I'm not the one who writes long chapters, so please bare with me!
"Well, married or not, she clearly likes you." Castle had a weird look on his face when Kate said that. "She hates me. She always hated me." And Castle wasn't lying. When he broke her doll –when he thought there was something hidden in it- she was furious! It was a collectors item and she wasn't happy about Castle smashing the doll. And the sad part is, there wasn't anything in the doll. No hidden USB, nothing. Castle felt guilty because he was finally on the right foot with Gates, but because of that he blew it. "Well, maybe she always liked you, but couldn't open up to you. You did gave her those earrings." Kate smiled and she had to try hard not to burst because she thought it was so funny. Gates flirting with Castle, something she thought would never happen. Castle on the other hand was not amused. "You can laugh all you want," he said while he got up from the floor where he had been sitting after he bumped into Kate when Gates was trying to clean his pants. "I think it's creepy."
"What's creepy?" when they turned around, Esposito and Ryan were standing right behind them. Kate still had that devious smile on her face. Esposito and Ryan looked confused. "Gates has a crush on Castle," she says quickly, before Castle could tell them something else. They know Castle and Beckett had been dating, and they promised to keep their mouth shut.
"No, she has not," Castle quickly defended himself. "Why was she cleaning your pants in the private area than? I thought I was the only one who could touch you there." Esposito and Ryan laughed. "Gates has a crush on Castle? That's new,' Esposito joked. "And why was she cleaning your, uuh, private area?" Ryan looked at his friend, hoping for the right answer. "I, uh, I, spilled some coffee."
"I don't believe you bro." Javier said. "Well it's true," Kate said. She thought it was finally time to give Castle some credit and it was time to stop teasing him. "Come on, we have work to do," she said and gave him a pinch in his behind. Gates wasn't around and Ryan and Esposito were blocking the door, so no one would notice. Castle smiled and walked our of the break room, but without the coffee. He wanted to walk back. "Leave it," Kate said. "We have work to do."