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Zalia

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Kate stepped out of Dr Burke's office and made her way to the elevator. 'I'm going to tell him, I have to tell him.' Kate thought, 'It will be the most difficult thing I will ever have to do, but he deserves to know the truth. I need him to know the truth.'

Kate pulled her phone out of the front pocket of her dark blue, skinny jeans and her heart dropped. On the screen was the picture of the man who she confessed she was in love with, who she had confessed she had lied to, only seconds before to a man that was not him. And the call was connected, holy crap...

'Did he listen to the whole session? 20 minutes okay...Okay, that was bad the last 20 minutes...Crap.'

Beckett's heart sped up at the thought. The first time he heard she loved him, was over the phone. She had wanted to admit it all to him, tell Castle all her secrets face to face, so she could fight for him when he asked her to leave and now...now he finds out, over the freaking phone!

'Was he listening? Maybe they both bumped their phones and he hadn't heard anything and she could do it properly.' Kate thought, reducing some of her panic, but only barely.

"Castle!" She said at an earth-shattering volume.

'Wow Kate, could you sound more desperate?' she said to herself, shaking her head as she walked to the elevator.

"You there?" She said again, her panic was almost all gone at this point.

'Maybe he didn't hear me, maybe...' Her dream was short-lived when the sound of breathing became audible.

"Kate-"

"Are you serious right now? ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?"

"Kate-"

"No not y- are you at home now?"

"Yes I am but Kate I'm-"

"I'll be there now. DON'T leave okay, please just... just don't leave." And then his phone went dead.

He ran into his room and changed into something more presentable than his gown and boxers, unlike writing Kate deserved a little more effort where his wardrobe was concerned, well... Wouldn't he mind if no cloth-.

No, not now. She was going to kill him. Well what a way to go, death after she told him she loved him... Well not him, but he'll take it.

Rick jumped as a knock announced Kate's arrival.

Running a hand through his hair, Rick made his way to the front door.

"Hi." He said quietly as he opened the door.

She released her lip and echoed his reply. Kate shifted from foot to foot as she waited as his door surrounded by an awkward silence, "Can I-" she asked as she gestured to his living-room with shaky hands.

"Yes, of course, sorry come in." He stepped back and opened the door more as she walked through.

"Thanks."

"Kate-"

"You're an idiot." she screamed turning to face him, her face flushed.

"Now I wouldn't go that far but..."

"Wouldn't go that far- Wouldn't go-," Kate said, her voice rising with each word, "You listen to my private conversation Castle, I just... I don't understand how you could do that to me."

"How I could do that to you?" Castle started, "You lied to me about remembering Kate. I sat drowning myself in alcohol to get through the day. To try and fix the hole that was made inside of me when you left." he finished, screaming now too.

"I didn't know how to deal with it Castle. First off I was still with Josh, second, I had been betrayed by another one of the men I trusted, and thirdly, I had just been shot." Kate said, her voice breaking.

Castle managed to ignore the urge to pull her into his arms and continued, "I know you had just been shot Kate, I was there, I held you until you passed out, remember? Oh, wait sorry I forgot, you do remember, you just lied to me and told me that you didn't for almost a freaking year." Castle face was now red with anger.

"Damn it Castle, I'm sorry okay, I'm sorry, I didn't know how to deal with this..."

"With what Kate? Huh- I would have waited for you, given you time... hell I did give time."

"I know, I know but I needed to figure some things out on my own-"

"SO what, you just decided to run away?" he asked interrupting her yet again

"No Rick just... I need to get this out- and if you keep interrupting me... I've never relied on someone, ever. I've always been independent, even before... And then you came along and slowly, you made me depend on you. It was so slow I didn't even know it was happening at first, but then I was waiting for your coffee and then for a joke during a difficult case and then..." She paced around his living room as he stood nervously in the centre itching to touch her, "Then I was smiling at each of your texts and holding myself back to not message you first. Then I was talking to you more than my boyfriend. My very handsome, very mature boyfriend, who stayed in the freaking country for me.

And then my dad asked you to make me stand down when that case-" she held up her hand as he opened and closed his mouth trying to come up with something to say, "He told me when I woke up and then I thought- Castle the only thing that kept me alive during that surgery was your words that you whispered to me just before I passed out. But then when I woke up and my dad told me he was the reason you came and tried to make me stand down- I thought- it made me think you didn't mean it. And now I know how utterly stupid that was but at that point. Rick," she walked straight towards him and stopped a breath away, "At that point, I thought that you didn't and then, it was as if I was relying on a guy that didn't want me. And then I hated myself for being so stupid because I learned when my mom died that you've only got yourself. But I was wrong, I had you and now-now maybe I'm too late. I fell in love with you and now-" a tear fell from her face and he couldn't help but wipe it away. "I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you, but by the time I realized, then I felt it was too late and I was getting sucked in this lie, and it's no excuse, but I just... I just want you Rick, only you."

"You love me?"

"Of course I love you, you idiot." she said shyly smiling up at him.

"You're not too late." Rick said softly, lifting her hand to cradle her cheek.

"I'm not?"

"No, it may take a while to get to where we want to be but it's not too late. It'll never be too late Kate, not for us."

"And how do you know that?"

"Because the guy always gets the girl." He said wearing that smile that made her knees go weak, not that she'd ever tell him that.

"Is that so?" Kate said cocking her head to the side.

"Well, that's how I'd write it. Are you- have you eaten today?"

"I, uhm, I haven't really been all that hungry lately." she admitted, dropping her head.

"Kate- I, could we talk maybe? After food and all that?"

"Yeah, yeah I think we need to."

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Zalia