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In the header for chapter one, I said that this was messing with my sleep.

It really was! So now I hope it messes with yours

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CHAPTER 11

Kate Beckett, in her loft, sitting on the floor beside her couch, crying like a baby. She has not felt this way since she was told about her mother's murder. After that day a dozen or so years ago, she thought that it was impossible to hurt that way again. But now she knows she really can hurt like that and maybe worse. Her loss this time is worse because of what she has lost. He is still out there. Still reachable. Just maybe she can't reach him ever again. Maybe he doesn't want to be reached. But! Kate Beckett is not giving up.

She did not think that this was going happen. She was just having diner with an old friend. Why did the paparazzi have to be there Why did they have to take pictures and plaster them all over the newspapers? And blow this totally out of proportion.

Mark does not love her. She does not love Mark. There is nothing between them. She loves Rick. She wants Rick.

Now, she can't even get him to call her back so she can explain. She has tried to call him every hour and half hour. The desk clerk at his hotel has told her not to call back again. "Mr. Castle has said that Kate Beckett is not to be put thru under any circumstance!"

She asked Lanie to call. But Castle refused to accept the call even from her. His cell phone still goes to voice mail.

Martha won't answer her calls. Alexis hung up on her.

She has a copy of paper with all the photographs that were taken. Lanie gave Kate the paper earlier. It's sitting on her lap. How can the papers write such lies about her?

She is not "Romantically Involved" with Mark like the paper suggested.

She was not "Holding Hands" with Mark. They only briefly touched during the course of the conversations.

They were not "Intimately Embracing" as the article stated. They hugged as they left the restaurant and nothing more.

Mark is just an old high school friend. Nothing more. The paper blew it all out of proportion.

What is she going to have to do to get Castle to see this? How can he see this if he won't call her back? How can she explain, if she can't talk to him and tell him.

Ryan, Lanie and Esposito are all three completely pissed at Kate right now. They told her it was a mistake to see Mark. It was a mistake to not say anything to Castle about Mark before he left.

She never thought that this was the way this would go. I guess that the Bad Boy reputation has followed Mark to this end.

Kate looks at her phone and in final desperation dials Paula's phone to see if she will at least talk to her.

When Paula answers the phone, Kate can tell that there is anger in her voice. The tone and phrase are the same as what Beckett heard at Castle's door that first night. That night when they changed from being just coworkers to being lovers.

"Beckett! What do you want" The only difference is the person saying it.

"Paula, please let me explain"

"Beckett, I don't know if there are enough words in the world to try and explain what you did to Rick. There are a million women on this planet that would cut off a limb to just kiss Richard Castle and then there is you. The one woman that Rick Castle actually was willing to wait for, however long it took. The one woman that Richard Castle actually wanted her to love him. That man loves you totally and completely. He wants no other woman but you. You are all the talks about. You are all the thinks about. You were his total world and what do you do? You spit in his face? So tell me what is it I am supposed to hear from you that will make me help you?"

The explanation out of Kate Beckett's mouth has Paula totally blown away.

"OK Kate! What do we need to do to get you and Rick back together? I'll do anything I can to help"

Kate tells Paula her plan and she agrees totally. Paula tells Kate that she will call her back in 30 minutes with details.

Beckett thanks Paula, hangs the phone up and leans back on her couch. There is a knock on the door.

Beckett gets up and struggles as she makes her way to the door, she thinks she can hear several voices outside. When she opens the door there stands Ryan, Jenny, Esposito, Lanie and Captain Gates.

"I guess this is an intervention, Huh?"