"Kyra" Kate muttered, lying on the bed with the writer as she lay on her side and stared at him; her fingers running down his chest as he stared at her in confusion. "Whenever I walked in on you two, god did I want you to look at me the way you looked at her" she admitted, kissing his chest lightly as the writer ran his fingers through her dark hair. "I wanted you so badly to look at me like you loved me" she sighed, burying herself into his side as his arms tightened around her. "And then there was all the other women that appeared and they all got that look and I wanted it so badly to appear when you looked at me and do you know what?" she whispered, the writer smiling as he stared at her and pressed a kiss to her forehead.
"What?" he asked gently, staring into her eyes and finding himself lost as she pressed a hand to his cheek and kissed him again gently; his hands running down her bare back as she lost herself in the kiss. "What's the matter Katie?" he asked gently, confusion covering his face before she sighed and touched his cheek.
"The first time you looked at me like that, the first time I saw you give me that look was when I was lying on the ground and you told me you loved me; when you were pressing your hands to the wound and keeping me alive you looked at me like you looked at them and I knew, I knew then that you weren't just looking for a one night stand. That you wanted always with me" she smiled, kissing his chest lightly before sighing. "And I want always with you too Rick" she whispered, looking across at the moonlight that was filling the room while their naked bodies remained wrapped around each other.
"What's made you all emotional today Miss Beckett? Don't get this wrong, I'm loving this open side to you but…" he began, keeping her close as Kate bit into her lip and moved to straddle him lightly; her lips moving to press against his. "Want to explain what's going on to me?" he whispered, Kate nodding as she sighed and felt his fingers running across her gun wound scar, the feeling of it bringing comfort to her. "Katie…" he began.
"I love you Rick" she blurted out, biting into her lip a second later as he stared up at her. "I've been in love with you for a while now and it's only now that I've began to realise just how much I've felt that for you" she sighed, kissing him lightly as he kept her close to him. "Just being with you, this close, this open has made me realise that I don't want anything else in the world than to be with you now" the brunette admitted, feeling his lips pressing against her before she sighed and moved off him to lie beside her. "My mom always said that when I found the guy who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with that I would know because I'd be able to see myself in the future with them" she admitted, laughing at the idea as the writer sat up and stared down at her.
"Katie" he began before she shook her head and stared up at her.
"I can see it Rick. I can see me in a white dress walking down the aisle with you waiting for me, I can see a baby bump and you pressing a kiss to it every morning and being over protective about everything, I can see us with our newborn baby in our arms. I can see everything with you Rick and I'm so going to regret telling you that later today aren't I?" she laughed, Rick nodding before she laughed and kissed him; his hand running across to her stomach. "Rick" she giggled.
"So Miss Beckett, you can see a little bump here in the future" he smiled, her eyes rolling at him before she poked his arm. "You're going to be an amazing mom one day, you're so beautiful and kind and loving" he admitted, kissing her lightly while his hand continued to run across her stomach; the two of them enjoying the feeling. "Any child would be lucky to call you mommy" he admitted, her cheeks beginning to burn red before sighing. "Now Miss Beckett, I was thinking about treating you to lunch later".
"You've forgotten that I have lunch plans with my dad, remember because you're going to drive Alexis up to college and then you're picking me up on the way home" she explained, cuddling up against him before sighing. "I can't believe she's all grown up" Kate admitted, Rick nodding as he stared at her and pressed a kiss to her cheek.
"Imagine how I feel" he laughed, Kate nodding as she heard a knock at the door. "Minute" he called out, laughing as Kate grabbed his pyjamas and chucked them at him before pulling on her own. "Right come in" he sighed, watching as the door opened to reveal Alexis. "Hey pumpkin is everything alright?" Rick asked quickly, the two adults sitting up as Alexis approached and sat on the end of the bed and sighed. "Alexis?" he asked quickly.
"I just can't sleep. It's the last night in my home. I've never been away from you like this before daddy" she admitted, kissing him lightly as Kate moved up to allow the teenager to join them. "I can't believe I'm going to college tomorrow" she sighed, cuddling up against her father as Kate smiled at the writer with his daughter. She loved seeing them together; she loved how Rick was around his daughter. "Sorry were you two sleeping?" Alexis asked, the two adults shaking their heads quickly before the writer held his daughter close.
"So want to talk about what's wrong?" Kate asked, the redhead sighing before she shook her head and sighed. "I remember going to college, I was terrified of leaving my parents and I wasn't even that close to them" she admitted, Alexis' head turning so she could look at her. "But college was amazing Alexis, you meet amazing new people and well I called my parents all the time and they came to visit me and I came and visited them" she admitted, the writer nodding as he watched his daughter hug Kate. "And you know your dad isn't just going to disappear out of your life, you'll be lucky if you can get him to leave tomorrow" Kate laughed, Alexis nodding before she stood up and walked towards the door.
"Thanks Kate, dad, I think I might go to bed now. I'm tired" the teenager smiled, the writer nodding as he watched his daughter disappear before sighing.
"My little pumpkin is all grown up" he declared, Kate nodding before kissing him quickly and lying down next to him again. "Sleep time Beckett, you need to show your dad that I'm looking after you one hundred per cent" he smiled; her eyes rolling before she slowly began to fall asleep.
XOXOOXOXXOXO
Entering her father's apartment, Kate smiled at the smell of her father's best recipe filling the air. She loved it when her father cooked. He wasn't the best cook but she loved the effort he put into the meal's he made! It made her remember the old days when he would cook for her when she got back from school and her mother returned from work to find him preparing a meal for them. The meals they spent around the table, laughing over things while deep in discussions. Moving towards her dad, Kate sighed before she hugged him and laughed; stealing some of the cheese he'd grated that was resting on a plate.
"Katherine Beckett, stop stealing cheese" her father laughed, Kate smirking before she stole some more and disappeared into the living room to look at the pictures that covered the walls and surfaces. There were more photos now than before, more had started to appear since the accident and she loved how Rick was in a lot of them now. "You used to do that when you were younger; steal as much cheese as you could fit in your mouth before running off to act all innocent. Your mother found it hysterical" he smiled, entering the living room while holding two plates. Taking the plate from the man, Kate smiled before sitting down and staring down at the pasta dish in front of her.
"Thanks dad, this looks amazing" Kate sighed, taking a bite of the food before beaming. "I told Castle that I loved him this morning" the brunette admitted, bringing a smile to her father's face. "And well I told him a lot more than that actually and I've just realised how ridiculous I must have sounded" she sighed, leaning back as Jim watched her. "I told him that I could see us getting married one day and having a baby" she admitted, knowing her father wanted to know everything to do with her relationship with Rick. She knew that her father adored the writer more than any of her other boyfriends and she loved how close her father and boyfriends were.
"Wow, that's a big step for you Katie" Jim admitted, the brunette nodding before she bit into her lip and sighed. "Can you really see that with Rick? Can you see you getting married and having children with him?" he asked, Kate nodding as she touched her stomach and sighed. "Well then, Richard Castle is the luckiest man on this planet because he's won the heart of my beautiful daughter but I think he's had it for a while now hasn't he?" Jim smiled as she nodded and shut her eyes. "I'm happy for you Katie, just don't rush into anything. Remember protection" he announced, Kate chocking on the pasta that she'd just began to eat.
"Dad" she moaned as Jim laughed and sighed; watching the smile that was covering her face. "Why do you do that daddy? Why do you always say things like that at the wrong time?" she asked quickly before sighing and putting her empty plate down. "And dad, Rick and I are adults and we know how to protect ourselves so you don't need to mention it again and please don't in front of Castle" she declared, relaxing against him gently. "He won't forgive you for embarrassing him like, it's bad enough when Martha starts talking about our sex life" she admitted, watching the smile disappear off her father's face. "See I can do it just as well as you can" she smiled, the older man bringing her in for a hug.
"Still my brilliant little girl" he smirked, Kate smiling at his comment before nodding and relaxing into his side. "Your mother would love Rick, she'd find him amazing and she would know how perfect he was for you" Jim sighed as Kate nodded and thought about Johanna Beckett for a moment. "She'll be watching you Kate wherever she is and she'll be smiling about how happy you are with Rick" he beamed, kissing her lightly before relaxing and sighing. Hearing a knock at the door, Kate smiled before climbing off the couch and running towards the door; opening it to find Rick standing there with bloodshot eyes.
"Hard day?" she asked quickly, the detective sighing as she wrapped her arms around him and sighed. "She'll be fine Rick, she's a big girl and she's clever" she declared, kissing him lightly before leading her into her father's apartment. "I bet she was excited" the brunette smiled as he pressed a kiss to her cheek lightly and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's just scary, my big girl has gone off to college and well, everything's changing now" she admitted, kissing him lightly before Jim Beckett stood up and stared at them. "Daddy I think we're going to go home now, someone's all emotional" Kate admitted, Rick's arms keeping her close as Rick nodded and sighed.
"Ah the day your little girl goes to college, makes life difficult doesn't it?" Jim sighed, staring at his daughter who was buried into Rick's side. "It's even worse when she gets serious about a guy and mentions that she's starting to think about children with this guys, takes life into a totally different perspective".
"Dad" Kate groaned as Rick bit into his lip, starting to feel very uncomfortable.
So what do you think? I don't know where this idea came from but I'm sick and had a Castle catch up day with the Kyra episode within it and this is where chapter originated from.
