Chapter 5: Just Go With It

Disclaimer: This chapter here, it makes me wish I wrote for Castle, because seeing this on my tv screen would be amazing, but I have no such luck.


Kate awoke the next morning to the sun shining on her face; she turned to reach for her phone to check the time to discover that it was after 11 am. She couldn't remember the last time she had slept that late. Although she was sure it was because she and Castle had stayed up drinking wine and talking into the wee hours of the night last night.

Her mind went back to the events of last night. The amazing stuffed chicken dinner with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables he made them, and the to die for cheesecake for dessert. The way their conversation flowed as the sat facing each other on the couch. The classic bottle of red wine he brought out and the too few many glasses Kate drank, making her just slightly more giggly and touchy feeling than she normally was.

She remember that by the end of the night they no longer sat at opposite end of the couch facing each other, but rather cuddled together in the middle, his arm encircling her back tracing patterns on her arm with his finger tips, he legs strewn over his own and head on his shoulder.

It was finally nearing almost 2 am when he forced her up to bed. She had been falling asleep on his shoulder for almost an hour at that point. He made a joke about the fact that of course he wanted to sleep with her, but the couch was not the most ideal location for that. She had laughed and disentangled herself from him. The two walked to the second floor, where outside of her room he had pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead, before saying goodnight.

To say that things had changed between them would be an understatement. But nothing that had happened this weekend was an unusual occurrence anymore. It scared Kate a little; just how close they were right now.

She climbed out of bed and stretched, when she heard a soft knock at her door before Castle poked his head in.

"Morning, sleepy head." He said with a smile, opening the door to the room fully to lean against the doorframe.

"You don't get to call me sleepy head when you kept me up until all hours of the night with wine." She protested coming to sit on the bed as he smiled at her protests.

"Well I'm making pancakes downstairs my dear detective, and they will be ready in twenty minutes. So how about you get ready for the day and come join me down there." He said flashing her his very famous Castle grin. "Don't even think of crawling back into that bed KB," he added. "We've got a full day ahead, so up you get." He shouted the last part to her as he left her to get ready and headed back to the main floor.

She smiled at the fact that he was downstairs making pancakes. How domestic of the two of them. But, he really did make the best pancakes she had ever tasted she couldn't deny that. They were simply amazing.


After breakfast Kate found herself upstairs bundling up and being rushed into Castle's SUV once again with no knowledge of where she was going or what they were going to be doing.

A short drive later Castle was parking the SUV in small parking lot. The snow covered shore directly in front of them. Hoping out of the vehicle he hurried around to her side, opening the door for her. She simply rolled her eyes at him.

"You do realize I can open my own car door Castle?" She asked.

"I do KB, but you also said you would go along with anything I had planned this weekend, and me being the perfect gentleman is apart of that very plan." He said holding his hand out for her once she had her mittens on, which she gladly took and allowed him to lead the way. As they neared the beach and she took in the scenery she realized where exactly he had brought her, Montauk beach.

He lead her up the path to the lighthouse, their surroundings were gorgeous. The sun shining brightly, making the small traces of snow that covered the rocky beach glisten. The waves crashing up onto the rocks, was the only sound to be heard other than the crunch of their footsteps. It was perfection.

They reached the edge of the cliff, the lighthouse behind them now, Rick pulling Kate in front of him and wrapping his arms around her.

"This is gorgeous." She said. It was the only thought that came to her. The beauty of it all astounded her.

"I know." He whispered into her ear, then moving to place a kiss into her hair.

She felt safe in his arms, safe and happy, like nothing could happen to ruin this moment. He took away the pain that was in her life, made her forget all the horrible things that had ever happened.

"Just keep watching. It get's better." He added.

And then when she thought he couldn't possibly be right, it couldn't get better than it already was, she noticed that there were seals in the distance. You could see them as they swam closer to the shore. She was sure there was a giant grin plastered on her face, but she couldn't care, everything about that moment was too much to not have a smile grace her lips.

"I don't think there are words for how amazing this is Castle."

"Me and Alexi discovered it a few years back, she's the only other person I've ever brought out here." He replied.

And it was in that moment that Kate knew she had to do it. She turned in his arms and glanced at him. Noticing the short height gap that was between them when she had her flat boots on, rather than the heels she normally wore.

She really didn't know who leaned in first; she only knew that their lips met. It was a soft kiss, unlike the one they had shared before. It was light and playful, teasing almost. She felt his teeth graze her bottom lip and was surprised at the small moan she let out. She broke away, needing to take a deep breath and slow her heart rate, she was sure that she heard her name play along his lips as she tore hers away from his own.

"Kate-" He started, still trying to wrap his head around what exactly had just happened. "Should we talk about this?" He started but she cut him off.

"Just go with it, Castle," she interrupted him. He nodded placing his lips to hers once again. This time it was short and sweet, like it was something they could do each and everyday for the rest of their lives, and he moved his lips to her forehead and placed a kiss there as well. Letting his lips linger there not wanting to lose the contact. If Kate Beckett was willing to just go with this he certainly wasn't going to be one to protest.

After spending some more time watching the seals the two headed down to the rocky beach and walked along it, simple conversation flowing between them.

Meanwhile Kate's mind was going a mile a minute. Things had changed, but they hadn't at the same time. They were still Kate and Rick, best friends, partners, but now possibly something more. This was so much different then that last kiss they had shared. It wasn't undercover, there weren't any boyfriends in the picture, and it certainly had many more feelings involved.


After walking down the entire beach the chill of winter finally hit the two.

"Back to car?" Castle asked her. Kate nodded.

"I never realized how chilly out it was," she replied. They were lucky it wasn't nearly as cold as it had been in New York that winter, but it certainly wasn't warm enough to be spending hours on end outdoors.

"I'm guessing you have more plans for the day?" She asked as they settled into the warmth of the SUV.

"Katherine Beckett, I'm ashamed you would even ask, it's barely three o'clock. Of course I have more plans." He laughed.

The drive was short and when Castle pulled the SUV back up to the house. Puzzled Kate got out of the SUV and followed him inside.

"You know Castle, coming back to the house really isn't what most people would call plans." She said removing her coat and boots and he did the same.

"Why do you ever doubt me Beckett?" He asked turning to face her. "We are just stopping here to change and have some hot chocolate. There are more plans from where this mornings came from, I promise." Kate smiled at this. Considering how great this morning was.

She climbed the stairs to the guest room to change into a few less layers. Settling on a plain white t-shirt and jeans. Until Castle informed her what the plan for the evening was she didn't exactly know what she needed to be wearing. And she was almost sure he mentioned something about hot chocolate once they had gotten back from the beach.

Kate walked to the en suite of the guest room to freshen up and her thoughts when back to the events of the day. Had she really told Castle they should just go with it? She felt her fingers trace along her bottom lip. She could still taste him, feel hips lips on hers, and feel his teeth nip, at that very lip.

Going with it had always worked for the two of them. It had saved their lives numerous times; it was how this very partnership had started out. She couldn't think of a better thing in the world to do. There would be time for serious discussions, and time for figuring everything out later. Right now she wanted to bask in this happiness, just live in the moment of whatever was happening between the two of them.

Kate walked back downstairs to see Rick sitting on the couch sipping his cup of hot chocolate and hers sitting on the table waiting. She sat down next to him and grabbed her cup, blowing on it slightly and bringing it to her lips to taste it. He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her into his side, which she willingly cuddled into.

"You know, this weekend has been great so far Castle, but you really didn't have to go to all this trouble." She said.

"It wasn't trouble at all Kate, nothing for you is ever trouble." He replied. "I don't think I've seen you smile nearly as much at one time as this weekend. And that alone is enough for me, and I needed this too. With Alexis gone now, I needed to escape. And you are the perfect escape." He finished, leaving a kiss in her hair before she turned up to place her lips to his. This kissing thing seemed to be becoming a regular thing for them today, but they both broke away smiles plastered across their faces.

"So we are just going with this KB?" He asked.

"Always Rick," she replied. "Its us, we always just go with it. And this is something I definitely want to go with."

He gave her a soft peck before she laid her head on his shoulder and sighed with happiness.

"Don't even think about falling asleep my dear detective, you know I have more plans for us." He said with a lighter tone to his voice as he raised his eyebrows at her. She simply laughed at his gesture.

"Whatever you say Castle, but I distinctly remember you promising me no funny business this weekend, and I'm holding you to that." She laughed.

The two of them sat there like that, lost in their own thoughts before Rick insisted she go and get ready for the next stage of his plans. He told her nothing extremely elegant, but nothing too casual at the same time. So she went upstairs to put on a nicer top and her leather boots, so that they could head out for whatever it was that Rick Castle had planned next for the two of them.


I got completely carried away with this chapter. It totally was not supposed to go like this at all, and what happened in this chapter, it was supposed to be happening much later in the story, but sure enough our favourite detective and writer hijacked my story and this is the result.

Hope you guys enjoyed it! Please as always click that little blue button there and leave me some feedback. Also, I am still replying to all your amazing reviews from the last chapter! Thank you for them as always, you guys are amazing. So I will be getting back to you soon, but this chapter pretty much wrote itself and I just had to get it done!