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His eyes widened and he forced himself to remain calm and quiet, raising his voice wasn't going to help at all right now. "How long have you remembered?"

She was quiet for about a minute, and then brought her hand up to rest on his shoulder in front of her face. She held on just a little, trying to keep him close to her while she told him the truth she knew would break his heart. "I never forgot."

He breathed in sharply and clenched his jaw. "You lied to me?" He couldn't believe she had done that, how could she do that to him? Didn't she know how much pain she had caused, how much it had hurt to live through her death twice and then to have his heart snapped in two? He felt sick, he wanted to shove her away from him and walk away and never look back, but no matter how badly he wanted it he knew he couldn't do that; especially not while she was clinging to him like her life depended on it. She needed him and he could never say no to her, no matter how angry he was with her.

"I'm so sorry, Rick, I didn't mean to hurt you; I never wanted to hurt you, I just...I was just scared, I'm still scared." She curled further into his embrace, as if she was afraid that he would disappear at any second and she was trying to savour this as much as she could. Was he going to disappear on her? Was he going to leave her? He couldn't answer that. It hurt so much it was killing him, but he couldn't bring himself to make that decision. He had left her before and it had almost killed him then, then she cut off communication with him for three months and he had decided not to come back, but he did come back. Being away from her like that was so hard, if he left would he be able to stay away?

"Rick? Please say something..."

He realised that there had been silence for a good five minutes and she was getting really nervous now. But he didn't know what to say, he knew he couldn't bring himself to forgive her for this, but he couldn't shove her away when she was so vulnerable. She had taken a big risk in telling him the truth, her wall was down and her heart was sitting in the palm of his hands right now. What he did next would either bring it back to life...or crush it into oblivion.

"What does it mean to you?"

"What?" She asked quickly, her voice picking up, a glitter of hope.

"That I love you...what does it mean to you?"

She released a breath she hadn't realised she had been holding and she moved her head even more onto his shoulder. "Everything...it means everything to me."

Now how could he be mad with her after that? He sighed subtly with frustration and made up his mind. "Ok...ok...I understand why you did that, I get it; I probably would have done that too under those sorts of circumstances. Anyone would have."

She wasn't able to stop a little sob from escaping her as she buried her face under his jaw and wrapped her arms around his neck. All of his anger quickly slipped away and he found himself putting both arms around her and hugging her tightly. Maybe they could just move past this, there wouldn't have to be any more pain on either side and they could make this work, this could really happen.

"I'm so sorry Rick, please forgive me, I wish I had never lied to you, I've wanted to take it back for so long but I was so afraid of losing you, I didn't want to risk it. I'm so sorry, you deserve better; you deserve so much better."

Oh...screw dignity and pride, what good was it anyway? "It's ok Kate, I forgive you, I'm not mad. I'm not upset, and don't say stuff like that, there is nothing better than you, Kate." He kissed her forehead and ran his fingers through her hair, breathing in deeply, drawing in that sweet smell of cherries. It was official, he couldn't deny it, he might as well get it tattooed across his forehead. He was a love-sick puppy, a foolishly, desperately, irresistibly, pathetically, masochist-ly love-sick puppy. But he just loved her so much he didn't want to try to be anything other than that, he loved being in love with her, it made him so happy. So why mess with a good thing? Because it hurts like hell when it all comes crashing down, that's why.

She breathed out with a sigh and then pulled back, breaking the embrace. She let herself get lost in his brilliant blue eyes and then she leaned forward slowly, brushing her lips against his own. She heard him moan her name when she pulled back and she smiled as she went back in for a stronger kiss. She opened her mouth and he slipped his tongue inside, taking the time to explore each and every corner of her mouth. She cupped his face and moaned into his mouth, making him grin. They pulled apart when oxygen became an issue, resting their foreheads together and panting. She opened her eyes and locked with his, she bit her lower lip and smiled. Rick smiled gleefully as he realised he could do something now that he had always wanted to do. He tangled his hand in her hair and pulled her back so that he could take that tortured lip into his mouth. She was only too happy to let him.

The kiss got more intense, both of them so hungry for each other, but they couldn't keep it up and once again the lack of air in their lungs forced them apart. Kate looked into his eyes in such a sweet way it made his heart beat like the wings of a hummingbird. She opened her mouth to say something when...

"I do hope we're not interrupting anything."

They both looked quickly towards the door to see that it had been pulled open somewhat. There was enough room for someone to get their head through, but they were too far down on the floor for anyone to be able to climb through. The both of them blushed furiously and Kate leapt back into the corner, sitting tensely but smiling like a girl who had just had her very first kiss.

"Um, no we're good, so looks like you managed to get the doors open...a little." Castle tried to deflect the desired topic of conversation, but Lanie and Esposito weren't having it.

"Oh no bro, don't even try to deny what we just saw, that was some kiss." Esposito was grinning.

"Girl, you got some explaining to do when you get out of there. I want details." Lanie looked like a Cheshire Cat.

"Lanie!" Kate scolded, her cheeks were as red as strawberries and Rick was looking at her with a raised eye brow. She lightly shoved him and he laughed. This was so embarrassing, but there was an essence of joy in her heart when she realised that they wouldn't be able to hide this, which meant that she could enjoy this in the open. She wasn't sure how far she was ready to go right now, but she did know that she really liked kissing him. She bit down on her lower lip and stole a few quick glances at her partner. She looked up at the two close friends who were making all sorts of suggestive faces and grins and she shuffled closer to Rick, half hiding behind him and half just wanting to be closer to him.

His lips were tingling from the memory of Kate's lips locked with his own and he smiled a little when he felt her move closer to him. As much as it hurt, he couldn't deny the excitement that was running through him in anticipation of what this meant for them. It wasn't just a kiss, from her it was a promise. His heart was so full of love for her, so much so that he didn't even notice the darkness that was still inside. He was still angry, he was still hurt, but pretending like everything was good was all he could do right now. He nudged closer to her and when he felt her fingers lace with his own behind their backs, he knew that she was not going to back down anymore.

With the lack of responses from their friends, Lanie and Esposito decided to bring it up again later. They moved back so that Lanie could get her arm in and hand over a few packets of Chinese food. She used the food to lure Castle over to her until he was close enough for her to get a better look at his head. "Richard Castle, what are you doing making out with my friend when you've got a bump like that on your head? Is it still bleeding?" She scolded him.

"No, it's dry, stopped bleeding a while ago; really it isn't even that bad. I don't think I even have a concussion, a headache maybe."

"I'll be the judge of that, thank you." Rick cringed, as if he were being told off by his mother.

He heard Kate trying to suppress a laugh and he suddenly wanted to spin around and throw a mock glare her way, but Lanie was still checking his head and she was keeping him in place making sure he couldn't move away. So he grumbled like a five year old and let her finish poking and pricking his head with her nails. Once Lanie was satisfied that Castle was indeed ok, she let him go and He returned to Kate with the food. She took a nice long smell of the delicious food and her stomach was growling eagerly. Lanie tossed down some plastic plates and cutlery and Castle opened up the fried rice and started serving some onto a plate for her.

The smile on her face was not nearly thanks enough as he handed over the plate piled high with something from every packet. She was so hungry; they had been stuck in here for nearly two hours and this food was exactly what she needed. She dug into the fried rice and had to seal her mouth shut when Rick started shovelling lemon chicken into his mouth, spilling lemon sauce down his chin. Even with a mouthful of food, she was still able to laugh as he quickly scooped it back into his mouth and licked his lips. Kate swallowed her mouthful and let herself laugh out loud.

The four of them talked casually while they ate, and Kate and Rick had eaten every scrap they had been given when suddenly the elevator shuddered. The lights flicked on then off again and the elevator shook. Kate squished herself into the corner and grabbed Rick's hand, he curled himself around her in the corner, wanting to protect her from any harm that might be coming their way. Lanie and Esposito were yelling at each other, yelling in general and they were yelling at their friends trying to keep them calm and ask if they were ok.

Then the elevator dropped.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm a mean horrible person. Sit tight everyone, got so much inspiration for this I don't think it should take long for the next chapter, two days at most, I promise. I'll also let you know, since I am leaving you with this dramatically suspenseful ending, that my chapters will be a lot longer than this from now on, I like writing long chapters, but this was just a perfect place to end the chapter.