All I can say is Plot twist...

He lays awake that night, did he make the right choice? He had given her the green light to try and fix this shambled marriage, she had gladly taken it but her couldn't stop feeling wary of her. He would always love her, no matter what but why did he feel like this? Maybe it was the fact he felt like a failure?

He had 3 marriages, technically 2 but it still proved he couldn't have a marriage last for more than a few years! Meredith cheated on him, that one left a sting in his heart when he found out.

Gina just wanted him for his money, in the beginning he actually thought she loved him for him but she showed her actions one night at a party when he overheard her talking to her friends about how she had him on the hook.

When he met Kate at the bookstore that day he actually thought it would be different. She was sweet, kind, really good at her job. She had been in a dark place when he met her, her mother had died the year before. He had encouraged her to join the police, now he regrets it.

Castle sits up and cracks his neck to relieve his stiffness, maybe a shower would help? No he already had one for the day and he really didn't feel like getting up. He sighs and decides to call his daughter, it's 8 hours ahead her in London so it's only 5 PM in LA.

He dials his daughter's number and waits for her to pick up. He doesn't have to wait long, "Hi daddy!" He smiles, he really misses her.

"Hi pumpkin, how was your day baby girl?"

He's not on facetime so he can't see her face but he can already see her huge bright smile. "Really really good! Mom took me to her studio where she's doing a show."

Rick chuckled, "Your mom actually got a part?"

Alexis giggled, "Yea I think she plays the understudy?" She asks more like a question.

"Yea well at least it's something." He admonishes, because if it requires meredith to go somewhere than that means his baby can come home faster.

"Daddy I tried calling Kate but she didn't pick up, is she ok?" Rick gulped, he's really grateful that he's not on facetime right now because if his daughter saw his face she could easily see right through him.

"Ugh I talked to her today honey, maybe her phone decided to not work." It wasn't necessarily a lie, he did talk to her today but he didn't want Alexis to find out until he could talk to her face to face.

Alexis seemed to buy it, even though she was smart for her age she was still only 10 and somethings she went with and didn't press further.

"Ok daddy." He smiled, she was his angel.

"So tell me, what did your mom buy you today?" He questions, because he knows Alexis is going to come home with 10x as much as she left with.

Meredith was definitely an avid shopper, he knew if their was a show about only shopping which there probably was, Meredith could probably win it. His little redhead answers his question, "Well we bought some dresses for mommy's acting party that she's throwing and-"

Rick interrupts because a party..thrown by meredith!? Big red flag.

"Baby ugh party? What kind of party and how many people?" He asks.

"She said a lot daddy." Rick pinches the bridge of his nose, when Meredith throws parties it always means alcohol and that resorts in lots of drunk people and he definitely doesn't want his daughter anywhere near that kind of environment.

"Hey baby is your mommy around you by any chance?" He asks, please please please because unless it's her special day then Meredith doesn't answer anyone's calls.

"Yea daddy she's next to me."

The rustle of the phone causes him to move the phone away from his ear for a moment, seconds later a woman's voice picks up. "Ricky?" Rick rolls his eyes, she had to be the only one who said his name like that.

Then again Kate was the first one to call him Castle. "Hey Meredith." He greets.

"Hey there, Alexis said you had something to ask me?"

He sighs, "Ugh yea, listen this party you're throwing how many people are going to be there?"

She giggles, "Ricky don't you remember! I never have under 50 people, unspoken rule." Her voice almost sounds like a 'Duh'.

"Right right, but if Alexis is going to be there maybe.."

"Darling don't worry! I already thought ahead!" Rick rolled his eyes, meredith? Thinking ahead? Fat chance.

"And?"

"And I decided to invite other kids over so she won't be lonely."

Rick closes his eyes and groans, that's even worse. "Meredith I think maybe you should let Alexis sleepover at a friends house that night."

Please be smart enough to go along with it. Meredith muffles the phone for a brief moment, "Ricky does she have friends here? We haven't had much time for friends because we've been shopping all the time." He can almost see her little devious smirk.

Think Rick think, "Ugh Lex don't you have a friend..lacey? No..-"

"Gracie!?" His daughter pipes up.

"Yea! Didn't they move to california last summer?" He asks.

Alexis bobs her head, "Yea they did."

"Good good, I'll call them up and see if you can spend the night there, I'm sure you agree Meredith." he says with a clenched jaw.

Meredith sighs, "Well alright Ricky, I don't care, although I was only going to teach her how to take a shot."

Rick's eyes widen, "MERE-"

The phone hangs up before he can finish yelling at her. He was so glad he called, he made a mental note to call the parents tomorrow and try and set up a sleepover with them. Now he was really exhausted, He put his phone back on the nightstand and flipped to his side.

He was in the middle of drifting to sleep when a soft tap on the door woke him. Castle grumbled, couldn't he get a decent night of sleep!? He slips out of bed to find out who's bothering him.

He almost forgot about Kate, she was standing before him with a wary look on her face. She was hugging her body like it was protecting her. "Kate?" His wife's doesn't say anything, she just wraps her arms around his waist and sobs.

He shouldn't feel anything he tells himself, shouldn't care that his wife is sobbing but he does. He gently guides her to the bed and sits her down, she doesn't let him move whatsoever. So he stays quiet, silently rubbing circles on her back. Eventually her breathing calms down. He feels her wipe her eyes from her movement.

Kate sniffles and slowly sits up. "I..I'm sorry." She begins.

Rick takes a deep breath, "it's Ok, we all need a good cry sometimes."

He's being gentle with her because right now he knows something is off. "Gina visited me."

Rick's brow furrows, "Didn't she leave earlier?"

Kate sniffles, "I thought she did but..she came back and this time she began to physically hurt me, I was ready to take her down because I knew I could but then..then she hit my stomach."

Her sobs came over her and Rick felt his anger move from Kate to Gina. He was going to kill her if she harmed their baby in any way. "Kate we need to get you to the hospital, make sure the baby is ok." He prods, standing up to put a shirt on.

Kate silently agrees with a nod and waits for him to get dressed. She knew no matter what he wouldn't think twice about helping her, it was who he was. She had opened the door expecting her room service but an angry Gina began hitting her and slapping her. She was thrown off guard and she had to gain her balance before she could even respond.

By the time she was stable enough to fight back Gina kicked her right in her stomach. Kate had felt the worst pain shoot inside of her, she had laid on the floor for so many minutes before gaining enough strength to go get Rick.

"Come on Kate." He gently helped her sit up, but a sharp pain ran through her and she fell back.

"It..hurts so much." She gritted through clenched teeth.

Rick then scoops her up in his arms, bridal style. "I got you." He gives her a tender smile.

He quickly get a cab for them gently strapping Kate in first then moving around the car to get in himself. They get to the hospital, the doctors quickly take her and leave him in the dust. He eventually moves to the waiting room, he prays.

He prays because if his child or wife is in danger..he might do horrible things to Gina. It takes a few hours, he figures they're doing ultrasounds and different tests on her but finally on the 4th hour a small woman calls out her name. He shoots up from his chair and walks over.

"Katherine Castle?"

He nods, "I'm her husband."

The nurse nods and offers him a gentle smile. "I'll take you to her now, the doctor will explain her condition." He follows the nurse like a lost puppy and almost trips when they come to a stop.

"Right through there." She points to the door.

He thanks her and slowly walks in to find a tall doctor talking to his wife. She quickly sees him a breaths a sigh of relief, "Rick."

Castle tenderly smiles and walks over.

The doctor gives them a moment before speaking, "Mr. Castle, your wife received an abdominal blow to the stomach resulting in some very sharp pains as you know."

Rick nods. "But your wife says she's pregnant?" He asks, taking his clipboard.

Rick furrows his brow, "Yes..isn't that what you guys have been trying to do? make sure the baby's ok?" He asks.

The doctor gives him a sympathetic look, "No we've been stopping the internal bleeding in your wife's abdomen."

Rick gulps, "So the baby?" The doctor sighs and looks at the floor for a brief moment before looking back up.

"I'm sorry to tell you this but you are not pregnant." He says.

Kate and Rick's faces visibly pale. "W..what?" She stutters.

"I..I took the test, it said positive!" She chokes, because she knows what she read.

The doctors nods, "Yes I know, but even though it's very very rare, sometimes the test can be false positive even when it says your pregnant, it's called a positive human chorionic gonadotropin or hCG." He explains gently.

Kate begins crying in Rick's shoulder who himself feels the tears forming. "I..I was so.." Kate chokes on her words.

The doctor nods, "I know and I'm very sorry." He whispers, before leaving the couple to grieve.

Kate continues sobbing into her husband's shoulder. "Rick..please just hold me." She begs and Rick nods.

"I'm here Kate..I'm here."

I'll go hide now...