Chapter 10: The Writer

I really really really suggest that you listen to the song that inspired this chapter because it's such a beautiful song & I felt that it fit because Castle is an author and Kate loves him that much. It's called 'The Writer' by Ellie Goulding. Please review. :)

I turned my face and found Castle watching us with a grin on his face. It took me a couple minutes to figure out that he was actually real and I wasn't dreaming. Esposito and Ryan dragged the man out of the room and left me there with Castle. I took a step forward before realizing that he was handcuffed to a pole. I laughed softly and took out a key.

(K POV)

I ran up to him and quickly took the handcuffs off of him.

"Kate…" He whispered and pushed back a piece of my ear behind my ear. His ocean blue eyes never looked so magnificent. The minute I freed his hand he pulled me in for a huge embrace."I knew that you'd find me." I wrapped my arms around his neck and caressed the back of neck softly, just like he liked it. I cried into his shoulder; I never wanted to let him go. He was so close to getting killed in this room. I pulled back and checked his face for any bruises, blood or anything that showed that he was hurt. Luckily that bullet missed him. There was a huge hole inches from his head but it was in the wall rather than in his skull.

"I love you." I whispered before kissing him. I put all the passion that I was holding in for four year into this one kiss. It wasn't full of lust; it was filled with pain, tears, tenderness, and love. I never thought that I'd be able to see him again but, knowing that he was okay made me feel slightly better. I pulled away slowly and placed a small peck on his lips before opening my eyes and sharing a moment with him. My arms were still locked around his neck but I slowly took one of my arms and pulled it back. He had a piece of dark hair in front of his forehead. He looked so adorable with that cheesy smile plastered on his face like he just went to Disney for the first time and finally got to hug Minnie Mouse. I pushed the piece of hair across his forehead back into place.

"I love you." He said back after a few moments and pulled me back in for a hug. When he pulled back he saw that I started crying again. His eyebrows tied together confused but, he soon realized that I didn't think he'd be alive. He cupped my face with one hand and wiped away a tear that was rolling down my cheek with his thumb. "Hey, everything's going to be okay." He whispered before kissing me softly.

"I've got a plan, why don't you be the artist and make me out of clay? Why don't you be the writer and decide the words I say? 'Cause I'd rather pretend I'd still be there in the end only, it's too hard to ask, won't you try to help me?" I recited the words of a song that always reminded me of Castle. He pulled back and gave a small smile.

"The Writer by Ellie Goulding?" he whispered into my hair before he placed a kiss on my forehead.

"Castle? Beckett?" Ryan and Esposito ran back in after taking the guy down to their cruiser and saw that I was hugging Castle. I pulled away and told them he was okay.

Ryan smiled and gave us a playful wink, "Nice job sending Beckett that text message. You could've died if you weren't observing your surroundings and seeing that the wifi was connected.

Esposito walked over and helped Castle to his feet. "Do you know who took you from Beckett's apartment?" He asked immediately.

"Tony Fletcher. He says he didn't kill anyone though. I think I might as well tell you guys that he's an old friend of mine from my childhood. He wanted to buy some time from you guys and try to get a ticket somewhere. I'm not sure where he's planning on going but, I'm almost positive he is an accomplice. He told me that someone else killed Anderson and Hayes. I did hear Lorenzo and him talking about another body, which was probably the body that was in the building that exploded when Beckett was searching it." I stood next to him and his face cringed at the reminder that I had almost died in another explosion.

"Well, do you have any idea where he'd be right now?" Ryan asked while writing all this down in a notebook.

"I think I might have an idea." He nodded while making his way out the room with the boys.

I leaned against the wall and took a deep breath. He was alive, he was okay, and he told me that he loved me back when I said it. I put my hands over my face and tried to wipe away the stained tears that were on my face. Before I knew it, he slowly walked back into the room with his hands in his pockets and gave another famous Castle smile.

"You know, the boys are going out to look for Tony Fletcher." He said pointing behind his shoulder, "I never really got to thank you, Kate." He whispered taking another step closer.

"You don't have to," I said putting my gun back where it belonged, "I was just proving that I cared." He chuckled and nodded, taking another two steps forward.

"Do you think you proved yourself? Do you think that it's time I give you a chance?" He raised his eyebrows and tried to hide a smile.

"Hell yes. I got my ass kicked by a tall Hispanic man named Lorenzo, I was tied to a chair, I went into a building that exploded and I almost didn't make it, I almost got shot just now by-." I was rambling on.

His face fell to a serious expression but, his eyes were soft and playful. He walked up to me and placed his hands on the small of my back and pulled me in. Thank God I was wearing heels because if not he'd be towering over me even more than he was right now. I looked up into his eyes for the fifth time in less than twenty minutes. I think we stood there just staring into each other's eyes for a good ten minutes before he finally spoke up.

"Let me take you on a date, Kate." He whispered.

My eyes widened with the fear of having people finding out that I would soon be going on a date with Richard Castle. I placed a hand on the side of his face, "I don't-." He cut me off, trying to avoid rejection and make it less awkward.

"Please, we don't have to go anywhere fancy. In fact, we can go to Casa de Castle." A small smile formed on his face and I couldn't help but smile too, showing all teeth, "It's the least I could do for you, you did rescue me.

"I guess we're even then?" I giggled before looking down at his lips.

"9 to 9?" He whispered and his cool breathe hit my face.

I nodded and leaned in to kiss him once again, "So, dinner at Casa de Castle?" I said with a small giggle

He pecked my cheek and flashed a grin, "Tonight?"

I nodded and started to pull away. I had to catch up with the boys and bring Fletcher in for interrogation and Castle had to go home to tell Alexis and Martha that he was okay.

(R POV)

I walked into the loft and started to tidy the place up. Alexis started to walk down the stairs. The minute she saw me in the kitchen she ran full force towards me, "Daddy!" she jumped into my arms and sobbed into my neck. "I can't believe that you're okay. I missed you so much. I love you." She mumbled into the crook of my neck. My mother strolled in quickly and wrapped her arms around me once I let Alexis down.

"Richard, darling! We were so worried about you. It's been days since we last saw you. Are you okay?" She put her hand on the back of my head where there were bandages, "Oh my. I'm so glad that you're not as hurt as we thought you were. When Kate came over and told us that you were missing, we almost died. Sweetheart, don't you ever go missing again."

I laughed and shook my head, "I didn't go missing on purpose, mother." I rolled my eyes before giving her a big bear hug. I began to tell them what happened and how Beckett came and rescued me before I was nearly killed by one of Tony's accomplices. I told them that Beckett would be coming over later tonight for a dinner date and I'd appreciate if they left the house for a couple hours. I told them that I was planning something really romantic and wanted to give a great impression.

Kate found Tony Fletcher before he got onto his airplane. We took him back to the precinct to interrogate him. I had just gotten out of the hospital because they had to check to make sure that the cuts from the vase on the back of my head weren't infected. I stood inside the room and watched Kate interrogate him on the other side of the glass.

(K POV)

"Tony, you don't have a very good chance of getting out of here without some time in jail. If you cooperate, I can help you. If you didn't kill those three bodies, who did? What I think is that you got mad. You were upset that they didn't pay you on time and you went out and killed them. I think you tried to cover it up by putting them in the zoo and make it look like maybe someone else killed Anderson or maybe they were killed by an animal, except that animals don't stitch peoples' mouths up. If you weren't guilty there would be no reason for you to kidnap Castle and keep him handcuffed to 'buy time'."

"Look, I get that you're Castle's bitch and all but, honey, you got it all wrong. I didn't kill anyone." He shrugged and slumped back into his chair.

My blood started to boil when he said 'Castle's bitch'. I wasn't his 'bitch'. I tried to ignore his comment and went back to trying to get him to confess. "Then who killed them, Fletcher?"

"Maybe if you weren't so caught up having sex with your little boyfriend, you'd figure it out by now." That's it. I pulled him up by the collar of his shirt and pulled him in close.

"Who the hell killed them, Fletcher?" I snarled.

"How about this, you go back to step one. That's all I'm saying. I want my lawyer." I let go of his collar before strolling out of the interrogation room. I ran a hand through my hair and saw someone walk in with Esposito. Marcus Bryan. That was our guy. He wouldn't rat someone out like that without knowing more about the situation than he actually did. I stopped Esposito and told him to interrogate Bryan once more.

Sorry about that you guys. Another cliffhanger. I didn't really give you one last chapter so I felt it was necessary ;) Please review. I hope you guys finally like the whole Caskett scene. Don't worry guys, I promised it would happen. However, the case isn't over so, things will still be there and be dramatic o: