Kate and Rick meet before season one, right after her mother was killed. Kate was admitted in the hospital when she stopped taking care of herself. Her father had been admitted in rehab, so he is out of the picture, for now.
I've read millions of fanfiction, and I wanted to try and write one of my own. It's very possible that it isn't any good, but I'll let you be the judge of that!
She heard a serious amount of buzzing, bleeping, and other very annoying sounds. All she wanted to do was sleep, so she turned around and buried her face back in her pillow. But that's when she noticed that something was wrong. Very wrong. This didn't feel like her bed, or her room for that matter. Where the hell was she? She tried opening her eyes, but it was kind of hard to do. She was beginning to panick, but she tried anyway. When she opened her eyes, she had to blink a couple of times. She only saw white. 'I'm definetly not at home', she tought. She went to sit up, and one of the machines went crazy.'Oh brother', she murmered, 'what the hell is happening here?'At that exact moment, a docter entered teh room. 'Ah, miss Beckett, you're finally awake! Splendid!' The man was entirely to happy, and was practically bouncing when he talked to her. And for some reason, it didn't even bother her. 'Docter, what has happened? Why am I in the hospital, and connected to all those annoying machines?'. 'Well, miss Beckett, you collapsed in the store, while you were shopping. Somebody called 911, and here you are. It seems you've been working to much, and haven't been eating of sleeping nearly enough. You've been asleep for fourteen hours straight.' Kate's breathing hitched when she heard the news. She knew she had been sleeping and eating less than before her mother was killed, but she didn't think it was such a big deal. It wasn't like she was annorexic or anything like that. She kept sporting like before, maybe even a bit more, so her body was in excellent shape. She worked long hours at the twelft, but all the others did as well. 'Well docter, can I leave now? Or should I wait a couple more hours? I have to be at work in three hours. Will I make that, or should I call and change shifts?' 'Miss Beckett, I'm afraid you're not really going to like this, but...'. When Kate saw the docter's face, she knew she wouldn't like what he would say. 'I seriously advice you to take a vacation and take a break from all this. I obviously can't make you go on a vacation, but I can make you go on an ordered leave. I called your captain while you were sleeping and he asked me to keep him posted. I'll go call him to tell him you're awake, and when I come back you can ask me any question you like.' With that, the docter left the room, leaving a shocked Beckett behind. Ordered leave? How in the world would she fill all the free time? She was just beginning to make progress on her mom's case, and she finally gained some trust at the precinct, and Montgomery seemed to like her. When she was forced to leave, she would have to rebould that entire trust, and it would take much, much longer! Kate was feeling desperate, and she had about a million questions for this docter.
When the docter entered her room a couple of minutes later, she immediatly asked 'for how long will I be forced to stay away from the precinct?' 'Miss – my name is docter Greg by the way – right now I can't say how long you'll be on leave. The most important thing for you is to get healthy again. There is a reason why you collapsed the way you did. You have to start eating and sleeping healthy again, and regain some strength. You can't do that overnight. That's why I'll put you on a three week leave, to begin with. At the end of the three weeks, you'll have to come back for an appointment, and we'll see how you are doing then.' 'Three weeks?! Do you know what that will do to me? I can't stay away that long! The captain will kill me if I do! I can't afford it, not after only two months of working there!' 'You can and you will!' a loud voice boomed from across the hall. 'Officer Beckett, I order you to take three weeks of payed leave, after which whe will re-evaulate your health. I won't take no for an answer, and you can't go anywhere near the precinct!' 'But sir' Kate said 'I can't do this! I have to be at work!' The captain looked straight at her, and said 'Officer Katherine Beckett, you will take this leave, or else you'll be fired!' At that, Roy Montgomery stormed out of the room, leaving behind a startled docter Greg, and a very shocked Kate Beckett.