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The next morning I tumbled out of Rick's lovely bed at 7am and grabbed his discarded dress shirt. Blinking a few times, I realised that our clothes had been flung in every imaginable direction in the room. Entering the closet, I picked out another pair of jeans from the clothes that Castle bought me, as well as a cute green t-shirt. I wandered into the adjoining bathroom, placing the clothes on the counter and turned the shower on, stepping under the scalding spray. Before I even had a chance to reach for the shampoo, I felt two strong arms wrap around my waist from behind. I turned in the grasp and smiled up at Rick, who looked happy but a little sleepy.

"Good morning, Miss Beckett." He smiled gently, before leaning in to kiss me. What was supposed to be an innocent 'good morning' turned into a passion-filled embrace that was only broken because of a lack of oxygen. My breathing laboured after the kiss, and Rick laughed at me.

"See what you do to me?" I tried to stamp my foot indignantly, but I slipped on the slick tiles, and Rick had to catch me before I fell. I giggled, and tilted my head up to kiss him. "Good morning."

"So, what has my girl got planned for today?" Rick asked, and I pushed myself away from him a little.

"My girl? Excuse me?" I coughed out, stunned.

"Yes, my girl. Although I will try my best to refrain from calling you that at the precinct" Rick pulled me close again. "I like calling you my girl. It makes me happy. Just you being around makes me happy."

"God, Rick, that was so cheesy. Are you sure you weren't meant to be a romance novelist with words like that?" I smacked him playfully on the chest.

"You wound me." He feigned hurt, and I pulled him in for a hug.

"I guess you can call me your girl. But if Esposito or Ryan ever find out, I will withhold sex." I stared at him, assuming that he would promise to keep silent. The childish smirk on his face preceded his ego-filled comment.

"Ah, but Kate, you cannot resist me. I think we've proven that a few times in the past 24 hours?" Castle's hot-water system was still in full swing, so to avoid my blush becoming too obvious I stepped back underneath the warm spray.

"I think I could resist you, if I really wanted to." My sentence was cut off with a squeal, my own I soon realised, as Castle grabbed me and pressed me to the cold wall tiles.

"It's such a pity you don't want to, then." Castle gloated, before ducking his head to my neck, leaving tender kisses along my collarbone, neck and jaw. I moaned unwillingly, and Rick chuckled again. Soon, the idea of having a shower became totally forgotten as we lost ourselves in each other once again.


"Do you really have to go?" Rick whined, sounding like a small child.

"Yes, Rick. I really have to go – there is always paperwork to be done, and you have a meeting with Paula that you cannot miss." He handed me a 'to-go' cup of coffee which made me smile. Rick laughed at the expression on my face and pulled me into a hug.

"Just because I can't be at the precinct until later, doesn't mean you don't get coffee."

"So you'll come by later?" I tried to hide the excitement in my voice but I still sounded like a teenager waiting for her boyfriend. Boyfriend, that sounds rather nice actually I thought to myself with a grin.

"I see that grin, you were SO thinking about me!"

"Yeah, I was."

"Holy crap, you admitted I was right!" I slapped him playfully on the arm.

"You want to know what I was thinking, or are you going to keep mocking me?" I tried to act angry, but it came out more cheerful than I had intended.

"Yes, I want to know. Tell me tell me tell me!" He sounded like such a 4-year-old, and it made me laugh.

"I was thinking that it would be nice if I could call you my boyfriend." I smiled up at him, and his face lit up.

"There is nothing in the world that could make me happier, Kate." He kissed me gently, but the kiss soon escalated and we were both out of breath. I sighed as we pulled away from each other, and turned towards the door.

"So, boyfriend, will I see you later?"

"Wild horses couldn't keep me away, Kate." He kissed me again, and I left, ready to begin the working week.