Title: When History Repeats itself
Rating: T (to be safe)
Summary: set 11 years in the future. 27 year old Alexis has got a steady job as a reporter for the New York Times. After she returns from a 2 week assignment in Chili, she goes out for lunch with her family, when they become victims/witnesses of a terrorist attack. The FBI gets involved, and after Alexis has written an article about the attack, it turns out the FBI wants to pay the NY Times for more press about them, and they put Alexis in. She now has to shadow an FBI-team, led by a very egocentric officer. Beckett/Castle, Alexis/OC
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Castle. So anything seen in Castle is NOT mine. Also, I do NOT, I repeat, I do NOT own OC Lilly Castle. She's property of TheRealValerie, who's gonna use her in one of her fics (I thought it was a chapter from 'their sound of music'). Her fic hasn't been posted yet, but I asked her if I could use little Lilly. So please, don't get mad at me, or therealvalerie…… Anyway, on with the story!
"And… 9. Done." Alexis smiled as she filled the last empty box of her sudoku game. It hadn't been a hard game, but it kept her from being bored. Sure, playing Sudoku for over an hour gets boring, but she also had her iPod, with the game 'bubbleshooter' on it. That was enough to keep her entertained all trip. She didn't like travelling that much, especially when she had no work to do. But this time the travelling meant that she was going home.
She had just been in Chili for 3 weeks, to write some articles about the political crisis there. The government had really screwed up there, and most of the people were very angry. Her job was to write about what was happening around the embassies, what the government was planning, and what the people thought about it. Before she left, she had sent her last articles out, which meant she didn't have any work to do while traveling. She'd get her new assignments back in New York.
It had been a lot of fun, but she couldn't wait to go home again. She missed her father, stepmother and of course her little sister Lilly. It wasn't unusual for her to work abroad; she was a journalist, after all, but she hoped her next assignment would be in New York, so she could spend some more time with her family. Of course, they call and e-mail when she's abroad, but still… that wasn't the same.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts, we're about to land at the LaGuardia airport in New York. We thank you for…….." But Alexis didn't listen to the rest of the speech. She had heard it too often already. Travelling wasn't a weird thing for her as a reporter, so she could dream those 'thank you' speeches by now. She grinned as she fastened her seatbelt, patiently waiting for the plane to land.
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"LEXY!" Lilly's enthusiastic greeting was the first thing Alexis heard from her family when she got off the plane. This was of course followed by the 9 year old hugging Alexis, and her father hurrying towards her.
Alexis smiled. "Hey Lills." She said, while hugging her back. The girl smiled. "Lexy, How was Chili?" "I think we all want to know that Lilly." She heard her father say. Lilly looked at her father pouting. "But I really want to know dad!" Rick Castle grinned, and lifted his youngest daughter up. "Why don't we let Alexis get her stuff first, and she'll tell us all about it when we sit down for lunch." He suggested to the nine year old, while kissing Alexis on the check. "Welcome home by the way." He told her.
"Thanks dad." Alexis grinned and hugged her father. "Now, where did you leave Kate?" She said, while walking towards her bags. "She's gonna meet us at the café, she had to finish some work." Her father replied, while putting Lilly down again. "Paperwork?" Alexis lifted an eyebrow, and Rick grinned in amusement. "No, not this time. She wouldn't want to miss picking you up at the airport just because of some paperwork."
Alexis nodded. "True. So what is it then? Another murder?" Rick shook his head. "No, not exactly. She had to fill the new captain in about the latest case. Ryan and Esposito were both gone, that's why. But like I said, we'll meet her at the café. And then you can tell us all about Chili. I'd leave the rather inappropriate parts out though, since Lilly's around."
Alexis sighed. "Dad, you should know by now I'm not like you." Rick grinned. "Just checking." Lilly looked from her dad to Alexis in confusion. "Inappropriate? What do you mean dad?" The little girl asked, which caused Alexis to burst out in laughter, and Castle to look very surprised. "We'll explain later, when your mum's there too." Alexis told her little sister, while her father looked at her in surprise. "Alexis! You're only back for 5 minutes, and you already found a way to kill me!"
Alexis smiled as she picked her bags up. "Maybe I'm a little more like you then you thought." She replied, with a huge grin on her face. "And I'd prepare myself if I were you, it looks like Lilly's gonna be a lot worse."
Castle sighed desperately. "I'm doomed, ain't I?" Alexis nodded. "Absolutely. But now I'm hungry, let's go." She said, while walking towards the exit, followed by her little sister. Castle sighed, and followed his 2 daughters.
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Kate was already waiting for them when they arrived at the café, and had ordered drinks for all of them. Coffee for herself and Rick, an Iced Tea for Alexis, and a cola for Lilly. True, Lilly was quite hyper already, but since it was Alexis' sort of 'welcome home party', Kate didn't mind.
"Welcome home Alexis." Kate smiled as the 3 sat down at the table. Alexis hugged her, and Lilly started drinking her cola. "It's good to be home again mom." Alexis said, before taking a sip of her Iced Tea. "And thanks for ordering drinks, I was really thirsty." She added smiling. Kate nodded. "No problem, I figured as much."
Alexis grinned, and Castle bent down to kiss his wife on the check. "Don't I get a welcome home?" He asked her. Kate shook her head and sighed. "Unfortunately, you haven't been gone for 3 weeks." "Your words wound me detective. You wouldn't want our daughter to grow up without a father would you." She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Well, I don't know Rick. You might have a bad influence on her." Rick grinned. "True, but Alexis turned out fine as well." While that was said, Alexis bent down to Lilly, and whispered something in her ear.
Kate was about to reply, when Lilly interrupted them. "Mommy, what does 'inappropriate' mean?" Alexis burst out in laughter, Kate lifted an eyebrow in surprise, and turned to Rick, who seemed taken by surprise. "Why don't we talk about your sister's trip instead, and I'll tell you what it means later." He told her, trying to change the subject.
"But Lexy said you'd tell me when mommy was there too." Lilly pouted. Kate looked at Castle with a big grin on her face. "Did he now? Well, we don't want him to break his word now, do we?" She asked, sounding as innocent as possible. Rick looked at his eldest daughter, his eyes begging for help. But before Alexis could say anything, Kate chimed in. "I wouldn't try that Rick. She was probably the one who reminded her."
Rick looked from Alexis to Kate, and then back to Alexis, who was grinning sheepishly. "You didn't…" he started, but Alexis interrupted him. "Oh come on dad, we all know you'd be quite disappointed in me if I didn't." He shrugged. "True, but still. Teaming up against me, my own family!" He said, trying to look hurt. He groaned when Lilly started poking him.
"Dad, you'd tell me what 'inappropriate' means, remember." She said, still poking him. Rick sighed, accepting the fact he had lost this round. "Okay honey, but you'll have to stop poking me first." Lilly kept poking him, while debating with herself. Finally, she stopped. "Okay." She sighed. "But just hurry, I also want to know what Chili was like." She said, looking at Alexis.
Kate and Alexis smiled at each other, and Rick nodded. But before he could start explaining, he was interrupted by a loud bang, and glass an rock flying around them. "Get down!" He shouted, while he pushed all of them under the plastic table. "Cover your heads!" Kate shouted to Lilly, who, for once, obeyed without questioning why. Rick and Kate had already covered their heads, as had Alexis, but she was the only one who had her eyes open, to watch what was going on, and to check when the worst was over. 'Somehow, I'm guessing I just got my new assignment.' She thought.
A/N: Okay, so this is a kinda crappy ending, I apologize for that. Really. But I had to end it here, because I haven't thought of the names for a few new (and main) characters yet. I need 2 men, and 1 woman name. If any of you has got suggestions, please share. I'll make sure to thank you in the AN's. And don't forget to review, I'd love to know how you guys think about this fic. More chapters should be up soon, but I'm not gonna promise anything (RL can be pretty chaotic sometimes).
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