Everyone in the room seemed shocked. Kate seemed to have come prepared and confident to tell Castle something, yet she just hung up on them. She must have trusted JJ enough to trust her with whatever secret she was going to tell Castle, or rather all of them. JJ also was genuinely excited and happy for Kate. Whatever it was, it as definitely big news. Everyone soon recovered from the shock and stood up.
Emily said: "It's getting late, I'm going to bed. We should go get some rest for our flight early tomorrow morning."
Everyone nodded and stood up to go to their own bedrooms. Castle stood up last.
JJ quickly came up to him and asked: "Hey Castle. Wait a second."
Castle turned around and sighed: "What now?"
JJ asked: "Um… can I have Kate's number?"
Castle responded: "Fine." He wrote down her number and handed the sheet to JJ.
"Thanks." She responded.
Castle retreated to his bedroom.
JJ looked down at the number and walked to her bedroom. The number Castle had scribbled down said (917)-495-3940. (I JUST RESEARCHED AREA CODE AND THE REST IS RANDOM)
JJ quickly took out her phone and dialed the number.
"Beckett." Kate stated.
"Oh Kate. It's me, JJ."
"H, How?"
"Castle. I asked him."
There was a silence on the other end.
"Hello? Katie? Are you there?"
"Yeah, I'm here." Kate whispered.
"I was worried because you just hung up on us just like that. You don't have to tell them."
"Thanks. I'm not sure I'm ready to do this, but I'll try. How did you feel with Henry?"
"I was scared, but Will and everyone else was supportive, so I went along with it."
"That's the part where we are different, your team, excluding you, probably wouldn't support me, but everyone back at my precinct does and I'm not about anyone else. You were still dating Will when you got pregnant. I may have gotten pregnant while I was with Castle, but I'm not with him now. And, he's already sadly engaged, so I'm not going to ruin that relationship with my words."
"Oh Katie, if you ever need a shoulder to lean on, other than the people way back in New York, I'm here. I'll support you. It's a wonderful thing, so if you ever decide to change your mind, and break the news to Castle and my team, they shouldn't resent you for it. They should be glad that there's another life that will be born, INSIDE of you."
"Thank you so much JJ. I'm not usually someone to cry, I usually just hold it in, but these hormones, just mess me up on the inside." JJ hears a sniffle over the line.
"No problem, and the hormones are really annoying just to let you know. I think you should go to bed now, it's 11:00 pm now. You need rest, especially for the baby."
"Okay, good night. Call me tomorrow if you don't have a case. I don't want to distract you at all."
"I'll call you tomorrow, no matter what, because I need to check on you. I'll just Skype you or use Google Hangouts. Tomorrow morning, if you have a case, Ryan and Espo may be lenient and let you sleep some more and they'll grab some food for you along the way. They care for you too. A lot. Good night, sleep well."
"Yeah I know. Bye."
JJ disconnects the call and wonders how complicated Katie's life is. She lays down and thinks about how much support she herself got, compared to the support Katie received.
