Meeting in the Public Library

By jahoney

I do not own anything related to the characters in Castle. ABC and its affiliates own them.

The story is set about two or three years before season one. Beckett had just made detective and Castle and just divorced Gina. Alexis if I remember right would have been about eleven or twelve. They meet in the New York City Public Library. Alexis had wanted to go there to get some books to read and Rick had wanted to go there to relax in a quiet place away from the paparazzi, media, and the facade. He just wanted to be Rick Rogers the dad of Alexis Rogers.

Getting Dad Out of the Loft

It was dark and rainy day outside with little chance for sun in the next few days. Rick Castle shook his head with disgust as he looked out the windows in his loft. The classic watching the storms daddy and daughter time were fun, but only once or twice because they seem to lose the thrill after a while. He sat back down and looked at his computer screen. There sat five completed chapters for his next Derrick Storm book. After he had given them a once over he sent them on to his bloodsucker of an ex-wife Gina who was his publisher still. That divorce taught him a very valuable lesson. Be very careful about mixing business with pleasure. As he sat there by the laptop in his office a young red head came bouncing in.

Alexis Castle was a certifiable genius. She had a memory that rivaled some of the greatest minds of the ages. She remembered facts and details, which was a great, help to her very smart, but sometimes absent-minded father. As her father watched her with amusement she grabbed a rolling chair sat down and rolled the rest of the way toward her father. As she gets right next to him she grabs his arm saying,

"Dad, dad, dad lets go to the public library because I am bored and need to get out of here. Please, please pretty please."

Rick looks at his daughter with amusement and says,

"Why should I take you to the public library. What is in it for me?" She replies,

"Well, there are lots of books and events at the library. We can avoid Grams and her acting people for a while. I also want to stop and get a shake from Remy's. They have the best shakes. So do we have a deal?" Rick Castle just looks at his daughter stunned by her deal making skills. He smiles at her and nods his head yes. His daughter yells yes and flies out of the room. Castle just shakes his head grabbing his coat he follows her out of the room.

As he walks towards the front door he calls for a town car to be brought over to the garage to them up. Alexis comes flying down the stairs with her bag and a jacket because of the cool and wet weather. She looks expectantly at her father who acts like he is not paying attention. Finally she gets fed up with his antics and steps on his foot. He yells,

"What was that for!?" She replies,

"That was for acting like you were ignoring me and making me wait to leave. Now can we go Daddy, please." Castle smiles and says,

"Sure pumpkin, lets go."

As they go down the elevator and head towards the lobby that leads to the garage they great the new door man, Cameron with a hello and a hi. Castle with a bright smile asks him how everything was going. Cameron replied with this is a nice new job and thanks Castle for helping him get it. Castle replies,

"No thanks are required. You earned the job and I always try to help out vets." Cameron smiles and tells him to enjoy the time out with his daughter because they grow up so fast. Castle replies with,

"Don't I know it. I remember when she was still little and calling me daddy all the time." Alexis getting bright red at this conversation walks over to her father and yanks him on the arm towards the entryway. Castle waves to Cameron and they leave the building and get into the town car. Juan his driver for the day asks him where he was heading. Alexis responds and says the pubic library. They pull out into the New York traffic and head towards the public library.