I OWN NOTHING!

I AM SORRY FOR ANY GRAMMAR AND SPELLING MISTAKES.

LJ

They were four days into their investigation of Leah Norman's Death, and they were making slow progress. Not to mention Kate was about to commit a murder of her own; Serena Kaye. Oh, how that woman got under Kate's skin. She thought she had solved that problem by placing all these hints around the place that Castle was simply off limits. But it did nothing to discourage her, if anything it made her more persistent. She was constantly asking Rick for his opinion or help or company over dinner, and each time he politely declined with variable excuses. But there was only so much Kate could take, hell there was only so much Rick could take!

Kate sat at her desk writing up some files for the DA, when she thought back to the conversation she had had with her husband the night before.

Flash Back*******************

'Do you ever think about the day when we tell everyone about us? How they will react?' Rick asked as they both lay intertwined, naked in bed, with Rick's head resting on her chest and her hands combing through his hair.

Kate was surprised at his question; very rarely did they discuss this. Mainly because he really did not want to put Kate through the media exposure; especially with her job. But lately she had been thinking about telling their friends, as they were more like family; now more than anything and they deserved to know. 'Yeah, I have. Do you think they will be mad? I mean, we have lied and deceived a LOT, you know?'

'Yeah, but it was necessary and I think they will probably be more mad at themselves for not figuring it out in the first five minutes they saw us together. I mean let's face it were not very subtle, are we?' Castle said as he ram his fingers over the plains of her stomach, making her shiver.

'Hmm, you may have a point. I think maybe we should hold off for a while though, just until things settle down with everything that happened with my mom's case. I can't afford you getting hurt, it would kill me.' At the mention of her mother's case Castle instinctively raised his hands to caress the scar on her chest.

'Okay, but we really need to do something to get Serena off my back, she is driving both you and me insane.' He said in an exasperated tone.

'We could always tell her you're gay.' Kate deadpanned as she laughed, earning a growl from her husband.

'Gay am I? we'll see about that…' he said as he rolled over and pulled the sheets over their heads.

End Flashback******************

'Beckett!' She was startled out of her reminiscence by Esposito yelling at her from his desk.

'What?' she asked as she got back to the task at hand.

'You coming to Castle's tonight for poker, apparently it's going to be one big game. He has finally agreed to let us play with his writer buddies, oh and the mayor!' Esposito looked thrilled at the idea of taking on men with a lot of cash to burn.

Ah yes, poker night. That was always the hardest because they had to de-relationshiptise the whole living area; otherwise they would all know about their relationship. 'Ah…Yeah Okay, I think I am, is the Captain coming?'

'Sure is, he said he was bringing his wife as well, as she thought if he should lose their money she can just win it back.' Esposito replied with a laugh before getting back to work. He and Ryan had caught a fresh body that morning and Kate had told Rick to go with them, so she could actually get some work done. Which was why he wasn't there to remind her of the 'famous poker night'. Also the ever annoying case of Agent Serena Kaye was solved for the day as she had to attend a seminar for the Bureau; which to say was a relief would be an understatement.

It was close to five and Kate decided that she should get home and start on getting the loft ready for tonight. She texted rick to let him know what she was doing and he replied saying that he was already there and had gotten started. 'See you tonight boy's' she waved to them on her way out.

As she entered the building she couldn't help but feel nervous about tonight. Sure she and Rick had had people over to the loft heaps of times and for many parties, but this time it just felt more scary. Every time she invited her colleagues turned friends, turned family, into her home the more she felt she had to hide, due to the current secret they were keeping.

As Kate entered the loft she placed her coat and purse in the hall closet; and set off for the kitchen as she knew that's where he would be; organizing his famous cocktails for tonight.

'Hey baby,' she said as she walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his toned stomach. 'I missed you today,' she said leaning her forehead against his back, placing kisses in between his shoulder blades.

'Hey to you to Mrs Castle, and I think you'll find I missed you way more. Ryan is nowhere near as fun as you when it comes to interrogation.' Rick said with a smirk, as he placed his cocktail making to the side, spun around and attacked his wife's lips with his own. It became very heated very fast, as Rick slid his hands underneath Kate's thighs and she jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist, all the while never breaking their kiss. As their tongues battled for dominance Rick backed them up to the counter and sat her on it as he stood between her legs. 'We should stop, we have to get everything ready and then we can continue this later baby.' Rick said as he stepped out of Kate's embrace and back over to his cocktail makings.

Kate jumped down off the bench, 'Okay, I am go start on getting rid of evidence.' She said as she walked out of the kitchen and into the living room with an exaggerated swing of her hips, that he knew she did just for him.

Kate spent the next forty-five minutes, putting all their wedding pictures, photo albums, his-and-her-items, their marriage certificate that hung in the lounge room above Alexis' acceptance letter into a box and placing it into a large storage cupboard in the hall. She then went upstairs where Rick was getting ready, so she could do so herself.

Kate stopped in the closet where she was pondering what to wear. And called for Rick, 'What is it baby?' Rick asked as he walked into the closet with just a towel wrapped around his waist; looking incredibly hot.

'Will you do me a favour?' she asked tentatively.

'Anything' he replied with curiosity, pulling her into his arms.

'Will you take my ring off my finger and put it on my chain…it's just it means so much more when you put it there and I hate that I have to take it off every day but when you put I there-'

'Calm down baby, it's okay, I get it, I understand. Here let me' he took her left hand where she had placed the ring when she walked out of the precinct that night, slid it off her figure and kissed the spot where the ring line was left. He removed the chain from around her neck and thread the ring on to sit next to her mother's and reclasped it around her neck.

'Thank you, I love you baby… now let's go play some poker!' Kate said as she quickly pecked him on the lips and went to go get dressed and ready for a night of craziness.

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