So here is Chapter 2 already. I thought I had chapter 3 already done but it turns out it is going to be about chapter 4 maybe 5. I really hope you are enjoying this story. I may not get another chapter done for a couple of days so here is chapter 2.


Chapter 2

In the late hours of the night Detective Beckett and her team were called to the murder of a young social worker, Allison Tisdale. The body was laid out peacefully; covered modestly in rose petals with giant sunflowers on her eyes.

Detective Beckett circled around the body getting details about their victim from Detective's Ryan and Esposito.

"He knew her" Beckett gathered just by looking at the body.

"Even bought her flowers" came from Lanie, the ME on the case, as she walked through the doors to examine the body and fill out her preliminary report "Who says romance is dead" the ME continued.

Looking towards her best friend Beckett whispered "I Do, every Saturday night"

"A little lipstick wouldn't hurt" Lanie's sarcasm wasn't missed by the detective as she shot her a disapproving look "I just saying" came from Lanie as a defence raising an eyebrow at her favourite detective and the turned towards the body.

"So, what did he give her besides roses?" Kate asked getting straight back into cop mode. Moving a couple of the rose petals with tweezers, Lanie answered the detective's question "Two shots to the chest, Small calibre".

Beckett looked curiously at the body as she moved around it and up to the victims head. She stopped, raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms in front of her and kept circling a little further. Stopping again but on the other side of the victim she looked up to her team "Does this look familiar to anyone?"

Both detectives looked slightly confused at their bosses and friends question replying "No" in sync. "But I'm not the one with the thing for freaky ones. Just give me a Jack shot Jill over Bill, so I can go home" Esposito continued .

"Oh, but the freaky ones require more; they reveal more. Look at how he left her…" Now she was not only speaking to the two detectives in the room but the ME started listening "covered, modestly. So, despite the effort, all of the preparation, you won't find any evidence of sexual abuse." Looking slightly confused Esposito raised an eyebrow at his boss "You really get all that from just this?"

Beckett looked towards her team "This, plus I've seen this before"

Genuinely confused, Ryan asks "You've seen this before? Where?" Lanie's curiosity was getting the better of her as she looked up from her preliminary report to hear Beckett's answer.

A small smile appeared on the female detectives lips. "Roses on her body, sunflowers on her eyes?" Now looking at the boys with an expression saying 'does it ring a bell' but the boys just look more confused than ever. Beckett couldn't believe they didn't recognise the scene; "Don't you guys read?" she asked with a hint of frustration.


Completely oblivious to Allison Tisdale's murder, Richard Castle was at the launch party of his latest book, Storm Fall, in which nobody could believe he killed the main character. Most of his book launch parties consisted of the same activities, signing books, giving speeches and the infamous signing breasts (an activity that he had become well known for among the ladies). He'd flitted around the party all night, conversed with fans, his agent Paula and his publisher and blood sucking ex-wife number 2 Gina. Now, he was talking to his daughter, who was doing homework, and his mother, who was on the prowl at the bar.

"Did you tell Gina I was having trouble writing, mother?"asked a slightly frustrated Castle.

"I told her nothing of the sort. I may have said something about you spending your days moping in your underwear"

"We had a deal, I let you live with us but you don't talk about my work." Alexis was now listening from where she was sitting, taping the bar with her pen "Gram" she said a little disapprovingly.

Martha then spotted an unmarried gentleman in the crowd and took off leaving Rick and his daughter together. "Do you know why I killed of Storm?" he randomly asked Alexis and she shook her head. Rick continued once he knew she was listening "Because I knew exactly what was going to happen. It's just like these parties, they've become so predictable. Just once I'd like something different to happen." Unbeknown to him, Detective Beckett and her boys were just about to approach him from behind.

Becket knew this was going in be hard. She hadn't seen him since he broke her heart 9 years ago. 'Please don't make a scene, please don't make it a big deal in front of EVERYONE!' where the words going through her head as she approached him.

She saw his back and then saw past him to the young red headed teen he was talking to 'Oh my, could that possibly be Alexis. She has grown so much' was her next thought.

She stopped just behind him reaching for her badge "Mr Castle" were the words that came out of her mouth, she just hoped that they didn't waiver as much as she thought they had. Castle recognised the voice but couldn't put a name or face to it. He did know it had been a long time since he had heard it, but recognising that it was a women he grabbed a pen out of his pocket and as he spun around he spoke "Where would you like….." all of a sudden seeing who she was he stopped, dropped the pen and his expression went from fake flirtatious, to excitement, to shocked and then she saw something in his eyes that used to be there "Kate!"