Chapter Twenty-Nine

A/N: I simply cannot believe I am done this story. I've never completed a multi chapter story before let alone one this long.

First of all I would like to thank all my readers and reviewers but a special thank you to LittleMissRainbow, LoTS-Fanatic, texasloves9, Jotchprossi18, and I'm widget. Now a super special thank you to IdaKnight and caskettismagic14 for reminding me why I love to write. Last but not least in the thank yous I would like to thank DeadPigeon for always keeping me amused and inspired.

A couple of you have noticed the same thing I have; that this story started out strong but lost quality as I went on. I got so caught up in trying to please everyone that I forgot who I really started this story for: myself. This isn't the last time you will be hearing from me; I will hopefully be back with a new story soon, and next time I'll remember to write because I love it.

Now a quick note on this chapter. Yes, it is short. All I ever wanted for the final chapter was a short wrap up in Kate's point of view. I'm an angst writer in case you guys didn't notice so I had a bit of trouble with some of the fluffier scenes.

Well I haven't done a disclaimer in ages so in case you guys haven't realized this yet; I don't own Castle or Fix You.

Its been a fun journey and writing this story defenitely brought me out of a dark place but it is time for that journey to end. This note is now almost as long as the chapter so I'm going to shut up now.

~Rose

And now I give you the final instalment of Fix You.

"And I will try to fix you"

ONE YEAR LATER

Beckett:

It was a beautiful morning. The sky was blue and the grass was very green. Just over a year ago we all stood outside on a morning like this, but it was very different circumstances. That time it was Montgomery's funeral; but now we were celebrating a wedding instead of a funeral.

Lanie and Esposito were getting married today. Ryan and Jenny had tied the knot eight months ago and Jenny was seven months pregnant. Castle and Esposito had tried bribing Ryan for moths to pick between them as his best man but Ryan couldn't decide so they both ended up being his best men. Now Esposito was doing the same thing. I was going to be Lanie's bridesmaid, but maybe one day I would get to be the bride.

The past year practically flew by. Not long after Callahan and the mayor were caught I had convinced Grayson to let Castle back in the precinct. He wasn't allowed to come with us when we chased after criminals anymore but that was my doing not Grayson's. Grayson was no Roy Montgomery but she turned out to be not that bad of an addition to the team after all.

Martha moved out of the loft almost a year ago and Alexis left for Stanford right after Ryan and Jenny's wedding. I moved in with Castle a couple of months before Alexis left and the loft felt like home almost immediately.

We didn't talk about Callahan or the mayor if possible, but Castle did finally admit that Callahan was his father. I couldn't understand why he had tried to keep it from me; it didn't change anything. He couldn't help that his father had been a greedy psychopath that had been responsible for twelve deaths. I wasn't upset that Callahan had been Castle's father, but I was upset that he didn't tell me. It was a bump in our relationship but we got past it just like we had gotten past everything else.

I looked around and saw Castle walking towards me. He looked so good in his tux and I knew he would think I looked beautiful in my purple bridesmaid dress. It was time for the ceremony to begin so Castle and I had to take our positions. As he reached me he gave me a quick kiss on the lips before we had to part ways again.

Lanie was stunning in her dress. It white silk; strapless and floor length. Her hair was up and she had white flowers twisted into it. I couldn't help but to imagine what I might look like at my wedding. "You ready Lanie?" I asked her lightly. She nodded while smiling and followed me down the isle.

After the ceremony was over and many tears were shed the plan was to meet at the old haunt. Ryan had already had a glass of champagne too many so going to a bar now should be interesting.

I had caught the bouquet when Lanie threw it. That made twice now. Castle had given me a huge smile when I caught it. I grabbed my flowers and left with Castle.

We weren't going straight to the old haunt. There was somewhere I wanted to go first.

As we reached the graveyard I grabbed Castle's hand. "I love you Rick," I told him.

"I love you too Kate."

I had never let Rick come with me when I visited my mom before but I was ready to take the next step and let him in even more. It had been a long road of recovery and I was far from emotionally healed but time and being with Rick would slowly fix me.

Rick kissed the top of my head and wrapped his arm around me. We both took a deep breath and walked towards my mother's grave. I had finally put her death behind me but it was still nice to have someone I loved here with me. My mother's murder was my past but Rick was my future.

A/N: Thank you so much for reading this story.

~Rose