Thankyou for the reviews. I love reading fan fiction so I thought I would give it a go Keep in mind I do 12 hour days and my only chance to write is at night after work. So sorry if there are any mistakes :/
It will only be short today and a bad case of hay fever has got me feeling a little like Kate is
The food arrived and Ryan made his way to the break room with Espo tailing behind him. Kate had dozed off so the boys quietly pulled out the take away boxes from the shopping bags and set them out on the table. "Let's not wake her" Ryan whispered to Esposito as they both watched a sleeping Kate on the couch. "He's really worried about her" Ryan said between mouthfuls of Mongolian beef. "Dude he rang you too?" Espo chuckled. "Yep I told him I would ring him to come and collect her if she looked like she shouldn't..." Ryan stopped mid sentence when he saw the look on Esposito's face. Ryan slowly turned to see Kate's furious face.
"He just couldn't leave it. Always has to be checking up on me. Like I can't take care of myself!" Kate said furiously. "I guess the food was Castles idea to get me to eat some more?!" Kate asked incredulously. "Well Beckett can you blame him? You're running on empty. He's worried. We all are!" Ryan tried to keep his voice down so he didn't draw unnecessary attention to the break room. Kate ducked her head. "Look Beckett, why don't you have an early one? Ryan and I have it under control you'll be good as new tomorrow. Castle can run you a nice bubble bath..." Espo stopped when Kate looked like she would hit him. Kate decided this might be for the best. She stood a little too quickly and began to sway but recovered enough for the boys not to notice or so she thought. They had noticed but seeing as she was taking their advice they didn't comment. "Want me to ring Castle?" Ryan asked Kate just as she was about to leave. "No no Ryan I'll do that and have him collect me seeing as I'm not capable of doing anything myself!" Kate tried not to sound too pathetic. "Okay see you tomorrow" Ryan replied sheepishly. "See ya tomorrow Beckett" Espo chimed in.
It was 2 o'clock. An hour after Beckett had left the precinct. Ryan's phone started ringing. "Hey Castle. You get Beckett home okay? She didn't kill you obviously" Ryan laughed as did Espo in the background. "What where's Kate? " Castle asked seriously.
"Castle she was going to call you to come and get her. She looked in no state to drive. I offered to ring you, but she promised she would. She left a good hour ago" Ryan said worriedly. Castle was silent his brain ticking overtime. "Look she should be home soon, she probably just stopped to get some things at the store" Castle replied trying not to let the worry seep into his voice. "Yeah that will be it Castle. She was pretty pissed when she left but she'll have calmed down by now. Probably just getting some fresh air. Let me know when she gets home to save us worrying" Ryan said trying to calm Castles growing concern.
"Will do Ryan thanks for today. For being my eyes and ears. I owe you" Castle said sincerely. "Anytime Castle, you know how much we care about Beckett" with that they both ended the call.
But where was Kate? Rick tried ringing her cell. It was turned off. The fear in Castle was building. Kate never stayed mad at him for long though so he decided to give her another hour. Like he said she was probably out grabbing some groceries or clearing her head. This was going to be a long hour.