I OWN NOTHING!
LJ
It had been three days since the poker mishap and in that time some very event's had gone done. Kate lay in bed thinking of the biggest of them all. It was when Kate and her team finally had gathered enough evidence to infiltrate a mafia drug ring which their victim, Leah Norman, had been investigating at the time. That's when everything went ape. Now this was one occasion when Kate used her serious voice when she told Rick to stay in the car and he reluctantly obeyed, but unfortunately this backfired when the suspect flew out of the back door and Rick being the super hero he wanted to be got out to stop him. What Rick had overlooked at the time was the fact that he had a gun.
Flashback*********
Rick was staring down a barrel of a gun in complete shock; he did not see this one coming. The suspect went to make a dash for it and Castle tried to grab him. But just as Castle did so the suspect shot him in the chest, but fortunately, to everyone's relief, he was wearing a vest.
Kate ran out at the sound of the shot and what she saw almost brought her to her knees with pain. Her husband, the love of her life, lying on the ground with a bullet hole in his jacket. Kate immediately forgot about the suspect and ran over to where he was lying.
'Rick? Baby, wake up please, wake up' she tore open his jacket and then saw the vest and the bullet lodged in it. She let out a sign of utter relief. He wasn't dead; he wasn't shot, just unconscious due to the force of the bullet.
'Ugh…What happened?' Rick groaned as he regained consciousness, 'Kate?' He asked as he looked up at her. His beautiful wife had tears streaming down her face. He immediately looked her over for injuries; he came up empty. 'Hey, hey, what's wrong? Everything's okay.' He brushed the tears from her face with his finger and went to sit up.
'I'm fine…I'm fine…your fine.' She chanted, trying to convince herself. She pulled away from the embrace Rick had her in; the others would be out any minute.
Kate looked over to the cop cars across the street to see they had caught the guy who had got away and put him in cuffs.
'Okay, you should go home or to the hospital. Are you sure you're okay?' She questioned Rick.
'Yes I am fine; I didn't even bang my head when I fell. Just winded is all. Now come on, I'm sure the captain wouldn't mind letting you off early, let's just go home.' Kate looked around and noticed everyone had pretty much gone. She took out her phone and texted Esposito to let him know what happened and to add shooting Castle to his wrap sheet.
'Okay, let's go home.' She grabbed his hand and dragged him to the car. She was just about to get in when he spun her around and pushed her back against the car and attacked her mouth with his. This kiss was not full of need or want. It was full of love and reassurance. Reassurance that he was alive and that they were both okay. They both pulled away with smiles on their faces and got into the car. Oblivious to the jealous eyes across the street observing them.
'That's going to have to change' thought Serena as she watched the couple. Serena always got what she wants and she wanted Rick.
Flashback end***************
Of course Kate still had no idea that Serena now knew about them. After that day Serena kind of disappeared and as Kate lay in bed thinking about why Serena why she did not come back to annoy her or attempt to seduce her husband some more, she then realised that she was just glad the woman was gone.
The sound of the bathroom door opening pulled her from her thoughts. She looked over and Rick came out freshly showered and wearing nothing but pyjama pants. Kate smiled at this. When they first started spending the night together at the beginning of their relationship, he always wore a t-shirt to bed. But after he had figured out Kate that liked to sleep with her head on his bare chest, he quickly discarded the night shirt for good. Kate never really told him why she liked to sleep like that, but it was because the sound of his heartbeat put her to sleep.
'I love you, you know that?' Kate said as her gorgeous husband climbed into bed and pulled her into his arms.
He chuckled softly in response, 'Yes it was mentioned once or twice, but after today I am really surprised that you still do.' She smiled at his remark.
Ah Yes, today had been eventful, after the poker night and the 'date' Kate had one with Rick, no one seem to mention it that was until today…
Flashback**************
'So you two, going anywhere special tonight? Ya know, on that date?' Esposito said, as he and Ryan walk up to them in the break room.
'Yeah Castle, where are you taking Beckett?' Ryan says with a smirk on his face. These two were enjoying this way too much. Oh, if only they knew the truth, Kate thought to herself with a smile before addressing them,
'We are not going on a date it was just a stupid bet,' she dismissed quickly and walked out to her desk with a shocked Castle in tow.
'What? You have to Beckett, A bet's a bet. Come on Beckett, I mean would it kill you to go on one da-' Castle's rant was cut off as he caught the expression on Beckett's face. Shock. And horror. Pure shack and horror. Castle followed her line of sight and froze. There sitting in the middle of Kate's desk was a huge 'Congratulations' card, which underneath someone had written, 'On your first date'
Kate turned around to stare down the culprits but the whole precinct was pretty much in hysterics, which made it hard for her to go and yell at Ryan and Esposito. On top of the card there were streamers and balloons tied to Kate's desk. She gave Ryan and Esposito a death glare and tore down the decorations, throwing them in the waist paper basket by her desk and shoved the card into Rick's chest with a force, she had a feeling he was in on this to.
Then Castle did something that Kate almost killed him for, he turned to the laughing detectives and said 'Oh you didn't know? You're a bit late boys, were already married, Isn't that right honey-bunch?.' Rick said with the biggest smirk on his face she had ever seen. Kate, however, froze hoping the boys were getting that Castle was joking. And of course they did and all three of them erupted in laughter a second later.
Flashback End************
'Well it was kind of funny that what you were actually saying was the truth and they thought the idea was the biggest load of crap,' smiled Kate. 'Well at least they can't say we never told them, because now technically we did, they just thought we were joking.'
'Yeah somehow I don't think the boys or Lanie, for that matter will see it that way.' Castled said as he kissed her lightly across her jaw and down the back of her neck. There was a comfortable silence between the couple as they were both deep in thought. Well, Kate was anyway, all castle could think about was being deep within her.
'We need to tell them don't we?' Said Kate as she suddenly sat up, pushed Rick flat on his back and straddled his lap and continued 'We can't keep this up for much longer, we are going to get caught. It's a sheer miracle we haven't already!' Kate said, with a new edge to her voice.
'I thought you wanted to wait until your mom's case was completely closed until you did this? And are you sure you're ready for the media uproar this will cause? People will go crazy when they figure out what we have kept from them for so long.' Rick replied. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell people, hell he had moments where he wanted to shout it from the rooftops but he knew his wife and his wife was a very private person. 'Oh and I am not ready to stop following you around all day. That Captain made it clear, it's dangerous for everyone else, in his eyes, if we are together. He will chuck me out.' Rick replied with a pout and sadness to his eyes.
'Well perhaps when he finds out how long this has been going on he will see that we can work together without our relationship getting in the way.' Kate said, hopeful at the prospect, although it wasn't likely. 'You know what? Let's stick to the original plan, we will tell them after my mom's case is solved. You promised to be around when I closed it and if I'm honest I can't do it without you.'
'I will always be here by your side. Always.' He replied, pulling her down and moulding their lips together. When they pulled away to breath Rick whispered, 'It will stay our little secret for now, I promise.' She smiled and their lips immediately met and they started to get lost in each other for the night.
Little did the couple know that sitting across the street in her car was Serena Kaye and she had just gotten some very interesting pictures of the two. For Serena the game had only just begun.
WELL, THERE IS CHAPTER 8. I AM WONDERING WHETHER TO STOP HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL. I HOPE THIS HAS EXPLAINED SOME STUFF ABOUT WHY THEY HIDE THEIR MARRIAGE, BUT MORE WILL COME OUT IN TIME.
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