It was just a kiss
by missteff
7/1/18
Disclaimer; I don't own Castle, blah blah blah. This is another one-shot of season 1 episode. Enjoy this version.
If there are grammatical/spelling errors, tell me. I did use a program on my computer but I got a review saying it was not right.
Beckett stands on the street facing Castle as they have just finished arresting the man for murdering his sister.
"Well, guess this is it," Beckett says, hoping that this was the last time that she was going to be working with him.
"Well, it doesn't have to be. We could, uh, go to dinner. Debrief each other."
"Why, Castle? So I can be another one of your conquests?"
"Or I could be one of yours." He twists it back on to her hoping to challenge her.
"It was nice to meet you, Castle."
"It's too bad. It would've been great."
She leans in and whispers in his ear. "You have no idea."
"No, you don't." He grabs her face quickly with his hand and pulls it closer to his. He kisses her on the lips. He couldn't help himself. Shocked she was but when she was able to recover she shoves him and hard. He stumbles back and hits the ground hard. "It was just a kiss, you can't hurt a guy for trying." or can you, he whispers. He watches as she spins on her high heels and walks off.
"Beckett, wait, I didn't mean..." Castle gets to his feet takes one step and winces in pain. "I'll be fine," he calls out more to himself. He sighs and takes another step, this one was worse, shooting pain shot up his leg in an incredible speed. Castle tries to hop on one foot to see why he was hurting so much. But when he did he fell over. An officer sees it, not knowing Castle wasn't one of them, yells out that they have an officer down.
Ryan and Espo come rushing up to the yelling officer, with Beckett right behind them. She stops immediately when she sees that it was just Castle, sitting on the ground with his shoe off rubbing his foot.
"What happened Castle," Ryan asks him.
"I don't know I..." Castle glances at his foot, noticing that it's starting to puff up.
"Bro that doesn't look good."
"No kidding it hurts like hell, a shooting pain." Castle squints his eyes and shakes his head. "Must be in my ankle," Castle wiggles his toes, at least they don't hurt.
"Let's get you to a hospital," Ryan calls holding out his hand for Castle to take it. Castle shakes his head continuously.
"What you not going?" Espo holds out his hand also."You can't just stay here like this." Castle sees Beckett who is now slowly approaching them. Castle gives her a pleading look and he mouths to her "help". But he knew that she wasn't going to help him not when he probably did the worst thing to her. Why is she so mad at me it was just a kiss. An unwanted kiss I guess, but then she shouldn't have teased me. He closes his eyes not because of his foot cause of his heart. Maybe I did hurt her by my kiss.
"The boys," She used "the boys" not 'we', she's still mad, I see. "Are just trying to help you, Castle, let them." Beckett turns to take a few steps, then has the flashback of her pushing him off her after the kiss. Was this all her fault. No, it was his for...trying to kiss me. She was still mad about that but really didn't want him to suffer in pain, which clearly she could see on his face.
Castle tries to smile when she turns to face them again. Was she making a mistake by suggesting for them to go see her friend Lanie, who is, a doctor of shorts?
"Let's let Lanie check it out," she suggests. Castle nods. Castle now reaches out for the boy's hands to help him up. They get him standing up, Castle mouths thanks to Beckett. She just shakes her head.
"Just doing my job." She responds. "Put him in my car." She's hoping that she's not going to regret this either. The boys get him into the front seat of her car and close the door.
"Now, if you say a word or make a move. I will pull out my gun and shoot you, understood," she says in a stern voice, one that gave him chills.
"Yes, ma'am." He tries once again to smile at her but the pain continues to hold him back.
"And when we get there, you are on your own."
"Thanks," he says and then waves to the boys.
"Don't thank me, you got what you deserve." Castle sighs. Maybe she's right maybe I did. Castle sighs again. He doesn't look at her once the whole trip to the morgue to see her friend Lanie.
At the morgue, two men come and help Castle out of the car. They place his arms around each of their necks probing him up so that he can try to stay off his foot.
"Stay, right there." Beckett puts her hand up to stop the three men from walking with her. "I'll have to see if she will even do this."
"Lanie can I talk to you for a second," Beckett calls when she enters the autopsy room.
"Sure sweetie," She glances up to see Beckett. "Okay, with that face something's wrong what's going on with you?" Lanie takes off her white surgical gloves and hugs her friend.
"I need you to check someone out."
Lanie pulls her out of the hug. "You know that I only do," she points to behind here where a body was laying there. "The dead."
Beckett sighs, "I know but," she turns walking to the door, opens it some and waves them to come forward. "Can you take a look at him?"
"Who," that's when the officers bring Castle in. He doesn't even lift his head up to look at Beckett or Lanie.
"You want me to check him out?"
"Please, I..." Lanie saw the begging look in her friend's eyes.
"Have him sit over there." Castle hesitates from moving any.
"You heard her go sit." Beckett still has anger in her voice when she talks to Castle. That was worse than the pain in his foot. He upset her way upset.
"Where," he finally answers her.
"Sit up on the table sweetie," Lanie calls back to Castle, not knowing that Beckett was furious at the guy.
"On the table," Beckett shouts at him.
"If they can get you up there," the officers get Castle up there.
"You can always give it a kiss make it feel better." Castle tries to joke with her again.
"Castle," Beckett drags out his name, he lowers his head. "It was," He looks up, and she's gone. All three of them were. It was like they just vanished.
"So what can I?" Lanie stops dead in her tracks, after noticing that Beckett was gone.
"Where did she go?" She asks Castle who was just left there like an abandoned dog on the street corner.
"She's mad at me."
"For what now."
"Why did you use the word 'now'?"
"She got on to you for coming to see me and the body that day." Castle grins remembering that moment. One of the few he will have of Beckett now after this. He sighs. He rubs his hand down his face.
"Well, this time it's worse than that. I..." He tries to lift his foot up.
"I can see it from here. It's swollen, put some ice on it," she was about to go get his some when one of her interns brings her a bag.
"Here you are sir," Castle takes the bag and tells her thanks.
"Now stay off of it as much as possible,"
"Yes, Dr." Castle responds, he was going to get up, but she grips his shoulder.
"Now tell me what you did that got her so mad at you." When he hesitates, she dug her fingernail into him.
"Ow, okay, I tell you."
"Everything."
"Where do you want me to start?"
"Stop stalling, I want to know all of it!" a pause, "Now, Castle. She's my friend and you hurt her you hurt me." Lanie held up a scalpel.
Castle swallows.
"Alright, I kissed her."
"You what?" Lanie was in shock.
"You heard me I kissed her."
"You kissed her on the lips?"
"I did," He lets out a deep breath. "She was taunting me and her lips were calling out to mine. So I went for it."
"Big mistake," Lanie responds.
"I know that now." he scratches his head. "I lost control. I like her, she's fun to be around and well..." he sighs shaking his head. Lanie sees her friend peeking in the room. Beckett puts her finger to her mouth. "And I am sorry."
"I'm not the one who needs the apology, Castle."
"No Beckett does, but she's not talking to me as you just saw." He swallows, "I don't think that she ever will again." He rubs his eyes and then looks up in time to see, Beckett standing there. He pretends like he didn't see her. "I wish that she could know how sorry I really am."
"So this," Lanie picks up his foot placing the bag of ice on it, not knowing that he has seen Beckett. He wants to scream out cause the ice is so cold, just like Beckett was being to him all this time. Castle glances at Beckett. She has that same pleading look in her eyes that he did earlier. There was something, an unspoken meaning there. Beckett was hoping that Castle wasn't going to tell Lanie that she was the cause of all his pain. Castle shakes his head.
"No," he continues to shake his head some, "I did this. I bought it on, myself." he swallows, "I acted like a teenage fool who just acted on impulses. It got me into trouble," A pause as he looks over at Beckett again, then he licks his lips. "And the thing is." he shrugs waving his hand about. "I think it just ruined what could have been something special. I always screw it up somehow." he sniffs, letting some tears slid down his face. "I just wish she could forgive me."
"Maybe she will someday." Lanie waves for Beckett to come forward. Beckett shakes her head some and takes a few steps back.
"I don't see that happening anytime soon but you know," he smiles. "I will always remember her lips on mine."
"So it was good?"
"Are you kidding me, a course it was. It was better than good," He touches his lips where they kissed. "I can still feel the burn," He glances at Lanie, then at Beckett. "She's gonna make some man very happy one day."
"Were you, hoping that that would be you?"
"After a kiss like that, hell yeah."
Authors notes: Beckett came to me in a dream (July 3), yes kinda weird, haven't dreamed of her in years. (since CAstle ended) Anyway, she told me how I should continue this one so I listened to her (yikes!) and wrote the next chapter okay two.