Unfortunately I can see this drawing to closer to its final chapter but I would like to thank everyone who has commented and added it to their alerts and favourites. I'm really not happy about this chapter but after rewriting different ideas for about two hours, I decided this was the one I could at least do half decentally.
"Esposito and Ryan are calling it a night they'd thought they'd call to tell us that, I've let them stay downstairs on the sofa" she whispered as she put her phone down and lay down on the bed, patting the space beside her. Lying down on it, he sighed watching her roll over onto her side and touch his cheek. "We'll find her Rick, don't worry" she mumbled before kissing him gently, the feel of his tears moving onto face causing her to shut her own eyes to stop herself from crying.
"She's my little girl Kate, ever since Meredith left it's been me and Alexis, we do everything together" he whispered as she continued to hold him close to her. "I'd jump in front of a bullet for her any day and for you" he admitted, this getting to her causing her to burst into tears.
"I love her Rick and I'll never forgive myself if he does anything to her, when I saw that scarf it made me sick to think that she might be in pain because of what I did" she mumbled as he pressed a kiss against her forehead, her eyes remaining shut. "She's like a daughter to me to and I couldn't lose her because of something I did" she whispered before kissing him gently.
"Kate we're not going to lose her" he mumbled, hating seeing his detective crumble into a range of extraordinary emotions. "We're all going to get out of this fine and we'll get on with our lives" he declared, his lips moving across hers gently as she stared at him. "Our amazing future life together which will never be boring and involve a lot of your threatening to shoot me" he added causing her to giggle.
"You know you love me for it Rick" she announced as he raised his eyebrows before nodding and kissing her. Hearing her phone ring once again, she groaned before rolling over and grabbing it off the side, knowing in her heart who it was going to be. "Tell Esposito he's on the phone" she mumbled before answering it, watching as Rick ran out of the room being less than quiet. "Beckett" she mumbled.
"Katie, can't you see how much I love you?" he announced down the phone as she sighed. "I'm doing all this for you Katie, to prove to you that I'm the right man for you" he declared as the door opened and the three men walked in, causing her to put the phone onto speaker.
"I'm seeing that now Tom, look tell me where you are and we can sit down and talk about this together, talk about where we're going from here" she whispered watching as Rick sat behind her and began to massage her shoulders, desperate to do something to make the situation seem better.
"You won't bring him will you Kate?" he asked causing her to turn and look at Rick.
"No, I won't bring him, I promise" she whispered as she sighed. "Just promise me you won't hurt Alexis, no one else needs to be hurt because of how stupid I was" she declared causing Demming to laugh. "What's funny?"
"It's just nice to hear you finally admit that you're wrong" he announced. "I love you Kate" he whispered as she bit her lip.
"I love you too" she mumbled, staring up at Rick who shut his eyes. "I love you so much" she announced, directing it completely at the man who was sat behind her, his hands massaging into her shoulders who had now opened his eyes. "Where can we talk?" she asked.
"I'll come and pick you up" he declared causing Rick to grab her hand as she looked up at Ryan and Esposito who nodded slowly, knowing this was their only chance. "Meet me outside in fifteen minutes and if I see anyone else Kate, I will hurt the girl" he announced as she nodded slowly, her hands slipping around her stomach as she shut her eyes thinking about Alexis being in pain. "Kate?" he asked.
"I'll meet you outside in fifteen minutes, I promise no one else will be there" she announced before standing. "I love you" she whispered before she heard the phone return to its dialling tone.
"Are you crazy?" he asked as she stared at him, her hand running to his cheek as she looked down at him.
"I'm not going to let Alexis get hurt anymore Rick, you know how much she means to me, I'll be fine, I've gone through it once I can go through it again anyway he thinks I'm in love with him and he's obsessed with me" she declared as she turned to look at the people she worked with. "He knows everything that we do, he'll know if your following him and he'll make me turn my phone off so it'll be easier if I took someone else's phone with me for you to track he wouldn't be expecting that. I don't want you to try and arrest him outside when he arrives because he'll be expecting that and he's probably armed, our main priority is getting Alexis back" she declared as Ryan quickly passed her his mobile.
"Kate don't do this" Rick begged as she sighed. "What if he decides to beat you up again? What if he does that Kate? What about if he hurts you again?" he asked causing her to shut her eyes as she felt everyone's eyes on her.
"Rick, I know how to look after myself" she whispered, desperately trying not to cry at his obvious fear of her going away with Demming.
"But it's not just about you anymore is it Kate? It's about me and Alexis and the baby growing inside you" he declared causing Esposito to choke on the bottle of water he'd started to drink from, Kate's arms wrapping around her stomach as she realised what she was finally putting at risk.
"Beckett your pregnant?" Esposito asked causing her to bite her lip as she nodded.