A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys! Keep um comin! And the chapter 11 thing was my fault, I posted chapter nine in place of chapter 10 and had to do stuff and a chapter 11, which is chapter 10 got put up there (: sorry about that. Now, on with the story! Oh and sorry about the delay, I actually had to go to school yesterday and today, I know, bummer.
"Kate? Kate…" She awoke to the sound of Castle's soft voice and hand on her shoulder.
"Yea." She replied half asleep. Her nap couldn't be over just yet, she needed more time.
"Do you want something to eat?" Castle asked.
She wondered for a minute what all was going on, but soon enough the everything that happened crashed over her. She got done with her appointment and even after the shocking news she was exhausted. She let Castle drive her home, even carry her to her apartment after she fell asleep in the car. She was emotionless for a time, but it came and went with the exhaustion.
Back to more pressing matters, she remembered the grumbling in her stomach from a few moments ago, or what felt like a few moments ago. "Yea." She mumbled.
"What do you want babe?" Castle asked quietly and kindly. He was so sweet, she loved that.
She had to think about that for a minute, usually whenever somebody asked her what she wanted she knew exactly, not this time. Toasted sounded pretty good, but so did shrimp, but she knew seafood wasn't good for her and wouldn't agree with her. Then applesauce popped in her head, now that sounded good.
"Applesauce." She told him sitting up to face him.
"Ok baby, anything else?" He asked. She could get used to this.
There was something that applesauce would be missing, tomatoes. "Some tomatoes."
"At least your craving healthy foods." He told her with a smile, which she gladly returned. She was happy, utter happy, probably glowing. It was amazing how finding out she was pregnant changed how she felt about it.
"Yea, now go get it." It began sweet, but then a mood swing came along.
Castle hurried out of the room and to the fridge. No applesauce, no tomatoes, but a big Styrofoam temple was beginning to turn green and get furry.
"Honey, you don't have any applesauce or tomatoes." He peaked his head into her room to tell her.
"Well go get some!" Was it stupid men or the hormones that made her like this? She didn't know, but she already knew she was sick of it.
Castle was already half way out the door, the mother of his child wanted applesauce and tomatoes, well he was going to get her applesauce and tomatoes if it was the last thing he did.
He grabbed his wallet and walked out the door, leaving Kate alone, with her thoughts. She thought about what it would be like if she had a boy, would he be shy or playful and same with a girl. Did she want to stay with Castle? That's the question she had secretly been asking herself for days.
She knew, even though she was pregnant, she didn't want to get married. Sure she wanted her child to have their mother and father in their life, but that could happen even if their parents weren't together, and sometimes that's what was for the best. She also didn't know if Castle was the one for her, she didn't feel like he was. Sure he would make a great father and more than likely a great husband, but not for her.
Even with a baby, she wanted to continue working, she would somehow try to get her old life back, and she knew she would. Maybe not going out and things, but working the late hours, just being a normal detective.
She could feel her stomach growl, she was starving. These few days had been hard enough, how was she going to do 8 more months of this? She looked down at her stomach, as flat and trim as it was now, it wouldn't be that way for long. Soon she would be all swollen and achy, and how was she going to work like that? She knew Montgomery would ground her to paper work late in her pregnancy, and she was not happy about that.
Not realizing how long she had let her thoughts consume her and before she knew it Castle was bringing her the applesauce and tomatoes she requested.
"Does it look ok?" He asked placing the tray on her lap.
"Perfect!" She answered with a smile. She loved when he smiled back, and he did.
She began to sit up and Castle hurried to help her up. "Castle, I can sit up." She told him a bit annoyed by the gesture. She was only 3 weeks pregnant and wasn't even showing, plus she could do things for herself.
"I know," he replied "I just want to make sure you're comfortable."
He was sweet, even though she could have easily do everything she did before she knew she was pregnant. He cared about the baby, and of course cared about her.
"Anything else you need babe?" He asked.
"Nope! It's perfect!" She replied with a smile.
She began spreading the applesauce on the slices of tomato Castle had prepared. For some reason this was so good, and she knew if she wasn't pregnant it would be horrible. Just as she was a few bites away from finishing and going back to sleep, her phone rang. She hesitated a bit, not wanting to go back to work and Castle noticed this. He was making her as comfortable as possible and didn't want her stretching too much, so he did. He got her phone for her and handed it to her.
"Beckett." She answered.
"Hey, we got a dead body waitin' for you." Esposito said from the other line.
"Alright, I'll be right there." She told him before hanging up.
"Dead body, you ready?" She asked Castle.
"Yea, come on." He answered wrapping his arm around her waist as they walked to the door, she put her shoes on, and they walked out the door.