**I DO NOT OWN THIS SHOW OR THE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW, I AM JUST BORROWING THEM**
-House Boat – 1 Week Later-
It was appointment day for Catherine and she was super excited for this one. They would finally know today if she was having a boy or a girl. She rushed out of the bed and went to the bathroom to begin running herself a bath. Her phone rang and she looked at it to see that it was Tess.
"Hey, Tess. What's up?" she said as she answered the phone.
"Just wanted to check and see if you wanted me and JT to still meet you and Vincent at the clinic?" replied Tess.
"Of course! But I have to get ready, see you there?" asked Catherine as Vincent walked up from behind her wrapping his arms around her and softly kissed her shoulder. "Okay, great. See ya!" she finished then hung up the phone. Catherine then moved towards the sink, looking into the mirror at herself as she pulled her hair up into a bun. Vincent followed behind her, wrapping his arms around her again and laid his chin onto her shoulder. Catherine smiled and leaned her head onto his.
"Good morning beautiful." he said as he placed a kiss on her cheek.
She then turned to face him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Good morning to you too." she replied, kissing him softly on his lips.
She then pulled from the kissed and walked towards the bathtub and turned off the water. Vincent leaned against the sink starring at her beauty.
Catherine then began to speak as she went to remove her clothing, "So I figured that we would announce the babies gender tonight to everybody at the wedding rehearsal dinner. You okay with that?"
Vincent, now hypnotized by her gracefully removing her clothes didn't even know what she had said. He snapped back into reality when she said, "Vincent! Are you even listening to me?"
"Yeah, sorry. I was…uhm…distracted." he said letting out a slight giggle.
Catherine rolled her eyes and smiled as she entered the bath water and sighed at how good the warmth felt on her body. She then looked up at Vincent and asked, "Want to join me?"
Vincent didn't think about it. He practically jumped completely out of his clothes to get into the water with her. As he began to enter, Catherine moved to the other side of the garden tub allowing room for Vincent. He then pulled Catherine closer to him and began kissing her. Catherine pulled from the kiss and began to say, "Vincent….I want to wait til our honeymoon to have sex."
He smiled then said sarcastically, "It's a little too late to wait til after marriage, don't you think?"
"You know what I mean, Vincent. I'm not having sex with you until our honeymoon. I want it to be special for both of us even though it may be too late to wait til after marriage. Don't you think it would have more meaning if we wait?"
Vincent sighed at the thought of not being able to make love to this beautiful individual. As a matter of fact, he choked as he agreed with Catherine. She then kissed his forehead, then said, "Thank you for loving me like you do. I love you so much, Vincent."
"I love you too, Catherine."
-OB/GYN Clinic-
Catherine and Vincent walk in to see Tess and JT had already made it there. While Catherine checked in at the front desk, Vincent walked over to sit next to JT. He leaned towards JT and said in a whisper, "Catherine told me she wanted to wait until after the wedding to have sex."
JT let out a laugh causing everybody in the clinic to look over at them, Tess now nudging his arm to let him know to stop drawing attention towards them. JT then calmed and retorted, "Isn't it too late for that?"
Vincent sighed then replied, "That's what I said. But she was being serious."
Tess had heard what was said and snorted out a slight laugh then said, "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."
Catherine joined them and took a seat next to Vincent. Her legs began to nervously shake and Vincent looked over at her and smiled, taking her hand into his and webbed their fingers together. She seemed to calm down a little by his touch. The four of them sat there in an awkward silence. Finally Tess broke the silence by saying, "I think it's a girl….I hope it's a girl."
JT snarled at her comment and then retorted, "Oh well, that's too bad because it's totally going to be a boy. Uncle JT will be having a little V playing the XBOX in no time flat."
Vincent face palmed while laughing. Catherine was also laughing at the couple then said, "I think we will all find out as soon as the nurses call me back for the ultrasound."
JT had to have the last word and said, "Fine….I still think it's a boy, though."
Tess rolled her eyes and rubbed her forehead.
A few more minutes had passed, and Catherine was beginning to get impatient. "What's taking so long?" said a frustrated Catherine.
Vincent then stood up and said, "I'll go check and see when you are supposed to be called."
"Catherine Chandler?" called out a nurse.
Finally Catherine thought to herself and she stood up and sighed and took Vincent's hand then walked towards the ultrasound room. JT and Tess followed behind her excitedly.
As they entered the darkened room the nurse directed Catherine to lie back onto the cushioned table. As she laid down her shirt slightly raised up due to her plump belly. The nurse raised her shirt up to below her breasts then squeezed out some gel onto her stomach. Vincent, Tess, and JT all glued their eyes onto the computer screen as the nurse got her gadget to begin the ultrasound.
"Okay, first we have to find the baby." claimed the nurse then she continued, "There it is."
Catherine glanced over at the screen and smiled at the sight of the baby moving around.
The nurse then began to point out the features of the baby then she searched for a clear view to find out the gender. As she found a good position she then smiled and announced, "Well mommy and daddy…..it's a girl!"
Vincent and Catherine looked at each other and smiled.
-Rehearsal Dinner-
It was late in the day, and the family and friends of the loving couple had all gathered around the table at Olive Garden to eat and talk about the wedding that they had just rehearsed. Catherine and Vincent had began opening their wedding gifts. Brooke had gotten them a stainless steel cooking ware set. Tess handed her gift to Catherine. It was lingerie. Catherine blushed and no sooner than she pulled the little outfits out, she stuffed them back into the gift bag.
"Tess! I'm pregnant. I can't wear these." She exclaimed. Vincent took Catherine's hand and looked her into her eyes as he said, "I think you are beautiful no matter what you wear….pregnant, or not."
Catherine smiled and blushed a little. She then lipped out the words 'your amazing, thank you' to Vincent then turned her attention towards JT who was now handing them his gift. Vincent then pulled out a box of condoms, Catherine now laughing, as Vincent sarcastically thanked JT.
"Here, open mine!" said Heather in an excited tone and she practically threw the gift in Catherine's face. As Catherine pulled out the gift paper from the bag, she saw a wedding scrapbook, already started for the couple. Heather was eager for a response to the gift and she shouted, "Well, what do you think?"
Catherine pulled it out fully from the bag to reveal it to Vincent and the rest of the family/friends. She was speechless. The scrapbook was handmade by Heather with a white silk fabric as the book cover with sparkling white gems framing a spot on the front of the book to put a wedding photo and silver glitter all over the cover. Catherine truly loved it. Vincent was even in awe of it.
"Heather….it's beautiful! I love it!" Catherine finally said. Vincent smiled and agreed.
As the night was coming to an end, and all of the guests had finally left, the couple had prepared to head home too.
-The Ride Home-
On their way home, it was quiet. No words were spoken between Catherine and Vincent. Catherine was staring out the window, lost in her thoughts.
"You okay?" asked Vincent, breaking the silence.
Catherine turned her head to look at Vincent. She began smiling as she said, "I'm fine. Just thinking about what I said about no sex, really. I know it sounds stupid, Vincent….and I know you're having difficulty understanding why I chose to have it that way." she started as Vincent pulled off into a wooded, secluded area.
He tried to respond, but Catherine cut him off, "No….let me finish."
She briefly paused and looked down, closing her eyes. Vincent could sense her arousal burning in her body below. Catherine looked back at Vincent, both locked eyes with each other. Hunger and want in both of their eyes. She then continued, "I know it's not fair to you, and I wanted to say that….I'm sorry."
Vincent was deeply turned on by how she was looking at him in want. He then responded, "Catherine, you don't have to apologize to me. I completely understand that you feel that way and I'm willing to do whatever you want to do….I want you, I can't lie…but, I support you with whatever decision you make."
Catherine took a deep breath. No words could be found for what she wanted to say. Her mouth opened but the words just wouldn't come out. She then lunged at him and began kissing him. She crawled her way over to his side of the car and straddled on top of him. As they broke the kiss, Catherine finally said, "Maybe we can just one more time before the wedding….I want you Vincent."
He then pulled her close to kiss her again while pulling the lever on the seat to lay it back. She sat up to pull off her coat, then back to kissing Vincent. As it began to deepen, Vincent pulled away and said, "Will it hurt the baby?"
Catherine rolled her eyes then retorted, "Vincent, I'm sure it's perfectly fine. But if you don't want to then…"
"No, I want to…..more than anything." he interrupted
She then bit her lip and began pulling her shirt off. Her hair fell gracefully on her bare shoulders. She then leaned back down to kiss Vincent as he unhooked her bra with one hand. The kiss got deeper and deeper as each particle of their clothing was removed. The windows at this point were beginning to fog from the heat coming from their bodies. Catherine then adjusted herself onto his erection. She dug her nails into his chest letting out a moan. She began moving her body on his, not breaking eye contact. He placed his hands on hips, slightly squeezing them then moving his hands down to her legs rubbing them. He would thrust his hips up as she moved her body down on him. Both were breathing hard, slight moans now and then. Beads of sweat covered their bodies. Catherine began to move a little faster as their climax had neared. Vincent sat up to kiss her neck, running his tongue up to her lips. He kissed her passionately, digging his fingers into her back. As they climaxed, Vincent thrust one last time into Catherine, causing one last moan to exit both of their mouths.
As they finished dressing, Catherine began to smile. Vincent noticed this and then asked her, "What is it?"
She looked at him, now giggling slightly as she said sarcastically, "I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did….because that was the last time until after the wedding."
Vincent smiled and said, "After what we just did?"….he sighed then continued, "I don't know if I'll be able to wait that long."
Catherine smiled and placed her hand on his face as she said, "I promise….it's well worth the wait."
Vincent pulled Catherine closer to him and kissed her then he said, "I'll hold you to that."