What do you think?
I've left it open, there is room for flashbacks from the past 3 months if I continue.
Kate sat at her new desk and flicked the little silver swinging ball into the other one, it started to make a clanking sound as they swung backwards and forwards together, she was lost in thought.
From outside Esposito and Ryan were watching her, thats when Castle got off the elevator and walked towards them a coffee in each hand. He stopped.
"Morning how is everything today."
"We can't tell." they said watching Beckett.
Castle turned his head also and looked at her. "How long has she been in there?"
"About an hour, hasn't moved. Did she say much thismorning to you?" asked Ryan.
"No she was gone by the time I got up." Castle said.
"Maybe we should go in there." said Esposito.
"Let me, coffee might help." Castle said. Ryan opened the door for him closing it behind him. "Morning."
Beckett looked up.
"Coffee."
"Thanks." she said putting it down on the desk. Noting the name now on the desk. Captain Kathrine Beckett. She didn't really like the sound of it. Captain Beckett was no better.
"How's the new desk going?"
"I liked my old one." she looked out to her old empty desk.
"You know Kate, if it's too soon you don't have to be here."
"It's not too soon, I'm ready for this."
"You sure." he stroked the side of her face with the back of his hand.
"Yes, I will be fine." she smiled and stood up she looked at Ryan and Esposito outside. "They have been watching me since I got here."
"Just concerned."
"Yeh well I'm fine." she came around to the front of the desk and leaned on it folding her arms. "I guess you were wondering why I left without you thismorning."
"The thought had crossed my mind."
"You were still asleep, I didn't want to wake you, you look so cute when you are asleep...so...quiet."
"And you are the one that always tells me that it's creepy when I watch you."
"Come on Rick, I think we have some work to do." she put a hand on his shoulder and walked out into the bullpen. He followed.
Beckett came up to Ryan and Esposito.
"So, any body drops yet."
"Not yet, but it's only early." Ryan looked at his watch. Nobody was going to mention anything about her mother's case, they weren't game to besides Beckett was already thinking along those lines.
"Well I might as well take a look into Lockwood's case again, incase I have missed something."
"Beckett you have already gone over it three times already, there is nothing more to come up with and now he is dead." Ryan said
"So it's up to us to be his voice." she sat at her old desk. Maybe, she thought she could just stay here and not have to be in the Captain's office move everything she needed back to her old spot...she could do that, after all she was the boss now.
But she did not like how it had all turned out for it to be that way.
Three months ago everything was fine, going along smoothly, now everything was up-ended, alot of changes had happened, some good some not so good.
The best bit was her and Castle were now together and it didn't matter who knew it, he made her feel special, nobody had ever come that close in her life to do that besides her Mom and Dad. She glanced over and smiled at him as she watched him talk to Esposito and Ryan. Lost in thought she didn't even notice he was looking back at her until he was near her.
"What ya thinking Kate?" he said with an amused tone in his voice.
"Um that I need...need to be." she shook her head and looked at Esposito when he said..."We got a body drop down town..coming?"
"Of course." she said
"Looks like we are back in business." Castle said to her.
"Yeh looks like it."
"Hey Beckett." he said
"Yes?"
"Now we have a different understanding about eachother...could I drive?"
She stopped walking and looked at him a smile tugged at ther corner of her mouth and she was thinking.
He was hopful. He was going to get to drive, he knew it.
"Nope." they stepped into the elevator infront of Ryan and Esposito. She pressed the down button and stepped back level with Castle.
"You are still a tease." he leant in beside her ear.
Ryan and Esposito smiled at eachother from behind them.
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"Oh will you look at that, that ain't pretty." Castle stopped and turned around so he was not facing the body.
"De-capitations usually aren't Castle." Beckett said as she moved to the top half of the victim where Lanie was standing writing on her clip board.
"I got a question." said Ryan. "Where is the head?"
"Still looking." said Lanie looking towards some uniforms searching near by bushes.
Castle shuddered, still not turning around.
"By the drag marks it looks like he was brought here from somewhere else." Beckett said looking around.
"But why just to here, it's more secluded a few metres up the road."
said Castle.
"That's true but, the killer could have been interrupted. Dumped the body and ran."
"Off with the head...maybe he is collecting them, maybe that's his prize possession after every kill...imagine that a whole house full of.." Castle was thinking more along the makings of another book than the case.
"Castle." Beckett stopped him. "How many bodies have we found without heads latley?" she raised her eyebrows.
"Found it." someone called.
Beckett looked at Castle with an I told you so look, then started to walk away.
"Well it was only a theory." he shrugged and followed her.
It was great being back on the murder trail again.
Well should I keep going. As I said I wanted to get away from all the season finale storys. I will still be posting my other story I have a few more chapters in that to go but this was just floating around.