Happy New Year! This chapter is short, but, next update should be soon… I want to continue what is going on in this chapter… ;-)

What are your new year Resolutions? Or midnight kisses... would love to hear them!

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When Rick entered the building , approximately 7:05, Monday morning, he paused, amused, as he watched what he figured was an extremely frantic Kate Beckett… crouching down among papers from her now empty backpack, throwing them this way and that. As much fun as is was watching, his curiosity got the better of him.

"Hey, wanna let me in on why you're littering the contents of your backpack and locker all over the hallway?"

"Can't find it?"

"What's it?"

"My flipping paper!"

"huh?"

She stood up, placed her right hand on her hip, and glared at him, "My paper, for English— ya know, the one that is due TODAY… in twenty minutes. The one that you were soooo passionate about!"

"Oh, yeah, that one," he managed as he started to laugh.

"it's not funny!"

"No, it's not, but your clever detective-ing antics are."

Sure, he was prepared for her to come up with one of her famous smart-mouthed, genius comebacks; however, he was not prepared for her to start relentlessly poking him— hard.

"You think it is so funny! Huh! Five pages and I can't mind it… and, you are laughing!"

"Ow!" his face scrunched in pain as she stabbed him with her figure again.

"So, instead of being amused at my "clever detective-ing antics" how bout you help me!"

"Fine," he replied as she finally ceased poking him. And, almost immediately as he looked down, he spotted a paper with the typical MLA style heading and the words Dead Poet's Society: Carpe Diem with Words. Exceptional title, Rick thought as he bent down to pick it up.

"Hand it over," Kate demanded as she saw what he had.

"Don- Don't poke me."

"Poke you, I wanna kiss you," she said as a smile bloomed on her face as she took the paper. His head shot up.

"You wanna what him!" A deeper, older, male voice enquired. Kate turned aroundto meet the eyes of none other than Principal Montgomery.

"I'm with him on this one" Lanie made her presence know- Espo at her side.

"Uhhhh- Ummmm, I wanna nothing him?"

Why did that come out like a question… and did that come out wrong, or is it just me… ughh, why do I keep talking to myself!

Uh huh, you keep telling yourself that honey," Lanie smirked.

"Kate," her eyes shot to Montgomery's once again, "kissing aside, why does my hallway look like a post office threw up in it?"

Kate, who officially had no way to form words over the lump in her throat, didn't object when Rick started explaining, "She was searching for an English paper that is due today, kinda how I found her when I walked in today." Kate had half a mind to remember to thank him later for not saying anything about the kissing.

"Thank you Mr. Castle. I see you are making yourself feel at home here. And, I can assume that you will not be making trouble as you did at your old schools. Let's see, Laxatives in the teacher's lounge coffee pot," Kate, Javier, and Lanie all looked at him shocked, " spreading slippery cleaner all over the floors, out of order signs on ever bathroom door, and numerous fights. But, seeing as you have clicked with this group here, who seem to never get caught breaking the rules," at seeing their eyes widen at the word 'caught', Montgomery clarified, "Don't think I don't know it was you five who painted handicapped signs in every parking space on the entire campus, so yes, I say 'caught'"

"Ahhhh, you must really love us Montgomery!" Maddy exclaimed as she came up.

"Whoah! What happened here!" All eyes turned to Ryan who now completed the group.

"Holy, wow! What did happen?" Maddy asked, just spotting the paper covered floor.

"Ughhh!" Kate sighed as she bent down to clean up the mess before anyone else could ask, much less have the entire school stampede over it. At her sound of annoyance, Montgomery laughed.

"Okie Dokie, touchy subject?" Ryan concluded.

"Kate is just having a bad morning… on top of waking up on the wrong side of the bed, she thought she lost her papaer," Rick attempted to explain.

"How does Rick know what side of the bed you woke up on, Kate?" Maddy teased.

Montgomery, still quietly listening, waited to see what Kate would say, if anything.

"Oh, I don't know, it must be because he woke up next to me with not a stitch on after a long, sweaty, wild, lust-filled, passionate night of sex that made my toes curl and my voice go hoarse from screaming 'Castle' so loud as he brought me to the most powerful orgasms three times in a row. I've never said 'Oh God' so many times in my life!" Kate spewed back. Then back- tracking her words… stopped breathing

Ryan stood eyed wide, slack jawed.

Esposito's eyes were switching between Rick and Kate

Lanie's mouth was pursed, humored eyes wider than humanly possible,

Maddy's arms fell to her side, eyes glued to Kate

Rick dropped his books, and his light, piercing blue eyes turned a dark, lust, blown pupil gaze as he looked a Kate with his mouth wide open.

Montgomery silently admitted that he had never been more shocked in his life, and, still wide eyed, started choking as he coughed, not knowing what else to do.

Kate, whose voice was now about 50 octaves lower, spoke "I just said that, didn't I? in front of you," her eyes were forever matched with the tile (papers now up). "shit."

"uhhh, I got to go to class," Kevin said and stumbled, and tripped, as he ran away.

"Yeah, me, too!" Maddy said.

"and us," Javier stated as he dragged Lanie, who still hadn't gained back the capability to move, to English.

Kate hadn't moved…

Rick tried, but couldn't…

"Kate—" Montgomery started, but didn't continue

"umm—"

"Principal Montgomery, I can promise you that nothing of the sort happened between Kate and me. Not that... never mind. The point is, Kate was just… venting?" Castle said as he realized that Kate was actually stuck.

"Rick, I know that, and we are lucky no one else was around, or that could seriously begin a bad rumor. Not to mention your dad beating Rick here to a pulp and your mom taking action against anyone who dared to videotape that and post it… someone would, you know." Kate nodded… or Montgomery thinks he saw a miniscule movement. "Oh, speaking of your mother, Kate, my wife wanted me to tell you that she thanks her for taking her case. She knows your mom usually doesn't take cases that don't have anything to do with crime, so she wants you to know that she really appreciates it. And, I can also say she is one hell of a presence in the courtroom. Even though I'll see them Friday, I just wanted to let you know, as well"

"Yes, sir" Kate said, feeling a little less embarrassed. "And, Montgomery, if you wouldn't mind—"

"Don't worry, Kate, I never heard you say what I heard to say." He winked.

"Thanks"

"I have known you since you were eight years old, my forgetting is just as much for your sake as it is mine. Now, get to class."

"Oh, Montgomery, about my record, All the pranks, they never had solid evidence, and, for the record, the out of order signs, that was not me, to amateur. And the fights, they deserved everything they got."

"I have no doubt," and, with that, he walked off, leaving Kate and Castle standing together in the now bustling hallway.

"Come on; don't wanna be late after all the trouble that paper caused."

"Yeah, okay" she started to walk before she felt a strong arm wrap around her ribs.

"Just for the record, it would be my pleasure to be the cause of your voice going hoarse." Kate's eyes fluttered shut at the feeling of his breath on her neck as he whispered in her ear, "and, it would be at least four times, not three." He let go of her, leaving Kate motionless as she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding and started following him to class.

So, good chapter for the beginning of 2012! Let me know what you think… good and bad :-)

Oh, Beckett is going to correct a grammar mistake Castle made next chapter…

And, do ya'll like Montgomery's character?