A/N: Whoohoo! Monday a new episode of Castle! And from what I have seen, I think it's definitely going to be REALLY good. I am really excited and I hope you are all too. Anyway, here's a new chapter, I hope you like it. And as always, I would be thrilled to hear from you :D

Ch 14: Fans and Girl talk

A couple of days had passed in the Castle residence, and not much had changed. Most of the time Rick and Kate were tired and fast asleep in bed. At other moments, they played some board games or Castle got his laptop to write something.

The only thing that had changed was the bedroom itself. Not really a major thing, but almost everywhere were cards, flowers and even stuffed animals. All of them sent by the huge group of fans Castle had.

Kate was getting a bit overwhelmed by all of it. She could live with the stuffed animals, but the lingerie, not so good. Because not only had his fan been sending him cards to tell him to get well soon, usually accompanied by flowers or other things, they had also been sending him lingerie. Sexy, laced lingerie. Usually it had a card with it that said something like, I hope this will cheer you up, or, when you have enough energy again, maybe you want to meet the person this belongs to. She sort of already expected stuff like this, after all she had gone through his fan mail before, but there were two things that she didn't expect.

First, she hadn't expected the nagging feeling in the pit of her stomach along with those annoying thoughts. Yes, she hadn't expected it but she was jealous. And the worst thing was, she couldn't help it. The rational part of her brain told her that it was stupid, he had already proven himself to be a good boyfriend and a good father. So she didn't have to be jealous, it made no sense. But still, here she was, feeling jealous.

The second thing she hadn't expected were the hate letters. Addressed to her. Even though they hadn't made their relationship official yet, she had already gotten hate mail. Women telling her to back off, that she wasn't good enough, that she didn't understand him the way they did. All of them women that were clearly jealous of her. Which made her feel even more stupid for feeling jealous. Because that made her a bit like those women. It was pathetic.

He was asleep next to her, completely unaware of her presence beside him. His hair was a bit messed up and his mouth was slightly opened. Watching him sleep was strangely calming. The cop in her wanted to get to work and hated being to stuck here and not being to do anything useful. But her other side was happy to be here with him and do things like watch him sleep. He looked so peaceful.

She let out a loud sigh. This afternoon they were going to give an exclusive interview to a reporter that was an old friend of Rick. She was worried that then her peace, at least the little that she had, would be over. If she was receiving hate mail already, it would probably would get worse if it was official that they were together. Her brow furrowed and she drifted off in her own thoughts, not noticing that Castle slowly opened his eyes.

She had that cute frown on her face again, and he could see that there was something that was clearly on her mind. "What are you thinking about?" He asked and startled her, since she hadn't expected him to be awake.

"I− I'm just a bit worried about the interview." She said. Telling him what was on her mind had become surprisingly easy to do.

He laced his fingers through hers and gave her hand a soft squeeze. "It's going to be fine, the reporter, Mark, is a good friend of mine. He'll let us read and correct everything before he's going to print it. He won't print anything you're uncomfortable with."

"I know but…" She started but didn't finish her sentence.

"But?"

"Your fans can be a bit intimidating." She said as she let her eyes wonder around the room to all the stuff they send him.

"Yeah, I know. But you have to trust me on this one, I will do everything to make sure this will go great, okay?"

She nodded after which she moved closer to him and buried her face in his chest. She listened to the sound of his heartbeat and inhaled his scent. Almost immediately she felt the brief rush of worry disappear. It was amazing how safe and calm she felt with him. The only person she had ever felt this safe with was… She quickly swallowed a lump in her throat before she finished that thought. Her mother.

Somehow he had wormed his was in, past all of her defenses, straight into her heart. Over the past couple of days, she had let him in. And she had only just realized it.

"Kate." He murmured against her hair.

"Hmm?" She replied.

"Have you told Lanie yet?" He asked.

Her eyes grew wide. "No, I haven't." Shit. She hadn't called Lanie back after that one phone call. Lanie didn't officially know yet. How could she have forgotten that? Then another realization hit her, her dad didn't know it either. She hadn't spoken with him since… Since the dinner they had with Castle and his family. Well, at least she knew that he hadn't read the mono thing in a magazine yet. Her father never read those kind of magazines, he thought they were stupid.

Quickly, she got up and immediately regretted it when she felt a bit dizzy. She hadn't even eaten yet. Slowly she got out of bed to get her phone. She had to call Lanie now, before she'd read it somewhere. Because if that would happen she knew Lanie would be mad at her.

When she got her phone she went over to the bathroom to get some privacy. She dialed Lanie's number and waited for her to pick up.

"Lanie Parish." A voice sounded through her phone's speaker.

"Hi Lanie, it's Kate."

"Girl, you'd better give me all the juicy details, because I've been waiting very patiently for your call." Lanie said.

"You know those articles…" She started.

"Yes."

"Well, I haven't been to work this week because that mono part was right." She said.

"And...?" Lanie asked, as a hint for her to continue.

"And Castle has it too." She replied.

"Oh come on, I said juicy details, not the boring version." Lanie said.

"Okay, guess where I am right now." Kate said, feeling like a high-school girl again.

Lanie rolled her eyes at the other side of the phone and replied, "If you're gonna make me guess for the juicy details, I will come up with a very juicy story. Just tell me."

"I'm in his bathroom." She said.

Lanie grinned before asking, "Who's bathroom?"

"Rick's of course!"

"Rick? You call him Rick now?" Lanie couldn't hide the amusement out of her voice. This was just way too good.

Kate let out a loud sigh and then decided to just come clean. "Yes, aren't you supposed to call your boyfriend by their first name?"

A loud squeal of excitement blared trough the speaker. "Boyfriend? Oh this is so great, I'm really happy for you!"

"Thanks." Kate said, a happy smile on her face. She had almost forgotten how great it was to talk about guys with her best friend.

"So… Juicy details?" Lanie asked.

"Shall I start at the beginning?" Kate asked. She felt a rush of excitement, it was so good to share this with Lanie. She did however, wonder what she was going to say about the make out session in his office, with her father in the other room. And of course the whole teasing at work, from both sides. Well, there was only one way to find out…

"Yes please!"

"Okay, so it started when..."

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A/N: So, next: The Inteview...