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~ Still don't own Castle .. :'(


"Hi dad!" Alexis said when her dad came in. "How was your day,' cause mine was wonderful! We did so many things. It was really awesome!"
"Hi pumpkin, I'm glad you had a great day."
She could see that something wasn't OK. "What's wrong dad? Something happened?"
"No, I'm fine sweetie. Don't let me ruin your day. Where's grams?"
"She's out with friends, but don't change the subject. I know you well enough to know that something is wrong so, or you tell me or I'm just gonna find out myself and you know I can and will." She said with a hopeful look on her face.
"It's Beckett." He said after a long pause.
Alexis' face changed from a hopeful look to a worried look. "Dad, what happened? What did you do?"
"I don't know, she just don't want to talk to me. And when I came back from getting a coffee I heard her saying that there was absolutely nothing going on between me and her and never will be. After that we didn't say much anymore."
"Dad, that's awful, I'm sorry! Really, do you want me to go to Detective Beckett? I can go talk to her..." His daughter really cared about him, as much as he did about her. She was so grown up.
"No sweetie. I have to figure this out by myself, but thanks." he said while giving his daughter a father-daughter hug.
"But dad, you should at least call her. You know, it's only eight thirty." She took her dad's phone and searched her number, then gave it to him.
"I don't know honey, if she doesn't want to talk to me face to face, probably neither on the phone."
" You'll never know if you don't try."

Kate woke up by her phone beeping next to her, saying that someone was calling her.
"Beckett"
"Hi, it's me." She'd recognize that voice everywhere.
His voice was happier than before but still not all Castle. "Hi." She responded.
"I don't really know why I'm calling, Alexis kind of made me. But I do know that I don't like the tension between us."
"Yeah, me neither. But, did you say anything to the boys?"
"No, why?"
"The noticed that we weren't acting like our normal selves. They came to me earlier asking me what was going on between us."
"Yes I know, I heard..." his voice trailed off.
"Castle, I'm sorry, but what did you want me to tell them. 'Oh yes, there's a lot going on between me and Castle. We kinda almost made out last night..' Want me to tell that?" She was getting upset.
"No, I don't want you to tell them that. But what you did tell them wasn't any better."
"I'm not that good with words as you are you know, otherwise I would have become a writer and follow people around while they are trying to do their job!"
"Now, that's not fair! You can't talk to me like that, not over the phone anyway!"
"The hell I can't!"
"I'm coming over to your place right now!" And before she could answer he hung up. She was still a little upset, but that he's coming all the way to her apartment. That's actually a sweet thing.

"Alexis, I'm heading off too Kate's place. I'll see you later, OK, honey?" He yelled upstairs.
"OK dad, I knew you two would talk things out. Have fun. Love you." She didn't know that things weren't OK between them but he wasn't going to tell her that. He was hoping that things would be when he came back.
He got in his car and drove over there as fast as he could. He knocked on the door and about five seconds later he was face to face with one of the most important women in his life.
She didn't say anything and just walked to the couch leaving the door open as a sign he could come in.
"Look, this is not how I want things to go between us. I care to much about you to have stupid fights like this."
"I know. Me neither, but ..."
"I know, I know. It was embarrassing for you, but that's not my fault, you don't have to be mad at me for that."
"No, I know. And I do care about you too. Really, I do."
Damn her, he couldn't fight with her and definitely not when she was being so honest.
"And look, I know that for you that moment was a moment of passion but it wasn't for me, Kate. It was more than that. For me it was real, it was that thing that I have dreamed of happening for years. And I really want it to happen again, but better. because we didn't really kiss, you know. It was just a soft touch of our lips, it was just a taste of what I was hoping, and still hoping, of what was going to come next. And I mean it Kate. You're not just a friend to me, you're more, so much more. You're ..." He couldn't even finish his sentence. Her lips were all over his.
He was stunned at her sudden reaction but catched up soon enough. He put his left arm around her waist pulling her closer to him. Her hands were around his neck, trying to deepen the kiss even more. She pulled him onto the couch but he pulled away. "Do you really want to go that fast? Don't get me wrong, I like fast, but do you?"
"Rick, we're just kissing. There's nothing fast about kissing." She said with a small smile on her face. He nodded and then leaned forward to kiss her again. She got lost in their kiss and he just couldn't stop smiling.

Next morning Kate woke up on the couch, wrapped in someone's arms. She turned around and a smile once again appeared on her face. She was spooning with Richard Castle. The Richard Castle. He was still asleep and his face looked peaceful. She actually liked waking up in his arms. It didn't feel weird or awkward, it felt ... natural. Like it was meant to be. Then, for a second, she panicked but after realizing they were both sill fully dressed she closed her eyes trying to go back asleep. But couldn't stop thinking of how happy she was that she finally woke up in his arms, she had dreamt it a lot, but real live experience was so much better.
Castle was slowly waking up and realizing where and with who he was. At the moment he opened his eyes and looked into hers there appeared a smile on his face. He really liked this. He could get used to this. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her. Their kiss got more intense by the minute until she interrupted it.
"We should probably go to work, we have to be there in an hour. They may get worried otherwise." She actually didn't want to go but had to.
"You know, you could call sick today. And for me, I can use that I don't want to be there if you're not, as excuse." He said with a hopeful look.
"I know, but we shouldn't. Castle, I need to ask you something."
"Sure, what's on your mind, beautiful?"
"Don't take this personal but I want to keep this just between us, as long as possible."
"OK, I understand." He said and kissed her again. After a couple more intense kisses she pulled away.
"I'm gonna go take a shower and you should go home."
"Yeah, I should. But call me if you need any help in there" He mentioned to the bathroom and then winked.
"I'll be fine, thank you very much"
He looked at his phone and saw five missed phone calls. Two from Alexis and three from Martha. "Oh, not good. Alexis. What should I tell her? I hate lying to her."
She looked at him and knew that this was totally true. Castle and his daughter had an amazing close band. She couldn't ask him to lie to his own daughter. "You can tell her and Martha, I just meant to keep it away from the press and maybe if possible, also the precinct, until we figure this out."
"Thanks, and I will behave myself at work. I promise." He said and gave her a quick kiss but she threw her arms around him and gave him a proper goodbye kiss. Every time she kissed him she lost herself in it and this time was not different. They were so different than any kisses she'd ever had. It was wild, but gentle. It was hard, but soft. It was just perfect. When he pulled back she stood there for another minute.
"OK, I'm going now.". He gave her one more kiss and then went for the door. When he was gone, the first thing she felt was empty and alone. She would be glad when she'd see him again. It was weird and she'd never felt like this, he was only gone for a few seconds and she missed him already.

Castle had gone home to take a shower himself and change his clothes. Alexis was already to school and Martha was still asleep. He texted Alexis to let her know that he was OK and everything between Beckett and him was too. In fact, more than that, it was wonderful. He left a note for his mother and then left.

Later that day, Castle walked out of the elevators with two cups hot coffee in his hands. He walked straight to Kate, putting her coffee right in front of her.
"Good morning, Detective." He said with a major smile.
"Good morning, Castle." She replied. "You're early this morning." she couldn't hide the sarcasm in her voice.
"Yes, couldn't wait any longer to see you." He said in a whisper.
Her cheeks turned red as she looked down. "You know you can't talk about these things in here."
He looked around to see if there was anyone around and replied with a gently kiss on her cheek. "Yes, I know." He wanted to give her another kiss but she pulled away when she saw Esposito and Ryan entering. She quickly turned back to her paperwork and he took another sip from his coffee.
"Good Morning" Ryan asked with a playful smile on his face.
Both Castle and Beckett looked up followed by a greeting and then looked back down. Ryan and Esposito exchanged funny smiles and then got back to their desks.

By the time it was afternoon, Beckett was done with all the paperwork of the day. Castle was just back from getting two more coffees when Esposito came to Beckett's desk. "Yo, we have a body. I'll meet you downstairs." He said and left to the elevators.
"OK, we'll be there in a sec." Beckett said while closing the file.
Castle got to his feet and put his coat on. He followed Beckett into the elevator and as soon as the doors closed he pulled her into his arms. He couldn't wait until the end of the day to hold and kiss her again. So that's exactly what he did, kiss her. He kissed her so intense that he felt that he could lose control any second. She put her arms around his neck to pull him closer to her. He pushed her against the wall, pushing his body against hers to deepen the kiss. They didn't even realize that the elevator had stopped and that two detectives were watching them with wide smiles until one of them scraped his throat. Castle turned around and looked to the two smiley faces of Detective Ryan and Esposito. "So," Esposito started "really nothing huh." He said and couldn't keep the huge smile that appeared on his face to himself. Beckett could feel her cheeks turn red, again.
"So much for keeping it out of the precinct…"


ok, so I know I'm not as good as most writers here, but I hope it wasn't too bad..

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