**I DO NOT OWN THIS SHOW OR THE CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW, I AM JUST BORROWING THEM**
-Suite-
Catherine began smacking Vincent's face as tears rolled down her face. She knew she could lose him and she wasn't ready to let him go just yet. "Vincent….VINCENT! Please….open your eyes…..let me see those beautiful auburn eyes. Speak to me dammit! Don't leave me…..don't leave us! Think of our little girl Vincent….she needs you….I NEED YOU!"
She checked to see if Vincent had a pulse and he still had one, only it was weak and he needed to get to a hospital immediately. She dials 911, and states his condition without explaining how it happened, "Please, hurry! I can't lose him!"
As Bob approached her, she stood pointing her gun at him while her face flooded with tears. She grit her teeth as she said, "GET…THE HELL AWAY…FROM VINCENT…OR I WILL SHOOT YOU!"
"So shoot me, Catherine….you know you want to." Bob said as he laid his gun down on the ground and opened his arms, welcoming her to shoot him. "Come on! Grow some guts and shoot me! I deserve to die anyways!"
Catherine grit her teeth, and cocked her gun and about the time she went to pull the trigger, Vincent grabbed her ankle as he spoke in a breathless tone, "No Catherine….thats what he wants…don't give him the pleasure."
Catherine continued pointing her gun at Bob, resisting every bit of what Vincent had told her, "No, he ruined my life….he ruined yours…..but I'll be damned if he ruins Alexis' life by trying to destroy everything that we worked so hard to keep."
Vincent manages to stand behind Catherine, grabbing her shoulder for support, "No Catherine, don't do this….don't fall into his footsteps…..we will get through this and put him behind bars….remember? You gave me the same speech…..don't be the monster that he wants you to be. Your better than that, and you know it. Put the gun down before you do something that you will regret…..please? They will send him away and he won't be able to hurt us anymore….listen to me we can get past this like we have everything else together…..we can overcome anything, right? Our Love Will Conquer All. It's over for him and he knows that and wants you to shoot him so he don't go back to jail."
Catherine struggled to put her gun down, so Vincent reached for her arm and pulled it back, and took the gun. Catherine let out a relieved sigh and cried into Vincent's chest as he tried to hold them both up. He was weak, but only from losing a huge amount of blood. Lucky for him, paramedics and police pulled up and Vincent and Catherine began to walk towards the ambulance. Bob wouldn't have it….he wanted Vincent dead and he picked up his gun, pointing it directly at Vincent. Vincent sensed it getting ready to go off and he grabbed Catherine and tackled her safely to the ground without hurting her or the baby as Bob shot at Vincent. The police pulled their guns out and pointed them at Bob, and they all fired, killing him.
Catherine sat next to Vincent in the back of the ambulance as they rode to the hospital, she took Vincent's hand into hers, webbing their fingers together as she said, "I thought I lost you for sure."
"Ditto! I thought Reynolds shot you Catherine….the last thing that ran through my mind was that my girls were gone forever….until I heard your voice."
Catherine stroked Vincent's hair as she bent down to kiss him slightly on the cheek. "You think this will be our last hospital visit?" she said sarcastically. They both let out a laugh as Vincent replied, "Of course not. We still have to go to the hospital to welcome our daughter to this screwed up world in what? 4 months? And you named her Alexis? Why that name?"
"You know, I really don't know actually….It just slipped out. Maybe she picked it."
Vincent smiled and looked up at Catherine, "I love it. We will name her Alexis Marie Keller. How is that?"
"Perfect." Said Catherine as she smiled. Vincent smiled back at her then hissed in pain when the EMT began cleaning his wound.
-3 Months Later – New York City-
Everyone had discovered that Evan was alive this whole time, until a few months ago when he was shot down at the Honeymoon Suite. They had a proper funeral service for him back in England, along with a little ceremony to pay respects for him in New York. Vincent had got a job a month ago at a Concrete Warehouse where they build concrete shelter houses meant for harsh weather. He got paid a pretty penny and love his job. Catherine on the other hand, not so much. She hated when he came home and trailed concrete dust everywhere in the house, but she loved how sexy he looked when he was dirty. As Catherine neared the end of her pregnancy, she began to develop complications with it and was strictly discouraged against anything to cause her to go into labor. She had become more fatigued through the day, her feet swelled like balloons, hot flashes, and of course her appetite had increased. Vincent took pride in how cute Catherine looked with her baby bump. They both felt pretty good to actually go a while without having to look behind their backs. Tess and JT was engaged to be married next week and all four of them had met up for dinner together about twice every week, and alternated between the houseboat and the gentleman's club when they did. Everything for Vincent and Catherine seemed almost perfect. Despite Catherine's moodswings, they still were very passionate about one another, and not a day went by that they didn't show it.
-Gentleman's Club-
Catherine and Vincent entered and was greeted by JT, who was still waiting on Tess. Vincent took Catherine's coat and she hugged JT, and sat on the love seat. Vincent did the same and sat down next to Catherine. She then spoke up, "Where is Tess?"
"Oh, well, you know how things get at the precinct….busy, busy, busy." said JT letting out a nervous chuckle as he looked at his watch.
"Hey man, you okay? You don't look so good." asked Vincent when he noticed the sweat beading up on JT's face and his heart began to race.
"I'm fine….its just….I worry about Tess sometimes when she runs late that's all. Anything could happen to her while she's out there. I'm probably just over reacting."
"Over reacting about what?" asked Tess as she came through the door. "Sorry I'm late. The captain had a meeting with the entire friggin precinct about the case we are working on and it went over." Tess leaned in to kiss JT.
Vincent looked over at Catherine and lipped I love you and she smiled and lipped it back. She stood to hug Tess as she asked, "So, what case are you working on?"
"Cat, you know what the doctor said and even the captain….you are on maternity leave and I can't discuss the cases with you. I'm sorry. I know you want to come back to work, but you don't have that much longer to go before you can."
"Oh, come on Tess…just a little bit of the behind the scenes….pleeeeease? I promise I'll keep quiet about it…I won't tell soul."
Vincent stood up and intervened, "Catherine, honey…soon enough, alright?" She nodded as she let out a disappointed sigh. He turned his attention towards JT, "So…what's for dinner?"
JT let out a laugh and replied, "I thought you would ask big guy. I made spaghetti with a salad and garlic toast. Simple, but really good."
As Catherine went to take a seat at the table she retorts, "Oooh, sounds great….I'm starved." Tess began laughing as she said jokingly, "When are you not starving Cat?" and they all joined in the laughter.
After dinner, Catherine stood to collect the plates to start washing them. When Vincent noticed what she was doing, he immediately got up from the table and said, "Catherine, you really don't need to be doing that. Your feet are already swollen. Please, let me."
"Thank you." she replied and as she began to walk away, Vincent grabbed her by the wrist, pulling her close to him to kiss her seductively. She pulled away and smiled as she said, "Mr. Keller, you know I'm not able to do that….although it is tempting since its been 2 months since we last did." She rubbed her nose on his and kissed him again, this time pulling away and joining JT and Tess in conversation.
As the night came to an end, Vincent and Catherine thanked them and said their goodbyes, and left.
-The Ride To The Houseboat-
Vincent couldn't help but notice that something was bothering Catherine. He reached his hand out from the steering wheel to her hand and began rubbing his thumb on her hand, "You okay?"
Catherine sighed as she responded, "Yup. Perfectly fine. Just tired, that's all." Vincent could tell she was lying, and she knew it too and she said, "No, not really….I actually feel like crap. My lower back has been killing me all day. Maybe it's Braxton Hicks again? I don't know."
Vincent could sense an uneasiness coming from Catherine….she wasn't comfortable at. In fact she began feeling worse, and even nauseous. She then grabbed her stomach and shouted, "Pull over!"
As the car came to a complete stop, Catherine practically jumped out of the car and walked to the back of the vehicle and began vomiting. Vincent jumped out of the car and ran around the car and grabbed her hair and held it out of her face as she continued to get sick. As she vomited the last time, a gush of liquid came out from under her dress. She screamed in pain and leaned up against the car holding her stomach with both hands as she shrilled out once more. She then looked at Vincent and said, "This can't be happening…I lack 3 more weeks…She's coming….." and she let out another scream as her body began to push for her. Vincent picked her up in a cradle position and placed her in the back seat of the car, buckled her in, and rushed to the driver seat where he turned on the hazards and rushed to the hospital.
He got on the phone with JT and said, "The baby is coming! Call Heather and go to the houseboat and grab our hospital bag out of my closet. Grab a blanket too, please hurry JT there isn't much time." and he hung up to focus on driving.
-Hospital-
Vincent pulled up to the front of the hospital and jumped out of the car, he forgot to put it in park from being so stressed out and instantly has to jump back in it to stop it and park it. He jumps back out and runs around the back of the car and opens the door to help Catherine get out. He places his right hand on her back for support and holds her left hand in his left hand. They walk inside and Vincent starts yelling, "She needs a doctor! She's having our baby!" A nurse rushes behind them with a wheel chair and begins to ask Catherine some questions, "What is your name sweetheart?"
"Catherine Keller."
"Where does it hurt?"
"From here," she pointed right above her belly button, then down towards her privates, "To down here." Catherine's breathing began to speed up, and she was breaking into sweats, and pale. Vincent turned to see Heather, JT, and Tess running inside and he meets them to ask JT to park the car for him.
The nurse continued to ask questions, "How far into the pregnancy are you?"
"I'm 8 months pregnant….UGHHHHHHHHHH!...please, please, PLEASE get it out of me! AGHHHHHHHHH!"
"Now Mrs. Keller, I need you to take deep, deep breathes with me, okay?"
"I AM BREATHING DEEP BREATHS! NOW FIND ME A DOCTOR…..NOW!...oh my god…..ohhhhhhhh! Vincent?! Hold my hand, please."
Heather approached Catherine and pulled out a handkerchief and began blotting Catherine's head with it to remove the sweat that continued beading up. "It's okay Cat….just keep breathing sweetie."
Vincent turned towards Tess, "Where the hell is the doctor?!"
Tess shrugged and said, "I don't know, but if we don't get her to a doctor soon….she may pass out from the pain, and that really would not be good. I'm going to try to find a doctor myself…I'll be back."
About the time Tess said that, JT returns from parking Vincent's car, the doctor appeared, he apologized and asked Vincent to follow behind him with Catherine. As they get to the room, the doctor proceeds to give instructions to the nurses and has Vincent lay Catherine on the bed. He hands Vincent a hospital gown and tells him to dress her in it. When the doctor returns, he checks her blood pressure while the nurses hook her up to the monitor, "Okay, I need scrubs for the father, she needs an IV, alert the surgery nurses to prepare for a C-Section, and go grab me an Anesthesic nurse to give her a spinal block, pronto!"
Vincent looked confused, "What the hell is going on?"
"Mr. Keller, we have to perform an emergency C-Section on your wife and I'm afraid that if we don't that….well lets just say that her blood pressure is dropping and its not good for the baby. She and the baby could die if I don't take the baby out immediately. You need to get her in the gown and you need to dress accordingly as well. I'll be in the operating room prepping myself."
Vincent's eye began to fill. The nurse returned with the scrubs and handed them to Vincent. He rushed to get them on and Catherine looked up at Vincent and smiled, and suddenly her eyes closed. "Catherine?...Catherine?!" Vincent began shaking her trying to wake her up, the monitor showed her heart rate was dropping very slowly.
The doctor rushed in with a few nurses and they headed for the operating room, Vincent held her hand as he helped push the bed. They hooked her up to different machines, and raise her up in the bed to insert the spinal block. The doctor began the procedure.
Minutes later Vincent jumped up to the sound of a baby crying, and he smiled when he saw her on the scale. She's beautiful like her mother, he thought to himself and he turned towards Catherine and stroked her face, "Wake up…..she's here." Catherine opened her eyes and looked at Vincent and smiled, "Tell the baby I love her…." and she passed out again, only this time the machine was showing she had flatlined.
**(Hey guys! Sorry for the delay. This chapter is going to be 2 parts, so its not over…yet lol. I will continue writing on this and TRY to update soon. Thank you all for your support and devoted reading. I will warn you though, I will only be posting 1-2 more chapters to this story and it will be over. BUT, I am also working on a new A/U story that has yet to be published on here. I apologize if I overlooked anything that needs corrections, but it is almost midnight here, and I was up all night last night reading another writer's fanfic lol. As always, please review (good/bad). I love you guys! See you soon!)**