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In one of these great threads of discussion, a poster brought up the issue of how things would pass when Kate's secret got out.
How will she ever go about telling him? Would some dire circumstance plummet her walls down?

The following is one of my One Shot FanFic's I sometimes do on the Boards, but will not be able to on their new Discuss-ting Board... (yeah, I'm grumpy!)


Castle is contemplating suspending his collaboration with the NYPD, and casually informs Kate that he will start to become unavailable...

Kate confronts him, says "You can't leave Castle, you are supposed to have my back..."

Castle, grinning, brushes her aside, not noticing Kate is dead serious "You're a big girl, you can take care of yourself."

Kate's stomach turns into knots as she bursts "Castle...?"

Castle looks up at her, sees Kate's arms wide open, shaking her head in disbelief at the sight of him walking away. Effortless. Again. His grin gives way to a frowned eyebrow concern. Castle's voice lowers "Kate, I'm giving you a break. We both need some time."

Kate's voice comes out strong and sharp. Annoyingly authoritative, even to her own self she fires "Well last time I checked, you said you were my partner. Last time I checked, you said Always." Her voice cracks "Last time I checked, you said you l...

Castle interrupts, reminded of how these discussions tend to go. His demeanor reeks of mixed emotions "Last time, I heard you say we were over. Last time, I heard you say you needed time. Now..."

Kate steps towards him and cuts his train of thought with the scent of her perfume and the sight of her teared up eyes. Her voice drops "Well last time I heard you say you loved me."

Castle can only manage to gasp. Her words force him to step back and blink in disbelief.

Kate carries on in her deep caring tone of voice, the one she wanted to use all along with him "You said you loved me and I fought it." She smiles nervously "Castle, I fought it with all I had and it still came back to haunt me. Every day." She pauses as she closes in, sweeter and sweeter "It kept reminding me of a better life, of the person I want to be soooo bad..." She whispers and steps nearer and nearer up into the pool of deep blue confusion that has settled in Rick's eyes. She smiles hopefully "But it kept showing up. That's just it with you, isn't it? You just keep showing up..."

Castle retorts with a voice still full of hurt "Until the day I don't."

Kate's smile disappears and a wrinkle of fear of being too late settles in her forehead. She loses her balance and searches his face for an answer, the answer on how to bring back the love she can't afford to lose. In her mind, there is only question:

How does one of NY's finest detectives find that answer, and solve the most important mystery of her life?