Feeling fingers running through his hair, he slowly moved his head off the bed to see green eyes staring down into his. Sitting up, he immediately pressed his lips to hers as her arms wrapped around his neck, keeping her close while she desperately tried to stop herself from groaning in pain as they continued to kiss.

"Never do that to me again Katherine Beckett. I've never been so scared in my life, I thought I'd lost you" he announced as he moved away from her, his fingers running down her cheeks as tears ran down them silently. "Don't cry, you're okay now, I promise" he sighed, kissing her forehead as she turned her head to see the picture Rick had done with Johanna the day she'd been shot.

"What's that?" she asked, reaching towards it as he took hold of it and passed it to her. "Oh wow I love it, thank you" she smiled, running her fingers across the handprints as she bit into her lip. "It's beautiful Rick" she sighed, kissing him gently before returning to look at the image. "I'm going to put it on the fridge when I get home" she admitted, smiling to herself as she kept the picture in her hands.

"She ruined my shirt, you know the one you hated" he admitted, Kate nodding at the memory of the shirt before sighing. "It's covered in little red handprints" he explained, kissing her quickly as she buried herself into his side when he sat beside her. Hearing a small tap at the door, she looked up to see Alexis in the doorway with Johanna in her arms, beaming at the couple as she entered the room.

"Kate" Alexis smiled, the brunette looking up to beam at the redhead and her daughter. "Thank god you're awake, I've missed you" she admitted, kissing Kate's cheek as the brunette shut her eyes for a moment. Holding her arms out for Johanna, Kate beamed as her daughter was slipped into her hold, the small girls' hands reaching up towards the detective.

"It's nice to see you both" Kate sighed, reaching across to take hold of Alexis' hand. "My two beautiful girls" she beamed, Alexis smiling gently at her as Rick also beamed at them, Kate's arms tightening around her daughter as she rocked her gently. "You haven't been sleeping Alexis. Either you've been studying too hard or you've been unable to sleep?" Kate announced, looking up at the teenager who was sighing.

"A bit of both really. I had a test yesterday in French and well, I've been worried about you" Alexis admitted, the detective reaching across to touch her cheek as tears slowly ran the teenagers cheek.

"Castle can you get me a coffee and this one a tea?" Kate asked; the writer nodded before kissing her forehead and disappearing out of the hospital room. "Come here you" she sighed, moving up slightly as Alexis moved beside her and relaxed in her arms while Johanna remained asleep on Kate's chest. "Alexis, I'm fine" she promised.

"I know that now but I didn't then Kate. I was terrified that you wouldn't wake up and you'd never be here again" Alexis muttered, Kate continuing to hold her against her side. "I missed you" she sobbed, the redhead sighing as the teenager sobbed into her side.

"I missed you too and I promise I'm not going anywhere again" she sighed, looking down at the redhead before relaxing and sighing. "I promise Alexis, I'm going to be here till a really old age. I'm going to be there when you get married and give your dad grandkids, just don't tell him that yet. He'll be in a right panic" she laughed, kissing the redhead's head quickly as the teenager sighed.

"Your grandkids too" Alexis muttered. "If I have a baby when I'm older, it's going to be your grandchild too" she sighed, Kate sighing as the teenager relaxed in her arms. "Because if I'm honest, I would rather have them knowing you as my mom, then my actually mom" she admitted, Kate staring down at her for a moment.

"Alexis" she whispered, tears appearing in her eyes as Alexis sat up and stared at her. "You know you're like a daughter to me" she began as Alexis nodded quickly, tears rolling down her cheeks as she sighed.

"And you're like my mom. You are my mom Kate in everything but DNA" she sighed as Kate smiled gently and relaxed beside her. "I love you Kate" she admitted, leaning up to press a kiss against the brunette's cheek as Rick re-entered the room.

"None of you move, I want a photo" Rick declared, Kate rolling her eyes as she remained still while Rick pulled his phone out and took a photo. "One tea for you" Rick smiled, passing the cup to his daughter before looking at the detective. "You can't have a coffee yet, I asked the doctor" he smiled.

"Rubbish" she moaned, Rick and Alexis laughing at her comment as they sighed.

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"Kate it's nice to see you awake again" Josh announced as she smiled weakly and held her daughter close to her. It wasn't the ideal situation to have her ex in the room with her and her daughter, especially with Castle not there. "I'm your doctor, I did your operation" he explained, Kate nodding slowly at this revelation. "A baby hey?" he asked as Kate nodded.

"Johanna after my mom" she admitted, her fingers running down her daughter's cheek. "A lot of trouble this one was, but I guess she takes after her father" Kate explained, forgetting who she was talking to for a moment. "What about you? Anyone serious?" she asked quickly, not wanting to have this conversation but knowing she had to try to be polite after he'd saved her life.

"Nothing serious enough for a baby" he sighed, the sound of the door swinging open grabbing Kate's attention as she beamed at the writer who was staring at her.

"Well thank you for saving my life Josh, I appreciate it and I'm sure you'll find someone, you're a nice guy" Kate explained, Josh nodding at her comment as Rick sat himself beside her, his fingers immediately tickling Johanna's stomach, the small girl giggling in a way from the action. "Rick stop it, I need to listen" she smiled, the writer smiling as he beamed at their daughter and then up at Kate. Neither of them noticing that Josh was glaring at them from the spot he was frozen in.

"Now Kate, you were shot in the stomach and did lose a lot of blood. However we managed to stop the bleed and you should be okay with a couple of months rest" Josh explained quickly as Kate nodded slowly. "So no stressful events and it would be best if you avoided work for the moment" he added, the brunette groaning before nodding slowly.

"We're getting married in a month; will she be okay for that?" Rick asked as the man nodded at him, the smile fading from his face at this new piece of information.

"Congratulations" he muttered, his tone rather annoyed at the idea of Richard Castle marrying the detective. "Now as long as you rest until the day, you should be okay" he explained before sighing. "Now I'll leave you two alone and I'll come and see you later to make sure everything is alright" he sighed, leaving the room quickly. Turning around, he stared at the couple for a moment. Kate's head was resting against the writers shoulder while his hand ran up and down her arm, their baby daughter in her arms and when he watched, Josh Davidson couldn't help but be jealous about how lucky the writer was to have the perfect family with the woman he was still in love with.