Reversed

Chapter 6 – Confusion

Hey, thanks for the wishes! As announced I am going to show you what is going on in Vincent's head. This chapter is about Vincent's thoughts when he leaves his apartment for a run. It is a kind of flashback. I hope I won't bore you, but as some of you were thrilled of him following her home, I wanted to describe how he managed it.

Vincent's point of view:

I watched Catherine sleep in her bed. She was so beautiful. I still didn't understand how all this happened. I didn't believe that I got here in first place. This morning started like all the other Saturday mornings. I prepared for a run. These past few days, I hadn't been able to concentrate on anything, too much things have been going through my head. So it was just about time to clear it. Though the purpose of jogging was to get my mind of this woman, I found myself thinking about her as I went down the stairs. When I exited the building and the cool air hit my face I still couldn't shake the thoughts away. She consumed me. Enough, Keller, I commanded myself. But even as I started running I couldn't take my mind of her. I just couldn't understand how somebody as delicate as her could manage to overpower three men. How did she scare them away? How could she scare anyone away? She was so beautiful.

No, no, I can't afford thinking about this mysterious beauty right now, I am in public. Still trying to get her out of my mind I stepped on the street to avoid a truck which was parked on the sidewalk. The second I made a few steps on the road something crashed me against the truck. As soon as I realized what happened, my jaw dropped. There was a tiny woman pushing me against the truck. And there was a Porsche which – I swear to God- hit her and stopped abruptly. It was her! She looked me in the eyes and turned around. No, she wasn't going to leave this easily this time. I planted my arms around her waist and hold her right there. She seemed to think about her options for a moment as she paused and then she just picked me up and ran. My eyes grew wide. How on earth did she just do that? I was for sure at least 60 pounds heavier than her. But then again she had already done this before. She put me down in an alley. I couldn't help by being smug for forcing her to take me with her instead of disappearing as she always seemed to do.

Of course she wouldn't explain anything to me. It still frustrated me, when I thought about it. And then her phone rang and I could clearly see the fear in her eyes. The thing she said sounded weird. About a burner phone, like she was some sort of criminal.

And when she finished her call she just wanted to disappear once again. No not this time. I waited a few seconds and then followed her. She climbed into a bus taking a seat in the middle of it. Trying to avoid getting caught I went to the back. The bus headed to the edge of the city and the beautiful stranger, Catherine as I knew now, stepped out at the final station. It wasn't easy not to be caught as we were the last ones on the bus. I took the backdoor before she even bothered rising from her seat and went immediately behind the bus trying to find a place to hide. Luckily there was a car parked on the other side of the road. For a minute I thought I lost her when the bus driver drove away, but then I saw her vanishing in an alley. When I looked up an old woman was looking suspiciously at me. 'Cheating girlfriend,' I explained with an awkward smile and rushed to the alley.

It wasn't easy to follow her without being caught. That woman had a walking speed that gave me trouble. Additionally the buildings were getting fewer and fewer. At some point there was nothing but an empty road in the direction she headed. Now I had to be extra cautious. I waited a few minutes and then took the road. I thought I was walking for ages when I saw an old building. I approached it and realized it was only a warehouse. This couldn't be where she had disappeared, but on the other hand where else could she have gone to. Either it was this or she decided to take an even longer walk, so I decided to take my shot.

The inside was pretty creepy. As I went upstairs I heard some voices and followed them. They lead me to a door. I opened it. There was a man inside arguing with my guardian angel. I felt jealousy, even if this man wasn't exactly who I would expect her to date, she was clearly out of his league. And that is when I realized he was giving her hell because of me. I was rather confused and then everything happened so fast. One minute I was holding her while she was inagony and the other he was shooting at her. At first I thought he was about to kill her but then I realized he used some kind of tranquilizer dart.

I didn't understand. What was all this about. The second she passed out he searched for something and then took a sample of her blood. He expected me to get out and did not answer any of my questions.

'I am not leaving,' I stated, 'I want some answers'.

He looked torn, like he couldn't decide what to do.

'I can't give you any answers. This is up to her and I really hope she won't give you them either. I have to go now, it is really important. If you won't leave than I guess you'll better have this,' he said handing me the gun,' if she behaves like before, shoot her!'

'Wait? Why?' I asked.

'No time for that!' he said while grabbing some stuff.

'At least tell me if you two are together. I mean, when I touched her earlier you were outraged. It has to be jealousy,' I begged, hopping for a no.

'Yeah right, like Catherine would ever show any interest in me. If you haven't noticed yet, the woman is gorgeous. I just knew what could happen. Now sit there with your little toy and don't distract me any longer. And don't mess with my work over there, I have a presentation about my research next week and I don't want to start all over again.' he said storming out the door.

I had been sitting there for a while thinking about how bizarre this day had been. All this time I couldn't take my eyes of her.

I just had decided to make coffee when I saw her moving. She was waking up. Well, it was about time that someone explained some things to me.

It is not a very long one I know, but if I keep writing I'll just start repeating the scene after she wakes up and there is no reason for that. I am planning though to write another flashback in Vincent's point of view, when he thinks back to this scene. Probably it will be when he discovers more. Next chapter will be from Catherine's perspective again. I don't know when there will be more of Vincent, but I guess first we need some more action or else you will not only fall asleep while reading but probably also go comatose!

I hope you liked it and that there will be plenty of feedback!