Okay, so, i know it took me forever to write a sequel and i am sorry. I was planning on it sooner but then i had my other story and now i am in the middle of a sequel to that so it may seem crazy that i am writing this now but i really wanted to.

So im thinking that the last story ended right before the summer and this one is starting right after the summer. I decided to make it a little bit like what happened in the show. I hope you like it and please review.

"You haven't talked to her yet? What's wrong with you? You need to apologize to her." Alexis said to her dad. They were driving back from Princeton and he had just told her the bad news about him and Kate.

"Why do I need to apologize? I didn't do anything wrong. She broke up with me. She said she was sorry but she just didn't really have those feelings for me. She said she just wanted to be friends. So now, we are friends, we just haven't talked since the break up." Castle said defensively.

"You are such a guy." Alexis said.

He didn't understand why she thought this was his fault. He had been crushed when Kate broke up with him. He didn't leave the house for a week. Then he decided he would head to the Hamptons to get away from it all. Gina had gone with him to make sure he worked on Nikki Heat and she made it all worse. He went through hell all summer and he was supposed to apologize?

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Kate was just scared. She didn't want you to hurt her. She has been hurt before and she didn't want you to be one of the people to hurt her." Alexis said.

"I wouldn't hurt her. I would never hurt her." He said.

"Dad, you once said she built up walls to keep people out but you were going to break through the walls. I think you did break it down. I think you got to the other side of her walls and she felt herself getting comfortable with that and it scared her. She isn't one who lets people in." Alexis said and stopped for a minute. "Dad, I love you, I really do, but look at it this way. You have two ex wives and lots of ex girlfriends. You talk a lot about how you don't want to get married again. I don't know about you but I am pretty sure that didn't send Kate a very comforting message. Kate wants someone who she knows will be there for her always."

Rick sat back watching the road and taking this all in. He never thought of it like that. He didn't think Kate left because she liked him so much she didn't want him to leave. He thought she broke up with him because she really didn't like him like that and when she told him she loved him she was only saying it because she was afraid she was going to lose him. He had to prove to her that he was all in. That he wanted to be with her for the rest of his life.

They pulled up to their apartment building and Rick looked over at Alexis. She was half asleep.

"We are here. It's late, you go on up and get to bed. You need to sleep, school starts tomorrow. I'll take care of the bags." He said and he watched as she went inside.

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Kate looked at her alarm clock on the nightstand. It was 2:26 am. Who would be calling at this hour? She found her cell phone and looked at the caller ID. It was unavailable. She debated pressing ignore or answering. Finally she answered.

"Hello." She said and waited. After nothing happened she talked again. "Is anyone there?" She asked. She could hear someone breathing. Her hand automatically inched towards her of duty gun. "Hello!" She said trying to sound in charge.

"I'm back." The voice from the other line said.

"Who is this?" She said trying not to let her voice sound shaky. It was kind of hard with her being half asleep. She heard a small laugh and then a click. He hung up.