Staring at her as she lay on the bed, her eyes shut and her chest moving up and down as she tried to catch his breath, he could tell there was something wrong with her. He could the whole time he made love to her; she was more emotional than ever before, her movements slower and every time he looked at her he was sure he saw tears in her eyes. Resting beside her, he slowly pressed kisses against her neck, a small smile covering her face as he looked at her.
"I love you Rick, I love you so much" she whispered as he continued to kiss one particular spot on her neck which he knew she loved. "I want you to know that" she declared causing him to move away, staring at her as she shut her eyes and breathed out, knowing she would have to tell him everything that was running through her mind. He was Richard Castle and he was nosy.
"Tell me what's wrong" he whispered onto her neck, his hand moving up her body, sneaking behind her back slowly to hold her close to him. "Kate no more secrets" he declared as she stared up at the ceiling desperately wanting to return to the memory of Rick touching her, kissing her, loving her.
"Demming called me" she announced causing him to climb off the bed. Turning onto her side, she watched as he pulled his boxers back on and walked towards the window, causing her to sit up and stare at him. "Rick, talk to me" she whispered, grabbing his shirt off the floor and pulling it on before walking behind him. Pressing her lips against his shoulder blades, she sighed as he stood there, her arms wrapping around him causing him to places his hands on hers. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"When I think things are getting better he just creeps back in, like he knows the perfect moments when life is good to come in and bring it all down again" he declared causing her to sigh as she pressed another kiss in between his shoulder blades. Watching his daughter out on the sand outside, he sighed before turning around to face the woman who had been behind them. "We were happy this morning we were talking about children and marriage and now look at us, we're terrified again" he declared causing her to sigh and walk towards him, her arms wrapping around his neck as she moved forward and moved her lips towards his ear, whispering something into his ear that shocked him. Moving away, she smiled as he looked at her in complete shock and yet still smiling. "You're joking right?" he announced causing her to shake her head before she wrapped her arms around his neck, her lips pressing against his. "I love you Kate".
"I love you too" she mumbled, a small smile appearing on her face as he touched her cheek. "Once Demming's gone, it'll get better I promise" she whispered as he nodded, his lips pressing against her forehead as she smiled.
"God I don't want to even imagine this getting better, it's amazing already once you ignore the Demming bit of our relationship" he declared. "Now how about we go down and sit on the beach with Alexis?" he mumbled causing her to nod. "Then later we'll discuss everything" he announced as she smiled and went to kiss him, being stopped by the sound of her phone ringing. "Once again, work somehow seems to get in the way of our lives" he laughed as she walked over and picked it up of the end of the bed.
"Beckett" she announced as Rick walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist, enjoying having her close, the smile on her face indicating she enjoyed it to.
"It's Esposito" she heard Esposito declare before she sighed, the smile disappearing. "We traced the call, the phone was left at the scene but unfortunately he was and maybe still is in your area" he declared causing Kate to tense, grabbing Rick's attention immediately. "I'm sorry Beckett" he whispered.
"It's not your fault, how close was he?" she asked as Rick stared at her, watching as she was unable to look him in the eye.
"About a mile away" Esposito whispered. "We're going to find him Kate he has to slip up at some point" he declared as a tear ran down her cheek. "We'll get him before you know it".
"Thanks" she mumbled before she heard the familiar dial tone of being hung up on. "He was a mile away Rick, they only found the phone when they arrived" she whispered as his arms wrapped tighter around her as her phone began to ring once more. "Beckett" she declared again.
"Look out of the window" a man announced causing her to walk towards it, shocking Rick slightly. "Don't say anything just look and think about what's missing" he declared as she looked out, not noticing anything at the start until she noticed the bunch of lonely books on the sand.
"Oh god" she whispered, dropping her phone as she ran out of the room, flinging herself down the corridor into the room to find it empty. Running downstairs she surveyed the whole of it before bursting into tears, seeing Rick at the top of the stairs.
"Kate what the hell is going on?" he declared as he walked over to her to her, grabbing onto her hand gently.
"He's taken her" she mumbled, the tears flooding down her cheeks. "Demming's taken Alexis" she whispered, watching Castle's face as he felt a knife stab into his heart.