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Summary: "If I see that door knob turn, I'll let you know Mister Castle that I sleep with a gun." He tested her limit and turned her door knob that night. What happens from there? It's for you to judge. Set During Tick, Tick, Tick.
Rating: Nothing More than T.
_ Some scenes have been modified due to storyline purposes.
A/N: Okay, wow. I'm just blown away by all the alerts and stuff for this story. And the stats, omg. It made me want to write more! Thanks for those who reviewed, and to those who read but didn't review! :D This story might be drifting away from the show soon, *hint hint* Season finale?
P.S. I hate all those stuff were it was all just a dream, so none of that for me! I promise, none of that!
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She stood at the door, with her bag hanging over her shoulder. They'd been doing this for a couple weeks now, maybe a month. She didn't know. He smiled at her and walked over before she left and gave her a kiss. She kissed him back, not hesitating but pulled back quickly.
"Remember Castle, no hard feelings involved. This is just for, fun. I guess you can say it like that." She warned him. He smirked at her and nodded, having heard that little 'speech' millions of times before she left to go back to her apartment, or that he'd leave to go to his.
"I know and if we meet someone else this is over. No feelings." He finished. Honestly, he didn't like that idea; he wanted her to be his. Forever, all the time. He had feelings for her and he knew she had some too; she just didn't want to admit it to herself. He figured, if this is the best her could get to be with her, he'd take the opportunity and hope for something more to happen. Someday.
He just didn't know it'd be the last of her he'd see for a while. She smiled at him before opening the door and walking out. He held the door and watched as she left, playing with a piece of hair that was falling out of her bun.
He closed the door and looked inside the empty apartment, letting out a sight. Alexis had already left to school and Martha hadn't walked out of her room. Both woman where aware of Rick's 'arrangement' with Beckett. They weren't against it, they just didn't want him to be hurt in the process.
He walked back to his room, taking out some fresh clothing and changing before he'd meet up with Beckett later at the precinct. The last few cases they worked together weren't awkward, considering their status, but since the new guy, Demming had assisted on their previous case, things had become a little more awkward. Just a few days back, he wasn't in the picture and everything was fine, but when he started flirting with his girl, strategically, it had made Castle more jealous than ever.
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He paid the lady at the cash and exited out of the coffee shop, holding too coffees. One for him, and one for Beckett. He walked down from the shop back to the precinct, which wasn't a long way and went up to the homicide floor. He walked in and frowned, seeing Beckett wasn't at her desk, where she usually was. He stopped in his tracks and turned around, letting a small growl when he saw her with Tom. He waited until Demming left before walking with Beckett back to her desk.
"Why is he in our break room? Is there something wrong with the coffee downstairs?" He asked. She looked at him and raised an eye brow before chuckling. "You're the one that bought us the coffee machine."
"Yes, but I bought it for homicide, not the entire precinct." She sat on her chair and let out a small laugh, placing her coffee mug on the table and looked at Castle as he sat at his chair.
"What's tomorrow night?" He asked.
"Tom wanted to know if I wanted to get together." He raised his eye brow and tied to hide his jealousy. No Hard Feelings he told himself.
"Why is that a problem?" She turned and looked at him and watched as he shook his head. "No, no problem."
She smirked and picked her cell phone of its charger when she heard it ring. She mumbled a confirmation and nodded her head at Castle, while hanging up.
"We got a murder."
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"Yo Beckett, the owner's here." Esposito called out. Kate glanced at the frozen body once more before heading out to the front of the restaurant.
"Madison?"
"Becks? What are you doing here?" The well dressed blond asked.
"I'm a homicide detective." She told her walking up to her and giving her a hug. "Shut the front door!"
Madison smiled at her old best friend and let go of her. "Madison, this is Richard Castle."
"Nice to meet you." She told him, pulling her hand out for his to shake.
"How do you too know each other exactly?" He asked, confused.
"Hum, High School." The blond replied, while Kate stood back. "9th grade French, I can't believe the biggest scoff liar became a cop." Castle turned around and stared at Beckett.
"Ya..." She nodded before he could pass a comment.
"Can we ask you a few questions?" Kate asked her friend while Castle stood next to her, probably trying to picture her in high school.
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They had gone back to the precinct, Castle always trying to get information about Kate's high school life, but always failing. "Whatever she knows about me, I know worst about her." She'd told Castle after he'd asked to get the information out of her.
They'd gone back to speak with Madison and after Kate had declined her offer to assist her to a charity event, Castle had offered to be 'moral support'. Kate wasn't pleased by that idea, feeling somehow, jealous.
She walked out of the woman's washroom but stopped dead in her tracks when she saw her friend walking out the elevator all dressed up and holding a basket in her hands.
"Maddy, what are you doing here?" Madison explained she wanted to thank them for what they were doing, and so she'd brought cookies.
They walked up to Kate's desk, as she placed the basket on the ground and smiled at her friend. "Do you also remember what happened senior year?" Madison asked. Kate bit her lip and nodded.
"This date with Rick, if you guys are it all?" She started.
"Castle? No.. no." Beckett stuttered. "Are you sure?" She nodded and gave her a brief smile.
"Have fun tonight." Maddy thanked her and told her the same before walking out and leaving. Kate waited for her to be out of sight and let out a long sight. She sat down and turned her chair to look at her stuff.
She looked up seeing Tom walk up to her and smiled. "Hey you ready?" She asked him.
"Listen, we just got a case and the paperwork has to be finished before my shift ends tonight." He explained, she nodded and told him she understood and watched him walk away, after he apologized.
She spent part of her night sitting at her desk doing paperwork and waiting for nothing in particular when the boys had come up with a lead for their case.
She got up from her desk and told the boys she would go. She entered the restaurant and saw them laughing and sharing each other's food. It hurt a part of her that Castle was flirting with someone else but then she remembered no hard feelings.
She precised to Maddy that they needed to speak, downtown and tried to avoid Castle's glares.
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"Next time I hit on someone you like, come clean with me before I go on a date with him." Madison told her as Beckett walked into the interrogation room. Kate looked up and tried to avoid the tinted mirror, knowing Rick was on the other side.
"Oh, I get it you want to make little Castle babies." She continued. Kate's cheeks reddened and she tried to hide it.
"Maddy, he can hear us." She warned her nodding with her head lightly towards the window. "Really?"
After taking control and ordering her fascinated best friend to sit, Beckett asked her the essential questions regarding their case and walked out the room at the same time as Castle.
"She has an alibi you know." He warned her.
"I know." She hissed before taking a seat at her desk. "I told her to stay in town anyways."
"I know, I heard. Everything." Kate looked up, shy. She avoided Rick's smirk and looked down to her papers.
"Hum..." She wasn't sure what to say.
"Castle babies?" She looked up and chuckled. She shook her head and looked at him.
"No. Don't get your hopes up, none of that stuff is happening." He smirked and nodded his head before getting up and pressing his mouth near her ear.
"Really? It'd like to see how that would work out." She tried to hide her smile and bit her lower lip as she watched him walk away. She waited for him to be out of sight before letting out a long sight. She jumped when she heard someone come up next to her.
She smiled at Demming and got up taking her coat. "Are you ready?" He asked her. She nodded and they walked off for to their date.
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"What about Beckett?" Castle was sitting in his office, trying to write some Nikki Heat, but every time he tried writing, his mind drifted back to Beckett. Alexis had come in a little over 3 minutes ago talking to her dad how she would like to go to the Hamptons for the weekend and that Martha had offered to go with her. Now, Alexis had mentioned the one subject he wanted to avoid.
"She has a boyfriend now." He simply said as he erased the whole new chapter he'd written.
"Doesn't that affect you in any way?" She walked next to her dad and took a seat next to him.
"We had a deal." He didn't look up to his daughter and he waited for her to say something about him getting hurt in the process and an 'I told you so' but she didn't say anything. She just got up, pushed a lock out of her face and made her way out of the study, closing the door behind her.
He let out a long sight and put the computer down, pushing his chair back and getting up. "What did I get myself into?"
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"Were there feelings involved?" Kate looked up at the man sitting in front of her.
"I don't know dad. I just, I really like him but I don't know if it's what I want right now."
"Well what do you want right now?" Jim Beckett took a sip of his coffee and gave a warm smile to his daughter.
"I don't know." She put her head down in shame but looked at him when he spoke up.
"Well, now Katie we have a problem. If you don't think he's what you want, then don't stay with him." She looked at her father with pleading eyes. She didn't know what to do, and she didn't know how she felt, towards anyone. She liked Demming and she also liked Castle, but they'd promised that there would be no feelings involved and that if either one of them found a boyfriend or girlfriend, their deal was off. She missed his hands on her body, and she missed his warm lips. The feelings she had with Demming where nothing compared to what she felt for Castle, or those feelings she thinks she has.
"Enough about me please. How's everything going with you?" Her dad smiled, and let this conversation slip and updated his daughter about what was happening with him, until it was time for each to say good bye to one another. Beckett headed back to her apartment and took the night to relax, take a nice bath and think about what she was going to do with her life. Who was she going to pick. Rick or Demming.
She walked to her car and sat inside for a while, figuring out what she was going to do now.
"Rick or Demming" she asked herself. She drove off and let her heart lead her to where she wanted to go, who she needed the most.
She drove for a few hours until she finally stopped in front of his building. She inhaled deeply and got out of her car, made her way up and knocked at his door.
She bit her lip waiting for him to come and open the door. She was nervous and Kate Beckett was not nervous. She shuffled with her feet before the door swung open.
"Kate" He said, shocked.
"Hi, can we talk?" She asked.
"Sure, come in." He pushed aside and let her in, taking a small glance around the house.
"I can't do this." She finally let out after a long awkward silence.
"What can't you do? Us?" He didn't what to say, what to expect. No, that was a lie; he knew what to expect he knew everything. It was over, he just had that feeling.
"It's you." She came close to him and pressed her lips on his.
"What?" He was confused.
"You're the one I want, not Demming. I want you." She told him pressing another kiss on his lips.
Rick stared at her straight in her eyes, "I've been dreaming this moment since forever. So this can work, us?"
"Always."
The end
