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Texts

Catherine wasn't aware of typing and sending the first text until she received a reply from JT. He's still out, JT had written. She read it twice and turned back to her report. Joe wanted it on his desk ASAP.

She really hoped that JT wasn't just writing that to make her feel better and not for the first time she wished that she could actually talk to Vincent and found out how he really was. But she couldn't, especially if they were right and she was the reason that he was having the blackouts. It made no sense to her, why and how was she causing the blackouts? Sure, they had a strange connection to each other but surely it wasn't enough to cause Vincent to lose control, was it?

Whatever it was, it meant that they couldn't actually see each other or spend any time together and Catherine was having a hard time dealing with that.

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JT's phone vibrated and he read the latest message from Catherine. How is he? Whatever else JT might fault her with – causing Vincent to fugue out, making Vincent jealous, making Vincent more visible to the world and generally making Vincent imagine that he could have a real life with Cat – he couldn't fault her devotion to Vincent. She had been sending a message every fifteen minutes.

He looked at Vincent who was currently sitting at the table calmly eating breakfast and decided to read to message out to him. The smile that broke out on his friend's face was wide enough to light up a room.

"She's sent about twenty messages in the last two hours," JT said.

"What did you tell her?"

"That you were still out in the first hour," JT replied, "and then when you woke up I said that you were fine."

Vincent smiled wistfully. He really wanted to see Catherine but he didn't want to hurt her and if she really was the cause of the blackouts, he didn't want to do something that he would regret forever.

He picked up the cereal box and put it back in the cupboard and carried the bowl to the sink.

JT's phone vibrated again and Vincent waited to hear what Catherine was saying this time. Are you sure he's really okay? Maybe I can just drop by and see him for a bit, JT read aloud. "This girl is officially obsessed with you," he told his friend.

'Not as obsessed as I am with her,' Vincent thought to himself. He thought about Catherine all the time.

"And I can't believe I'm going to say this," JT continued, "but maybe we get her over here we can sort this out once and for all."

"No," Vincent was adamant. "These blackouts are very unpredictable."

JT stood up, he really couldn't believe he was saying these words, "but if Catherine's really the cause of the blackouts, why not use the real thing? Let her come over here. She's seen you Vincent and she hasn't run."

"I don't know how much longer I can expect her to put up with all this," Vincent replied. He didn't add that he was really scared that Catherine was going to move on with her life. A life that didn't include him.

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JT walked up the stairs; he had left Vincent in the cage and gone out for a meeting at the university. He'd only been gone an hour and he hoped that his friend was fine. Catherine had sent him four texts in that time asking him how Vincent was and he'd replied that he was fine. He hoped that he'd been telling the truth, that Vincent hadn't had an episode in his absence.

He stopped in shock.

Catherine and Vincent were sitting in the cage. Together. Vincent had his arms around Catherine and they were whispering softly.

JT didn't know whether to shout at them or laugh. Well, at least she was here now; they could really test and find out once and for all if she was the cause of Vincent's blackouts.

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