He knew she was bored. He could see every time he turned around to see her sat in the chair with her book held in her hands but instead of reading it she was always staring across at him and Alexis while they played in the sea together. Staring down at his daughter, Rick sighed as he lifted the little girl into his arms and smiled at her for a moment before gently pressing a kiss to her cheek.
"Go and play with Katie, I'll be fine dad," she smiled as the writer laughed, knowing that he had the best daughter in the world. Putting the little girl down onto the sand, Rick sighed as she sat down and began to build a sandcastle while he ran towards his girlfriend and leant down to kiss her as she smiled up at him weakly.
"Alexis is willing to share me for the moment so I'm all yours for a while," he declared as she nodded and watched as he pulled a chair up towards her and sat down, holding onto her hand as she rested her book onto the table before sighing and looking across at him. "Maybe we should have stayed in the city, you would have been more entertained there," he declared as she shook her head and looked across to kiss him gently, smiles growing on both their faces as he began to run his fingers across her face. She really was beautiful. "Are you really bored?" he asked quietly as she shook her head again.
"No, I'm just fed up," she admitted as he nodded slowly, his eyes drifting to look at the large cast that was decorating her leg. "I want to be playing with you and Alexis and instead I'm sat here because I can't even walk properly, it's annoying," she declared as he nodded, his fingers remaining threaded with hers as she continued to look over his shoulder to watch Alexis focusing on her sand castle in compete amazement. "She's such a wonderful little girl," she commented as Rick turned his head and laughed before nodding and facing Kate again. "I can't believe that you brought her up sometimes," she declared, the writer rolling his eyes as Kate sighed and looked at him. "Will you come and cuddle with me for a while?" she asked, the writer nodding as she attempted to move, the writer quickly moving to sit down before she sat on his lap and his arms wrapped tightly around her body and his lips pressed a kiss into her cherry scented hair that he'd helped her wash the previous evening.
"When you get better Kate and your leg is okay we'll go and do something really energetic together, dancing or running or ice skating…" he declared, falling silent when the brunette turned to look at him with a sad look covering her face. "What's wrong sweetheart?" he asked.
"I haven't been ice skating since mom died," she admitted quietly, wanting to be honest with the man she loved more than anything in the world. "She taught me to skate, bought me the best skates ever, they still fit actually but I haven't worn them since," she began, her eyes shutting as she shook her head and buried her face into his neck, not wanting to think about the memory of laughing when she opened the box to find her fantastic new skates staring up at her and her mother beaming at her excitement over the brand new brightly coloured skates. "She always told me she was going to buy me skates and then she did, she bought me these amazing skates and I loved them, I love them," she laughed, the writer nodding as he looked at her to see the tears staining her cheeks.
"I bet she spoilt you, her only child," he commented as Kate shrugged and looked up to see him smiling at her gently, not with the usual pity that covered everyone else's face when she discussed her mother.
"She always taught me to work for what I wanted Rick, she never let me just get something because I asked for it," she admitted as he squeezed her hand. "She was the best role model in my life, she always told me that it was silly to cry over things and yet she was always there to cuddle into my side with ice cream when I was upset, usually over a boy or something," Kate laughed as the writer smiled, taking in every new piece of information he gained from her. Getting information about her personal life and mainly her childhood from Kate normally was one of the most difficult things to do but this was amazing, hearing all her stories about her childhood made him adore her more than anything in the past. "She was the best mom I could have ever had, she treated me like an adult all the time, she never treated me like a child even when I was little," she declared, sighing to herself as she found the ring that was wrapped around her neck by the metal chain. "She loved my dad more than anything in the world, they were the most romantic couple I'd ever seen," she explained as Rick nodded. "He used to buy her flowers all the time, even if she had a nightmare case he would buy her these amazing flowers and make her dinner and treat her like she was the only woman in the world," she declared.
"They sound like they were really happy together Kate," Rick commented, looking across to see Alexis concentrating on her sandcastle still with a large smile covering her face while her red hair flew in the wind.
"They used to fight, they used to fight so much over nothing in particular but they never went to bed angry and their marriage always worked," she smiled, her fingers still playing with the ring as Rick continued to stare at her. "He was so broken when she died, he was so lost," she admitted, shutting her eyes again as Rick held her close, being careful not to hurt her damaged ribs as he pressed a kiss into her dark hair.
"Daddy I'm hungry," Alexis laughed, interrupting the two adults as she ran over and jumped up and down on the stop while Rick looked up to see her staring at him while she continued to move. "Are you going to make lunch now?" she moaned as Rick nodded and move his arms around Kate to lift her off the chair before standing and looking at her.
"Want to stay here?" he asked quietly as she shook her head and allowed him to carry her into the kitchen, the two of them smiling as Alexis grabbed a chair for Kate to sit on, the redhead knowing that Kate would want to be around them while Rick prepared their lunch. Seating Kate on the chair, Rick smiled as she leant up and kissed him quickly before watching as he lifted Alexis up onto the kitchen side. "What do my favourite women want for lunch today?" he questioned, a large smile covering his face as Kate shrugged.
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"What's going on?" Kate asked as Rick entered his office where Kate was resting on the couch with his book, a small smile covering her face as she looked across at him, her smile growing as he knelt down beside her and kissed her gently. "You and Alexis are planning something Mr Castle and I want to know what it is," she commented as he shrugged and leant in to kiss her again, knowing that he could distract her for at least another second when their lips were touching and she just let herself go. "I want to know what you've done," she smiled against his lips the moment they separated, a laugh leaving his lips while she continued to stare at him. "Tell me," she said quietly, her voice full of determination as he sighed and lifted her into his arms, her own arms wrapping tightly around his neck as he approached the living room and kicked the door open with his foot, shock covering Kate's face as she stared at the room. A bed was made in the middle of the room and there were candles everywhere. "What's going on?" Kate questioned.
"Well Alexis has gone to bed but she helped me move some of our stuff into here so we could have a romantic night in the living room, with the sea breeze coming into the room and well, we can watch some movies and cuddle and just enjoy ourselves and then tomorrow we can try and get you using the crutches," he declared, amazement covering her face as he relaxed her on the bed and moved to sit beside her as she laughed and felt his arms move around her. "I thought it was time that we had a normal night without revolving around someone's cast," he commented, a laugh leaving her lips as she nodded and stared down at the cast that was wrapped around her leg. "So movie night," he cheered while Kate smiled and watched him move towards the television before playing the movie and relaxing back to join her. "I remember when everyone used to think we were dating and we weren't," he laughed as she nodded and leant in to kiss him again.
"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me Richard Castle," she admitted quietly, knowing that he was amazed about her being honest. "You're my best friend, my boyfriend, the man who keeps me sane when I get hurt or obsessed with work," Kate admitted, kissing him gently as he held her close to him for a moment before looking across at the movie. "Are you ignoring me for a movie?" she asked.
"Never," he smiled, leaning down to kiss her again before running his fingers across her cheeks. "You always come first, after Alexis of course," he declared as she nodded.
"She's the only person who should mean the world to you Rick," she smiled, kissing her again before wrapping his arms around her and staring at her in amazement. "I really wish we could do more than this as well," she moaned, the writer laughing as he nodded in agreement and sighed, knowing that it would be a while before they could do anything more physical than kiss and hug. "I should have been more careful," she moaned.
"Kate, you were fine! It was an accident, there's no point beating yourself up about it," he declared, the brunette sighing as she moved so she could watch the television screen as well. Remaining silent as the movie continued to play, Rick watched as the onscreen couple finally kissed, the event the whole film had been working towards. Staring down at the brunette, Rick sighed to find her eyes shut and her breathing calm, a clear indicator that she was fast asleep already. Moving her slightly so she was sleeping a more comfortable position, Rick sighed as he brushed hair away from her face and smiled. This was it! She was it! He knew from just looking at her face and the peaceful look that decorated it.
This woman was it for him!
