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Chapter Four

Castle woke the next morning he was asleep in the chair his chair he woke up and caught Kate staring at him "something you like?" he smirked making her blush and roll her eyes.

"Hmm, maybe… shut up" she glared which only had half an affect with her failing to hide her smirk.

"Hmm morning to you too detective" he leaned over and held her hand lightly running his thumb over the top of her palm, she smiled as their eyes locked lightly biting on her bottom lip. He wanted to kiss her again he needed to feel her soft lips and she could see it in her eyes she was just waiting for him to man up in the end she got annoyed.

"Geez Castle, just kiss me already" she said rolling her eyes causing him to stutter.

"Uh…. I…. um I just wasn't sure if you…. If we…"

"Rick I. Love. You! Which means you are allowed to kiss me okay?" she said smiling at him never breaking eye contact he just smiled and nodded as he stood and leaned over and softly claimed her lips.

"Good morning Kate, Rick how are we?" Nurse Leigh asked once she entered the room she was Kate's other nurse Castle took his seat again.

"Feeling a lot better today, still a bit of pain but getting there" Kate replied.

"Good, that's great! Well today might be your favourite day…"

"I get to go home" Kate lit up.

"Kate" Castle said sternly

"What?" she snapped back.

"Ka… honey look you were shot, the doctors, nurses and us want you strong and healthy so your recovery is quick, please…" Castle pleaded.

His use of pet name would normally piss her off but when he said it her heart just fluttered she gave him a small smile, and looked back at nurse Leigh "sorry, you were saying"

"Right, like Mr. Castle said the sooner you become strong enough the sooner you'll be able to leave. So today if you are up for it we would like to try and get you to start walking today, how does that sound?"

"That sounds amazing, it's driving me nuts just laying here these past two weeks." She couldn't hide the smile and looked over at Castle who was mirroring her smile, he lightly squeezed her hand.

"Great, well I'll go get one of our free nurses just to help in case I'll be right back". And with that Leigh left.

"Sorry about snapping at you Castle, I'm just not use to not being in control and its driving me nuts I'm not weak! But look at me I'm a mess I can't walk, move I just wanna go home!" she trembled on her last words tears falling down her cheeks, he stood up leaning over cupping the side of his face.

"Hey, hey Kate come on now you are the strongest person I have ever met don't for a second think you are weak Kate, honey you were shot not even two weeks ago and you're making remarkable recovery and hey look you can already sit up bend your legs your doing so well and I know today might be hard but I know you will kick ass at walking, plus then I get to check out your ass again" he replied raising his eyebrows.

Kate smiled and shook her head "knew you just wanted me for my body" she joked "but seriously thank you Rick."

"Always" he said straight away.

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"Okay here we go Kate me and Nurse Amy will help you move to the ground we will help by holding you by the hips now Rick here will be right in front of you so if you feel like you need the extra support grabbed onto him right away do not try and fight it okay?" Nurse Leigh had become very aware of Kates stubbornness early on, Kate just nodded.

It took them a few minutes to help Kate off the bed as soon as she landed on the floor she wobbled a tiny bit but during the week Kate had constantly been moving her legs so when it was the time to walk, her legs would not give out on her. Kate took two small steps towards Castle and both of them couldn't hide the smile, once the nurses let go of her waist Kate was a tad self conscious then but as soon as Castle gave her a reassuring smile she walked closer to him.

He wrapped her in a hug keeping in mind of her injuries, running his hand through her hair whispering encouraging words into her ear as she inhaled his scent god she missed him she didn't realise until now just how much she missed him. "I love you, I love you so much Rick" she whispered into his chest.

The nurses just stood back smiling as they reported her progress, "I love you too, Kate more than anything" he whispered back kissing the top of her head "I'm so proud of you, I told you, you would kick ass didn't I?" he whispered in her ear.

She kissed the side of his neck "you just wanna check my ass out" she giggled.

"As much as I hate to break the cuteness that is you two up right now unfortunately we have to try and get Kate to walk around her room just a little bit more Kate felt her cheeks heat up, "right sorry" she said in embarrassment.

"No, no nonsense, you two are just too cute" Castle just couldn't hide his smile Kate just rolled her eyes.

"Okay so do you think you'll be able to walk around a bit Kate?"

She took a deep breath she looked up at Ricks eyes she never truly realised just how different their height was from one another, she nibbled on the bottom of her lip "yeah, yeah that sounds good I just don't want to fall that's all" she said trying not to breakdown.

Nurse Leigh smiled at the worried detective, "how about Rick here walks next to you so if you need you can grab a hold of him?"

"Okay, you up to that Castle?" she looked up at him again giving him a small smile. His answer shouldn't have surprised her but it still managed to melt her heart that someone could actually love her the way he did.

"Always" he gave her hand a small squeeze.

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