Looks Can Kill

These events take place after 'always' maybe in season 5.

The characters do not belong to me, Mr Marlowe is the creator.


(7)

Since two days I had neither gone to the precinct, nor answered any calls. After sleeping for a day and a half, I was longing to hear her melodious voice. I could picture her sitting beside me, attending to my illness with tenderness. I was down with cold and the body ache was unbearable. I guess change of weather was the reason. Once again my phone went off, and I decided to pick it up. I saw the 28 missed calls from her and the remaining 14 from my mother and Alexis, maybe a few from work. I knew I was in trouble; still I picked up the phone and heard her concerned voice from the other end.

'Castle? Are you alright? You weren't picking your phone and you didn't show up so I thought you were on some tour or something... I'm coming!' she said, that was a statement, not a question.

'No Kate... its abso-' I started but then I saw her standing at the door of my bedroom. She was already here; the phone call was just a warning before she entered my bedroom. I wanted her to be here and my silent wish had come true. Looking as beautiful, with her brown curls flowing down, framing her face perfectly, she stood there, looking at me with those hazel eyes. I could see a few lines on her forehead. She was worried... but she looked so cute.

'Hey how did you get in?' I asked, with a feeble voice, still lying on the bed, but now trying to get up. She rushed to my side, slowly putting the pillow behind my back and making me comfortable.

'You gave me spare keys... remember?' she said now, sitting beside me, holding my hand, giving it a slight squeeze to show that she's here, always.

'Oh yaa... but you shouldn't have come... I don't want you to get sick' I said, giving her a faint smile. I failed; she wasn't going to buy it. She knew me so well.

'I guess I'm already sick... love sick...' she said, smiling at me, I could see the mischief in her eyes but concern too.

'Cheesy movie dialogues? Really?' I asked softly. She just stood up and started walking... round the corner of the bed, heading towards the other direction.

'Yes! You should go... I'll see you tomorrow' I said, thinking that she was leaving. She had bad guys to catch. She was a woman who thought that the whole world's weight rested on her shoulders alone.

'Richard Castle... I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here...' she said. She wasn't leaving; she was actually going to the other side of the bed, to lay herself beside me.

'Oh...' I said, as she lay down beside me, moving her fingers gently on my forehead, doing all she could to ease the pain. After a minute, she kissed my forehead and half of my pain vanished just by that moist imprint on my forehead left by her lips. I closed my eyes for a minute to take it all in.

'The truth is... I'm so glad you're here...' I said, letting it all out. She gently put her arm around my head, making me use it as a pillow. She bended and whispered in my ears, a word I wanted to hear so badly-

'Always...'


(8)

'I'll drive...' I said, taking the keys from her hand as we approached the car. She just gave me that look which made me question my own driving skills.

'What?... you don't trust me?' I said, trying to think of all those reasons why she doesn't let me drive. She just came near me, we both were standing on the driver's side.

'No...I mean...no I trust you...' she started. She blinked hard, which gave me the feeling that she was trying to come up with something.

'It's just that... I don't trust the lady with the walker...' she said, scratching her head, still not satisfied with her answer.

'Really? You are gonna go with that? What you think... I'm 8?' I asked, raising an eyebrow.

'Not 8...I think you've managed to reach 10...' she said, smiling. Nine year old on a sugar rush, those were her words; at least I managed to become a 10. Then it struck me that she was actually making fun of me. I know! Late reaction.

'Heyyyyy!' I shouted and she instantly replied-

'But that's not the point... the point is, I don't trust the teenagers making out at the crossing...'

'Whoaa... people do that? That's definitely worth trying...' I said, forgetting completely about the topic we were discussing.

'Castle... Okay... it's just that I really like you sitting beside me, bickering and theorizing while I'm driving...its kinda sweet' she said, blushing now.

'I just opened the door seated myself down on the driver's seat and looking straight into her eyes I said - 'Challenge accepted!'

I was going to show her that I can do multi tasking. She just smiled and came to the other side and sat down but before I pulled the first gear to start, she placed her hand over mine, her soft hands... the warmth meeting mine, and said-

'But eyes on the road...' and with that I gave her a thumbs up and started the engine, ready to show her my extraordinary driving skills.


(9)

Castle and I were sitting on his Kitchen chairs, talking; thank god it wasn't me sitting on the kitchen counter this time, as Alexis was home. Alexis came down the stairs and paused a little on seeing me.

'Dad! You didn't tell me that we had company' she said, eyeing her dad, giving him the you-should-have-told-me look. If looks could kill, that look would have surely killed him.

'Oh dear! I wanted to tell you something... but because of the wrong timing, it got delayed and I would have eventually told you but-' he went on and on but Alexis cut him off, saying in a demanding voice 'The point dad?'

Castle took my hand and smiled at me, then turning to his daughter he was about to tell her when Martha came and completed what he was saying-

'Darling, will you please at least leave that girl's hand... she isn't going anywhere now!'

I tried to suppress my laugh but Castle was speechless, not losing any more time he uttered- 'We're together, but how did you know?' now he was staring at his mother and so was I.

'Oh come on! You're writing, submitting work on time, exhausting my patience by telling me how Kate and you spent the entire day! Smiling more and not brooding in your underpants and being a little more mature...well...it has to be a miracle...it didn't take time for me to figure out that things had worked out between you and her, your better half' she said, her eyes moving from Castle to now me, giving me a little smile.

'Dad! How long have the two of you...' Alexis started.

'About a month... since your graduation day!' he said, now moving towards her.

'I know Alexis, I should have told you but after our little argument before... about me working with...detectiv-...uh...Kate, I was afraid how you would react.' He said, looking at Alexis, waiting for her reaction.

'Dad, you shouldn't have doubted me...I'm old enough now to understand...I'm sorry for earlier but once again I would like to ask you something...' she said, staring at her dad. Her blue eyes, a shade brighter than Rick's but they had the same glow in them.

'Sure pumpkin...ask right away...' he said, still smiling at her, showing her that her decision mattered. She was still very important to him.

'Are you happy?' she asked, not losing the eye contact. Castle embraced her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. He was still holding her but his eyes were now on me, looking at me he answered- 'Very...'

Alexis just gave him a smile and came to me. She gave me a hug, smiled at me too and just headed towards her room. I guess I would spend a little time with her so that she could be more comfortable around me at least. But I was happy that she had accepted me, and that was enough...for now.

'Give her time...' Martha said. I didn't mind, she was a teenager and even after me making her dad wait for so many years, even with him following me on quite dangerous cases, she had given me a hug and accepted me. She was quite mature for her age, even more than Castle I guess.

'As for me...it was about time!' Matha said, making me blush and she headed out, leaving me and Castle alone. He was here and that was all I wanted. Now, only Javi and Ryan were left and maybe with time we would open up to them too, for now we had decided to keep it a secret from them as we didn't want to create any awkwardness at work. At present we were just staring into each other's eyes, glad that it went well with Martha and Alexis. He was happy and so was I. 'We' were happy together. Staying 'together' is the key to a happy relationship. I knew we could over come any obstacle by sticking together.


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