A/N: I have a problem in my eyes and can't spend much time in the computer, so this chapters will be as short as the previous ones. Bloody hell, I was really enjoying writing this.

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The One That Got Away

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He had showered. He had eaten. He had slept. And now it was time to return to the hospital to see his mother.

He looked up to Kate, that was sitting in the opposite side of the table, still eating her scrambled eggs and smiled a little.

"I have to go." she startled at that and looked up at him.

"Where?"

"Back to the hospital." he clarified with a little shrug of his shoulders feeling his heart getting heavier with the thought of going back.

"Okay. Let me just finish this and we'll go."

He furrowed his eyebrows and looked up at her.

"You- you're coming with me?"

She chewed the last of her scrambled eggs and got up, heading for the kitchen.

Kate placed her plate in the sink and rinsed it.

"'Course I am. Where else would I be? Besides, have to make sure you don't ruin another shirt." She joked, throwing him a look over her shoulder.

"Extraordinary." he breathed in awe, low enough so she couldn't hear him.

And it was. She was. Kate Beckett was so very extraordinary. Unlike any other girl he had ever seen in his entire life.

She was kind and compassionated and at the same time she was fierce and so smart.

He loved how smart she was. It was sexy.

He smiled at her back and shook his head at himself.

"Okay. I'm ready to go." she stated grabbing her bag and heading for the door.

Look at that. Kate Beckett, with her hair in a pony tail, wearing the same jeans se wore the day before and with one of his tee-shirts hanging from her shoulders, and still she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. And by the look she was throwing over her shoulder, she knew it.

"You coming or what?" she challenged raising an eyebrow at him.

He shook himself out of it and followed her.

"Oh, and Rick. One more thing."

"What?" he asked as she approached him.

She leaned over, kissed him on the lips and stole his car keys.

"I'm driving."

And then she spun around and was out the door.

"You're driving?! But I don't even have my car. It's in the mall's parking lot." he complained.

"No problem. I called a cab to take us there. We'll go get your car and then we'll go to the hospital to visit your mom."

"Mother." he corrected her.

"What?"

"I'm mad at her. And right now she's not my mom. She's my mother. There's a difference there. She doesn't deserve to be called mom if I'm the one who had to take care of her. If she keeps breaking promises like that."

Kate gaped at him a bit.

"Isn't that a bit harsh?"

"No. She put herself in that state. Almost drunk herself to death for the second time with no consideration of how it may affect me. It wasn't bad enough what happened the first time."

Kate blinked up at him. Her mouth forming a perfect 'o'.

"I- I didn't knew." he gave her an apologetic smile and shrugged his shoulders, taking one step forward so they were side by side and he could take her hand. He gave it a squeeze.

"It's alright. I'm fine now. You helped me be fine and for that I thank you. God knows what I would've done if I was alone." he sighed, sounding. . . relieved.

And then he bent down, so they were roughly the same height and kissed her on the lips. A proper kiss like she deserved. A thank you kiss foe baring with him since yesterday afternoon.

He pulled away and smiled a bit "You are extraordinary Katherine Beckett."

She bit her lip and smiled back "You're not so bad yourself."

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A/N: I know this is really, really short, but it's late and I left this to the last minute and my eyes hurt. Like seriously, bloody hell, they hurt. So I'm really sorry this couldn't be longer. Anyway, I didn't want to leave you guys without a chapter. I hope you enjoyed it.