Disclaimer- I have no money so I guess Castle doesn't belong to me.
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"Passengers of flight 207 to New York please make your way to Gate 3."
I quickly shook myself out of my stupor and started making my way there. I fished out my phone and called the one person I knew I could trust.
"Kate Beckett is that you? Cause don't you tell me you butt dialled me," Lanie said.
A smile found its way to my face. "No I wanted to talk to you. Can you pick me up at the airport in a hour?"
"You're coming home then?" Lanie asked. She could barely keep the excitement from her voice. She probably hadn't heard about Castle then.
"No, Castle was shot. I need to see him," I told her urgently, "Can you pick me up?"
"What happened to writer boy?"
"He was shot Lanie," the words registered in my mind only then and I stopped walking for a second.
"I'll pick you up Kate, you just get your booty over here and see writer boy." She understood me so well.
"Man Lanie, Writer man not boy," I whispered as I hung up.
The plane ride was nerve racking. Questions I willed myself not to think about popped up in my mind now that I had nothing to distract me. Even Angry Birds failed to work its magic.
What if he hates me? What if he tells me to go away? What if he dies? The last one I could barely think about. What would happen to me without Castle? How would I survive with out that man-child pulling on my pigtails? I put my head in my hands to hide my face and let the tears roll. What would I do without Castle?
Finally the plane landed in New York. Lifting my head I wiped my face and checked my mascara. Lanie would murder me if she knew I was crying.
It was late afternoon in New York now. I hurried down the halls nearly running to Lanie.
I noticed her quite easily. Walking towards her she put her arms around me hugging me tightly. She looked at my face and hugged me tighter.
"Come on Kate, I'll take you to the hospital."
She grabbed my hand and we hurried to her car. On the way there I told Lanie how Alexis called me.
"To think, Javier didn't even call me." She was pissed off at him and I knew it. Right now though I couldn't even think of what a good fight that would be; my mind was overrun by thoughts of Castle.
When we made it to the hospital memories of my own time there came back to me. Ignoring them I hurried to the reception where I asked the woman there for Castle.
"Richard Castle?" I nodded my head "He's still in surgery and who are you?"
I knew the might not let me in if I said I was only his friend.
"He's my partner." At least that was a half-truth.
"Oh!" The receptionist shot me a startled look. "Room 36."
I ran all the way there. I turned a corner and saw a flash of red hair. Alexis.
"Kate!" She ran towards me. Tears were streaming down her face. I held her tightly as she let out a sob on my shoulder.
"Javier Esposito, imma smack you," I heard Lanie before I saw her. "Why did you not tell me about this?"
Only then did I really look at the boys. Both of them were beat up and Espo has a bandage on his forehead. They looked pretty bad. I heard Lanie gasp and run towards him.
Not letting go of Alexis I motioned to Ryan.
"What happened?" I felt Alexis tense in my arms.
"We were going after a Russian gang leader. They got the drop on us but we got the guy. I'm sorry Beckett." He hung his head.
Nodding my head at him I looked around the room until I found Martha. She was sitting on the end of a sofa looking too small for the woman who always made me feel at home.
Holding on to Alexis I made my way over to there. I put my hand on her shoulder and she looked up. Standing up she put her arms around me. We didn't need words. The worry and pain we both felt for Rick was enough. I knew she had forgiven me.
Silently all three of us sat down. Alexis put her head on my shoulder and cried. Suddenly I couldn't hold it in any longer. Putting my arms around Alexis I let the gates open up and cried too.
Second chapter done. I love the character of Lanie and I just had to write about her. Hope you liked it. I'll update as soon as I can. Please review. :D