Disclaimer: I sadly do not own the perfection of the show that is Castle. If I did Caskett would have many beautiful children already and one of them would be named after me.
"Hey Espo what's the status of the Thurgood case?" Kate asked of her fellow detective, Javier Esposito, as he neared her desk at the 12th precinct.
"No leads, but they found the car from the video footage. It was reported stolen about a week ago and CSU is checking it for prints now," Esposito said as he sat in the chair by Kate's desk. "You look tired maybe you should head home and get some rest."
Kate slowly shook her head. "I can't. I need to catch up on paperwork and figure out what we're missing on this case."
"What you need to catch up on is sleep," Esposito said, his concern for his friend showing through.
With a faint smile, Kate began to get back to work however another one of her good friends, Detective Kevin Ryan walked up to her and chimed in, "You really should go home Beckett. We'll let you know if anything shows up on the case."
Frustrated but grateful for her friends' show of concern, Kate decided that maybe it would be for the best if she went home. "Alright you two are right. I'll go home but you better tell me if any leads pop up or I'll tell everyone at the precinct about the pudding incident," she said in a teasingly threatening tone.
"Yes ma'am!" Ryan and Esposito said simultaneously, grinning at the woman who was like a sister to them.
Walking out of the precinct for the first time in several days, Kate found herself blinded by the morning sun. She hadn't even realized what time it was. Everything in her life was such a mess right now that losing herself in her work had become her escape from it all. Kate decided that, being as tired as she was, riding her motorcycle home wouldn't be the smartest idea, so she hailed a cab to go home. When the cab pulled up, Kate was surprised at who she found sitting inside of it.