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Kate opened her eyes and yawned. She looked at her alarm and saw it was 7.30 am. She was free first period so she didn't have to rush. She went downstairs and saw a note on the table.

"Hey honey, I made you some breakfast, it's in the kitchen. Xo Mom"

She smiled and went into the kitchen to eat her breakfast. While eating, she thought of her search to find her dad. Where should I start? She asked herself. After a bit of thinking she thought of her mom. If she really loved her father, she would keep something of him, right? She stood up, put her plate in the dishwasher and went to her mother's room. Where should I start? She thought and then she walked to one of the night stands next to the bed. She opened the drawer and started to search through the stuff in it. Nothing. She went to the other night stand and tried to open the drawer. But this one had a lock on it. It would take too long to search for the key, so she grabbed a bobby pin from her hair and tried to pick the lock. The only problem was, she didn't know how to do it. She needed Rick for this, he would know how to do this. She grabbed her phone to call him, but saw it was too late for that and she had to get dressed for school. She took a quick shower, got dressed and grabbed her bag. After school then.

Rick stood in front of Kate's locker, waiting for his girlfriend. Oh what was he lucky with her, he thought by himself. She was so great. And then he thought of her dad and that she wanted to find him. He also wanted to him him, for her. But he didn't really thought about how the would do it. Then he saw Kate walking towards him.

'Hey!' She greeted him and gave him a kiss.

'Hey! How was your morning?' He asked her while she opened her locker.

'Great, oh wait remember how you said she wanted to help me find my dad?' He nodded. 'Well I need your help now.'

'For what?' He asked curious.

'Do you know how to pick a lock?' Rick became more curious.

'Yes, are you going to tell me what you need me for?' Kate closed her locker and now faced him.

'Okay, so I was looking for something about my dad in my mom's room and-'

'Wait, you went looking in your mom's room?'

'Yes, I thought my mom would have something of my dad in her room, so I searched there.'

'Wasn't she at home?'

'No of course not, otherwise I wouldn't be going through her stuff. Now let me continue, so I searched in the drawers of her nightstands, in one I couldn't find anything, but the other was locked. That was weird.'

'Why is that so weird, is that what you need me for?'

'Yes and it is weird because I thinks something's in it. I mean why lock one of the drawers unless there is something you don't want anyone to find. Will you help me?' Rick hesitated about Kate plan.

'Do you really want to go through your mom's stuff, what if she catches you? Or worse, me. What will she think of her daughter's boyfriend then?'

'I know it's risky, but I need to start somewhere. I don't even have a name or something.' Kate looked in his eyes.

'Okay, I will help you.' Kate hugged him. The bell rang and the walked hand in hand to their class.

'My mom won't be home until 6 o'clock, so we can do it right after school.

'Do you really think we should be doing this?' Rick asked while they walked in Johanna's room. 'I don't want to get you in trouble.'

'Yes I need to know why there is a lock on the drawer.'

'Okay then.' He said and kneeled in front of the nightstand. He started picking the lock and Kate watched closely over his shoulder.

'You need to teach me that.' She said and they laughed. They heard a click and Rick looked at Kate.

'Ready?' He asked her.

'Yes.' She reached out for the drawer and opened it. She looked through the stuff in it but couldn't find anything useful.

'There's nothing in it.' And dropped herself on her mom's bed.

'Wait.' Rick said and touched the top of the drawer with his hand. 'Aha!' He grabbed something that looked like a photo. It was folded so they didn't know yet what was on it.

'What's that?' She asked and he handed it to her. She didn't unfold it, she just kept looking at it.

'Do you want me to look at it?'

'No, I will do it.' She took a deep breath and unfold the picture. 'Oh my god.' She said when she saw the picture of a woman and a man on their wedding day. A tear rolled down her cheek. 'Look!' She said and showed it to Rick.

'Is that...'

'My dad. Yeah. Look what it says on the back.' Rick read it.

'Jim and Johanna Beckett.'

'So my dad's name is Jim.' Rick wiped away her tears. 'Why doesn't she want me to know him?' Kate sobbed. Rick stood up to sit next to her on the bed and put his arm around her.

'Are you okay?'

'Yeah I think so.' He comforted her while looking closely at the picture.

'Kate, I know this church. It just here in New York.' She looked at Rick.

'Really?' Her eyes lit up.

'Yes, if you want we can go by tomorrow.'

'Yeah I really want to!' She hugged him and she gave him a kiss. But this kiss turned into a make out session.

After about 10 minutes of kissing they just laid there on the bed.

'We should put back the picture and close the drawer before your mom gets home.' Rick looked down at his girlfriend who was lying on his chest.

'Oh yeah, my mom, almost forgot about her. Like she forgot about my dad.' She stood up, grabbed the picture from the ground and put in back on the top of the drawer.

'Come on Kate, she probably has a really good reason for not showing that picture.' Rick said who now also stood up to lock the drawer.

'Which side are you on, hers or mine?' Kate asked, a bit offended.

'Yours of course. But you don't know what happened, or what her reasons are for not wanting you to know about your dad. So don't jump to any conclusions.' He sat in front of her on the ground, looking in her eyes and seeing she was sad.

'Fine, I won't. But I am going to find out what happened and what her reasons are for keeping my dad a secret.' Rick gave her a charming smile.

'And I will help you.' Kate leaned in for a kiss, but heard the front door close downstairs and someone yelling.

'Hey Katie, I'm home!' Kate's eyes widened and she looked at Rick.

'Oh my god, hurry up! Go to my room!' She whispered. They got up and ran to her room.

'Kate are you upstairs?' Johanna walked up the stairs looking for her daughter. Kate pushed Rick into her room, but when she closed the door and turned around, she tripped and fell on the floor on top of Rick. Someone opened the door.

'Kate are you-' Then she saw the couple lying on the floor. 'Hey Rick, what are you guys doing on the floor?' She asked while Kate and Rick stood up.

'Umhh, well, uhh...' That was the only thing they could say, looking at each other, trying to find an excuse.

'I dropped something and it probably fell under my bed.' Kate started.

'And when she tried to look for it, she tripped and we both fell.' Rick finished explaining and they both tried to smile as innocent as the could.

'Aha, well Katie can be so clumsy sometimes.' Johanna laughed a bit at them. 'I'm going to change and then start on dinner. Are you staying Rick?'

'Uh no thanks, I should probably go home.'

'Oh okay, another time then.' She smiled at them and went to her own room.

'Wow that was so close!' Kate said when she heard the door of her mother's bedroom close. They looked at each other and started to laugh. Rick felt his phone vibrate and saw his mom was calling.

'Hey mom.'

'Hi honey, where are you?'

'I'm at Kate's. Why is there something wrong?'

'No I just came home and saw you weren't here. Are you coming home now?'

'Yeah I will be home in like 15 minutes.'

'Okay see you then, bye!'

'Bye mom!' He hung up. 'Quess I have got to go.' He looked at Kate.

'Wish you hadn't.' She stepped closer and put her arms around her.

'Me too, will you be okay, with your mom and everything?'

'Yeah I will.' He let go and Kate walked him out. When they said goodbye and she closed the door, she went back upstairs and started on her homework. After about ten minutes, she looked at her phone and saw she had a text from Lanie.

"Hey girl, how are you?"

"Hi! Good and you?"

"Yeah me too! Did you notice Gina wasn't at school?"

"Yes I did, think she was still upset about yesterday. Wasn't it a bit harsh to do that?"

"No! She did it herself, it was her own fault. Besides we saved two boys a huge heartbreak,"

"Yeah you're right, I need to stop worriying."

"Yes girl, stop messing with that little head of yours!"

'Hey Katie, dinner's ready!' Kate heard her mom yelling from downstairs.

'Okay I'll be right down!'

"Lanie, I've got to go, talk to you tomorrow! Xx"

"Kay, see you tomorrow! Xx"

Kate put her phone on her bed and went downstairs. She sat down at the table and began to eat.

'So what did you and Rick do?' Johanna asked Kate. Curious of what her daughter and her boyfriend did.

'Nothing much, just hanging out.' Kate quickly put ate her dinner so she could go back to her room.

'Mhh hope you had fun.' Johanna sensed something was up, but didn't know what.

'Yeah we did.' There was an awkward silence, which was killing. Johanna finished her food, put down her knife and fork and looked at Kate.

'Katie, is there something wrong?' Kate looked up at her mom, who kept looking at her.

'No, why would there be?' Kate continiued eating.

'I don't know, that's why I am asking.'

'Well there's nothing.' Kate finally said, hoping her mom would stop asking questions.

'Okay then,' She stood up and picked up her plate. 'Are you done eating?'

'Yes.' Kate stood up too and handed her mom her plate. She practically ran upstairs so she wouldn't have to face her mother again. What was that a great dinner, she thought.

The next morning Kate couldn't concentrate on school. She felt excited and nervous at the same time. She was going to the church with Rick today, but she didn't know what to expect. Good or bad news. Would she like it, or would she be crying again? The car ride the school was to kill for. Johanna acted like nothing was wrong. Kate didn't want to argue, so she just played along. She was relieved when she finally saw Rick that morning.

'Hey beautiful, did you get any sleep last night?' He asked and kissed her forehead.

'Hi! Yeah a little bit.'

'Are you ready to go to the church today?'

'Yes, that's the only thing I could think about this morning! And about you of course.' They smiled at each other. Then Kate thought of something. 'Wait, if we want to know more about my dad, shouldn't the people at the church need a photo of him.' Rick looked confused.

'Yeah, but we have that right.' After that he got what Kate meant.

'We put the photo back in the drawer without taking a picture of it.'

'What are we going to do know?'

'We have to go back to my house after school to take a picture.' She sighed.

'This time we need to do it really fast, we don't want to be caught again.' The bell rang and they walked to their class. Kate couldn't wait for this schoolday to be over.

Rick and Kate stood in front of the church. It was really big and Rick was right. This was the church from the photo. He was holding Kate's hand and squeezed it.

'Ready to go inside?' He said while looking at her.

'Let's go.' She said and they walked to the huge door. They opened it and got in. The inside of the church was even more beautiful than the outside of it. It was huge, but it felt ... It was empty. No one was inside.

'Hello?' Kate asked, waiting for a response. 'Is anyone here?'

'Yes can I help you?' An old man spoke. It was a priest. Rick and Kate turned to face him. When the old man saw Kate, he looked at her like he was trying to remember her.

'Why is he looking at me like that?' Kate whispered to Rick quietly enough so the priest wouldn't hear her.

'I don't know.' Rick whispered.

'I'm Kate Beckett-' The priest interrupted her.

'I knew I recognized you, Katherine? Jim and Johanna's daughter.' Kate's eyes widened. What did he just say?

'You know my parents?'

'Yes I do. I was their priest at their wedding.' Kate looked at Rick. He could see she was a bit happier by hearing that. 'So how is your mother? I haven't seen her in a couple of years.'

'She's good. But that's not why I came here for.'

'Oh, well tell me then. What did you come here for?'

'My dad.' This time it was the priest's turn to be shocked.

'I'm sorry, I can't help you with that.' He said and walked away.

'No wait, why not?'

'I'm not allowed to.'

'Not allowed from whom?' Kate asked and followed the priest. Rick went after her to stop her.

'It's better if you guys go.' Rick grabbed Kate to take her outside.

'Kate let's go.'

'No! He knows more! I need to know it.' She started crying. 'No let me go!'

'Kate calm down. Ssh we'll find another way.' He put his arms around her and reassured her. When she calmed down, he talked again.

'Come on, let's go. There will be people coming soon.' She nodded and walked out of the church with him.

Rick brought Kate home and sat with her for a while. She hadn't said anything since they got back. She could only think about what the man said: "I'm not allowed to." She tried to figure out who he was talking about, but it just didn't make any sense. She thought that her mom was the one behind it. After all, she doesn't want Kate to know about her dad. But it could be her dad too, right? Not wanting anyone to find him. These thoughts made her crazy. Rick knew she would be thinking about it, so he planned something to take her mind off of it for a while. The doorbell rang.

'Who's that?' Kate tilted her head.

'I'll get it.' Rick stood up and walked to the front door. Kate stayed in the living room and heard a familiar voice.

'Hey girl!' Kate looked up.

'Lanie, what are you doing here?' She asked.

'Rick called me and told me you needed a sleepover, so I got here right away!' She put her bag on the ground and went to sit next to Kate.

'Did you tell her everything?' Kate asked Rick.

'No, I didn't know what you wanted Lanie to know, so that's your job now.' He smiled at her.

'Okay, thank you.'

'I'll let you girls have your sleepover. I'm going home.' He walked to Kate and gave her a kiss, said goodbye to the girls and walked out.

'So tell me everything!' Lanie said and Kate began to tell her what happened. About she wanting to find her dad, the photo, the awkward dinner with her mom the night before and the church.

'They look so happy there!' Lanie said after she saw the wedding photo on Kate's phone.

'Yeah they do. But I don't know why he left.'

'And your mom doesn't want to say anything?'

'No, she just changes the subject or walks away.' Then she heard the front door open.

'Hey, I'm home!' Johanna walked into the living room and saw Lanie and Kate sitting on the couch.

'Hi Mrs. Beckett!' Lanie greeted her.

'Oh hey, I didn't know you had company. Nice to see you again and you can call me Johanna.' She smiled at the girls.

'It was a last minute sleepover. You mind?' Kate asked.

'No, of course not! I won't disturb your sleepover then. I'm making lasagna for dinner, you like that?'

'Pff like? I love that!' Lanie said. Johanna walked upstairs, but she stopped halfway because she heard the girls talking.

'You see, she just acts like nothing is wrong. I don't get it.' She heard Kate whisper and then quickly went to her room. When she closed the door, she grabbed her phone and hoped the number she dialed was the one she needed. She put her phone to her ear and waited for the person to pick up.

'Hello?' A man voice sounded on the other side.

'Jim, it's Johanna. We need to talk.'

Dun dun duuuuuuuun! Cliffhanger! You want to know want happens next, keep reading the story because it will be awesome! Review and tell me what you think!