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Two -Shot!

"Okay so what do we got?" Asked detective Beckett while she stood up to stand in front of the murder board.

"Our victim Victoria Jenkins worked as a spy for Cradle corporation," began Esposito. "Her target was Jefferson Anders. CEO of Cradle corps competition."

"They sent her there to find out the dirty secrets by getting close to Anders by entering in a sexual relationship," Ryan said.

"But when Anders caught on to her when he caught her snooping in his laptop," Castle continued.

"He had her killed, Beckett finished.

"But Anders is broke. We went through his financials he didn't have a dime. He's even about a year from losing the company."

"So he kills Victoria himself?" Beckett asked skeptically.

"Makes sense. Especially since he has a military background."

"He didn't make it in. Doesn't count," Esposito interjected.

"That aside. Why wouldn't he? He knew what she was up to," said Castle.

"Soooo he calls Victoria from a burner cell and have her meet him at the bar where she was last seen," she says taking a step closer to where Castle is standing.

"When he doesn't show up she goes to her car where he's waiting in the back seat," Castle explains following her lead.

"She sits down and he confronts her to see if she's really a spy," Beckett continues walking up to Castle.

"When she confirms it he slits her throat and leaves the knife there before he gets out." Castle takes his hands out of his pockets to take a few steps toward Beckett, eye contact never wavering.

"He calls his secretary five minutes before and keeps her on the line the whole time to establish an alibi," Beckett's says feeding off of Castle's momentum.

"Yeah and you remember what she said. She said she was on hold majority of the time," Castle said.

"GREAT theory guys," Ryan interrupted them from taking steps closer to each other. "But how do we prove it?"

"The knife," both Castle and Beckett say simultaneously. "We found prints on the knife that weren't a match in the system," Beckett continued.

"How much you willing to bet those prints match Anders?" Castle smirked. They're only about five inches apart now.

"How are we going to get his prints?" Esposito asked.

"The party for investors tonight. Odds are he'll be there I was even invited," Castle explained.

"Do you need tickets?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah I was given two. They don't know who it if I was dating."

"Where is the party?" Beckett asked.

"It's at Center Division now that I think of it. We could break into his office get a print and back out to the party without anyone even knowing."

"Great. Guts," she said in that tone that meant get to work. Once the boys left is when Castle and Beckett noticed how close they were standing. "What time does it begin? The party?" Beckett asked trying not to sound breathless from his close proximity.

"Seven. It is black tie."

She shook her head and smiled. "I got it this time okay Castle."

"Suuure," he said laughing.

When they both stopped laughing they were left staring into the others eyes. But Beckett broke it off before things could escalate.

"I'll see you in a few hours," Castle said before leaving."

"I told him I had it this time and I don't. Lanie what the hell am I going to wear?"

"I've got a black dress at home. But I don't know if it'll fit you."

"Probably not because my girls aren't as big as yours."

"We could always pin it," Lanie suggested. Beckett just gave her one of her famous glares. "Why are you trying to look overly sexy anyway?" She asked giving Beckett a knowing smile.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Mhmm. You sure you're not trying to impress writer-boy? Why don't you just tell him how you feel?"

"I did. You see how well that turned out. And plus we're just getting back on good terms."

"Oh yeah the flight attendant," Lanie recalled while the door bell rang.

"Lanie can you get that please?"

"Remember what happened last time? You haven't showered yet you get it."

Beckett just rolled her eyes and went to get the door. When she opened it she was met with a familiar pair of blue eyes holding a white box.

"Hello there Beckett. Got you something." Castle invited himself inside by walking past and standing in her living room. "I figured you needed a dress...again."

"I told you I had it Castle," she said shutting her front door.

"Really? Oh so you don't want the dress," he asked raising his eyebrow to challenge her.

"Why? What does it look like?"

Without breaking eye contact Castle opened the white box and moved some of the white tissue paper out of the way to let Beckett see a glimpse of the dark red dress.

"You want to see the whole thing?"

Beckett bit her bottom lip and walked closer over to Castle. In the back of her mind she was hoping that Lanie wouldn't come out because Castle would be able to put two and two together.

She took the box from Castle and walked over to the kitchen counter. She pulled the dress halfway out to see what the top looked like.

"Why don't you go try it on?"

"I'm am not dressing for you Castle," she laughed. "I don't even know if I'm gonna wear it."

"Oh but you want to," he said coming up behind her while she held the dress. "I'd love to see you in it right now." He spoke in his dreamy bedroom voice as his hot breath caressed the back of her neck.

"Castle," she whispered closing her eyes. Thank goodness he can't see her.

He laid his hand on her hip and turned her around to face him. Their faces just inches from each others, their lips from inches from each others. Beckett's mind takes her back to the first time they kissed that night when they had to save Ryan and Esposito.

She remembered how soft and sweet they felt and tasted. But that was so long ago, she needs to be reminded, she wants more.

"What the hell is taking so long-" Lanie stopped yelling when she caught sight of Castle and Beckett about to kiss. "Oh I'm sorry for interrupting," she said before re-treating back into the room.

Once Lanie was gone Castle turned back to face Kate and sighed. "I'll see you at seven detective."

"See you at seven."

"Okay so the plan is get in don't make it known you're there. Get past everyone until you get to his office. Find something easily printable, hide it and get the hell out of there. Stay for about an hour or so then make it known you're leaving got it?" Esposito explained.

"Yeah I got it," said Beckett.

"Where's Castle? He's in on this right?"

"Yeah he's in Ryan's car. He's strapping him up. You guys will be here in the van keeping watching us through all the cameras at the party and we'll be able to hear you right?."

"Yeah of course. We'll let you know if there's anything to worry about."

"Okay. Thanks Espo. Can you make sure my earpiece works."

He started messing with some chords that were behind him and turned on the speaker. When he saw Beckett wince from the high pitch tune it was enough to let them both know that it worked. "Thanks." Beckett smiled when she thought that Castle probably had his speaker in his ear when it went off. She can imagine his face as he winced.

Work. Focus. She told herself.

Esposito's phone ringing brings her out of her thoughts and snaps her attention back to the case when he announces that Ryan and Castle just pulled up behind them.

They step out the car to meet them and when Beckett's eyes land on Castle she loses her breath for a moment. His hair is slicked back and he's in a tuxedo that brings out the strong slope of his arms and the tautness of his ass. And she can see that he matched them. The dark red bow tie matches her dress perfectly.

When he sees her he smiles because not only does he get to see her in the dress but the dark red and orange underneath bring out her eyes and makes her skin shine. She's beautiful and she always continues to surprise him.

He loses his breath at the sight of her. The floor-length dress makes her look taller and accentuates her curves, making her look all woman.

When she sees him she smiles and puts her head down shyly as she walks over to him. And that's what it is, it's her smile that makes the dress light up her eyes and bring out her skin tone.

When they meet it takes everything in him to not reach out and touch her. But he wants to, god, does he want to but she's off limits. She doesn't feel the way he does about her but at least she's trying. She said she's almost ready to come to terms with everything that happened that day and he's okay if that means she tells him she doesn't feel the same. His heart will need time though.

He expects her to make a teasing remark about the dress or about how he matched them but she doesn't. She gets right to work. "You know what to do?" He nodded. "Got your earpiece?" Castle nods again and points to the back of his ear.

"You look beautiful by the way," Castle manages to say sincerely.

Beckett slightly blushes and looks away from his eyes. "Thank you...Castle."

"Yo!" Esposito called through the earpiece . "We are ready when you are."

"You got eyes and ears?"

"Yeah. Tech hacked into the security cameras for us. We're good to go," Ryan confirmed.

Castle turned toward the entrance and held his arm out for her, she took it without hesitation.

They work their way past the entrance with their tickets and then they're escorted upstairs because the party is taking place on the roof.

"You could've mentioned that Castle," she seared.

"I didn't know."

"How the hell are we going to get back down here to get to the office? We're obviously not allowed to be down here," she said as they ascended the long staircase.

"There's a door to your right when you get upstairs," Ryan says through the earpiece. "Work it out in there."

Once in the little room which they both assume is a supply closet they figure out what they're going to do. They have to get past the guards downstairs one at a time and look very convincing.

"Oh! Help me please!" Beckett called coming down the stairs frantically. "I need a restroom quickly."

"Uh ma'am," one of the bulky security guards began. "The bathrooms are upstairs. Guest aren't allowed sown here."

"The ones up here are full and please it's an emergency." Beckett now is down the stairs fighting her way past the guards. "I have diabetes and I forgot to give myself a shot. It'll take five minutes please."

The guards looked from one another trying to decide if it was okay. When they were about to tell her no she heard Esposito say "faint" to get them to let her go.

Beckett's eyes rolled in the back of her head and she fell backwards. The first guard at the end of the stairs caught her and smacked the side of her face lightly to get her to open her eyes.

"Hey go give yourself that shot. Go hurry."

"Thank you," she said faking being breathless. "Thank you so much."

One guard escorted her to the bathroom and she waited until Esposito gave her the all clear to leave. Through the earpiece Esposito guided her to Anders office.

"Hey! Excuse me!" Castle yelled coming down the stairs five minutes later.

"Sir! Sir you are not allowed down here."

"I know I just have a question. Have you seen my girlfriend? She was having a diabetes attack and went to the bathroom but she left her purse and it's got her insulin," Castle explained holding up Beckett's purse. "She needs it right away."

The guard that took Beckett to the bathroom spoke up. "Yes she was just here. Follow me." They ran down the halls in the building until they found the bathroom. "I know what she's going through. My daughter has diabetes."

"I'm so sorry sir."

"You just take care of your girl. But be out as quickly as you can," the guard said before leaving Castle to go inside the bathroom.

To put on a show he shouted out "baby I got your medicine!" To trick the guard.

Once the guard left Castle too was escorted to Anders office by Esposito.

"I can't find shit!" Beckett yelled to herself. Anders office was cleaned out and every printable surface wiped down. She couldn't even find a pen!

When the door knob jiggled her heart stopped and she stood up straight.

Ryan recognized the fear on her face and called out to her. "It's your shadow," he said right before Castle walked in.

"We good?" She asked him. Castle just nodded.

"Did you find anything?"

"No it's like the place has been cleaned out! I checked the desk and coffee table a billion times and nothing."

"Alright calm down we'll find something. Did you check in the boxes in the corner?"

"No and we can't. They're air sealed and no one can know we were here."

"Alright lets just keep looking."

Ten strenuous minutes later they still couldn't find any prints and they didn't have the equipment to lift one anyway.

"We got trouble," Ryan said.

"Two security guards and Anders are on their way down the hall. Looks like they'll be coming in," Esposito continued.

"How the hell did they know?"

"Probably a silent alarm set to go off if the door is opened without a key after a certain amount of time. I have my office set that way," Castle explained.

"There are no other ways out of here what are we going to do?"

"I don't know."

"You guys have about twenty seconds to think of what you're going to do," Ryan warned.

Beckett calmed the panic rising in her chest down. She had to think of something.

She looked from the couch to Castle and back to the couch. She smiled slightly then refocused on why she's about to do what she is.

"Castle take off your jacket," she demanded.

"Why?"

"Take it off!"

Castle quickly obeyed her orders, mainly because he was afraid that she would cause him bodily harm if he didn't listen.

Before Castle could form a coherent thought Beckett was pulling down his suspenders and pushing him into the couch. The next thing he knew, Beckett was taking her hair out of its up-do and shaking it out, her curls pooling around her bare shoulders giving her a rough naughty look. It was then that time seemed to stop because he swears she's going in slow motion now. She's lifting up her dress, inch by inch revealing more and more of her legs.

His eyes scan her down her body as she walks over to him. Before he realizes it she's straddling him on the couch and lowering herself on his lap. Then she brings her hands to run up and down his chest while she leans over to whisper in his ear.

The words she said takes him by surprise. He never in the four years he's known this woman expected her to ever say these three words. Especially while breathless and moaning like she is.

Three teasing words.

"Undo my dress," she whispered before capturing his lips with her own. Castle was stunned for a second before he quickly joined her in the kiss. The kiss instantly began to get heated. Castle unzipped her dress and it fell a few inches off her chest.

Castle was kissing her so hard that Beckett thought he would flip them on the couch. He placed his hands on her hips tightly holding her to him. Beckett absentmindedly started grinding her hips down onto Castle causing him to bite down on her lips then smooth it over with his tongue.

"Oh god," she whispered. Her body was on fire, like every nerve was anxiously waiting for his touch so they could explode. He was touching her everywhere but nowhere at the same time. Not in the important places that she yearned for him in.

He's been wanting to do this for so long, so so long. He's been wanting to touch her like this for as long as he can remember. But he won't go to far because the last thing he needs is for her to break away to yell at him...or worse.

But that line of thinking ends quickly when she unbuttoned his shirt and slid her fingers down until she rubbed over his pecks. That gave him permission to slide his hands under her dress to grip her thighs to bring her closer and she came... willingly.

Beckett's fingers found their way into Castle's hair while she kissed him. This kiss was the same as their first one. Passionate and still fairly new and all consuming. But this kiss was also so much different from their first. They've had experience with the other so their lips fit together better and they were in sync. They were doing a dance this time. They've both been waiting so long to do this, to kiss and touch each other and neither of them wants it to end.

They were kissing for about ten seconds before the security guards and Anders walked in. Beckett's eyes snapped open when she heard the extra loud, "EXCUSE ME!" From the door way.

Castle didn't hear it. So when Beckett looked up Castle took it as an invitation to trail kisses down her neck.

"Babe," she whispered breathily. When he didn't stop his ministrations she jumped up from his lap and yelled, "Castle!"

Beckett's dress fell further down revealing the bullet scar between her breasts. She pulled it up instantly.

"What are you two doing in here? Guest aren't allowed down here," said Anders.

Beckett snapped back into cop mode when her eyes focused on the champagne glass in Anders hands.

Prints.

"Oh we are so sorry Mr. Anders but earlier I had a diabetes attack but I forgot my medicine. My boyfriend brought it to me and saved my life. I thought I should repay him in the only way I could at the moment."

"Yeah. And it was my idea to come in here. She wanted to stay in the bathroom but no way we were doing it in there," Castle jumped in, apparently back from his daze.

"Well would you mind fixing yourselves and leaving. You've caused enough drama here tonight."

"Yes sir."

While Castle and Beckett fixed themselves Anders waited outside the door. In the room Beckett wouldn't meet Castle's eyes. She even did her own dress back up.

As they walked past Anders Beckett took the champagne glass from out of Anders hands. "Do you mind if I have a sip?" She asked downing the entire glass. When she went to hand it back to him he gave her a "are you serious?" look.

"Come on Richard. We clearly aren't wanted here anymore," Beckett said keeping up the persona of a spoiled bratt.

"Yes dear."

Beckett slipped Castle the champagne glass where he tucked it under his jacket.

When they made it outside and back into the van where Ryan and Esposito were neither of them spoke.

"So uh that was some kiss," Ryan said.

"It was the only thing we could've done," Beckett defended.

"Riiiiiight," Esposito said making Beckett blush.

She stole a glance at Castle who had his head down and eyes closed.

"Castle are you okay?" She asked worried.

"I just need a minute."

It was then that she noticed the big bulge in Castle's pants. She blushed harder and looked away from all eyes in the van.

"Castle has the glass. Come on Ryan you're with me," she said getting out of the can to walk to Ryan's car.

She knew that Esposito wouldn't let her hear the end of it. He would push and push until she ended up admitting something she isn't ready to yet.

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