Yay! Sorry I went MIA. Here's another one!

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Disclaimer: I own Castle. This fic was brought to you by a rainbow unicorn! (Both of those are lies)

Rick and Kate sat in the limo seat. Both were uncomfortable. Both hid it horribly. They were about to not only reveal their relationship officially to the public, but also do an interview for the tribune to clear up any accusations or lingering rumors about the earlier article. Kate's comfort level started to show on her face as they rode up to the building. The cluster of reporters and paparazzi already crowding the scene. Rick caught Kate's look and give her hand an encouraging squeeze. She smiled up at him and gave him a peck on the lips.

"Hey, hey. Save the 'cutesy' for the camera." Paula had apparently caught their little exchange and though she stopped it, she smiled inwardly. She could recall a time where being in a room with his ex wives mad her shiver. Now, she actually felt a little jealousy towards the couple. They really were something. She hoped the public would see it that way.

They arrived and pulled slowly in front of the building. Everyone's stomach flipped (even Paula) as Rick opened his door and stepped out. He was immediately met with a plethora of camera flashes. People were shouting questions at him as he reached his hand into the limo, only to extract Kate Beckett. The reporters went silent for a millisecond and once the couple started to make their way into the building hand in hand Paula stepped out. She stopped briefly at the entrance to address all the occupants.

"Please leave now. The article posted in the tribune was not true. My client has no idea who the woman was that mad those false proclamations. It is being retracted and a proper article is being placed in it's way. You will find all you need to know there. Goodbye."

Paula redeposited her shades and joined the couple inside. Once they reached their destination, she stood outside while the couple went in to do their interview. She'd wanted to go in to assure they wouldn't say anything out of line, but Rick assured her that he was a pro and could handle Kate. It took about 30 minutes and at that time, both the couple and the reporter (who's name was Ramon Islet) came into the main room and joined Paula.

"Thank you for coming in to meet with me and once again I am terribly sorry with the mistake." Kate smiled and Rick waved him off, but Paula glared down at him and signaled for him to go on.

"It's just, I am just barely trying to prove myself and when she walked in, I could tell her getup was a disguise, but I just wanted an interview so bad, I kind of bent the rules a little. I'm really and truly sorry." Paula raised her glare and the smiling couple just gave him a reassuring nod.

Before he left, a thought popped into Kate's head.

"Uh, Ramon. I think I might have a way you could repay us."

"Sure, anything. Just name it."

"Do you think we could get a picture of this woman you interviewed"

"Oh, sure. I have one right here. I had planned to publish it today, but once you told me what happened, I just wanted to burn it. Here you go."

And sure enough as the other three pair of eyes looked down at the picture, there was a faintly disguised Meredith. She looked extremely pale, despite her attempts to look tan and she looked like a really bad imitation of Kate. Rick looked closer and pointed to the spot on the picture where you could slightly see Kate's phone sticking out of Meredith's pocket, then to the spot where Kate's ring rested upon her hand.

Paula walked over to the corner to make a call and Rick stood looking at the picture until he felt Kate break away from him. She grabbed the picture from him, crumpled it up, then threw it to the ground. She quickly exited the office, with him on her heels and ducked into a little hall behind a door that read "staff only".Once behind the door, the tears that she'd been holding back flowed freely.

"Kate, baby, what's wrong?"

"Oh God, Castle! How the hell did this happen? Life was just starting to be how I wanted it to be and now..." she trailed off. She found herself getting more and more choked up these days. 'Oh man' she thought 'I wonder what I'll be like on our wedding day.'

"Hey, honey look at me" he tilted his face towards hers "we'll fix this. And then we can go back to enjoying our engagement-"

"Is it even our engagement anymore Castle? I mean now everyone knows. We'll never be left alone."
"Hey, even if we have to escape the city for a little bit, I've said it before and I'll say it again: I won't let anything ruin this."

She let out a small chuckle. He would really do anything for her. Now she felt a little bit silly. His reputation and credibility were on the line and here she was, whining about her problems.

"I'm sorry. It's just the thought of her wearing my ring... it's just a little-"

"Repulsing?"

"I was gonna say overwhelming, but that works too." She smiled at him and then leaned up to kiss him. She loved him so much.

"Come on. I think Paula's gonna start to worry." He said slightly sarcastically. He took her hand and led her out of the room.

Sure enough as they got out of the room, Paula stood around the corner tapping her foot.

"Let's go! We don't have time for detours!"

They exited the building rather swiftly. When they were in the limo, Paula sat in the passenger with the limo driver and closed the barrier between the driver seat and the back. She wanted to discuss some things with them, but felt they needed privacy. The couple sat with they're hands intertwined and Kate's head was propped on Rick's shoulder. Her mind was racing and he could tell.

"You're thinking kinda loud there Beckett. Mind sharing with the class?"

"Did you really mean all that stuff you said in the interview?"

He turned to face her a bit more "Every word. Those, uh, those were actually my wedding vows."

She picked her head up in shock. "Really?"

"Well, they were. Of course I'll have to change them now." They settled back into each other.

"Why? I loved them."

"Yeah, but you heard them. I want them to be a surprise!"

She relaxed into him "Always the little kid at heart."

He placed a quick kiss to her hair. "Always."

Meredith sat in her hotel room, playing around with Kate's phone. She was waiting on a cab to take her to Rick's place where she would plant the phone. She was still undecided about whether or not to leave the ring. As she scanned through Beckett's emails, a smile found it's way onto her lips. All of her police mumbo jumbo had be pushed out due to the many extensive hate letters written from fans. She looked at one from a blonde girl in New Jersey who, in her own words, wanted to kidnap Kate and "kill her or whatever". She was enjoying the chaos she had created until she came upon an email form the tribune. Her smile immediately dropped.

Retracted? What the hell did they mean retracted? Why would they retract the article?

She couldn't believe it! The paper had just been delivered two hours ago! They couldn't have gotten it retracted already. Plus, it had an attachment about a brand new interview? No! They were ruining her plans! Her cab came and she told him to step on it. She had to formulate something. She had to do something. This should've broken them, Unless... unless Kate and Rick really have changed? No. No, she had to stay positive... or negative? Whatever it didn't matter. She just had to fix this and quick!

As she arrived at Rick's building she bounded through the lobby. The elevator ride felt like forever. She reached the door and stuck Alexis' key in. When she entered the room she froze. She was met with two pairs of glaring eyes. Oh hell. This was not good.

So? Am I evil? Ha ha. I'm sorry. I just couldn't resist. Hope you liked it.

HUGE confrontation coming, so stick around! :P

Love, Always Xo