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So, I thought I should add a bit of tension to this story, but don't worry, I only believe in happy endings; especially in regards to Caskett! Anyways I hope you enjoy! :)
I do not own Castle.
It had been 3 weeks since he proposed. 3 weeks since Kate Beckett made him the happiest man in the world and agreed to marry him. He laid there in their
bed with Kate cuddled into his side and his arms wrapped around her securely. She was still fast asleep from their activities last night and since she wasn't
working today, she deserved a day to sleep in. However, he was awake; he couldn't stop thinking of how lucky he was to get to wake up to the woman of his
dreams for the rest of his life. He thought back to when they first met. She was so annoyed with him and he was simply intrigued by her. Oh, how he
dreamed of this back then, but he never thought it would actually come true.
After reminiscing about their lives together, Castle decided it would be nice if he made her breakfast. So he carefully unwrapped his arms from around his
fiancé and removed himself from her embrace without waking her up. He put on a pair of his boxers and a white v-neck shirt before leaning down and placing
a kiss on the top of her head. After lingering there for a few moments, taking in his beautiful soon-to-be wife, he left the bedroom and made his way to the
kitchen quietly.
After about an hour or so, Kate stirred, not usually used to sleeping in past 7am. She flipped over, with one of her hands roaming the bed beside her looking
for a certain ruggedly handsome writer. She was waiting to feel the warmth of his chest and snuggle into him, but all she felt were cold sheets. She tilted her
head to the side to look for him, but all she found was an empty bed. Hmm, he must be in the kitchen she thought. Kate got out of their bed, finding one of
Castle's button down shirts and putting it on.
While doing up the buttons, Castle emerged from the office into the bedroom holding a breakfast tray containing scrambled eggs, bacon, pancakes, a bowl of
fruit, orange juice and most importantly...coffee.
"Oh, hey. You're up!" He said as he made his way over to her.
"Hey, yeah it was weird sleeping in. Uhm, what's all this?" Kate asked, eyeing the food.
"Well, I thought my lovely fiancé deserved a nice breakfast in bed on her day off." He replied as he set the tray down.
"Castle, you do know that I'm still on call today, right?"
"Hm, yeah, but hopefully there won't be any murders" Castle said, trying to sound optimistic.
Kate snorted a laugh and rolled her eyes, "yeah, right. But thank you, it's very sweet of you" she said as she went on her tip toes to place a kiss to his lips.
"And, good morning" she added and smiled.
After they shared a few more kisses, they settled down on the bed to eat. Castle sat up, leaning against the headboard as Kate sat in between the V of his
legs and leaned into his chest. They stayed like that for a while as they ate, enjoying their breakfast and feeding each other occasionally.
"So, what do you want to do today? We can do whatever you like." Castle asked as he took a sip of the orange juice.
"Well, I was thinking that we start planning a few things for the wedding? Maybe do some research on different venues?"
They hadn't done any planning other than choosing to have it in the spring, because they decided to spend a few weeks just enjoying their engagement.
"Yeah, sure! Sounds good to me." Castle replied.
Once they finished their breakfast, they took a shower, which turned out to take longer than they expected, and got ready for the day. Kate made her way to
the breakfast counter as Castle went to retrieve his laptop from his office for them to start the research.
After a couple of hours and many thorough researched places, Castle suggested finding somewhere big.
"No, Castle I do not want some big extravagant venue. That'll cost way too much."
"Kate, I told you not to worry about the money. I've got it covered."
"No, I don't want you blowing up thousands of dollars on this. Oh, and I want to pay for part of it, I mean it's my wedding too, it's only fair."
"Kate, seriously, you don't have to pay. I want to do this; I want to do it for you. Anyways, it's not "my" money, it's "ours". What's mine is yours,
remember?"
"No, I know, I just mean...it's just that..." Kate hesitated, sounding a bit nervous before she continued, "Rick, what do you think about a prenup?"
There was silence.
"What?" Castle asked, completely shocked.
"A prenup..." Kate replied nervously.
"What...no! Why would you even think that?!" Castle asked anger clearly evident.
"It's just...I don't know, maybe it's a good idea."
"It's not a good idea, it's a horrible idea! I don't want one, Kate, so why do you?"
"I'm just saying it'll act as a...safety precaution." Kate replied calmly.
"A safety precaution?!" Castle basically yells. "What precaution? Do you think our marriage won't last?"
"NO, Rick, it's -" she was interrupted by Castle speaking again.
"Or is this another one of your walls, Kate? Hmm? Is it a way of keeping one foot out of the door, ready to run just in case? Was 4 years of me trying to
break down that wall not long enough for you to shut me out?" He asked, seriously angry now.
When Kate heard him say that, she lost it. "You're an ass. How could you even say that? How could you think that?! You know that's not true!"
"Do I, Kate? I don't know anything anymore! All I know is that my fiancé thinks that we're gonna end up getting a divorce! You know what, if you're so
worried about spending money, maybe we should just call off the wedding so we don't waste the money for no reason if you think we're going to end up
getting a divorce!"
"Rick, stop it! I didn't say-"
"No, you didn't have to say it.
"Rick..."
I can't be here now." Castle said, his voice quiet but with anger still there. He stood up, got his coat and made his way to the door.
"Where are you going?" Kate asked sternly but her face betraying her voice.
He didn't answer; he just walked out and slammed the door shut. That's the last thing Kate heard as she made her way to the couch, tears streaming down
her face. Oh god, what has she done? She knew it was a stupid suggestion, yet she had to open up her big mouth anyways. Great, so she had no idea where
her fiancé was but he was definitely hurt and angry at her and she just had to screw everything up. How did their day start off so perfect and end up like
this?
A few hours later, Kate was asleep on the couch from the exhaustion of crying. She suddenly awoke from the sound of the front door being unlocked. She
didn't move though; she just sat there, curled up on the couch, not even trying to hide the tear stains that were clearly visible. Moments later, Rick
appeared. The anger was gone from his face, but it was replaced with hurt. That broke Kate's heart, she couldn't bear to see him like that, especially knowing
that she was the reason for it.
"Where'd you go?" Kate asked, with gentleness in her tone.
"For a walk." Castle said coldly.
"For 4 hours?"
"Went to the Old Haunt."
"Rick, please listen to me. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. If you'll just let me explain..." Kate said softly, biting her bottom lip to stop her
from crying.
He didn't reply; there was just silence for a while. He walked over to sit on the other end of the couch until he finally spoke up.
"Just tell me why, Kate. Why do you want a prenup? Do you not trust me?"
"No! God, Rick, no! I trust you with my life, you know that. I just..."
She trailed off, nervous about what she was going to say next. She looked up at him and saw the pain, the pain she caused, in his eyes. At that moment, all
her nerves vanished; she just wanted to take away the pain from him.
"I just wanted to offer you something, offer you proof. You've given me so much and proven for years that you'll always be there for me. I just want to give
you something in return. I want to show you that I marrying you for who you are...not your money. It's never been about the money and I want you and
everyone to know that."
"Kate, I never thought you were in this for the money. When have I ever made you feel that way?" Castle said. He was still hurt, but you could hear the
gentleness in his voice.
"Never! You've never made me feel like that. It's just...that's all I could really offer you that would actually be worth something." Kate said insecurely.
When Castle replied, his voice was had softened but his eyes still showed hurt. "Kate, you have given me more than I could ever ask for. You've made me the
happiest man in the world just being with me. I don't need or want anything else other than you. So don't feel like you have to give me something, because
you just being here is the greatest thing you could ever offer me."
Kate didn't say anything; she just sat there thinking of how much she loved this man and how lucky she was to have him in her life. Suddenly she jumped
from her side of the couch to him, engulfing him in a huge embrace. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and his arms wrapped around her waist as he
pulled her into his lap. She just sat there, crying for a while, burying her face into his neck. She finally spoke, mumbling into his neck in between sobs.
"I'm so sorry, Rick. I'm so, so sorry. I never meant to make you feel like this. I don't want you think that I believe that our marriage will fail, because I don't.
I love you so, so much, Rick and I meant it when I said you're my one and done...you're stuck with me forever."
Castle just laughed and hugged her tighter. "I couldn't ask for anything better. I love you too, Kate."
They stayed like that in silence until Kate finally said something, mumbling into Castle's neck again.
"Rick? You...you didn't mean it when you said we should call off the wedding, right?"
Castle immediately unwrapped his arms from around her waist and moved his hands up to cup her face so she was looking at him. When she was focused on
him, he began to speak, guilt and reassurance in his tone.
"No, no, no, of course not baby. I didn't mean any of it, I was just angry and it came out. But I swear to you I didn't mean it. I love you so much, I'm so-"
He was cut off by Kate's lips crashing onto his. When he realized what was happening he quickly reacted back and they continued to kiss, pouring out all their
love.
After a few minutes, they finally pulled apart; resting their foreheads against each other's looking into each other's eyes. Arms were wrapped tightly around
one another and they sat there in silence until they both said "I love you" at the same time causing them to erupt into laughter. Castle leaned in towards her,
capturing her lips into a long, slow, deep, and loving kiss.
They've been through so much together over the last 5 years; more than most people have experienced in their entire lifetime. They knew that if they could
get through all that, then they would make it through anything else life threw at them. They are each other's soul mates, loves of their lives, one and done,
and third time's the charm. They and everyone else knew that nothing would break them apart; they would stay together, always.
Hope you guys liked it! Let me know what you think :)