The seconds are getting longer; she can barely take it, the pain shoots through her body with every breath she takes. Her body crumbles with every breath. She's starting to feel the light going out she thinks this is how it's all going to end, this is where her life stops every mistake she made flashes in front of her eyes, everything she didn't do out of fear of failure she wishes she did, she should have told him she loved him, she shouldn't have run she should have fought for him, for them, but now the bullet burns in her chest, and she can't speak, the words she wants to say won't come out they're stuck in her throat; she's willing herself to speak her minds screaming at her brain to speak, to reach up and grab his hand on her chest trying to stop the bleeding but it's so hard for her she can only get up the strength to move her finger but he can't see it, he's too busy staring at the blood pooling around his hands on her chest to see her finger move trying to tell him she loves him. It's getting harder to keep her eyes open, harder to breathe, but his blue eyes staring at hers well he talks to her, begs her to stay with him just keeps her fighting harder to keep them open so she can see him longer, so she can see the love in his eyes for just a few more seconds before she's gone from this world, his voice breaks through her thoughts his words make her fight harder she can't let this be it, she has to make it through this and tell him she loves him; "I love you, I love you, Kate" she smiles at those words, she wants to fight, she wants to live but she can barely breathe, her eyelids are getting heavier, she realizes her bodies giving up on her but her mind is still yelling at her to speak but it won't work; one tear falls from her eye before her whole world goes black.
Kate woke up in a small hospital bed; she could hear the faint beeping from the heart monitor, the feeling of a man's hand holding hers. I'm alive she thought as she felt the hand holding hers tighten for a second before the man picked it up and placed a light kiss to her palm then placed it gentle back on the bed. She whispered, "Castle?" then slowly opened her eyes to see Josh sitting in the chair by her bed with shock and anger on his face, he let out a sigh then ran his hands through is shaggy black hair before he said, "Yeah I get it, Kate no need to explain, I'll just be going then. I hope he makes you happy." He placed a small kiss to her forehead then left the room. Kate stared at the door in shook for what felt like an hour before she the writers head peeked from around the door when she saw him a huge smile broke on her face, when he saw her smile brightly at him; he smiled just as big back at her taking it all in.
"Hi" she whispered his smile growing bigger if it was even possible
"Hi" he whispered back as he sat down in the chair next to her bed, he placed his hand on the bed for a second. Kate saw his hand and instantly she was holding it in hers and rubbing small circles on the back of his hand. His eyes shot up to hers then back to their hands a few times before he was sure he wasn't imagining it, she brought his hand up to her mouth and feathered a kiss to his wrist then intertwined their fingers together and placed them on her stomach as they stared into each other's eyes. Castle scooted the chair a little closer to her bed; they were gazing into each other's eyes when Kate finally broke the comfortable silence,
"Castle?" he smiled at her softly then answered
"Yeah?"
"When I was dying in the cemetery I heard you tell me something, did you mean it or did you just say it because you thought you were never going to see me again?"
"Kate, I meant every word I said and I'll say it again if you like?" she nodded her head in reply to his question, he pulled their intertwined hands to his mouth and placed light kisses to her knuckles and whispered "I. Love. You. Kate." Saying each word to a different knuckle then stood up from the chair and placed a kiss to her cheek and whispered in her ear "I love you" when he moved to look in her eyes they were shining with unshed tears, he lightly stroked her cheek with his hand, she smiled up at him and kissed him lightly on the lips then whispered, "I love you, too, Castle" he separated the small distance between them and kissed her passionately.
A/N: Hi This is my first story please tell me what you think
-Angeii
