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"My name is Doctor Jack Burton and I operated on Mr. Castle" the Doctor said to all three concerned woman, tears running down both Kate's and Alexis' cheeks.

After seeing the stress and worry on all three women's faces, the doctor slowly and clearly continued "when Mr. Castle was brought in here, he had two stabs wounds one to the torso just left of his lung and the other to the upper left shoulder, thankfully both missed any vital organs."

Once seeing a slight improvement in their expressions, he continued "however, he has several bruises and 3 broken ribs and what looks like a fractured right cheek bone. Also, when he was brought in, he was unconscious, leading us to believe that he will have a concussion when he wakes, the severity of the concussion is not yet known."

By this time Ryan, Esposito, Lanie and Gates had all walked over and started taking in what the Doctor was recounting. "Is he awake?" Alexis Castle asked, the red head very eager to see her father. "At this point no, he isn't, but the sedative should wear off soon."

"Can we see him?" the older red head asked, "yes, but I must stress, when he wakes, he will most likely feel confused and disorientated and there's a slight chance he could suffer from either short or long term memory loss. You can see him, but there's a maximum of two people at a time.

Nodding, everyone looked towards Kate, Martha and Alexis, Kate stood frozen with shock, tears coming to a complete stop at the realization that her partner was going to be okay and that she can finally tell him how she feels.

"Kate, would you like to go in with Alexis?" Martha asked. Kate, who was still dreaming, causing Alexis to shake her, immediately catching her attention again.

"Huh? Ohh, right sorry. No, I'm fine you go in with Alexis ill go in last with Lanie" giving both the red heads a sheepish smile and a hug, "tell him we're all out here" getting a nod from both Alexis and Martha, the brunette then returned to her seat with Lanie.

Sitting down with Lanie by her side, Kate let out a sigh, one she wasn't aware she was holding onto, followed by a smile. "He's going to be okay Lanie, he's okay" the brunette cheerfully commented.

This was the happiest her best friend has been all day, at that Lanie smiled and replied "I told you he would be." Nodding, Kate then embraced Lanie into a loving hug. "He's okay" causing both women to give off a bright and joyful smile, the first one in hours.

Once Kate finally released Lanie, they both caught sight of gates, who was eyeing the exchange with a look of intense curiosity plastered across her face.

"Did Gates happen to find out about me and Castle as well?" curiosity and worry painted across the detectives features.

"As far as I know, she's the only one who doesn't know, I think" both women then looked across to Gates and back to each other.

"You should probably tell her, I mean it's been what, five months" Lanie egged Beckett into confessing to the Captain, "Yeah, probably, be right back." Heading over towards the captain, Kate became slightly worried about what the outcome would be.

"Sir, may I speak with you, privately?" Kate asked, giving Ryan and Esposito a look, telling them they should probably leave, once getting the message, both men walked over towards Lanie with a questioning look, soon put at ease by Lanie.

Sitting down, Kate thought to herself, it's now or never. "Sir, there's something I need to tell you about myself and Castle." Before Kate could even finish the sentence, she was interrupted by the captain putting her hand on top of Kate's.

"I know about your relationship with Mr. Castle." Earning a look of both shock and curiosity from the younger detective. "How?"

Earning almost a laugh from the elder woman, "for NYPD's finest you aren't very subtle when it comes to your feelings toward Mr. Castle, and besides I've known for a long time that you both had feeling for each other."

The younger detective looking at her boss in complete dismay, "so you're not going to kick Castle out because we're together?"

After a few seconds of thought, Gates finally answered "you know what, the thought did cross my mind, and then I watched you both closely for a while and I realized I had no reason to ruin the partnership between the two of you." Kate completely shocked by her Bosses confession, nodded for her to continue "there's no reason for me to break your partnership up because, you two work extremely well together, you are both very professional and if anyone deserves to be happy, it's you detective. But off the record, it's about damn time."

Kate, who was completed shocked by what had just happened, smiled and replied "Thank you Sir, thank you very much." Receiving a smile from the Captain, Kate slowly stood up to return to her seat next to Lanie.

"Detective, one more thing" Kate now stopping and turning around, focusing her attention on Gates. "I expect the professionalism to continue and you and Mr. Castle are not allowed to come to the precinct for a whole week, he needs you now more than ever. Understood detective?" Kate now smiling, "Understood Sir, thank you again." Kate now returning to her seat between Esposito and Lanie, wondering what the hell had gotten into her boss.

"Well, what did she say?" Esposito asked, clearly asking the question all three wanted to know the answer to.

"She already knew, apparently she knew before any of you guys did, she also said that she approves and expects the professionalism to continue and she's given us both the week off." Shock now covering all three of their faces. "I know, I had the exact same face as you three do." Kate said, making all three laugh, soon they all fell silent waiting for Martha and Alexis to return from seeing Rick.

45 minutes had passed and it was finally Kate and Lanie's turn to go and see Castle. Kate and Lanie both got up from their seats and started heading towards room 414. Once they finally arrived outside Castles room, they both stopped to take in the sight of Castle still asleep, the sedatives having not worn off completely yet. Lanie turned and looked at Kate, and smiled "You ready?" Kate taking a second to gather her thoughts, "of course I'm ready." With that Kate entered her boyfriends' room, closely followed by Lanie.

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