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

-The Ride Home-

The first few minutes was completely silent. Vincent breaks the silence and says, "I said I was sorry. I shouldn't have reacted like that."

"Vincent, it's fine…okay?" she replied, staring out of the window.

Vincent sighs then retorts, "That's not true. I can sense it, ya know."

Catherine went silent, not even to respond. Vincent decides to give her space and focus on the road.

-House Boat-

As they arrive and enter the house boat, Catherine heads to the couch and lays down on it, releasing a sigh. Vincent walks up to the couch and sits on the arm of it.

"Are you hungry? I can cook you something if you want me to?" he asked.

Catherine sighed and still did not respond.

"Catherine…..will you please talk to me? I'm really sorry for what I did and I'm trying here. Please…just tell me to back off or that you hate me…something."

Catherine sat up quickly, then looked at Vincent with a stern look on her face. Tears filled her eyes as she responded, "Vincent….I'm not mad at you, and I sure as hell don't hate you. I could never hate you. I am upset because….what if that doctor saw you like that? It's hard telling what would happen to you if he had told somebody about what you became...Vincent I am just worried that something bad would happen to you if it got out in the open that you are a beast. We are supposed to get married….we are having a baby, Vincent. I need you here…..our child needs you here."

A tear fell down her face. Vincent's heart began to ache as it hurt him to see her cry. Catherine looked down at her lap, wiping away her tears. Vincent took and raised her face to meet his with his fingers, their eyes meeting.

"Catherine….I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do to make this right. It's just I snapped when I saw him touching on you there. I tried to control it but it got the best of me. I truly feel horrible about it. I promise that I will do better next time. Please forgive me."

Catherine ran her hand down Vincent's face as she said, "I forgive you, Vincent. I'm feeling pretty tired so, I'm going to go soak in a bath and then lay down. You could always join me if you want to?"

Vincent smiled. Then he picked up Catherine, her legs in one arm, and her torso in another, as she let out a shriek followed by a giggle, then he responded, "You don't have to ask me twice." then kissed her as he carried her to the bathroom.

As morning came, Catherine woke up to the smell of bacon and pancakes. She got up out of the bed and put her robe on. As she walked downstairs, and walked up to the counter, Vincent greeted her with a kiss, "Morning baby. I cooked some breakfast….you hungry?"

"Starved." replied Catherine as she giggled. She then went to the cabinet to find her a cup to pour herself some coffee. She then took a seat on the couch as Vincent took her a plate. No sooner than she had got ready to eat, she jumped up laying her plate on the counter and ran for the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Vincent was concerned and he followed behind her. He could hear her vomiting and then opened the door.

"Catherine, you okay? What's wrong?" he said in a concerned tone.

Catherine then sat up, breathing hard, then looked up at Vincent. "I'm fine. It's just a little morning sickness is all."

Catherine prepared to vomit again as Vincent held her hair out of her face and rubbed her back. When she finished, she looked at him and thanked him.

"Catherine, are you sure you should even go to work today? I mean if you think you can handle it then I will support your decision, but you know I want what is best for you."

"Vincent I will be fine. It's just sickness that goes along with being pregnant. I can't afford to miss work even if I wanted to. I am the only one working and we need to start saving up for the wedding and the baby. I promise if I feel any worse I will call you, okay? Don't worry. Go grab a beer or something with JT."

Vincent took a deep breath and then sighed. He couldn't help but be in awe of her, as always. He grabbed a wash rag and soaked it with cold water, then rubbed her face with it.

"Thank you." Catherine said as she began to get up out of the floor. She then flushed the toilet then washed her hands and her mouth out. She then walked closer to Vincent, wrapping her arms around him as she said, "You are truly the best boyfriend, Vincent…and you're going to make a great husband and father as well." she then kissed his cheek and went into the bedroom to change for her day at the precinct.

-Precinct-

As Catherine arrived she was greeted by Tess who was dying to tell her about her night with JT.

"Tess, not now. I'm not feeling too good today. Maybe later…okay?" Catherine exclaimed.

"Fine! So how did your appointment go?" said Tess.

Catherine rolled her eyes, then replied, "Well if you take out the part where Vincent went beast over the doctor being a male and checking me 'downtown' then I would say it went pretty well. I am for sure pregnant by the way."

Tess begins to laugh as she says, "I wish I could have been there to see that. That is hilarious!"

Catherine gives her a 'go to hell' gaze then continues going through files. "So what are we dealing with today?" asked Catherine to change the subject.

Tess opened a case as she explained, "Well we have a girl over in the projects that has been found dead. She was described as having foam coming out of her mouth, like an overdose, but it has been suspected as a homicide because she has ligature marks on her hands, face, and arms."

"Defensive wounds?" asked Catherine.

"I think so. We have her boyfriend in the interrogation room for questioning, and the crime lab is on its way to the crime scene to look for evidence and to pick up the body for autopsy." replied Tess.

Catherine studied the file then closed it suddenly as she said, "Well, let's get to the crime scene and see if there were any witnesses and we will go from there."

-Gentleman's Club-

"You did what?!" exclaimed JT.

"I lost control at the clinic when the doctor examined Catherine. A moment of jealousy I guess." Vincent responded.

JT let out a laugh then retorted, "Good going big guy."

"Yeah I know. Catherine was pissed off after. But I couldn't really blame her." said Vincent.

JT, still smiling, shook his head then asked Vincent if they had picked out a date for their wedding yet. Vincent told JT that they wanted to be married before the baby came so it would be real soon.

"Do you all plan on inviting a lot of people?" asked JT.

"Just you, Tess, Heather, Catherine's friends from the precinct, and some of her high school friends." Vincent replied, then he continued, "Also as far as audience goes, you and Tess won't really be watching the wedding. Your both going to be in it."

"Well I could bring in some of my old co-workers from the University…if that's ok with you?" said JT.

"That's fine. But not too many please. We want it to be simple and not too many guests." claimed Vincent. "Come on, we need to go look for tuxes."

At that moment Vincent's phone rang. He looked down to see it was Tess as he answered it. He could hear Catherine in the background coughing as he heard a frantic Tess say, "Vincent! It's Cat. We have been fired at by a suspect on the case and Catherine has been shot in the back. I called for an ambulance but they still haven't showed up and I don't know what to do. Please hurry, we are in the projects near the Gentleman's Club, please hurry!"

Vincent hung up the phone then rushed out of there to head towards the projects.