Hey guys!
First and foremost, let me start by saying I am especially sorry that the last update was basically a authors note. I didn't mean for it to be like that, for the reason that I hate when most authors do that, but mom did say that I had to go to bed. As I promised, I will try my best to update as much as I can on weekends, and guess what today is? Saturday.(: Thanks again to every one who has favorited this story and reviewed it! Reviews are the best. I have never felt so confident in my writing before and it's all because of you guys. Thank you all.
This is dedicated to my friend Gina once again. All week she has asked me to update (since she goes to school with me) and would get upset if she found me reading Game of Thrones instead of writing. Gina, I hope you like this chapter! Haha.
Disclaimer: I do not own Castle. I do own my laptop and a few tweets from the Castle cast... including Nathan Fillion.(:
Meanwhile at the hospital, Jim's phone rang. He answered it with a shaky hand. Dr. Jayne was supposed to call him back after his tests got back since something was wrong with his kidneys.
"Hello." Jim said
"JIM BECKETT! What is your problem?" Yelled Johanna
"Johanna, what do you mean?" Jim asked confused.
"What do I mean? Jim, you just told Katie that she couldn't date that nice young man? What is your problem?" Asked Johanna
"Jo, that man is nothing but trouble for Katie!" Jim argued in the phone.
"Jim, you need to relax." Johanna said and paused talking and waited to hear his breathing stabilize when she was sure that he was a little calmer, she continued. "Jim, this boy is a good guy for Katie. He really loves Katie for who she is. He is handsome and very polite. While I was talking to him, he kept on calling me Mam' and he addressed me as Mrs. Beckett. He has manners also. Jim, he is a once-in-a-lifetime man for Katie. I can feel it."
"Jo, you don't know what is on his mind. I remember being a teenage boy. Many things go through my head. I cannot even think of what that guy is doing now! Especially because we are both in here in a hospital!" Jim yelled over the phone and his heart raced. You could definitely hear his monitor beeping faster through the phone.
"Jim, you need to calm down." Johanna said.
Doctors rushed into Jim's room because of the rapid beeping noise and rechecked his vitals.
"Jim!" Yelled Johanna over the phone. She was scared. She heard all kinds of doctors yelling all kinds of medical terms then the phone went dead.
Johanna just laid there in a panic. She didn't know what was wrong with her husband that was just a few rows down.
"Did you check his vitals?" Asked the doctor.
"Blood pressure is 160/80 and falling." Said the nurse
Then he flat-lined.
"We need a AED in here!" The on-call doctor said.
Doctor Jayne ran in with the defibrillator and charged it to 100.
"CLEAR" Yelled Doctor Jayne.
Still flatlined. Jayne charged it to 200.
"Clear!" He yelled and Jim's body jumped.
They waited a second. Then they heard his heart rate get back to normal. Jayne took over and told everyone else to get out of the room. He opened Jim's eyelids and made sure the monitor wasn't just glitching.
"What happened" Asked Jim.
"Well Jim, you had a heart attack. Now Jim, we got your tests back but, I will understand if you want to hold off on them for a while" Jayne said.
"Please. I need to know if I am okay." Jim said with fear for the worst in his eyes.
"Jim, you have a disease called Lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease where your body's immune system attacks its own tissues instead of attacking foreign substances. Lupus has seemed to have manifested in your kidneys causing the hurt you feel when you urinate. There is no cure. The only thing that can help it is to get a kidney transplant. Now, I will recommend your friends or family because humans can live with only one kidney perfectly fine but, there is always an option of a cadaver. Mr. Beckett, I highly recommend the first option first. Cadaver's are sometimes infected and we wouldn't know. I will leave you to decide which action you are going to take but, I need to know as soon as possible. I would recommend talking to your daughter first." Doctor Jayne said. Jim looked as pale as a ghost. He couldn't think of ever asking his daughter for an organ or hers. He may have had a part in making her but he would never take anything away from her body.
"Doc, just put me on the waiting list. I can't have my daughter give me one of her organs, even if she is okay to live without one." Jim said
"Okay Jim. I am going to go tell your wife." Jayne said.
"Okay. Just don't tell Katie." Jim said as Jayne left.
"Kate, just stay here. I'm just gonna grab a few shirts and a few other things. Okay?" Rick said as he parked his truck outside his house
"Woah. I don't get to meet your mom?" Kate asked curious.
"She isn't home. I promise, soon though. You know, you are the first girl I will ever take to meet my mom." Rick said
"Good. Now, go get your stuff. I wanna go make sure Mom and Dad are still okay." Kate said. Rick looked to her gave her a quick peck on the lips and then shut his door and ran inside. Kate felt all happy inside. Her heart was doing backflips and she loved the feeling.
She then noticed Rick's phone lying in the charger that was by his cup holder in his truck. She unlocked his phone and looked through all of his pictures. Which took a good ten to fifteen minutes. She loved his pictures. He has a love for sunsets as well as sunrises. He takes gorgeous pictures. When she finished looking through the pictures, she searched for her name in his contacts. Not finding her name, she looked up her phone number. She smiled at her name in his phone. 'Beautiful'. One word. She then took a picture of herself and heard him coming so she rapidly locked his phone and put it back. He locked the front door and then opened the passenger's side to throw his bag inside. He went to the other side of the car and jumped back in.
Kate reached over and kissed him.
"Not that I am complaining, but what was that for?" Asked Rick.
"Thank you. For being here. When I need someone the most. Even if I won't admit it. I appreciate it so much." Kate said
Rick took her hand and laced his fingers with hers. "Kate. I will always be here for you. In good times or bad. Even if we break up. I will be here for you no matter what." Then he kissed their joined fingers.
"Thank you Rick." Kate said
"Now, let's go to the hospital. I want to talk to your dad again. I have an idea." Rick said.
"Okay"
Then they drove all the way back to Meadow View Hospital.
When they arrived, back at the hospital it was about five o-clock PM. They took their stuff and went up to their room that they slept in yesterday. There was a note on the end table by the bed that said, 'When you guys get back, have one of the nurses page me'.
"Rick, if he can't write it on paper, I am not sure if it is good." Kate said as tears welled up in her eyes. Rick saw the tears start to form and he took her into his arms. She buried her face in the cook of his neck and he knew that his shirt was getting soaked from her crying. But, honestly he didn't care. He is there for here. Always. He rubbed soothing circles on her back and whispered reassuring words into her ear. When he felt the crying had subsided, he took her face into his hands and looked her dead in the eyes.
"Kate. Your parents are alive. They will be okay. They are fighting for you. That's why we need to be strong. They are being strong for you. I bet you that they are putting up one helluva fight to stay alive too. Kate, they will get through this. There are going to be scary moments like these a lot in the next few days. But, your parents, they are fighting. So, we need to stay strong. Okay?" Rick said with complete honesty.
"Okay Rick." She said.
"Now let's go page the doctor. Make sure everything is okay" Rick said giving her a comforting hug. Then kissing her forehead and interlocking their fingers.
They left the room and went to the nurses station. They asked the nurse to page Doctor Jayne and the nurse reassured them that Doctor Jayne will be there in a few minutes so they should go back to their room, so they did.
They both sat on the bed and waited anxiously. Kate thought to herself. Rick has been amazing for the past twenty-four hours. I really appreciate how mature he is about everything. He is a great guy.I think I am in love with him... Wait, you can't fall in love with someone over twenty-four hours. It's impossible. But with Dad. He will never approve of Rick. And that hurts. Rick was doing some of his own thinking. Kate is just so beautiful. I wish her dad liked me. Then we could get married and have a little boy or girl either is fine with me- wait what? Rick! Slow your thoughts down. You have only been with her for less than twenty-four hours!
Then the doctor walked in and interrupted Kate and Rick's thoughts.
"Hey guys." Said Doctor Jayne as he entered the room.
"Hi Jayne. So you told us to have the nurse page you when we get here. What's up?" Asked Kate
"Well Ms. Beckett"
"It's Kate. Mrs. Beckett is my mom" Kate said as she corrected the doctor.
"Well Kate, it seems as if your Dad has a rather common disease called Lupus. Lupus is when the body attacks itself and it causes things such as kidney failure. Now, there is no cure unfortunately. But, he can be helped by getting a kidney transplant. That's when you come in. Your Dad has "AB" negative blood. The rarest form. The chances of him getting a cadaver transplant with "AB" negative being the blood type he has is slim to none. Do you or someone you know have "AB" negative blood?"
"I-I don't know. I have "O" positive. I think. That's what the blood drive people sent me on my card after the blood drive." Kate said.
"Doctor, I have "AB" negative blood" Said Rick. "I will give him my kidney."
"Rick. You don't have to do this. I'm sure someone in my family will." Kate said
"Kate. Please let me do this." Rick said taking her hands in his. "I promised that I will do anything in my power to save your parents and this is where I can help. Please Kate. Let me help" Rick said looking into her eyes, waiting for approval.
"Okay Rick." Kate said.
"Okay. Rick I will be getting the papers. We recommend doing this transplant as soon as possible." Jayne said.
"Let's do it tonight." Rick said
"Okay. I will go get the papers" Jayne said as he exited the room
"Rick, you don't have to do this. You cannot do this without your Mom being here. What if something bad happ-" The end of Kate's sentence was stopped with sobs. She was afraid of losing him. Losing this man that she has already fallen for in less than twenty-four hours.
Rick tilted her face up to look into his eyes "Kate, my Mom won't be back for a few weeks. She is on a vacation with her acting crew. Your Dad's life is ticking away. I am eighteen. I can sign my own papers. And anyways, do you think I would give up on a gorgeous girl like you?" He said with comfort in his voice. He really wants to save my Dad. He really wants to do this Kate thought to herself.
"Rick just promise me that you won't die on that table." Kate said
"I can't promise you anything like that. Unsuspecting things happen in the operating room. I can promise you this. I will try my honest effort to stay alive. For you, for us." He said
"Okay. But really Rick. You don't have to do this."
"Yes Kate, yes I do. Because I like you, a lot and I want you to be happy. You are the happiest when you are with your parents. Even your Dad. I would never let that be taken away from you." Rick said.
Then the doctor walked in and handed Rick the papers. He filled them all out within minutes and then the doctor ushered him to the pre-op area. Kate was along-side Rick the whole time. Holding his hand.
"Kate, I am going to tell your father that we have a donor."
"Sir. May I ask to stay anonymous. I want to tell him myself later." Asked Rick
"Sure son." Replied Jayne then he walked to the ICU unit.
Rick put on his hospital gown, got a few IV's put into his arms and put on the hospital bracelets. He had a total of three. Two identification bracelets, one on each hand and one allergy bracelet. He also had a few heart rate monitors and some other things attached to him that Kate didn't recognize. And now, he was laying in the bed, waiting for his chance to go into the operating room.
"Rick. I know this is weird, but can I lay with you?" Kate asked
"Of course babe." He said.
Kate lifted the side rail of the bed and jumped in. Rick instinctively wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Rick. If something happens to you in there. Know that I really like you, a lot. I would say love, but I am not a hundred percent sure yet." Kate said hoping that this wouldn't be her last conversation with Richard Castle.
"Katherine. I feel the exactly the same." And with that he kissed her. As if it was the last day in the world. When they finally stopped kissing, avoiding the risk of oxygen deprivation, Rick connected his forehead with Kate's. He looked into her eyes and saw worry, and love. Two totally different things. He gave her a slow kiss again. Then moved a piece of hair out-of-the-way. "You are so beautiful. Always remember that" Rick said to Kate.
"Excuse me. Mam', sorry to interrupt but, I need to take Rick up to surgery now." The nurse said.
"Rick. Stay safe okay. For us." Kate said grasping Rick's hand.
"Always baby. Always." Rick said as they disconnected hands. Rick was then rolled away to the operating room.
I really hope you guys liked it. I also hope it makes sence. Want to see me write more? Leave a review please!
Please let me know what you think. I am really unsure about this chapter.
Shannon
