Chapter 2
Castle found himself lying on the ground outside of his home in the Hamptons. He had spent last night just thinking about Kate and how much he missed it back at the precinct. Every once in a while he would be riled by his anger at himself for being so stupid when it came to Kate. All the signs were there that she wanted to be with him, but neither she, nor he had realized the truth until it was too late. Its funny how two people who their entire professional lives have been able to read people so easily were completely lost when it came to each other. Not only did Richard not read Kate correctly, he hurt her deeply. Oh, the face she had made when he was walking out of the precinct with Gina. He wanted so bad to turn back around and to just run to her and find out what she was going to say. But the bitch Gina, oh her face went from happy to, "If you don't just shut the hell up and get to the Hamptons now, I am gonna tear you a new one" face. He really was not sure what he wanted to do about fixing things with Kate yet but he knew he should act soon. She had broken up with Demming that very day he left, he had Esposito to thank for that tidbit.
In an instant he knew what he needed to do. He opened his computer that he had used as a pillow last night and quickly pulled out his I-phone. Maybe it was a mistake, but the reason he wasn't writing much was because whenever he put the word document down to think or search something on the internet, his background would pop up on the screen. In his despair, he really wanted a reminder of his life at the 12th, so he had put a picture of Beckett smiling as his background. Not only did this keep him from writing because of his anger at himself, he could not find the courage to take it down. So as a desperate attempt to reconcile with Kate, he snapped a photo of his computer background and sent it in a text that read:
Just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you. Hope you are having a great summer, and I plan on having a party for the fourth of July. Would you mind coming up? I really want to see you.
He was hoping that seeing that he was still thinking of her, so much so that he would use her as a background picture, would spur Kate into action. He just hoped he wasn't too late, because in reality, all he wanted was a weekend alone with Kate, there was not to be a party on the Fourth of July.