Last seduction
Chapter 2
by Sunnterra
nov 13 2015

Notes: I was hoping that I would get more of this posted before Monday's episode, which may or may not happen but I do hope that someone is enjoying it. Have not seen any spoiler(s) expect the promo (the one at the end of last weeks episode, which to me didn't excite me all that much) for the new episode- I like to be surprised with this show, since right now it's the only one that I watch live. Anyway more chapters to come, and the ending right now (already written) leaves you with a cliffhanger for more.

Chapter 2:

Castle sits in a chair in the corner of the morgue waiting on Lanie.

"Castle!" Lanie is shocked to see him just sitting there. She jumps back some, placing her hand across her chest. She wasn't use to seeing just him, without Beckett right besides him. It pained her heart every time seeing the two separated. After a few second she was able to calm herself, "What are you doing here?" she asks.

"um...uh." Castle stares up at her, with a grin on his face. "Waiting on you of course," he tries to give her his best smiling charm.

"Like I told you before I don't know anything about why she..." Lanie couldn't even talk about it. Can't talk about why she left Castle like that. One she didn't know and two it would not be something she could say without breakdown herself. She thought the two of them were stronger then what they were showing. She thought that their love could conquer anything that was thrown at them, it did before. what really happened to the two of them?

"I'm not asking about that..." She looks at the intern who was rolling a body chart in with a body bag on it towards her.

"Then what do you want?" She said not meaning to sound all pissed at him.

"I..." Castle starts but is interrupted by the intern Ash.

"ut um..." the intern clears her throat. "This is..." she points to the body bag, "I need you to sign the papers for his release." She holds out the clipboard and pen for Lanie to sign,

"Right, sorry about that Ash, I got distracted." Lanie signs the paper and her intern Ash leaves waving good bye.

Lanie gazes at Castle. "Castle I don't have time," she motion at the dead body in front of her. "Spill or get out. And it better not be about Beckett." she tries to listen to him as she was trying to keep busy herself. She wanted her mind off of Beckett, she missed her best friend.

"Um," Castle swallows. He seem to lose his nerves talking to Lanie. "Well it kinda is..."

"Castle," she dragged out his name.

"But not like that," He swallows this time harder and Lanie saw something different on his face. A troubling look, "Wait is something...is she in trouble?"

"No nothing like that either." Lanie sees the magazine that he has in his hand.

"That's wow." I wish I could go there, she sighs. "You're taking her on a trip, there." She points out.

"uh um..." Castle swallows again, "Not exactly I was hoping," he grins but he gets a more pissed off look from her.

"Get on with it. Want do you want? I have," she starts to pull on the zipper of the bag.

"I was sending her..."

"Alone to that place," she turns to look him straight in the eyes.

"uh um..." Why can't I find the words to say to her. I have never had this problem before.

Lanie was wishing that he was sending her away. Beckett is so lucky, I wish my husband was sending me away. Wait he is...trying to get rid of her...she shook the idea and to keep her mind off of it she went back to working with the dead body.

"Look it's my..." he corrects himself "Our..." he sniffles a little. "One year anniversary." He sighs, "I thought I'd give her a surprise," That got Lanie's attention but why take a trip she's never going to go on with you. "I wanted to give her something special something that she didn't get to get before we got married you know the one thing that all women deserve. A..."

"A bachelorette party?" she commented.

"Something like that," he become like himself and was able to talk right now, "I was thinking more of a girls day out." He held the paper up. "Like ..."

"That place, you wanted her to go and what you wanted my approval on it first?" she snorted at him. He could tell that she was disappointed,

"Kinda," he smiles again, "I kinda wanted her best friend to go with her." Lanie had to let the words sink in, her best friend to go too. "So what do you say?" He lifted his eyes brows. "Want to join her?"

"Wait, what?" she turns to him picking up the magazine in his hands.

"You want me..us, to go here." she points to the building on the magazine, "for the day,"

"You're her best friend," He looks up at her. "Aren't you, or did I miss something?"

"No, I am just..."

"It's a girls,...he emphasizes on the word girls. "Day out. I just thought. I ask."

"It's..." she sighs taking a step back.

"It is lovely isn't it." he smiles, "I liked it and thought she would." he continues to smile hopefully convincing her. With him smiling that that kind of smile though she had other thoughts run through her head of why this might not be a good idea. Some kinda bizarre plan of his to get her back in his life.

"Oh wait," she hesitates, then she moves her eyes to meet his with a quizzical look.

"Yes," he is a taken back from her expression. "What's wrong?" he asks.

"You want me to go and spy on her."

"Wait what?" he shakes his head slightly. "Where did that come from? " He tries to play all innocently. "I..."

"Castle I am not going to spy," She jams the book in his hands, "On Beckett for you, she means..."

"She means to world to me too, that's why..."

"It's not happening." She shouts, "I can't believe that you would ask me something like this..."

"I..." Lanie points to the door.

"Get out of here, Castle." He sighs and gets up slowly. "I mean it now!" she shouts again at him.

"I can't believe that everyone thinks that I would go that far...I was just trying to do something nice for my wife and her best friend by giving her a surprise and yet everyone thinks...oh never mind...everyone thinks that I cooking up a sinister plan."

"Can you blame us," she remarked, then seeing him lower his head, regretting saying that to him.

"I thought that her best friend would want to see her happy and help me make that happen but I guess that I was wrong with this too...what a shame, now she won't get..." He walks out of the morgue doors, he slows down once he enters the hallway. 'Wait for it...wait for it...' he says in a whispering tone out loud.

He heard the doors behind him and Lanie's voice call out,

"Wait Castle," he turns his head. Bingo lifting his eyes brows, I knew that would get to her. "Just for the two of us?"

"Could be if you wanted it be."

"Castle, that's not," she could hear him giggling at her.

"I know...and no I won't be there. Just Beckett but I was thinking about asking Jenny too...but seeing that no ones cares..." he walks a few steps forward.

"Wait I do, she's my best friend so, I am in...if you still."

"If I still what?" he paused for a second so he could get her to react, when she didn't immediately. He turns to face her this time with serious face, holding out the magazine. "Of course I am serious. I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't. I..."

"You still love her."

"I never stopped and never will. She's my life, and I..." he takes in a deep breath, "I will do anything for her, I wanted her not only to relax...by herself but to have fun with her girlfriends then maybe..." his voice trailed off some.

"Then maybe she will want to share her fun with you." Like we use to, he thought in his head. That's what he missed most about their love was the sharing everything with each other.

"Yes, something like that. I want to help her the best way I know how." Lanie takes the magazine from him again.

"She's gonna love it," They walk down the hallway towards the doors, "I know I do." Then she steps in front of him and pokes him with two fingers hard right next to his collar bone.

"Owe, what was that for?" He stepped back a step, raising his arm up to that area.

"What she says to me on this trip..." she voice turned mean again. Castle rubbed the area.

"I get it," he puts his other hand up so she won't poke him again, "is under lock and key. I wound't..."

"Dare? You better not! I have all kinds of sharp objects we can get back at you with..." there was a pause in her voice. "Understood."

Castle nods repeatedly. "Understood."

Only if Lanie knew what Castle was really planning. Upstairs near the bull-pen they enter, side by side.

"Now all you have to do is..." Castle was saying when high heels came a clicking from behind them.

"Is what?" Beckett calls out.

"Kate!" he flips his attention to her grabbing the magazine from Lanie. She eyes him, suspiciously.

"Castle what are you up too.?" Beckett glances between her friend and her husband. "You know that you are not allowed up here, working with," she than glares at her two detectives. Who seem to be acting she thought clueless.

"I can't see my friends?" he shoots Beckett his best innocent look as he places his arm around Lanie pulling her closer to him smiling. But he still gets the death glare, Beckett's stare, which is not a good one. "I was just stopping by for a minute but you're right I don't belong here. so I'm going."

He's giving up that easy, now I know something's not right. He hangs his head, and whispers a 'thank you' and 'she's all yours' to Lanie on his way to the elevator. Beckett continues to stare at him. The doors open and he enters. After leaning up against the wall he waves a friendly wave at all of them. one that, along with the glittering eyes, got to Kate. She sighs, why is he teasing my heart so much. She blinks. Because you love him, her mind calls to her. Ryan and Espo stare at her staring at her husband.

"Look at how miserable she is, why can't she just talk to him about what is going on..." Ryan says.

"It 's heartbreaking to see that bro..." Espo peeks at Ryan his mind wondering. "Is he..."

"He's planning something big isn't he?" both stare at each other.

"Bro you don't think..."

"I do, come on we can catch up to him and find out."

Boys look at the elevator, "The stairs would be faster," Ryan whispers.

"Hurry then," they take off past Beckett, getting her famous death glare. Espo just shrugs his shoulders. "What, we caught a case." Beckett turns to follow the guys with her eyes suspiciously wondering what they were all up to...

To Be Continued...

Notes: Thank you for all the reviews, I know that some don't like "friends" of Castle, but this story is my way of venting out my anger! I am a really really pissed Castle fan right now! I was really excited when the 1st episode was coming in Sept. and was willing to see where the story-line went but now, I am barely hanging on (last week it was with a rope and now it's with frayed dental floss). I am also now losing respect for all the actors of this show too, sorry guys. They didn't only destroy Caskett, Castle and Beckett they destroy all the characters for me, yes all of them, even slaughter. I just think that it's going to get worse. Maybe after these last two episode air I will feel better but right now I don't. My sister just had to...update me on what she learned, I don't want to see Ryan and Espo in therapy, Castle still chasing after Beckett or Beckett not wanting Castle around and I sure the hell don't care about his missing two months anymore. I want to see what we had (a close nit family)...I don't think that I ever will though.

So in this story I wrote how I see them today. Kinda sad thing to see. And how I wrote the ending with a cliff hanger...so sorry if they don't seem right. Because they never will be right again.