Disclaimer : Castle is not mine.

November 15th 2015

Its the next day after staying up till 3am and writing down their list and they were both proud of themselves. Kevin was u[ first because of the long years being a Detective and the odd hours.

Kevin took the time to pour himself a cup of coffee. Kevin only ever had maximum of 5 cups of coffee a day. He always thought of it as an addictive drink and he never wanted to be addicted to anything no matter if its coffee or skittles he just didn't like the idea of something consuming you so much that you need it. Then his thoughts turned to Alexis, I wonder if she drink coffee, tea or juice I know she drinks alcohol she told me and she never comes across my mind as someone who lies about things like that, whether she is fine or not is whole different matter on lying.

He also wondered about some of the stuff on their list and all the experiences that Alexis missed out on when she grew up because she didn't have any friends and his heart broke for her. He remembers when he was her age and how he used to come home drunk every now and then and all the friends he had but now it is a completely different story, he doesn't drink and his friends are either at the precinct or Alexis but then he remembered that she hopes to joining the precinct to whether its the twelfth or not. Kevin can't help but be worried sick and she hasn't even applied yet.

"Penny for your thoughts." Alexis said from the stairs.

Kevin's eyes snapped up and his jaw dropped, my gosh he thought she looks breathtaking he thinks. She changed into his blue and white checkered boxers and her legs were pale but oh so long her toes curling over the cold staircase and also most probably because of his staring. He hair was in a messy bun and she still wore his shirt which was hanging off of her shoulder revealing more pale skin. Kevin gulped.

"Umm Kevin." Alexis said suddenly only a few steps away from him and he had to put his hands behind his back to stop him from reaching out and tucking a stray strand of her that fell out of her messy bun and tuck it behind her ear. She had a natural blush to her cheeks and her eyes were so blue and clear.

"I uhh was thinking about our list." Kevin said his voice unusually high and he had to clear it a few times before continuing, "What do you wonna do first ?" Kevin asked.

Alexis bit her lip and Kevin's eyes were drawn to it almost instantly. Whenever Alexis was thinking she bit her lip Kevin figured this out last night when she bit her lip and he couldn't look away.

"Uhh I was thinking that maybe I could get a form today so I could apply to the academy but I don't know where to get them so maybe if you wonna we could go down to the twelfth and I could ask Montgomery." Alexis said shyly and looked away.

Kevin was shocked he thought this would wait until she actually turn 18 in May but she apparently wants to be in by her 18th birthday.

"Uhh yeah umm okay, sure if you go get dressed we can go now, I need to be in early." Kevin said finishing his coffee and turning towards his room, well he was until he felt her arms come around his neck and realized that she was hugging him but she was gone to quick and he instantly missed her hug and the next thing he knew she was running up the stairs with a happy bounce.

Kevin found himself taking extra care in his appearance this morning and it had absolutely nothing to do with the gorgeous red head getting dressed... okay maybe it had something to do with her. Kevin was almost giddy he couldn't stop himself from smiling and he just wanted to see her again and its only been 5 minutes since he last saw her. Kevin was trying to decide which tie and shirt to wear and decided on a light blue button up shirt a dark blue tie and a light brown waist coat and the matching blazer and trousers. Kevin spent 10 minutes on his hair making sure not a hair was out of place.

When Kevin exited his bedroom he came across Alexis sitting on his couch flipping through the TV channels and she looked so at home and that made him even happier then he already was and he was smiling so wide that his grin was threatening to split his face in half but he couldn't care less because she just took his breath away again.

"Do you always take this long getting dressed ?" Alexis asked raising an eyebrow and not taking her eyes away from the TV.

"Not always." Kevin said and noticed her bag was larger then last night. Alexis turned off the TV and saw him looking at her bag with a confused furrow of her eyebrows.

"Oh by the way your not getting your clothes back they're way to comfortable to give up, is that okay ?" Alexis asked suddenly shy towards the end of her sentence.

Kevin stepped forward suddenly in her space and he realized she was wearing perfume and he couldn't pin what it smelt like but he liked it, "Well what if its my favorite shirt ?" Kevin whispered.

"I'll buy you a new one." Alexis smirked, realizing he was just joking with her and decided to join in.

"What if I don't want a new one." Kevin said stepping a little closer and his eyes flickered down to her lips.

"Then give me a different shirt and I'll give you this one." Alexis said confidently also stepping forward.

Things were suddenly intense and they both realized it, there was a foot of space between them and Kevin could feel Alexis' breath on his face and he looked at her lips again, she was biting her lip and Kevin groaned.

"What ?" Alexis whispered.

"I think you know what." Kevin said leaning in slightly beginning to close the difference.

Their lips were almost touching when Alexis' phone rang and they both jumped apart from each other like they were burned and Alexis' blush was obvious due to her pale skin.

Alexis looked at the caller ID and saw it was her dad and sighed.

"You should uhh answer that." Kevin said clearing his throat and Alexis nodded.

"Hey dad."

"Hey pumpkin."

There was an awkward silence and Alexis used it as her chance to look over at Kevin who was finding his keys but he looked clumsy and she had to suppress her laugh at him. oh he was just adorable when he's like this. Alexis needed to stop using the term adorable because he was anything but with his chiseled jaw and slight stubble and his wide shoulders he may not be the tallest of me but he was still tall.

Alexis was brought back to her current conversation when she heard her dad talking again.

"Can I uhh see you today ?" Castle asked hesitantly.

"Uhh yeah sure I'm stopping by the precinct for a bit today so I'll see you then."

"What time ?"

"About half an hour an hour." Alexis said noticing Kevin by the door with his coat on keys in hand and her coat in the other.

"Okay. Why are you going to the precinct ?" Castle asked his curiosity winning.

"I need to talk to Montgomery. Bye dad I need to go." Alexis waited for his 'Love you pumpkin' and replied with a 'love you to' and then her and Kevin were off.

They were in the car when Alexis hesitantly asked "Kevin if I'm not ready to go back ho-"

Kevin cut her off "You can stay as long as you want."

"You sure I'm not intruding or anything."

"Alexis the day I think you intruding is the day I've gone mad. I want you there and I like having you there."

Alexis blushed and the rest of the car ride was in silence.

They arrived at the precinct 40 minutes later deep in conversation about whether Thor is stronger or Hulk.

"No it's thor he's a god for crying out loud." Alexis said he eyes wide and mouth open her hands out trying to get him to understand.

"No way its hulk 'Hulk smash'" Kevin said trying to sound like Hulk.

Alexis rolled her eyes "Okay so your a dork and Thor is stronger lets leave it at that." Alexis said rounding the corner and walking straight to Montgomery's office.

"This is not over Alexis Castle I'm telling your Hulk is stronger."

Alexis turned around and stuck her tongue out before entering Montgomery's office.

"Miss Castle please take a seat." Montgomery said shaking her hand and indicating to the seat opposite his desk. Alexis looked out the window and she saw her dad, Beckett and Esposito looking into the window not so subtly, Montgomery saw what she was looking at and went to close the blinds and Alexis smiled gratefully at him.

"So I understand you want to talk." Montgomery started off.

"Actually I need something." Montgomery's eyebrows lifted at the confidence in her tone. "I'm hoping to apply to the academy by the end of the month and I was hoping I could have an application form please." Alexis said. She was starting to lose her confidence because she started to go quiet near the end but she was determined to keep eye contact.

Montgomery leaned forward on his desk and crossed his hand in the middle. "Why do you want to apply ?" Montgomery asked.

Alexis smiled at this question "Sir there is nothing else I've wanted to do since I was about 9 or 10 and I've worked so hard to be capable tp doing this job."

Montgomery smiled and jotted something down on a pad that seems to have appeared out of no where. "Does your dad know ?"

Alexis paled slightly at this and Montgomery took that as his answer "I'm taking that's a no." Alexis shook her head no.

"Alexis what makes you think you can do this job ?"

"I have 3 black belts in 3 different types of fighting and in the process of getting my fourth and on top of that I want to help people and I'm stubborn as hell just asked my dad and on top of that I can do anything I put my mind to and that includes this." Alexis said. Why did she feel like she was being interrogated ?

"Alexis I just don't know what to say." Montgomery said.

"Oh" Alexis took this as a bad sign.

"Alexis I'm just not sure that I should give you this form."

"Why ?" Alexis asked.

"Because I don't want you to get hurt and I don't want you to see how awful people can be and on top of that you want me to let you apply to a high risk job without your family even knowing, what am I supposed to say to that ?" Montgomery said truly not knowing what to do.

"Sir all due respect but you don't know me, I have no friends and people deliberately trip me in hallways and I know that's nothing but my dad doesn't know me as well as everybody thinks and I'm not even staying at home at the moment. Just let me prove to you that I am capable I will do anything please." Alexis said standing up at the end to emphasis her point.

Montgomery stood up and placed his hands on his desk so he was leaning over it, "I'll give you the application Alexis but if you don't pass that academy with top scores I won't let you into my precinct and I will make sure no precinct will let you in do you understand ?" Alexis nodded "And you will tell your father."

"I was going to tell him if I got in." Alexis said. Montgomery nodded.

Montgomery went into his desk and pulled papers out of his desk draw and put them in an envelop with NYPD written in bold in one corner and wrote her name in the middle. He handed it over to her and Alexis couldn't smile anymore otherwise her face would split into two.

"You'll make a fine Detective Miss Castle." Montgomery said and Alexis nodded saying her thanks and exited his office with a spring to her step and she noticed people were still staring at her and she looked down and then searched for Kevin and went to stand by his desk.

"Hey Kev I'm going to the library for a bit can you pick me up after work please ?" Alexis asked and Kevin nodded. Kevin noticed she was holding an envelop and pointed to it and Alexis nodded with a smile.

Alexis turned around and saw her dad and he walked towards her his eyes shining.

"Hey." He said nervously with his hands in his pockets.

"Hey." Alexis said not looking at him.

"How are you ?"

"I'm good and you ?"

"I'm good." He said and when she looked at him and he smiled. "So uhh what time will you be home tonight ?" Castle asked.

Alexis frowned and took a step back and crossed her arms "Dad I'm not coming home tonight." Alexis said quietly not wanting to make their personal issues public.

"Where else are you gonna stay ? You seriously don't expect me to let you stay at his house again tonight." Castle said frowning.

"Let me ? Dad I'm 17 and I don't need your permission I'll come home when I'm ready." Alexis said her voice still quiet.

"Alexis Castle you are still under 18 and that means you are not an adult yet so yeah you do need my permission." Castle said his voice getting louder attracting the attention of many people walking my but especially Beckett, Esposito and Ryan's attention. Ryan stood up and stood next to Alexis defensively, he couldn't explain it but he just had to be close in case anything happened he knew it wouldn't but he just couldn't explain it. Beckett and Esposito stood next to Castle and just looked.

"Careful dad the way things are going I'm not sure I'm coming home."

"Careful Alexis Castle I am still your father and I will not have you talking ot me like that."

"I'm coming home tonight to get some of my things now I need to go bye dad." Alexis said about to walk away but was stopped by a voice coming from Montgomery's office.

"Miss Castle I assure everything is okay." He said starting to walk towards them.

"Yes sir."

Montgomery nodded and noticed that Kevin was being particularly defensive. "Detective Ryan you don't look so good why don't you take a few days off."

Kevin was confused for a moment before he realized what the captain was doing and nodded saying his thanks and then they both walked away from everyone's shocked expressions.

They were both just happy they had each other.