PLANE

Chapter 5

Kate had almost immediately fallen asleep on him but she had actually wanted to wake up in his bed still naked next to his naked body. Instead she woke up and it took her brain a moment to work out that Castle had his head planted firmly between her spread legs.

She had her first of several orgasms almost instantly. The next two took a little longer but were just as satisfying and amazing. Now she was still naked and standing there letting Castle soap her up and wash her body clean in his shower. Yes, she had showered with a naked man before but she had never let him soap her up like this and then clean her, followed by drying her with a towel. That was followed by several kisses.

"Today I'm off work unless something comes up. Do you have anything you want to do today?" Rick asked her.

Kate knew she probably shouldn't say this for a number of reasons but after those three orgasms and letting him bathe her in the shower, her filter was presently turned off. "Yes, take me back to bed and fuck my brains out." Of course, she was sore down there but she didn't care. Her muscles would just have to learn to adapt.

.x{O}x.

Still naked, a very sated Kate was resting against Castle in his bed. He had done exactly as she had asked. He had found out that she was very flexible, so one time her feet had nearly been next to her ears. She knew that was as the Seashell. Another was the typical doggie fashion and the third she had heard about but never actually tried. It was called Scissors. It meant she lay on her back and Castle entered her from the side. It allowed her to have her clitoris up against his top leg.

He had amazingly climaxed three times again inside her while she had climaxed another three times. Six in such a short period of time was a new amazing record for her and she was never going to forget this.

Except for a quick trip to eat lunch Kate had dragged him back to their room and tried to spend the entire day naked and in his arms, kissing and talking and trying to figure out what to do the next time he had a day off work. Neither were ready to talk about her going home on the Prime Material Plane.

.x{O}x.

Finally Rick was in his bedroom putting on his disguise while Kate was in hers putting on her disguise. Rick was out first and watched Kate come out. "WOW!" How did you do that?" Rick was up next to her and was looking her hair over trying to figure out how she did it.

"It's a wig. The real trick was getting all of my hair under it. I had to wear a wig cap." Kate reached up to touch his face. "I kind of like the beard. Usually I like my man clean shaven but I kind of like this. How fast can you grow it out?"

"This for me? You'll have left for the Prime Material Plane before it looks this nice." Rick immediately kicked himself for his big mouth. Kate pressed her face into his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Kate, I have a big mouth." He knew by the time the three weeks were up he wasn't going to want to see her leave. He just wasn't sure he had the right to ask her to stay.

"No, we need to talk about it." Kate stood up straight again. "But not tonight. Tonight I want to see Alexis. I really want to see her sing."

Kate accepted his hand. They walked hand in hand to the transport door and finally into the place where Alexis was going to entertain.

.x{O}x.

It turned out Alexis wasn't the only one performing and not all of them were just one person. So far Kate had enjoyed all of them and was still clapping when Alexis was introduced as the "Whipsinger."

Kate let her eyes bug out and could feel Castle's hand that was in hers squeeze hers. She was betting it was what she was wearing or maybe more aptly what she WASN'T wearing.

Her outfit consisted of a pair of the shortest shorts she had ever seen. Her top just barely cleared her breasts and was a turtle neck. She was wearing boots that reached past her knees. She had her long orange hair tied back into one long pony tail and she had a tiara in her hair. The entire thing was a mix of blues, greens, and a touch of pink that happened to be over her right breast.

She had a whip that was all coiled up over one arm. The handle alone was a bright blue. After that the whip itself was a mix of blue and orange while the knives at the end glistened brightly in the light.

At first her song was soft and hard to hear, forcing everyone to shut up to hear her. Yet she never did anything with the whip itself.

Then suddenly she was singing loudly; her whip was let loose and it twirled all around her from above her head to her feet. It twirled and twirled around her. That was when Kate finally noticed something off. She only had the one handle but there were two whips and each was just as amazingly long as the other.

It was mesmerizing and Kate couldn't take her eyes off of her or even say anything. The song itself had her equally speechless. It didn't seem to really tell a tale but it was beautiful.

Once Alexis stopped singing and her whips rested on the floor, her chest was heaving from all the activity and heavy breathing. The standing ovation included Kate very enthusiastically as it did her dad.

Alexis gathered up her whip, coiled it over her arm, and exited to her still standing ovation. "If she doesn't have a boyfriend she soon will." Alexis was positively beautiful. And she was a very well curved and filled out young woman in her eyes.

"WHAT!?" Rick had heard her and was openly gaping at her.

"Relax, babe, I'm sure she can…whip him into shape." Kate laughed at her little joke and kept clapping till she put her fingers in her mouth and whistled loudly. Alexis didn't come back on stage and the next act wasn't nearly as nice as hers, but she and Castle stayed till it was all over.

.x{O}x.

Kate held Castle's hand all the way home. Once they were home Kate pulled him into his bedroom and started stripping him naked. "We're making love this time, Castle. Nice, and slow, and sweet. I want to see your skill at just what you can do to my body while making me climax."

Rick raised an eyebrow. "Are you trying to tell me that you want me to tie you to the bed?"

That had Kate stopping in her tracks and staring at his face. Her heart had either stopped beating or it was so fast that she couldn't feel it. No man had ever tied her to the bed. She had no idea if she would even like it but damn her if she wasn't willing to find out.

"D-do you, e-even have restraints?" Kate stammered. She finally felt her heat beating and it was seriously racing really fast. She was both scared and terribly excited.

He shook his head. "No, remember how long it's been for me. But I can find them tomorrow if you want them."

"I… I…" She literally almost couldn't talk. Then she couldn't talk because Castle was kissing her while working on her clothes.

.x{O}x.

In the end she hadn't actually answered him and right now she was sound asleep, still naked, and in his arms. It was a very contented and sated Kate Beckett that slept the night away. When she finally woke up she found Castle gone. Eventually she worked out that she had slept in and it was a little late for her. So that told her Castle was at work.

She sighed and got up, feeling the last two days and all her sore muscles, but she wouldn't have it any other way. It was a good kind of sore. If she managed to do this enough it would never feel sore ever again. It would actually get a lot better if that was even possible.

Kate was willing to call last night a date and she was so ready for another one.

She was clean, dry, and dressed, and she went into her bedroom and began moving all of her clothes into his bedroom. Castle was her lover and she was sleeping in his bed from now on. At least…until it was time for her to go home.

"Go home." That had Kate sitting on the bed. She needed to think about that. She did need to go home though. Her dad was there, her friends were there, her job was there. It was just Castle – her Castle – was here. There was a Castle back home but she didn't even know him. Hadn't even been to any of his book signings. Her mother had but she hadn't. Besides, they had to be two totally different people.

Then she remembered what he had asked her. Did she want to be tied to the bed and let him do anything he wanted to do to her naked body? She needed an answer first before she told Castle yes, that she wanted him to tie her to his bed and do anything he wanted to her body. Literally anything.

It was a scared and excited Kate Beckett that finished moving all of her stuff and found someplace to put it all. Next she needed to find someone. Since the panel knew where everyone was because of the device in her arm, she knew exactly where Alexis was.

.x{O}x.

Kate had her breakfast and needed to figure out where the hell Alexis was in this sea of people. It was her long orange hair that finally gave her away. She wasn't alone. There was another woman with her.

"Hi, Alexis." Kate sat down across from her. The other woman was next to her.

"Kate!" Alexis wasn't expecting her.

Kate jumped right in. "We saw your performance last night."

"You saw that?" Alexis didn't remember telling Kate anything about her occasional performances. They only happened every few weeks. "I didn't see you." Alexis had looked the crowd over to see if there was anyone special there.

"You wouldn't." Then Kate said, "We were wearing disguises so you wouldn't recognize us."

Alexis's eyebrows climbed. "We?"

"Your dad and I." Kate ratted him out without really realizing it.

Alexis let her head hang down. "Dad was there too? I'm so dead."

"Why!? You were great! I've never seen anything like it. You have talent, Alexis. You got a standing ovation that wouldn't stop, including me and your dad." Kate didn't see anything to be ashamed of. Unless she was worried about what she had been wearing.

"Of course I did. That was kind of the point. The song itself is a spell," Alexis said. "It compels them to applaud."

"It was!?" Kate had been subjected to a spell and never even noticed. Castle had tried to explain spells a little but nothing like that. "I didn't notice a thing."

"You're not supposed to," Alexis admitted.

"Well, it was still great. How do you get that whip to do things like that? That's not a spell. That is talent." Kate couldn't see how any spell could do that.

Alexis confirmed that part. "No, that's all me. Bard and Whipsinger. Kind of why it works out so well. Gives me a little practice."

"Can I ask a question?" Kate whispered.

"I'll go since that sounds like my cue. I'll see you on the training floor." Alexis's friend got up and ran her hand across Alexis's shoulder.

It looked a little more than just a simple touch to Kate but it wasn't any of her business.

"Okay, two questions. What race was she?" Kate had seen so many she didn't know just what she was. Her friend was a mix of blues for skin color, hair color, and eye color. Her hair was easily just as long as Alexis's orange hair.

"Murmur? She's half Air Genasi and half Elf. She can have a bit of a quick temper sometimes but that's just the Air Genasi blood in her. You can feel a slight fresh air around her and her voice has a touch of air or whisper to it. She's nice. Best friend I have," Alexis stated. "So what's your second question?"

Kate couldn't see her any longer so she turned her attention to Alexis. "It's about the mirrors. I was told I would be here at least three weeks." Kate watched Alexis nod her head. "Then you can open it again. So how long does it stay open? I presume it has to close eventually. Castle, I think, said something about them requiring a fair amount of power to use."

"They do. We have enough power to open three at one time," Alexis told her. "In either case we only leave any one open for no longer than three hours. All you need to get back is any mirror so long as you charge it first. You need to establish a connection unless it is the same mirror you used to arrive with."

"Three hours. Not a lot of time." Kate was left trying to figure just what to do. "Then it can't be opened again for three weeks." She watched Alexis shake her head.

Alexis got right to the point. "You're falling in love with my dad, aren't you?"

"I don't know. I think so. I kind of suck at relationships. I always seem to find a way to screw them up or I dump the guy before I do," Kate confessed and was a little shocked that her filter was still off.

Then she heard something and looked at Alexis except her lips weren't moving. "Are you singing to me?" Kate asked and suddenly it stopped. "You're casting a spell on me, aren't you?" Kate didn't know if she was angry or if she should be angry.

"I'm trying to get you to tell me the truth. Dad's been alone for a long time. I think it's because of the job he has. Everyone here knows him as Commander. That comes with built-in problems about dating or loving someone. You showed up and he suddenly lit up in a way I've never seen before.

"You were new and you were pretty and I'm sorry," Alexis told her. "I need to apologize."

"For the spell just now?" Kate watched her shake her head.

"For being so cold toward you. I've had Dad all to myself and I learned to enjoy it. Suddenly he was interested in you and I didn't react very well. So, I apologize. If you choose to love Dad I'll learn to share him," Alexis promised. "I should start my training. Enjoy your breakfast." Alexis stood up to leave.

"Alexis, wait! I don't know what to do here even if I did stay eventually. I'm a homicide detective back at home. I can't do that here and I don't take boredom very well. But you're right," Kate said, "I think I am falling in love with him. I just can't see a future with him here and he can't come with me." He would never fit in where she lived and she didn't fit in here.

"You still have about two weeks with us so maybe one of us will think of something. The list of options here are nearly endless. This isn't the Prime Material Plane. What you might be used to doesn't work here and things you know won't work there, will here. Don't give up just yet. …How are you with schooling? I mean going back to school to learn new things?" Alexis inquired since that might help her think of something.

Kate shrugged. "It's been a few years but I suppose so. I learned Russian pretty fast. That's a language back home."

"I figured as much. Just so you know, every race here has its own language. The smarter you are the more of them you can learn, but eventually everyone reaches a wall that they can't get over. What you and I are using is called Common here. So, you know two languages. You might be smart enough to learn a few more. That might prove useful for all of us. Let me think about that." This time Alexis did leave her.

Kate had only managed to take two whole bites when suddenly Talia sat down across from her. "Hi!" Talia was beaming. "I used the panel to find you. Hope you don't mind?"

"No, you're about the closest thing I have to a friend here. What's up? You look unusually happy about something." Kate tilted her head as if that might actually help her figure it out.

"He asked me out for a date. And then he kissed me. ME!" Talia gushed since she was so happy.

"O-kay." Kate was pretty much in the dark. "Who are we talking about and have I met him before?"

"Probably not. His name is Cylarus and he's a Centaur. He's so handsome and so big." Talia continued to gush over him.

"OH!" Now Kate knew who she was talking about. She was happy for her friend. Talia got what she wanted.

"We're going out on another date tomorrow, but I have a question. Is the second date too soon to have sex?" Talia questioned anxiously.

"I have but I'm not a good basis to work off of. I never spoke to that man again. I suck at relationships, Talia, so don't listen to me," Kate warned her.

"Shoot." She had a dream of having his huge cock inside her and she was anxious to try it.

"I can offer one thing for you to think about. If you have sex with him this soon he may decide to dump you. Or he thinks that you're too easy and not a good potential mate, wife, lover, whatever, so he dumps you. If you want to love him you need to learn about him first and let him learn about you. Then have sex with him.

"Have you found out what happens if you're the one that ends up pregnant because of him? That might be your answer right there." Kate couldn't see her friend giving birth to something as big as a Centaur even if it was a baby.

"I. Don't. Know." Talia needed to think about that before she had sex with him. "I have to go. I have training." Talia jumped up and ran off. She was still happy but had questions now.

Kate was grinning a little. This place was just so different. However, she also remembered her advice to her. About talking to him before having sex with him. Yes, she and Castle had talked, but she still had a lot to tell him.