Hello! This is my take on the 47 Seconds preview. I know this is highly vague. But that's the point. This was really hard for me to write. It's kinda angsty which is really out of the norm.
Disclaimer: I am merely borrowing teh characters for the night.
Enjoy...
Down They Fall
Chapter 1:
"I was shot and remember every second of it."
"You lied to me."
The words rang in her ears as her apartment door shut behind her.
As soon as the door clicked, tears fled from her eyes.
He hadn't said anything else to her. Just 'You lied to me.' then left.
She hadn't said anything. Just watched his back disappear.
Kate had planned on telling him. But she needed to sort out her feelings.
"I'm sorry." She choked out. "I never meant to hurt you."
Sobs shook her frame violently. She raised her eyes to a photo of her and her mother. It was from when she was 14. Both were smiling brightly at her dad who had taken it.
"Mom... I wish you were here. You'd know what to do."
She brushed her tears away from her cheeks and jawbone.
Her body had slid down the wall during her breakdown.
Kate steeled her nerve and stood up.
She walked over to her own murder board.
She had lost her mother 11 years ago. Then Richard Castle had walked into her life. He had offered a hand to pull her out of the hole she had fallen in.
He had pulled her focus from solving her mothers case to solving others and living.
"Gone." She murmured. Both gone.
"Castle's gone. I screwed up." Her eyes scanned over the pictures and post it notes. "Mom, I'm going to figure this out."
Kate grabbed some sheets of paper and a black pen from a drawer in her bedroom, and then rushed back to the board.
She began copying the information down in her wild scrawl.
Hours later, Kate stepped back and winched. She had been curled up on the floor for sometime and her muscles were screaming their protest.
She glanced down at the clothes she was wearing. A sigh and a head shake later; she limped into her bedroom and pulled out a pair of yoga pants, a tank top and one of her NYPD sweatshirts.
Most people would be starving at this point but Kate ignored the rumbling in her stomach.
Kate grabbed the stacks of paper and slumped down on her couch. Her eyes scanned through her handwritten notes.
Her brain whirred madly as she considered all possibilities.
"Oh my god." Her voice sounded raspy even to her own ears.
,,,
Kate flashed her badge to the uniform standing outside the records room. "Evening, Detective Beckett. Do you need help finding a file?" He asked kindly.
"No. I know what I'm looking for." Kate smiled forcedly.
She opened the door and headed to the file she was looking for.
So how'd you like it? Please review. One review and I'll post the next chapter! But this genre is new and difficult for me. Sooooooo... please tell me your thoughts.
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