I'm really surprised by all the favorites and follows. This planned one shot has certainly taken off. Thanks.

I wrote this chapter twice because the first time just didn't flow right. I hope that it carries as well as the other chapters. I curious to see how people expectations line up with what I wrote. Let me know.

Disclaimer: I don't own Castle and for good reason.

Castle walked over and sat down on the couch. Just thinking about yesterday was causing his heart to race. He wasn't sure how he was going to get through an explanation, but he had been preaching honesty to Kate, so he couldn't very well back out now.

"I had called you and you didn't answer. Dinner came and I hadn't heard anything. That's when my writer's imagination took off. I tried to call Ryan and Esposito, but they didn't answer their phones. That's when I first felt real fear."

Kate walked over and sat down on the couch next to Castle taking his hands into hers.

"So, that's when I went down to the precinct. As soon as I walked onto the floor and saw the looks on everyone's faces I knew, I just knew it was bad. Gates took me to her office and told me what happened. Well, she told me a much distilled, rose colored version of what happened. I started asking questions. She told me that is wasn't my business."

Kate felt Castle hands tighten in her grip. She saw the bright blue of his eyes darken. An emotion flickered across his face that she had never seen before, but if she had to give it a name, she would call it rage.

"I exploded. Told her that she brought you down there alone because she knew you would say yes to the job. She used your nature against you. That she only cared about the case and not you as a person. That I was your partner and fiancé and I should have known."

Castle took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He was not going to cry. He just wasn't.

"That's when the moron from narcotics came in and tried to throw me out. I don't remember ever thinking about doing anything. I just remember being angry. Next thing I know he's on the floor and Gates is screaming. I said something to her, I don't remember what and walked out. I was almost to the elevator when I realized that any contact you tried to make would be at the precinct and not at home, so I walked over and sat at the desk to wait."

Kate simply sat, holding his hands, rubbing his knuckles gently with her thumbs. Her intention was to wait him out, but as she watched the clock on the wall tick through ten minutes she reached one hand up to his face and brushed his cheek.

"Castle, you alright?"

"Huh?" Castle startled slightly. He had gotten lost in the horrible memory "Yeah, um, where was I?"

"You took a seat at the desk."

"Yeah. That's when the boys walked over. They tried to apologize, tried to explain their actions. I told them that they didn't have your back but they should have. They should have had my back. I told them I would never forgive them." Castle opened his eyes to look at Kate. He wasn't sure what he was expecting to see in her face, but the look of pain and despair was worse than he ever thought it could be. "It was about then that Chief MacCarthy showed up and went straight to Gates office. I don't know what happened but the narcotics guy came out and apologized. MacCarthy came out some time after that and said something. I know he left his card. You called about the time he left. Everything after that was focused on getting to you so nothing else was said."

Kate slid into Castle arms and held him. "I'm sorry babe. You shouldn't have had to go through that. You shouldn't have been treated that way, especially by me." She gave his cheek and chin light kisses. "I will never treat you like that again."

"Can we put it in the vows?"

Kate gave a small smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. "Sure, we can put it in the vows." She brought his hands up to her lips and kissed each knuckle. "So, does it make me a bad person to find it a little hot that you knocked out the head of narcotics over me?"

Castle fired off his trade mark smirk. It amazed her that even in this situation he could call on it at will. "Yes, Detective Beckett it does. You are just lucky that I like bad girls." Kate playfully hit him on the chest. Castle straightened up. "So what do we do now?"

"Now, I call and accept the job as Captain and we get married. I'm tempted to take Martha's advice and go down to City Hall and do it this afternoon. I spend the rest of our lives making up to you for all the mistakes that I've made and the pain I've caused you. Eventually we have children and the rest of our life together. Happily ever after as it should be. We can also throw in vacations and adventures as we see fit."

Castle let out a soft laugh. "While that sounds wonderful and I'll hold you to it, that isn't exactly what I meant. I meant 'breakfast is cold, partially finished, and it's 2:30 in the afternoon. What are we going to eat'? I guess I should have been more specific."

"Oh…that what now. We go get burgers, fries, and a shake – after we get dressed." Leaned back in for a more passionate and lasting kiss. "After a little fooling around that is." Kate jumped up and ran to the bedroom with Castle following closely after her.

"Man we suck." Kevin said turning away from his computer and looking at Javi.

"Yeah we do." Javi said pushing back from his desk. "I have never screwed up this bad personally or professionally since I entered the army."

"Lanie probably disagrees, but I know where you are coming from. With the exception of my last undercover gig and getting you and Beckett suspended."

"Look" Javi said turning around to face Kevin. "You did not get us suspended. We got ourselves suspended. You did the right thing. You saved our careers. You saved our lives. I don't want to hear you say that again."

"Ok, but we still suck." Kevin agreed.

"Seriously, we've faced down snipers." Esposito sighed.

"Drug dealers."

"Mobsters."

"Rogue soldiers."

"CIA"

"My mother-in-law." Kevin added.

Esposito just narrowed his eyes at him. "Yet we turned tail and ran when we needed to do the right thing for a friend. How are we going to make up for that?"

"It's like Jenny said, we have to sincerely and earnestly apologize and hope that he accepts it and we can move forward from there building back the trust he lost in us."

"Yeah, I know, but an apology of this size should have some token to go with it. Something he can look at and remember how sorry we are."

"Ok, what sort of token are we talking about here?"

Espo thought for a moment "Something that says 'Sorry we are jerks'"

Ryan just shook his head. "How about something a little more profound. Something that says we are sorry we didn't have your back. Sorry we weren't there to protect you. Sorry we weren't your partners."

Esposito sprung from his seat. "I've got it. I know exactly what we are getting." He started making his way to the elevator.

Ryan jumped up to follow, pulling his jacket from the back of the chair. "Javi what are we getting."

Esposito didn't slow down or look back, "Hurry up bro!"

"Javi, where are we going?" Kevin asked as he stepped onto the elevator and the doors closed.