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Chapter 9: Storm Clouds are Brewing
Vincent slowly started to awaken as he smelled the sweet familiar scent of Catherine's apartment. Her place always had this clean linen mixed with a vanilla scent, he always figured it was the candles around her house and her laundry detergent. The smell was welcoming and made him smile because he knew he was safe and no longer in that crazy hospital. Once he opened his eyes he realized he was in her guest room which would have been Heather's room. He got up and walked into the living room to find Catherine engrossed in a book on her iPad. She was so into the story she didn't even realize Vincent had walked into the room. Vincent stared at her taking in her beauty even in the jeans and button-up shirt she had on she still looked beautiful as always. Catherine finally looked up noticing movement from the corner of her eye.
"Vincent you are awake," she says smiling up at him as she stood up. "Are you ok?"
"I am fine thanks to you," Vincent says grabbing her up in his arms without thinking and giving her a hug "thank you so much I don't know where I would be if you hadn't gotten there in time"
She awkwardly hugged him back feeling weird because of how things left off with them.
"We got Chinese!" Tess yells walking through the front door along with JT catching both Vincent and Cat off guard. Catherine's cheeks turned beet red as she made space between them. What was a simple hug to them looked like something else to their best friends who were both now grinning at Cat and Vincent.
"Whoa, are we interrupting something?" JT chuckles sitting down a bag of food on Catherine's kitchen counter.
"No Vincent was just thanking me for coming to his rescue," Catherine says
"Sure you were," Tess says with sarcasm while eyeing her best friend with a smile.
"How are you feeling V.? JT asks
"I feel fine, kind of groggy but I am ok," Vincent says as everyone makes their way into the kitchen to grab a plate.
They all sat around eating and filling Vincent on what happened after he dozed off. They told him how once the doctors saw two cops they all backed down and didn't even put up a fight.
"Precinct is doing an investigation on that whole faculty they definitely violated some major laws. They were about to give you electroshock therapy without your content and they didn't even give you a proper diagnosis to even make sure that was something you should need or handle" JT told Vincent.
"Turns out your wife is related to that doctor, which is how she got him to do all that stuff for her. My guess is she didn't think anyone would be able to save you before the procedure then she hoped you lose your memory and end up how you were a month ago" Catherine says
Vincent sat there taking it all in as much as he was glad that he was now safe, he had one thing on his mind his son. He hadn't seen Ryan since the day Alex took him away and whenever he saw Alex Ryan was never with her. He hoped that Alex had him over a relative and that he could see him to know if he was ok.
"JT has Alex tried to contact you? Has she said anything about Ryan?" Vincent asks
"She called me a little bit after we left the hospital to cuss me out for going to Catherine for help" JT chuckled "but she didn't say anything about Ryan. He is probably at her parents" JT says noticing Vincent's worried look.
Vincent couldn't help but smile at how well JT and Tess hit it off, they were already naturally bickering the food run they went on he guessed brought them together it could have also been the fact that he had already told JT that he and Tess ended up together in his world as well. JT must have taken it upon himself to be more confident knowing he could and did land a smoking hot woman like Tess. They both went back and forth with their sarcastic jokes making Catherine and Vincent laugh. Every once in a while Catherine would catch Vincent looking at her, even Tess caught it. Vincent didn't mean to stare he just missed her and the way they were before he ended up here. Although he was looking at the love of his life their situation had been flipped upside down and now it is even more complicated than ever before.
While Catherine and Tess cleared the kitchen when everyone was done Tess finally spoke on what she thought of Vincent.
"Cat he really is nice too bad he is married though" Tess joked "and the way he looks at you, he really is in love with you"
Catherine smiles "it's kind of scary right I can never get used to the way he looks at me," she says blushing.
"You still like him don't you," Tess asks
"Of course I do but after what has happened, we just can't he has way too much going on right now. I don't want to get any more involved than I already am"
"Cat who are you trying to fool? as guarded as you are you like the attention he gives you"
"No not true" Cat smiles
"You do and for old time sake why don't you, just let him make your toes curls at least once" Tess jokes.
"Oh my god no, I am not going to do that and he is married remember," Cat says as her face turns beet red.
"Look at you, you are such a prude" Tess laughs noticing her best friend's bright red cheeks. "Cat come on it's been a long long long time for you and after the way, his wife treated him they are damn sure headed for divorce so live a little"
"I can't believe you advising me to sleep with a married man. Anyways… What do you think about JT?" Cat asks changing the subject.
"The geek, he is ok why? And don't think I didn't notice you changed the subject" Tess says
"Vincent told me that you and him are together where he is from" Cat smiles
"And you believe that ugh! He isn't even my type" Tess says looking over at JT
"Opposites attract" Cat teases
"Ugh don't even go there," Tess says
JT and Vincent were sitting on the sofa checking out ESPN and chatting amongst themselves as well.
"I know you are worried about Ryan but I am sure he is fine we can try to go over and see him later if you want," JT says
"Yes I do I want to make sure he is ok," Vincent says
"So what's up with you and Cat, I saw you all over her when I walked in. you guys make up?" JT says smiling.
"I wasn't all over her it was just as Catherine said I was hugging her for rescuing me"
"But you do still want to be with her don't you?" JT asks
"Of course I do but she is probably still angry plus I don't belong here. I need to figure out how I got here and why all this is happening. I don't want to hurt her anymore" Vincent says glancing up at her smiling at something Tess said to her.
"I understand but you guys seem… I don't know destined or something"
"Funny you said something in that nature a few times in my other life" Vincent laughed "so I see you and Tess are hitting it off"
"Yea she is great," JT says almost looking like he is in love.
"You like her that much that fast?" Vincent laughs
"You told me we were together in your other life so I just knew I could be with her here too. I wasn't even nervous" JT admitted
"Thanks for coming to my rescue too by the way," Vincent says
"Of course, I couldn't leave you even if I did warn you and you didn't listen"
"I will make sure I listen to you next time" Vincent laughed
Vincent got up and went to the guest room to get his phone he noticed it sitting on the nightstand when he first woke up. He wanted to call Alex and see where she was actually keeping Ryan.
"Hey Vince," Alex says sounding surprised to hear from him
"Where is my son?" Vincent asks not really in the mood to talk to her.
"He is with my parent's camping, why?"
"I want to see him and make sure he is ok"
"That's what you called for?" she asked sounding pissed
"Why else would I call? I damn sure didn't call to talk to you after what you did I have nothing to say to you"
"Vince you don't understand I did that to help you, to help us so we can be a family again. Me you and Ryan"
Vincent sighed in frustration "Where did your parents take my son?"
"I…I don't remember" she said. Even without his beast senses, he could tell she was lying.
"Alex I'm serious, let me know where my son is," Vincent says
"No, not until we talk"
"Alex there is nothing to talk about, I am done with you. What you did to me is unforgivable. I could have had brain damage or even died, I have nothing to say to you in the "us" department. Now let me talk to my son"
"No," she says and hangs up the phone before Vincent could respond.
Vincent grabbed his phone and wallet put them in his pocket and walked back into the living room to tell JT he wanted to go now.
"What's wrong Vincent?" Catherine asked
"Alex won't let me see my son, JT we have to find them now," Vincent says frustrated and worried. He headed for the door
"Vincent wait! don't do anything crazy you don't need to get into any more trouble. Maybe I should come with you" Catherine says grabbing his arm.
"I am not doing to do anything and I've got JT with me I will be ok. I will come back in a little while is that ok?"
Catherine shook her head wanting to stop him but she didn't. She didn't want to get too involved so she stepped aside. As much as she liked Vincent she knew this was something he had to do.
"Call me if you need anything," Catherine says to them as JT and Vincent exit out of her front door.
The first place JT and Vincent went was to his house in Scarsdale he wanted to check there just in case Alex was there. Vincent didn't find Alex that the house but he did find that Alex had taken all of Ryan's clothes from his room which was strange to him and made him worry even more.
"Why would she take all his clothes? Something isn't right" Vincent says to JT as they drove over to her parents.
"I know I told you not to worry before but seeing she took all of his clothes has me worried too" JT admitted.
When they got to Alex's parent's house Vincent jumped out of the car before JT even came to a complete stop. He knew something was not right he don't know how or what but she just knew. He knocked on the door and Alex's dad answered.
"Vincent hey, how are Alex and Ryan doing?" he asks
Vincent stood stunned "you haven't talked to Alex lately?" JT asks looking at his stunned best friend.
"Not since last week, is everything ok"
"Alex told us that you had Ryan and you went on a camping trip," Vincent says
"Oh no we talked about it but we hadn't set the date yet. Is something wrong?" he asked starting to get worried from the look and Vincent and JT's faces.
"I am not sure," Vincent says turning to walk back to the car "will you let me know if she calls," Vincent says.
"Dude she lied, this is going really getting out of hand," JT says "maybe you should have Catherine put out in amber alert"
"JT they can't Ryan can't be kidnapped by his own mom who has custody of him"
"But she won't let you see your son, what can we do?" JT asks
"We might have to wait it out and hope she comes to her senses," Vincent says trying to convince himself more than JT
"Yea that sounds like the best thing to do, maybe she won't be so pissed off tomorrow" JT joked.
"You think she will still be pissed off tomorrow?"
"Oh yes" JT laughs
Vincent sighs. I will just have to figure out where she is then.
"Maybe she staying with one of her nurse friends" JT suggests
"Yes maybe. Let's just go back to Catherine's it's getting late we can figure out something tomorrow"
JT dropped Vincent off back at Catherine's he couldn't stay since he had a biochem. class in the morning. Vincent knocked on Catherine's door and she answered with a smile she had on plaid pajama pants with a black tank on. He still had so much to say to her but wasn't sure if she was mad or him or even if she would listen.
"Did you get to see your son?" Catherine asked as she sat down on her sofa. She appeared to have been looking at case files. Typical Catherine Chandler Vincent thought in his head.
"No she lied about where Ryan is, I don't know where either one of them is at the moment," Vincent says in frustration.
"Maybe I can help put out an APB to look out for her. Wouldn't be an official APB since she is his mother but I can get some special pull. Since I am a detective my people can look out for Alex and Ryan on the security cameras of public places." Catherine states
"That would be great, thank you," Vincent says not even surprised that she would help after what he did.
"No problem I will put in the call in the morning," she says
"Catherine" Vincent says sitting next to her on the sofa "I want to apologize to you for lying to you. I promised I didn't tell you because I was scared you wouldn't understand it wasn't because I was trying to play games or hurt you"
Catherine looked at Vincent in his eyes, she didn't know how but she could tell he wasn't lying. She just knew what he was saying the truth.
"I believe you. As crazy as all this whole situation is I believe you" Catherine says with a smile.
Vincent felt a little bit better now that he and Catherine were at least on good terms.
"You know that little flip move you did on me the other day knocked me completely out" Vincent laughs.
Catherine laughs too "That is what you get for making Catherine Chandler mad," she says proudly.
"You did that move before on me, I snuck up on you one time and you did that same flip move on me' he laughs
"Obviously I don't like surprises" she chuckles.
"I will never surprise you again," Vincent says as he moves in quickly and steals a kiss from her unexpected lips. Catherine pushed him back.
"Vincent don't, you're married remember," Catherine says laughing at him.
"Have you seen my wife she is the wicked witch, everyone knows you are supposed to be the one I married" Vincent says leaning in kisses her again but was denied as she got up from the couch.
"I am going to bed now"
Vincent smirked at her he knew he was making Catherine want him and that it was only a matter of time before she gave in.
Vincent had sat up watching late-night TV for a while he couldn't sleep with Ryan on his mind and being knocked out earlier he wasn't tired. He turned on the small satellite radio Catherine had sitting on the dresser. Vincent wasn't sure what he was in the mood to listen to he heard a light slow jazz song as he flipped through the stations. He immediately stopped on it and listened. Ever since he and Catherine danced at that restaurant on the boat to the slow jazz music it was starting to grow on him. The song playing right now was a smooth jazz version of The Weeknd's song Wicked Games it was mellow and made him feel at peace. He stared at the ceiling for hours thinking about everything that has happened to him he was zoned out until he heard footsteps.
Catherine was asleep living out the death of her mother as she always did every night. Seeing herself watching as her mom gets gunned down and then running off into the woods to get away from her attackers. She felt the bullets hit her back just as it had that night everything felt real the only thing that was different was the ending of her dreams. The attackers realize she is alive and she watches as one points his gun at her and pulls the trigger.
Catherine always wakes up then, sweaty and out of breath, and scared. She hated that dream and she had it every night. She remembered that Vincent was there so she headed towards the guest room to see if he was awake she didn't want to be alone. To her surprise he was wide awake staring at the ceiling in the dimly lit room in a t-shirt and boxers he noticed her and sat up.
"You ok?" Vincent asks
"I am fine" Catherine responds "what are you still doing up?"
"I can't sleep," Vincent says noticing Catherine's trying to hide her emotions she looked shaken "why do you always say you are fine when you aren't?"
"Fine I had a bad dream," Catherine says walking over and sitting next to Vincent. The light from the street lights outside and the blue light from the satellite radio gave the room a candlelit look.
"The same dream you had a few days ago?" Vincent asks
"Yes," she admits.
"You want to talk about it?" Vincent says lying back on the bed staring at the ceiling again.
"Not really," Catherine says. She lies back next to him and curls up close to him. Vincent turns towards her and puts his arms around her.
"Catherine you don't always have to be so strong all the time"
"I know" whispers she was still tired so she had her eyes closed her senses were wide awake. She could feel Vincent's warm body heat against hers and feel his heartbeat. He smelled like a light cologne or aftershave and she could hear his light breathing. Her mind started to wonder what it would be like to be with Vincent. What kind of lover is he? She starts picturing what it would be like if she and Vincent did make love, his hands touching and caressing her body, his soft lips kissing hers and him deep inside her making her moan. "Moan", did she just moan.
Vincent looked over at Catherine he thought he heard her moan. When she opened her eyes to see if he noticed her cheeks turned beet red he knew it was true.
"Did you just moan?" Vincent smiles
"Huh," Catherine says trying to act oblivious.
Vincent smiled looking into her pretty green eyes and kissed her lightly on the lips and pulled away just to see how she would respond. She bit down on her lip staring back at his eyes. When he realized she didn't mind he kissed her again. This time she didn't resist his kiss and she allowed herself to be kissed by him even though everything in her mind was screaming don't do it. Their kiss deepened as Vincent's tongue slid easily into her mouth. Vincent pulled her closer to him as he ran his hands down her back to her firm behind. Catherine was starting to want Vincent in a way she knew she shouldn't but she didn't want to stop not this time she needed him.
Vincent climbed on top of her sitting up slightly on his knees careful not to crush her. He pulled off his shirt revealing his perfect six-pack, biceps, and chest. Catherine had no problem rubbing her hands across his ripped body. He kisses her again first seductively licking her lips and then sucking on her bottom lip. Before their tongues did a dance hungrily in each other's mouths. Vincent then moved down to her neck as he felt her hands run through his hair and along his back. He left a trail of kisses on her neckline resulting in a light moan from her. Catherine's body got Goosebumps from every touch and kiss Vincent gave her, he felt just as she had imagined only minutes ago. Vincent continued down her stomach where he lifted her shirt kissing her stomach gently knowing it would make her squirm because she was ticklish there. Catherine finished taking off her shirt as Vincent lingered near her waistline placing his fingers in the waistband of her pajama pants. He proceeded to pull off her pants and underwear at the same time. Catherine pulled Vincent back down toward her as she kissed and sucked on his lips making him moan in her mouth. Vincent had to admit Catherine was a good kisser the way she kissed him sometimes left him mesmerized. She used her free hand to pull his boxers down letting his throbbing swollen manhood make its appearance. Vincent teases her by stroking himself up against her entrance making her gasp with pleasure. Vincent felt her wetness on his tip acknowledging her readiness he gently slid into her. He cringed at the feeling of Catherine's nails digging into his shoulder she had the same reaction the first time he and the other Catherine first made love. Vincent was beginning to think either both Catherines are extremely tight or he is thicker than the average guy one or the other. Catherine's grip loosened after a few thrusts and her body adjusted to him. He slowly thrusts in her and she rocked her body back on him as her tongues wrestled and their light moans fill the room. He looked into her eyes falling in love with her all over again.
A slow song played on the radio Maxwell's mellowsmoothe sumthin sumthin low in the background as they had passionate sex to the rhythm. Catherine reached new levels of bliss after being with Vincent she was in awe of him. He gave her everything she wanted and knew how she wanted it to. She hadn't ever had sex that good it was so good it left her body shaking and full of goosebumps that she could barely catch her breath. Vincent pulled the covers around them thinking Catherine was shaking because she was cold. He wrapped her in his arms wanting to warm her when really Catherine was shaking from the mind-blowing sex she just had. Catherine let Vincent hold her as he kissed her on her forehead she slowly drifted off to sleep.
Alex sat on the fire escape of Catherine's apartment that night loathing, she hated Catherine Chandler. She had followed JT and Vincent after they left the house in Scarsdale. She had just left and saw them drive past her heading to the house. She turned around and followed them. She was angry that they went looking for her now her. Her parents now knew about her and Vincent having problems. She didn't want them to know she wanted everyone to think everything was perfect between her and Vincent. Alex didn't even know how to get him back especially since her other plan failed. I wasn't even going to do anything to that bitch Catherine until she came in and ruined my plan Alex thought. After she did that flip move on Vincent at their home that day she knew their affair was over so felt she only had Vincent to worry about. Now that bitch was in her way yet again and to top it off she saw them having sex. It enraged her even more and made her jealous even thinking what does she have that I don't. Alex watched their exchange from the fire escape through a small opening in the curtains. Although she couldn't completely see everything she saw enough. She saw how he looked at her how he touched her how he cared for her in a way he never did with her. She hated Catherine so much for stealing her dream husband and taking away her life. Everything was perfect until she came around and Vincent to betray her the way he did if he didn't come back to her he would never see Ryan again. For Alex to get Vincent back she knew Catherine has to die.