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I woke up Saturday morning to the phone ringing. It was Castle.
"Hey Kate, I'm sorry for snapping at you. It's not your fault Alexis is growing up. And I really do like your motorcycle."
I grinned, "Thanks, I'm sorry for dying her hair and being a factor in her getting her first boyfriend. I know I can be a real wise ass sometimes." I was relieved we had finally made up. Being mad at your best friend's brother is tiring.
I got dressed and headed to the car wash, we were having it in a parking lot not that far from the school. I was greeted with a hug from Javi and a death glare from his girlfriend.
The car wash went off without a hitch and we were soon ready to get dressed and go to the dance. I walked into the locker room to grab my dress. I put it on and realized something; the straps were cut off. I grinned. The dress looked better this way. Plus I knew Vicky, Espo's girlfriend, did this to my dress.
"Hey Kate, that is some dress!" Espo told me as I walked out of the locker room.
"You can thank your girlfriend for that. Apparently she needed some extra straps for her dress and cut them off mine. Lucky for me, my dress looks better this way." His brow furrowed. He walked away. He looked kind of angry. Oh well.
I listened for about twenty minutes of Esposito and his girlfriend fighting, and then walked out of earshot. I spotted Rick a few feet away from me, and walked up to him.
"Hey Kate, care to dance?" I internally debated for a minute.
"Sure, Castle." I nodded and let him lead me onto the dance floor. After about thirty seconds, the song changed to a slow one. Castle hesitated for a second before taking me in his arms. I relaxed. This felt good, really good. I rested my head on his chest and subconsciously breathed in.
"Hmm you smell good." I mumbled into his chest.
"Well thank you..."he paused and had this stunned expression on his face. His head dropped into my hair.
"You smell like cherries." His eyes were wide. Our faces were centimeters apart when Javi tapped Ricks shoulder.
"Hey Rick, can I cut in?" I shot him a death glare but he just chuckled. I was soon in the arms of Esposito instead of Rick.
"Well Katie, who knew you'd find my boy without even having me introduce you."
"I don't know what you're talking about, and don't call me Katie." I wondered what he was talking about, but really just wanted to get back to Rick.
"Beckett, he was who I was going to set you up with." I raised my eyebrows.
"No shit?" I asked. He grinned.
"I'm serious, and from the looks of things I made a good match." He said with a smug look.
"You couldn't have waited like twenty more minutes?" I narrowed my eyes and gave him a menacing look.
"Now where's the fun in that. Besides if it's meant to be, it'll happen again." He still had that stupid smug look on his face.
"Now you just sound like a girl." I told him. He shrugged.
"So how are things with your girlfriend?" I asked curiously.
"You mean my ex? Things are good. I don't have to deal with her anymore." I laughed he seemed in a good mood despite his recent breakup.
"Actually when you're up to it I have a friend that you just might hit it off with, her name's Lanie Parish, she's a freshman in college." His smile grew.
"Wow, nice, Beckett where do you get all these friends? You find the perfect girl for Ryan, you set me up with some one, and you yourself are keeping Rick pretty busy. Actually I think someone's been waiting to dance with you, " he nodded over my shoulder. I turned my head and saw Rick.
"Alright, thanks Esposito. You can go interrupt Ryan and Lexi now." He laughed and shook his head but walked in their direction. Within ten seconds Rick was by my side.
"Well Kate, can we finish our dance?" I smiled.
"I didn't know it needed to be finished Castle." His face turned sour. I laughed.
"Come on, let's dance," I told him. His face brightened again. I wondered how I would go just one day without seeing that face. We had known each other for all of a week but it felt like years. I wondered if maybe I could have a sleep over with Alexis tonight, but decided it was probably a bad idea with my thoughts of Rick. I don't know if I'd be able to keep my hands off of him. Yeah, to hell with that.
"Rick, you think Lexi would let me stay at your house tonight?" We stopped the slow sway we had adopted when the song 'Mistletoe' by Justin Beiber came on, I don't think I would mind being under the mistletoe with Rick. I looked into his eyes and felt like I was drowning. His eyes filled with desire.
"Alexis likes you as does my mother. I'm sure they would let you do anything you wanted." He said putting the emphasis on 'anything' I could feel my body heating up.
"I'll be at your place after the dance." I told him. I then walked away from him to go make a quick call. I walked outside and dialed Lanie's number.
"Lanie! You remember when I told you how much I hated Rick Castle?... Well, Oh boy that changed, I don't know which happened first my body or my mind...Oh and he has this hot friend who's a quarterback, you'd like him."
I laughed as I walked back into the dance. My phone call with Lanie had gone well. I walked up to Lexi, who was currently dancing with Ryan.
"Hey Ryan, do you mind if I steal your girlfriend for a second? I promise I'll have her back in five minutes tops." He smiled and nodded sweetly. I took Lexi into a corner.
"Lexi, would it be alright with you if I stayed over your house tonight?" I asked, wanting to make sure it was ok with her before I just came over with the sole purpose of seeing Rick.
"Of course, but you'll have to sleep in Rick's room with me. We could probably kick him out to the downstairs couch though." I was kind of disappointed; I was going to sleep in Ricks room I just wasn't going to tell Alexis, now there's no chance of that happening.
"Why? What's wrong with your room?" I asked curiously hoping for an alternate option.
"I'm repainting it. I usually sleep in the den, but there's only one couch and not enough room on the floor. Rick's room at least has a bed and a couch." I grinned this gave me an idea.
"Alexis, I don't want to give Rick any more reasons to dislike me, you can sleep on the couch downstairs and I'll just stay in his room. Plus this way we can argue for as long as we want." I giggled and she did to.
"Yeah that would be so funny if you yelled at each other all night long! Plus you can scream as loud as you want. After the death metal phase in seventh grade mom made sure Rick's room was sound proof so no one else would have to listen when he played his music really loudly." I almost laughed at Alexis' innocence.
"I'm sure your mother would hear if he played his music at full volume though," I said
"That's why her bedroom is downstairs, so she doesn't have to listen to the weird combination of Taylor swift and Nirvana." I was confused, when did Rick's music go from death metal to grunge? I did like the sleeping arrangements though; I couldn't wait for this dance to be over.
"Alright I'll let you get back to you boyfriend, but be responsible. Don't do anything that I would do." I told her seriously. I heard a low chuckle from behind me.
"How long have you been standing there Rick?" I asked turning around.
"Oh, just long enough to here you good advice to my little sister and know that you are staying in my room tonight. But if were screaming it will not be out of anger." I shivered but grinned at him.
