WOW! Honestly that's what I did today when I saw how many reviews the last chapter had. Thank you for your amazing comments, I appreciate every single one of them and I hope this story continues to keep you entertained and happy. I would like to warn there will be aspects later that aren't as light because we will learn more about Kate's divorce but don't worry there will be loads of Caskett! Also I have to agree with the song, I went and looked on YouTube and had to agree with what you said!
"Good morning" she whispered as she walked out of her hotel room to see him leaving hers, a smile appearing on his face as he stared at the woman in front of him, dressed in a knee length white dress and a white sunhat on her head, her brown hair curled around her face.
"Good morning Miss Beckett, you look beautiful today" he laughed as he held out his arm for her, hers snaking around it slowly.
"You're the first person to call me beautiful since my wedding day" she laughed as he raised his eyebrows. "Actually you were the last person to call me beautiful then" she added causing him to stare at her. He remembered when they had danced at her wedding and she had mentioned how Josh had not called her beautiful yet even though she looked completely radiant.
"Please tell me you're joking" he declared. "He never said you looked beautiful on your wedding day, now that's just wrong".
"Who?" she whispered as he raised his eyebrows as she realised they were back to discussing Josh, hitting herself mentally for bringing it up. "Well at the end of the dinner he did tell me he bet I would look hot once I was out of my dress and used words like sexy and hot and things like that but I never got beautiful or pretty or something pleasant that wasn't related to sex" she explained as he groaned. How could that man not see how beautiful she was and not want to tell her that every moment of their marriage, however short it had been? "Do you know what was sad?" she declared.
"What?" he whispered as she bit her lip and hit the button for the lift before looking up at him.
"I was wearing my mums dress on my wedding day and he told me it would look better on the bedroom floor" she mumbled as he pulled her into a hug. "How was I stupid enough to think our marriage would work after that Rick?" she asked as she laughed, thinking about how ridiculous and desperate she'd been throughout her first year of marriage.
"Fancy going to breakfast and discussing plans? Get your mind of the bloody idiot who couldn't appreciate how amazing you are" he asked causing her to shake her head, a small smile appearing on her face as she thought about how he'd called her amazing. "Your turning down breakfast Kate" he announced in shock as she laughed.
"I'm turning down the plans bit, Rick if we're going to have a spontaneous holiday, I mean it when I say no plans let's just go where we want to go" she declared causing him to smile at her. This wasn't the Kate Beckett he had known two years ago, this woman seemed to be running away from something and it nerved him but the idea of running around Europe with her excited him more than anything.
"Go on then, let's just go where we end up going" he declared causing her to smile. "I've got a rental car as well, it's nothing posh or noticeable but I fell in love with it when I saw it and had to have that one, you'll love it when you see it" he announced as they entered the lift, watching as the doors shut on their floor. "I can't believe you agreed to go with me Kate" he laughed as she smiled and shrugged, the doors opening on the ground floor as she walked out, turning to look at him when she realised he wasn't standing with her.
"I'll eat everything if you don't hurry up and then you'll have to starve until lunch" she announced causing him to laugh as he walked after her.
"Well it would do you good, you've lost weight over the years" he declared as she rolled her eyes and led him towards the small restaurant within the hotel, desperately wishing he would stop commenting on how much she'd changed as it made her realise that one day she'd have to explain everything to him one day, especially now they were going travelling together.
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"Lanie and Esposito got married a few months after you left, actually just after Christmas, it was a beautiful wedding I was jealous about how perfect it was but Lanie really did deserve her dream wedding and Esposito did so much overtime to pay for it to be the way she wanted" Kate declared as they sat at the table staring at their breakfast which remained untouched on their plates. "They have a little boy now called Jack, I've not met him properly, and he's three months old" she mumbled as he stared at her. "I'd already fallen out with Lanie and Esposito when he was born so there's not been a chance unfortunately" she announced. "Ryan and Jenny have a little girl called Molly, I've met her she must be around one" she declared as she smiled, thinking about the sweet girl.
"What's she like?" he asked.
"Adorable, they've been trying to get in contact with you to be godfather actually" she declared. "It's me and you, Lanie and Esposito but they haven't had the christening yet there waiting to hear from you" she announced as he smiled, glad that they were waiting for him and that he hadn't missed out on being involved in the things that he loved. "You really should call them at some point, their desperate for you to be part of the family, although I'll be lucky if I'm still in it after what I did to Ryan at work" she groaned as he raised his eyebrows, receiving a quick shake of the head to show that she didn't want to discuss it.
"Remind me and I'll ring them tonight" he declared causing her to nod slowly. "And what about you? No kids?" he asked causing her to look down at her food. "Oh my god Kate, do you have children?"
"Can we eat now? I'm starving" she whispered before starting to nibble on the piece of bread in front of her. She couldn't have this discussion yet. She hadn't ever had this discussion with anyone and wasn't ready to just blurt out all her feelings and emotions in front of a restaurant full of hotel guests. Finding her hand on the table, he smiled as he took hold of it causing her to look up at him.
"When you're ready I'll be here" he mumbled softly causing her to smile as she continued to eat, enjoying the feeling of having someone to talk to about things. She'd lost all her friends and would have felt awkward discussing the things that had happened with her father. "Always Kate" he added as she smiled at the use of the word they used to always say to each other when they meant something.
