Leaving where we left off, on Celebrity Star Struck.
Gates found the earrings Castle had put in her jacket, without her knowing they were meant for Beckett as a Valentine's gift. We pick things up the day after that happened.
Castle and Beckett walked in to the 12th precinct building to go to work. Castle was relieved Gates didn't notice anything. She thought the earrings were really for her, but yet she gave them back.
Castle walked straight to the break room to get him and Kate a coffee, like he always did every morning, just to see a smile on her face. In the many months they have been dating, they had to be cautious, because Gates couldn't find out. And with those earrings in Gates hands, Kate thought their last hours working together had struck. But Castle told her Gates didn't notice a thing, and that was true. But what Castle didn't knew, was the quite opposite of Gates behavior.
When he poured the coffee in to the two mugs, Gates walked in and smiled. He had a weird look on his face because Gates had never smiled to him. She always knew a way to make his life hell when he was at work. Giving him a nasty look, or using her tongue for a gun to spill out what was on her mind. Rick was used to it, but now… He was scared, just because Gates was smiling at him. "Good morning," she said, and took a cup of coffee. Castle still had a weird look on his face, because she told him yesterday she was a happy married woman. He also didn't know why that thought crossed his mind.
When she grabbed the cup of coffee she touched his arm, pulling up her sexy face, in the way that is possible for a woman like her. She always had been, more like a man. Her staff had to call her sir, and she never wore a dress or something else feminine to work. Castle noticed her had been pouring the coffee over the edge of the cup. "Shit," he said while he startled backwards so the coffee wouldn't spill on his clothes. "Here, let me help you." Gates came closer with a paper towel she grabbed from the kitchen bench. She dabbed the coffee of his pants, and came too close to his private area. He startled back again and bumped into Kate, who had been staring at them. "Uh.. It's.. It's…" Castle couldn't find the right words. Kate was a smart woman, so she might know what was going on in here. "What is going on?" she looked at Gates who still sat on her knees. "Nothing," she said quickly, and left the room. While Castle came back up, Kate was the one with the weird look on her face. "It's not what it looked like. At least, I think it wasn't." He looked scared, afraid of what Beckett would say, or do. But he was surprised when she started laughing. "Is Gates hitting on you?" Castle laughed as well. "I don't know, if I didn't know any better, I would say she was. But she's married."
Gates both had them fooled, or not?