Note: Wow, I'm writing like crazy for this story... But I guess y'all won't complain about that. Well, I hope haha! Thanks so much for all sweet messages, I appreciate them so much and it's so nice to read them, they all make me smile. Not that much drama in this story... But I hope it will be nice anyway! Enjoy, xx.

Oh, take me back to the start.

"What happened to the talking later part?" Vartann stood in front of Catherine's office with a sly smile on his face, loving Catherine with her glasses on. Made her look so cute. Catherine blushed slightly when she saw him, not prepared for him visiting her as she said: "Sorry. Just… Busy, I guess."

"Yeah, I bet… Can I come in?" Catherine nodded and let him close the door. "So… How have you been?" Lou sat down in front of Catherine while he spoke.

A small smile appeared on her face as she took of her glasses and said: "Fine. Like I said, it's been busy. But I'm fine." She spoke fast and Lou almost chuckled; she seemed nervous.

"Cath…. Would you… I really want to take you out for dinner after shift. Would you please come with me?"

Lou took a mental picture of the surprised look on Catherine's face; she looked too cute. She opened her mouth and closed it again while she thought of what to say. The only thing that actually came out of her mouth was "Are you serious?" . Lou now chuckled before he said: "Well, yes."

"I'd love to. I just… Let's agree on one thing though."

"Which is…"

"Let's not have a fight again. Can we not bring up any of the bad things that happened these past few months? Can we try to be like we were… Like we were before things started going wrong?" Her pleading eyes made Lou feel slightly warm inside and he looked right into them as he answered: "I promise. Only nice things."

Catherine smiled at him; one of her genuine smiles, one he'd barely seen lately. Her cellphone rang and Lou knew he had to go. He stood up and said: "I'll meet you outside after shift, okay?"

"Lou, where are you taking me?" "Just wait. We're almost there."

Catherine felt like they had been driving around for hours now, when in fact, it had only been twenty minutes. She did however, wonder why it took them so long to reach their destination. When they drove into Mandalay Bay's parking lot though, Catherine had a feeling of what he was about to do. "You're taking me out to dinner in here?"

"Yeah. There's a restaurant here called Stripsteak. I've been there… Once. It's delicious. And.. Well, I figured you deserved something like that."

Catherine sat in shock next to him as he parked his car, and as they got out of the car she said: "Stripsteak? That's way too expensive Lou, you can't take me there…!"

Lou chuckled and grabbed Catherine's hand to draw her closer to him as he answered: "Relax, Cath. Let's… Lets just call this a little making up for all the dinners we missed lately." He squeezed her hand and she looked up to him and smiled. "Lou… I've been missing you."

"I've missed you too." Catherine leant up and kissed him on his lips, lightly at first. Both had missed each other though; the small kiss started a flow of emotions and feelings from both of them, and it took only seconds for their tongues to meet, dueling in a fierce kiss while their hands were all over each other's body. Catherine's hand tugging at Lou's shirt when he finally realized they were in a parking lot. He broke their kiss with disappointment as he said: "Cath, Cath, wait… We're in a parking lot. As much as I love doing…. This. We were supposed to go to dinner."

A chuckle escaped from Catherine's lips as she answered: "Yeah, right. We should do that. We've got something to look forward to now, don't we?" Lou smiled and they let go of each other, and, still holding hands, they walked into the direction of the restaurant.

Three and half hours later, Catherine's back was pressed hard against the wall. Her hands were tangled in Lou's hair as their tongues forcefully dueled again. After a while, Lou's hands cupped Catherine's butt cheeks, lifting her up so she could wrap her legs around his waist. "Lou… Bedroom." Her words were barely whispers but Lou caught them and carried her up to her bedroom as fast as he could. He dropped her on her bed and in a couple of swift moves, undressed himself. Catherine did the same, but was unable to remove her panties en bra. Lou was already on top of her again, kissing her neck before moving down to her breasts as he unclasped her bra. He softly sucked on one of her nipples and Catherine let out a moan. "Cath… You're gorgeous."

A little while later, they were in bed together, tangled in the sheets as Catherine was resting her head on Lou's chest. He was playing with a strand of her strawberry blonde hair and both had been silent for a while, enjoying their closeness and each other's company. "Lou… Are we good?"

Her question surprised him. He slightly turned her so she faced him before he replied: "Hey, didn't we agree on not…"

Catherine didn't let him finish as she said: "Yeah yeah, I know what I said. I didn't say for how long though. Honestly, just tell me if we can try to start things over…. That you're done being upset with me and I'm done being upset with you."

Lou kissed her forehead before replying. Perhaps there were some unresolved issues between them. Perhaps there were some things Lou would like to talk about. But he knew they would be fine. He would make sure to do everything he could about that. "We're fine, Catherine. Maybe there are one or two things I'd like to ask you.. But I won't get jealous about that. Promise. And we're not going to talk about that now. We should sleep… Our alarm's going off in a few hours again."

A content sigh escaped from Catherine's mouth after his words and his last comment. "I know… You're staying tonight, right?"

"Not another place I'd rather be, honey."

They went their separate ways that next day when shift started, both needing to do their jobs again. When Lou however heard Nick talking about Lindsey, his curiosity took over. He paged Catherine, multiple times, but she didn't answer. He had asked Nick about Catherine's daughter, but Nick's face turned into a light shade of red before he'd told Vartann he should talk to Catherine. After thirty minutes of searching, he found Catherine in the locker room, staring at the ceiling. "Cath?"

A small smile crept across her face when she saw Lou. "Hi. Sorry for not answering your page… I wanted to come see you but I… I just needed to think for a bit."

He sat down next to her, shoulders touching, as he said: "I heard Nick and Greg talk about Lindsey… What's going on?"

A sigh escaped out of Catherine's mouth as she said: "She just called me… Apparently, she's been dating this guy for a few months now, Matthew. She never told me about him. But, what's worse… She was crying. She said that he'd hit her, more than once when she came home tonight. She's fine, well, at least she says she is, and that she left his place immediately. I just… God, I'm just so afraid I've been doing her wrong when she was younger."

Lou knew she was pointing out to her relationship with Eddie. He didn't knew all details about their marriage but he was aware of the fact that it had been far from ideal. He grabbed her hand and caressed it lightly with his thumb as he said: "I know I don't know Lindsey… Yet. But if she's anything like her mom I'm very sure she'll be fine."

"Yeah, 'cause this mess over here is fine." She pointed to herself while uttering those words and Lou could tell she was on the edge of crying. While Lou held her hand and let her head rest in his shoulder she whispered: "There are so many aspects of my marriage with Eddie that she saw and that she shouldn't have seen. I'm not embarrassed about anything I did in the past… I just wish Lindsey wouldn't have seen so many black eyes and split lips on me. I'm … I guess I'm just afraid she's going back to that guy over and over again… Like I did."

Lou tried to hold back all the questions that washed over him after her last words, and instead just listen. He hated to see her so upset, but he was happy she'd decided to share this with him. "Cath… Come on, I'll take you home."

Note: Annddd... Here's the end of the chapter, haha! Did you guys like it? Please let me know! Things seem to head smoothly for Cath and Lou from here on, don't they? You just have to wait and see I guess... ;-) xx.