The cashier frantically searched for Vincent and went into the market cafe. She looked around and saw him, ran over to him panting "Vincent, I need your help! Vincent quickly stood up and looked at her.
"What the heck is going on?! Vincent said.
"Some robbers are stealing some cash from the cash drawers with guns and people are in panic" She said.
"Call the cops immediately!" Vincent yelled. Then he turned around and looked down at Catherine worried. Catherine looked scared, stood up and looked at him..then grabbed a note and a pen, writing "What's wrong?"
"Stay here and do not move!" Vincent wrote as he put his hand on her shoulder. She nodded and stayed here. He ran out of the cafe, and then looked around to see people who were on the floor with their hands on back of their heads and not looking up. He hid behind the shelves and peeked around to see what's going on at the checkout. One of the robbers was yelling out "Do not move or I'll shoot" while another robber hurriedly gathered cash from all cash drawers and shoved them into the bag.
When they were done and tried to ran out of the store, but Vincent, without thinking, lunged at one of the robber, knocking him down on the floor. He struggled to get the gun from the robber. The gun went off, hitting Vincent in the shoulder. The robbers ran fast to the door, but the police had already arrived.
The police, their weapons drawn, yelled "FREEZE!"
The robbers stopped and slowly raised their hands up in the air. The police commanded them to put the guns down on the ground. The robbers, without making sudden move, complied to the police's orders. The police then ordered them to back away from the guns and then get down onto their knees with hands behind their heads. The police handcuffed them and put them in the police car.
While the police were arresting the robbers outside, Catherine had became impatient waiting in the cafe and left the cafe. She walked around, searching for Vincent and stopped in her tracks, when she saw Vincent laying down on the floor. She panickly ran to his side. When she saw a blood on his shoulder, she put her hand over her mouth. She quickly dropped down onto her knees next to him and pressed her hands on his shoulder to slow the bleeding. out until the paramedics came to aid him.
"I'm ok" Vincent mouthed.
The police then came inside to check on everybody to see if they were okay. When they saw that Vincent had been shot, they called for ambulance.
They brought him to the hospital and Catherine went with him because she was worried about him. At the hospital, he was brought in for a surgery. Catherine waited in the waiting room. After few hours, the nurse came out and went to Catherine and said, "He is out of surgery" but she didn't understand what she said.
Catherine signed "deaf" to the nurse.
The nurse said, "Oh ok.." pulling her notepad out. She wrote "He's out of surgery and please come with me"
Catherine followed her to his room. She went into his room, saw him and smiled at him. She walked up to his bed and was about to get a pen and a paper out, but Vincent took her hand and held it, shaking his head no.
Catherine shrugged and signed, "What?"
Vincent had a big smile on his face. He is going to surprise her!
"Would you like to go out with me on a date?" Vincent signed.
Catherine opened her mouth *gasp* and covered her hand over her mouth and cried.
She smiled, nodded and signed, "Yes, I'd love to!" She couldn't stop crying over that. "But...how?"
"I took ASL class two months ago when I met you, so I could communicate with you and want to get to know you," Vincent signed as she stared at him smiling.
She signed, "I would like to get to know you and thank you for your compassion of learning ASL!"
When Vincent recovered from the surgery a few weeks later, they have a big date. Vincent had carefully planned for the date with Catherine all week. Vincent took a shower and dried himself with a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist. He shaved and trimmed his goatee, and brushed his teeth. He sprayed himself with AXE.
He went to his bedroom and picked out clothes from dresser and closet; a black jeans, hunter green t-shirt, and black jacket. He got dressed and then put on black dress shoes. He's ready to go!
In a meanwhile, Catherine was getting ready. She opened the closet door to look for a dress and shoes. She picked a green backless dress with spaghetti straps and green 6 inches heel shoes. She laid the dress down on the bed, then she rushed to the bathroom to take shower. She got out of shower, dried herself with a towel, brushed her teeth and fixed her hair. She only put on a little make-up because she's a natural. She went back to her room and put on her dress and shoes. She put a little perfume on her and she is ready for her date! She's excited and nervous at the same time. She's waiting for Vincent to come to pick her up.
Vincent drove his car to her apartment and pulled into the parking lot. He got out of the car and walked to the apartment building and found Catherine's door. He took a deep breath and let it out. Nervously, he pushed the doorbell. There is light flashers in each rooms in the apartment. When Catherine saw the light flasher flashing, she went to the door and looked through the peephole to see if it's Vincent. Seeing that it was he, she smiled and opened the door and happily welcomed him in.
"Wow, you look beautiful!" Vincent signed as he looked up and down at her.
"Thank you, and you look handsome!" Catherine signed as she looked up and down at him.
"Thanks..You ready?" Vincent signed as he took his hand out to her.
"Yes," Catherine signed as she took his hand and they walked to the door. He opened the door for her and then closed after they exited. She locked the door. They walked downstairs to his car and he opened the car door for her and she got in. He closed the door and walked around to the driver's side. He got in and then drove to the fancy restaurant.
They are on a date….
Hi...What do you think of this chapter? Are they enjoying their first date? I'll move on to the next chapter, I'm getting excited about Batb in a less than 2 weeks! Are u? Please review! Thanks!