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"Beckett!" Captain Gates' voice pierced the air throughout the 12th. With a slight roll of the eyes, Detective Kate Beckett made her way to Gates' office. She hoped it was something interesting. These past few weeks had been quite dull. There were limited body drops (which was a good thing), stacks of paperwork and not enough Castle around to keep her entertained. She knew he was busy with his latest novel and understood that, but it didn't mean she couldn't miss him – secretly.

Approaching Gates' desk, she addressed her with a simple, ''Sir?''.

"Detective Beckett, we have a new case. This one is going to involve a little more than usual though. 2days ago, a New York lawyer was found dead in a Floridian hotel. Now usually this wouldn't be our problem, but the lawyer James McCormack was a dear friend to the Mayor."

Beckett was intrigued.

"The Mayer has specifically asked for your team to handle this case, giving the good job you did just a few weeks ago. He has spared no expense to ensure that you are put on it. However, I'm not best pleased that I have to send my team out of the state, so I want this cleaned up Detective, as soon as."

Beckett certainly was surprised with this one that Gates had pulled out of the bag. Part of her cursed herself for wishing she had more entertaining things to do, but part of her was, if she dared think it, looking forward to spending some time away from the precinct with the team.

"So, I've just called in Ryan and Esposito..", Gates continued, "..because your flights are booked for 2 this afternoon. I will brief you now Detective and you can brief your team on the flight."

The next hour went by very quickly, Gates informed Beckett of McCormack's death – that he had been found face down on his hotel bed, stabbed in the back 3 times. She informed her that McCormack had been in Florida on a family related trip, nothing to do with his work and that one of the strangest things surrounding this case so far was the fact that McCormack had 6 stacks of dollar bills piled up beside him making up $300,000. Beckett admitted the case was interesting and the location was great, but there was one more thing she needed to ask.

"Okay Detective Ryan has just arrived", Gates said looking through the glass, " and I expect Esposito will be here any minute. So here are the tickets, please call me when you have landed."

Taking the tickets in her hands, she made for the door. "Sir" Kate turned and addressed Gates face on, "Is Castle coming?"

"The fourth ticket you have in your hand is not somewhere to put your handbag Detective"

That was enough for Beckett; she smiled, turned and walked away rather contently. As soon as she reached the safety of her desk she dialled Castle's number.

"Castle"

"Hey Castle, wanna come fly with me?"

His obvious confusion expressed through rare silence made Kate giggle inside.

"Come…fly? What now?"

"Come fly….Florida?"

"You, me, sun, sand, se-"

"Dead body, Castle. In Florida, Gates is sending us out there today because the victim is a friend of the Mayors"

"Really? That's why Gates let me go"

"Yeah, probably. So you coming Castle? We are leaving the precinct in an hour"

"Ah, I don't know. The thing is, I have a meeting with the producers of the next Nikki Heat movie in 2 days and something tells me we're not going to be back by then. As much as I hate to say it, I think I'm going to have to pass".

Beckett couldn't even try to hide her disappointment.

"W-what? Are you joking with me Castle?"

"No I wish was. Sorry Beckett"

"Ok, well I'll see you when I get back"

"Ok, don't have too much fun"

After he hung up the phone, she paused. She was speechless, she didn't know quite why. Castle passing up an opportunity like this? Now she could most definitely say this trip was going to be far, far less enjoyable. She truly felt gutted.

"Beckett, you got your stuff ready? And did you get through to Castle?" Espo's voice rang out. He was carrying a sports bag slung over his shoulder filled with his clothes and essentials for the trip.

Beckett tried to play poker face, but she knew that Espo was very likely to see through it.

"Yeah he's busy, he can't come"

"What? Castle missing out on this? And when his friend the Mayor wants him there?"

"Yep, that's what I thought" Beckett replied as casual as ever. "Right we need go get a move on"

The journey to the airport was a mixed one. Ryan and Espo were obviously well up for flying across the country in search of a killer, and Kate occasionally joined in with their witty banter. But inside she was feeling slightly lost. Inside, she was starting to wonder why Castle not coming was affecting her so much. She looked through the window; it was a miserable day, rain and wind. Much nicer weather in Florida she thought. She glanced at her phone, zero messages. Ok, he's not coming, and he's not changing his mind, forget about it. She silently scolded herself for the rest of the journey.

In departures Kate and the boys sat talking about the case. They all made bets over how many days it would be before they would be flying back to New York, they made bets on how many suspects they would interrogate and finally and most importantly on how many times they would see something Mickey Mouse related.

"You boys want anything from the store?" Beckett asked as she rose from her seat.

"Na I'm cool"

"No thanks"

She took a step forward as the announcer came over the tannoy.

"All passengers on flight X2410 to Orlando Florida, please make your way to Gate 4"

"Nevermind" Beckett said. They picked their bags up and began towards the gate, mostly surrounded by kids and over excited Disney adults. To say they looked out of place was an understatement.

"Tickets please – enjoy you flight"

"Tickets please – enjoy your flight"

Esposito gave a quick wink to the flight attendant who tore his ticket. Beckett was up next.

"Ticke-"

"Kate! Kate! Wait!"

She spun around, only to see Castle sprinting towards her, hand in air with the exact execution of the Home Alone airport run. It was needless to say, Kate could not control her smile

END OF CHAPTER ONE

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