There's not much for me to really say about this chapter, just that I had fun writing it, and I hope you enjoy the ending.
Chapter Four
Even though he didn't have his alarm, Castle still woke up on time to help get Alexis ready for school. He made sure to make breakfast for Beckett, though he didn't know when she would be up. Sure enough, Beckett came down the steps before Alexis had finished eating her breakfast.
"Morning Beckett," Castle said as he saluted with the spatula.
"Morning Castle," Beckett replied.
"Morning Beckett," Alexis chimed in.
"Morning Alexis," Beckett returned the greeting.
"I made you some breakfast," Castle continued. He put the plate of food out on the plate mat, which included scrambled eggs, a few strips of bacon, and two slices of french toast. There was orange juice to drink in a small glass, which had already been out.
"Thank you Castle," Beckett replied with a small grin. She sat down and started eating .
"So, I was thinking, if you're staying here, you're gonna need clothes and such," Castle continued. "I was thinking we could swing by your apartment now, since you got some rest and fuel in your system."
"That sounds good," Beckett started as she put her fork down. "But why didn't we stop there last night?"
"Because if we did, you might not have listened to doctor's orders," Castle retorted. "And I wasn't really thinking."
Alexis took the last bite of her scrambled eggs. Looking at the time on her watch, she needed to get to school. "Bye Dad! Bye Beckett!" Alexis said as she grabbed her backpack and headed out the front door.
"Bye Alexis," Castle and Beckett called out at the same time as she was heading out. They exchanged glances, Castle thinking it was cute and Beckett not expecting it to happen.
Once Castle and Beckett had finished eating, they got their jackets and hailed a taxi to get to Beckett's apartment. Once they arrived, they went inside and Beckett started packing a small suitcase. Nothing too bulky, but enough for the time she would be spending at Castle's place.
"May I help with anything?" Castle offered.
"No thanks, I think I got this," Beckett replied. She looked up at him for a quick second, and then went on to continue packing.
While Castle was waiting, he sat on the comfortable couch in the living room, contemplating what it would be like to have Beckett staying at his place. Sure, they worked together, and it was only for a couple weeks, but...
Castle's thoughts got interrupted when Beckett came out with her suitcase. "Ready Castle," Beckett stated. In truth, she was ready earlier, but Beckett took her time getting her items together, and she was wondering how staying at his place for an extended amount of time would turn out. It wasn't until she realized that she had been standing with a suitcase packed and ready to go for a minute that she thought they should get going.
When they got back, Castle was going to make lunch. However, as he opened the fridge, he noticed he was missing an ingredient for cooking dinner that night.
Knowing it wouldn't take him a long time to go to the store and back, Castle shut the fridge. "I'll be right back," Castle said as he headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Beckett inquired.
"To the store to pick up something for dinner tonight," Castle replied as he slipped on his jacket.
"Uh huh..." Beckett let out after his response.
Castle opened the door, but turned back before he went out. He wanted to get one last quick look at Beckett before he left.
Beckett sat at the counter for a couple minutes, then remembered something she had to do. She grabbed her coat and left without a note of anything to say where she was going. May not have been super important, but she felt if she didn't go now, she would forget all about it. All Beckett knew was that this task was on her mind and she didn't think of doing anything else until it was completed.
Castle came back from the store, expecting to see Beckett somewhere on the ground floor. As he entered the apartment, though, something didn't feel right. He put the milk in the fridge, then walked around a little. Not seeing Beckett, he decided to call her name.
"Beckett!"
There was no response. He waited a little bit before calling out again.
"Kate!"
Still nothing. That meant Beckett wasn't in the apartment. If she wasn't here, and she had everything she needed from her apartment, that meant the next place she would probably go is...
He took the sheet of paper out from his coat pocket. He was going to go over everything for lunch today, which he was going to make now!
Castle immediately left the apartment, heading over as fast as he could to the one place he knew he could find Beckett.
