See You in the Fall Chapter Two. By ZARAelizabeth.

Kate and Castle sat side by side. Everyone was smiling. They had finally got Kate and Castle together. There were only a few minutes before the last routine to determine who was going to win Nationals. Grace was currently sitting in 2nd and her rival Kelly Parker was sitting in 1st. The last routine was bars. Everyone had gone through and it was up to Grace to finish with a good score. She was just about to finish her routine when her hands slid off the bar and she landed on her back. Kate stood up. She started to run down to Grace. Sasha was already there.

"Grace, Grace! Can you hear me?" Sasha asked. Grace let out a groan. She didn't move. Kate came and knelt down next to her.

"Gracie, please don't move. You're going to be fine! I promise you that you will be fine!" Kate said with a tear in her eye. The paramedics came and loaded her onto a stretcher and took her off the floor. Kate followed.

CASTLE

Castle was still sitting with Lanie, Ryan, Esposito, Massie and Riley (who was on his lap). Kate had text him and told him to grab Grace's gear and get Sasha to grab her medal and uniform. What they hadn't planned on was Grace winning the gold. Apparently she had already got enough points to bet Kelly Parker and if she had a perfect dismount she would have set a record but that did quiet happen.

Castle walked down with Riley on his hip and Massie walking beside him. Lanie, Esposito and Ryan had gone back to the hotel and said that they would call Kate and see how Grace was doing.

Massie grabbed Grace's bag and put it over her shoulder. They then walked over to Sasha.

"Hi Massie," Sasha said.

"Hi Sasha. This is Richard Castle. He's here to take you and some of the girls to the hospital to see Grace," Massie said.

"Hi," Castle said.

"Hi. Do you want me to get the girls?" Sasha asked. Castle nodded. Sasha went and got Grace's team mates. They arrived at the hospital and walked into Grace's room. She was asleep. Payson walked in first and put her hands on Grace's. Kaylie walked in next and did the same thing and then Emily followed. Grace woke up just as Sasha walked in with her gold medal, flowers and national team jacket and leotard.

"Hey Grace, how's your back?" Payson asked.

"Yeah not to bad. I only pinched a nerve. I honestly thought it would have been worse. I can't train for a month though," Grace said.

"At least you haven't been put out!" Kaylie said.

"Yeah. So it looks like you whipped their butts!" Grace said.

"Yeah, WE all did. You included!" Emily said.

"What?" Grace asked confused.

"You my friend are the NATIONAL CHAMP!" Sasha said as he gave Grace her medal, flowers and national team leotard and jacket. Grace was gob smacked.

"WOW!" Grace said. She smiled and they all felt like that's where they all belonged.

CASTLE

Castle put his arms around Kate's shoulders. Kate looked up at him and smiled. She gave him a quick kiss.

"Hey," she said tiredly.

"Hey yourself. How's she going?" Castle asked.

"She pinched a nerve. She said her hands just slipped and then she went down," Kate said.

"At least it's not worse!" Castle said. Kate nodded.

"How'd she go with her score?" Kate asked.

"Have a look," Castle said motioning towards her room where she sat with her gold medal.

"SHE WON?" Kate asked shocked. Castle nodded. They walked into her room.

"I do believe some congratulations are in order!" Kate said as she sat on Grace's bed. Grace smiled.

"I didn't think I would win!" Grace said shocked. Kate nodded and kissed her on the cheek.

"You deserve it though!" Sasha said.

"You should have seen Kelly's face when they read her name out in 2nd place. It was funny! I think it will be on you-tube for sure!" Kaylie said with a love. She had come 4th and Payson 3rd and Emily 5th.

"I can't wait to see it!" Grace said with a laugh. They were all in there until they were kicked out and only Kate was aloud to stay. Castle took Massie and Riley back to the hotel and put them to bed. He walked into the other room. He lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

CASTLE

Kate awoke to the smell of coffee. She looked around and saw Castle standing there.

"Thought you might need a wake up call," Castle said as he gave her one of the coffees. Kate smiled.

"Thanks," she said gratefully. She pulled Rick into a hug and then gave him a quick kiss.

"How is she?" Castle asked.

"She's not going home yet. She had a rough night," Kate said. "She didn't get to sleep until about 4 this morning. They gave her morphine but it didn't really help," Kate finished. She looked at Grace. She looked peaceful.

"Poor thing! Lanie has the kids. She's taking them out for breakfast and then bringing them here," Castle said. He looked at Grace and then noticed her gold medal. "Did she sleep with that all night?" he asked. Kate nodded.

"She wouldn't let it go. I'm surprised she didn't sleep with her team jacket. She's so thrilled to have won when she went out with her back," Kate said. Castle smiled.

"From what I hear she deserves it. I had Alexis Google her. I saw a few videos of her and she was good but what I saw yesterday was amazing!" Castle said.

"Thanks Richard Castle. I never thought an amazing author like you would ever say something like that about me," Grace said. Kate smiled.

"Good morning Gracie," she said with a smile.

"Morning," Grace said.

"How's your back?" Castle asked.

"Yeah it's not too bad today," Grace said.

"Well the docs are talking about letting you go home in 2-3 days," Kate said.

"Why can't I get transported back to Boulder?" Grace asked. Grace was hating being in Boston. She wanted to go home.

CASTLE

Lanie walked through the hospital corridor. Ryan and Esposito were carrying Massie and Riley who had both fallen asleep. Lanie stopped at Grace's door and looked in the window. Grace was asleep and Castle and Beckett were curled up together. They two were both asleep.

"Aww look how cute they are together!" Lanie said with a smile. Massie slowly woke up.

"Where are we?" she asked.

"We're at the hospital," Ryan said. Massie got down and walked grabbed Riley and walked into Grace's room. She lay Riley down next to Grace and she lay down on the other side. They curled into Grace and all fell asleep quickly. Lanie, Ryan and Esposito went to the café and waited till they would wake up.