Characters: Castle/Beckett

Rating: T (Flirting/Drinking/Cleavage)

Genre: Romance, Humor

Summary: Beckett watched as Castle waits for her to show up, not knowing that she was already there.

I do NOT own Castle.

Still not the really Casketty one I've been talking about, I think it's a really cute idea and I don't want to halfheartedly write it. So I'm going to hold off on it for a little while I guess. I'm feeling better now (thank you all) but I couldn't write it today, and tomorrow I will pretty much be brain dead with "Knockdown" airing so... Maybe Tuesday!

I'll give you a hint though, it involves: Caskett, unsafe driving conditions, hotels, and sleeping positions. I'm just going to let you guys think about that now.

One A Day Is Only In Your Dreams...

It was nearing ten o'clock at night when Beckett walked into 'The Old Haunt', where she was meeting up with the rest of the team after doing an undercover job as a favor to a fellow detective.

When she walked in, she immediately spotted Ryan and Esposito chatting with some of the regulars, while Castle was playing bartender. Ignoring the boys for now, she headed up to the bar and ordered a drink. Castle started making her drink right away, without any comment, looking at the door frequently as if he was waiting for someone.

When he handed her her drink, then headed to serve the next customer with barely a word said to her, she realized that he didn't recognize her. Which wasn't surprising, since she had dyed her hair blonde and had it up in a hairstyle that she had never done before for the undercover job earlier, and hadn't had time to change it back yet.

Castle came around and refilled her drink, and she asked him why he kept looking at the door.

"Oh, um... I'm just waiting for someone, she should have been here by now."

She thought about that for a minute, wondering if maybe he had invited Gina along with them tonight, and he took the opportunity to tend to the other customers.

Eventually he came back around a little while later, still glancing at the door every few minutes.

"Is she your girlfriend, or something?"

"Wha? Oh, the one I'm waiting for? Only in my dreams. She's just a really good friend." He said when he finally realized what she was talking about.

He was back to looking at the door, and she decided, or maybe the alcohol decided, to test him a little bit.

He wasn't paying attention to her, so she pulled on her already low-cut shirt, making even more of her cleavage show before leaning forward a bit. She called Castle over to refill her glass again, and his eyes locked onto her chest, but he quickly looked away and at the door again. Deciding to push it just a bit farther, she let her fingers trail across the back of his hand when he handed the glass back to her, but he only gave her a polite smile and backed away.

"Yo, Castle! You seen Beckett yet?" Esposito yelled from across the room, and Castle replied with no little amount of concern in his voice.

"No, you don't think something happened, do you? She really should have been here by now."

There was a part of her that had realized, in the very back of her mind, that he was waiting for her to show up, but it didn't really hit home until then. He was ignoring a very attractive, if she did say so herself, blonde's advances because he was waiting for her to get there. She really wasn't ready to think about what that meant, so she decided it was time to make him realize she was there.

Beckett took her phone out of her bag and hit number two on speed dial. It only took a few seconds for her to be able to hear Castle's phone ringing in his pocket, even though he was quite a few feet from her.

He pulled it out quickly, and answered just as fast when he saw her name on his screen.

"Beckett? Are you okay? You were supposed to be here by now."

"I'm fine, Castle."

"Then why aren't you here?"

"What makes you think I'm not already there?" She couldn't resist having a little fun with him.

"Because I think I would notice if you were."

"Oh really? Because you've been glancing at the door every few minutes?"

"Wha? How did you-"

"Besides the fact that you just told me?" He didn't know it, but she had gotten up from her spot and slipped behind the bar while they were talking, and now she was right behind him.

"Because I am here." She leaned forward and whispered in his ear, causing him let out a girly shriek and jump away from her.

"Beckett!" He looked at the blonde female in front of him in confusion for a few seconds before his mind started piecing together some of the similarities, finally realizing she had been there the whole time.

"Wow, you look so different with your hair like that."

"Yeah, well, don't get used to it. I'm changing it back tonight."

His little show had drawn the attention of the boys, causing them to start teasing/commenting on her blonde hair as well.

It wasn't until later that she had a chance to talk to Castle again.

"So..." She trailed off, but it was enough to get his attention.

"Only in your dreams, huh?"