AN: This is my first fanfic, so I'm not exactly sure how it's going to turn out. Just PLEASE, no hurtful reviews. ENJOY! :)
Kate Beckett smiled, not a little sadly. She had thought Tom was the right person for her. But he wasn't, Castle was, and if she was being honest with herself, she'd known that from the start. Knowing her attentive friends quite well, she knew they'd see something was wrong, so she took a moment to compose herself.
Once she had calmed down considerably, she started towards the break room where sounds of laughter was slowly coming nearer. When she came in through the doorway there was a chorus of greeting. She smiled in response and asked Castle if he had a second. They both stepped outside the room, leaving Lanie, Esposito, Ryan, and Montgomery to stare and wonder.
"I know I'm not he easiest person to get to know," she said ", but this past year, I- I've had a lot of fun."
Castle smiled, "Yeah, me too."
His cell phone rang loudly. Annoyed, Castle glanced at the Caller ID.
"Ah, Gina," he said, grimacing. Kate returned the grimace. He supressed a laugh and answered the phone.
"Hi, Gina. No, I'm not sad. Busy? Yes. You're not?" he said, obviously confused. "Oh. Yeah, I'll try not to be sad," he smiled and rolled his eyes at Kate, silently saying, 'I'm so sad, yeah right!' "Bye."
He disconnected the phone to find Kate looking at him curiously.
"That was Gina," he said, "She's not coming to the Hamptons, which, might I say is great for me."
"Awesome? How come? " Kate replied confusedly.
"I only invited her because I didn't want to go alone, and she's very controlling," said Castle.
He wasn't expecting what she said next. " So… the offer to go to the Hamptons, is it still open?"
Castle didn't reply for a moment. He was shocked- wasn't she going with Schlemming? He stood there a moment, mouth opening and closing like a water-deprived fish. She stood in front of him, torn between discomfort and laughter at his expression.