Together with You
Chapter Summary: Kate is in France with her father. Will she able to make heads or tails of what's going on in her head?
It had been a few days after she had been discharged from the hospital. Their new captain advised strongly that she took a break for just a few more days. Of course Kate had declined but Captain Gates gave her a choice between a suspension and this trip, and she certainly didn't want this on the record.
It was her father that had ultimately convinced her to just follow the 'suggestion' and scheduled a week-long trip to the city of love.
It was ironic really…that after just a few days of breaking up with her previous boyfriend she went to a city that reminded her of all the things they had done together…that and Castle.
Castle…who had professed his love during that time when Kate thought that she was going to cross over.
Looking out the window of the café where she and her father were having some morning coffee, she recalled his pained face when she had told him that she couldn't remember a thing about the shooting. She had said that she remembered nothing at all…but that was a blatant lie; a lie that would allow her to escape even for just a little while; escape from the reality of life that had been presented to her.
Whatever she did she just couldn't get the look of disbelief and pain that Castle had out of her mind. She wondered why, thinking long and hard during her recovery….but nothing was coming to her. It might have been due to their partnership...or whatever it may be now after she practically crushed his supposed partner in the worst way possible.
She sighed and took a sip of her coffee.
"Everything alright, Katie?" her father asked, just in time as she snapped out of her musing.
"Yeah…everything's alright, Dad," she assured her father as she smiled.
TBC
