Disclaimer : Castle is not mine.
It's a Friday in January and anyone would be happy and Beckett should be unbelievably happy because now she has 2 weeks off work. Yes the workaholic that is Detective Kate Beckett is forced to take two weeks off. Why ? Because her farther, aunt and even her grandma, yes her 65 year old grandma figured out how to use a phone and called her boss begging them to give her granddaughter the weeks off to come and visit her. And Montgomery being the family man he is had allowed it. Not only that but after having 3 different members of her family call him he came up to her and said.
"Beckett I don't know why so many of your family members have my phone number or that they are calling me to get you time off work but I am getting tired of it and a little creeped out so you will be going to see your family at the reunion and you will do it without an argument and whilst you are there you will delete my number from their phones. Are we understood ?"
Lets just say that Beckett was definitely shocked and she may or may not have been blushing. But the worst of it came today when she got a very chirpy Castle walking into the precinct with a certain bounce to his step that she couldn't ignore. When he sat down he didn't stop being chirpy or up beat at all he sat there with his elbows on her desk and his head resting in his hands and he sat there and starred at her with a happy smile on his face and a shine to his eyes. Beckett couldn't take it anymore and slowly turned her head up from her paperwork and raised an eyebrow at him expectantly and he took this as his chance.
"So I got a very interesting, lets call it an invite this morning in the mail." He said and Beckett must have caught onto his tone because her eyes grew wide and she had a slight blush to her cheeks and her back was straighter then usual and her hand was covering her mouth in shock. Castle pulled the invite out of his pocket and handed it to her to read.
Dear Mr Castle, Mrs Castle and Mrs Rodgers
We are formally inviting you to the Beckett family reunion being held over the time of two weeks.
One James Beckett has requested you accompany us over his time and to quote him 'he is fed up with Katie not admitting how she feels and not telling you she has no boyfriend and being oblivious to how good for her you are.'
His words not mine, however if you wish to come please do and do not mind Katherine she has always been stubborn.
On one of the last nights there is a formal dinner which you and your family will attend. You will pack for two weeks and you don't need directions Katherine knows where she is going if she simply refuses to tell you in hopes of you not going you can contact her farther which we know you have his number.
I look forward to meeting you and your family on January 8th.
Yours,
Elizabeth Beckett.
When Beckett looked up she was so shocked she could barely even speak and she was so embarrassed she couldn't look into his eyes but he chose not to notice and took the invite back from her.
"I think it would be easier if you stayed at mine on Saturday so we can travel together. Oh and Alexis is so excited she won't stop talking about it so maybe you could to her about it. Thanks Beckett." And then he was gone and all Kate could think was 'That smug bastard.' But then she smiled suddenly kind of excited for her family reunion.