Not much later, after finding a place to park, they walked into Remy's.

"Do you see them?" Lanie asked.

"No, but they see us."

"How do you know that?"

"Vibrations just got stronger. Damn 9-year-old-on-a-sugar-rush just loves playing with his new toy." Kate rolled her eyes.

"Do you mean the vibe, or yourself?"

"Point taken. Apparently, both," she laughed.

Espo stood up from a booth toward the back of the diner, to wave them over, before sitting back down. Sitting next to him was Ryan, who was also sitting next to Gates. On the other side of the table, across from Gates, sat Castle. Kate slid in next to him, and Lanie sat down next to her.

"We just ordered our drinks a few minutes ago, but we told the waitress we'd wait until after you guys arrived to order the food," Ryan said.

After making small-talk for a few minutes, the waitress came back over. Everyone took turns ordering their food. When Kate ordered, Castle cranked up the intensity, causing her to jump slightly in her seat, her voice strangely emphasizing the word "fries". She gave him a dirty look, but then she came up with an idea that would make the next half hour, or so, much more pleasant, and smiled. Castle instantly looked nervous, knowing something was going on in her head, and that he probably wouldn't like whatever she was thinking.

Seeing that the other four were distracted by their own conversation, she very discreetly brought her hand under the table, resting it on his knee. She gently squeezed it, letting it slowly slide up to his mid-thigh before sliding back down. Luckily, there wasn't any space between their bodies, so it didn't really look like she had her hand on his knee, but rather her own. She looked away from him, feigning innocent, but trying not to smirk.

"You wouldn't," he whispered.

"Try me," Kate responded, quirking an eyebrow.

"You wanna play dirty, Kate? Because I can play dirty."

"Is there any other way to play, Ricky?" she asked, finally sliding her hand high enough to rest on his crotch. She made a mental note of how well-endowed he seemed to be, and blushed ever so slightly.

He tried not to groan. "Fair enough."

Their food arrived, so she reluctantly removed her hand from him, to eat it.

"Captain Gates," Rick said, an evil twinkle in his eye, reaching for the remote in his pocket, "Pick a number between five and ten."

"Hmm... Eight?" Gates responded, confused at the randomness of the question.

Kate's eyes widened when she realized what he was going to do.

"Excellent!" he exclaimed.

"Castle you better not-" she whispered harshly.

But he did, and she was going to kill him for it.

She bit into her burger, trying not to make a noise. When an uncontrollable moan slipped out, she covered it by saying, "These burgers are so good."

Gates agreed, but the rest knew that at that moment, Kate didn't give a rat's ass about how the burger tasted, and that the moan had absolutely nothing to do with the food she was eating. They shared knowing looks.

She finished her burger quickly, before starting on her fries. Able to eat them with one hand, she slipped her other hand back under the table. She grabbed, and stroked Rick through his pants, with enough pressure that, while definitely pleasurable, it also bordered on pain. He guessed he deserved it, but knew that if she continued what she was doing for more than five minutes, he'd have a very embarrassing situation on his hands... Or, well, in his boxers.

Lanie noticed what Kate was doing and tried hard not to laugh. Kate was, without a doubt, trying to destroy Castle, and by the look on his face, she was succeeding.

Javi looked over at Castle and Beckett, noticing not just how uncomfortable Beckett was, but also how uncomfortable Castle was, too. Then it dawned on him. He looked at Lanie, who obviously knew something he didn't.

"Is she...?" He silently mouthed to Lanie, glancing at Kate.

Lanie just winked back at him, and his jaw dropped.

"Seriously?" he whispered, in shock.

"Seriously what?" Ryan asked, suddenly distracted from the conversation he was having with Gates.

"Nothing. Tell you later," he responded.

"Ooookay?"

Then Rick hit ten on the remote, and Kate banged her knee on the table. She squeezing him hard, and ran her thumb over his tip, causing him to thrust his hips into her hand ever so slightly.

They all talked for a few more minutes, both Castle and Beckett's voices slightly strained, though they didn't speak much, because they really couldn't. Gates told them that she had to go to the bathroom, so Ryan and Espo stood to let her out of the booth.

The second Gates was far enough away that she wouldn't hear them, Kate removed her hand from Rick's crotch, and grabbed his ear, twisting.

"APPLES! APPLES! APPLES!"

"TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF RIGHT NOW!"

"OW! OKAY, OKAY, I'M TURNING IT OFF!"

He pressed the 'off' button, and she sank down into the booth, gasping for breath.

"You alright?" Lanie asked her, clearly amused.

"I... I don't know, yet," she rubbed her hands over her face, before looking up at Lanie from where she was half-sitting, half-lying down, in the booth. Then she looked at Rick, "That was ten, wasn't it?"

He nodded, smiling slightly.

"Wow," she sighed, still trying to control her breathing.

They both seemingly forgot that they weren't alone when he asked the next question.

"Did you...?"

"I was close, and I could have, but no, I didn't. You said I wasn't allowed to."

He ran his fingers through her hair, impressed with her ability to hold back. She leaned into his side and smiled.

"I'll make sure you do, later," he whispered, kissing the top of her head.

"You better," she laughed.

"Uh, guys?" Ryan asked.

Remembering that they had an audience, they jumped apart as if they'd been burned. Kate blushed furiously, and Rick wouldn't meet their eyes.

"As sweet as you two are, together, you're also being extremely disturbing right now, so if you could cut that out, we'd really appreciate it."

"I beg to differ. Personally, I'm enjoying seeing them like this," Lanie said, "I've been waiting since the beginning for this to happen."

Espo replied, "Yeah, but being cute together is one thing. Over-sharing details about your sex life is a little too much information.

"Again, I beg to differ," Lanie said.

Kate just lightly slapped her on the arm, and rolled her eyes.

"Ready to head back?" Gates asked when she arrived back at the table.

"Sure, if everyone else is," Kate replied, glad her face was back to its normal color.

"I'm ready to go, but Lanie, can I go with you and Kate, and have you drop me off at my place? I have... something... I need to take care of," Rick replied.

"What exactly do you have to take care of, Castle?" Lanie asked. She knew why he needed to go to his apartment, but she was enjoying embarrassing Rick. Kate just smirked.

"It's a, uh, personal... situation," he responded.

"Okay, sure. We'll meet you guys back at the precinct in about twenty minutes."

"Alright, sounds good. See you then."