A/N This is a story that popped into my head. In this story Muirfield has been taken down. I would say it occurs about a year after the season finale. No one knows about Vincent's beastly side. All they know is that an organization was hunting him down, so he had to fake his death. Thanks for reading and please leave a review!

A New Life

Vincent was finally able to breathe. Muirfield had been taken down, and he could get his life back after 11 years. Vincent could now live his life with Catherine, and not worry about looking over his shoulder. For the first time ever, Vincent was finally going to get to take his girl out on a date.

"So where do you want to go?" Vincent was laying on his stomach on Catherine's bed watching as she finished getting ready. Catherine smiled at Vincent in the mirror, and turned around.

"You have not been out to a restaurant in over a decade. You are picking, not me."

"Catherine, I just want to take you out."

"You can still take me out, but I'm not choosing, so you better start thinking." Catherine leaned down, and gave him a quick kiss on the lips before she turned, and went to get shoes out of her closet. Vincent sighed, and spun over onto his back. As he was staring at the ceiling he thought about all the places he used to go to when he was in college. He definitely did not want to go anywhere where he had memories with Alex. Then, a light bulb went off in his head. Catherine then came walking out of the bathroom with her hands on her hips.

"So where are we going?"

How about Carmine's? Their food is amazing." Catherine just smiled at him.

"Carmine's it is. Let's go."

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Vincent sat across from Catherine at the restaurant, and felt a little anxious. He hadn't been so exposed in a very long time.

"Vincent, hey are you alright?" Catherine grabbed his hands from across the table, and tried to meet his eyes.

"I'm alright, it's just there are a lot of people here, and well I just feel exposed."

"It's alright to be exposed. They aren't looking for you anymore. We got them. You are free."

"Yeah, you are right. I guess it is just going to take some time to get used to." Vincent smiled at Catherine, and went back to eating his dinner.

"So you said you liked it here. Did you come here often?" Vincent smiled to himself when he thought about all the times he would come here.

"Yeah. This was our place, my brothers and I. We used to come here all the time. It was our favorite place to go." Vincent looked down at his chicken dish, and smiled as he thought about all the times they had come here together. Sometimes he still could not believe that they were gone.

"Oh ok. Sounds like you were really close with your brothers."

"Will and Matt were my best friends. We did everything together. Every special occasion we had, this is where we would come. This was actually the last place we came together."

Catherine watched Vincent's face as he recounted tales with his brothers. She realized it was time to change the subject. She wanted tonight to be a happy night, not one that would upset him.

"It sounds like this place has a lot of good memories for you. Thank you for bringing me here." Vincent was about to say something when a woman came over to their table.

"Oh my goodness! You're him! You're the man from the news." Vincent began to get nervous, so Catherine took over.

"Yup, that's him alright."

"Sir, it is an honor to meet you. I'm so sorry that those people took those years away from you. I just wanted to come over to say thank you for everything that you sacrificed for this country." The woman left soon after that, but Catherine saw the look in Vincent's eyes. He was humbled. Catherine was glad that people were finally able to realize the sacrifices Vincent had taken.

"Ready to go?" Catherine stood up and held out her hand as a way of breaking him out of his reverie.

"Uh yeah, guess it's time to head out.

On the way home they stopped, and got some ice cream, and took their time walking through the streets of New York. They didn't have to say anything to each other, they could just walk hand in hand enjoying being together. While Catherine was just enjoying the time with her boyfriend, frenzy was going on inside Vincent's head. Going to Carmine's brought back so many memories from his life. It all was flashing in his head like a movies reel. Images of him playing catch with his dad, baking cookies with his mom, having food fights with his brothers, even playing video games with JT. Everything was just passing through his head and he just couldn't stop them. It was as if he had been blocking out his memories for the last 11 years and suddenly they came through like a dam had broken. Vincent was glad to remember the happy memories, but then the bad ones started coming through. First, finding out the twin towers had been hit, then his brothers' funeral. He just couldn't take those memories. They were too difficult to remember.

"Vincent…Vincent!" He hadn't realized that he and Catherine were sitting on a bench until she started yelling his name. She put a hand to his cheek, and began wiping his tears away.

"Hey, are you alright?" Vincent finally looked at Catherine. and let the rest of his tears rush out.

"I'm sorry. I guess being there, it brought back all of these memories that I hadn't thought about in 11 years." Vincent brought his hand up, and wiped away the rest of his tears.

"Don't be sorry. You just had me a little worried. You weren't responding to me at all, and then you started crying." Catherine took his right hand in hers and laced them together.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Vincent thought about what he wanted to say. He really didn't want to talk about his memories, but he did know what he wanted to do.

"No, I don't want to talk about it, but I know what I want to do next. Catherine, will you help me find my parents?" Catherine looked up at him, and smiled the biggest smile she could. Ever since Muirfield had been taken down, she had been waiting for him to ask her that very question.

"Of course I will help you." Vincent smiled so brightly that she was sure it had brightened up the dark streets Together they hurried back to Catherine's apartment, so they could begin their search. He knew it was not going to be easy, but he hoped in the near future he would have some of his family back.