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"Where do you think they went?" Lanie asked. She and Espo had met up with Jenny and Ryan and now were being seated at a table for brunch.
"Hopefully they talked things through." Jenny answered.
"Did you see Castle?" Ryan joked. "He couldn't have talked things through even if he wanted to."
"Bekett wasn't much better" Javi said.
"Lets just hope something bad didn't happen. I texted her this morning and she didn't answer." Lanie said with concern in her voice.
"Becketts a smart girl, she can handle herself. Castle on the other hand.." Ryan trailed off. "I've been worried about him. He usually calls us a few times a week to meet up at the Old Haunt or play poker, but he hasn't called in a while."
"Kate has been the same way. She never wants to go grab a drink after we solve a case anymore." Esposito said.
"Well, lets just hope this plan works. Kate had no idea what was going on, when we 'ran into' you guys, she was shocked." Jenny said.
"Castle was shocked to, even in his drunken haze I saw his face light up when he saw her." Lanie said.
The two couples ordered their brunch and talked about their plans for the day. The group would leave the hotel later that night and head to the chapel where Lanie and Javier were going to get married.
During their meal, they discussed their master plan to bring Castle and Beckett back together.
Kate paced back and forth in the bedroom.
"This can't be happening" She said. "Why would anyone let us get married? If I can't even remember what happened, I was obviously in no state to get married."
"I really couldn't tell you, Kate. The last thing I remember is leaving the casino and walking to a bar with Espo and Ryan." Castle answered.
Castle was now dressed and laying on the bed. Kate walked up and sat next to him, far enough away that she wasn't touching him but close enough to still feel his warmth. She laid back on the pillow and tried to fall back asleep. Her mind was racing. Did she want to get back together with him? Are they really married? Where is everyone else? No matter how hard she tried to sleep, all she could think about was the ring on her finger. This had been her dream. She knew right after she started dating Rick that she would marry him, she was just waiting for him to ask. Her anger had now passes, she was more confused now. She turned over and was now looking at him, but his back was turned to her.
The same thoughts were going through Rick's head. What did this mean for their relationship? He rolled over, now facing her. The last time they were in bed like this was their last weekend together in the Hamptons. He was the first to break the silence.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked, almost in a whisper.
"Everything" she answered back. "We haven't spoke in almost a year and now were married. It just doesn't make sense to me."
She looked down at the ring on her hand, it was beautiful. It was a simple princess cut diamond set in white gold.
"Well, at least we have good taste while under the influence." she joked, pointing to the ring.
"I wasn't drunk when I picked that out.." he said back quietly.
"What?" Kate said, now even more confused.
"We didn't pick that out last night.. I've had it."
"What? Why?"
"Remember when we went to the Hamptons together? The weekend we….broke up? I was going to ask you to marry me that weekend, and when you left I put the ring in my suitcase and forgot about it."
She was in shock. 'Why did I leave that weekend? We could have been married by now' she thought to herself, still starring at him.
"Rick.." She was interrupted by her phone ringing, it was Lanie.
"Hey, girl! Were all down in the hotel restaurant just finishing up brunch, we wanted to know if you guy wanted to come to the pool with us?"
"Um..yeah. Sure." Kate answered. "I'll be down in a few minutes."
"Alright, see you then. Oh, do you know where Castle is? He's not answering his phone."
"No, I don't. I'll go check his room."
"Pool?" She asked quietly.
"Yeah. I take it as you don't want to tell anyone?" Castle asked with a smile on his face.
"Not now, lets just get this all sorted out first."
"I guess we should probably take these off then." Rick said, pulling the silver band off his finger.
After a relaxing day at the pool, Lanie, Jenny, Kate went up to Lanie's room and started to get ready for the wedding. Kate excused herself and went back to her room to get ready. She needed some alone time. At 6:00, the group met in the hotel lobby and got in the limo that Castle had arranged to pick them up. In the car, Ryan made a toast, "To my best friend, we all knew that you and Lanie were seeing each other behind our backs, and if you would have gotten married five months ago, I could have made some serious money off of the uniforms." Everyone laughed and took a sip of the champagne. The thought of drinking made Kate nauseous. When the arrived at the chapel, it was a very short drive, they could have walked, the group climbed out of the limo and made their way inside. They were greeted by an old man wearing a white tuxedo and a matching cowboy hat.
"Mr. Castle! Mrs. Castle! You came back to see me already?" The man said with excitement.
The whole group turned to look at Rick and Kate.
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