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

-Hospital-

Catherine brushed Vincent's face then cradled it as she said, "Don't worry about them. You just need to worry about getting better so we can get back to our lives."

Vincent noticed the forced smile Catherine gave him, her eyes filling up with tears again. He grabbed her hand that was cradling his face, placing it down on her leg. "What happened, Catherine?"

JT interrupted, "I'm just going to head to the cafeteria….Tess, you coming?"

"Yeah…uhm…sure!" claimed Tess. The couple rushed out of the hospital room in avoidance of Vincent's question. Vincent looked back up to Catherine, "You going to tell me?!"

"Vincent…"

"Why can't you tell me?..." Catherine looked at him, tears falling down her face as she pushed out another smile. "Catherine…just tell me honey."

"Vincent…it's not important right now. All I care about is getting you better." said Catherine, still avoiding the question.

"Catherine…"

"Alright….Gabe is dead and…uhm….Sam is off the grid again. But we will find him for what he has done."

"Catherine I'm….so sorry." Vincent raised his left hand up to Catherine's face, brushing her right cheek with his fingers then he cradled her face, rubbing his thumb on her cheek. Catherine placed her hand on Vincent's then rested her face into his hand.

"Vincent you don't have to apologize. You saved my life…again. You're always saving me, actually. I am so glad that you're okay. I couldn't bare the thought of losing you. I love you so much, Vincent. I don't know what I would do if I lost you forever." Catherine began brushing her fingers through Vincent's hair, then down the left side of his face. Vincent took her hand into his, pushing his palm against hers, lacing their fingers together.

"When I lost my consciousness….at first I was lost in complete darkness that I didn't think I would ever get out of….then I heard your voice and my heart began to race. At that point I was going to stop at nothing to get back to you….to get back into the light. Catherine…..you saved me too. Your voice and touch gave me more reason to fight to live and I did. Don't worry about me baby, I'll always be here with you…by your side and even when I'm not breathing. As long as you keep me in here…" Vincent placed his hand up to Catherine's chest, "….I'll always be with you. You are my everything and I am so sorry that I ever doubted you before….I love you Catherine!"

Catherine looked at Vincent, her heart melting to his wonderful words. Then she smiled and said, "I don't think that I can say the same, Vincent."

"What? I don't think I understand what you're saying." he said in a shocked tone.

"I don't love you, Vincent…" she said with a smile, Vincent looking puzzled and shocked, "…in fact…" she continued, "…I'm crazy, yet deeply, madly in love with you Vincent. You're the best thing to ever happen to me."

Vincent sighed in relief, then smiled. He grabbed Catherine from behind her neck, pulling her closer to him to kiss her.

He then broke the kiss and said, "Now…I want you to go home and get some rest. You need to relax…and I won't take no for an answer. I'll be fine and I hope to see you later, okay? I love you."

Catherine grinned and nodded in agreement. She told him she loved him too, kissed him again, then got up to leave. As she got to the door, she turned to face him smiling. Vincent smiling back then said sarcastically, "I hate to see you go, but sure love to watch you leave." Catherine let out a slight laugh then told him to behave. She waved at him as she continued out the door.

-Four Days Later-

Dr. Marcus had entered the hospital room where Vincent had been put. Catherine and Vincent we're finishing up a picnic lunch that she had made and brought to him for them to eat together because they hadn't spent much time together due to her being needed at the precinct. She had made his favorite sandwich, (Turkey Avocado), and threw in a couple of pieces of chocolate cake in there for dessert. Vincent's progression had went really well in the past couple of days and he was finally moving around a little bit.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Keller…or should I say, Doctor? Ha ha. How are you feeling today?" asked the doctor.

"A lot better. Still in pain a little, but I actually feel great otherwise."

Catherine stood up to assist Vincent up to the edge of the bed. "Thanks babe. So, doctor…you think I can get back home today?"

"Actually Vincent, that is why I am here. Good news is you can go home, but I recommend that you not stay alone. You may be getting better but to keep from being back in here, you may want to think about getting a friend or family member to stay with you until you fully recover."

"I can stay with him! It would be like old times, right big guy?" shouted JT.

"Uhhh….JT…you don't have to do that I can alwa…."

"Great! So it's settled then. This is so great!" JT interrupted.

"Great…yeah…uhm. Okay, then." said Vincent hesitantly.

The doctor continued, "You will need to be back in my office for a follow up to see how your shoulder and ribs are doing, and also to check your head, make sure nothing serious is going on up there. Oh and uh, no sex." No sex?! Vincent thought to himself, sure is going to be a long healing process. Dr. Marcus then handed Vincent some forms to sign, then he told him he could leave. Vincent thanked him and shook his hand.

"Uhm, JT…I think I'll ride with Catherine home if you don't mind? I missed her a lot the past couple of days and I wanted to catch up with her."

"No problem big guy. But I will have to run by the Gentleman's Club and grab a few things before coming back to your place." JT said excitedly. He then turned and left.

Catherine helped Vincent to his feet, Vincent grunting in pain as he stood up. "You okay?" Catherine said, worried that she had hurt him.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." he said, smiling. The couple made their way out to the parking lot. Catherine helped place Vincent into the car, causing him to bump his head as he got in.

"Ouch!" he cried out then rubbing his head. Catherine was laughing hysterically, then apologized.

"I'm glad you thought that was funny." Vincent said, letting out a laugh. Catherine went to put Vincent's seat belt on him and as she bent over him to click it in, he grabbed her and pulled her close to kiss her. She sat on his lap as the kiss began to deepen, his erection began to grow and Catherine could feel it. She then broke the kiss, realizing what the doctor had said about no sex. She shut the door and went around the car, got in to Vincent giving her a 'what-the-hell' look then giggled in response. "Sorry Vincent, the doctor said no sex." Vincent sighed a growl. Catherine enjoyed the fact that she teased him and giggled a bit. She buckled in her seat belt, and headed towards the house boat.

-House Boat-

Catherine and Vincent limped their way thru the door. Vincent unhooked his arm from around Catherine's neck and simply told her, "I got this. Thank you." Catherine nods then lets Vincent go. As he walked towards the couch, he stumbled, almost falling as Catherine catches him to assist him. As he began to stand straight the couple locked eye contact, hunger filling their eyes. But Catherine knew what it would have led to and turned away, breaking the eye contact. Vincent and her made their way to the couch and Vincent fell onto the couch, purposely grabbing Catherine to fall on top of him. They both met eyes again, only to cause them to lust for each other even more. Catherine kept telling herself no sex, but she wanted him so badly. Vincent could sense her arousal and began to kiss her. Their kiss became more intense as their tounges touched. Catherine couldn't control herself no better than Vincent could. Catherine began to pull away remembering what the doctor had ordered. She raised up only find Vincent pull her down closer to him again.

She whispered into his lips, "What about what the doctor said?"

He simply replied, "Screw what the doctor said."

They began to kiss even more deeper than before. She broke the kiss and asked him, "So if it was you that gave those orders, and your patient didn't follow them, wouldn't you be mad?"

"If it was a guy like me, and he was with somebody as sexy, beautiful as you….I could actually understand." he replied.

They began to kiss again, only to find that Catherine was now tugging at Vincent's shirt. She finally got it off of him and showered his chest with kisses, moved to his neck, then locked lips with him again. She then heard the doctor's voice in her mind about the risks of having sex during Vincent's condition and she broke instantly from the kiss. Both breathing heavily.

"I'm sorry Vincent but I can't…once you have healed better we will. I promise." Vincent sat up and laid his face into his hands. Is she really going to tease me like this right now? he thought. Then he looked at her and stated, "You are such a tease, Cat."

"Are you mad, Vincent?" she asked.

"No, I'm not mad. It's just, you are driving me insane…uhm….down there and it's bad enough being told by the doctor that I can't have you intimately…but for you to back away…well…it's…..it's making me go even more crazy and I want to just make love to you, so bad! Please tell me you really don't want me as bad as I want you right now and I promise I will back off." he replied.

Catherine wanted to tell him she wanted him so bad. She wanted nothing more than to make love with the one person who made her feel like she was floating on air under the sheets. She then replied, "Vincent I want you to get better first. Surely you could understand that? Besides, JT will be here soon and I have to go home to get in the shower to get prepared for work tomorrow."

"I could always call JT and tell him you will be staying tonight. I have a shower here….we could take one together like befo…"

"Vincent, I have to go. I'm sorry…but I just can't." she interrupted.

Catherine kissed his forehead then cradled his face. She noticed the look of disappointment in the way he looked at her. She felt bad. "I love you Vincent, and I don't want you hurt. I'll call you later to check on you, okay?"

Vincent let out a huge sigh, then nodded. "I love you too, Catherine."