Caskett: Their Home

Chapter 18: Coming Back

As I rolled over trying to sleep I couldn't help but let my stomach grumble. I was starving, but I am refusing to eat until Rick comes back. So far it's been 4 days. Four days without seeing the love of my life. I can't take it, I need to see him. I rustled around in my bed and then I saw the food tray still from dinner. I'm surprised the nurse hasn't come in and taken it out yet. I'm probably shrinking my stomach. I heard the door open and I saw the nurse come in with a new tray of food.

"Hello Kate." She said switching out the trays.

"Hi." I mumbled.

"I brought you a fresh sandwich with juice and pudding."

"Yeah, um, I'm not eating that."

"I know you said that you weren't eating until Rick came back but I think you might change your mind now."

"Ok?" She then nodded and left the room. After a few minutes of just sitting there I rolled over with my back to the door. I heard it open and before I even began to complain I heard the voice I longed to hear.

"Hey beautiful." Rick said, placing a hand on my shoulder.

I immediately turned back around and grew teary eyed. I connected my arms around his neck and hugged him tight.

"I-I thought you left me, you said you'd be gone for just a few days and it's been almost a week." I whined.

"By now you should know that I'll never leave you, I love you Kate."

"I love you too, Rick." He leaned forward and connected our lips. We then cuddled up and turned on the hospital tv for awhile. The nurse knocked on the door and entered with a smile on her face.

"Hello you two lovebirds. Now Kate, I just spoke to your doctor and he said he'll let you leave this weekend if you want, but on one condition." She began.

"Really?!" I asked excited.

"Really, so EAT, I'll go tell the doctor you agreed to the deal."

"Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome Kate, your one of the most stubborn patients I've seen, but you have the best heart and I'm happy to have served and helped you."

"Thanks for putting up with me."

"Anytime." The nurse then left and handed me the tray. I instantly started eating building my strength not caring about anything else but leaving this hell hole and Rick. And it was working.

In 2 more days I was in the passenger side of Ricks car driving home and back to his loft, he said that in a few days once I was feeling exceptionally better we could go and move my things into the loft with Rick's. Yes we were moving in together. And it was going to be perfect. As Rick finished making the pasta he carefully made them into bowls and poured wine for him and I.

"I don't know if the wine will be settling for your stomach do you want water instead?" Rick asked handing me the bowl of pasta, still remaining standing, waiting for my answer.

"It's fine, I probably won't finish it anyways." I said patting down next to me for him to sit down and just relax, letting him know that I was fine. Because I was, or was getting better.

He finally agreed and sat down beginning to eat. I giggled silently to myself and then began eating mine. After a few moments of silence the guilt of me needing to confess a long held secret was getting the best of me. He needed to know, if he never found out, if I never told him it would get the best of me, and what if somehow he found out, and left me. Alright let's go.

"I need to tell you something." We said at consequently the same time, weird.

"You can go first." Rick told me setting down his bowl. I simply nodded and sat down mine too.

"Ok, so there's something that I've been needing to mention, and it's better for you to find out now then later."

"You're scaring me Kate."

"When you found me beaten and bloody at Maddox's lair when I awoke I could see you looking at my legs. And- um, I feel like you need to know what happened the story behind it." Even though this wasn't the actual secret I was keeping from him, I felt like this one would actually tell me if he would handle news like this well. I stood up and took of my pants leaving me in my underwear.

"Kate what are you doing?"

"Just please." I said emotionally. He nodded and then I sat down on his coffee table and made him look at my legs. He glanced down and his eyes didn't widen as much as i thought they would. But I know why, because he already knew. He didn't say anything, he just smiled.

"Kate did you think that I was going to be mad?" He asked me.

"Kind of."

"Why on earth would I be mad at you, you were probably in a bad time and had no one to turn to. I've been in a place like that to, only...Nevermind, but the point is your an amazing woman and I wouldn't leave you for anything. Ok? Because I love you, and we can overcome anything like throws at us."

"How are you not mad?"

"Because I love you."

"But what if- what if I gained something amazing and then gave it all away?"

"Like what?"

"Like a child."

"Kate are you joking or being serious right now?"

"I'm pretending, but what if?" I wasn't joking, in fact I was dead serious, but he didn't need to know that.

"then we would work through it, just know that I love you. And even if we fight I'll still love you, I'll just be irritated, but I will always have feelings for you."

"Ok."

"Now change your jeans into comfy pants and come snuggle with me."

"Ok." I'll tell him eventually, God I just hope that he doesn't find out on his own.

OMFG I AM SO SORRY THAT I HAVENT UPDATED. I was writing more chapters and got a little writers block, but then I had a dream and came up with he best idea ❤️

      - K