Disclaimer: I do not own Castle.
When he ended the call, she moved to the box again. She didn't know if she was going to open it. She bit her lower lip. She remembered Castle's statement earlier. She leaned closer to the box but she heard nothing. What if it was just an ordinary package? She shook her head. It cannot be. The note on the box was way too creepy to be ordinary. She read it again. Maybe this time it would make sense.
To the beautiful Detective Katherine Beckett,
I hope this will change your life.
P.S. Don't find me.
She was walking to and fro with hands on her waist. Thinking about the note all over again. She didn't know how long she was doing that but her phone stopped her. She had a message from Castle. She made a quick reply. She was waiting for him to reply back but he didn't. Maybe she should look at what's inside. She has nothing to worry about. She's a detective for heaven's sake and she's one of the best. She had encountered a lot of danger before. There's the blown up apartment, almost frozen to death, radiation poisoning, almost blown up by a nuclear bomb and she even survived when she got a bullet through her chest. She sighed. Nothing should worry her. Nothing. She opened the box and gasped. She felt like the world stop. Of all the things that she could think of that was inside that box, that was the last thing that she could think of. She couldn't even think that someone would put that in a box. And what was the sender thinking to give her this beautiful –
She heard a knock on the door that made her jump. She heard a knock again. She didn't need to peek into the peephole to look at who's at the other side. She swung the door opened. She met his gaze. He was panting. She looked like a scared little girl. He was trying to catch his breath. "Are you ok?" still panting. "What happened?" He walked across her and let himself in. She looked like she was about to break down. He wanted to hug her, to assure her that everything is going to be alright. He was walking towards her. She was staring at the box but the box didn't matter to him now. She needed comfort. He knew she needed him. He was fighting himself not to hug her and then the noise stopped him. They both walk towards to box.
She was the first to speak up. "What are we going to do?" She looked at him. She looked so worried and for the first time when he met her. This was the first time that she looked like she didn't have any idea of what she was going to do. Sure, there was a time that they were on a dead end but she always had an idea where to start again. But this is not one of those cases. She really didn't know what to do. That is why she called him. She knew no one could help her besides him. She gave him the note that she found.
"It doesn't make sense." She heard him say. She was still in shock. He looked at her. "Beckett? Kate?" He shook her shoulders. "Castle, what am I going to do?" She looked into those eyes, those sapphire blue eyes that melt her every time she catches him staring at her.
He couldn't fight it anymore. He hugged her so tight when she met his gaze. Her head was resting on his shoulder. Her knees are getting weak. He hugged her tighter as if he was going to lose her. He lowered his lips to her ear and whispered. "Don't worry, I'll help you. Do you want to keep her?" She released herself from him but he was still holding her arms. She didn't even want that in the first place. Now, somebody gave her this. She closed her eyes and shook her head. "I don't know, Castle. I never think of having a –" She couldn't finish it. He threw an arm around her shoulders. He remembered their talk few days ago and receiving a gift like this. He sighed. He didn't know that this will scare her off.