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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. Just borrowing them from Andrew Marlowe.
"Richard, don't just stand there and gawk at us, get moving! I am going to get Alexis up to her room and give her some aspirin." And with that Rick and Kate are left staring at each other across the space from his front door to the kitchen.
Kate flies to Rick and flings herself into him, suddenly needing his embrace. He can feel her cheeks heat up with embarrassment from the minutes just before even though he thought they went quite smooth. They stay like that, content in each other's arms for a few minutes before Rick breaks the silence.
"You know I don't think she has a clue but she will if you don't let go of me soon. Not that I am complaining." She backs away just far enough to give a playful smack at his chest and a quick peck to his lips before turning and making her way towards the coffee machine.
"I think I will make us some coffee if you work to satisfy my growling stomach and your mother's wishes and besides I still owe you 90 some of these," she motions towards the coffee maker.
"Richard, I don't smell any food cooking. What is taking so long?" Martha asks as she descends the stairs.
"Nothing Mother, nothing, just gathering my ingredients," he places a cup of coffee on the counter in front of her as she sits down silently and begins to observe the events taking place in the kitchen. Rick is mixing the pancake batter while Kate is by his side slicing up fruit. He snatches a piece of banana and she playfully glares at him. Then she sticks her finger in the batter and teases it in front of his mouth before slipping her finger into her own mouth and spinning away from him. She grabs two coffee mugs from the cabinet, one that has Nikki Heat written on it and the other with Richard Castle, and fills them with the symbolic liquid preparing one the way she knows he likes his and the other just the way she enjoys hers. She places his mug next to the bowl of batter and gives his butt a pinch, earning a little squeak of surprise from him, she turns to walk off but he catches her by the waist and pulls her into his side.
"You two look very domestic." Both Rick and Kate's heads shoot up. They forgot Martha was sitting at the counter and could see everything that just happened between them.
"So you want to tell me why Kate is really here now?"
"Yeah Kate, do share with the class. Why are you really here?" he smirks towards her.
"I was invited for a movie night," she states nonchalantly, "but yesterday morning I wasn't planning on coming." She's going to tell Mother about what happened?! "Things had happened that made me blind to reality and I was set on doing other things that Rick, rightly, didn't approve of. These things lead me to near death and it was then I saw there was nowhere in the world I would rather be," she wraps her arms around Rick's middle and looks up at him her green eyes beaming love, "than here." Rick looks back down to her, she sees surprise in his eyes but behind that all that fills his beautiful blue orbs in love. At the same time the both turn to face Martha.
She is looking at the pair of them with a mixture of pride and excitement painted over her features. "Well thank goodness! I was worried I was going to lose my sight before I could see you two finally got your act together."
"Well Mother, you don't have to wait any longer," Rick smiles to Kate.
"We are in this for the long run." She smiles back up at him. They hear hurried feet upstairs and a door slam. Alexis.