Chapter 1
Richard Castle sat on his back porch in the Hamptons, quietly enjoying the soft breeze that blew across his face. It was about 9 o'clock and earlier this afternoon he had made his way to the local supply store. He thought it would be cool to buy some chemicals to add to the oil in his tikki torches so that the flame changed color. He had gone through pretty much the whole rainbow by about 8, but waited to add the last chemical, it was supposed to be a surprise, what color it made the flame turn, but he could just sense what it was going to be. It turned out to be a brilliant emerald green. As he sat in his chair and stared at the torches he couldn't help but think of one Detective Kate Beckett. Her beautiful eyes came to the forefront of his mind as the emerald green color constantly reminded him of how beautiful, not only her eyes were, but how beautiful she was all together.
"What a dumbass you are Rick!" How could he be so God Damn stupid? He should have seen her feelings from the start. "Remember when you went to Remy's? She twirled her hair in her finger when you took her arm, Castle! Why can't you take a damn hint! She had feelings for you the whole time and only went to Demming because she was scared to death that you would hurt her. It has been there the whole time, and in your weakness, you walked out of the precinct with that bitch of an ex-wife. What did Gina do to you as soon as you got to the Hamptons? Oh yeah, she left, said you better have her book in two weeks or you could bet your stars you would soon find yourself missing the family jewels." He was supposed to be writing right now, but with thoughts like that going through his head, he found it really difficult to keep going. In a flurry of motion, slammed his laptop shut and laid it on the ground. He decided it would be best if he just sat and thought while he watched the flame of the torch. Even though it reminded him of all the mistakes he made, it still reminded him of how beautiful Kate was and of how much he truly loved her.