Author's Note #1: Major thanks to a friend of mine. This was her idea. I simply am the fingers and brain behind the details and I can only hope that this story adds up to the justice she deserves. And I was more than thrilled that she allowed me to write it.
Author's Note #2: For the sake of the story the age doesn't follow the age set in place by the show. There is only a 5 year gap between Beckett and Castle instead of the 10 year that the show has.
Prologue
Sixteen year old Katherine Beckett didn't know what time it was as she snuck back into her bedroom early Sunday morning.
"Late night," her father Jim asked as he stood near her door, arms crossed.
Kate should have figured it wouldn't be that easy.
"You out drinking again tonight," he asked.
"I didn't drink tonight I swear," said Kate as she planted her feet on the floor.
"Then why'd you go out?"
"I wanted to have fun what's wrong with that?"
"On a school night, there's a bunch wrong with that. You have class this morning. It's late, we'll talk more about this when your mom gets home tonight but Katie, this has got to stop. We've put up with this behavior for a year but it stops now."
"Dad can we do this later? I'm tired and I have school in a few hours."
"Are you even going or will we have to hear about you ditching again? It's what you do Katie: you go out to a party and then ditch class the next day because you're either tired or hung over."
"Then I'll prove you wrong."
"Sure, I'd like to see that someday," Jim said leaving the room.
Two weeks later Kate sat in the bathroom at home. Her parents were working late. She was actually glad they weren't home. The positive pregnancy test stared at her like a blinking neon bar light in the darkness. It was the fifth test she had taken in the past two days. She could feel the tears stream down her face. Kate thought back to that night, knowing exactly when and who it happened with.