Author's note: I don't know why but I feel the need to remind anyone stumbling on this fic that it is based on the Tommy/Kat pairing so if you don't like please don't waste your time by reading it.

To those of you enjoying the story, thanks as always for your patience in waiting for updates.

CoolDiva: Let the takeover begin!!

PurpleLeopard: A Grace/Vadim pairing, what an interesting idea.

GinaStar: Yes, things are definitely about to explode.

ULTRA SONIC: This fic is delicious; I really like that compliment.

AJ: Thanks so much, I'm glad I picked the right movie.

GracefulCrane: Yeah, Vadim will turn to anyone to help him get Kat away from Tommy.

"It's good to be home," Tommy said as he carried their bags inside the house.

"It's really quiet in here, I wonder where Vadim is," Kat replied.

"With any luck, he's given up and gone back to Australia," Tommy said.

"Tommy, don't," she said.

"Sorry but a guy can hope can't he, I'll give Hayley a call and see if she knows what happened to him," he replied.

"Ok, I'm gonna go upstairs and unpack," Kat said as she picked up her bag and then headed up the stairs.

Sometime later after getting settled in, Kat walked back downstairs where she found Tommy sitting on the couch in the living room.

"What'd you find out from Hayley?" she asked.

"She said Vadim took off the same day we left and hasn't been back to the house and Hayley hasn't heard from him, so I'm still holding onto hope that he's left for good," Tommy answered.

"I wouldn't bet on that, Vadim's not the type to just give up so easily," Kat replied.

"Maybe not, but it's definitely nice to come home and not find him waiting for us," Tommy told her.

"I actually agree with you on that part, I'm not really sure what it'll be like to face him again," she admitted.

"Well we don't have to worry about that tonight, it's been a long day and I for one can't wait to sleep in my own bed again," he said as they headed upstairs.

"Yeah I'm pretty tired myself, thanks for taking me to the cabin, I really had a great time," she said as they stopped outside her bedroom door.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, good night Kat," he said leaning down to give her a soft peck on the lips before turning and heading down the hallway to his room.

The next morning, Tommy awoke to the sound of the doorbell which was being rung non-stop.

"Who the hell could be here this early in the morning," he muttered as he forced himself to get out of bed.

Meanwhile, Kat was already downstairs as the bell had succeeded in waking her up as well. She reached the door just as Tommy was coming down the stairs.

"Hello darling, did you miss me," Vadim said as he pulled Kat into his arms and into a long kiss.

"We thought you might have gone back to Australia," Kat said once Vadim finally released her.

"I could never leave without you," Vadim told her as he kissed her once again.

"I'd really appreciate it if you'd refrain from kissing my fiancée like that in my house," Tommy said as he stood behind them.

"Your fiancée, I'm sorry but isn't this my ring on her finger?" Vadim questioned.

"Please you two don't start this again," Kat pleaded.

"So where have you two been?" Vadim asked as they continued to stand in the doorway.

"That's really none of your business," Tommy responded.

"We just needed some time alone so that Tommy could fill me in on more of our memories," Kat told him.

"And did it help; did you get any of your memory back?" Vadim asked.

"No, I didn't," Kat admitted.

"I'm sorry you didn't remember anything but maybe it's finally time to accept that your old life is over and it's time to move on," Vadim replied.

"I actually agree with you, it is time to move on which is why Kat and I spent the majority of our time making new memories and we're a lot closer now so maybe it's time for you to accept that memory or not Kat's life is here with me," Tommy told him.

"Both of you please stop, I'm the one that has to choose and the two of you trading insults with each other is not going to make me decide any faster," Kat replied.

"Maybe I can help with that," a woman said as she appeared in the doorway behind Vadim.

"Grace, what the hell are you doing here?" Tommy asked.

"It's nice to see you too," Grace said.

"You're Grace?" Kat questioned.

"So you're the infamous Katherine, I've wondered what this would be like meeting you face to face, sort of like looking into a mirror wouldn't you say, at least that's what I thought the first time Tommy showed me your pictures and it certainly explained why Tommy wanted nothing to do with me at first," Grace replied.

"Why don't we move this conversation into the living room," Vadim suggested as he stepped aside to let Grace in and closed the door behind her.

"This is how you plan on winning Kat back by bringing my ex-girlfriend to town, that's low even for you," Tommy told Vadim as they followed the women into the living room.

"I'm guessing by the look on your face that Tommy never showed you a picture of me," Grace said as she took a seat opposite Katherine.

"No he didn't and I didn't ask him to either, we had more important things to deal with," Kat told her.

"Grace, I don't understand what you're doing here, you wanted nothing to do with me the last time we spoke," Tommy told her.

"I was really angry with you then and with good reason, you just showed up and announced that your precious Katherine was alive and then you just broke up with me as though those months we spent together meant nothing to you," Grace replied.

"I'm sorry, I handled that entire situation very badly and if I could go back and do it all over again I would have told you the truth about Kat being alive the night I got the news," Tommy told her.

"You made me believe that you were ready to move on, I was willing to give up my life in London to move here and take that job at Mercer Industries just to make you happy but none of that meant anything to you!" Grace yelled.

"That's not true Grace, it meant a great deal to me and I really did think that I was ready to move one but I was wrong and for that I'm sorry," Tommy told her.

"I believed all of your lies once Tommy Oliver, I won't make the same mistake again and Katherine if you're wise I'd think twice about whatever so called memories he's been filling your mind with, I wouldn't put it past him to twist things around," Grace said.

"I don't believe Tommy would ever do that," Kat said.

"Then you're a fool," Grace snapped.

"I think it's time for you to leave, I really cared about you once but now I see that I never really knew you at all," Tommy told her.

"Don't say I didn't warn you," Grace said as she got up to leave.

"Vadim, you shouldn't have brought her here," Kat told him once they heard the door slam shut.

"You can't remember what it's like being in a relationship with Tommy and I just thought you should hear from someone who does remember," Vadim replied.

"I'm not proud of the way I handled things with Grace but I would never use her the way that you just did," Tommy told him.

"But you did, you used Grace as a replacement for Katherine and you dropped her the minute that Kat came back into your life but it really doesn't surprise me knowing where you came from," Vadim responded.

"What do you mean where I came from?" Tommy questioned.

"I'm not really sure I should get into that with Kat being here," Vadim answered.

"Your little plan to use Grace to come between us didn't work and I don't have any secrets from Kat so why don't you just say what you're going to say," Tommy replied.

"Being the overprotective guy that I am, I wanted to know everything I could about the man who's trying to steal my fiancée so I did a little research into your background," Vadim told him.

"So what, you found out I was adopted, I've already shared that with Kat and she's met my adoptive parents, big deal," Tommy said.

"Oh I'm not referring to your adoptive parents, what I found out has to do with your real parents," Vadim replied.

"How could you find out anything about my real parents, I don't even know anything about them," Tommy told him.

"It's amazing what you can find out when you have enough money," Vadim responded.

"Vadim, this isn't right, you can't just probe into Tommy's life like that, it's none of your business and I don't care about Tommy's real parents, so please let's just stop this right now," Kat told him.

"Kat, trust me when you hear what I have to say you're going to think twice about deciding to have a future with him," Vadim said.

"It doesn't matter, I don't want to know," Kat told him.

"No, I want hear what he thinks is so bad that it would make you not want to be with me," Tommy replied.

"Didn't you ever wonder why your real mother gave you up or why you never knew that you had a brother, well it was because she didn't want you, she didn't want either of you, she got pregnant with David at the age of sixteen and decided to give him up for adoption but only under the conditions that he was adopted by someone from the reservation, then unable to bear the shame of it she ran away and she ended up on the streets and at the age of eighteen she became pregnant with you because she was a prostitute which is why I couldn't find any information on your father, she probably never even knew who your father was and then she died about a year later of a drug overdose," Vadim informed him.

"Oh Tommy, I don't know what to say, I'm so sorry," Kat told him.

"At least I can stop wondering what my real parents were like, thanks for the info Vadim, I hope you're satisfied now," Tommy said as he left the room.

"Why did you have to do that?" Kat asked as tears welled up in her eyes.

"Because you needed to know once and for all that I am the better man," Vadim answered.

"That was cruel what you did to him, you had no right to go digging into his past like that, I don't care what kind of person his mother was, she had nothing to do with the man that he's become and I know deep down in my heart that Tommy would never stoop as low as you did to get what he wants," Kat told him.

"I know you don't understand it now but trust me one day you'll thank me for this," Vadim replied.

"No I won't, because we're through, I could never be with someone who would purposefully hurt another person like that, you wanted to help me choose between the two of you well you just did, I guess I won't be needing this ring anymore," Kat said as she took the engagement ring off her finger and gave it to him.

"Kat, you don't mean this," Vadim said as he reached out to grab her.

"Don't touch me, I mean every word, now I'm going to find Tommy and make sure he's ok, I suggest you leave now, it's over and you lost," Kat said leaving before Vadim had a chance to say anything else.