She woke up to a terrible pain in her back. She looked at the clock and saw that it was three in the morning. She turned and saw that Castle was lying on the bed next to her. She needed a drink of water or something to take away some of the heat she was feeling but she couldn't get up. Her back hurt too badly.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" She heard Castle sleepily ask.
"Yeah, I'm good; I just need a drink of water and can't get up."
"I'll get it for you." She kind of wanted to get up and do it herself. She was very independent and no sunburn would keep her down.
"Actually could you help me up, I need to stretch."
"Sure." He said and when he went to help he sit up he pulled his hand away.
"What?"
"You need to change your shirt."
"Why?"
"This one's hot; it has absorbed lots of the heat. I'll go get another shirt for you." He said after helping her sit upright.
She let her legs dangle off the side of the bed. She tried to get up but then fell to the floor. She screamed in pain and Castle came running in with fear written all over his face.
"Are you okay?" He asked helping her up.
"It just huts to move." She said trying to sound tough even though she felt like she would break down soon.
"I don't think it should hurt that bad. You should let me look at it." He said positioning her on the bed.
"Okay Dr. Castle." She said sarcastically.
When he pulled up the back of her shirt she felt him tense up.
"What? What's wrong?" She asked suddenly feeling very nauseous.
"I need to get you to a doctor." He said. The nauseous feeling became overwhelming.
"No, you need to get me a bucket." She said and Castle ran to the kitchen and in the blink of an eye was back just in time. She grabbed the bucket and threw up.
He sat down on the bed next to her and pulled her hair out of her face. He grabbed her some tissues to wipe her mouth and a glass of water to sip from.
"I'm sorry." She said a few tears running down her face.
"It's not your fault." He said looking at her sweetly. She was trying to figure out when Castle grew up. "Do you think you will be okay on the ride to the hospital or should we bring the bucket?"
She thought about it. She should bring the bucket just in case.
"I'll bring the bucket." She said.
"Okay, first let's get you out of that hot shirt." He grabbed the shirt from where he had dropped it when she fell and brought it to her. "Would you like my help?" Normally at this comment she would bite back but he was saying it sincerely. He wasn't being twelve year old Castle right now, he was in dad mode.
Still, she wouldn't let him help her change her shirt. "I think I'll manage." She said and he walked out of the room.
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The car ride to the hospital wasn't the most fun experience. When they got there Castle unloaded her at the emergency entrance and then went to park the car. She went inside and gave the lady at the desk her information. Castle came in as they were snapping the hospital bracelet on her arm.
Then they led her to a room where she would wait for the doctor.
"This sucks." She said after a couple minutes of silence.
"I'm sorry; I should have brought you to the hospital earlier." He said. She liked the grown up Castle almost as much as she liked the twelve year old Castle.
He was looking at her with fear in his eyes.
"It's not your fault. It's no one's fault." She said and then there was a knock at the door and the doctor came in.
"I'm Dr. Newton. Do you have any allergies to medicine?"
"Nope." She answered.
"Okay, so what are we seeing you for?"
"A really bad sun burn and possibly heat stroke." Castle said before she could even process an answer.
"Oh, may I take a look?"
Kate turned and the doctor lifted her shirt. Castle wouldn't look at it and when the doctor cringed.
"Well, that's not good." He said.
For the next ten minutes he was talking to them about what they should do. He gave her a prescription for 800 milligram Ibuprofen and for some weird cream she should rub on it. He also said she wasn't to go back to work for a month and she should stay with someone for at least two weeks to make sure she was getting better and not worse. Castle quickly volunteered. Great, two more weeks with Castle.
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On the way back Castle stopped at a 24 hour pharmacy and got her prescriptions filled.
"What does it look like?" She asked as they pulled out of the parking lot.
"What does what look like?"
"My back. What does it look like?"
"It looks burnt." He said but she could tell he was hiding something. She was a trained detective after all.
"What else?" She asked. He glanced over at her knowing she would keep asking until he told her the whole truth.
"It's a little… well… it's purple not just red."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, it's pretty weird."
Damn.
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