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Those Meddling Newbies
Beckett walked in with a coffee in her hand. She was going to need it to deal with another newbie that might possibly, maybe, definitely get scared off quickly. Right now all Beckett wanted to do was nothing. Maybe I'll organize my desk, and then I don't have to do paperwork. Beckett walked to her desk sleepily and set her coffee down on the pile of files on her desk. But they weren't there. Her coffee spilled across her desk.
"What the?" Beckett yelled. She checked the rest of her desk, it was completely organized. She glared up at Ryan and Esposito.
"Hey! It was not either of us!" Esposito quickly said.
"Yeah, we told her not to touch your desk." Ryan added. "She didn't listen."
"Who?" Beckett growled.
"Whatever it is I didn't do it." Castle said as he rounded the corner. Esposito and Ryan motioned for him to shut up.
Then a young woman came up behind Castle. "I got coffee!" She said cheerily. Beckett rounded on her.
"Who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Lucy Candle." She smiled sweetly at Beckett, who glared in return.
"Did you reorganize my desk?" Beckett managed in a somewhat calm voice.
"Yes! Do you like it?" Beckett took a deep breath.
"Beckett, let's go get coffee." Castle grabbed her and dragged her to the break room.
"Did I do something wrong?" Lucy asked sadly.
"No one ever touches Beckett's desk." Esposito explained.
"Well, Castle does…" Ryan said matter of factly.
"Yes, but that's Castle. And he has a death wish. And he's Castle." Esposito argued. "Whatever just don't touch Beckett's stuff."
Castle and Beckett walked in with coffees in their hands. There was an awkward silence. Then Castle nudged Beckett with his elbow. "Right. We got off on the wrong foot." Beckett forced a smile. "So, Hi. I'm Dective…."
But Lucy cut her off. "Kate Beckett. Yes I know. You're like my hero!" Beckett internally groaned. "I know everything about you."
"Great."
"Hey, Miss Lucy. Rick Castle." Castle held out a big hand. "Professional writer, man-child and shadow. Nice to meet you." Beckett held back a laugh at his description.
"I love your books!" Lucy eagerly shook his hand. "So, what can I do?" She asked, turning to Beckett.
"Um, how about you help Ryan clean his desk?" Beckett said with a slight evil grin.
"What? Boss? Huh?"
"Yeah, Ry. Your desk is looking a little messy." Esposito added.
"This is going to be so much fun." Lucy clapped her hands together. She ran over to his desk and began working. Ryan looked pleadingly at the guys. They both shrugged. He walked dejectedly over to his desk.
A few hours later, Ryan's desk was clean and organized. And complete with Post-it labels, in multiple colors. "Cool, bro." Esposito said with a huge grin.
"Ooo! Detective Esposito, we can do your desk now! Come on let's get started." Lucy skipped over.
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After Lucy cleaned Esposito's desk she asked Beckett what to do every 5 minutes and was grating everyone's nerves. "Hey, Lucy, how about you go get lunch? Burgers?" Castle spoke up.
"Okay!" The others nodded their approval. They all gave her their orders that just happened to be extremely complex. She ran out to get their lunches.
"Oh my god! I thought only you could be that annoying."
"Since when am I e-annoying?" Castle asked, saying annoying oddly.
"Hmm, not sure, at least since I've met you."
"Oh, I thought I was born annoying."
"I pity the nurse that took care of you." Her eyes glinted with a laugh.
Castle opened his mouth, closed it, opened it, closed it and furrowed his eyebrows. His face twisted into a pout.
"Man, I can't take anymore of Lucy. She's just so… argh… I don't even know!" Esposito vented.
"Yeah. Beckett you gotta do something!" Ryan pleaded.
"Okay, I'll go talk to the Captain." Beckett stood up and walked to her bosses' office.
"I take it that Miss Candle isn't working out." He said, pointedly.
"Yes. I mean no she isn't working out." Beckett explained. "She's, I guess you could say overly helpful."
"Okay Beckett. I'll get you a new one tomorrow." He nodded and Beckett left.
While Beckett was talking to the captain, Lucy had come back with their food. Castle gave her some money for it. "Thanks, Lucy. Captain wants to see you." Beckett grabbed her food and settled down at her desk.
"Soooo, how'd it go? Is she gone?" Castle asked eagerly.
"Yep." Beckett smiled.
Lucy ran/ skipped out of the office and squealed, "Bye Everyone. It was a pleasure working with you."
"Detective. You will have a new one tomorrow."
There was a collective groan, but as the captain glared at them they all straighten up.
A/N: I'm back! I'm going to try and post every few days. But I play sports and have school. So… also I'm going to acknowledge reviewers! So review.
A/N2: the name changes were my friends screwing around so sorry.
