**I DO NOT OWN THIS SHOW OR THE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW, I AM JUST BORROWING THEM**
-Hospital-
Vincent walked into the room where doctors and nurses fought to save Catherine's life. One of the doctors pushed Vincent back to try to make him leave, and Vincent shoved back while saying, "Get the hell off of me! I'm not going anywhere!"
Doctor Marcus then told the other doctor to allow him in the room then began putting an IV into Catherine's arm. He shouted at one of the nurses to grab some IV fluids to help with Catherine's dehydration. As they continued to work on Catherine, her heart rate flew to the roof causing the heart monitor to go off. Vincent looked up at the machine, then back to the doctors.
"No, no, no, no, no!" he walked up to Catherine grabbing her hand. "You can't do this Catherine! You're not leaving me! Not just yet!" Then he looked at the monitor again to see that her heart rate was going even higher.
"Catherine I need you! Please don't leave me! I'm afraid….please! Stay here with me!"
The nurses began to put an oxygen mask on Catherine. All rushing left to right to do everything they can to keep her alive. Right at that moment the monitor showed her flat-line and Vincent began to panic. His beast side was close to coming out. Doctor Marcus then asked for Vincent to leave the room while they brought the shock petals in. Vincent refused and continued holding Catherine's hand. Vincent bent down to speak into her ear, "We still have so much to do. Please, I'm begging you! Catherine please! Come back to me!"
JT bursted through the door signaling for Vincent. "Here is the serum, but I don't know if it will work. This could end really badly." JT hands Vincent the vial.
One of the nurses pushed JT out of the room. They began using the electric shock on Catherine, which had finally worked. Her heart rate was back but Vincent could sense how weak it was. He then looked at Dr. Marcus showing him the vial. The doctor handed him a syringe and Vincent got out some of the serum, then pushed it into Catherine's IV. He waited and waited. No response. Then Vincent noticed her heart beat was getting stronger and more back to normal. He thought to himself Did it work?. He bent down to kiss her forehead, then jumped up in shock when she nudged her head against his lips.
"Catherine?" he asked.
Slight moans drifted out of her mouth. Vincent began to smile. It had worked. The doctors and nurses sighed with relief then began exciting the room.
Catherine opened her eyes, then blinked a few times. She looked around til her eyes met with Vincent's.
"Vincent." she said forming a smile. "You're here."
He webbed his fingers with Catherine's and replied, "Where else would I be?"
"Are you okay?" she asked as she noticed his swollen eyes, running her fingers through his hair.
"I am now that your awake…..Catherine I'm so sorry. I should have never of left you alone. This would have nev…."
Catherine placed her first finger on his lips, keeping him from saying anymore.
"Vincent, just shut up and kiss me."
Vincent let out a slight laugh then bent down to kiss Catherine. He raised up to look into her eyes. "You are so beautiful."
She smiled and retorted sarcastically, "If you think wires and an IV make me beautiful then I would love to know how you think I look with a bad hair day." Now letting out a laugh.
He smiled and said, "Sexy."
She smacked at him playfully at what he had just said.
"Now that Sam is gone maybe we can start planning our future together." Vincent said.
"I have to get out of here first." she replied.
-3 Months Later—Tess' Apartment-
"Have you told him, Cat?" asked an excited Tess.
"No, but I planned on it tonight. We are going out to dinner tonight." Catherine replied.
Tess looked at Catherine with one of those surprised looks then said, "Where are you all going out to eat at?"
"I don't remember the name, but it's that one place on the corner of the street near the Greenhouse." replied Catherine.
"He is so going to propose!" Tess exclaimed.
"What? No! He is so not going to propose, Tess."
"Yes he is! I mean seriously Cat, he's taking you out to a nice restaurant and you can't see the word propose written all over that idea?"
"Oh what-ever, Tess! Forget about that. How am I going to just come out and tell him about…." Catherine pauses for a moment, then whispers, "…me being pregnant?"
"Here's an idea. 'Hey Vincent. How are you? Are you going to eat that? I'm pregnant! What did you say?'" Tess said letting out a laugh.
"Tess, seriously. I don't think he will be too happy when I tell him. He's still a beast and he didn't want that for our child if we had one."
Tess looked down at Catherine's stomach then replied, "Well he's going to have to get used to it now."
-Gentleman's Club-
Vincent walks in to find JT playing a game of Call Of Duty on his XBOX 360. Vincent laughs at his frustrated friend as JT shouts at the other players in the game. Then JT throws his head phones at the TV and turns around to be frightened by not knowing that Vincent was there.
"Don't you people know how to knock?" asked a shaken JT.
"I did, several times. Turns out you didn't hear me knocking because you were busy shooting people for points." Retorted Vincent.
JT rubs his forehead in frustration, "Anyways….What's up big guy?"
Vincent cleared his throat nervously then pulled a tiny silver ring with a diamond on it out of his pocket. JT looks at Vincent funny then says sarcastically, "My finger is too big, and I don't sway that way. Sorry big guy." now laughing at his choice of words.
"It's not for you JT….I sold the ring I had before and put a few more dollars in to buy this for Catherine. I'm tired of waiting. I'm going to ask her to marry me tonight. Look, I know you wanted me to wait but I wan…"
"If you want my blessing big guy, you got it. I just didn't think the time was right before. You both have been through so much together that you would be stupid for not asking her." JT interrupted.
"Okay great. Thanks man. This means a lot to me." said Vincent.
-House Boat-
Catherine was searching for her black heels, when she felt the urge again to run to the bathroom. She collapsed on the toilet, vomiting into it for what seemed the 100th time today. Vincent arrives yelling for her.
"I'm in the bathroom Vincent! I'll be out in a minute!" she yells back.
Vincent makes his way up the stairs, and enters the bathroom. He saw Catherine sitting in front of the toilet, wiping her mouth.
"Hey, are you okay? If your not up for dinner tonight I can always cancel the reservation and order a pizza." Vincent said in a concerned tone.
"I'm fine. It must have been the chinese me and Tess ate for lunch earlier." she replied, getting up then flushing the toilet. Catherine then began to wash her mouth out and her hands then turned to him and said, "Have a good day?"
"Yeah. I hung out with JT a while today to catch up with him. I hope you don't mind but I kind of invited Tess and JT to come eat with us tonight. Is that okay?"
"Sure! Sounds fine to me." Catherine replied. She then began to search for her black heels again. Vincent noticed 3 dresses laying on the bed, and told her to wear the burgundy one. She nodded in agreement then made her way over to the bed. She got down in the floor next to it searching under it for her heels.
"Ah-ha! Found them!" she said.
Vincent leaned against the wall, admiring her beauty. Catherine noticed his stare then asked, "What?"
Vincent moved closer to Catherine, wrapping his arms around her waist then kissed her forehead. She wrapped her arms around him too, laying her head on his chest. She then pulled away, softly kissing his lips, then headed for the bathroom to take a shower. Before she could close the door, Vincent pushed it back then began to kiss her again. Catherine then broke the kiss and said, "You want to join me?"
"I would love to." retorted Vincent and he began kissing Catherine while closing the door behind them.
-Restaurant-
Vincent and Catherine arrive to find JT and Tess were already there. JT and Vincent hugged, as did Catherine and Tess. The group walked into the restaurant where they were greeted by a waiter, "Name please."
Vincent responded, "Keller, table for four."
The waiter looked through the book then said, "Right this way."
As they all got settled at the table, the waiter brought over a bottle of champagne, Tess giving Catherine that look again that she gave her earlier. Catherine mouthed out the words Shut Up to Tess, who was now laughing at Catherine.
Vincent looked over at JT then nodded his head towards the restrooms. JT and Vincent went to the bathroom and Vincent let out a nervous sigh.
"I don't know if I can do this or not, JT. This is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Saying I'm going to do it is one thing, actually doing it? Well, it's another."
"Vincent you need to breathe man. You got the ring?"
Vincent searched his pockets, then pulled out the ring. "Yeah, why?"
"When we go back you are going to get down on one knee and just let it all out. You want to know why? Cause if you don't I will tell her what you have planned and then you wont have a choice." JT retorted. "Just breathe big guy….just breathe."
Catherine and Tess were back on subject about Catherine being pregnant.
"Tess, I will tell him when the mood is right. Will you please get off of my case about it?"
Tess raised both of her hands up in a surrender like manner as she said, "Damn! Jeeze! Okay! But if you don't tonight please promise me that you will soon. You can't hide this forever from him. You will eventually get fatter, then one day a baby is going to pop out."
"I know Tess. I will! Now please drop it before he hears you. They are coming back."
Catherine and Tess both looked up to the guys, both smiling. JT sits back down next to Tess, then looks up at Vincent.
Vincent was playing with the ring in his pocket, his heart racing. Catherine then giggles and says, "Well are you going to sit down?"
Vincent became even more nervous than before. He tried to find a way to just come out with it but the words just wouldn't come out. He noticed JT was giving him a look then he sucked in some air, the released out a huge sigh.
"Catherine…there is something that I need to tell you."
Catherine's heart began to race. Then she looked over to glance at Tess, then looked back at Vincent, "What is it, Vincent?"
Vincent then grabbed Catherine's hand pulling her up to stand before him. He looked down at their hands then back up to lock eyes with Catherine. He then took another breath, then said, "Catherine….You know you mean a lot to me….and we have been through a lot since we have met." He paused then looked over at JT and Tess now smiling and staring at them. He let out another sigh, then continued, "I have had this on my mind for a while now and…." Catherine's eyes began to fill with tears and he heard her heart racing. He knew that she was just as nervous as he was, if not more. He then continued, "I haven't been as happy with anyone than I am with you. I love you and everything about you." Vincent then got down on his left knee then looked up to Catherine as he said, "You are the air I breathe and without you in my life I would suffocate. I want all of you in my life…forever….just you and me. But on one condition…..you have to be my wife to make 'us' more complete." Vincent pulls out the ring from his pocket, Catherine took a gasp in shock, tears falling down her face.
"Catherine, will you please take this ring and be my wife and stay in my life forever?"
Catherine looked over at Tess, now crying too, then back to Vincent. She then replied, "I would want nothing more than to in your life forever….as your wife….on one condition…" Catherine then sighed, then came out with her news, "….you have to except one other person besides me." Vincent looked puzzled by this, then nodded in agreement…. "Vincent….we're having a baby…I'm pregnant!"