This is my way of telling the writers of the last episode of Castle (6x23, For better or worse) that it was a bit too unrealistic for me.
My personal opinion, nothing official.
"Da~ad!" The young woman's voice sounded throught the apartment.
"What?" Richard Castle looked up startled.
"That's too much," Alexis explained.
"Yeah," the woman next to her agreed. "Your car burning? Now that's just too much of your writer's imagination."
"But-"
"No buts, Richard! It's enough that you ruined Katherine's dress and the location along with it..."
"Not to forget that I am married without my knowledge," Kate added.
"And why did you have to hand in the licenses? I mean, you're the groom, you're supposed to get all nervous in the room next to the bride," Alexis threw in.
"Adding to me, who I'd rather let an unknown husband of mine be convinced to sign divorce papers by the nice buddies in a holding cell than perform a break-in."
"It was only a car!" Castle tried to defend himself.
Kate, Alexis and Martha just shot him death- glares.
"Why the husband?" the love of his life asked.
"For the drama?" By now he was afraid to say anything.
"Why did I never know about him? For fifeteen years of my life, I never checked if I was, by accident, not a single woman?"
Martha added, "If one is married and has to be taken to the hospital, the husband or wife is listed as next of kin, so..."
"Latest the day I got shot I would have known," Kate finished.
"What if they couldn't reach him?"
"Then the nurse would have told me so after I woke up."
"If the mistook me of Dr Motorcycle-boy," he practically spit the name out, "for your significant other?"
Kate sighed. "They checked IDs, don't you think they would have noticed?"
Castle held his hands up in defense and took a deep breath. "I just can't win against you ladies, can I?"
His daughter, his mother and his fianc looked at each other. Smirks grew on their faces.
"No!" They answered unison.
"Well, what do you say we put away 'The Game of Life' and have some coffee?" Martha asked in a well-intentioned manner.
"Good idea." Castle jumped up to put the board away.
Kate nudged Alexis and stage-whispered to her. "But don't let him brew the coffee. It either burns to death or explodes," she laughed. Alexis did too. "Or it gets its own life."
"I always said he would write sciene-fiction or fantasy instead or crime and mystery," Martha chimed in from the kitchen.
"Space Heat? Sounds good!" Now Castle smirked.
"Come on, husband-to-be, before we have got another tradgedy coming at us." Kate looped her arm throught his. "What do you say we make a stint to the precinct and check if you are the first one I say 'I do' to."
"What if I'm not?"
"Then we seek him out, arrest him for obstruction of justice and in the morning I can guarantee you I'm divorced," she leaned in and whispered in his ear, "I can assure you, you're my first."
"Your first, your last, your ev'rything?"
Instead of an answer Kate put her arms around his neck and leaned up to kiss him.
Castle grinned
Who needed words as an answer anyway?
x-_-x
Another AN. Someone else guessing the new season starts with what so many writers from this site posted in the "Amnesia"-topic?
My guess is, Castle isn't in the car, but lost his memory and wanders about aimlessly. Again- just my guessing, nothing official!
Let's enjoy the new season, shall we?