talking to us." Catherine explained.

"How can you tell?" Vincent asked.

"Jumping through the window like that when he knows he's not allowed to do it, it's not like him. Plus, he is your son. He was frowning all dinner and he is rebellious. He's probably done something stupid he is regretting because he is upset." She explained.

The behavior Tyler had wasn't anything like him. He was usually always sweet and cheerful, unless he was tired or sick but that was not the case today. Catherine knew something was off with her son, her instinct and her guts knew it, she just had to figure out what was going on with her baby.

"I am not rebellious." Vincent told her, faking being hurt by her comment.

Catherine got up and started cleaning the table while Vincent watched her and he repeated: "I am not."

She smiled as she put the dishes in the dishwasher, before she could even realize it, she found herself pinned between the stool and Vincent's perfect body.

"How about not using powers Mister 'I'm not rebellious'?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"You can punish me later tonight." He whispered in her ear, making her shiver from head to toes.

Catherine couldn't help but smiled, he always knew how to make her feel better.

"It's alright Catherine, we'll get through this. We knew it wouldn't be easy raising a child with my DNA but we've done well. Ty is smart and handsome just like his father." Vincent joked with a smile that she couldn't resist.

"I'm going to talk to him. I want to know what's going on with him." Catherine told him before pressing her body against his and pressing her lips against his, teasing him with her tongue. Then she pulled away and Vincent groaned.

She smiled and said: "Consider this the first step to your punishment."

Vincent smiled and shook his head as Catherine made her way upstairs to Tyler's room.

Soooo... what do you think? Are you on board for another ride?