Here is chapter 4. This is the last one I'm going to upload tonight. I'll post more tomorrow. Enjoy:)

One Word

Kate could hear her phone ringing. She ignored it and continued searching through the files in front of her. In the past, Royce had been there to stop her, to help her reign in the need to find answers. He was there from the start. Well, as soon as she had access to the files, he was there.

Now that he was gone, there was no one there to reign her in. She allowed herself to get lost in her mother's case. There was nothing to stop her, no reason not to lose herself as far as she was concerned. Her father was losing himself to the bottle, and in her opinion she was losing herself in something much more productive. The boys at the precinct, Ryan and Esposito, weren't being harmed by her behavior as she worked just as hard and closed just as many cases. Yes, they were her friends, but she still didn't see how she would be hurting them by looking into the case.

Kate noticed the phone had stopped ringing. For that, she was grateful. She needed to concentrate. She figured not answering would let the person on the other end know she didn't want to deal with them. She knew it wasn't the precinct because Montgomery had mandated that she stay home for the weekend. They had solved a 2 week long case so he felt they all deserved a break.

Kate was startled from her work by a knock on her door. She wasn't expecting anyone, so she slowly got up, grabbing her gun from the drawer she stored it in, and slowly continued to the door. She looked through the peephole and saw it had been covered. This made her cop instincts kick in. She opened the door, swinging the gun into the open doorway.

Lanie didn't even blink at the sight of the gun in her face. She simply pushed her way past Kate exclaiming, "Girl, you better have a damn good reason for ignoring my calls, the boys' texts, and your entire life for the past 2 days. We have been worrying about you like crazy and I-" Lanie's rant was cut short when she noticed the living room.

"Why are you here, Lanie?" Kate asked, annoyed that her research and work had been interrupted.

"Girl, Imma smack you. Did you really not look at any of the texts or voicemails? We have been worried something happened to you, since you decided to fall off the face of the earth. I was volunteered to be the one that came here and got your ass up and out of here."

"I am fine Lanie. I've just been busy."

"He's been gone for over a month, and you let him leave. You need to move on and stop drowning yourself in your mother's case. While I'll admit, I never met her, I know that she wouldn't want you to lose your life just because she lost hers."

"Lanie, this has nothing to do with HIM," Kate said, a disgusted look on her face at the mention of "him."

"Kate, whether you admit it or not, he messed you up. You were in love with him whether you've realized it or admitted it to yourself or not."

"I was in love with the idea of him. That, I will admit. But now he's gone and I can see that that is all it was. Okay? I'm fine, but busy. You've seen that I'm alive and fine, you can report back to the boys that it's all ok. You can go now."

"Kate, I may have seen that you're alive, but I haven't seen that you are fine. I know that Royce was always the one to pull you back when it came to your mother's case, but he's gone now. You didn't fight it when he left, so I'm not gonna push you to now. But girl, I am gonna be the person that pulls you back. How I see it, I am one of the only people around who will kick your ass into gear."

"I have other people!" Kate defended

"Like who? The boys? The captain? Who else Kate? Who else?"

"We'll, there's... I... I'm not going there with you."

"Sweetie, I know that everything that's been going on has been taking its toll on you, but there are still people around that care about you and we can't just sit back and watch you waste away. We love you, we can't watch this."

Kate glared at Lanie. It was clear she was not in the mood. Suddenly her face changed. Her hand flew to her mouth and she ran to the bathroom.

Lanie stood there in confusion until she could heard the sounds of Kate throwing up. She rushed to her just in time to see her stand up and wash her mouth out.

"Are you sick?" Lanie asked, her medical training kicking in.

"I'm fine Lanie," Kate sighed. "This has been going on for about a week on and off, I'm fine."

"Girl, a week? That's is! I am taking you to the doctor!"

"B-"

"No! No buts Kate, if this has been going on for a week, something could be seriously wrong."


It had taken several minutes of threats and persuasion before Kate agreed to let Lanie take her to the doctor.

After the doctor ran some tests, she left the room. Kate fidgeted in her seat while Lanie browsed through a celebrity magazine.

When the doctor returned and gave Kate her diagnosis, Kate was left speechless. One word was left to repeat through her head.

PREGNANT PREGNANT PREGNANT

And there you have it. Kaylie will appear in the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed. Please leave me a review letting me know what you thought of it, if you find any mistakes, or if you have any requests/suggestions. I will try to include any requests or suggestions I receive, but I do have a general idea for how I want this story to go and several major plot points that I'm working towards. But, I do value any review I get and will try to respond to you all quickly. Thanks and love you all:)