A/N: So I'm back. Didn't mean to be back so soon, but well… Words cannot express how happy I was with the finale, but I really want to know what happens next. So to deal with the four month summer hiatus here is a new story that starts basically right after the end of the Season 4 finale. This is basically my version of what I want to happen and as of right now it will last until the Season 5 premiere. (That is if they ever get around to giving them a S5 renewal). I have no plot at the moment, I just need to get these thoughts out of my head and I have chosen all of you to read my ramblings. If you have not seen the finale please stop reading now. So without further ado…

Disclaimer: As much as I would love to own them they belong to AWM and ABC….Always.

Rick looked down at the hand intertwined with his own, and then he looked up into the eyes of the woman before him and saw nothing but pure love and devotion. For the past few years it was a look he had hoped to see staring back at him. She bit her lip as she started to lead them off towards the bedroom.

This is really going to happen, Rick thought to himself as he followed her through his office and into his bedroom. He had honestly thought that they were done. He'd never expected to see her again. Never see her smile when he brought her a cup of coffee, never hear her laugh when he said something witty, never find out just how big of a fan she is, and never be there when she was in trouble.

As they entered the bedroom she turned back towards him and placed her lips on his once again while wrapping her arms around his neck. He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into him never breaking contact of the kiss. They slowly moved towards his king size bed. Kate untucked his shirt and slowly unbuttoned his shirt as she shrugged it off his shoulders. She ran her hands down his chest relishing in the fact that her hands were on bare skin. How many times had she dreamt of doing this and now here it was becoming a reality. She clumsily started to unbuckle his slacks, but had to let go briefly when he finished ripping open her shirt and letting it fall down on the ground.

He looked down once again at the scar. The reality that he almost lost her a year ago still haunted him to this day. But now, here she was in his arms, where she was always meant to be. He gently laid them both down on the bed and he gently started placing soft kisses down her body.

"Castle," Kate said breathlessly.

"What?"

"Help."

"Huh?"

"Pants, Castle."

"Oh!" he said as he reached down to unbutton her jeans and then got off of the bed and started to gently peal them off. Because they were so wet he struggled just a little bit to pull them off her long beautiful legs.

Once those were gone he quickly removed his own slacks and quickly crawled back onto the bed and hovered over her body.

She grasped his face between her delicate hands and looked directly into his blue eyes, "I love you too Rick."

He looked down at her and smiled, "I know," he whispered as he kissed her neck as they finished relinquishing each other of all other scraps of clothing. He looked down at her naked form and took a moment to take everything in, "You're beautiful Kate, more beautiful than I could have ever imagined."

She brought his mouth down to hers, not wanting to waste a minute of time. Time she thought for a brief moment earlier she had lost. Time she was done wasting.

-K/R-

Warmth enveloped Kate as she sank deeper into the comfort of the bed. She cracked an eye to see the sunlight shining through the window. Catching a glimpse of her surroundings she remembered the previous night and earlier this morning. Rolling over she caught a glimpse of the man who had always had her heart, it had just taken her a while to realize what he had long ago. He looked so peaceful when he slept. She placed a hand on his chest and simply laid there for a moment to just watch him, this amazing man who had stood beside her all this time, through all of these life and death situations. He was still here despite the train wreck that was her life.

"Now I know how you felt when you told me that staring at you doing paperwork was creepy," he said with a smile but leaving his eyes closed.

"I'm gonna go make breakfast," she said dropping a quick kiss on his lips before jumping out of bed.

Rick opened his eyes and propped himself upon an elbow to admire a very naked Kate Beckett standing by his bed. "You know I could get used to this," he said smiling up at her.

Kate reached down to pick his shirt up off the floor and shrugged into it only buttoning about half the buttons. She gathered her hair up into a messy bun and secured it in place with a pencil that was sitting on the nightstand. She looked down at him and smiled, "Well you'll have plenty of time to get used to it because I'm not going anywhere." She leaned down to give him one more quick kiss and then started to walk out of the room.

"So, Captain must have given you a couple days off for your near death experience since you don't seem to be in any rush to leave?" Castle said as he was getting up.

Kate paused for a moment before turning around, Shit, she thought before turning back around to face him. "Ummmm…..yeah, that's something we're gonna have to talk about."

Rick's face all of the sudden got very serious, "What happened yesterday Kate?"

Kate looked at him and knew she needed to tell him the truth. She was done with all of the lies and didn't want anything to come between them any longer. "Just…..when you're done getting ready come find me, we'll talk over breakfast, I promise."

He thought about it for a moment and then deciding that was an acceptable answer nodded and continued his trek into the bathroom

Kate let out a deep breath and walked through the office towards the kitchen. Upon reaching the kitchen she started pulling out a couple of skillets and getting the appropriate ingredients from the fridge. She was impressed with herself for actually remembering where half of this stuff was after only having been here a couple of times and only having done breakfast once over two years ago. She put the bacon she found in one skillet and proceeded to crack eggs into the other. Gourmet cooking it was not, but honestly she was just so hungry right now that anything would have worked.

As she moved to turn the bacon an arm snaked around her waist and she felt a pair of lips graze the spot on her neck right below her ear. "You know if memory serves me right, this is not the first time I have caught you making bacon in my kitchen," Rick whispered into her ear as he tightened his grasp.

"Well I promise not to beat you with the spatula for trying to sneak a piece," Kate jokingly said to him.

"I don't know, that sounds kind of…" he started to say but was interrupted by Kate turning and waving a spatula at him.

"Do not finish that sentence Castle," she said pointing the spatula at him playfully.

Rick got a gleam in his eye that she recognized. It always showed up when he was dead set on something, and she had the overwhelming feeling that she knew what his mind was set on. She quickly turned back around towards the stove.

"You know Beckett I don't like to start things I don't finish," he said as he turned her around to face him. She felt his arms brush her sides and she knew that he was turning off the burners on the stove.

"Well Castle I…..," but that was all she could get out before he quick as lightning lifted her up onto the counter and pressed his lips to hers. She broke the kiss after a moment, "Rick, we still need to talk."

"Well apparently since you don't seem to be in any kind of hurry we'll have plenty of time to talk later," he said as he took possession of her lips once more.

She quickly wrapped her arms around him and deepened the kiss. She needed to be closer to him, needed to possess him, she just couldn't seem to get close enough to him. Wrapping her legs around his waist she started to move the robe he was wearing off of his shoulders.

Glad that they finally seemed to be on the same page he started to undo the few buttons on his shirt that she was wearing.

They were so involved with one another that they failed to hear the front door open and shut.

"OH MY…!"

Rick and Kate quickly turned around towards the voice and both let out a simultaneous whispered "Crap" as they saw who had just walked in the front door.

A/N: So this is what I have so far. Please let me know what you think. I'm looking forward to writing this story, like I have said before though I don't currently have a plan of where I am taking things, I'm just going to go where the words take me. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go watch the last few minutes of "Always" again.

Jen