What do they say?She text back.
"What is it?" Castle asked.
"Esposito, he has information about a case. Sorry, I'll be done in a second."
"It's fine take all the time you need."
Another text from Esposito came in. Turns out no one tampered with the breaks. They were just old and rusty. Who'd you think messed with them?
Kate didn't really feel comfortable telling Esposito about Sarah so all she said was Just wanted to make sure a crazy fan wasn't trying to get to Castle.
Alright, see ya later Beckett.
"So what case was Esposito telling you about?" Castle asked when Kate put her phone down.
"Nothing really interesting," she sat up holding the sheet over her body, "Just some little case we picked up the other day."
Castle stared at her quizzically, "I didn't know we got another case. Why didn't you tell me?"
"You were at the hospital with Alexis. I didn't want to bother you."
"What's the case about?"
"Castle, it really isn't that important. We figured everything out and now it's over."
"Why won't you just tell me what the case was about?" Castle was starting to get upset.
"Because it's over. I don't want to talk about it," she said as she got up with a blanket covering her body and walked to the bathroom picking up every article of clothing she could find. Unfortunately, he followed her.
"It couldn't be any worse than some of the cases we've worked on. Just tell me."
She turned around to face him, "Castle, drop it."
He wanted to know what this case was about and he was going to find out.
"Alright Kate," he moved towards her and she stepped back, "If you don't want to talk about it," he took another step towards her and she moved back again, "I guess I won't pressure you," again he took a step toward her and she was pressed against the wall. He put his hands on each side of her body and placed a kiss on her neck.
"Castle," she gasped, "What are you doing?"
"I'm not asking you about your mysterious case," he continued to kiss her in various places around her neck.
"Castle, seriously. I need to get dressed so I can go," she could barely talk. Castle was doing amazing things with his lips. She eventually gave in and dropped her clothes and blanket so she could put her hands on his head. Pulling his head to hers she planted a searing kiss on his lips. He brought his hands up and slowly tantalized her breasts as they continued to kiss until Castle pulled away. Kate moaned and searched his face wondering why he had broken the kiss.
"Well you should probably get dressed so we can get to the precinct and not work on your mysterious case," he gave her a smug look and walked out of the bathroom.
"Castle!" Kate yelled after him, "I can't believe you," he was trying to torture her.
"Breakfast will be waiting for you when you're ready," he yelled back.
She just stood there and banged her head against the wall. The things this man could do to her were going to kill her.
The precinct was loud and bustling with people as Kate and Castle stepped off the elevator.
"Are you just doing paperwork for now?" Castle asked.
"Yea, why?"
"I'm going to go talk to Esposito then."
"Alright, I'll be at my desk," she said as she turned and walked away.
The mysterious case Kate was talking about wouldn't stop bothering Castle. He needed to know what it was about and Esposito was the only one that would know.
"Esposito, can I talk to you?"
"Sure bro what's up?"
"What case did you guys get the other night when I was at the hospital?"
"We didn't get a case," Esposito said as he sipped his coffee.
Castle was really confused by this, "Beckett had you send her some information on a case you were working on though."
"Oh that? No, that was just Beckett making sure no one tampered with the breaks in Alexis's friends car."
As soon as Esposito said it he realized that he shouldn't have. Trying to take it back he said, "She was just being cautious. You know looking out for you and Alexis."
"Why would she be worried that someone was trying to hurt Alexis or me?"
"I asked the same question and she said she was just making sure. Don't worry about it bro," he slapped Castle's back, "Ryan and I found out that they were just some old brakes."
"That doesn't really make me feel any better. Beckett was obviously worried and I want to know why," Castle then got up and thanked Esposito for his help. Looking to his left he saw Kate hunched over her desk scribbling down something. Curiosity got the better of him so he strolled over to see if what she was working on had anything to do with the brakes Esposito was talking about. Ever so quietly he snuck up behind Kate and leaned over her back to catch a glimpse of what she had been working on.
"Castle, what are you doing?" She swiveled around in her chair to look at him.
"Oh you know just hanging out."
"Alright," she drug out the word as if not actually believing what Castle had said.
"Need any help?" he smiled at her.
"Not at this very moment. You can keep me company if you would like."
"Why Detective Beckett I thought you would never ask," he chimed as he sat down in the seat next to her desk.
After an excruciatingly long hour had passed of no talking Castle had to ask Kate about the case.
"Anything about brakes in those papers?"
A look of complete surprise crossed Kate's face, "Excuse me?"
"You know anything about anyone's brakes being tampered with; someone trying to kill someone else by messing with their brakes."
"No, no there isn't. Why do you ask?"
"Just curious. It's a plot that came to me this morning."
Her eyes narrowed, "You talked to Esposito didn't you?"
"Why would you accuse me of such a thing?" There was a slight pause between the two so Castle spoke up again, "So is there?"
"Drop it Castle," Kate said as she stood up with her mug to get more coffee. He followed her talking with every step.
"Esposito told me that you wanted him and Ryan to check out the breaks on Alexis's friend's car to make sure no one tampered with them. Why would you do that if you weren't worried that someone had actually tampered with them?"
They had just made it inside the break room when Kate stopped in her tracks and turned around so she was face to face with Castle.
"Listen you have nothing to worry about. The breaks were just old and that's all it was."
Castle placed his hands on Kate's hips and pulled her to him so that they were flush against each other.
"You would tell me right?"
"Yes, if I knew anything I would tell you."
They smiled at each other before Castle leaned down and placed a loving kiss on Kate's lips. He then took the mug from her hands and walked over to the espresso machine. Kate stood there staring at the man she knew she would marry one day. Suddenly her phone buzzed in her pocket. There was a text from an unknown number that said Stay away from Rick or things will get ugly. Kate knew who it was from and yet the text still made her feel uneasy. She looked up in time to see Castle turn around with a huge grin on his face and the mug in his hand.
"Coffee is done my dear detective. Shall we get back to that paperwork of yours?"
She needed to tell Castle, she really did, but the last thing she wanted to do was worry him. They were both happy and Kate hadn't had that feeling in quite some time. She would take care of this Detective Sarah Meckler on her own. How was the question she needed to answer though.