Just a heads up,
this story takes place before Castle met Meredith, therefore there's no Alexis involved either.
Also, my first ever try at writing a fanfic... Advice and criticism is much appreciated.
Hope you enjoy!
"Come on, Becks, it'll be fun."
"I don't know Maddie…"
"It's New Years, trust me, you need to loosen up a bit!"
"Fine, but you owe me."
"Owe you what? By the end of today, you'll be begging me to bring you to these parties more often."
"You wish."
-X-
Kate Beckett wasn't a fan of parties. Hell, she wasn't a fan of going out in the first place, yet here she was, in a party during New Years instead of spending some much needed quality time with her caring father.
"I just want you to know, this is a once in a lifetime thing."
"Becks, stop worrying about it. Just have fun. Besides, you won't ever see half of these people ever again."
"Yeah, and what happens in this house, stays in this house." Phil, Maddie's friend said, surprising both Kate and Maddie.
"More like mansion." Maddie replied.
"Hey, we're all going to play spin the bottle before the countdown begins, want to join?" Phil winked at Maddie.
"Sure, come on Becks!"
Maddie and Phil left towards a room next to the stairwell.
"Once in a lifetime thing." Kate whispered to herself while following Maddie and Phil.
As she entered the room, there were about 15 people sitting in a circle with a bottle in the middle. It seemed as the game hadn't started yet, because everyone was staring at each other, as if looking for who they'd want the bottle to land once it was their turn.
Kate sat down next to Maddie. She scanned the guys in the circle, looking for a possible candidate until she reached this one guy, with the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. He noticed her staring at him and smiled at her. His smile was perfect too. She quickly looked away to avoid him from seeing her blushing.
The game begun. A guy named Alex spun the bottle. It passed Kate 3 times before landing on Maddie.
Maddie leaned in to the center of the circle as did Alex. Their lips connected for long enough for the clapping and laughing to occur. Once they broke apart, Maddie laughed it off and went back to her original spot, as did Alex.
Alex chose a guy named Rick to spin the bottle next. Rick ended up being the guy with the amazing smile and blue eyes. He spun the bottle. Kate couldn't help but hope it landed on her. She wasn't like this, her usual self would just hope the bottle never landed on her, but this guy, Rick, he somehow managed to mess with feelings she didn't even know she had. To much of her dismay, it landed on a girl named Alice. Alice was perhaps the most beautiful girl in the room and Kate was oh so jealous, but of coarse, she would never admit it. Alice was clearly happy it landed on her. She was smiling all the way until their lips touched. They went on it for a few seconds, moaning here and there, her hands going through his short, perfect hair and his were on her waist. Once again the crowd were clapping, laughing and whistling until they broke off.
Minutes and minutes passed and the bottle had never pointed at Kate. Until it was her turn to spin it. She spun the bottle and awaited to see who her victim would be.
"Rick. Rick. Rick." Her mind thought.
"Ooooh, Rick!" Phil said as the bottle surprisingly and fortunately laid pointing at the gorgeous blue eyed man.
"Bring it on!" Rick said as he leaned into the center.
Kate slowly leaned to the center, wondering if she should do this or not, but before she could decide, Rick put a hand on her neck and guided her towards his lips.
"How could I deny that?" Kate thought to herself and decided to follow Ricks guidance.
She could feel their lips centimeters apart and she could feel his breathing. He stopped pulling her towards him and just laid there for a few seconds before resuming, their noses touching. And then she finally felt her lips connect with his. She bit on his lower lips while he soothed her upper lips with his tongue, she moaned into the kiss. His free hand went diving into her hair, giving it all the more passion. She placed one on his chest and the other on his cheek. He ran his tongue over the opening of her mouth and she let him in and their tongues fought a passionate dance. She could no longer hear any whistling, clapping nor laughing, so she decided to pull away, but Rick's hand on her neck pulled her back in as he bit her upper lip and soothed it once again with his tongue. Then they broke apart. Kate scanned the circle while catching her breath. Everybody was dead serious. No one laughing, no one clapping, not even Maddie. Kate looked back at Rick who had gone back to his original place in the circle. He looked back at her and their intense eye-contact was broken by Phil who was next to the television saying:
"30, 29, 28."
The countdown had began.
Everybody stood up and joined Phil. Kate did the same.
"Becks, I'm gonna go stand next to Phil, ok?"
"Why, don't leave me alone!"
"Becks, I don't want to kiss you when the countdown is over."
"Right."
Darn it. She had forgotten the fact that everyone kisses the person next to them when it's New Years. She looked to her right. It was Grace. She wasn't going to kiss Grace. She looked to her left. It was Bob. Oh my god, she did not want to kiss Bob. In fact there was really only one guy she'd willingly kiss, and he didn't seem to be around. She looked around but never saw any sight of him.
"5, 4." She heard them all scream.
"Too late now." She thought to herself.
"3, 2, 1."
She was startled by a hand on her waist. She looked back. Rick, and he seemed out of breath. She had no time to react, because before she knew it, he was fusing his mouth to hers, nipping at her lower lip with his. Kate was startled but quickly recovered and took control of his upper lip while he used his large hands to span her waist and move them to her hips and tugging her even closer than they already were. Her fingers were digging into his shoulders, they broke apart for the occasional need of oxygen, but they both began to gradually calm down, Rick with his hands now at her cheek and hers diving into his hair, he kissed her one last time before breaking apart. As they broke apart, she opened her eyes and met his. They were both silent for what seemed like an eternity.
"I -uh, I'm Rick." He said as he reached his hand out.
"Kate." She said as she shook his hands.
Before she could say anything else, Maddie came out of nowhere and took Kate's arm.
Kate spotted tears streaming down Maddie's face.
"We need to go." Maddie said.
-X-
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