Yo!, Knight Rider Alpha again.
Hello Everyone, As some of you may of noticed i have done some spring cleaning in my Story List and have archived Treasure Adventures and Rescue My Heart. Now this doesn't mean i will not repost them in the future but i have another idea and rather than have too many active stories at once i have archived them.
So here's another offering for all my fans set in Season Three, set after Beckett and Castle's return from Los Angeles 03x22.
Disclaimer: All respective characters and themes belong to their respective owners, Andrew Marlowe and ABC Studio's.
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. - Ann Landers
...Now for the hard part, kid. It's clear that you and Castle have something real. And you're fighting it. But trust me, putting the job ahead of your heart is a mistake. Risking our hearts is why we're alive. The last thing you want is to look back on your life and wonder if only...
The voice of Mike Royce echoed through the weary mind of one Detective Kate Beckett, having just returned from Los Angeles after avenging the death of her old Training Officer Mike Royce. His letter resting in her jacket pocket close to her heart his words touching something deep inside her soul, brought forward a subject that she had tried to bury over and over again.
The elevator slowed to a stop as the doors opened as Kate dragged herself down the hall her suitcase trailing behind her, she approached her apartment door as she grabbed her keys pushing the key into lock she heard two voices from inside the apartment. Her cop instincts activated immediately as she reached down to her hip pulling her gun, Kate mouth hung low at the sight before her.
Standing in her very living room completely uninvited was her Boyfriend Josh currently lip locking some blonde, it's wasn't the fact he was tonguing some bimbo it was the fact he was standing in her apartment doing so.
"Josh..." Kate said holstering her weapon.
The cardiac surgeon immediately detached his lips from the blond and stared wide eyed at Kate, her sudden arrival causing his move to gape like that of a goldfish.
"Kate...this isn't what it looks like" sputtered Josh stepping towards her.
Kate narrowed her eyes her mouth drawn in a tight line "Then tell me what this looks like Josh" she snarled.
"It sort of just happened" said Josh raking a hand through his hair.
"It sort of just happened" Kate repeated "You know Josh i thought we had a chance you know, but this just confirms everything i ever thought about you"
Josh's eyes widened "Kate what are you saying" he sputtered.
"This is over" snarled the Detective "We are done, this end now, i thought we had a chance I thought we had something but you decided to throw all that away for some bimbo who likes how your tongue tastes" said Kate as he stepped towards Josh.
"Hey who are you calling a Bimbo" screeched the blond but soon closed her mouth with one solid death glare from Beckett.
Josh looking to regain control of the quickly spiralling situation placed his hand on Kate's shoulder, however that was the worst mistake he had ever made as Kate's anger boiled over as her closed fist suddenly impacted Josh check knocking him to the ground with a thud.
"Pick yourself up and get the hell out of my apartment Josh, take your trash with you and if you ever try to contact me again you will live to regret it" roared Kate as Josh picked himself up cupping his bruised and bloodied cheek as he walked out of the apartment followed closely by the bimbo.
"One more thing" said Kate looking over her shoulder.
"Hmm"
"Leave the key you stole on the table, you won't need it anymore"
Josh did as ordered leaving the door key he had stolen a copy of by the door as it closed behind him, now Kate refused to shed a tear at what had happened her only regret was the time she had wasted on a relationship that obviously had no chance. She quickly locked the door and went straight to her bedroom and grabbed every little knick-nack that Josh had left at the apartment since their time together, she threw each item into a trash bag before throwing the filled sack down the building garbage chute.
So here she stood in her silent empty apartment closed fists resting on her hips, she should of seen this coming, she should of expected this. She knew she need to talk to someone she needed to vent to someone who might understand, someone who had always been their for her.
Someone like Castle.
She walked towards the door grabbing her keys and descended in the elevator, she climbed into her car before speeding across the city towards the corner of Crosby and Broome.
Castle's Loft.
In the dim lights of the loft bathing the spacious abode in partial darkness matching the mood of a certain writer, in his office nursing a tumbler of expensive Irish Whiskey sat Richard Castle his mind racing with the recent events of Los Angeles more specifically the conversation with Beckett on that couch.
He could feel the spark between between them but almost as soon at it appeared it was gone and so was Beckett retreating to her bedroom, he remembered just staring at the door for several minutes wondering what he should do until common sense won out and he retired to his own.
As with every moment their ever shared there timing was terrible as he retired he only just missing her reappearance, but as many have said hindsight is 20/20 and one simple truth remained Beckett was in a relationship with some hotshot Doctor. Castle gulped back the remaining amber liquid before pouring another, he knew was it was like to be cheated on and he would never wish that pain on anyone especially Kate.
Kate Beckett
The person who had invaded his every thought, his every wish, his every hope. He loved her it was just that simple, but she had someone that loved her and if she was happy then he was happy, learning to love is sometimes realising their happiness comes before you own.
He was soon interrupted by a knock at the door standing he stepped towards the door slowly the late hour adding to his tiredness, he knew Alexis was staying at a friends and his Mother was god knows where so who could be at the door.
He opened the door to reveal someone he wasn't expecting.
Kate
"Hey Castle, Can we talk?" she asked
Rapidly recovering from his shock and remembering his manners he stepped back "Sure Beckett, please come in" he said.
"Thanks" replied Kate stepping past the threshold as Castle closed the door.
"So what's up?" asked Castle directing her over the couch as he sat down beside her.
Kate took a deep breath elbows resting on her knees as she nervously tucked stray locks of her hair behind her ears, she then looked at her Partner ready to speak.
"Josh and I broke up" she said simply.
Castle had to resist the urge to do a happy dance at the news, but that was soon overridden by his urge to be their for Beckett.
"What happened?" he asked.
"I got back to my apartment and he was their with some blond woman, they were making out in my living room Castle. I mean who does that sort of stuff really" huffed Kate at the absurdity of what she had witnessed.
"Well it could of been worse Beckett" said Castle smirking "She could of been a Brunette" he finishing hoping to see her smile.
Beckett knew that humour from Castle was his way sometimes and this was no different as it earned him the same eye roll and a playful shove.
"Don't even joke about that Castle" replied Beckett.
"Well if i can't joke would sarcasm work" said Castle standing from his seat "Can i offer you a glass of something, wine, whiskey, Mai-Tai..." he rattled off now standing in his kitchen.
"Do you even know how to make a Mai-Tai, Castle?"
"I own a Bar if you hadn't noticed Beckett"
"That still doesn't answer the question Mr Castle"
"Touche Detective"
Beckett smiled at the banter "Wine would be fine, I'll save your cocktail making skill for another time"
"I'll hold you too that" replied Castle as he sat back and handed her a half filled glass of White wine.
"Do you know what happened tonight doesn't even bother me that much, in fact i think it saved me a lot of trouble" said Kate looking down at the wine.
"What do you mean?"
"It was never going to last Castle! it was a relationship built on barely seeing each other, both so busy with our own lives it was comfortable but it wasn't what i wanted"
"What do you want Beckett?" asked Castle.
"Someone that can be there for me, someone i can dive in with, someone who can be their when i need them and not when it suits them" said Kate.
Castle took a deep breath and gently placed a hand on her knee "You will always have someone who is here for you Beckett, besides i have yet to find anyone else that can handle the ever so great Detective Kate Beckett" jested Castle.
Kate smiled "Well i don't feel so great at the moment" she replied.
Castle then turned serious for a moment "Look Kate..." her given name gaining her full attention "...I know what it feels like to be cheated on, i mean when Alexis was small i came home to find my little girl crying in her crib and Meredith in bed with her Director so I've been where you are. You can't look at this like it's your fault sometimes relationships don't work out and that's ok" said Castle.
"Story of my life really" whispered Beckett thinking over every failed relationship Sorensen, Demming and now Josh.
"Same here" replied Castle lifting his wine glass high and pushing it towards Beckett "To the lonely hearts club"
Beckett shook her head in response to the ridiculous toast but clinked her glass with his toasting to the lonely hearts club.
Castle sipped his wine before place the glass on the table in front of him "When did Montgomery say you had to report back" he asked.
"He's given me a couple of days i think" said Kate.
"Do you have anything planned for tomorrow" he asked.
Beckett just shook her head "No not that I can think of, Why?" she asked.
"Well meet me here tomorrow say about ten thirty and bring you Harley" said Castle with an edge of excitement in his voice.
Beckett narrowed her eyes at her Partner "What are you planning Castle"
"Just a little surprise to take your mind off things honest"
Kate sighed "You know i don't like surprises Castle" she said.
Castle smiled "Trust me your gonna like this one, scouts honour"
"You were never a scout"
Castle gasped and gripped his chest in mock horror "Oh you wound me Detective" he said.
Beckett just laughed before finishing her wine and standing to her feet as Castle followed "Well if want me here at ten thirty i better get home get some shut eye" she said heading towards the door that Castle duly opened for her "Thank you for listening Castle even at this late hour"
"Hey it's what Partner's do" replied Castle simply
Kate smiled before he crowded into his space and placed a gentle kiss on his cheek, with a trademark Beckett smile she departed as Castle closed the door behind him a mega-watt smile gracing his own features.
This could be the start of something great.
Chapter One done.
This is first step of my new multi chapter, Expect romance, drama, playful banter and precinct hi-jinks. Everything that we love about the greatness that Andrew Marlowe created. My one shots story will remain active and i will update that and this story periodically, so i hope you all liked this first chapter.
Remember Reviews are love people.
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