"Where are you?" He texted his fiancee. Rick was done planning their whole marriage. He settled for some time to write, played guitar hero and watched YouTube videos.

He was bored and his two favorite people weren't home yet.

A minute passed and his phone buzzed, "On our way up, babe."

He smiled at his phone. He'd never get tired of Katherine Beckett. Anything about her would make him smile. Just by her calling him 'babe' would just make his day.

He heard the door unlock and some giggling behind it. "Hey, dad!" Alexis quickly ran to her father and kissed his cheek.

"Hey, pumpkin. Had fun?"

"Tons." She smiled and made her way up to her room.

"Alexis! Chinese or Italian for dinner?" He asked her before she reached the top of the stairs. "Chinese, please."

As soon as he got his answer, he looked for Kate. For some reason, she had slipped from his view the moment Alexis had ran to him.

"Kate?" he called out for her, noticing the bedroom door open and walked to it.

As he was about to push it, Kate had appeared. "Hey, lover-boy." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"Mm..You wanna change that?" He was able to get out, in between kisses.

"Mkay, lover-man."

"Muuuch better," They broke apart to breathe and he kissed her forehead. "So, found the perfect dress?"

"Nah, thought I'd just wear jeans and a white shirt."

The moment her sentence finished, his eyes had widened and his face was frozen. Taking in his look, Kate guffawed. "Oh, Castle..you easy mark."

She playfully kissed his lips once again, "Of course I found the perfect dress."

The whole time, Rick hadn't noticed he was holding his breath. As soon as he exhaled, he tightened his grasp at her waist and stepped closer.

In a low, husky voice, "Please, don't ever..do that to me again."

She chuckled at his behavior.

After dinner, the trio had settled to watch Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. Apparently, the new and last movie was coming out soon and Alexis had wanted to watch one movie of the series each night. Kate didn't argue, in fact she was excited. Rick wasn't really involved with the whole magical world thing. He just didn't understand much.

He needed to start reading the books if he was going to have to deal with all the Harry Potter talk for the next couple of weeks.

"So, wait.. This 'Voldemort'.."

"Shhh!" Both Alexis and Kate had cut him off, "Don't say that."

"Alright, 'you-know-who'.. He was on the other side of that guy's head..the whole time?"

"Yes, dad."

"What the?.. How is that.."

"What a muggle." Kate whispered to the teen next to her.

"Mhm," she giggled.

The next day was their last day in New York. Lanie called Kate for a girl's night out. It had been a while since the two had gone out for drinks.

"Hey, girl." Lanie stood up from their table, greeting her best friend with a martini in hand.

"Got here early, eh?" Kate asked as she eyed the drink.

"Y'know me."

"How are you, Lanie?" As they sat down, they quickly flowed into their typical conversation -talk about Castle, Esposito, Movies, Castle, Esposito. The only new topic, was the wedding.

"Are you excited?"

"Excited? Of course!"

"But?" Lanie had sensed that there was a but coming. Kate sighed,

"But, I'm also..a little nervous."

"Pfft. Girl, you have nothing to be nervous about! You'll look wonderful, we'd be somewhere AMAZING, and-"

"Wait, you know where we're going?"

"Uh, no?"

"Lanie Parish."

"Alright, alright. I know."

"How?"

"Well, duh. Castle told me."

"He told you, but not me? Oh, that man is so getting it tonight."

"If 'it' means something sexual then I'm not saying a peep."

Kate glared at her, "Seriously. He'd let his daughter know. And my best friend but not his wife?...to be."

"Well, the boys know, too." Kate's jaw slightly dropped. "That didn't help, did it? I've had too much to drink. Let's move on."

"Nope, no moving on. You're going to tell me, Lanie."

"But I can't!" She sounded like a whining six year old. Yep, she definitely had too much to drink.

"Lanie... I've never heard of a woman not know where she is going to get married especially if her wedding is two days away."

"Well, it's not my fault you left Castle in charge! And besides, it was either Hawaii or Central Park."

"W-what?" Kate was mixed with anger, confusion and shock.

"Oh no," Lanie realized what she had said. "Look at the time! I've got to get home and... Pack! Yeah, pack."

Kate raised her eyebrow in a judgmental look. Lanie could do better with a cover up, but since she had been drinking, she'd let this slide.

"Hey, hunny! Have a good time?" Rick kissed his fiancee as soon as she walked into their bedroom. He had been packing up his stuff.

"Uh..yeah."

"Anything wrong?" Rick sensed the confusion in her voice.

"Oh, nothing. Nothing's wrong. I should get packing, right?"

"Yes, I think so."

She smiled at him, "Alright, tell me where we're going first."

"Kate, just pack for sunny weather."

She rolled her eyes at him, "Why are you still continuing this? What's the point of hiding it from me?"

"Because I want you to be surprised!"

She stood there with her hands on her hips, noticing her tenseness, Rick quickly gave her a hug. "Please, can I have this chance to just..take your breath away?"

Again with the words, she thought. After sighing, she finally let go. "Alright. If it makes you happy, then fine."

"Thank you."

A/N: Yes, what a short chapter..and I've left you guys hanging for weeks. I'm so so very sorry. Things have been really really busy for me. I had to fly back and forth from Minnesota to Michigan for some personal issues and once I was back my older sister from Texas came and of course..for those who are following me on Tumblr know that I've been having some issues emotionally so yes, it was kind of difficult to type up a chapter for you guys. I'm really, truly sorry. I lost the want to write for a while but I thought that I can't just leave these stories unfinished. I promise I'll have another chapter up by the end of the week and another chapter of 'Let Go'.

I'm so sorry, once again.