Chapter 3
Silent years

"Cat, we'll be late" - Tess said, leaning against the doorframe. She wore a stunning dark red dress that covered half her thighs.
"Coming!" Cat yelled through her appartment while putting her heels on, that were matching her white cocktail dress with cut outs.
"Oh my good, Cat! You look HOT" Tess chuckled and handed a full glass of campagne.
„Well, thank you Tess! You look pretty, too!" Cat joked back and both women left the appartment, looking forward to the evening.

„Family dinner, huh?" Cat asked annoyed when they entered the huge appartment and all her suspicions regarding the party came true. She could at least count twenty people in the room that was rather a gallery than a living room with it´s high ceiling, the modern concrete walls and colourful paintings.
„If I told you what it was, would you be here right now?"
Cat rolled her eyes at Tess.
„Drinks?" Tess grabbed Cat on her arm, who had stared at the back of a tall blonde in a tight green dress, who looked strangely familliar, and dragged her to the bar in the kitchen.
Cat tried hard to get that nagging feeling out of her chest but couldn´t help feel like she was beeing watched over. She grabbed a glass of champagne and turned around to take a look over the people in the room.
Her detective instinct was right, she realized that when she looked direktly into a pair of familiar eyes, staring back at her.
In that moment everything around her stopped, the music, the chatter...
She only felt those eyes staring at her.
The next second she turned around and looked away as quick as he did.
The pace of her racing heart was alarming and she was affraid that she would get a heart attack any second.

Tess didn´t even realize what had happened right in front of her.
6 years had passed since she talked to him the last time and even though JT and Tess were as close as never before, she allways managed to avoid meeting him. After JT had found out what his best friend had done to Catherine, their relationship became weaker and when his lifestyle changed, they never really got that close again.
Though no one of them would ever talk about it, all of them had changed over time and especially Cat had managed to let go of the demons of her past.
When Cat felt a hand on her shoulder her heartbeat sped up even more and relief flooded over her when she turned to see a concerned Tess standing next to her.
„Cat! Are you ok? You look like you just saw a ghost!"
„I .. I´m fine!" she stumbled.
„Are you sure? Look, I´ll go talk to Brian for a minute, ok?"
„Mhh...!" Was everything Cat could say before Tess left her side.
She grabbed another drink and took a gulp before she turned to scan the room again but couldn´t find Vincent this time.

While in all those years she was convinced that she had successfully moved on, now she felt the pain again, the betrail and she hated herself for it.

"Catherine, it´s a pleasure to see you again" to hear his voice made her shiver and wince.
It sounded just like she remembered. She took a deep breath to calm herself a little and turned to him, trying to look anything but like she just saw frankensteins monster.

He looked just like in the pictures she saw. His hair was pretty short now and he wore a tux.
She couldn´t help but wonder about his formal tone.
„Vincent, you are here!" The words left her mouth before she could controll them.
„Mind if we talk for a minute?" he asked and laid his hand onto her lower back to lead her further away from the bar, into a queit corner.
„Don´t!" she said sharply and stepped out of his touch.
„You want to talk?"she asked and quickly got her composure back.

„Catherine! Jeez! Calm down!" he frowned when he senced how worked up she was.
„Don´t tell me what to do!" she replied in a stern tone.
„Ok, you clearly aren´t in the mood for talking." Vincent observed dryly.
„In the mood? We have nothing to talk about! If I was interessted in your life, I would google you!
Let me alone!"
In that moment she felt a hand around her waist and found Noah next to her.

"Hey baby, what's wrong?" Noah asked, looking from Vincent to Catherine.
"Nothing! Vincent was just saying hello!"
"I'm Catherine's boyfriend." The men shook each others hand and eyed each other suspiciously.
Vincent just nodded dryly.
Noahs arm posessively layed around Catherines waist and softly but firmly dragged her away from Vincent.´without further words.
She could only hear that he drew in a sharp breath but wasn´t going to waste anymore time on him.
„Can I have that dance?" Noah asked when they reached the dancefloor.
Catherine smiled in relief and welcomed the chance to avoid thinking about Vincent for a minure.
The party was in full swingand one could catwar hero and his fiancé dancing and kissing ocassionally.
„I love you, Cat! I have to tell you something... -"
„What is it, honey?" Cat asked curiously. In that moment the song had ended and before the next one could start, Vincent approached the couple.
„May I have a dance?" Vincent asked consciously.

But befor Catherine could even say a word, Noah jumped in into the conversation.
„She doesn´t want to dance with you! Who do you think you are, showing up here after everythinng you´ve put her through?"
Vincent took a step back and his face showed an expression mixing amusement and confusion.
Cat and Vincent were well aware of the fact that she meight as well defend herself.

„I´m not talking to you, I was asking Catherine!" Vincents voice towards Noah was cold enouth to cool down the temperature in the room.

„You heard him. I won´t dance with you! Get yourself another partner."
„Catherine...!" Vincent sighted. „Can I please talk to you for a minute?" This time his voice was literally urging her but Noah didn´td look like he was going to back down so soon.
„I have to talk to Tess, if you´ll excuse me!" and with those words she left both men behind.

Hi guys, this is the chapter 3. I think you were hoping VINCat to meet, I think this chapter is one of the best chapters. I hope you liked this chapter. Please review. Tell me what you think of this chapter. Do you like it? What do you think vincent is doing well? I think not. What do you think?