Castle woke up to Kate drawing circles on his chest. He loved the way she did that. The touch of her fingers on his bare chest just sent shivers running up and down his spine. This felt so right, holding her in his arms, she belonged there, and he wanted to wake up like this every morning. He looked down at her. Even the back of her head was so gorgeous. He loved her so much! Maybe that was what she needed to tell him yesterday! Or maybe she wanted to break up with him… well that is unlikely from the way she rocked his world last night… he was hoping she loved him back. He needed to know…

"Kate?" Rick asked hesitantly.

Kate mumbled into his chest, "mhmm?"

"Yesterday at the precinct you said you had to tell me something but it wasn't the right time and place… is this, the time and place to tell me?" he was worried she would say no or tell him to forget about it. She lifted herself up from his chest and moved up so that their faces were almost touching.

"I think so" she said with a smirk as she kissed him softly, "so here it goes… well you know I'm horrible at talking about my feelings and I never show what's on my mind, yet somehow you figure it out anyways… but I need you to know how I feel…" she bit her lip and stared at him. Rick gave her a worried look that urged her to go on, "Rick I… I'm in love with you." Rick let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding in.

"Are you IN love with me or do you just love me?" he asked a bit of playfulness in his tone,

"There's a difference?" Kate asked, she didn't realize that they were different,

"Yes there is. Loving someone is realizing they have defects but you care about them anyways. Being IN love with someone is when you love everything about them and you're so blind you can't see." Rick gave her 'the look'. That look that told her how he felt about her, the look that made her feel SO damn special, the look that made her feel like she is the only woman he's ever seen… the look that made her fall IN love with him in the first place.

"Which one is it for you?" asked Kate, hoping that his reply would match her observations,

"IN love. I don't see anyone else when I'm with you. Other women mean nothing to me well except for Alexis and mother, but all those fangirls I have, they mean nothing."Kate started to get tears in her eyes, "I only want to see you. I only want to be with you. I only want to hold you." Kate could hear the sincerity in his voice.

"Same here Rick, same here…" she whispered as a tear rolled down her cheek. He cupped her face in his hands and wiped her cheek with his thumb. He pulled her in for another kiss. This one was different from all their other kisses; it was slow and sweet, filled with so much passion, passion that could only be shown, no amount of words could explain it. They were IN love. So in love it felt like the world stopped just for them so they could savour this moment. This was it! They knew it.

She's my one and done

He's my one and done