What will you do if the reason you fought to live would be taken away from you? That you promise that person you will always be there for her but then you can't. What will you do if there were now two of them? Would you dare sacrifice your own life to save them? Are promises meant to be broken or was it your choice?

Continuing the journey of Rick and Kate as they go with their lives together after an event that almost broke them apart. Here's ALWAYS: A PROMISE OF FOREVER, the story continuing FOREVER: A LETTER FOR HER by Maria Stacia III.

Disclaimer: If I own Castle there will be no lightning problems.

I don't own any of the characters in this story. All characters based on Castle belong to their creator Andrew Marlowe, the Castle Production and ABC Company alone.

Days may not be fair Always,
That's when I'll be there Always.
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But Always. - IB

Not having any idea to what Rick has planned for them, Kate exhaled deeply before she turned the knob on the door from their room. As she took a step forward out from the room she found Rick leaning on the wall beside the door, arms crossed on his chest while looking at the ceiling.

"Oh, you're done!" he gushed and stood straight staring at her. "Where is my wife?" he asked with a frowning look and added with a wide sincere smile tracing across his face, "You really look beautiful."

"Thank you." said Kate and threw a gentle smile back at him.

"Come." He said escorting her to the dining area. There were dimmed lights all over the room and there was one directed to highlight the table which was nicely covered with a dark red table cloth atop a white one. The silver wares on their right places beside the white porcelain plates alongside two long champagne glasses. A bottle of champagne sits in a bucket of ice with six covered plates placed on a rolling table not far besides Rick's seat. At the center were three small candles surrounded with white rose petals. Scented candles were delicately arranged on every corners of the room and the sound of sweet music was surrounding them.

Rick pulled the chair for her as she sat, seeing her expression he asked, "Is this too formal?"

"I don't mind. Anyway, I want a formal Rick in my menu tonight." She said smirking at him as he walked towards his seat across her.

"Oh." He babbled with the sound of amusement on his tone and continued as he leaned down to his seat and picked something from the chair. He hid it from his back and walked towards her, "By the way this is for you." He said smiling at her. In his hands was a beautifully arranged bouquet of red roses.

"Oh, Rick. How did you do all of these?" asked Kate as Rick handed her the flowers. Lights, scented candles, gifts, flowers and a date, it was almost too much for her but then she liked it because it had been awhile since someone treated her like that. It has been awhile since she and Rick had this kind of date, it was since the bombing happened.

Dates weren't new to someone who has married a multi-millionaire writer. At times they would go to formal dates like on Rick's book parties or private galas and sometimes they would celebrate something like Rick's successful book release or just celebrate when they have closed a murder case.

"I had all the help I needed you know, resources?" he answered cocking his head from one side.

"You don't really need to do this." said Kate on a low tone and regretted it as soon as the words came out from her mouth. She liked it, loved it as well but for her it was always too much.

"I don't," he paused and held Kate's hand, "...but I want to." Kate was surprised with what he has said and she felt that he was right. Rick always make her feel that there is nothing too much of what he is giving her and that she deserves everything he has given her. Years back, Kate always thought that he was taking her for granted but then she found out through the years of being with this man that she was wrong, she knew that Rick was a type of man who would try everything just to make a person feel their worth especially those the ones he loves.

Rick squeezed her hand lightly while she tried to dismiss the thoughts. Gladly Rick cut the silence narrowing his eyes at her saying, "And I was so bored, thinking of the same thing for the entire day."

She knew that for the past months Rick has made a routine. For the entire day he would just look for something to draw himself to like writing, playing his helicopter toy, his video games or just watch his favorite movies. It was always like that. Kate knew that boredom was killing Rick deep inside, the fact that he still can't join her for work at the precinct knowing that the doctor had advised him that he still needs more time to deeply heal. She would always call him every time she could and he would call her as well whenever he really couldn't come up with something else to do. "What was it?" she asked in a curious tone.

"You should probably ask who it was." He mused.

"So who was it that you were thinking the entire day while I'm out working?" She asked arching an eyebrow not knowing if she wants to hear his answer.

He smirked and said, "Just my wife you know, a day without her isn't the same." He winked at her giving her a wide grin and then she rolled her eyes on him.

"Are you rolling your eyes on me Mrs. Castle?" he asked in a sarcastic tone.

"I wouldn't dare," she laughed as she continued and asked, "So is there any special occasion that we needed to celebrate today? I mean did I forget something?"

"Oh none, I just wanted to treat my wife. My first way of thanking her for taking care of me and there's a long list for it. "

"Wow, I should probably be prepared with those," she chuckled, "So what is it that you prepared for tonight?"

"To start, I wasn't able to go out so I just had to order us our foods for tonight. And over there," he pointed at the small counter on the table, "Is pizza in case you're onto cravings of your favorite."

"Jeez, Rick. I couldn't even imagine how you did all of these," she paused holding his hand tight, "Thank you so much," she smiled and added "… by the way you look dapper." And they chuckled.

Rick was never good at throwing surprises but this one felt different, it was well-planned to the fact the Kate was left speechless. In the past as Rick have told her, he would throw ginormous surprises to those woman he have dated but none of it meant something to him. It was like he just wanted them to feel happy knowing that's what they like but then as he started dating Kate, knowing her everything has changed from his perspective, that surprises weren't just to make someone happy, it is also to make someone feel that they were special and that they are loved.

Rick stood from his chair to the table beside him leaning down to uncover the dishes introducing them one by one, "For our appetizer, I got us 'Oysters with Tangerine-Chili Mignonette'," pausing between dishes, "... for the main course you can choose from this perfectly 'Hot-smoked Salmon Quesadillas' or 'Steak Frites with grilled asparagus..." he exhaled deeply and continued ,"...or this 'Ravioli Pasta Salad' and lastly for the dessert we have 'Chocolate Raspberry pudding'."

"So what do you think about my choices, huh?" he asked biting his lip with a narrowed look on his face.

"I can't even come up with the perfect word, you clearly did beyond awesome Rick!"she gushed, hands over her mouth looking at him. Kate realized that Rick haven't finished pulling every dishes and so she pointed the last one behind the champagne bottle.

"Oh. Yes! Well this one is my favorite," he paused and continued, "I Richard Castle of New York bestow upon you the power to open this magnificent dish." Rick walked closer to her and held the covered plate in front of her . He counted and at three she took off the cover. Inside it was a wide black box and it was yet another surprise from Rick that left her speechless, "Open it." he demands throwing a smile at her.

She picked it up from the plate and lifted the cover of the box. She was taken aback to her seat when she saw a gorgeous necklace inside it. It was long gold chained necklace that has a locket pendant with diamond-scalloped-edge. Carved in the center in an Italic font were the letters 'K' and 'R'. She click-opened the locket, on the left side and carved on it is the word 'Always'. Always wasn't just a word for them it's a promise, a promise that both of them will be there for each other. It's a promise of forever.

Rick watched her intently from where he was standing. Kate's eyes widened as she looked at a picture on the right side of the locket, it was a black-and-white stolen shot of them. They were looking at each other with big smiles on their faces, crinkles tracing under their eyes, they were very happy and then she remembered, it was Alexis who took the picture at their wedding day.

The story is a mere projection of imagination of the writer. This is a work of fiction. The writer only intends to entertain the readers. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, events, or locales is entirely accidental. The author would love to hear your thoughts about the story.

A/N I'm really sorry if it took a little time for me to update this story I was very busy doing some school stuffs. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this one, and thank you for reading my little fanfic, as I promise you we are heading to a more intimate and thrilling part so sit back and relax. I really want you to enjoy this light part and SPOILER: We have a murder case coming!

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