She watched as Castle walked away from her, she wished she knew what he was going to say. All she could think to say was "Goodbye." Why did he leave her after everything they had been through today?
She could feel someone pressing their lips against her temple as she turned around and seen Josh. 'Oh I forgot about him' she thought to herself. She wrapped him in a hug, but couldn't help look back and watch Castle as the look of disappointment washed across his face.
She looked up at Josh and shook her head slowly. "What's wrong?" he asked.
She stared at him and a faint whisper came from her open mouth "…Everything."
"What do you mean everything?"
"I have to go I am so sorry." She raced her way to the elevator in an attempt to stop Castle. She wanted to be with him right now instead of Josh. She felt more comfort with Castle at this point. She knew she wouldn't be able to be alone.
The elevator was taking too long and she began to hear Josh walking towards her. She couldn't stand to face him now so she ran to the stairs and bolted down the stairs hearing a muffled "Katie wait!" calling after her.
She hated when he called her that. The name just reminded her of her mother. Castle knew to never call her Katie, he knew so much more about her. He knew all the little things that made her who she is. He called it 'Peeling another layer of the Beckett onion' when he found out something knew and now she just wanted to be with him tonight. She wanted to sit there and feel the comfort that he brought her.
She hoped he would lighten the mood with his jokes and smart remarks. He always made her smile even on the worst of days or the worst of cases. He knew her, he truly knew her.
She raced down the stairs hoping to catch up to Castle before he left. She slammed open the door to the stairs and looked around frantically as if she had lost something.
She spotted a sad looking man waiting to get in a cab and she ran to him with all the adrenaline built up in side of her.
"Castle! Castle! Wait up!" she screamed to him. He looked around slowly and she came to an abrupt stop as she seen his face.
Was he crying? No… he couldn't be crying that's ridiculous she must be seeing things. He looked so hurt and so broken and she couldn't help, but think why?
"Castle? What's wrong?" she said in a sympathetic tone.
He looked at her with a stern look in her eye and said "What do you think?"
She was taken aback by his tone of voice; she had never heard him so angry and hurt. What had she done wrong? What did she do?
She stepped closer to him and asked "Did I do something wrong? Castle you know you can tell me anything, we are partners!" she said as a smile reached her face.
He looked down and slowly shook his head and he looked up to her and they stared at each other for a long moment.
"No, no we aren't, not anymore I can't do this. Goodbye Kate."
She watched him speak those words and her jaw dropped. Why was he doing this? She heard him call for a taxi and she put her hand on his arm as to call him back to look at her.
"Why are you doing this? What the hell happened Castle? Talk to me, please just tell me what's going on and we can make it all better I promise and then everything can go back to normal please Castle don't leave. Come on we are part-"
"KATE!" he screamed "Stop talking! I'm leaving and you can't change my mind"
She was dumb-founded, what had gotten into him? Why was he so mad? She had never seen him like this before and she had no words. She was speechless; she didn't know what to say to him.
She stood there and watched a taxi pull up to the side of the curb. Was he really leaving? She watched him get into the cab, her eyes filling up with tears as he stared back at her.
She whispered "Please don't go," he turned to face forward and told the cab driver to drive off.
She watched as the cab slowly pulled away from the curb. Tears sliding down her face, she finally realized the tears and wiped her face embarrassed as people passing by were staring.
Why was she so upset? She knew he would come back, he had to come back, he would come back right? She leaned up against the wall and slid down slowly with her face in her hands. She needed to forget about this, Castle was his own person he could do what he wanted. It's not like he worked here, right? She knew he would have to leave at some point; she just didn't plan on it being anytime soon.
She felt arms around her and she looked up hoping to see Castle's face staring back at her. To her disappointment it was Josh. She looked down with an embarrassed look on her face; Josh had never seen her like this so she wiped away her tears and told him to take her home.