Please don't ask where this idea came from... I have no clue what-so-ever. I just woke up this morning and this idea was in my head. I blame carolune04 for letting me have full reign over her Fanfiction Christmas Present. This chapter is short, but I wanted to get at least part of it up now because I will most likely be too hyped up after the new episode here in a few minutes to write anymore tonight. So yes it's short. But there will be more soon.

This is for carolune04 from twitter.

I do NOT own Castle.


It was a little over a week before Christmas and Alexis Castle was enjoying her Christmas break by lounging around on the couch. She'd been there most of the day, playing on the computer or watching TV, and that's where she was when her father walked into the loft that evening.

Castle walked in and placed his coat and keys in their appropriate places before walking into the middle of the loft and just looked around, as if he was taking everything in.

He spun in a slow circle until his gaze finally rested on his daughter who was looking at him curiously from the couch. Moving over to the couch, he took a seat next to her before looking straight at her and speaking.

"Alexis, we moved into this loft shortly after you were born, and don't get me wrong, I love it here, but I think it's time for a change."

"A change? Like what? Moving?" She asked him with no small amount of confusion on her face, wondering just what had gotten into her dad.

"Yeah, moving. But not out of the city or anything, just to a new place in the city. How would you feel about that?"

To tell the truth, she was kinda excited about the prospect. Growing up she'd always heard her friends talk about moving, and usually complaining about it, but it was something she never got to experience.

"I think it would be kinda nice, but dad, why?"

He looked thoughtful for a minute before replying. "Gina dumped me earlier and while she was ranting about why she was breaking up with me, she kept going on about how I hadn't changed at all since we were married. I thought I had changed a lot since then but what she said got me thinking and I realized that I hadn't really changed much at all. And while on that subject, I got to thinking that maybe it would be nice to move, maybe get a little bit of a fresh start."

He looked at his daughter's still confused face and sighed. "That made a lot more sense in my head."

Alexis shook her head at him and replied. "I don't really understand, but I'm totally okay with moving. So, have you looked at places yet?"

He answered in the negative so she pulled over her computer and they started looking up some online listings.

Usually his impulse decisions got him in lots of trouble, but he had a feeling that this one would work out for the better.


Three days and tons of apartments later, Castle finally found the perfect apartment. It was located in a secure doorman building, which was a must for him, and it was closer to both Alexis' school and the precinct, which wasn't something he was looking for but it was a plus. The inside was a little smaller than the loft but it was cozy and had a wonderful view of the city.

Another plus was that the manager was a kind older man, which was a big change from the cranky woman who managed the building the loft was in.

The layout wasn't too much different from the loft, but when he and Alexis got through inspecting it, they knew it was the one for them. Martha was too busy to come with them on their hunt for the perfect apartment, but they knew she would like this one just as much as they did.

When they left that building, they left with a signed lease and renewed determination to get everything packed up.


Because she ended up working both Christmas Eve and Christmas day last year, Beckett got both days off this year. Not that it really mattered though, her father had gotten invited by one of his friends to spend the holiday in Florida and after much insisting on her part, he finally agreed to go.

So now it was the twenty-fourth and she had nothing to do but curl up and read a good book. At least, that's what she planned to do but apparently the apartment next door to hers finally got rented out and the movers were making way too much noise for her to be able to concentrate on a book.

Who the hell moves in to a new apartment the evening before Christmas anyway? She thought as she finally gave up on reading her book and decided to head out to the store to get some groceries before everything closed tomorrow.

When she got back from her impromptu shopping trip, she was pleased to find that the movers were almost through.

Setting down her bags of groceries, Beckett pulled out her keys and inserted the correct one into the lock when she heard a familiar voice. Quickly looking around she tried to find the source of the voice but found nothing. Thinking that she was just hearing things, she stepped inside her apartment.

Then she heard it again. And this time she knew where it was coming from. The movers shouting "Merry Christmas, Mr. Castle." kinda helped clue her in too.

No. Freaking. Way.

Quickly depositing her bags just inside her door, she rushed next door and got her foot in the doorway before the movers could shut it. They looked at her strangely but she just glared at them and they quickly hurried out of her way.

Pushing the door open with her foot, she took in the sight of the two Castles, and one Rodgers sitting off to the side with her glass of wine, surrounded by towers of boxes.

You have got to be kidding me...


I'm sorry if the reason why Castle wanted to move was kinda... Blah but this story isn't about why he moved, it's about where he moved to and who his neighbor is so I hope you will forgive that first part. XD

There will be at least one more chapter and if I can think of anything else to add, there might be more chapters.