Hey guys, thank for the support, I am still really new at this so it was so reassuring to see that so many people read the last chapter! You are all truly amazing people, big shout out to daanSc8 for reviewing and following, however it would be lovely to have more people do the same. 3 Your opinions are bliss to me, I would love to hear what you guys think about it.
This next chapter was written not too long ago, however, the new sneak peeks for the Hamptons episode came out and I decided to add in a bit of them here and there, so apologizes sent out to those that have waited. So without further or do the second chapter of Complications.
"Hey, Lanie, you in here?" Lanie silently cursed, who was it now ? She had to admit, she wasn't in her best of moods today. Lanie had already apologised to Beckett for snapping at her earlier on but she was still in a bad mood, she had a splitting headache that not even pills could cure. " Hey girl, I've been looking everywhere for ya !" It was Javier, again, he had been texting her to go out for lunch with him later on but Lanie had refused. "Chicka?" Lanie felt a chill run up her spine, she spun around to see he standing in the middle of the morgue. " I told you Javi, don't call me that." Javier stepped closer, "Look sorry, okay ? I didn't mean to make you upset, but girl, you gotta eat, I know you are tired but the last thing I want is for you to collapse and end up like one of them." Said Javier, gesturing towards the corpses. Lanie shook her head and mumbled " Just leave me alone."
Javier pulled her towards him, "Javi, don't." He ignored her, kissing her softly on her lips. Lanie closed her eyes and allowed him to continue kissing her, she kissed him back, she had no idea where this was going, but she was too tired to over think. Finally after what seemed like forever, he pulled away. Staring deep into her dark brown eyes, he smiled, softly whispering " Now let's go out for lunch shall we ?" Lanie smiled back, genuinely agreeing this time.
"Hey, can you come over?" asked Lanie, "Err yeah sure, what's up?" "Kate, it's just…. we just really need to talk." Beckett glanced apologetically at Castle who was munching on popcorn, she mouthed Lanie's name silently, knowing all too well that the girls hearing was like a bat. Castle pouted and nodded his head understandingly. Lanie on the other end of line could sense something going on, it wasn't like Beckett to take so long to answer, and then she remembered. "Oh my god, he's there, isn't he ?" Lanie could practically feel Kate's cheeks burning. "Uhhmm, yeah sort of…but it's alright, I'm already on my way." With that, Kate hung up.
Lanie paced up and down her apartment, she heard the light sound of tapping knuckles and dashed to the front door, "Kate, hey, come on in." Lanie closed the door gently behind her best friend. " So, are you excited about your romantic get away with Castle ?" Beckett turned around, her mouth gaping wide open like a gold fish. " How, what…who told you ?" said Beckett her face lighting up. "Girl, it's all over the precinct, how you are off on a romantic weekend with your 'mysterious man'." Beckett sat down her eyebrows folding in confusion, "But, I never told anybody… wait, I told Espo, but I never said who I was going with !" Lanie smiled and sat on the opposite side of the couch. "Well I'll be damned, he told me and then I just put the two and two together." Beckett frowned, still amazed at how fast the word was travelling.
"So, the whole precinct knows ?" asked Beckett biting her lip. "No, only I do… I didn't even tell Javi." Said Lanie reassuringly. Beckett sighed, running her fingers through her hair, "I can't let Gates find out about us, I just can't, so Lanie please don't tell anyone, especially Javi and Kev." " I won't, but I'm gonna need some details. You can't expect me to keep a secret so big for free." Beckett smiled , this was so like Lanie.
Lanie had listened to Beckett the whole time as the detective spilled the beans about her secret affair with Castle, she watched as Beckett blushed as she described how he kissed her and the small presents he often surprised her with. " You girl, are so in love." Beckett smiled, "so how are things between you and Espo ?" "That's why I asked you to come over. We kissed, yesterday in the morgue." Beckett looked up in surprise, "So, what does that mean? Are you back together?" "I don't know Kate, I mean I like him, a lot, but, we've been there, you know and It didn't work out before." Beckett could obviously tell that Lanie was caught up with this. Lanie was her best friend, she was strong minded, kind, smart, loving and caring, but Beckett had never seen this side of Lanie before. "Look," said Beckett, shifting closer to Lanie, "remember the last time we had a talk like this ?" Lanie looked up, a small smile plastered on her face…. " you bet, you were spilling confessions about your feelings for writer boy, we finished the entire wine bottle in 30 minutes." Beckett giggled at the memory "yeah, and remember what you told me?" "Yes, but that was a different situation Kate, you and Castle weren't dating yet, where else Javi and I already gave it a shot." Beckett looked at Lanie, "I've seen the way Espo looks at you Lanie, he obviously still cares about you… I told him that you needed him yesterday and he just made a run for it, he stopped a game of temple run for you, Lanie."
He stopped a game of temple run for you. Lanie replayed that line In her head a dozen times as she walked up to Javier's front door. Taking in a quick breath, she knocked on the door, her heart pounding. She heard his footsteps and listened to the sounds of him unlocking the door, "hey, Lanie…" he said, his voice full of confusion, "what happened? Why are you here?" Lanie gestured towards the box of pizza in her hand, "Delivering you a cheese and tomato, pepperoni flavoured dinner" Javier grinned, taking the box from her hand.
"Javi, we need to talk." Said Lanie, closing the pizza box shut. " We need to discuss about what happened yesterday." Esposito looked up, his voice smooth and calm "we kissed, no big deal…" Lanie shot up from the couch, " It is a big deal Javi ! We can't just keep on pretending we don't have feelings for each other and hook up randomly anymore." Esposito looked at Lanie, aware of the fact that she looked absolutely stunning today. " I can't do this anymore ok? It hurts too much." Tears forming in her eyes as she spoke, " I still like you Javi, I haven't gotten over you." Esposito stood up and walked towards the visibly upset lady, " Hey, chicka, please." He gently wiped the tears on her face with his thumb. Esposito looked into her eyes, "I never got over you either." He pulled Lanie close for a long kiss.
" Hey," said Javi, kissing the top of Lanie's head, they were lying in bed, their bodies mangled all over each other " Call Beckett and Castle over so we can have a double date." Lanie turned her head to face Javi, "she told you ?" Javi smiled, "Nope, I spotted them kissing behind the murder board."
A/N : so that's it for complications, do you think I should write another chapter ? If so, please PM me any nice ideas that I could maybe consider using for the next chapter. Thanks for reading ! Reviews are appreciated.