A/N took me ages to work out what to write for this chapter but here we go... I hope you like it.

She is like a sister to me and to see her helpless in the water broke my heart into pieces. She has always been the tough one, the leader. She holds our team together and in a split second I was faced with losing her. She picks me up when I'm down and beaten. I like to pretend that I am the cocky smart one but she really knows me. She sees the other side, the side filled with doubt and shyness.

She will pull through this and it will make her stronger.

Castle has text us with the news that she is okay and a weight is lifted from my chest. My heart no longer feels constricted. I am free to take deep breaths, free to sigh in relief. We hear that she has been taken up to her own room so I gather the rest of the troops and we head upstairs. The ride in the elevator is silent, not even a peep from Lanie. We have all come to reflect on what could of happened today, we nearly lost a dear friend and sister figure. Ryan takes to playing with the collar of his shirt, a nervous reaction I have seen many times before. What do we say when we see her….

" Hey Beckett we just saw you drown."

No exactly the opening line I was looking for, I have seen her at her most vulnerable point so how do you go forward from that. We get to her room before any of us can figure out the answer to that still unanswered question. I knock once and I get no reply so I just step in not quite ready for what greets me behind that hospital door.

I open it to find the sweetest scene I have ever set my eyes upon, Beckett and Castle laying on the bed side by side wrapped up in each. They're both asleep, and my entrance in to the room doesn't seemed to have stirred them at all. I still can't fathom the fact that they finally admitted there feelings for each other. I knew it from early on well everyone knew but they themselves didn't seem to have a clue. A love story played out before our eyes, it started with a chase. Beckett liked to pretend that she wasn't interested, she acted like she disliked him. However in the background I could see that she was falling for him head over heels, as the saying goes. Slowly she begun to give him hints of shared passion back. He never backed down, I will forever admire him for that. She threw everything she had in her arsenal at him and he was mainly unfazed. He pushed through the hard times, never leaving her side. The one time he did lose faith, she got the courage and she fixed it.

I feel Ryan walk into the back of me, I hear him swear when he realises I have stopped. He steps to the side of me and goes to speak but no words come out. I turn my head towards him and understand why, he is just staring at the two of them just like I was.

"Should we come back?"

"I'm not sure, I don't want to disturb them."

The question is soon answered when Lanie enters the room and lets out a squeal. Well the peace was nice while it lasted. I try to hush her but it doesn't work.

" They're just so cute."

I hear a rustling noise and look back at the bed to see Castle stretching his right arm above his head. The movement stirs Beckett, I'm soon met with the disapproving look I have come to know and love from her. I break the ice.

"Hey boss nice to see your eyesight wasn't affected."

This earns me a eye roll, thus proving my very valid point. She pushes her self up from the bed and settles back in sitting position. Castle doesn't even bother moving, why should he we all know about the two of them. I take the chair next to the bed that was obviously meant for Castle, Lanie perches on the bed and Ryan stands at the end leaning on the bed rail.

"So how you feeling Beckett? , cause honestly you look like shit."

I know only I could get away with this question, and even I am pushing it. The question makes her give the smallest smile, blink and you would miss it. I can see the harsh colour of the bruise on her forehead, it makes me wince.

"I feel like crap Espo, might have to take a sick day."

" You're taking a sick day, something is definitely wrong."

Castle chuckles at this moment and he wins himself, a elbow to the ribs from Beckett. So his laughter turns to exclamations of pain much to my amusement. She just smirks at him. I take things back to a more serious note.

" I'm really glad your okay though."

"Me too."

She turns her head and looks into Castle's eyes, relaying a unspoken message which he seems to understand.

We sit chatting for what seems like hours about the case and general life. Beckett is obviously becoming gradually more tired, her eyelids start to droop. I know she will have us sitting here for hours more but she needs to admit that she is knackered and sleep. I'm just about to make our excuses to leave after getting the other guys attention when a harsh noise breaks the silence.

Kate is sitting bolt up right fighting for breath through a coughing fit. Every breath in is followed by a audible wheeze. Her right hand is grasping at the hospital gown that covers her chest, while her left is entwined with Castle's. Lanie is rubbing her hand up and down her back trying to help calm her. The fear in her eyes is what scares me the most. I jump up from my chair and run out the room frantically searching for a nurse, doctor or anyone that can help. I catch the attention of a lady in uniform who follows me back into the room. As I walk in I am greeting by the site of Beckett retching into a bowl, that has been strategically placed under her chin. She brings up a green substance which she spits it into the bowl and I find myself retching. I have to look away until she is settled back on the bed. The nurse places a oxygen mask over her face and turns it on at the wall. A cloudy mist comes out of the sides, a drug to help her breath I presume. Castle warned us about her lung situation but I was not prepared for what I just witnessed.

Beckett gives into the fact that she is tired and we make our exit gracefully. I do something out of character I go up to the head end of the bed and pull her into a hug. As I leave I simply say…..

" See you tomorrow boss."

A/N Do I leave it here or do I carry on ?