I'm back! And I still don't own Castle or Glee…

Alright before we get to the story I have to clear a few things up. There's a time jump here, New Directions left for NYC the day before this chapter takes place. In the next chapter I'll briefly go over what happened the day they got there.

And I am absolutely TERRIBLE at writing murders. Like doing the whole procedural thing, so just go with it for that. It'll probably a little inaccurate and predictable but I'm gonna be focusing on the relationships between people (not only romantically but like friendship and hate too.)

"Hey Castle," Kate Beckett said as her partner walked into the precinct.

"Morning Beckett," he answered, handing her a cup of coffee and a bear claw. "Nobody's gotten killed yet?"

"Nope nothin'. Just paperwork so far, so you can go home if you'd like."

"What, and miss out on the fun of staring at you while you work? I think not."

She rolled her eyes at her partner and turned back to the computer screen. "How many times do I have to tell you how creepy that is before you actually listen to me?"

Richard Castle just smiled and turned to Ryan and Esposito.

"What about you guys? Anything exciting happening?"

"Nah," Esposito said. "Been listening to Ryan go over ALL of his wedding plans all morning…literally…ALL of them." He glared over at his partner.

"Oh really?" Ryan raised an eyebrow. "Would you like me to share with Castle and Beckett what you've been planning all morning?"

"Nah bro, I'm good." Ryan smirked. Castle was about to respond when Kate's phone started to ring.

"Beckett," she answered. "Alright…Got it, we'll be right down. She set down the phone and looked up at her team. "We've got a body." She rang off the address to the boys and they were on their way.

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The crime scene was inside a theater. Beckett and Castle were led backstage where the body of a young woman was lying on the tile floor, a pool of blood underneath her back.

"Cause of death?" Kate Beckett asked the ME, Lanie Parrish.

"Stabbing. Someone came up behind her and got her right in the back. She never saw it coming."

"How could she have not seen it coming?" Castle asked.

"Excuse me?" the ME asked.

"How could she not have seen it coming?" he repeated.

Beckett gave him a look that said 'What the hell are you talking about?'

'Look at this room," he said, gesturing to the mirrors lining the wall opposite the door.

"Whoever came in she would've seen coming," Beckett finished his thought. "Which probably would've happened anyways, this room is so small."

"I know right?" Rick said. "I don't even know how they fit more than five people in here."

His partner ignored him. "So she knew her killer-"

"Well obviously," Rick interrupted. "You don't just come to the backstage of a random theater to a random dressing room and stab someone."

"Aaanyways, she obviously knew her killer and had no idea that they were gonna kill her." She turned back to the medical examiner. "Time of death?"

"Recently, I'd say sometime early this morning. I'll be able to give a more specific time frame when I get her back to the lab. It'd have to be earlier than six thirty. That's when the boy over there found her." Lanie nodded towards where Ryan and Esposito were questioning a young man who looked to be the same age as the vic.

"Alright, thanks Lanie." she said to her friend and then walked to where Ryan and Esposito stood. Esposito excused himself and walked to Castle and Beckett to fill them in.

"Vic's name is Kelly Harris, twenty years old. Ryan's questioning the guy who found her right now."

"And who's he?" Beckett asked.

"Boyfriend, name's Jesse St. James. They're both dancers in the production that's playing here. He knew she came here early to 'claim a spot in the dressing room' and wanted to come in and say hi before it got crowded. When he knocked and there was no answer he let himself in and found her there."

"Alright let's bring him back to the station, see if he can answer some more questions. Does he still have to perform or…?"

"Nope, got a couple of the understudies to take their places. The show must go on right?"

The three walked to where Ryan was standing, Beckett turned to the young man named Jesse.

"We'd like you to come down to the station with us. Ask you a few questions more questions about Kelly."

Jesse nodded and the group walked out of the building. On their way out they passed a group of about twelve high school students and who looked to be their teachers. They were almost past them when a petite brunette turned to the vic's boyfriend.

"Jesse?" she asked incredulously. The team stopped in their tracks.

"Rachel." he stated.

Oh my gosh I feel like this chapter was really bad, I'm so sorry my head is KILLING me but I really felt like I had to update. Apologize for any confusion, leave a review and I'll clear it up in the next chapter as best I can.