Chapter 12

Beckett was getting ready for her date with Castle, but she had nothing to wear. She called up Lanie, maybe she'd have an idea. Lanie knew damn well that Beckett had nothing to wear, she loved her girl but all the dresses Beckett had, had been sold to her by girls on commission. All the dresses she had wouldn't cut it for a date with Castle, it was too prestigious.

"Girl, we gotta go shopping. There's nothing in here that'll help you for your date." Lanie was completely discouraged at the site of Beckett's clothing. Yeah her girl had style, but not for hot dates. "This is almost embarrassing ...really you need new clothes." Lanie was teasing her all the while being somewhat truthful.

Beckett looked back at her and gave her the evil eyes, but she knew that Lanie was right.

"Don't give me that look Kate, you know I'm right!" Beckett's eye stare might scare some people but not Lanie. Beckett looked back at her and smiled, it was one of the regular 'arguments' the two women had together, it was their way of being playful.

They were off shopping, Beckett liked being well dressed but the hassle of getting the right dress, stressed her out. Luckily, Lanie was pretty good at it, she loved how liberated shopping made her feel.

After two hours of window shopping, trying on different dresses, nothing seemed to be good enough for her. She looked to puffy, to tall, to thin too something that she didn't like.

"AHH..I HATE THIS!" Nothing was nice enough for Beckett she wanted this to be perfect. She wanted to impress Castle, and she wanted him to be completely awe stricken.

"Fine! But you're being difficult, Kate, the last red dress was gorgeous. You looked awesome!" Lanie thought that most of the dresses Kate had tried on were perfect. But knowing Kate, if she didn't like she wouldn't get it.

"Okay, let's go..there's nothing for me in here!" Beckett was getting fed up of shopping, the fact that nothing seemed to suite her was getting exhausting.

Lanie followed her friend out of the store. They were walking by this boutique, a boutique that Kate would never stop in, it was way too fancy for her. But then, there it was the dress she had been waiting for all afternoon. It was just hanging there, on the boutique's back wall. As she looked at it she felt drawn toward it.

Lanie had no idea what was going on, she kept looking back and forth from Beckett to the area where she seemed to have spotted something.

"Oh, Kate, that's an-"

"I know, it's perfect."

Both women walked slowly toward the dress.

Kate picked it up and brought it the dressing room.

Lanie was waiting impatiently to see her friend in, one of the most beautiful dresses she had seen today. She knew that this would fit Kate perfectly.

Kate was a gorgeous woman with long curly hair that fell perfectly onto her face. Her dark green eyes hypnotized most of the people she met, one look could either kill or give out friendly advice. She was also tall and leggy which made most women jealous. Women felt intimidated by her stature and beauty. Kate wasn't solely beautiful she was an honest person with a beautiful heart. She was a tough but great cop, all her cases were dealt with as if she was personally involved , making her one of NY's best detective.

When Kate came out of the dressing room, Lanie just stood there, her mouth practically opened.

"Wow," is all Lanie could bring herself to say.

"So? What do you think?" with the reaction Lanie had Kate knew that this was the one, it was perfect.

The dress was dark purple, it had a v-shaped top, that seem to attach at the neck. The v-neck gave her breasts a little lift giving her perfect cleavage. The dress followed her slim silhouette all the way to her waist, then the dress fell to her ankles. The dress had a 1" train, which made it elegant.

Katherine Beckett was simply astonishing.

Richard was getting ready for the date as well. He put on his nicest suit. A black suit with vertical grey lines. He wore a blue shirt with a dark purple tie. He looked very handsome but then again wasn't he always.

It was around 7:00pm, he was ready. He was excited but yet a little nervous. He loved Kate and he wanted the date to be perfect. He wondered what her dress looked like, he only knew its color, he loved seeing Kate in nice dresses, she was gorgeous everyday therefore whenever she dressed up she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.

He left for Kate's apartment at 7:15pm, he'd get there by 7:30 hence giving Kate an extra 10 minutes if she needed it. The restaurant was only 10 minutes away from her apartment, but it was Friday night so he planned 20 minutes just in case.

Castle got to Beckett's door. He had butterflies in his stomach, this was it. It was the date he had been waiting for, for the past four years now. Then again, he was so happy that he had finally gotten this date, nothing could go wrong. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

Kate opened the door. She was perfection, her dress was gorgeous, her hair was tied up yet still curly. She was just standing there as beautiful as ever, the long dress fitted her body so that it seemed to have been made for her.

"Come in, Castle." She saw right away that the dress had the effect she was hoping for. Castle's mouth was a little opened, he couldn't believe how beautiful she was.

"Oh, WOW, Kate, I...wow," Castle was speechless which didn't happen a lot. Castle just stood there, completely breath taken.

"Oh-uh..these are for you." He pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind his back.

"Aww Castle thanks, you didn't have to." Beckett blushed and took the flowers, she headed to the kitchen to put them in a vase.

Castle was still standing there, motionless. She was simply magnificent.

While Kate got the vase and started pouring water in it she realized that Castle wasn't there, she noticed that he hadn't come in. She peaked out of the kitchen to have a look at the door, and he was still there.

"Castle? You can come in you know," she rolled her eyes, when she saw his expression. His mouth was still opened.

The fact that she talked to him brought him out of his gaze.

"Yeah, I'm here, coming." He walked in and closed the door behind him. He joined kate in the kitchen

"Thanks for the flowers, they're beautiful." Kate was taken by this little attention, he didn't have to do this.

"Kate you are stunning tonight. I mean , I know you're hot but, seriously? You did this to provoke me...I...wow..."

Kate looked at him, her eyes gave her away, they were saying 'that's what I wanted'.

"So...you like the dress then?" Kate smiled back at Castle, knowing too well that this dress, was the effect she wanted it to have.

Castle came closer to her, taking her by the waist. He positioned her so they faced each other. They gazed in each others' eyes. Kate's stomach was going crazy, she had so much butterflies in her stomach that it almost tickled her. These butterflies had always been omnipresent since the first day she met Castle, but now she had a real reason to feel them.

Castle put his hand on Kates' face, pulling her towards him. He pressed his lips against hers. The kiss was gentle, yet passionate. Their breathing increased, their gentle kiss, was turning into a more passionate and hot kiss. Castle tongue intertwined with hers. He was pulling her closer, bringing her body closer to his. Their attraction for one another was heating up. Kate moaned when Castle's tongue played with hers, he was such a good kisser, her heart was pounding so hard, she didn't want this moment to end. They were both completely giving in to all the feelings they had.

Castle then moved his lips down to Kates' neck. He lightly sucked on her neck, giving her goose bumps. This was driving her crazy, shivers took over her body.

Kate gently pushed Castle against the counter, Castle had released the beast within her. She was pouncing, she couldn't take it anymore. She kissed him passionately, moving her lips to his ear, licking it lightly. She continued kissing him from his ear to his neck. She loved how he smelled, his cologne drove her crazy.

Castle took Kate's face in his hand and looked at her, her eyes were lusting with love. At this point they were both out of breath but neither had noticed, they had been busy with more important business.

"We should go if we want to make it for dinner." Castle could tell that dinner was no longer on her mind. Although he would rather continue with what they were doing, he didn't want to rush things.

"Dinner? Really?" She bit her bottom lip, she wanted to go on, although going for dinner might be a good idea, she didn't want to rush things either.

"Yeah, ok, I did by the dress for this dinner. We could always skip desert though." Kate leaned in to Castle kissing him lightly with tongue, making sure that this would stay on his mind.

"Yeah skipping desert...sounds good," He gave her a gentle kiss, took her hand and headed out.