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Beckett sighed as she pulled up in front of her uncle's home in the Hamptons it had been awhile since she had been there and it didn't look like much had changed. Before she had even removed her helmet and retrieved her bag the front door was thrown open by her uncle.

"The world must becoming to end" her uncle called to her by way of greeting

"Because I have never seen a mores beautiful sight then my darling niece coming for a visit" he continued before Beckett could get a word in. She dropped her gear by the bike and dashed over to him throwing her arms around her uncle much like she had done as a child.

"Uncle Zane you're here I thought you went to the St. Thomas for the summer" Beckett said as he hugged her for all he was worth when she was hurting or scared there was nothing like one of his hugs to make the world seem right again.

"Came back early the island house is no fun without family around and just in time to otherwise I would have missed you" he answered Zane stepped back and looked his niece up and down.

"What's the matter darling?" it was just like him to see past the walls and see the hurt her mother had been the only other person who could read her like that. Not even Laine and her father could read her as well as Zane maybe Castle as her thought s turned to him she shook her head as if to banish him from her mind.

"Nothing really I just needed to get away from the city I really screwed something up this time and needed some space to think" Beckett's answer came out in a rush of words

"Well come inside we will figure it out together have you eaten today?" Zane looped his arm through Beckett's and together they walked up towards the house only stopping to get her gear.

"Indecently an old friend is coming by tonight" Zane commented as they wandered in to the kitchen.

"Oh who is it a lady friend I don't want to cramp your style" Beckett said with a wink and a teasing smile towards her uncle as she leaned against the counter in the kitchen.

"no no not a lady friend actually you know this one" Zane returned with a blush remembering what Kate had interrupted the last time she swung by unexpectedly as he stood at the counter staring to prep Kate's favourite comfort food peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich.

"Oh I do how?"

"I dated his mother for awhile you whip his butt at poker a couple times when you were around five or six" Kate rolled her eyes and laughed at her uncles description of the visiting friend

"Well I don't remember him with all those details but I heard a car drive so I am just going to take my dinner and head upstairs" Kate said as went to leave the kitchen.

"You sure you don't want to stay I am sure he would love to see you again" was Zane's reply as he followed Kate in to the hallway

"I am sure I don't feel up to playing nice with people tonight so good night uncle I'll see you in the morning" with that Beckett hauled her bag on to her shoulder kissed her uncle on the cheek and bounded up the stairs to her room on the family wing of the house. Zane just shook his head as he watched his niece flee the area to the safety of her room he was still pondering her sudden desire to visit knowing the problem was personal and not work related he figured they would talk about it when she was ready. He heard a knock at the door and with a final glance at the upper hall way he went to open the door.

"Ricky my boy you made it" Zane cried out as he swept Castle up in to a bone crushing hug

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Kate wandered around her room at her uncles house it been hers since he had bought the house it was in the back right corner of the mansion with a view of the ocean it had it own bathroom that it shared with the room on the other side but in the twenty years he had owned the house she had never run it to another person as Kate felt the tears start to threaten to fall again she flopped back on her bed and the long week and her emotions caught up with her she didn't even remember falling asleep.

Kate woke to the sun in her eyes and her stomach growling sitting up the events the pervious day caught up with her dumping Tom, trying to tell Castle she liked him, him leaving with the blonde and then the marathon drive to her uncle's beach house. The temptation to flop back in to bed and pull the covers over her head was great. Till she looked at the clock which stated it was 10:30 with disgusted snort to her shelf about sleeping in that long Beckett rolled out of bed slipped out of her jeans and headed towards the bathroom to take a shower she was unbuttoning her shirt when she open the door and walked in and there standing with only a towel wrapped around his waist was Rick Castle shaving.