A/N: Hey guys! I'm soorry is taking me soo long to update but college has been really busy...anyway here is the next chapter...please REVIEW and ENJOY...oh and btw the two-parter looks OMG OMG OMG! seriously watch the promo if you haven't!
Rick Castle was bored. He has spent the last few days in a lot of pain and with no other distraction other than writing. His girlfriend would visit sometimes during lunch, other times after she got out of the precinct. His family visited as well, but soon the conversations turned boring and annoying when he started to do exercises and recovering the full function of his body. It wasn't an easy job and Castle was growing more frustrated because every time he tried to put some weight to his leg it would give up.
Today however, has been a very bad day for Castle. He knew Beckett was gonna come to have lunch with him and he couldn't wait to get news about his case and whether they found Sophia Turner or not. He had been writing all morning and yet he knew his publisher was gonna be pissed with him because he wasn't writing about Nikki Heat. The past days he had been exploring new ideas and writing them down to fight the boredom. He was in the middle of poisoning a guy with cyanide when he heard a knock on his door.
"Come in." Castle said quietly. Beckett walked in with a bag of their favorite pizza.
"Hey." she said with a smile, putting the pizza on the table and approaching a chair to Castle's bed. "How are you feeling today?"
"Same as yesterday." Castle said simply. "You brought us pizza today." he said with a smile.
"Yeah." Beckett said a little absent. Off course Castle noticed it and couldn't help himself and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Beckett said taking his hand but not looking at him.
"Any news on the case?" Castle asked, knowing that it was the case that had her all distracted.
"No, so far no leads on where Sophia might be." Beckett said.
"What about Mayfair or Michaelson?" Again Beckett shook her head. "There is something else." it was a statement because Castle knew her too well.
"We had a meeting with the Captain, the team, Reynolds and the Chief of Detectives." Beckett started. "They are closed the case."
"What?!" Castle yelled. "Why?"
"Because we got you back and since there is no proof that Sophia Turner had anything to do with it they think is a waste of resources."
"But Mayfair and Michaelson are still out there." Castle said and then he realized something else. "What about Josh?"
"Right now I think is Reynolds the one who is in charge of finding them and take them to justice, but the NYPD is no longer involved." Beckett said lowering her eyes to Castle's hand in hers. "I'm sorry Castle." she felt his hand squeezing hers.
"That's Okay Kate." he said looking at her. "So my father is in charge now." he said bitterly. "You know, I thought he was gonna come and say something to me." Beckett looked at him. "He doesn't care, does he?" Damn, that was a hard question to answer.
"I don't know what to say Castle." Beckett said as honest as she could. "I know we should have told you right away but I just wanted to be with you, without worrying about anything..."
"It's ok Kate." Castle said stroking her cheek. "Maybe is better this way...now come on...I'm hungry and sick of this hospital food." he said with a smile. She nodded and moved the table closer, so that they could both enjoy the pizza Kate brought. They ate in silence eventually looking at each other just grateful of being able to share these kind of moments together. After they finished the pizza Beckett stood up, gave Castle a gently goodbye kiss on his lips and left.
Without a case Beckett and the boys were left with nothing other than a huge amount of paperwork from the Castle case. Although Castle was back and safe, there was still some sense of lack of closure from it because they couldn't bring the resposables to justice. They couldn't deny that this few days have been slow and boring without Castle around, but the atmosphere went a little back to normal when they knew that he was ok, people would pass by Beckett's desk and wished Castle a good recovery or wished for him to come back soon. Yep. without a doubt, Castle had become another member of the 12th and even Gates wanted him back at the precinct.
He was writing. After Kate visited him, he finally got an idea for a Heat book, so he was now in the fifth chapter of the adventure when he faintly heard a knock on his door. He lifted his head and looked at the clock. It was way past visiting hours. He took the call button, but his curiosity won and asked to come in. The door opened and it revealed a tall man in a suit. He had dark hair and piercing blue eyes. It was Agent Michael Reynolds.
A/N: More to come soon...