Kate woke up an hour later, confused. The island counter in the kitchen, the stairs leading to places she didn't know. Castle cooking in the Kitchen. 'What the hell happened' she thought to herself.

"Kate. You're awake. How are you feeling?" he asked setting hot chocolate on the table in front of her.

"Castle, I had the weirdest dream." She said looking at him.

"Care to share with the class?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well, if you must know. At the Captain's funeral, I was not the one to get shot." She said looking down. "It was my dad dying in front of my eyes. Lying there on the ground breathless."

"Kate." She said holding her hand, "It wasn't a dream."

"My dad was SHOT?" she practically yelled.

"At Montgomery's funeral, no. Earlier today, yes. They just called he's at St. Vincent's." he said to her as comforting as possible.

"I have to go." She got up and headed to the door.

"Not without me you're not." He said racing to the door, trailing behind her.

"Rick, Please!" she said. It didn't convince him. "Look Castle, I'm fine."

"Okay. Pinkie Promise?" he said holding out his pinkie. She intertwined hers in his and opened the door turning around one last time.

"You're such a child." She mocked while heading to the elevator.

"Call me!" he yelled after her. She had tears in her eyes as the elevator doors closed.

After she was gone he mumbled to himself, "She's not going to call me."

Kate rushed into her car and started to drive to St. Vincent's hospital. Halfway there she blew her sirens because traffic was backed up. She rode on the shoulder of the expressway as fast as her car would allow. She flashed her badge at the security guard and ran towards the elevator. She got in and hit the button that read, 5. When she got up to the room, she looked at his watch. Inside the room she saw her dad. There he was, barley breathing. It was dark with only two seats in the corner. She pulled one next to the bed and took a seat.

"Dad." She silently said grabbing his hand, afraid if she squeezed too hard she might break it off. There they sat in silence with only the steady beat of the monitor.

Back at the loft Castle was in his office writing when Martha came in.

"Darling!" she started, "I have wonderful news!"

"Hold on mother, I'm just about to throw a guy off the Brooklyn Bridge." He said never taking his eyes off the computer screen.

"You my dear are IMPOSSIBLE." She stated while dramatically leaving the room.

As soon as she left he slammed the laptop screen shut and picked up his phone. He tried calling Kate's cell, but it was off. He got up grabbed his keys and headed for the door.

"I thought you were throwing a guy off the bridge." His mother said.

"He can wait between the ocean and the sky right now." He said closing the front door behind him. His mother just sighed and went back to reading the paper.

On his way to the hospital he stopped at a few places. A flower shop to get flowers for her, Fannie May's to get chocolate (the good kind with the caramel) and the drug store to pick up a card. He also stopped at Remy's figuring she must be hungry. He entered the hospital signing in at the front desk. They gave him a visitor's pass and he headed up. Through the one way glass of the room he saw her. Sitting there with her hair tied up in a messy bun with loose ends framing her face perfectly. She looked like she herself could fall apart any minuet. He knocked on the door and entered.

"Hi Castle" she said silently. Jim was still lying there unresponsive.

"Hey" he said, "I brought you these." He handed over all the gifts taking the empty chair next to her. She opened the card that read, 'my extraordinary KB, no matter the obstacle, no matter how hard you try, you'll never get rid of me. Life never delivers anything we can't handle. Just remember I will stand with you. Love, RC.'

"Thank you Castle." She said taking out her Remy's burger and fries. She also had a shake there.

"How are you doing?" he asked.

"Better now that you're here." She said, "It gets lonely sitting here alone." She almost smiled for the first time in days.

"Speaking of alone, can you manage one minuter? I have to go to the bathroom." He asked like a little boy.

"I don't know Rick… a whole minuet without you?" she teased.

"PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSEEEEE!" he begged in a really high voice.

"Fine, go." She said. He immediately sprang up and ran out the door, but came right back in.

"I actually don't know where it is." He whimpered.

"Down the hallway to the right" she directed him.

"Right, thanks." He said running once again.

She couldn't help but smile at how he made the event seem less painful.