Chapter 5 Sick (28 weeks)

Kate woke up ready to start the day. She looked over at Castle and found him still asleep so she decided to get up and take a shower. When she got out of bed she felt a little queasy, but brushed it off as morning sickness that had ended months ago. But she also could feel a head ache coming on.

"Whatever." She thought to herself.

But as she continued to get ready for work, she began to feel worse. By the time she was getting out of the shower twenty minutes later, she had a massive headache and was feeling extremely nauseous.

"This can't be good."

She began drying herself off when all of a sudden, she had to throw up.

Though she tried to be quiet so she wouldn't wake Castle up and worry him, it was pretty hard to throw up quietly. A minute or two later she heard a knock on the door. It was Castle.

"Kate? Are you alright?" he asked, the worry in his voice was obvious.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Her throat was burning and she tried desperately not to let her voice sound hoarse, but Castle wasn't stupid and he could tell something was wrong. And then she threw up again. He opened the door to find her wrapped in a towel with her head laying on her arms as she leaned across the toilet seat. By now she was feeling absolutely horrible.

"Oh Kate.." he said gently, as he knelt on his knees beside her.

"I feel like shit Castle." she looked at him, the misery in her eyes and voice were very clear.

He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. She laid against his chest as he rubbed her back soothingly. When she looked up at him he kissed her forehead. It felt like it was on fire.

"Kate you're burning up! You're definitely sick and staying home. She knew he was right, and this was not just morning sickness.

"Can you call Gates for me?" she asked weakly, sighing.

"Yeah, but after I get you into bed." He said.

"I have to get dressed first so you can call her now while I get dressed." she said.

But as she started to get up another wave of nausea came up, and she threw up again, with Castle right beside her holding her and rubbing her back. They stayed like that for about five minutes until she felt like she could get up. This time she was able to put on some sweat pants and one of Castle's t-shirts before having to rush back to the bathroom to throw up again.

Castle called Gates and told her the situation, and then turned his attention back to his sick, pregnant wife. Seeing her like this broke his heart. He helped her into bed and brought her a trash can and put it by her bed so she didn't have to get up. He sat on the edge of the bed and felt her forehead again.

"Does your head hurt?" he asked rubbing his thumb across her forehead gently.

"Like a bitch." She said, giving him a half hearted weak smile.

"I'm going to call Dr. Moore and see if there's anything we can give you without hurting the baby." She nodded hoping desperately that there was.

After he got off the phone he turned back to his wife and said, "Tylenol. No advil or asperin."

He went into their bathroom to get the medicine and then got her some water. She took it gratefully. "Hopefully I can keep this down long enough for it to do something."

"Well luckily for you its fast acting."

She just nodded and closed her eyes. He sat on the edge of the bed again and took her hand in his, rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand.

"I'm so sorry about this Kate. I would take your place in a heartbeat if I could." He said kissing her forehead.

Within a half hour her fever had gone down, but the headache had gotten worse, and on top of that she started to throw up again. All the while Castle was right beside her, holding her hair back and giving her his hand for her to hold.

When the headache got so bad that she started to cry he wiped her tears away.

"Kate we need to keep you and the baby hydrated."

"Castle, I'm throwing up so much there is no point in me drinking anything right now." He just nodded silently and wiped the sweat from the fever off her forehead. He was very worried about her and their son.

A few hours later, she still had a headache, but it wasn't as bad, and she was still throwing up, but not every five minutes like before, and she was also able to drink water without immediately throwing it back up.

Through all of it Castle only left her side to get her water. By that evening she was still feeling pretty awful, but managed to get a little sleep in between throwing up. She was miserable for two days before she actually stared to really recover.

"Castle?" she said on the morning of the third day.

He was lying in bed beside her, his arm wrapped around her middle with his hand resting on her belly.

"Yeah? What do you need sweet heart?"

"Nothing. I just want to thank you for taking care of me."

"Always. You're my wife it's my job to take care of you. Remember our vows? "For better or worse, through sickness and in health." Besides you'll do the same for me when I get sick, which will happen eventually."

"Yeah, you're right." she said.

After one more day, she was tired, but well enough to go back to work. Everyone was very happy to see both her and Castle. (including Gates, in regards to Castle)

And the first thing Kate did was tell Lanie how amazing Castle was, even though Lanie had known he was right for since before they started he and Kate started dating.