"You know what that means don't you? It means you owe me." He said in an obvious tone.

"Owe you what?" Kate said getting off of the wall, wondering what he meant.

"Whatever I want and you know, exactly what I want don't you?" he walked closer and closer towards her "You know what I really, really want you to do?" he was leaning towards her face, he glanced at her lips, was he going to kiss her?

"Never ... ever... call me kitten... and a date." She pulled back did he really mean that?

"A date?" have her a charming smile.

"Yep, a date." Kate was silent still trying to process that Richard Castle asked her out on a date, the man that she secretly had a small crush on.

"I'm serious, I want you to pay me back with a date." He really wanted her to say yes.

She bit her lip "Okay, fine but nothing fancy or expensive." He grinned.

"Got it, how about tomorrow night at 7?" Kate nodded her head "Fine."

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It was 6:30 and she still hadn't figured out what to wear, Castle said nothing fancy just make sure it was comfortable. He hadn't shown up at the precinct that day and for a minute she taught she was off the hook, but then he texted her saying that he had taken the day off to plan their date which made her even more nervous, and that confused her, why was she so nervous it was only a date with a friend, besides she didn't like him like that, Did she?.

Finally she settled on a purple summer dress that tightened under her breast and then flowed down ¾ way above her knees, with a black jacket and to top it off a pair of a pair of flat ankle boots, she left her hair down and put on her mother's chain.

Then the door bell rang, Castle couldn't believe his eyes.

"You look, stunning." She blushed slightly

"You say that like you didn't think I could look sexy." She teased.

"You're always sexy but tough sexy, now you're just plain sexy." She dropped her face not willing to let him see her blush again.

"So where are we going?" she asked.

He grinned "Well my dear detective is a surprise."

Kate had never seen this part of New York before, it was beautiful tons of lovely hotels and buildings. He stopped the car in front of one of the hotels, he helped her out of the car and opened the trunk, taking out the blanket and basket before letting the valet park the car. He led her behind the hotel to a huge beach obviously private.

"I figured you'd want something more private since I'm pretty sure you don't want your face plastered all over page six." She merely gave him a nod she was too busy looking at the breathtaking sight.

"So do you like it?" he asked breaking her out of her thoughts.

"It's spectacular Castle." She assured giving him a shy smile.

"So which one do you want to do first? Eat or we could take a stroll... or do whatever you want." He blushed when he noticed he was rambling nervously, which she taught was cute

"Actually can we go for a walk first." He called one of the hotel assistants to keep an eye on their things. She took off her shoes and he did the same and rolled up his pants so they could walk in the water. They walked in silence for a while until Castle broke it.

"So Miss Beckett can I hold your hand or are you going to shoot me if I try." She pretend to think about it just to make him sweat.

"Well lucky for you I left my gun at home." He took that as a yes but still was cautious as he grabbed her hand. Kate dropped her head in order to avoid letting him see the big grin on her face, something about the feel of his hand on hers sent tingles through her body and she mentally slapped herself, she couldn't be feeling like this he was a playboy and he could have any woman he wanted why would he choose someone like her.

They were a few scattered couples on the beach they all looked rich and had a female model on their arms. They stopped for a moment to look at a fish Castle never let go of her hand and when they felt a tap and when they looked up an old woman and her husband were behind them.

"Hey Richard." The old man announced.

"Hey James."Castle answered

"Excuse me I couldn't help but notice that you two are the most loving couple I have seen in this generation, you can literally smell the love from a mile away."

"You really have a beautiful one there Richard hold onto her." The old man added to his wife's statement. And before anyone of them could correct him the couple was gone.

"So can I call this an official date?" the question was something that she wasn't ready to answer.

"I don't know you tell me?" she retorted

He wasn't going to fall for her trick but he decided to tell her. "I would tell you it's your choice but if it helps you make up your mind I really like you and I would like it to be, but you don't have to answer me now."

When he opened the basket she was hit with a delicious smell, there was pasta with a garlic cheese sauce with roasted vegetables, red wine and for desert a coffee flavoured cheesecake.

"Wow castle did you make all of this?" she asked as he pulled out two plates.

"Yep, Alexis told me what to make though, she wanted me to impress you."

"Well tell Alexis thank you, she made some great choices."

They talked while they ate and then laid down and watched the sky and by the time they were ready, it was 12:13 luckily she didn't have work in the morning.

They stood up in front of her door "That was fun Castle, thank you."

"So if I asked you out on another date would you say yes?" he asked hopefully.

"Well if you keep playing your cards right I just might?" she teased

Somehow or the other thy ended up standing extremely close to each other and he started to lean in slowly to make sure that he could do this then she closed the space and their lips met. Her lips were warm and he rubbed his tongue along them and she opened her mouth to him to deepen the kiss, and it was over as soon as it started.

"See you tomorrow?" he asked

Kate nodded "Tomorrow."

And she would definitely say yes if he asked her on another date.