Rick, Kate, and…Rambo
Chapter Two
Laser tag went on through the Castle household for a good hour before Rick finally decided he had enough losing. He plopped on the couch and breathed in heavily; Kate was excellent at it, all she had to do was get into her "cop mode" and she won every time. Rick won a few times against Alexis, but he wasn't very light on his feet in the dark. Kate grinned mischievously before shootings Rick's vest once more making it sound in defeat. Rick groaned and laid his head back on the couch.
"Why do you always win?" He whined.
Kate smiled. "Because I'm awesome"
Rick rolled his eyes, as Kate kissed his cheek. He as being a sore loser, at least he won at the public laser tag…sometimes.
"You hungry?" Kate asked as she placed the laser tag equipment back in its container.
"Chinese?" He said with a smile.
"Duh"
Kate shoved the container into the hallway closet and scrolled through her phone contacts. Of course she had the take-out's number saved, it was her favorite. Kate placed their order and watched as Rick dug around in the media cabinet. He was obliviously looking for something but she didn't know exactly what. Rick found what he was looking for and grabbed two X-box 360 controllers. He handed Kate one and he took the other.
"I'm so beating you at this" He said as he held up one of his video games. He had so many games Kate lost count.
"Yeah right, your just gonna be sad when I dominate AGAIN" Kate settled into the couch and readied her fingers for the game.
The game began and there were gun shots, explosions, lasers and all kinds of sounds booming from the surround sound speakers. It sounded like they were in a theater, Rick loved it. A knock came at the door between rounds, it was their food. Rick paid the delivery boy and laid out there miniature buffet on the coffee table. In between bites they were hollering at each other and pressing each other's controller trying to make the other one die. Kate was giggling and Rick was elbowing her with a mouth full of sweet and sour chicken. Kate shoved him over and blocked his view of the TV with her body. If anyone else was in the room, they would think they were watching two caffeine and candy pumped up teenagers at a sleep over.
When Rick finally got the drop on Kate and won, he jumped up from the couch and did a "victory dance". Kate rolled her eyes and took a bite of her food.
"Told ya I would win!" He shouted as he did a fist bump in the air.
Kate watched as Rick acted like a seven year old, when he loses he pouts, but when he wins he goes on for days about it. His little championship show lasted for a good ten minutes. Kate ate the last bit of her food before taking her hair out of the messy bun. She shook her hair with her fingers and it caught Rick's attention. She raised her eyebrow and smiled as she stood up. Ricks boasting show came to a screeching halt as he watched Kate walk from the couch towards him. Was she swaying her hips extra? She placed her hand on his chest and moved it onto his shoulder as she continued walking. She walked into their bedroom and looked back at him once more. Rick swallowed hard. Kate smiled and shut the door the softly.
Rick rushed to the door and turned the knob. It was locked!
"Kate!" Rick yelled.
Kate busted out laughing on the other side of the door. "You didn't think I was going to let you win that easily did you?"
"That's not fair!" He whined.
"Oh well writer boy!" Kate laughed as she grabbed a book to read as she climbed onto their bed. She teased Rick all the time, but this was the winner. Being very happy with herself and his whining on the other side of the door she started to pick up where she left off on her book.
Rick sighed as shifted his body weight from the door. He had a spare key to their bedroom, but it just happened to be on her key ring, which was in her possession at the moment. She really got him this time, and he knew it. He furrowed his eyebrows thinking on how he can get her back in the near future. He moved away from the door and cleaned up the food. Rambo would be coming home soon and he didn't want him eating any crumbs left over.
It didn't take long to clean up the crumbs and Rick was in his office staring at his laptop once again. He would type a few words, think, and then erase them. He did this three or four times before a sentence formed. It took a few minutes but Rick was writing bits and pieces again. The wheels in his brain were starting to turn and the cobwebs were being dusted away.
Kate unlocked their bedroom door and walked into the living room. It was silent, she scanned the room for her pouting husband but he wasn't to be found. She walked closer to the office and her him typing away on his laptop. His writer block has vanished and the keyboard was being torn up. She smiled; a day of nothing helped him create something. Kate tip-toed to the office door and quietly leaned on the door frame. She watched as Rick's fingers flew across the keyboard, hitting one key after another. His eyebrows furrowed as he concentrated and mumbled to himself. Rick was in his zone and it was cute.
Kate didn't want to disturb him while his creative juices were flowing so she found a cozy spot on the couch with her ipod. She was just about to press play when there was a knock at the door. Kate opened the door and Rambo came barreling in. Kate grabbed his leash and commanded him to sit. He did as he was told while still wagging his tale. Kate chatted with Officer Metter for a few minutes then they said their goodbyes. Kate sat down and called Rambo to her, she giggled as he greeted her with wet puppy kisses followed up by a nudge with his rope toy. Kate took off his leash and grabbed the toy. They played tug of war around the whole living room before Rambo got tired and collapsed on his new bed. Kate scratched his tummy and his leg kicked. Kate never thought she would love a dog as much as she loved Rambo but he was her four-legged furry baby, and he knew it.