Title: Supporting Love

Disclaimer: I do not own Castle, Andrew Marlowe and ABC do. Cafe Habana is located in New York City.

Author's Note: I had a bad week last week so this chapter was kind of hard for me to write, yet I had and easier time with chapter 4. So as a extra special treat, chapters 3 and 4.

A/N 2: Character thought in bold italic

Special Thanks to all those who reviewed chapter 2 and added the story to story alert list! Also big thanks to Jayce Gish for the constructive criticism!

Genre: Romance

Rating: T

Chapter 3: The Dates


The rest of the week seemed to have dragged by tortuously slow. It didn't help either to run into the two guys at one point or another during the week.

Friday, the day of her date with Tom arrived. Somehow she was not looking forward to her date with Tom especially when he mentioned she had to look her best.

Something tells me the date is going to be a disaster.

Her intuition had proved her right. Right as she finished getting ready she heard the doorbell ring.

She inhaled and exhaled deeply and went to open the door.

She did not see anyone there but a note.

Kate-

I will be meeting you at Cafe Habana and then we'll see where out date goes from there.

-Tom

Dressing up to meet up at café instead of picking me up? Strike one.

The date only got worse when she got to the meeting place. It was basically anything that could go wrong did.

Strike two came during the date. He had taken to them some place casual.

Why does he want me to dress up when he brought me to someplace laid-back?

To make matters worsethey had trouble keeping a conversation going and he spilled soda all over her best and favorite blouse…strike three. That was it she was getting out of there.

"Oh darn I am so sorry about that I, I," stammered Tom getting a napkin to wipe up the mess.

"You know what is fine," said Kate who inwardly thought like heck it is not fine.

"I will just go to the bathroom and get cleaned up," Kate said camly.

When she pretended to make her way to the bathroom and was sure Tom was not looking she made a quick run to the front of the restaurant picked up her coat, paid for her drink and dashed out and went home.

The moment she got home she bypassed Lanie and Madison, went to the bathroom and shed out of the outfit and trashed it; she just wanted to forget about the disastrous date.

What was I thinking liking Tom to begin with?

She just hoped that her date with Rick would be much better.

Her wish had come true.

She remembered that Rick mentioned informal day filled with fun. So she dressed in her most comfortable outdoor fun clothing.

As it turned out he had planned a very simple date, snow day for them and hanging out afterwards. He even got her flowers when he picked her up.

Score…score…score!

Kate was giddy like a school girl and could not have been happier.

After Rick walked Kate to the door following a fun filled day the two suddenly quiet and shy, but Kate managed to say something.

"I had a great time today."

"Yeah I did too, so uh I guess I will wait for your decision."

"Yeah," replied Kate cringing she did not want to think about it yet.

Kate had turned around and stuck the key into the lock to open it when she heard, "Kate wait."

Kate turned around and saw a nervous Rick.

"Yeah?"

Rick swallowed the lump that formed in his throat and said, "I usually don't do this right away but here it goes."

Rick placed his hands her face, cradled her neck, stroking her silky smooth cheeks, brought her in, tilted his head and kissed her.

The kiss took Kate by surprise but she came out of her shock and reciprocated the kiss which led to a brief makeout session which also led to her running her fingers through his hair.

When they came apart to get air in their lungs, Rick smiled his charming smile and gave Kate a kiss on the cheek and left. What Rick didn't know as he turned to corner towards the elevator was that the kiss was what sealed the deal.


A/N 3: Thanks for reading Chapter 3 of "Supporting Love". Hope you guys liked it. Reviews are appreciated.