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This is another chapter(actually two pasted together again) I wrote earlier.
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Chapter 9: Saved?
Castle and Beckett were both sitting on the floor. They had been trapped in the elevator for what they thought was half an hour now. In the beginning they could hear voices outside the elevator but when they shouted for help, it seemed like no one could hear them. They probably were in the shaft, just between two floors. Their phones didn't get any reception in the elevator so they were stuck in there until someone would notice they were missing and nowhere to be found.
"Hey Beckett, I was thinking. Maybe Max Griver didn't do it." Castle had been thinking over all they knew about the case and he couldn't wrap his head around Griver being the killer. He knew the evidence pointed to him, but something was off.
"You mean you think he didn't murder Sarah Dontey? He did have motive and opportunity. She kicked I his car window with a soccer ball and we got him on a surveillance tape from the store a little further down the street around the time of the murder. Why wouldn't he have done it?"
Beckett loved his theories because they often helped, but this case was one of those solid ones.
"Well, we didn't find the murder weapon and I bet the clothes he was wearing on the surveillance tape didn't have any blood on it. And who would kill someone for a smashed car window? And a little girl for cry's sake."
"Sick people would. Sometimes it's just the final drop for them. Their lives are falling apart and one little thing can set off the bomb."
"I guess. But I still don't think he killed Sarah Dontey."
"Think what you want but we're still gonna bring him in." She was starting to doubt too but the evidence spoke for itself. The odds of Griver not being the killer were very small. She would decide what to do once they had interrogated him.
They had been talking about it for another few minutes and then it was all silent again.
"I hope this case isn't going to take too long." Castle let out a sigh.
"Why?" Beckett could guess but if they had to be stuck here for a while longer, she'd rather talk about him than have to open up herself.
"It's hard. I can relate to her parent. Well, kind of. They must feel like crap, not being able to do something. They just lost their daughter, no hope of her ever coming back."
Beckett swallowed hard. She knew what they were going through. She still didn't know who had killed her mother all those years ago and the chance of that case ever being solved grew smaller every day. But she wasn't going to let that happen this time. She would bring justice to the little Sarah Dontey. She would catch her killer and lock him up forever. She wouldn't let her parents go through what she was going through. The parents would get their closure and try to get their lives back to normal as much as possible.
"Yeah, probably."
"I wouldn't know what to do if I ever lost Alexis. I honestly don't think I would survive. She's my little girl, my life."
She didn't know what to day to that. He was so vulnerable. She gently puts her hand on his bicep.
The warmth of her hand on his arm feels good. Thankfully, he puts his hand on hers and squeezes it lightly. "Thanks."
"Always." She remembers the pain of the void her mother left. How the case had affected her life. She took a bullet to the heart for it. It was a painful memory. She had heard everything, remembered every little nanosecond of it. How the bullet entered her heart, how he told her he loved her…
That was probably the only good thing about that day. It took him long to say it. It took her getting shot with life draining out of her, for him to say how he felt. It made her want to fight.
But she wouldn't say that. She had to figure out how she felt about it, about him. She definitely had feelings for him, that she was sure of. But she didn't know, if they would end up together, how it would go. She didn't know if it was going to be for the long run or just a fling, if he would love her forever or just for a few months. She would only dive into it when she was completely sure it would all work out.
Beckett started to shiver a little bit.
"You cold?" Castle asked.
"Starting to, a little bit." He moved over a little bit so he could rub her back to keep her warm.
A big shiver went through her body when he putted his arm around her.
"You know, this reminds me of when we got stuck in that giant freezer. Only it was way colder then." Castle started. A few months before, they had sheltered in a giant freezer for cover. They couldn't get out so they just had to wait. They nearly froze to death in each other's arms. Eventually they were saved just in time, and it had made them closer. But then that was gone again when Josh was there. Castle would hate his guts forever, not totally sure why he did, but he did.
"Yeah, hopefully they will save us way sooner this time." They both started laughing.
'How come he can even make the worst situations seem fun,' Beckett asked herself.
She could hear his heavy breathing.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
Castle could hear the worry in her voice. "Yes, I'm fine, don't worry. You won't get rid of me so easily. It's just getting a little bit muggy in here." He usually wasn't claustrophobic but being in an elevator for so long could probably do that with a person.
Beckett noticed and shifted even more over to him.
"I wish the situation was different. This would have been way more fun."
"What would be?" She didn't understand what he was pointing at. "You like being stuck in this elevator?"
"No, not at all. But I'm glad it's with you."
They both just stared at each other for a moment in complete silence. They were sitting so close now that they could hear and feel the other breathing next to them. They came even closer, almost touching.
They were so close now, ready to feel each other's lips press together.
They both wanted it so bad. They had been waiting for over three years now. Not sure about being able to hold it in any longer.
They just went for it, closing the distant between them.
"Hello! Is someone in there?!"
Castle moaned. Why would this happen to him now?
Just as Castle and Beckett were about to kiss, someone shouted from above.
"Yes! We're in here!" Beckett screamed.
She was relieved and disappointed at the same time.
She was disappointed that she didn't get to kiss Castle, not to feel his soft lips on hers.
She was relieved too that she didn't kiss him. She was unsure about what the future – their future would bring if they actually would have kissed. And of course she was relieved they were saved.
Castle felt exactly the same. He loved Beckett but was afraid that she wouldn't like the idea of a relationship. A relationship with him.
"Wait a few minutes, I'll get someone to fix the elevator!" A muttered, shouting voice interrupted their thoughts.
"So I guess we're finally getting out here, huh."
"Yeah. Good too, I'm starving. You took my cookie." Beckett made a pouting face. The emergency light had just switched on and Castle laughed seeing her face.
"You look kinda cute like that. And by the way, you gave it to me."
"Funny. I didn't know we were going to be stuck in here for so long."
But he had actually liked it. He wanted to spend as much time with her as he could.
"How late already do you think it is? It feels like it's been hours."
"Probably way too late to make it to the bust. I hope Ryan and Esposito have picked him up anyway, though." Beckett realized Castle might be right. And if it were so, they would have lost at least the whole morning.
"I hope they get us out soon. I need to go so bad."
"TMI, Castle," she said laughing at his expression, biting her lip because it was so cute. "Were you born with that face or did you just adapt it to your disappointing lifestyle?"
"Ouch, detective, you sure know how to hurt a man. And admit it, you just want to make it disappear, don't you."
"In your dreams."
"Look at my life. My dreams come true," he said smirking.
Beckett actually liked it when Castle did that. The days that she was just doing paperwork and he was staying at home to write, she would miss having him around. She would look at that empty chair next to her desk and wonder what he was doing. Writing, playing laser tag with Alexis or just cooking. Most days Castle was annoying as hell but even then he could put a smile on her face.
'I like him…a lot. I love him… Do I love him? Yeah I do!' Beckett was lost in thoughts. She didn't notice the elevator was moving again until she heard Castle shout.
"Yes! They fixed the elevator!" Castle was ecstatic. He was up on his feet again and looked like a little boy in line at an amusement park. "I can't wait to get away from here."
"Well thank you," Beckett said pretending to be hurt, laughing on the inside. She had gotten up too, ready to storm out of the elevator once the doors opened.
"I meant I'm glad to get out of the elevator," He now saw the smile on her face "and from you?"
Beckett punched his arm and leaned on his shoulder. He rested his cheek on top of her head.
She smelled like cherries. He had noticed it before but now, being so close to her, he breathed it in.
They heard the silent ding that showed that the elevator had stopped and they simultaneously stepped apart.
"So… You guys were trapped in a tiny dark elevator together for four and a half hours. Don't tell me nothing happened."
Beckett threw Esposito a demeaning look. "Wait, we've been in there for four and a halve hours?!"
"Yeah, you didn't know?" Ryan came walking to them from the bull pen.
"Well I didn't exactly check the time every two minutes."
Ryan and Esposito smirked.
"Pull that grin of your faces and rather tell me how the interrogation with Max Griver went. You did pick him up, right?"
"We did but haven't interviewed him yet. We wanted to wait for you."
"Very thoughtful of you." She smiled at the two. "Castle and I will grab something to eat first and see interrogate him after. Ok?"
"Fine with me. You two must be starving."
"Yeah, my oatmeal cookie wasn't enough." Castle rubbed his stomach with a sad smile.
"It was mine!" Beckett exclaimed.
"You gave it to me."
"Oh oh, mommy and daddy are fighting again. I guess their elevator ride wasn't too cozy after all," Ryan said to his partner.
They got 'the look' from Beckett and immediately shut up.
"Why don't you check those store cameras again and see if there wasn't anyone else around the time of the murder." Beckett was already on her way to the stairs(she didn't want to get stuck in the elevator again) when she thought of it.
Ryan and Esposito gave her a puzzled look. "Just do it."
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