Hello, as I promised, here is the new chapter!

As Rhonda Roo pointed out, it's a little angsty, but it will definitely become lighter, I promise. I just thought that some things needed to be done, but that should be the last angsty chapter.

I would also like to say that, while I've updated twice in two days, it won't stay like that because I'm going back to school tomorrow so it will be hard to update every day. However, I promise to try to update twice a week.

Enjoy!

"When you say Castle, you mean... Richard Castle, the author?"

"Yes, why?"

"Just wanted to know. And, if you told him to leave you alone, why do you think he was here?"

"Because he's like a kid who tries to make as much mistakes as possible and I guess he thought he could take advantage of the situation" Beckett answered sharply.

"I think I'll let you get some rest" the nurse said.

"Rest, are you kidding? I just had a month to rest, I'm not going to..."

"You need to, honey. When you wake up, your family will be there, I'll call them."

'Them' Kate thought. Who were them? It was only her father and herself. She opened her mouth to ask, but the nurse was already gone.

"Mister Castle? I'm Lilian, the nurse who took care of Kate."

"Yeah, I saw you around" Rick said, shaking her hand. "So, can you tell me what's going on?"

"I can't tell you much before performing further exams when her doctor arrives, but I think it's still safe to say that her memory has been... kind of altered."

"Altered?" asked Martha. "You mean memory loss?"

"Exactly."

"How bad?" Rick asked, suddenly feeling really uncomfortable, even worse than when he was facing Kate's glare in the room. That would definitely explain it.

"Don't really know. But, I asked her a few questions about her situation and there are a few things that don't add up with the contents of her file."

"What things? I've known her for so long, I could help you!"

"I actually think that the best you could do would be to go in there and talk about it with her, but she seemed pretty clear that she..." she stopped, feeling like she had no right to say this.

"She doesn't want to see me, I know. What exactly did she tell you?"

"She talked about a friend of hers named Will Sorenson, I think. Is the name familiar?"

Castle's face went pale. He looked at her mother and she seemed to think the same.

"Sorenson?" Martha said. "But you haven't seen the man since..."

"Mother, I think I need to go talk to her. Why don't you call Alexis and tell her that she might have to stay at the loft for a little while longer?"

In her room, Kate was trying to rest, like she had been advised to, but she couldn't find sleep. Something was bothering her, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Maybe it had something to do with the way Castle had looked at her? He looked so... broken?

She sighed. She shouldn't even think about him. He had betrayed her. End of the story.

She ran her hand through her hair and two things caught her attention.

First, there was something wrong with her hair. She had a ponytail. Since when could she tie her hair in a ponytail?

But the second thing was even more disturbing, so she forgot about her hair for a moment and glanced at her left hand to see if what she had seen was true. There, on her ring finger, there was...

"What the..." she muttered as the door slid open.

"Can I come in?" Castle asked nervously.

He waited for an answer, and when he heard nothing, he poked his head inside. Kate was in the bed, staring at her left hand with a scared look on her face.

"Oh no" he muttered.

Ignoring the fact that she still hadn't answered, he entered. Whether she liked it or not, she was going to need his help.

"Hey" he said when he got to her bedside.

She looked up at him, but her face was blank. The hatred she had showed towards him earlier seemed to be gone, she was still.

"Kate, look at me" he whispered, his voice soft.

He reached for her hand, but she didn't let him. He sighed.

"What is that?" she asked, looking down, her voice trembling.

Castle lifted her chin to force her to look at him. And he didn't like what he saw. She looked vulnerable, almost fragile. He wanted to ask her if she was okay, but she put her mask back. The one she used when they first met. He sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought.

"Do I even want to know?" she asked, sounding more confident than she actually was.

"Probably not." he admitted.

"Do I have to know?"

"Yes."

She looked down at her hand for a second, then back up at Castle. If the look on his face was anything to go by, he was right. She was not going to like it.

"Okay, spill".

He ran his hand through his face than handed her his hand. She looked at it, confused, then she took it cautiously. There it was on his ring finger. A wedding band. And not just any wedding band. It seemed to be a perfect match to hers. Sensing that Kate was not comfortable with the physical contact, Castle took his hand back and started talking.

"As I said, you're probably not going to like it, but you have the right to know."

"So, we really are..." Kate asked, trying to hide her emotions.

"Yeah."

"How did it happen?" She winced at her question, expecting a jackass comment from the writer but he didn't seem to be in the mood for that, so she just waited for him to talk.

"Well, I think I'll just give you the short story for today because, it's already a lot to take in. So, let's say that, throughout the years, we got closer, we were slowly becoming real partners..."

"Wait, you came back?!"

"You let me. But it's not really important right now so, how about you let me explain what I think is useful and then you can ask me any question you have, how does that sound?" he asked gently.

"Fine, go on" she muttered.

"So, as I was saying, we got closer. We went through a lot of things and I think that it made us slowly become more than friends. But everytime we seemed to be ready for something more, something else came in the way, so we remained just partners for four years. That is until I decided to leave, it was... just too hard to stand there. But then, later that day, you showed up at my doorstep, soaking wet and you apologized for everything that had happened, which led to what was probably one of the best night of..." he stopped, realizing that it wasn't the time to joke. "Anyway, after four years of playing hide-and-go-seek, we were finally together. That was six years ago" he added, knowing that no one had bothered to tell her what year it actually was. "We dated for a year before I proposed to you. And then, a year later, we got married. And, you're probably not ready to hear it, but our wedding day was the best day of my whole life, and every day since was great."

A few moments passed where neither of them spoke. They weren't looking at each other either. Rick was way too scared about what she would think of it, and Kate, well...

"Kate, are you okay?" he asked, his voice full of concern when he heard a muffled sound coming from his wife.

The woman was crying, for what, Castle wasn't sure, but it made him even more uncomfortable.

"Do you... Do you want me to leave you alone?" he asked softly, resisting the urge to hold her hand and never let go. But he couldn't. "Or I could call your dad."

Kate nodded quietly.

"Castle wait!" she asked, making him turn around. "Could you come back later? I kind of have questions, but..."

"Of course, I understand, don't worry. When do you want me to come back?"

"I'll ask a nurse to call you" she said, assuming that he must be on her emergency contacts list.

"Okay" he said with a tender smile. "You should try to get some rest before your dad arrives."

Left alone in her bedroom, Kate realized that there was no way she would get any rest. Not after... this. No way.

She sighed. Her head was hurting. Really bad. She felt like it might explode. She needed a pain killer. She usually wasn't too keen on taking pills, but the pain was unbearable.

She pressed the call button and waited, trying to relax. Suddenly, the voice of the nurse startled her. And added to her headache.

"Mrs Castle! Glad to see you awake!" she said cheerfully. "What can I do for you?"

Beckett winced. Mrs. Castle? Now that felt weird.

"I... huh... My head is pounding." she explained. "Would it be possible to..."

"Of course, honey, I'll go get you an aspirin."

What was it with all the nurses calling her 'honey'?!

While she was waiting for the nurse to come back, her mind started working hard, trying to process everything she had heard she waking up. Mrs Castle? Really? Maybe he was messing with her? Yeah, that was the only explanation that made sense. This man-child had thought it would be funny to confuse her. But then, why had he told her all that? He didn't seem to be inventing. But then again, he was a writer, he made things up for a living. But he seemed so... concerned, like he genuinly cared. And why had the nurse called her 'Mrs Castle'?

She let out a deep sigh. This was too much.

"Here's your aspirin. You should get some rest." the nurse said before leaving.

Kate sighed. She didn't want to rest. She wanted her father to arrive soon. She wanted answers.

Tah-dah! So? What do you think? I'm quite nervous about Castle's explanation and Kate's feelings about it, so, I would really love to hear your thoughts. I tried to make it emotional while trying to keep the situations and the characters in mind. I re-watched some season 1 épisodes, but I think that Kate is actually hard to write...

XOXO

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