What if we kissed?

24. Never alone

"Hello?" "I got the money." Nathan said as soon as the guy picked up. "Good. Is it in the place I told you?" The voice on the other end growled. "Yes. A million dollars in bar." "Perfect. Go home and I will drop her there in a few hours." "Let me talk to her first." "Sorry man that won't happen." "I want to talk to her! You won't get any money if I don't know that she's alright!" There was a sound like a door got opened and then Stana's voice was heard weakly. "Nate?" "Stana, hey baby. Everything will be alright you hear me." "Mhmm." Nathan could hear her crying and her voice was weak, not even a whisper, but she would be ok. He knew that.

Stana's POV
"FBI!! Hands where we can see them NOW! Put down your gun!" Was all I heard a few hours after I talked to Nathan on the phone. Then the next thing I heard were several gunshots and then the door to the small room opened. I was crying silently. I was scared as hell and just wanted to go home. The young woman that came into the room was around my age maybe younger, but I didn't care. She came over to me slowly with her hands up so I was able to see them. "Stana it's ok. I'm Agent Martinez from the FBI. I'm here to help you." I nodded slightly. As far as I saw it through my tears she was a pretty woman. When she reached me she cut the ropes at my wrists and ankles and pulled the duck tape away from my mouth. Agent Martinez helped me up and walked me out to the ambulance that was already waiting. I sat down on the stretcher and a doctor gave me some sedatives and some pain killers for my wounds. As I sat there I suddenly saw a familiar face running around the area looking for something. I immediately stood up and, although the doctor tried to get me back in a sitting position, I started running. When he saw me, Nathan started running too and as we met in the middle he hugged me tightly. I felt tears rolling down my cheeks and drop onto Nathan's shirt. We just stood there for a few minutes without saying a single word just holding each other. "Hey... It's okay... I'm here... It's alright now." He said with the sweetest voice ever while he pulled away a bit and cupped my right cheek with his hand. "I thought I'd never see you again." I said with a shaking little voice. "No... no I would never leave you alone. Never." "I love you." "I love you too." He, once again pulled me in for a hug and kissed my head. "Can we go home?" "Of course. The car's over there." Nathan said nodding into the direction the car was parked. I all of the sudden remembered that we weren't in LA and that we would have to drive a few hours to get back to our loft.

They had been driving for about two hours and Stana had been sleeping on the passenger seat so when she said something Nathan jumped a little. "How did you find me?" "Oh...uhm...I'm...I... I called the...the FBI." He stumbled over his words. "Yeah I already figured that, but how were you able to locate me?" Stana asked look at him with curiosity obvious in her eyes. "The bag. The bag in wich I put the money. The FBI had had a tracker installed inside it and when that Kris-guy took the bag we were able to follow him." Nathan explained and Stana mouthed an 'ohh'. "By the way... what did he want from you anyway?" Stana fiddled with her fingers. "He's my Ex. We were together for almost four years before Castle started and when I met you I broke up with him because you made me feel way better than he did. Kris was jealous and I guess when he saw all those photos and articles about us, he freaked out and you know..." "I'm sorry." "What? Why?" "I should have protected you. Or better not even kissed you back then." "No!!! Hey that's not your fault. You kissing me is the best thing that has ever happened to me. That's all just Kris' fault. He's a jackass." Stana said laying her hand on Nathan's thigh. "Yeah... maybe." "What is going to happen to him now?" "As far as I know his crazy computer-freak-partner will go to jail for a long time and of it's right what the Agent told me Kris was shot in the chest three times and is dead now." "Oh... okay..." Stana simply said. The rest of the drive was silent untill they got back home.

Nathan's POV
I parked the car and walked around it to open Stana's door for her. We walked up to my loft. first I filled the bathtub with warm water and as many bubbles as I could and took a calming bath with my beautiful lady. I cleaned her body with a washing cloth and massaged her sweet smelling rose shampoo into her wonderful, fluffy, soft hair. Then we sat on the couch, cuddling and watching films for the rest of the day. When we laid down in our bed later I wasn't able to hold back the question I had had on my mind all day. "Do you still want to get married?" Stana looked at me with a mixture of confusion and shock. "Excuse me, what?" "Do you still want to get married?" "Of course I do! Why shouldn't I?!?" "I just thought that after everything that happened... you... you maybe wanted more time..." I explained myself carefully. "Hell, no! After this I want to get married even sooner! Besides, there are still four months left till the wedding." "Well then that's good." "Yeah. I love you so much Nate." I love it when she uses that nickname. "Sweetheart I love you even more." I replied. "Oh that's not possible." Stana said kissing me passionately and snuggling closer into my side afterwards. "Good night my love." I whispered against her sweet smelling hair. "Good night Nate. And thank you for saving me."
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Hey you guys. How do you like this one? I think I will skip some time for the next chapter and go somewhere shortly before or even to the wedding day. Please write it in the comments if you have any good Ideas how to continue the story. I have writers blocks all the time and that would really help me. Love you❤️Bye!