Blame It On The Mistletoe:
Author's Note: This is my first fan fiction and it's Christmas themed!Hope you enjoy and it's going to be stretched over 3 chapters!Please enjoy and reviews are much appreciated! -Sarah
Rating: K+
Chapter 1:
It was 6:30 on a lovely Christmas evening. Although for Richard Castle it wasn't going to plan so far. His last guest was meant to arrive at 6 o'clock sharp!
"Hey can you stop worrying for one second Castle?"asked Lanie as she was putting turkey on the table. It was Christmas day and Beckett still hadn't arrived for Castle's family dinner. She said that she had no plans considering her father was off on a trip with a couple of work mates. Of course Castle saw it as an opportunity to get her in his apartment, hopefully under the mistletoe as well.
"I'm not worrying Lanie. What makes you think such a thing?"
"Well for one, Beckett isn't here and you aren't making yourself useful looking at you door every five minutes." Esposito and Ryan chuckled quietly and had entered the room with more food. The table was getting full pretty quickly. Alexis was at Ashely's for the night because it was their first Christmas together. Martha had gone out to spend her first Christmas in her acting studio with a group of her acting buddies. So Castle thought that it would be a good idea to invite everyone over for an adults Christmas. Although he was dreading the thought of spending the night without Beckett. He decided to make himself useful and went to get the wine. He went to grab the glasses just as the doorbell rang. He felt his heart skip a beat and he placed the wine on the counter and with that dashed across the room to answer the door. Lanie, Esposito and Ryan tried their best to contain their laughs. He gave them the death glare which made them go and sit down at the table waiting. He turned back around and took a deep breath and reached for the door handle. He swung the door opened and of course Kate was standing their smiling at him. She was wearing washed down jeans with a gray tee along with her casual black boots. Of course she looked amazing in Castle's blue eyes.
"Sorry I'm late. I couldn't get out of work you know. Gates nagging me all the time."
"No worries at least your alive and here." he flashed her his prize winning smile and place his hand on the small of her back guiding her into his home.
"Girl you finally made it!"screamed Lanie running over and hugging her.
"Yeah of course I made it! I wouldn't let Gates ruin my Christmas with you guys." she replied happily hugging Lanie back.
"Girl I'm so glad you're here! Writer Boy here was starting to worry and I was afraid he might faint if you didn't show your skinny ass!" she said nudging Castle's arm. Beckett turned around so that she was facing him and raised her eyebrow questionably.
"I was not going to faint Lanie!, Castle protested, "I was just being curious as to where Kate's whereabouts." he replied calmly.
They both rolled their eyes and walked to his table. The food smelled great and Castle proceeded towards his kitchen to get the wine once again. He walked back into the living room and saw that Kate had sat right next to his seat. He suppressed a smile and continued to the table and placed the wine down. Esposito grabbed it and screwed the top off, then proceeding to pour wine for everyone. They thanked him graciously and all clinked their glasses together.
"This has seriously got to be the best Christmas ever! Thank you guys for coming!" Castle exclaimed.
"Well we didn't want to leave you alone for christmas Rick, I mean you might have died from your own company!" Esposito laughed. Castle tried his best death glare but was laughing as well. They put their glasses down and dug in to their feast.