A/N: I've been working on this and another fic for several months and finally decided to start posting this one. There will be a total of 6 chapters, with the possibility of a 7th if I can figure out a way to write it. I mainly wrote this because one of my favorite Caskett scenarios are when they run into their exes.

Kate and Rick sat in the waiting room of the hospital's cardiology wing, her unassuming demeanor not representative of her inner emotions. Rick was quite the opposite beside her, outwardly expressing his nerves of Kate's upcoming appointment by his fidgety hands and jittery legs.

"Rick, calm down." Kate attempted to assure him by putting her palm on his shaky knee. "Everything will be just fine."

"Kate, what if it isn't and it means we…"

"Katherine Castle?" a nurse interrupted Rick.

"Come on Babe." Kate stood and held out her hand for her husband.

The couple were led to an exam room where the nurse took Kate's vitals and told her to put on a hospital gown as she left to get the doctor. Rick asked if she needed any help, but she declined so he took a seat by the wall.

"I'm sure everything will be okay, Castle. I haven't had any complications in the last four years. Last time I was here Dr. Welby said everything looked great. I am certain that we can have the baby."

"I just don't want anything to happen to you or the baby. I love you way too much to ever lose you."

"I'm not going anywhere. We should probably be more concerned with your heart at this point, Old Man." Kate gave him a teasing smirk as she took a seat on the exam table.

"Katherine Castle, you wound me."

There were a few quick raps against the door before it opened slightly. The male voice asked if it was okay to step inside, in which Kate responded in the affirmative.

"Hi, I'm…oh…"

"Josh? Where's Dr. Welby?" Kate questioned, instinctively bringing her hand to her chest despite being fully covered.

"He had a family emergency, so they called me to fill in for him today. I saw your name, but didn't make the connection. I'm sorry; I can reschedule you with Dr. Welby if that would make you feel more comfortable." Josh offered.

"Yes."

"No."

Kate and Rick responded at the same time.

"Kate, I really want to get some answers. I don't want to wait another week. I don't think I could handle another week." Rick met his wife's eyes and saw the discomfort, so he said with disappointment, "If you aren't comfortable though, I guess we can reschedule."

Kate took Rick's hand, smiled sincerely and said, "Okay, I can put my discomfort aside for the sake of peace of mind and the baby."

Rick beamed. "I love you."

The now-forgotten Josh cleared his throat and both Kate and Rick broke their loving gazes temporarily to get on with the appointment.

"So what brings you in today?"

"Well, as you very well know, I was shot in the chest about four years ago and we found out a couple of weeks ago that I'm pregnant, so my OB-GYN suggested I make an appointment with Dr. Welby to make sure I could handle a pregnancy."

"First off, congratulations on the pregnancy."

"Thank you." Kate couldn't hide her happiness.

"Have you had any respiratory problems during exertion?"

"No, not really. In the beginning the scars would pull and sometimes if I move in just a certain way it still happens, otherwise I feel pretty similar to before the shooting."

"Well, your blood pressure and heart rate look good. Pregnancy does cause more stress on your heart as you have more blood in your system, so the heart has to beat harder to pump it all. I will do an electrocardiogram to see if there are any issues with your electrical activity. I'm going to preemptively say that I believe you will be just fine sustaining your pregnancy, but if there are issues on the EKG then I would suggest talking with your OB about your options when it comes to labor and delivery."

Kate and Rick were listening intently on Josh, but upon hearing the potential good news they turned to look at each other, both with giant grins.

"I will have my nurse hook you up to the EKG machine and we'll talk about the results afterwards."

Josh excused himself to inform his nurse as Rick stood to be closer to his wife and took her hand in his.

"That didn't go as horribly as I was anticipating." Kate stated.

"The exam or having Motorcycle Boy as your doctor?"

Kate chuckled, "Both actually. We are going to be able to have the baby, Rick." She smiled peacefully, as though everything in the world was perfect, and wiped away a tear that was threatening to fall. "I am so happy. You make me so happy." She cupped his cheek with her free hand.

Rick kissed her palm and said, "Our kid is going to be extraordinary with your beauty, intelligence and strength and my ruggedly handsome looks."
"Let's just hope for both of our sakes that the kid doesn't end up with either of our rebellious streaks."

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