**I DO NOT OWN THIS SHOW OR THE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW, I AM JUST BORROWING THEM**

~Vincent – 2 Weeks Later~

"Hey…good morning!" she said as she entered the kitchen. Oh my God she looks so hot right now….she's wearing one of my shirts and its long enough to cover her butt. Is she trying to seduce me?

"Uhm…hey…Good morning to you too." I said in a distracted tone. She laughed and said, "It was something quick to put on. I hope you don't mind."

I shook my head no and shut my mouth after realizing my jaw had dropped. She walked over to me and sat in my lap as she began kissing me passionately.

"Mmmm, what was that for?"

"I had a flash of us together…..did I mention that I love bubble baths now?"

"Oh you do now, do ya?"

She nodded as she began kissing me again. I stood up, picking her up in a cradle and carried her to the bathroom.

After our bath, Catherine and I dressed and head downstairs. Catherine's phone began to ring, "Hello?"…."Oh, hey Tess."…."Can you pick me up in an hour?"…"Great! Thanks!"

She turned towards me and said, "I'm going to hang out with Tess for a little while, if that's okay?"

"Catherine you know you don't have to ask. I'm fine with it…..just be careful."

"I will….scouts honor!"

10 minutes after Catherine left, I heard a knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a man standing there…tall, tanned, clean cut….and he finally spoke, I noticed he had a French accent.

"Hello, Is Catherine around?"

"And who are you?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm Catherine's fiance."

He extended his hand hesitantly as he continued, "I'm Gabe Lowan. I know Catherine from the Art School in France. I came to America to find her and from what info I did get from some of the residents around here, they led me here."

Something isn't right about this and all I can do is feel angry right now.

"Why are you looking for her? Did she get into trouble over in France or something?"

"Oh, no….uhm, I don't think it is my place to tell you."

"Well she is going to be my wife, so I think that it gives me the right to know what is going on."

I was getting even more angry as he acted even more suspicious.

"Well, me and Catherine were together in France. I came here to tell her how I felt…."

You know that feeling you get when your on a rollercoaster and you have reached the top of a really big drop and it is sitting still before dropping? That feeling hit me all at once and at that moment, I punched him. I totally lost control and punched him. My Catherine, with him? I don't understand. How could she have done this to me after everything we have been through? She came home and acted as if nothing happened while she was over there and now this guy comes here, to OUR house thinking hes claiming the love of his life? I needed to find answers. None of this was making sense!

~Catherine~

When Tess and I arrived at the Midnight café, a woman greeted us, "Hey Catherine! How are ya dear? I heard about the car incident….are you okay?"

"Uh….yeah. I'm doing okay. Thanks Bernice!"

"How's Vincent?"

"He's okay….I think the wreck has took a bigger toll on him than it did me, and I suffered memory loss."

"How is that working out for you?" she said as she handed me and Tess a cup of coffee.

I took a drink as I responded, "That's really good coffee….Uhm, it's progressing. Still trying to remember some things. It can get a little difficult at times, but I'm managing."

We all talked and laughed and drank more coffee. As me and Tess began to leave, I was struck with a memory after seeing a familiar face,

"Gabe, your my best friend. The only friend I have here actually….."

"Catherine?" Tess said, but the flash wouldn't stop,

Gabe kissed me and pushed back and slapped him across the face. "What are you doing?! I'm engaged!"

"Catherine please! Be with me!"

"NO! I love Vincent…I'm IN love with Vincent! I am going to marry him…..I'm sorry that you thought this was something besides friendship, but I do not love you like that, I am not in love with you…I'm sorry Gabe, but I can't be your friend anymore!"

I walked away….

"Gabe?!"

"Cat? Who is this guy?" Tess asked.

"I'm Gabe Lowan…..Catherine, I traveled all this way to see you. I love you, please don't do this to me…."

He crushed his lips against mine and again I pushed him off of me.

"Gabe leave me alone! You made a mistake coming here…..I do not love you…."

"Cat do you want me to kick his ass?" Tess asked sarcastically.

"No, please don't, her fiancé already planted his fist onto my face earlier…."

OH NO! HE TOLD VINCENT!

I ran past Gabe, past Tess and stuck my hand out to get a taxi. Vincent probably hates me now and thinks that I had something with this guy. But it wasn't true! I was truly in love with Vincent and I would never do that to anybody! I had to tell him the truth.

As I arrived to the house Vincent was walking out with a duffle bag.

"Vincent, wait! Please don't go….hear me out!"

Tears welled my eyes as I saw a stray tear slide down his cheek.

"There is nothing to talk about."

"Yes there is! Vincent, me and Gabe were not together! We were friends and he kissed me when a bunch of us went to hang out. It was nothing more!"

"Why didn't you tell me? How hard is it for you to just talk to me about things? This isn't the first time you kept stuff from me….quite honestly Catherine, I just need to get away a while. I need time to think about this and if I choose to talk to you after this, then I will call you."

I cupped his face and placed my forehead against his…..

"Vincent don't do this….I love you and I need you right now….." I paused as a flash of memory came to me,

"I'm not going anywhere….I'm right here and I promise I'll never leave your side again Catherine…even if you tell me to."

"You promised!"

"What?"

"You promised you would never leave me again….."

"Believe me Catherine, I don't want to…."

I rubbed my nose against his as I looked up into his eyes and whispered, "So don't…"

He closed his eyes and breathed in, then he took my hands and pulled them down away from his face and said, "I can't….I'm sorry."

I stood there frozen as he pulled out of the driveway. Was this really happening? Was I dreaming? It couldn't have been a dream because I don't think you can feel your heart crystalizing into dust when your sleeping. I screwed up really bad and I don't know what to do anymore. I walk back inside and find a photo of us together and knocked it off of the table. I walked over to the couch and grabbed a cushion and my body began to shrivel into the floor as I cried….

I cried myself to sleep…..

~Tess – 2 days Later~

I wish Cat would answer the phone. I'm getting worried about her since we ran into weird creepy dude the other day because I haven't seen or heard from her since. I went over to her place, but she wouldn't answer the door. Today, I think full cop mode is going to kick in because if she doesn't answer the door this time, I swear I'll kick the door down, pregnant or not! She's my best friend and I care about her.

As I pull into the driveway, I notice that there are 3 newspapers sitting in the yard. Damn paper boy needs to get better aim. Anyways, when I walk up to the door, I knock and say, "Cat? I know your in there….Open up or I'll kic…"

The door swung open and Cat was in a robe and had a glass of liquor in her hand. She had dark circles around her eyes and her hair was a mess.

"Good God Cat…when was the last time you took a shower?"

"Come in Tess."

"Jesus honey, what happened?"

"It doesn't matter anymore….I'm moving on."

Moving on? Did Vincent leave her?

"Tess, Vincent left…..do you remember that guy that we ran into at the coffee shop?"

I nod.

"He made a move on me over in France when I went to school….I didn't tell Vincent because there was nothing to tell. Gabe, he…he told Vincent about it and he left. He said he would call if he wanted to come back, but…"

She started to cry as she continued, "He hasn't called since he left….I'm trying to move on from it, but it's hard. I just got out of a serious car accident and suffered memory loss and when I needed him most he…..he left!"

"Oh, honey…..I'm so sorry!"

I took her in my arms and hugged her….she was in a really bad state and it pissed me off because he left her like this. She's drinking, something she wouldn't do before over a guy….she's been sleeping on the couch…..and then I looked over near the fridge and saw bags.

"Are you leaving?"

"Tess, I'm going to stay with Heather in Chicago for a while…..I don't know maybe I'll move there. I have nothing left here anymore."

"That's not true, Vincent may be an ass but he does love you Cat. Just give it more time…."

"I can't….I can't live here in this house without thinking about him….I can't go out without seeing him…..Tess, I have to get out of New York, it has nothing but painful memories left for me."

"Well, I can't stop you Cat…I just wish you would think about it first before making a decision. Look, I love you. You are like a sister I never had….please, just promise me you will think about it?"

"Fine! I'll think about it….But I have a flight leaving in 3 hours so I need some time alone to think about it. Not promising you anything."

I swear Vincent Keller will be hearing from me!

I arrived at Kellers, and I was raging mad. Hormone's I guess was the main reason, but the other reason was the fact that I have seen them with so much love for each other, I just didn't understand why he would just walk away from all of this….especially when Cat needed him most.

I stormed inside and walked up to the bar, "You got a minute?"

"I'm working."

"Fine, get me a water on ice."

As he handed me the water I took a sip before slinging it in his face, "What the hell is wrong with you Vincent? How could you be so cold after everything you two have been through and just leave her like that?"

"This doesn't concern you."

"She's my best friend, of course this concerns me especially when she is looking like a zombie out of the Walking Dead these days. She's drinking a lot and sleeping the day away…I may act stupid sometimes but I know you are lying to yourself along with others when you say its over."

"I can't keep living with secrets Tess. I do love her but I just can't anymore…."

"Speaking of secrets, I can clearly remember when you kept one from Cat when Tori kissed you…..sound familiar? Oh, and she forgave you for it, why can't you forgive her? I know why…..You're a coward and a hypocrite! She loves you to death and she is suffering because of you yet your so wrapped around this Gabe person to even see it."

"Your right….I should have talked to her…."

"There is still time…..She plans on moving to Chicago with her sister….says its too painful to be in New York anymore….."

"What?! She's leaving? When?"

"In 2 ½ hours she will be on a plane headed to Chicago….please Vincent, go talk to her. I'll give you a ride if you want…I know that you love her and she loves you…..please?"

Vincent sighed then looked over at his boss then back to me. He laid down the glass he was drying off and walked over to his boss then he came back and said, "Let's go then…."

"I knew you would say that….oh, and sorry about the water thing."

"Uh, yeah."

~Catherine~

It began raining as I entered the shower to get ready for my flight. This shower was very much needed to also help sober me up. I made up mind, I'm going to Chicago….it's just too painful to be here in New York after everything that has happened in the past couple of days. Vincent means so much to me, it has killed me to be without him. You know what is funny? I had a flash back while in the liquor store of me and Vincent talking about him singing his sorrows into a beer bottle….and yet, there I was, leaving with a bottle of booze myself to sing my sorrows into.

After my shower, I dressed and walked downstairs to call Heather to let her know I was leaving soon to head for the airport. She didn't answer, so I left a voicemail instead of calling her back. As I prepared to leave, my phone began to ring….it was Tess, "Hey Tess…what's up?"

"Hey! Don't go anywhere, I'm on my way there…plus it's storming pretty bad."

My body jerked into another flashback state as soon as she said that,

It began to storm with flashes of lightening and rumbling sounds of thunder coming through the window as he laid her onto the bed. He detached himself long enough to sit her up onto her knees as he entered her once more from behind her. They both rocked against each other as Vincent trailed his hand down to her sex. She laid her head back against his shoulder as he continued to thrust inside of her. Beads of sweat mixed in with the water that lingered on their bodies from the bath. Thunder rumbled the house as they both screamed out in pleasure.

The power had went completely out at that moment as thunder roared through the house. I stood there surrounded by darkness and I remembered that in order to turn on the emergency power to the house, I had to go out in the storm. I grabbed my coat and flashlight and ran out the door through the rain. It was down pouring and the wind was blowing slightly making things more difficult to see. Flashes of lightning lit up the entire sky and I began to panic. One thing I was sure of was that I didn't want to get electrocuted…so I rushed to the electric box. I messed with it a few minutes and nothing happened, so I decided to just go ahead and return back inside and light a few candles til Tess got here. It was so dark I couldn't see, but a pair of headlights caught my attention as I returned to the porch. I walked back inside and soon after I entered the house, the power came back on and I turned to be face to face with him…..

"Vincent? What are you doing here?"

"I can't let you go to Chicago….I won't."

"You have no say in the matter…besides, you left and that was a pretty loud statement that you don't care. Did Tess put you up to this?"

"Actually I do….and I think you know that Catherine. Otherwise you wouldn't be here. You would have already left. I was wrong to leave you….I was surrounded by hurt and betrayal at that moment and I didn't give you a chance to fully explain…."

"Vincent, I asked you to stay here with me and you didn't, you left and I needed you…more than ever and when I needed your shoulder to lean on you wasn't there….I faced a lot of flashbacks alone, good and bad and it was tough for me….."

"I know and I'm sorry….I overreacted and I was fully wrong in doing so….you forgave me and I should have forgave you….I do…I forgive you Catherine…..please, I am begging you don't go. I'll do anything to make this right…..I love you!"

My heart sunk like the Titanic when he said those words to me…..but my mind jumbled and I didn't know what else to say….

"Vincent…It's too late." And I grabbed my bags and walked past him.

~Vincent~

For a split second, I stood there trying to find a way to keep her here with me. What more could I do or say to make her believe me? Then the first thing popped into my mind that had become a 'Do or Die' moment.

"Catherine, wait!" I said as I ran to her in the rain. She stopped dead in her tracks and as she turned around to yell at me some more, I yanked her bags out of her hands and webbed my fingers with hers as I whispered, "It's never too late." and my lips crushed onto hers. She slowly wrapped her arms around me and deepened our kiss. She jumped up and wrapped her legs around my waist as I carried her back inside, using my foot to close the door behind us.

Vincent carried Catherine to the couch. Vincent sat down with Catherine straddling him and she began to move against him. They both continued kissing, biting and sucking on each others lips and Vincent hissed in pleasure when Catherine nibbled on his ear and sucked on his neck. She raised up looking at him and pulled his shirt off and tossed it. Vincent ripped her shirt open exposing her perky breasts with a hot pink laced bra cupping them. He pushed her shirt off and she stood and took off her pants. She got on her knees and began kissing his abs as she pulled his pants off as well….his hands tangled in her hair and he bent his head back and groaned when she massaged her tongue against his hip. She looked back up at him as she hooked her fingers on his boxers and pulled them off. He sat up and kissed her stomach as he jerked her panties down her legs. He spun Catherine around and sat her down in a straddle with her back facing him onto his fully grown erection. She arched her back, laying her head onto his shoulder as he guided his hands up to her bra straps and pulled them down to kiss her shoulder. She rocked her body onto him exotically as he unfastened the clasp of her bra, letting it fall to the floor. She turned her body around to face the man she loved, not leaving the contact, and dug her fingers into his shoulders as their lips crushed together once more. Tongues touched….lips were sucked….and moans were exchanged into each others mouth. Vincent picked them up slightly and laid them in the floor as began thrusting deep inside of her. She screamed his name and begged him for more as she clawed his back leaving red welted streaks down it. Her legs wrapped around his waist and she clenched them to every thrust to pull him closer inside. As they both reached their climax they both screamed out each others names. Catherine pulled Vincent's head down to kiss him softly and his body crashed next to hers as they fought to catch their breaths. Catherine rolled over on top of Vincent and grabbed his wrists, pushing them down on the floor as she said, "So does this mean we call it a truce?"

"Well it sure wasn't break-up sex."

"I thought you would say that." and she laid next to Vincent drawing hearts on his chest with her finger.

**A/N: This was the most difficult chapter EVER! I got stuck on this chapter more than any other chapter lol. I really didn't know where to take it to be honest so I got a few ideas from some awesome friends and I just went with it. If it bored you at the beginning, I'm sorry….this was the best that I could have done for this chapter haha. Anyways, no questions, but would love to hear your ideas about how you would like this story to go and maybe I will use them if it's okay….I hate getting stuck when writing, makes me feel like a zombie without a brain :/ lol….anyways you don't have to give me any ideas, I'll figure it out one way or the other : ) Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter….yal are truly amazing! DEAR KEZ, WHENEVER YOU MAKE IT TO THIS CHAPTER I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR KILLING ME WITH YOUR HOT AMAZING PHOTOS ON TWITTER lmao! Love you guys, PLEASE REVIEW!**