**ATTENTION** This is a sequel to my first story: 'A Night Over'. So in order to understand where this story is starting off from you need to read that one. Thanks :)
So I'm going to be honest here. This first Chapter was very hard to write! I am not a very big fan of it, but like my other story, just stick with it and I promise it will get better :) As always, you are welcome to follow me on twitter: clcummins12 where I will keep everyone updated! Thanks and enjoy!
Night Into Dawn and Beyond: Chapter 1
Beckett sat at her desk reading over the case that was set before her. Piles of papers were stacked all over her desk, making it almost impossible to see her. She looked intently at the papers in front of her, glancing up once or twice thinking about what she had just read then looking down once more. She didn't understand why anyone would want her dead. True, the guy was a psycho. But even psycho's had a little bit of sense didn't they?
She wanted to get this case solved, the sooner the better. She wasn't sure if she would be able to sleep another soundless night until this guy was behind bars. If it weren't for Castle she would have been up all night worrying herself.
'Castle…' Kate thought about what had gone on just the night before. She thought of all the new experiences she had had with him. She thought of how she wanted to do it again; then cursed at herself for thinking that way. She was a cop, a very good one at that. She took her job very seriously and didn't want a relationship ruin that.
True, Castle was charming and could be very sweet at times…but a relationship with him, that was a whole other step for her to take. One that she was perhaps not ready to take quite yet.
She looked at the murder board, trying to get her mind focused back on work.
His hands, oh how they had felt so good running over her body. And when he filled her, when she had taken the ride of her life…'Kate, focus!' she told herself.
No matter how hard she tried she couldn't forget what had happened last night. And this morning, well that was a different story…
Kate woke up at five o'clock as always, not a minute had passed. She felt something heavy along her side. Castle's arm was thrown over her, as though it was something natural, something he did every night. She decided to lay there for a few minutes, taking in the moment, wishing this was something natural, something she experienced every morning. Unfortunately for her, it wasn't.
She heard him breathing in and out, his breath lightly touching the back of her neck. It made chills go up her spine. Once in while he would let out a soft snore. She smiled, thinking that she would have to tease him about this later.
Kate didn't regret what had happened last night-she enjoyed it. But she had heard what could happen if you were sexually involved with a partner at work. It could skew your judgment, make you nervous, or worse, for Kate's case, someone could get away with murder. Kate decided right then and there that she would not allow that to happen.
She slowly shook his arm gently, trying to wake him up.
"Castle..." she whispered turning around towards him.
He breathed in deeply and she began to run her fingers down his chest. She moved her hands up to play with his hair and he opened one eye.
"Are you trying to seduce me?" he said jokingly.
She laughed. "I have to get up for work. And-"
"You think it would be best if we went in separately." He said, cutting her off. She thought at first he would be mad that she wanted to keep what had happened between them a secret. He smiled, relieving her fears. "It's fine, I understand."
She smiled and gave him a kiss. He wrapped his arms around her waist, dragging her over him.
She laughed. "I really have to go. I can't be late." She said quickly kissing him, for what she thought would be the last time and walked over toward her door and put on her robe.
Kate knew that what she was doing was wrong. She felt like she was almost taking advantage of him. She knew that you should never mix work with pleasure but Castle, well any other girl who saw him would want him. There were doubts that were beginning to rise now. Doubts about if she had done the right thing, doubts that told her she should end it, doubts that asked her if there even was anything to end.
She heard someone sit down beside her, making her snap out of her daydream. There was no need to look up, she knew who it was. His masculine smell with the hint of the cologne which he wore began to fill the area around her. She smiled, remembering back to the night she had just shared with him. Remembering all the emotions that had been released. And she realized that for once in her life she felt like herself. She felt that she no longer needed to hide anything and could be open to the world. Well, maybe not too open, she thought again.
He sat there, just simply staring. He saw the top of her head now and again and sometimes she would look up enough just to see the tops of her eyes. He loved the way her eyes could go from a dark brown to a light hazel color in just seconds. He wondered how she would react to what had happened last night. This morning she had been fine when she was getting ready to come in to the station. He wondered about tonight, would he stay over again? Would she stay with him? Would they go back to how everything used to be? Castle hoped not.
She looked up to see Castle smiling at her. She looked, questioningly at first, but then she broke out into a small smile as well. He held out a cup of coffee. "I picked you up something on the way in." he said, wondering if he was over-stepping his boundary zones. He looked so cute when he was nervous.
She smiled politely taking the coffee from him and sipped it. It was her favorite kind, a hot creamy caramel with a hint of whipped cream added to the top. She couldn't help but smile as the creamy goodness hit her throat. He gave her a smile in return.
"So what's on the agenda for today?" he asked wanting to keep things as normal as possible for her so the awkwardness would not take over.
"To see if CSU got any prints off of the phone booth; then visit his apartment again, just to make sure we haven't missed anything." She said getting up.
"So my car or yours?" he asked getting up to follow her down the hall. She just simply turned back at him and smiled.
Anyone who was watching the two could tell that something had happened between them. Perhaps it was the fact that they looked at each other differently. Perhaps it was that their knees kept lightly brushing against each other. Perhaps it was the fact that neither one of them could stop smiling. Lanie watched them before getting on the elevator to go down to her lab. Whatever it was, she was going to figure it out and see what exactly was going on between the two.
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