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I'm falling apart in your hands again.
Vartann had been positive Catherine and the man she'd been talking to were long gone before he walked around the corner. It bugged him that the man was spending time with Catherine. He knew it was her good right, he knew she wasn't his; he just wished all she could think about was him. As he casually walked by D.B Russell's office, he looked inside to see if Catherine was inside. Their eyes crossed for a split second before Catherine looked away. Vartann's hands immediately reached for his cellphone as he walked on, texting a short message to Catherine. Can you come to my office? Please? Wanna talk to you. Lou.
A mere second after that, Catherine's phone beeped while the FBI agents were just saying their goodbyes. The other three continued while Catherine read the message, completely surprised it was from Lou. She got rid of her cellphone to give a hand to the younger FBI agent before she stood in front of McQuaid again. Catherine was thankful Russell was completely sucked up into his mushroom collection as she quietly said: "I'll see you tonight, okay?" "Yeah… It was a pleasure working with you, detective Willows." A smile crept on her face after his polite statement before giving him a formal hand. McQuaid walked away after that, nodding to Russell one last time. Catherine felt Russell was about to question her regarding the tension between her and McQuaid so she quickly said: "I've got to go, message from Nicky. See you in a bit."
Catherine rushed out of his office, wondering if going to Lou was a good idea. They hadn't spoken in ages, and it had been a long time ago since he'd even try to get in touch with her. She was curious about why he wanted to talk to her. She wasn't sure if talking would be the best thing to do though; they hadn't resolved any of the issues they'd been having ever since the first bursts in their relationship had started to appear. Doubts washed over her as soon as she stood in front of Vartann's office. She wanted to knock but instead, turned around and walked away.
It was almost two hours later when Catherine walked into the break room, grabbing a last cup of coffee to finish up her last hour in the office before going home and prepare for her dinner with her new friend. Who's first name she'd finally caught. Viggo. Viggo McQuaid. Sounded quite nice if you asked her. The smell of coffee made her a bit fresher then she was before and she was about to turn around and walk back to her office when she bumped into someone and found Vartann in front of her. "Cath. Hey." "Hi." She hadn't expected to find him there and knew she was getting slightly flushed.
Vartann took a step back to give her some space before he said: "So… How have you been?" "Yeah, fine… How about you?" "Fine." The uncomfortable silence between the two of them made Catherine want to run away. "So why didn't you come to see me this afternoon?" Their eyes locked and Catherine almost started stuttering as she said: "Sorry.. I.. Well, I… I just had to do some, well, stuff." Lou chuckled. "I see. You've got time now?" Lou was about to step closer when Catherine stepped forward and their bodies collided again. Denying the electricity that was floating around them was impossible but Catherine wanted to give it a try nonetheless. "Lou… I have to go. I need to finish up some stuff and I've got an.. An appointment later." Lou's hand reached up to touch Catherine's skin but he then took back his hand again. The appointment. He hadn't quite caught everything Catherine and the man said a couple of hours before but he assumed the appointment was with him. Their bodies were still touching as he said: "Appointment? Lindsay's okay, right?" "Yeah yeah, she's absolutely great, it has nothing to do with her." She then immediately added. "I have a date tonight."
Lou's eyes slightly widened when he heard her speak those words. Of course, he'd already figured she had a date after hearing some of the words between her and the agent, but hearing Catherine say it still made him cringe. Catherine, on the other hand, was mentally kicking herself. Why was she saying that to Lou? There was absolutely no use in him knowing about that; it would only make the relationship between them that was left worse. Lou scraped his throat and stepped back before he said: "Oh, wow, okay, yeah… Well, good for you. Great." "Lou… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that, I don't know where that came from." Lou's eyebrow raised. "So, you don't have a date them?" "Well, yes, I do, but…" "It's okay, Catherine. I'm nothing from you. We're nothing from each other."
He wanted to walk away after those words but Catherine wouldn't let him as she grabbed his hand. "Don't say that. You know that's not true." "It seems like it lately." "Come on, don't be like that. Besides, you were the one who ended everything we had, not me." Her voice was raising slightly, getting upset with Lou's words. He didn't respond and shook Catherine's hand off his arm before he walked away. Catherine's rage was building up though and she couldn't help but follow him. Her heels clicked on the floor, quickly walking behind Lou without trying to get any attention from the other people in the lab. Lou was walking into his office, almost closing the door when Catherine came bursting in and closed the door behind her with a bang.
The sight of an angry Catherine almost made Lou smile; she looked pretty when she was angry. "Catherine…. People are going to wonder what happened to my door, you know." "I don't give a damn." She stood in front of him with dark eyes and then continued. "It's quite obvious that you really don't like me right now and I get that but don't you ever, ever again say that you're nothing from me. You know that's not true and it bothers me that you even dare to say that. Do you really mean that? You really think we're nothing from each other?" Her eyes softened again and Lou was getting the impression Catherine was about to cry. Her eyes were watering and she turned her head away. Yes, Catherine was indeed about to cry. Something that hurt Lou more than he could even imagine. A tear fell from her face and without thinking his hand moved to her cheek, wiping all tears that were falling away with his thumbs as he said: "Cath, please, don't cry…. Don't cry." His face moved closer to hers before he whispered: "I think you're amazing. You're beautiful, sweet and incredible. I didn't mean what I said, you know that… There's never been a woman in my life that meant more to me then you did and still do." Their eyes locked and all Catherine could think of was how much she missed the guy. She was about to respond when the door of Lou's office swung open and Nick walked in. "Vartann, I got this… Oh, wow."
Nick spotted his crying friend very close to her former boyfriend and suddenly got the uneasy feeling that he'd interrupted something important. "Guys, I'm so sorry. I'll leave." He turned around as Catherine said: "No, no Nicky, it's fine. I… I was just about to leave." Her eyes rested on Vartann's for a bit before she stood up and tried to look normal. Catherine knew Nick was already aware of the drama in the office. Without another word, Catherine walked out of the room, straight to the bathroom. This was definitely not how she'd imagined her shift that night. At all.
Disclaimer: Title inspiration came from Shakira's Objection, though I'm sure this sentence is used in tons of other movies/songs/books whatever.
Note: Ah, the drama. I hope you all enjoyed it. Even though it was not that nice of me to make them fight, haha! Please let me know! xx.