When Beckett woke up that night around midnight from another nightmare, the first thing she did was feel for Castle's warm body on the other side of her bed. But when she couldn't feel him there, she called him up.

"Beckett, hey. What's up? "

"I just needed someone to talk to."

"What's wrong, are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I just had another nightmare, and I needed to talk to someone."

"Well, go ahead then."

Kate smiled. No one had ever been willing to listen to her about her nightmares before. So for the next half our, Kate stayed up talking to Rick about everything that was stressing her out. She found that he was a surprisingly good listener. He didn't crack a single joke the whole time, and was very sensitive whenever she started to tear up. When she finally hung up her phone, Kate Beckett felt like a great weight had been lifted off of her shoulders. She closed her eyes, and drifted off to sleep again.

Ryan and Esposito stared at the white board that stood before them, trying to connect the dots on their latest case. So far, all they had were some eye-witness testimonies, and a fuzzy security camera image. They had really been hoping to get a license plate number from someone, but they hadn't had much luck.

When Ryan looked up again, he saw Kate headed for them.

"Hey Beckett! Any news on the case?" He chimed cheerily.

"Well, I did get someone who says they can get us a license plate number. They're coming in in a few minutes."

"Cool! By the way, Castle called in a few minutes ago, he said he was gonna go look over the crime scene with CSU."

That last sentence made Kate freeze dead in her tracks. Castle had never gone to an active crime scene without one of them there with him. It was too dangerous. Why hadn't he called her first? Why didn't he tell her what he was doing? He knew that what he was doing was dangerous! He knew-

"Kate?" Ryan's voice brought her back with a snap.

"Huh? Oh, sorry. I, uh, I gotta make a call real quick."

Kate ran to her private office, and picked up her phone. She dialed Castle's number as fast as she could, her fingers flying across the buttons, yet not seeming to go fast enough. When Castle didn't pick up right away, Kate got worried. Oh God, what if he's hurt? What if something happened to him? What if- Suddenly, Castle's voice chimed through Beckett's ears, like a soft, melodic song.

"Beckett, hey! What's up?"

Oh thank God! Beckett sighed in relief, not realizing how loud it was.

"Kate, you okay? What's wrong?"

"Nothing! Everything's fine!"

"Then, why'd you call?"

"Oh, Ryan told me that you had gone over to the crime scene with CSU, and I just- wanted to see if you had found anything."

"Well, so far, no. But I'll be sure to call you up when we do!"

"Alright, thanks."

Beckett hung up, sat down, and laughed, feeling relieved.