Disclaimer: I don't own Castle
A/N: Previously there was the end of the date between Kate and Rick with just a kiss - perfect way to end the evening. I think this couple is the sweetest couple ever and yes I do believe they will explode at the thought of just being together. I will be honest, if you are looking for porn smut well you might want to move on. My rated M will be more like Nikki and Rook in the Nikki Heat Series. Sorry! I like it too, but it isn't realistic to my story. Lastly, Kate had a conversation with Alexis about a possible internship working with Lanie.
Kate decided to walk a little from the cafe she met Alexis at because the sun feels so good. It is cold outside, but there is no wind chill so it has turned out to be a pretty great day. She reaches for her cell phone in her pocket. She had her phone on silent while talking with Alexis, so she missed some text messages. She looks down at her screen to see three messages, she opens them and it appears they are all from Castle. She reads them:
So how's it going with Alexis? Oh sorry, you probably can't answer. Call me later.
Then another about 30 minutes later:
Hey, do you still want to meet up later? Just text or call me.
Then another about 20 minutes after the previous one:
Kate, are you done yet? Sorry, I'm just really, really, really bored.
Kate just laughs as she presses send to call him back.
"Oh, finally. How did it go? What did you two girls talk about?" he asked with a chipper tone.
"No, Castle. I will not tell you what we talked about. It is between Alexis and I and she wants you to know she will tell you," then there is a pause. His chipper tone has been stifled. "But don't worry Castle she is just fine. Growing up into a fine young lady, you should be so proud."
"Well she can stop growing up so quickly because before I know it some lanky little college geek with be coming to the loft to ask for her hand in marriage and I'm not ready for that yet," he ranted on like he usually does about the speed at which Alexis is becoming a woman before his eyes.
"Well we have time to prepare you because a relationship is far from her mind at this point I can fairly say," she replied to ease his pain.
"Well that's a good thing, I think? So do you still want to meet up later this evening or now," she laughs to herself because he just as eager to spend with her as she is with him.
"Yes, I definitely want to see you, but do you mind later because I want to take care of something first. How about 6:30 you come to my apartment?"
"Ok, sounds great. Do I need to bring anything?" he asks.
"No, just you. Only you."
(…)
Kate is at her apartment waiting for Lanie to come over. She called her in the cab on the way home to see if she could help her with a little plan she's drummed up and also to talk with her about Alexis' idea of an internship.
There is a knock at the door, so Kate gets up from the dining room chair to answer the door.
"Hey Lanie, Thanks for coming over."
"Not a problem, girl. So what's this plan of yours?"
"Well you can't freaking make fun of me...I want to decorate my roof garden for a dinner date with Castle for tonight. And I know you are good with decorating, color schemes and all that. Problem is I don't have much to work with here. I'm never home. Will you go shopping with me?"
"Oh yay! I love me some shopping, girl! And Kate I was only messing with you before because you weren't seeing what we all was seeing. I thought I was going to have to smack you," Lanie explained.
"Actually you don't have to smack me because I saw it, but I think for some reason I didn't want to see it if that makes sense? But hey, let's get going because I don't have a lot of time and I want to talk to you about maybe getting an internship at your office. She is going into medical school, but hasn't picked a major yet. What do you think?"
Kate grabs her coat and they both head for the door as she is speaking to Lanie about the internship. Kate heads out first and Lanie to follow, "You know? Let me check for you tomorrow when I get back to the office?"
"Great! Don't saying anything to anyone because she wants to tell her father after she know if she can do it. Trust me he has been driving me crazy since he knew that her and I had a talk today," as they reach Kate's elevator and she goes in followed by Lanie to head to the lobby.
"Haha, I bet. He is such a child," Lanie says smiling at Kate. Doors close.
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"Oh my gosh, Lanie! This looks amazing. There is a table in the center of the small garden with a purple table cloth, on top of the cloth is one white candle, a basket with decorative wicker balls in various colors, placemats and napkins lime green in color and two wooden chairs perfect to double as patio wear when not dining. They compliment the wooden flooring that her Dad helped her put in and seal in the fall. Also on the chairs are black cushions that can be untied and stored away. Also Lanie strung some white lights all around the top of the garden area and the lights shine just enough to show the plants off, but not too bright to ruin the romantic mood she was going for.
"Yeah, girl. It came out great, right? We went through hoops for Castle, so he'd better like it."
"Well it is the least I can do because he is always coming up with sweet things to do for me and I want to pay back the favor," as she takes another glance with her new Beckett smile. She thinks it looks perfect with all the plants in pots situated just so. "This is so great. Lanie, thank you so much." Kate hugs her.
"So what are you going to do for dinner? Are you cooking?" Lanie looked to her with a raised eyebrow.
"What? I'll have you know I can cook. I just won't have time now, so Madison is sending some stuff from her restaurant over in about an hour. Plus I didn't want to kill him after everything else is so perfect," she laughs because she knows she can cook, but making something ordinary wouldn't fit for tonight.
"Well I'm going to take off and let you get ready. Or do you need help in the clothing department too?"
"No, I think I can figure something out. Does plaid go with stripes? I can't remember fashion Yoda what you taught me?" with a coy smirk and a wink.
"Oh funny Detective smarty pants," as Lanie left the roof with Kate into her apartment.
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Kate has showered and she is going through her closest hanger by hanger and she finally finds the casual dress she was looking for. It is a light fabric royal blue in color, length just above the knee with a v-neck opening and there are sleeves, but they are still short. It is the beginning of spring, so she would most likely need a sweater shall to go over it. She finds a black sweater shall hanging in the closet for later when they have dinner on the roof.
Madison's delivery guy delivered the food just in time because she just began unpacking the food and there was a knock at her door.
"Hey," then he looks at her up and down, trying to close his mouth, gasp for air or conjure up words of what he was feeling when she answered the door. "I, umm...Hey."
"You said that already," she laughs while moving back holding the door wide open and waving for him to come in. "Hi, would you like to come in? Or are you going to stay out there in the hallway."
In his boyish smirk and quick jet, he bounces towards the door, "No, no, I am coming in," as he walks past her he says, "Did I miss something? Are we going out because you told me to just bring myself?"
"And you still didn't follow instructions because you brought wine," she replied with a smirk.
"Yes, well it is common courtesy..." and she cut him off, walked up to him slowly putting her hands on the wine bottle and leans into kiss him. She takes the bottle and walks past him leaving him speechless again. How is it possible she can do that in less five minutes he thinks to himself?
"We aren't going out. We are having dinner here and I've got something to show you that you've never seen before," of course his mind dips to the gutter as she notices and says, "Not that, but if you are good you might get to see that too," then she winks. "Sorry I didn't have time to cook because everything happened pretty quickly, but Madison hooked us up with some food from her new restaurant. Would you carry the bags and I bring the rest?"
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"You see those stairs that lead up over there? We are going up there. Just let me grab the bottle opener, wait for me?" she runs back to the kitchen and ran back to meet him at the bottom of the stairs, "Okay, are you ready?"
"Yes, lead the way," he replies.
She leads up the stairs to the roof top garden to her apartment. She opens the door and he is amazed. There is soft light guitar music playing and lights make the whole area shine. There is a table with place settings for two and flowers are placed just right to show them off.
"Wow, Kate this is amazing. I didn't know you had this?"
"Yeah. Well I haven't brought anyone up here because my father and I hadn't finished the flooring and the planters yet. He helped me when he came back with me this fall," she said.
"This is so cool," while he followed her to the table to set the food down.
"Let's eat," she said.
A/N: Keep reading peeps! I'm not done with this date that Beckett planned. She really is the quite the planner and she can be really sweet. Don't y'all think? For someone that hasn't gotten dating down very well, a part of me believe that the sweetness of the lovely and talent Stana Katic will come through in her character moving forward. I love all of the readers and followers, but please review. Give suggestions because it helps me want to keep writing. Thank you!
