A/N: Thank you so much for the Follows and Faves, I get you liked the first chapter? And a special thanks to AnnaFIRTH for taking the time to review :) So now have fun with chapter 2 ;)
Disclaimer: Castle still doesn't belong to me... unfortunately :p
As they got into the car she could feel his gaze on her again, sitting so close to the man she desired and yet wasn't able to touch him the way she'd liked to was driving her insane. But at the same moment she also felt totally embarrassed, what had she been thinking to just stare at him like a lovesick teenager? She should have controlled herself because then she wouldn't be in this situation, stuck in a car with her boyfriend who was clearly amused by her state of mind.
He wouldn't let it go, he would want to talk about it and there was nowhere in this damn car she could hide. Had there ever been more tension between the two of them than right now? She doubted it but that didn't mean anything, in the building she'd also doubted that the tension could rise and yet here she was sitting only a few inches away from him, even more tension between them than before. After she'd driven about two blocks she finally couldn't bear it any longer.
"Okay Castle, you were right." she admitted.
"I'm always right when it comes to you, I know you Kate." he grinned from ear to ear.
"I might be a little out of my usual self today..." that described it, right? After all it was the truth, normally she was this focused cop that knew exactly how to separate her private life from her work, but today it didn't seem to be able to handle it.
"Oh you're not only a little out of yourself, you're totally turned on by me." he got to the heart of it. Why the hell did he know her so damn well?
"Oh come on Castle that's not true!" there was no other option for her than to deny it, otherwise this would end quite embarrassing for her.
"Yes it is." he said, completely sure about it.
"Don't you think I would know if I was?" she couldn't even bring herself to give him a quick glance because most likely it would end in her admiring him and not noticing that she was already staring again.
"I didn't say you don't know... you do know it, you just don't want to admit it..."he hit the mark, seemed like he knew her really well.
"Oh and what makes you think that?" she didn't want to believe that he actually could read her that well.
"You avoid looking at me." he said matter of factly.
"Casle I can look at you, it's just much saver to watch the traffic when you're driving." she told him thinking that this was a really good excuse.
"Fine so do it, proof me wrong!" he challenged her, knowing damn well that she wouldn't want to miss a chance to do so.
"Fine!" she turned her head sideways to look at him, in pleasant anticipation of his fading grin once she'd showed him how wrong he was.
Unfortunately for her she couldn't proof him wrong, he was just too handsome to not get distracted by his good-looking. She was in awe, never in her life she'd thought a man that attractive would be interested in her. Of course there had been some other men that, to be honest, hadn't been bad-looking either but Castle was different, he was the man she'd always dreamed of.
Although she'd never imagined it when they first met he was the one she'd searched for, even though he was the most annoying person she knew and probably would never completely grow up, he was the man that made her complete and loved her unconditionally. Richard Castle, the man she could picture herself growing old with. And he was so incredibly sexy, there was no way she could resist him, it was inevitable that she started fantasizing again.
Almost feeling his warm breath on her skin she thought about his hands touching her, pulling her closer so his lips could find hers for a passionate kiss. Her breathing quickened and she forgot everything around her, there were just the two of them.
"See I was right." he suddenly interrupted her dream grinning widely.
"What? Didn't I just look at you?" she turned her head as quick as possible, what the hell was she thinking to get lost again? God, now she just had stop, stay calm and act normal, maybe then he would let go of the topic but who was she trying to kid? It was Castle, she should know that he would never just drop this, however she could still hope.
"Oh yes, you looked at me..." in his voice was something indicating that he had seen the look on her face and that he was pretty sure what had been going on in her head.
"Then what?" she tried her best to keep cool but gave away how embarrassed she was again by blushing.
How had she been able to resist him for four years? She couldn't remember it being this hard before, so why for god's sake couldn't they just go on working next to each other as they'd done it before they got together? Okay she had to admit during those four years it also had cost her much self-discipline to not fall for his charms but it hadn't been impossible. So why was it like this now? Oh right she knew why, she'd slept with him, she knew now how good it felt to be with him in every possible way and of course that had made it even harder to resist him.
"Oh come on Kate you were looking at me as if you'd jump me right here in this car!" Castle laughed slightly at her attempt to hide her embarrassment.
So obviously her hoping he would let it go wasn't successful, what for god's sake was she supposed to do now? She just had to face it, he could read her like no one else could and as the previous attempts had shown denying was in vain. What else was there for her to do, she should just talk to him and explain everything, so she pulled over the car to stop.
"Woah you really want to do it right here?" he looked at her stunned and somewhat shocked.
"No Castle, I just want you to drop it. Okay I admit I am a little distracted by you today but I'm a cop, I've got work to do..." she explained a little shocked that he would actually think she'd want him in her car, on the street where everyone could see them.
"Oh... Okay..." somehow he seemed to be a little bit disappointed and was about to start pouting.
"But who says we can't try out the car some other time..." she told him biting her lip and looking pretty salaciously, which let the huge smile from one ear to the other appear on his face again. He was cheerfully looking forward to it but they had to solve a murder first.
To identify the victim by finding out what the building had been used for turned out to be rather difficult. The warehouse had been used by several companies over the years but by now was disused for about 2 years and would soon be knocked down. Beckett had buried herself in finding out everything about the use of the bulding and with that successfully distracted herself from the handsome man she could call her boyfriend.
fortunately Castle had given her some space to work without him sitting right next to her and busied himself with also finding out something about the victim's identity, but still neither him nor she were a step closer to finding out who the dead body was. And now there wasn't only the frustration from last night she felt but also the frustration from not being able to move forward with the case. What could she do now to distract her from all the frustration she felt, especially the frustration because of last night?
"God this whole thing leads nowhere..." she exclaimed desperately.
"Maybe we should take a break... See if we can get a new point of view afterwards..."Castle said laying a hand on her shoulder squeezing it softly. She hadn't noticed him standing right behind her until now and stiffened at his touch. This wasn't going to end well, all day long she'd avoided direct contact with him knowing fully well that she couldn't stand it after her dream this morning. And now there he was, softly touching her shoulder. Even such a harmless little gesture could make her forget everything. Immediately she felt the urge to nestle up against him, to just lay in his arms and breath in his scent.
"Kate? Are you okay?" he asked concerned feeling her stiffen under his touch.
"Mmhhmm." she just said in a high-pitched voice, not able to form a single word. She had to remember herself to breath and to remind her of how inappropriate it would be to get lost in her fantasy about him while she actually should work on the case.
"Seriously? I can't even touch your shoulder?" he couldn't believe it but had a huge smirk on his face.
"I know, it's so embarrassing..." she almost whined, trying to hide her face behind her hands, completely embarrassed.
"Actually I think it's kind of sweet..."
"What's sweet about me being distracted by even the slightest touch of yours? I'm a cop... I have to focuse on my work..."
"It means you're effected by my presence, I turn you on... And believe me, I've never thought I'd be able to do that while you're working..." he explained almost whispering to make sure no one around them could hear it.
"I'm totally going crazy here..." she still couldn't bring herself to look Castle in the face. How embarrassing this was for her, the tough cop that knew always how to focus on the important things. The only thing that would be worse was if Castle even got to know that she'd had a really salacious dream centered around him.
"You know there's something I could do about that..." he walked around the chair she sat on to face her, his voice trailing off as he tried to look as sheepishly as possible.
Looking him in the eyes Beckett found herself biting her lip. That was a very tantalizing offer and she couldn't stop herself from thinking about it. She was longing for his hands to touch her, first to caress her cheek and then making their way downwards to her waist pulling her against his chest. Imagining to feel his heartbeat she closed her eyes smiling lightly and taking a deep breath. He smelled so incredibly good, like a god.
"Are... Are you fantasizing about me?" Castle interrupted her dream somewhat stunned but still with obvious amusement.
Her eyes flew open and she was back sitting in the office surrounded by several detectives. She looked straight into the blue eyes that belonged to her boyfriend and felt caught. Immediately she looked around checking whether anyone else had seen her getting lost but fortunately no one had taken notice.
She knew Castle was waiting for an answer but she couldn't form proper words, the only thing she was able to do was looking him deep in the eyes still biting her lip. But he didn't need an answer, he knew she'd done it and it was hot. Words weren't necessary at that moment, they looked each other in the eyes and knew they felt the same way. Was there a good hiding place in here where the two of them could be alone to satisfy their need for each other?
"Hey we've got something." Ryan came in followed by Esposito, they really knew how to ruin a moment. Castle and Beckett literally jumped apart like two teenagers who were secretly in love and who'd been caught by their parents.
"So what do you have?" she tried to distract them from her unprofessional behaviour but couldn't stop looking at Castle out of the corner of her eye. He sat there with closed eyes, his face giving away the frustration he felt. Suck it up she thought, that's what I've got to deal with the whole day.
"An old woman saw the victim go into the warehouse several times before and apparently he met someone there..." Esposito told her clearly not caring about Beckett's embarrassment.
"Maybe his killer..." she was again preoccupied with the case but could feel Castle's look on her, his eyes were literally glued to her while he didn't manage to say a word.
"More likely the woman who informed the police... Apparently he met with a young woman at least once a week there." Esposito went on.
"At night?" Castle finally found his voice again unglueing his eyes from Beckett.
"Usually pretty early in the morning..." Ryan cut in not hiding the smirk on his face. He seemed to be quite amused by their little dace of hiding their relationship.
"And today she came early to find his dead body..." Castle thought loudly.
"Was the old lady able to describe her?" Beckett asked hoping to finally get something to start with.
"Even better, she took a photo of her."Esposito smiled triumphantly holding up a sheet of paper
"What? Why would she take a photo?" Castle exclaimed shocked and in a high pitched voice.
"Actually she didn't want to take one of the girl but of the graffiti on the walls." Esposito clarified looking at Beckett.
"One of those bored old women that feel the need to serve the society by helping to catch teenagers that scrawl the walls..." added Ryan matter of factly.
"And when she was about to do so the door flung open and the girl walked out." his bro went on explaining.
Beckett grabbed the picture from him looking at it closely. The girl she saw seemed to be around 20 with medium length brown hair, which was a little messy. The clothes she wore had to have cost a lot of money, they looked like some designer clothes not everyone could afford. What did the victim have to do with a girl this wealthy?
"Looks like our guy had a thing for girls far out of his league..." Castle said looking over his girlfriend's shoulder. He'd immediately noticed the contrast between the girl's appearance and the surroundings on the photo. She was clearly out of place, just like some rich, spoiled little daughter of some business person.
"Do we know who she is?" she asked still thinking about how the victim could be connected to a girl of the higher society. He might have blackmailed her, she thought, but with what?
"No we don't..." Ryan told her bitterly. They were still at the same point they were hours ago at the warehouse and there was nothing indicating a progress in finding the murderer rather soon. This was so frustrating, every little trace they found led nowhere.
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