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"Beckett. Thank God you're here!" – Even if they weren't on the best terms lately he just felt relieved that she was here to rescue him.
Or was she? When she just stood there and waited he suddenly felt like he was hit in the head with a rock as his brain put together the pieces and suddenly everything made sense. Of course he knew the furniture! It was Beckett's! What the hell was going on here?
Time froze for Castle. He didn't know what to think. Did Beckett really kidnap him? For a moment he almost believed that it was just a dream. Well a nightmare if that, but still. Unfortunately he knew that this was far too weird for even his brain to imagine.
"Beckett" - he tried to sound calm and collected but he couldn't hide the fear in his voice.
She was still standing in the door and didn't even seem to notice him. She was looking at the floor like it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Kate" - the desperation in his voice finally made her respond.
She slowly walked towards Castle and stopped right in front of him.
Beckett didn't even realize what she was doing until she felt the soft skin of his face on her fingers. She reacted by instinct.
When Castle felt her touch him his heart stopped. Their eyes met and he was gone.
He couldn't tear his eyes away from hers. He lost himself in the pool of emotions that were swirling through them right now.
He saw the sadness that was usually there until one of his stupid jokes or remarks managed to make her forget about everything else and let him see her free. It was those moments that kept him going back. To see her smile once more.
What surprised him was the anger that was searing out from them. The second he cought it he reacted by instinct and tried to break free.
"Don't struggle. You'll hurt yourself." - her voice was almost just a whisper. Castle looked back at her immediately.
When he looked into her eyes again he couldn't believe what he saw. Beckett was looking at him with what he couldn't describe other than need?
He used to think that he had seen that a couple times before. Like when in L.A or in the second before they almost blew up. But he told himself that he was just imagining it after he learned that she had been lying to him for months. She played him. And he was tired of being someone else's toy.
For a second Castle almost thought that he was right. No. He just couldn't himself get hurt even more. He already damaged his relationship with Alexis enough because of this. So he stopped feeling...
"Beckett! What the hell are you doing? Are you crazy? Let me go immediately!"
She jumped back like she was burnt, but after a moment her attitude changed completely.
"No!" - he could see that she was dead serious. What the hell was wrong with her?
She went through every possibility. She had the perfect plan figured out. But the one thing she didn't think about was him. He always had an effect on her which she hated and loved at the same time. It would make her completely irresponsible and sometimes childish.
"I am sick of you acting like an immature self-centered jackass! What is wrong with you lately?" - it burst out of her with anger.
Beckett was really annoyed with his behavior (and really hurt too but she wouldn't admit that to herself), but what sent her over the edge was that he wouldn't say what his problem was. That is when she decided to take matters into her own hands.
"I haven't been able to talk to you for weeks. You always make excuses why you can't catch dinner and you won't talk to me for more than a minute. I really thought that you had changed in the last years. But now I don't know what to think. I just know that I want my partner back. And since you wouldn't tell me what your problem was I had to do something. If you want to leave you better start talking." - she had to catch her breath after sputtering everything she had to say.
Castle was furious. She was insane. She thought he was a jackass for acting that way? What, she wanted to keep him on a leash? What was he supposed to do? Just sit around and wait for her when she made it obvious that she didn't want anything from him? Well screw her. He wouldn't give her the satisfaction to hear him say the thing that broke his heart. And if she really didn't get it then she didn't deserve it anyway. But he was sure that she knew exactly what his problem was and she just wanted him to say it out loud so he had no choice but to leave her alone forever. He really thought that they had something but he had to accept the fact that there wasn't. He could live with that. Not anytime soon but someday. But then why did she kidnap him? He still couldn't figure it out.
"You know exactly why I am acting like that and don't even try to say that you don't. You played with me for long enough. I won't tell you anything. So you should just let me go."
Beckett was seriously confused. She had no idea what he was talking about. Playing with him? What did she do? And her plan was falling apart. She was sure that after all this he would finally tell her everything. After all she even kidnapped him for God's sake. But he was just as stubborn as always. Well fine. Two could play that game...
A/N: I hope that you like how it turned out. I am not sure that this is going where I thought it would be but now I can understand what others mean when they say that the story writes itself :) Please let me know how you like it and just in general what you think.