Title: The Unknown
Disclaimer: Characters aren't mine, just something I wanted to write.
Summary: Months after Kate Beckett is shot, her and Richard Castle are still friends, but things are about to change.
Chapter Ten
Castle was still in his beach house, he'd received the call from Esposito telling him there was a body, but for some reason he couldn't move. He was still in the same place, laying on his couch feeling sorry for himself. He didn't know why he had to feel sorry, he'd just had the most passionate, breath taking kiss with the woman he loved, yet he still felt so far away from her. She'd just taken off, without giving a proper reason, they'd argued for no reason, and all he wanted to do was grab her and kiss her passionately. Which was probably why he stayed away from the crime scene, he knew Beckett wouldn't want him to do that in front of everyone, but if they were alone, he'd willingly grab her and never let go.
Whereas Beckett was now back at the station diving into her job to forget about Castle and their kiss. She didn't want to forget completely, god no, and there was no way she could forget completely, but she had to. She filled her day with paperwork and calls, the guys letting her get on with it, not questioning anything, just watching and gesturing to each other.
Beckett didn't want to admit it, but she was getting no-where with this case, and it was killing her that the she knew why. Castle wasn't there to help; she'd done fine without him all those years before, and now she needed him. Katherine Beckett had never needed the help, especially the help of a man.
"Yo, Ryan" Esposito whispered as he watched Beckett mull around at her desk, she was out of earshot and he knew that she'd glance over some time soon.
"What's up?" Ryan whispered back, staying where he was, simply turning his chair
"That's exactly what I was going to ask, I mean come on bro, she's not been like this since, well since you know" Esposito hinted, he didn't want to mention the time Castle left for the Hamptons with his ex-wife, or the time he didn't call for 3 months, those were the odd occasions when Beckett acted this way
"I know bro, I know, what we going to do? She's not going to talk to us." Ryan replied, nodding as he watched Beckett sitting at her desk, her head in her hands, pen tapping rapidly at her side.
"Lanie" Esposito almost shouted, before turning to face Ryan
Esposito quickly pulled out his phone, why hadn't he thought of this before, of course the best person to call was Lanie.
"Yo babe, what's up with our girl? x" Esposito sent the text within seconds
"I don't know what you mean" x Lanie replied instantly
"Don't give me that, the last time she was like this, well x" Esposito refrained from finishing the sentence again
"I see, I'll sort it out x" Lanie replied
Esposito had no sooner got his text when he heard Beckett's phone ringing, she glanced up to look at her phone, making both Esposito and Ryan return to their work position. Esposito heard her stand, he looked up to see her grabbing her jacket and keys, and heading for the elevator.
"Got something?" Esposito asked
"Not sure, was Lanie, going to see what she's found, will tell you when I know." Beckett replied as the elevator doors closed.
Beckett leaned against the walls of the elevator, she wanted to cry so much, she didn't know why she felt like this, but she just wanted to curl up and cry. It wasn't like she'd tried to kiss him and been rejected, no, she'd had the most passionate kiss she could have ever imagined, yet she still ran, like she always did.
Castle had finally gathered himself and was on his way back to New York, he had no idea what was going to happen, he just knew he couldn't hide from it anymore. He was going to go home first then head to the precinct once he'd changed. He could still smell her on his clothes, something he loved, but wasn't sure he should keep when back at work.
Beckett reached Lanie's lab pushing the door open with force before entering. Lanie stood at the sound, spinning round in panic.
"Oh, hey girl" Lanie spoke as she placed the scalpel back on the tray, she noticed that Kate had seen her "Just a precaution, you know"
"Okay, so what you got?" Kate replied
"Erm, nothing" Lanie answered, "I'm still waiting on ballistics and a few test's to be completed"
"What? You brought me down here and you don't have anything? Lanie" Kate began, before Lanie could cut her off
"Look, Kate, I got a little tip off, saying you were in the, you know, phase once again." She spoke quietly, just so Kate could hear her "What the hell happened in the Hamptons girl?"
"Lanie, I don't want to talk about it" Kate replied instantly
"No, you're not getting away that easy, you need to talk, you can't keep everything bottled up" Lanie responded, she looked at Kate, who's eyes were now filling up "Oh, girl, come here"
Kate responded to Lanie, who had walked over to give her a hug. She tried to hold as many tears back as she could, but it wasn't working
"I...He...Claire" Kate spluttered at Lanie
"What, who's Claire?" Lanie questioned
"His, well his girlfriend I think" Kate replied, she had moved back from Lanie and was wiping her eyes "She was there, but was leaving as I got there"
"So, she's a fling? Or what?" Lanie questioned again
"Lanie, I have no idea. But she left and we argued, then we kissed, then we argued" Kate started before Lanie cut her off
"You kissed? Girl, why are you crying?" Lanie asked
"Yes we kissed in between arguing and me running away" Kate replied, Lanie's eyes had widened "We argued about nothing, he thought I was there about his father, I tried Lanie, I mean I nearly said it, but we were shouting and I didn't want to say it like that. Then he said he'd given up and that he didn't care anymore"
"Kate, don't cry again please, you'll get through this" Lanie responded noticing Kate's pause and sniffle
"I know, anyway, after he said he didn't care, I kind of cut him off half way through him speaking about god knows what by kissing him. And oh my god it was amazing, and I mean amazing."
"I'm so proud of you" Lanie exclaimed
"I'm not, we stopped kissing and I ran, like literally ran out of the house telling him I had to leave, and speeding off on my bike" Kate shot, she wasn't angry at Lanie, just at herself
"I'm sure you can work it out, trust me he's not going to give up" Lanie told her
"How do you know that Lanie, do you know that I haven't already ruined my chances, I didn't even tell him that I..." Kate started but was cut off by the sound of the door opening.
Both Kate and Lanie looked up to find Rick standing in the doorway, debating whether to turn and leave, or stay and wait it out. He glanced at them, lingering on Kate, before looking back at the floor. He was about to start speaking before Lanie interrupted him.
"Let me go get those test results back for you, won't be long" Lanie spoke as she pushed passed Rick closing the door as she nudged him in.
Authors Note: I know i'm making it all about the relationship for now, but i promise its going to get better.
Also working on another FanFiction called The Clash, will be coming soon, and yes it is Castle based, with a bit of Chuck aswell.
Amy