While I Wait

Chapter 14

Rick called Patterson immediately when they got back up to the house. James reminded him not to panic, and that he was going to call Tom to see if he had any clue and then get back to him immediately.

They both sat impatiently at the kitchen table, and when the burner phone finally rang, Rick answered.

Kate tried to listen in as Rick talked to him, but she couldn't make out any of Pattersons side of the call. Rick seemed to be growing more and more anxious as the call went on but she tried not to panic. When they finally hung up all he said was to pack their bags. He told her he was filling up the tank and coming back to get her. So she did as she was asked, not questioning him about it.

When he came back to get her, he grabbed the bags, locking the door behind them and shoved them into the back seat.

"Rick where are we going to go?"

"I don't know yet, but he said that no one should have come knocking. I want to get out of here as quickly as possible."

"Don't you think they could be tracking us? Shouldn't we get rid of the car."

'Yeah you're right, but right now I don't know what our next move is so I need to brainstorm."

"How about we park somewhere with a lot of people and catch a bus, we can choose anywhere."

"That's actually not a bad idea, lets take the car to the pier and catch a cab to the bus station."

XX

Atlanta, they had picked it because it was a larger city, easier to hide out. After checking into their hotel room, they both quickly passed out. Kate woke up to a pitch black room, looking to the clock on the bedside table she noticed that it was still the middle of the night. Her stomach was growling, it had been almost 23 hours since she had eaten, so she took some cash from Ricks wallet and decided she would go down to grab something to eat.

The woman at the front desk had pointed her in the direction of a 24 hour Waffle House a block down the road, so she walked down to get a to-go order. When she got back to the room the lights were on, and Rick was sitting at the end of the bed.

"Hey, I got you something to eat."

"Kate…. Why didn't you wake me?"

"Ummm, because it's 3:30 in the morning and you were sound asleep."

He stood pointing to the bed, "Sit." And she did as she was told.

"We are currently running from God knows who? We have no clue what to look for or what to do. You cant just leave in the middle of the night, 6 months pregnant, and expect me not to freak out." He ran his fingers over his eyes, trying to calm his nerves.

"I'm sorry, I was starving."

"Kate I almost had a panic attack and when I went down to ask the front desk she said you had gone to get food. I felt like me leaving to go get you was too big of a risk, I'm trying not to be seen, and here you are roaming the streets in the middle of the night for a waffle and eggs." His anger was apparent by his shaking hands.

"I SAID IM SORRY!" She yelled, standing up and heading to the bathroom, he tried to follow, but she slammed the door behind her.

"KATE, OPEN THE DOOR." When she didn't respond…. "NOW!"

She flung the door open and her face was not just sad, she was angry. She threw her hand up, finger pointed directly at his face, "Don't you ever fucking yell at me again." And then she slammed it again.

She was right, he didn't need to yell, but he was freaked out. Anything could have happened to her, and she just acted like it was no big deal. He took a seat on the bed, waiting her out. Eventually she would have to come out, and it was only a few minutes before she did.

"I'm sorry." He offered up immediately.

"For what Rick? Treating me like a child? Yelling at me?"

"I wasn't treating you like a child."

"Oh really? 'OPEN THE DOOR… NOW!' That sounds pretty parent like. Rick you aren't the boss of me, and you have absolutely no right to yell at me.. ever. I've done nothing but support you. I have been the strong one, willing to do whatever it took, be as patient as possible so that you felt comfortable. How do you think I feel right now? Or do you even care about how I feel?" She shrugged her coat off and laid it on top of her duffle bag, shaking her shoes off as well and then sitting next to him on the bed.

"I… I'm sorry Rick, I shouldn't be yelling at you either, we're both stressed out, and I'm being unfair."

"I'm just as lost as you Kate. I just wish I could remember something…..that I had a clue as to what was going on."

"What do you remember Rick, anything?"

"I don't remember anything."

"I wish your dad would contact us, give us a clue as to what is going on."

"Okay lets forget about what we don't know, lets focus on things we do know."

"Okay, I know that you don't have enemies, so why would someone be after you."

"I don't, well then maybe this isn't because of me. Maybe… it's because of someone else, maybe they think I know something I don't. Maybe, this whole thing is because of my dad."

After a long discussion about what could be going on they decided that they would stay put in this Inn for a while. Since it was still dark out, Rick decided he would go grab a few snacks and groceries for them to limit them leaving and being seen."

When he returned to their room Kate was asleep on his side of the bed, her arms wrapped around his pillow. Her shirt bunched up so that her swollen stomach was on display. He slowly pulled the pillow from her grasp and rested his head on it. He pulled her into his body and wrapped his arms around her. Her stomach the only barrier between the two of them. He loved her like this, she was peaceful, no worries.

She woke up the next morning her body flush against his. She tried to slowly break away so she could get up to pee but he pulled her in closer, placing a kiss on her cheek. She didn't know if he was asleep, his eyes remained shut the whole time.

She heard him mumbling her name as she walked into the bathroom and she laughed at the fact that he was dreaming about her.

When she came back out he was sitting up right in the bed, his hands between his thighs.

"I think I had a flashback of some sort. We were making love, it was daylight, we were in our bed at the loft, and all I could see was a blinking red light, like we were recording ourselves, or being recorded. Did we ever make a sex tape?"

"What, no, of course not…" She sat back down in the bed, pulling the blanket back over her legs, "Maybe it was just a dream, maybe it wasn't anything."

"Beckett, it wasn't nothing. It was very vivid, we were in our bed, I could see the blinking light coming from the book shelf, it was like I knew it was there, and I was angry at you, and I was being really rough with you. Was there ever a time I was too rough with you?"

"Castle, Rick, we have had plenty of angry make up sex, we have been together for a few years, there have been a few fights between us that ended in angry sex."

"But, was I ever too rough Kate? Did I ever hurt you? You were asking me to stop, to slow down, and I didn't. I pressed my hands into your hips and held you down and continued to fuck you."

"It was one time." She admitted, sitting back up, drawing her arms around her torso to hold herself, "Jerry Tyson had tried to frame you for murder, the same case where Tyson told you that he had been watching us. The morning we got home from the bridge that you shot him off, we had sex, and you were mad at me. I think because I didn't believe you in the beginning. You could see the doubt in my eyes when we came to the loft with a search warrant. That morning you were really rough, and I asked you to slow down, and you sped up, and I knew it was just frustration over the case. When we were done, you held me, and you cried, and told me that you were sorry. It never happened again, just like you promised."

"I can't believe I hurt you, that I didn't stop when you wanted me to. How could I do that to you?"

"Rick, it's okay babe. We never talked about it again, and you were sorry, I know you were... Hey," She pulled at his arm to get his attention and when he looked over at her she could see the tears welling up in his eyes. "At least you remembered something, something about us."

"Yeah, I remember hurting you Kate. That's not exactly rainbows and butterflies."

"At least it's something. Maybe you will remember more now, maybe this is a good thing."

He drew the covers back and settled in under them, he twisted to his side so that he could place his palm over her bump, "How's the baby?"

"The baby is fine, he or she is asleep right now."

"How is mommy?"

"Mommy feels fine, she just wants daddy to be happy." She rest her hand over his and looked over at him.

"Can daddy kiss mommy?"

"Daddy can do what ever he wants." She laughed.

He leaned up and captured her lips, moving down to her jaw and then her throat. She turned on to her side and started grabbing at the bottom of his shirt, running her hand over his abdomen and pulling him in closer to her body.

"Kate, let me." He backed away and shed his shirt and pants, kicking them to the floor.

When he was down to his boxers he turned back towards her, crawling in over her and pulling her pants off as she lifted her body off the sheets to help him. He palmed her through her underwear before running his hand down under the cloth, she was ready for him, and as he gazed up at her she nodded, signaling that she wanted more. He drew her panties down her legs and then shed his own boxers. He settled in between her thighs and she lifted her pelvis into him and he slid into her, drawing a low moan before he captured her mouth.

He slowly thrust in and out, taking his time cherishing her body under his own. No piece of her skin was left untouched or un-kissed. He whispered, "I love you" over and over again until the both reached their climax together. As they came down he pulled out of her and she whimpered at the loss of warmth from her body.

"Rick, that was perfect." She kissed his collarbone as she turned her body into his to wrap herself around him.

"You are so perfect Kate, it was an amazing first time for me. Is it always that good?"

"I think so, but I've also heard that pregnant sex is really good for men. Not that it wasn't good for me, because it was, it was great, and having our baby tucked between the two of us is amazing, I feel closer to you then I ever have."

She ran circles over her chest with her fingers, making her way up to his jaw, and pulling him down for another kiss, "I love you."

"I…love you too, Kate, I really do."

So, Rick remembered something. We will start to see a few other memories emerge in the next few chapters. Review! I'll be posting another chapter this weekend. I'm half way done with it so I'll finish that up and post. Maybe tomorrow!