chapter 10 is now up! cheers. Hope you all enjoy this one. Tell me what you think, more coming soon. Life kind of gets in the way. Also if you see anything wrong with it let me know, I did use a spell check but you know how that goes...anyway on to the chapter.

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Take a chance on me
by BeCastle

chapter 10-second chances

inside airport:

"What could I have done differently, I just...how could have I just let him walk away from me, now he thinks...what does he think? I mean what really is going through his head right now, does he think that I'm giving up on him...us, wait there was never a us...but there could have been...I mean if I just...what am I doing here? I..."

Beckett turns her head and thinks that she recognizes a man with a gun just standing there in the shadows just out of sight. na, it can't be. She blinks then tries to focus but the shadow is gone. Kate, no one is following you, well the FBI was, no they just happen to be here but that was kind of strange, did Ryan? If he did, I would have to kill him. Just then the crowd starts cheering and shouting...

The crowd starts chanting Rick Castle's name.

"What?" she looks up just in time to see flashes going off.

"Over here Rick," a flash.

"What's going on..." more flashes going off. She then saw the lines split and Rick Castle smiling, in black pants, red shirt and sunglasses as he walks through the crowd.

His phone jingles, "one second folks," pulls out his phone snapping it open.
"Rick Castle here," his smiling face changes to a frown. "what the hell do you want?"

"Where the hell are you?" Gina questions through the phone. She can hear all the people chanting, "What's gong on?"

"That's none of your, damn business," he whispers in the phone.

"I'm your publisher."

"Not any...this is not a good time, I need to go sign some more books." He was about to hang up on her, when she said that detective Nikki Heat was still in his loft when she stop by earlier.

"What, why were you there?"

"The manuscript." Oh he had forgot all about that, and it wasn't finished anyway. He didn't want to think about that right now. Right now he wanted to do the only other thing that he liked to do.

"Oh that thing's packed away somewhere." he swallows, "Did she tell you where I was?"

"Who Detective hottie? No she didn't know or she says that anyway. Kind of hard to believe that though, with how close you to come with each other. I mean Rick come on, she's not you type and you know it. She won't make you happy."

That's when he had enough, he hangs up on her and more flashes go off, blinding him even through his sunglasses. Beckett does make me happy well, she use to... he sighed, she still can if you let her.

Will sees Beckett sitting waiting. What is she doing here? What is she waiting for? He walks up to her.

Castle strips off his sunglasses and stares streight at the crowd. He loves all the attention, but his plan was not working at all. All that he could think about was...her...was he making the biggest mistake of his life by just walking away. He lowers his head. What am I doing here...He sighs,

flashback?

for my fans...He smiles to the crowd again. I just wish that she was here to see me...to hold me...to kiss me.

He reaches up to touch his face. He could still feel her touch on his face, like he was burned. He thinks that he saw her...that ghost again. He shook his head. Just ignore it, walk to the plane and never turn around but what if...
He takes one more look to to make sure he wasn't seeing things. All he sees a cop talking to this woman he thinks is Beckett, holding her hand. not a ghost just my imagination working overtime.

Will is holding Beckett's hand, "I'll drive you home," but then he get's called away. "Wait for me, you promise," Beckett just smiles that was good enough for him.

Castle stands there for another few moments, Staring, hoping...Kate I guess this is goodbye forever. I still do love you. Castle waves to the crowd as he steps through the door and out off sight.

As soon as Beckett sees him leave, she goes to the window and watches as Castle boards the plane. Tears flood her eyes, not this time.

This is my second chance, nothing is going to screw it up. She was going to follow the one that she truely loved along.
"How am I?" she left her eyebrows, "Same way as before." she flashes her id badge again, this time without any problems. No one was there to stop her. She goes right on through and boards the plane. She doesn't know where she's going but she doesn't care she just wants to follow him where that might lead. She was tired of running away. She takes a seat in the back.

The plane starts to fill up, most people look like business, working people, easy enough for her to blend in with. No one would know that she didn't belong here. After seeing her target get seated, she steps closer and closer moving in for the kill.

to be continued...