Hey guys! Me again :P
I realized when I was writing Brand New Eyes that there were things that I wanted to put in, but for the sake of actually completing a story (something I'm not very good at...lol), I left out, and stuff that you guys wanted to see. So, This is going to be a collection of one-shots and such - 'deleted scenes' - that I'll add to when inspiration (and spare time!) strike me! (If you haven't read Brand New Eyes, I suggest that you do before these….)
I'm up for ideas! If there was anything you wanted to see in Brand New Eyes that I didn't put in there, shoot me a line and I'll add it to my list. And now, without further ado, here's the first deleted scene, which takes place after Kate woke up at St. Vincent's and she's seeing her father for the first time since she was shot. This is kind of a two-shot missing scene, starting with Kate and her dad and ending with Rick and Alexis. Enjoy!
St. Vincent's Hospital
Kate and Jim
Jim opened the door slowly, poking his head through first. "Katie?" He asked, like he had expected to find her asleep.
"Hey Dad." She said with a grin, using the control to move her bed so she could sit up a little more.
He closed the door behind him, making his way to her bed. "I'm so happy that you're okay." He said, hugging his daughter as best he could with all the IV lines and monitors that were hooked up to her.
"Me too." She said, not letting go of his comforting form. Through it all; the murder, his drinking, her almost losing herself in the case, they had been the only constants in each others lives. "We got them, Dad. We found who killed Mom." She whispered after a few moments of silence, her head still sitting on his shoulder.
"You sure did, Katie." He kissed her forehead. "I couldn't be more proud of you, and I know that at this very moment, your mom is too. You're giving her the justice she finally deserves."
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Rick and Alexis
"You haven't talked about it since you got the call." Alexis said, breaking the silence between them after Jim went into Kate's hospital room.
"I haven't talked about what?" He asked.
Alexis raised an eyebrow at her father. "I was able to get most of it. Paula talks loud enough on the phone for people in a three mile radius to hear her. Are Heat Exchange's pre-order numbers really that good?"
He sighed, gesturing for her to sit down as he did the same. "If by 'that good,' you mean good enough for them to triple my advance from the first four books to write three more, then yes." He said.
"What are you going to do?"
He stared at the closed door of Kate's hospital room. "I don't know." He said. "If I could write them and keep all the crazies away from her, I think I would." He paused, shaking his head. "I really don't know, though. It's going to be bad enough with the press when she gets out of here and the book comes out. I don't want to do that to her."
Alexis grinned. "Well, I know she's going to be around anyway, more Nikki Heat books or not, so I'll support anything you decide. But, I don't think you should be deciding anything right now." She said. "You've barely slept and you're living on coffee. We'll get updated news from the doctor, and then I'm either having you admitted so you can sleep, or I'm putting you in a cab headed for home so you can sleep." She said.
Rick smiled, wrapping an arm around his daughter's shoulders. "You know, it's a good thing you're thinking of coming back home for your last couple years of college. I could use a little more parenting before you go off in the world and do something good with the name of Castle."
"I wouldn't dream of anything else." She said, kissing his cheek.
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Notes: So, yeah. I finished writing this at 1 AM on Monday morning. All spelling, grammar mistakes are totally mine. Hope you enjoyed this deleted scene!