Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance, Family, Humor

Rating: M for sexual situations and language

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.

A/N #1: Since this chapter is so short I'll be posting the next one in a few hours. So if anyone wants to continue the story look out for that!

A/N #2: It was really nice to see the feedback I got for the last chapter so will get right to my thank yous for that! MichelleBell16 (It's nice to see you're glad to read another story for the series. And it's great that you thought it was really nice to read about everyone together, not surprised you included everyone from the city too there for Halloween. Also, not surprised you mentioned that it was brief. But I was happy to read that you're looking forward to more!), MsNYC (I did know that you love flashbacks so I'm glad you loved the one in this chapter of course! I'm glad that you enjoyed Halloween and that you thought I wrote that well since I actually don't really celebrate it anymore, lol, though I do like the idea of dressing up being for everyone and not for kids. With that I'm glad you thought everyone from the city is the best, I figured readers would enjoy that, lol. And I'm so glad you thought the costumes were great since I just made those up on the fly except for the family's. But I'm so glad you know the costume for Beckett and you thought that was especially great as I like that costume myself. Not surprised you have your fingers crossed for a Caskett baby still, figured that would still be there. And so nice to see you thought it was great writing as always!),
TORONTOSUN (It was nice you like they're still dressing up for Halloween since I do love writing that; I figured they would since they have the kids of course, lol. And I'm not surprised that you too like how everyone in the city was in the chapter, as I said I figured readers would like that so I'm glad I was right!) and
vetgirlmx (I was really pleased to see you thought it was both a very nice chapter and very nice start for the story, I'll take both, lol. And I'm not surprised you loved that everyone was in the chapter though yeah, I could only fit in Alexis and Louis in the flashback but did want to show them getting moved in. And I'm so glad you liked the bit where Castle told Beckett about Alexis calling them parents. To be completely honest I added that because of what you said about him telling her and I thought he should, so you were right about knowing, lol. I am really happy you thought his way of telling that was perfect and that you thought Beckett's response was both surprised and flattered, I thought she would react that way and of course I'm happy you liked it a lot. Oh and very pleased you liked Lanie's boyfriend and that you want to see him again soon, you just might, lol. So glad you too enjoyed their costumes and could see them vividly as I only had Castle, Beckett's, Julia and the other three as pictures- they can be found on a search engine if you'd want to see how they actually looked on Dancing With the Stars. But I wasn't surprised you'd kill to see a group photo of them, me too, lol. And it's great to know that even with this story only one chapter in you're eager to see what happens next and now you can.
Thanks so much for the reviews, I loved reading them as usual and appreciate greatly the time taken to write them out and send them to me!

A/N #3: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Don't Pass Me By by The Beatles, from their album The Beatles (aka The White Album).

Listen For Your Footsteps

The game was in full swing and she watched it with a smile on her face, not surprised the blue, white and green colored polo shirts seemed to be taking charge nearly at half-time. She watched as the head rider scored a goal and applauded with the others before she turned to see if the 'tradition' the Hamptons talked about during the polo season would happen.

As the announcer was calling the score the woman was stepping up onto the rails of the fence and the observer smiled at the sight of the two. But she then began to frown as she recalled why she was there and she walked away before she nearly ran into someone. "Sorry," she mumbled before getting out of their way.

"Hey, Polly? Polly is that you?" the man said after he turned around to get a better look at her.

"Hey," the woman said, turning herself. She smiled slightly before she said, "I need to-"

"Tell me how you've been, how're you enjoying the game?" the man asked as he held onto her hand.

"I really need to go," the woman replied, trying to pull away from him.

"Why are you blowing me off?" the man said, stopping her with his other hand. "I'm just trying to talk to you, you kind of left without a word last night."

"I was feeling sick," the woman said. "Maybe I'll give you a call later and we can go out again."

"Will you promise?" the man asked, still not letting her go.

"Excuse me," an officer said, coming up to them. "Is this man bothering you?"

"Oh no, we're just friends talking about tonight," the man said first.

"I need to go," the woman said.

"Sorry," the man said after the woman he'd recognized raced away from them. "I was just… she and I had dinner and then she just kind of ran out after we'd been talking. I was interested in her so seeing her I thought…"

"That's great but she didn't really want to talk," the officer said.

"I know, it's weird we used to know each other in high school," the man replied with a nervous laugh.

"Keep going," the officer replied. "You might want to leave her alone."

"I will," the man said, walking away from the officer hurriedly.

Hiding behind a tree the woman breathed out as she watched the man finally leaving the area and going opposite to where she needed to go. As soon as she could; and hoping she wouldn't miss the officer; she rushed over to the woman and grabbed her arm. "Officer," she said hopefully.

"Yes ma'am, are you sure you're alright," the officer said in concern after seeing it was her.

"No, please take this," the woman said before she then ran off.

"Wait!" the officer replied before she took off after the woman. But since there was a break in the game the crowd was milling around and soon made her lose sight of the woman. Looking down at her hand she reached for her walkie-talkie and called into her station as she started to search over the grounds to try to find her.

At the same time, the woman had reached the building she'd been searching for and she looked around to make sure that the coast was as clear as it would be for her. What helped was the whistle blew on the field and she glanced back behind her as the horses were taking off again. She watched for a moment and then went back inside, looking around to try and see the names.

But the woman stopped soon after she had begun to work around the room when she realized that there were no labels and she had no real idea of where she needed to go. Breathing out she glanced around the room again before she saw what she hoped was a room. She knew her only option was to wait for the end of the game and see them face to face though she knew it was going to be a risk. Hesitating she looked at the doorway out before she made up her mind and then stepped into the room. She kept the door opened just slightly before she saw a light switch.

Flipping it on she swore when she saw it was a janitor's closet but she couldn't move as she abruptly heard footsteps and voices outside, just managing to get the lights off in time.

"I think he said the mallets are over there," the voice said.

"Just grab them and we'll go back the game's going to be over soon," another called, obviously from the doorway.

"Found them," the voice said as there was the clattering of something in their hands. "Let's go."

Breathing out when the room was silent again the woman peeked through what there was of the doorway. She was going to step back to lean against the wall opposite when she suddenly felt someone behind her. Before she could react and question how someone had gotten into the closet with her she felt something poking hard into the side of her neck. She hissed out and was soon collapsing, dead before she hit the floor.

The figure stepped over the woman once they were sure they were dead and walked out, tossing the syringe into the trash before they ran. Their job finished they had no other idea but to run and tried to do so before they would be caught or seen; before the horror they'd wrought was discovered.