Sorry I haven't written in awhile. This chapter isn't really my favorite and I had a really hard time writing it. Tell me what you think.
"I told you to stay away from Rick or things would get ugly. I guess you just don't listen very well detective." BANG
Kate sat up, heart racing.
"Hey, is everything ok?" Rick asked as he rubbed her back.
"Yea, I'm fine. Go back to sleep," Kate said as she got out of bed and walked into the bathroom.
She had just had another dream about what had happened in the gym. This time Kate was the one to get shot and not Sarah. It had been two months and she was still having these kinds of dreams. It's not as if she had actually gotten shot unlike at Montgomery's funeral and yet it was harder to shake these nightmares. Something Kate still didn't understand was why Sarah was so willing to shoot a fellow detective. Kate was going to make sure and follow up with Gates on where Sarah was transferred to. She didn't want anyone else having to go through what Kate went through.
When Castle and Kate got to the precinct the next day there was hardly anyone there. Ryan and Esposito were sitting at their desks doing paperwork while a few other detectives were bustling around. There wasn't anyone in Gates office so now was the perfect time for Kate to talk to her.
"I'm going to go talk to Gates. You can bother Ryan and Espo while I'm in there," she winked at Castle.
"Alright, is everything ok?"
"Everything is great," she gave him a quick peck on his lips. She never showed pda when they were at work which made Castle wonder if everything was really ok. He didn't ask though and just headed over to the boys' desk.
Gate's was busy doing paperwork when she heard a knock on her door. She looked up to see Kate standing there with a blank expression on her face. Motioning her into her office with her hand Kate got straight to the point and asked what she was there for.
"I wanted to talk to you about Detective Meckler."
"What about her?" Gates sat back in her chair and crossed her arms, a typical power position.
Kate shoved her hands in her back pocket feeling inferior all of a sudden, "May I ask where she was transferred?"
"You may, but that doesn't mean I'm going to tell you."
Kate's jaw clenched tightly at the Captains response.
"Is everything alright Detective?" Gates asked as she saw Kate's entire body go stiff.
"Yea, I'm fine. I just don't understand why you won't tell me where Detective Meckler is."
"Because that's none of your business."
"She almost killed me, sir. I think I have the right to know."
"Yes, and because she almost killed you I'm not going to tell you anything."
"Sir, I just want to make sure she doesn't try to kill anyone else. I have no idea why the Hell she tried to kill me," Kate said as she threw her hands in the air.
"I'll admit, detective, that it is a little odd that she tried to kill you. If it makes you feel better I will allow you to look into Detective Meckler's past."
Too bad Kate had already dug up anything she thought would be useful about Sarah. There wasn't anything to be found, unfortunately.
"Thank you, sir," Kate sounded defeated as she walked out of the office and back to her desk.
"Yo, what did Gates want?" Esposito asked.
"Nothing," she said as she plopped down in her chair and placed her head in her hands.
"Here," Castle said as he placed a coffee by her, "Thought you might need this."
"Thanks."
She felt a hand on her arm, "Kate, are you sure you don't want to talk?"
"I'm fine, really. Let's just get to work."
DOB, town born in, and name of biological parents; none of this was helping Kate figure out why Sarah tried to kill her. Besides Sarah trying to kill her she seemed like a normal girl from a normal town.
"Do we have a new case to investigate?"
Kate shut the folder she was looking at in time to see Castle set her cup of coffee down.
"Just an old case that I had a few questions about."
"Need any help?"
"I'm good, Castle. Thanks though. What are you up to? I haven't seen you around in a few hours."
"Um, I was watching an interrogation that Detective Kipling was doing."
If Kate wasn't a detective she would have missed the hesitation in his voice. There were other little things he had done to show her that he was lying.
"How was it?" she asked.
"You know just another investigation. I'm kind of over them."
She narrowed her eyes, "Who was he interrogating?"
There was a slight pause, "Some guy who robbed a place. I have a missed call from Alexis. I'm going to go call her back and make sure it's nothing important."
Kate pretended to go back to work while she was really watching where Castle was going so she could follow him. He walked through the break room and took a left. As soon as he was out of sight Kate stood up and followed. She rounded the corner in time to hear him say, "You know I can't do that to Kate… You know I love you Paula... Thanks for understanding."
"Oh my God," Kate said as she bent over with her hand on her chest and tried not to hyperventilate, "Oh my God. Is Rick cheating on me?" she whispered. She knew that she had been difficult these past few months with her nightmares and trust issues, but that gave him no right to cheat on her. She ran to her desk to get her jacket. It felt as if the precinct walls were closing in on her and she needed to get out.
"Where's Kate?" Castle asked Ryan when he got back to the desk. He noticed her coat was gone and she hadn't come to get him to say there was a case.
"I'm not sure. She ran in here from the break room, got her coat, and left."
Castle pulled out his phone to try to call her. It rung twice and went to voicemail. Where would she be he thought?
"Did she seem upset, Ryan?"
"Yea, I would've asked where she was going but she looked pretty pissed."
"Thanks," he knew exactly where she was. The only place she went when she was upset was her mother's grave.
He had the taxi driver drop him off right beside Kate's car. There was only one other time Castle had ever been here, but he could never forget it. Trees surrounded the Iron Gate fence but left enough space for the sunlight to stream in and light up with tombs. Kate was sitting cross-legged by her mother's grave. Slowly, Castle began to walk towards her. There were a few feet between them when he stepped on a branch and it made a huge cracking sound. Kate jumped up and spun around to face Castle, gun in hand.
"Woah," he yelled as his hands flew up in the air to surrender.
"What are you doing here?" Castle could see that she had been crying.
"Ryan told me that you ran out of the precinct pretty upset and I wanted to make sure everything was alright," she didn't say anything in response but lowered her gun, "Is everything alright, Kate?"
"Are you cheating on me," she whispered in return.
"What?" he all but yelled, "Why would you think that?" he tried to reach for her hand but she flinched away.
"I heard you on the phone. You said that you loved Paula. How could you?"
He stood there and blinked a few times.
"It's not what you think. I was going to…I wanted to…She was helping me."
Castle got down on one knee.
"Rick, what are you doing?" Kate gasped.
"Paula was helping me figure out the best way to propose."
"What?"
"Kate, I love you. I know we've only been dating a few months, but we have known each other for years. We've gone through the hardest times together and come out on top. I want to spend the rest of my life with you Kate Beckett. I love you. Will you marry me?"
Somewhere in the middle Kate's hands had moved to cover her mouth and tears had formed in her eyes.
"Yes," she barely whispered.
"What?" Castle asked to make sure he had heard her correctly.
"Yes, I'll marry you."