I'm ALWAYS here

Chapter 25

Two months had passed. With Rick, we had sex regularly, but he did not push at me, if I did not want. We enjoyed life together. Romantic dinners, watching movies and of course playing with Alexis. Alexis was amazing girl. We celebrated her sixth birthday. She got a lot of gifts. First I was with Rick arguing over a gift for her, but eventually we agreed and together we prepared for Alexis huge birthday surprise. We were one big happy family.
It was a Wednesday. Since Monday, I was not feeling well, but I was probably tired from work. I went to work out. When I had had a half-hour workout after me, I began to breathe wrong. I sat down and I tried to grab my phone. I couldn't grab it and I fell to the ground and tried to catch my breath.

Meanwhile, Rick came to the precinct. He went after Ryan and Esposito.
"Hey. Where's Kate?" he asked anxiously.
"She went to work out, but you should go check on her. There's quite a long time and she is alone there," said Ryan. Rick thanked and went upstairs to the gym. When he saw me lying on the ground, he ran up to me and took me in his arms. He quickly carried me into the restroom at the precinct and put me on a chair. He checked my pulse and stroked my cheek. I looked at him tiredly and I was still trying to catch my breath.
"How are you, Kate?" he asked and pushed straw in my mouth. I drank some water and I smiled.
"I can't breathe," I whispered. Ryan and Espo came and sat around us.
"I'll call an ambulance. I will not take the chance that I can hurt her," said Rick, but Ryan held out his phone and talked to a rescuer.

"They'll be here in 10 minutes. He said that you have to try to breathe slowly," Ryan said as he hung up.
I tried to breathe slowly, but it was too difficult for me.
About 10 minutes later the ambulance arrived and took me to the hospital. I got an IV, sleeping pills and oxygen. I fell asleep and Rick held my hand.
" I take her blood and do tests. We should have results in about three hours. Be there for her and pay attention to her," said the doctor, took my blood and left the room. Castle stroked me on the edge of the face and firmly held my hand. I woke up about two hours later. I was exhausted.
"Hello, beautiful," Castle whispered and kissed me on the nose.
"Hi," I replied quietly and we hugged. We heard the knock on the door and doctor walked into the room.
"Hello. Great, you're awake, because I have the results of your tests," the doctor said and smiled at us. I squeezed Rick's hand and took a deep breath.