A/N: So I haven't written anything a while- much too busy with work. After watching the last several episodes of Castle I was inspired to write something. It got my creative juices flowing again.
I don't have a beta, but if anyone is interested, please let me know!
My idea is to write a story that has everything, murder, mystery, a bit of romance, comedy and last but not least drama. Oh there's a bit of angst in there too.
I really hope you guys like it! Review please! Seriously it's an amazing motivator!
Disclaimer: Seriously? They don't belong to me, not in this life, maybe the next. You never know!
The title of the story, plus the chapter headings all belong to Howie Day. (I love that man!)
It was another day- she noted in which the first thing she thought about was him and not the person lying next to her. She didn't have anything to complain about. The man next to her was a good man, a really good man. He was handsome, witty and most importantly, cared for her deeply, probably more than she had been aware of.
He had broke down and said 'I love you' first. She had yet to say it. He had said it that night. That's why she was awake. She hadn't slept the whole night.
She slipped out of his arms and quietly made her way to the bathroom. As the hot water cascaded down her body, she thought of what she would say to the handsome doctor. She had to say something. She hoped that she could just pretend that it didn't happen.
He was quietly snoring as she was getting ready for work. He didn't even stir when she left the apartment. She left him a note on the fridge, like always, that she would speak to him later. She need a distraction, she needed something that had nothing to do with Josh and that was murder, mystery and mayhem.
Like always, she had called Castle to the crime scene. This time though, he told her that he couldn't make it. That bothered her much more than she would ever admit. It was the first time in over a year he said that. She wanted to probe; she wanted to ask why. She didn't though. She thought that it had something to do with Gina, she thought with such spite.
It was then, as she was driving that it hit her. Josh was her rebound guy from Castle. Her eyes widened and she opened her mouth to say- something- anything to rebut those thoughts, but she couldn't. She turned the steering wheel and pulled over to the curb. Her hands shaking as she ran her fingers through her hair. Her green eyes were glossed over.
She thought and argued with herself for a month that she had gotten over the writer. When he left the precinct, the ex sauntering with him- her was heart broken, shattered in to a million pieces. She didn't think that he knew of what happened that day, of what she was about tell him, what she wanted to say. She thought that she had pieced back her heart- slowly, but it was healing nicely with Josh. After all, he was cardiologist. She laughed to herself, who better to mend a broken heart other than a cardiologist?
She glanced at the clock on her dashboard and realized that she was late. She hadn't even heard the phone ring until someone behind her started honking. She quickly put her car in gear and headed to Ashbourne Bar and Grill- one of her favorite places and the crime scene.