CHAPTER 5

"Hey girl. Where are you?"

"I'm about 5 minutes from Castle's. Well his place in the Hamptons anyway."

"And…?"

"What am I supposed to say!"

"Just tell him!"

"But Gina's there!"

"So? Just say you need to talk to Castle alone."

"You make it seem so simple."

"It is simple!"

"Bye Lanie."

"Good luck!"

And she hung up.

This is a bad idea. Maybe I should just turn around. No I can't do that.

She reached his house and stepped out of the car.

Well here goes nothing.

She walked to the front door and knocked once. The door almost immediately opened and there stood Castle. He was wearing pale blue t-shirt and shorts. He just stood there in shock waiting for Kate to say something. She just stood there staring at him.

God I haven't seen him in forever. He looks so good today. No. You did not just come here to look at him. Focus. Focus. Oh god what do I say?

Castle stood expectantly but nothing came out of her mouth. Finally Castle decided to break the silence.

"Beckett? What are you doin' here?"

"I-uh. I wanted to-um," she stuttered. "Is Gina here?" She finally said.

"No. She left."

"Why? You two looked so happy when you left the precinct." She asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.

"She was annoyed with me and-" he was about to tell her what had happened when Kate interrupted him.

"Castle is there someplace can we talk?"

"Sure." He said, realizing he still hadn't let her in. He opened the door and led her to the living room.

Kate followed Rick sat down on one of the long couches that were placed in the large room. Just then Castle's cell phone rang. Castle walked out of the living room and went to answer his phone and Beckett used this time to think.

Alright this is it. Pull yourself together. He's going to back soon and then you've got to tell him exactly how you feel or else you'll be kicking yourself in the ass all summer so will Lanie.

Just then Castle walked back into the living room and placed himself on the opposite end of the couch that Beckett was sitting at.

"Castle, Rick," she started. Using his first name so he'd know she was serious. "I've been thinking about this ever since you've left the precinct with that blonde bimbo and it's only fair that I tell you." She paused. Waiting to see his reaction. He sat still, waiting for her to continue. "I'm in love with you. I have been since the Coonan case I just didn't know it at the time…say something."

"I'm so confused." He stated. Okay not exactly what I thought he was going to say. Beckett thought to herself. She waited for him to continue and then realized he wasn't going to.

"I broke things off with Demming." She said.

"Oh," He said. Clearly surprised by this. "Why?"

"It's like you said. The heart wants what the heart wants…and my heart wants you." She said as confidently as she could. "And I know you're probably over me by now but-" she looked down, unsure of how to continue when Castle spoke up.

"I'm not," She looked up. "I tried. It didn't work. I just saw how happy you were with Demming and I didn't want to screw that up but I just couldn't stand there and watch. So I thought the best thing for me to do was to take the summer off, finish my book and try to get you out of my system. I invited Gina only because I didn't want to be alone in the Hamptons all summer. Big mistake. She was not pleasant company. She finally left saying that I was moping around the house and not getting any work done. She was upset that we hadn't had sex the whole time we were here and she took her things and left."

"You didn't?" she couldn't bring herself to say it. She just hoped she knew what she meant. He did.

"Oh God no. I was thinking about you the whole time I was here. Well you and Alexis of course. I went over our last conversation so many times. And I didn't realize until after that it didn't seem like you were really just going to tell me to have a great summer. I thought about calling you but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I've been falling for you since the very first time we met. Now…I just…I'm no longer falling…" Her heart dropped at hearing this. "I've fallen."

Kate sat still for a moment. Shocked at what he had just said. Eventually she spoke up.

"That last part was quite possibly the cheesiest thing I've ever heard someone say in an actual conversation." She said, the conversation taking a slightly lighter tone.

"Hey that was some deep stuff right there. No need to be mean about it. If you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all." He stated jokingly.

She laughed. It felt nice to laugh. After all she'd been through in the past couple of hours it felt nice to be able to laugh and let go. Even for just a little while. She moved to the end of the couch where he sat. He turned to face her. They sat there. Their faces inches apart when Beckett wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a passionate kiss. When they finally pulled apart they both smiled at each other.

"I love you, Kate Beckett." He said.

"I love you too." She answered.

So that's it for this chapter. I think one more chapter and I'll be done with this story. I might add 2 more one with Castle's point of view on how the whole confrontation thing happened but I'm not sure yet. I may write a sequel depending on how the ending to this story turns out.

And I just realized that in Chapter 1 when it switches to Beckett's point of view it says CHAPTER 2. I thought I changed that but apparently I didn't and I'm too lazy to go back and change it. I don't know what happened there so just ignore it.

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