Kate Beckett had taken a brief afternoon separation from her husband to make a bee line over to Q3 Restaurant and find her old high school friend, Madison Quellar and try to pull as much from her memory as possible. It seems neither is really sure about what they did or did not do that could become fodder for Kate's husband
After a brief visit Kate is heading back home. She has decided to spill all. Or at least all that she can remember of her wild teenage past. This way her husband will know all about her early life and therefore she will have no issues at home. She will prove that she has nothing to hide…well probably nothing
The closer to home she gets, the more worried she becomes until just before she arrives back to the loft her tension reaches its summit. Since she is not even sure she can truthfully remember some parts of her history, this might prove embarrassing if she tells him something he might not find out about otherwise so she decides to take a different tact.
Wait and explain
As soon as she enters the loft she hears the voice of her husband "How was your visit with Madison?"
"It was nice. We had not had a chance to talk in some time so this was really great" But Kate wants to move to another subject quickly
He is walking in to the living room and confront her. "So, did you two compare your stories so I can't know all about the true history of my love?" This is when he can see a small level of panic on her face. He decides that for once, he will use her past against her instead of the other way around
She walks up and wraps her arms around him, knowing he cannot resist her fingers on his neck "Castle, there are no stories in my past. At least no stories worth being concerned about" she scrapes her fingernails just under his hairline. She sees his eyes close due to the touch and she knows she has regained control
Or so she thought!
His eyes suddenly snap open "You mean the stories about Lexington?"
Her eyes pop open wide and she becomes visibly worried as her neck turns a bright shade of pink "What about…? I mean…what is about Lexington?" she is positive that he is just using the name to tease her and truly has no idea what happened there
He steps away while still speaking "Well, if you truly don't remember what happened down Lex then there is no issue, is there?"
She reaches out to grab his arm, but he has turned to walk out of the study and is just out of reach the opening. She tries desperately, almost stumbling, but before she can rush out to grab her husband the voice of two little Castles rush into the room "MOMMY, you're home…" the five year old has grabbed her mother and the nine year old has reached the spot next to his father
"Hey you two" Kate chokes out trying not to let the two in on the fact their daddy has just sucked all the air out of their mother
"What are you up to?"
"Grams just brought us home from her play"
Kate knew that Martha was coming to get the kids for a little while this afternoon but had no idea she was taking them to the theatre "So grams took you to her work, did she?"
Jimmy answers "Yeah. She took us all around the stage. We got to see the curtain ropes and the props and sets and stuff and then we saw the lights control box…"
Then his sister cuts in "And we saw the makeup place and all the pretty dresses and costumes they wear for the plays…"
Knowing some of the shenanigans that happen in the theatre Kate wants to ask is if they saw anything else. Like something they should not be seeing
"So grams took you there. Was anyone else there?"
Jimmy answers "No, just the stage manager guy and the woman who does the makeup. They were checking on supplies when we got there"
Kate gets a panicked look on her face then looks at Martha "Listen you two. We are going to go get something to eat, so I want you to go get cleaned up and we can head out"
The two littlest Castles exit the study and head up the stairs
Castle looks at his mother "SUPPLIES?"
Martha throws up her arm "They were in the supply closet and I told the kids they were checking the supplies"
"Mother. We don't need these two learning about 'SUPPLIE'S closets' way too early. OK?"
Martha turns with a huff and heads back to the living room. "They saw nothing" then under her breath "I hope"
Rick looks at Kate who almost breaks out in laughter "What's so funny?"
She responds "Just… A SUPPLY CLOSET? Really? I think we used that one ourselves" and she steps out of the room herself leaving Castle alone thinking about what has been said and his memories of the supply closet at the station. When he gets control again he then speaks softly to himself "She never did confirm nor deny Lexington".
He moves to the living room just in time for the kids to rush down the stairs
"We're ready to go daddy" Alecia says as the reach the main level
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
The four Castles have arrived at the corner café that they all like so well. The children have the chicken strips. Kate orders a chicken salad and Rick complete the family meal with a hamburger steak with all the trimmings
During the meal he looks at his wife repeatedly wondering if he actually hit a nerve with her. What Kate does not know is that her husband was fishing. He has no idea about what she and Maddie did on Lexington all those many years ago
And if she can work it out, he never will.
But thinking about it brings a light redness to her neck. She works very hard to keep her family from noticing the color change in her face.
Once the meal is finished, the four Castles head back home. Once in the serenity of the loft, the two children get their baths and dress for bed.
Castle has grabbed a shower and is ready to dig more deeply into Kate's wild history when the peace of the loft is broken by Beckett's cell phone chirping with a message that she is needed at a crime scene
Kate walks up behind Rick in the bathroom shaving and presses herself into his back causing him to almost cut himself. "Hey babe, I got to go to work for a little while"
He spins around and quickly tells her he will get dressed and join her.
"You have to stay home and watch the kids" She reminds him.
A visible pout appears on his face "Hurry home. OK?"
She reaches up to his ears and softly runs her fingers down the lobes "OH I will. I had plans for tonight and they will just have to be delayed a little. OK?"
Knowing she has just caused his mind to change from wondering what happened on Lexington to thinking about what will happen when she comes home, she steps out into the night
/\/\/\/\/\/\
Arriving at the scene over the George Washington Bridge she finds both Ryan and Esposito looking out toward the river. She gets out of her cruiser and walks to the two men
"Hey guys. What do you have?"
Ryan points toward the back end of what looks like a vehicle teetering over the edge of the railing "That is an armored car that has a dead body inside"
Beckett is looking toward the vehicle that has been secured by wreckers and a fire engine, preventing it from tipping out into the Hudson "When was it stolen?"
"Well, that's just it" Espo begins to answer "It is not stolen. The armored car company has confirmed all of its trucks are accounted for and all of their drivers are also"
Beckett looks at Javier and her eyebrows climb "So where did it come from and who drove it?"
A woman's voice from behind Beckett answers part of the question as Lanie approaches "I will give you the who and how he died as soon as I get the body back to the morgue …" she points her thumb at the vehicle bridging the guard rail "as soon as they can bring the van back onto the roadway and my team can extricate him"
"Thanks Lanie" Kate responds
"Well, I am heading to the morgue to get ready. The others can do the hard part" the ME comments followed quickly by Kate
"Lanie, I will follow you back. I need to talk to you about something"
/\/\/\/\/\
When Dr. Parish arrives at her office, she finds her best friend sitting on an examination table swinging her long legs
"OK girlfriend. I could tell by your tone, something is bothering you. What is it?"
There is a poignant pause before Kate responds. You remember when you and I first became friends we talked a lot about our past?"
Lanie lets out a chuckle "OH yeah. We spent one night talking about our childhood and after the second bottle of wine, the tales got more and more…" she stops in her description noticing Kate's face turn to concern "What is it?"
"Did I ever tell you about Maddie and me on Lexington?"
Shaking her head Lanie responds "No. Why? What did you do?"
Kate looks up toward the ceiling then back down. She then gives Lanie to 411 on what was done
Lanie Parish is almost in hysterics listening to the story
"And I am afraid that Rick will think less of me if he finds out" Kate finally finishes
The ME takes her best friend's hands "Katherine Beckett…First off, that man loves you like nothing I have ever seen and him finding out about this will probably do nothing but drive him crazy to think about the woman he loves and who is now his wife doing that…. He will probably laugh just like I did or…"
"Punish me?" Kate remarks
"Yeah! Probably naked punishing"
Her lips turn up "Than maybe I WILL use it to my advantage"
Just so the Beckett haters can stop reading now, She was not ever a *-*%#*%^($$# like you seem to want her to be
As you see, whatever she did should be something that will drive Rick crazy. Crazy like she loves to do to him