A/N: First I was blown away by all of your reviews. Thank you so much! I can't begin to explain how much it means to me that you all enjoyed my idea. Second is I read all the reviews and I'm going to try my best to answer all of your questions in the following chapters.


One Week Earlier:

Rick sat by Kate and waited for her to open her eyes. The sound of her head hitting the concrete echoed in his mind. Ryan and Esposito had apprehended the suspect and taken her back to the precinct. With any luck they'll be able to pin the murder charge on top of assaulting an officer. Now all Rick could do is wait on the ambulance. Holding his wife's body close to his he started to feel her stir.

"Kate?" He gently pulled back to look at her.

"Castle? Wha-what happened?" Kate managed to get out.

"You hit your head. An ambulance is on its way." Rick noticed her glare and rolled his own eyes. "It's protocol Kate. You know that."

"Beckett," she insisted and Rick grimaced. She never insisted he call her Beckett when they were alone. The ambulance arrived and the paramedics helped Kate inside while getting all the necessary information from Rick. The ride to the hospital was silent for Rick as he watched the paramedics move around his wife asking questions and checking her arrived at the hospital and Kate was immediately rushed into the emergency room.


"Mr. Castle?"

Rick immediately jumped to his feet. "Yes?"

"I'm Dr. Edwards. I'm the neurologist on staff here," The doctor introduced herself. "Your wife seems to have hit her head pretty hard."

"Yes we were in the middle of a take down when the suspect came out of nowhere," Rick explained.

"A take down?"

Rick nodded his head forgetting that the doctor didn't know anything about Kate. "Yes my wife is a detective at the 12th precinct. We were in the middle of apprehending our suspect when he came out of nowhere and knocked Kate to the ground. He must have been watching us, waiting until we got close enough for a combat attack."

"Ah," Dr. Edwards nodded. "You were with her when this happened?"

Rick nodded thinking of the scene that happened just hours before. "Yes, we had just gotten a break in our case. An APB placed our suspect Balmer in an empty warehouse on the lower east side. We went there with two other members of our team and began to sweep the entire area looking for Balmer. Nothing had come up but as we were about to leave Balmer came out of no where. Kate was in front of me when Balmer side tackled her knocking her to ground. There was a loud thud sound when Kate hit her head. Ryan and Esposito, our other team members, took care of Balmer while I helped Kate."

"The paramedics said she had lost consciousness. How long did she have her eyes closed?" Dr. Edwards prompted.

"A few minutes max," Rick answered quickly. Dr. Edwards scribbled a few notes in the notepad she held in her hand.

"Well Mr. Castle, it sounds like your wife suffered a concussion," Dr. Edwards informed him. "I'm going to need to speak with Kate in order to determine the severity of her case but with close monitoring I believe she'll be able to go home today." Rick sat back in the waiting room chair and rubbed his hands over his face.

"That's a relief. Thank you doctor."

Dr. Edwards stood and looked at the man before her. "Would you like to see your wife now?" Rick quickly nodded and followed the doctor down the hallway to Kate's room. Kate was sitting up in bed when they walked in. Rick remained silent and stood next to the door.

"Hello," Dr. Edwards greeted. "My name is Dr. Edwards. I'm just going to ask you a few questions." Kate nodded and Dr. Edwards continued. "Who are you?"

"I am Kate Beckett."

Dr. Edwards shot a concerned look at Rick before continuing. "Kate Beckett, do you know what today's date is?"

Kate nodded slowly. "It's January 21st."

"January 21st?" Dr. Edwards looked at her and then turned to Rick. "May I have a word with you Mr. Castle?"

Rick nodded and stepped out into the hallway. He waited while Dr. Edwards closed the door behind her. "Your wife seems to be suffering from amnesia. It's a common result of a concussion. I would like to test her balance, coordination of movement, and reflexes. I also want to run a CT scan just to rule out any bleeding. It should take a few hours.


A/N: I'm going to try and update frequently but sometimes I might get a little behind (like with this chapter but that was mostly because I got hit with a nasty cold that knocked me out) Any way, I wanted to get this bit of the story out so you're not waiting any longer for it. I hope you enjoy and please feel free to give me your input. You really control where I take this story.