A/N: So, I'm going to make this short. I had the Idea for Kate to have Huntington's and had the story line playing out in my head. I wanted to write it but after some thought and feedback from you guys I decided to change things up a bit. There is one piece that I wanted to continue with, so I'm going with that but taking away the Huntington's. I just ultimately felt that a lot of my faithful readers would not read it because of the ultimate death (Which I knew would be hard to write). Don't worry though. The kids will stay. FYI I am not a doctor, and most of my medical information is from online research.

She's been shot. That's all he hears and what's been replaying in his head the whole trip to the hospital. He can't believe what he hears. It's not every day that someone calls you to tell you that your wife has been shot.

As he reaches the hospital, Castle jumps out of the cop car and runs into the doors of the ER. He's greeted by a nurse who comes to his side asking him what he needed. He tells her that his wife has been shot, and he needs to know where she is and what's going on.

She first tells him that she's going to do anything she can to find info on Kate. She walks with him to the nurses station, and they look her up. Her name comes up, but it tells them she's still en route. The nurse is confused though because they should have been here by now. Moments later they get a call that the ambulance she was in had been T-boned and was delayed. They had called in more ambulances, but it would still take time for them to get there.

A few hours later, Kate's out of surgery had a CT scan, and an X-ray. They've done a few other tests and now are waiting for the results. They got the bullet, but it was close to her spinal cord that they feared she'd become a paraplegic. They wouldn't know until Kate was awake and they could do some tests with her reflexes and what not.

Sitting by his wife's bed, he waits for her to wake up from the anesthesia. He knows she will be in some pain, but he's going to stick by her side, and do whatever she needs to help her feel better.

When she does wake up about an hour later, he is quick to be as close as possible.

"Kate, hi." Castle smiles as Kate grumbles to have the breathing tube taken out.

"Calm down ok? I'm getting a nurse; they will take it out." Castle says as he gives her a kiss and heads for the door. Her head is jerking back and forth, ready to have the tube out. It's obvious when he brings the nurse back that Kate can't move anything from under her boobs down. With her head jerking like that you would think or assume that the rest of her body would move as well.

"Katherine, please. I'm going to take the tube out, but you have to be still." The nurse sighs as she reaches for the tube to pull it out. Castle is holding her hand as she takes it out.

Letting out a huge deep breath, Kate is thankful that the tube is out, and she can breathe fully. She smiles as she gazes up at Castle. The nurse is gone by now, and Castle holds his wife's hand carefully.

"What happened?" Kate asks, her voice raspy as its still dry from the tube. Castle knows he needs to tell her, but he's not ready.

"You were shot; I'm not sure you remember that, but then the ambulance you were in got T-boned," Castle explains, helping Kate to some water. She's thankful it's cold because it feels so good going down her throat.

"I remember being shot, I just wish I would have seen him." She sighs softly.

"Espo told me there was nothing you did wrong; he came out of nowhere so, please don't bring yourself down." Castle tries to reassure Kate.

She sighs again as she closes her eyes. She's still pretty exhausted and ready for a nap. She wants to stay awake because she knows they will want to do some tests when she's awake. It's hard to do, but she does it anyways.

They start the tests by essentially playing with her feet trying to see if they can get them to move. They don't, and it kills Kate to know that she won't be able to walk anymore. She is thankful though that she is still alive. If that bullet had landed somewhere else, she could have been dead. Leaving Castle to care for the six kids. Not something she ever wants to do.

Finally done with the tests, Castle lets Kate take a nap while he steps out and talks to the doctor. He wants to know her prognosis and see where they will go from here. The doctor explains that yes, Kate is indeed paralyzed and will spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They don't know yet how much of her body is paralyzed, but they will know more when they can get her to sit up in a chair. They wanted to do it now, but Castle insisted that they allow Kate to get some rest.

A few hours later, Jim and Martha show up to visit and see how Kate is doing. Surprisingly Kate's doing well and Martha and Jim were not freaking out too much. That's what worried Castle.

Helping Kate up, Castle lifts her and into a chair just like the doctor had wanted. He can tell she can sit up unassisted. Which is great. The results have come back, and Kate has been paralyzed at the C5 vertebrae. She's basically got movement from her boobs up, except for her left hand. It's started to freeze and is now in a fist. She can move her arm and her wrist just not her fingers. Which she's becoming ok with. She's got her right hand, and she does most things with that hand anyways.

Relaxing in her chair, the four adults chat for a while before they leave and relieve Alexis of her babysitting duties so she can come and see her dad and step-mom. She was going to bring her husband Aaron with her, but he was so engrossed in helping the older Lets with their homework that he decides to stay and hang with them. The couple had just married a year ago and according to Alexis, had been trying for kids. She loved her siblings but really wanted some kids of her own.

Aaron had been great with the kids. Being a high school math teacher made it fun because the kids loved having help from him. He was good at math, and his students loved him because he was easy to learn from and made it fun to learn math from. Not one of those teachers that is so boring you fall asleep in their class.

Making it to Kate's room, Alexis knocks on the door. Kate is still happily sitting up when they invite Alexis in. They are thankful for some young blood in the room and the updates on the kids.

"Wheres Aaron?" Castle asks shifting in his chair as he smiles at his daughter.

"I left him with the kids, he was having so much fun helping with homework so, I told him to stay." She smiles softly standing in the doorway. They talk for a little bit, go over answers to questions Alexis has before she comes up with news.

"I know this is pretty much about you, but I wanted to brighten your day with some news." She smiles again.

"Oh really, shoot." Castle smiles chuckling softly.

"Aaron and I wanted to tell you together, but I asked him and he told me I could tell you myself."

"I'm pregnant!" She beams happily bouncing in front of her parents.

"Oh Castle, we get to be grandparents!" Kate smiles excitedly clapping her hands the best she can.

"Oh, this is great!" Castle says happily as he jumps up to hug his daughter. Having had a pretty crappy day, the news of his daughter pregnant made up for a lot of the day. Not all of it, but a decent amount of his day.

Leaving Alexis, he goes and sits back down. He knows Kate will want to sit in the bed soon, but he's waiting for her to ask him for help back to the bed.

"Help please," Kate says reaching her arms out for help from Castle. He gets up and walks over to Kate and picks her up. He carries her across the room and then to the bed. She sets her down and helps pull the blankets up over her legs to keep them warm. She thanks him and gives him a kiss before he steps away.

Alexis leaves a little while later leaving Kate and Castle alone. Their next step is to bring in someone from the physical therapy department that will help them pick out a wheelchair for Kate. They want to go with what Kate wants but also what will work for her. They decide on a power chair that tilts and has a joystick that's easy enough for Kate to use. They have a few models in the therapy room so Kate can go try them out and to be honest, she's kind of excited to see what she can do with her chair. She knows Castle will be jealous and will have to let him try it out at least once.

Coming back from the therapy room, Castle lifts Kate out of the temporary chair and into the bed. It's almost midnight, and the couple is exhausted. Climbing in next to her, Castle plays with her hair as they fall asleep. It's been one of the longest days of their lives and sleep, and a bed feels amazing.

As he falls, asleep Castle can only think about what will happen in the next few days. He knows tomorrow Kate will have to get a shower. He can only hope it will be easy as he knows he can shower with her. They shower together all the time, so this is no biggie. Besides having to get a wheelchair and a few other assistive needs, Castle is not sure that Kate will be able to live in the apartment they have now. It's a nice size, its just the doors may not be wide enough, and he's not sure how Kate will be able to get up and down the stairs. He wants to try and make the house as accessible as possible so Kate can move around and care for the kids as needed. It will be a struggle, but Castle has faith they can make it through all this.