Alexis was in her room staring blankly at a wall. This was not something she usually did, but she needed to think without any interruptions, and staring blankly at a wall did not usually distract a person. Alexis needed to think about the wedding in two weeks time. She remembered the last time she had thought about her father's wedding. That time it had been Gina. Alexis hadn't really needed to think about that one, she knew it wouldn't last, besides, Gina hadn't liked Alexis to begin with.
This time it was different. Completely, totally, astronomically different. This time her father was in love with the bride, truly in love. Alexis was surprised that she hadn't noticed it the first time Kate Beckett had tried to arrest her father. Kate, too, was different than all of the other girls her father had drug home. Kate hadn't tried to order Alexis around, hadn't tried to ignore her, hadn't treated her like a baby. No, Kate had actually sat down with Alexis yesterday to talk to her.
"Alexis," Kate called up the stairs. Alexis appeared, looking down at her soon to be stepmom.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Can we talk, just you and me?" Kate wondered, and she seemed a little nervous. Alexis almost laughed at this. A woman who dealt with murderers every day, nervous? Never.
"Sure." Alexis hadn't had a one on one talk with the woman before, and she was looking forward to see what Kate had to see.
They sat on the couch and Kate started. "I haven't had a chance to talk to you, but I just wanted you to know that I'm not going to try to take your Mom's place. I'm not going to boss you around, and I don't think I'm comfortable treating you like a daugher right now, anyway. Alexis, what I'm trying to say is I want us to be friends."
Alexis smiled. "The type of friend that will sneak me out the front door for ice-cream if Dad says no?"
"Well, your father saying no to ice-cream is way up there in the realm of impossibilites, but yes, that kind of friend." Kate agreed with a laugh.
"Cool. I definitely think we can be friends."
That scene had been a turning point for Kate and Alexis. Alexis grinned thinking of how she and Kate could not look at each other without thinking of Dad and ice-cream and Rick was getting awfully annoyed, thinking he was being kept out of some big secret. Martha, whenever he complained, had taken to swatting him on the arm and saying, "You let those girl's have their fun, after all, remember how it was with Gina?" Alexis always shuddered when someone said Gina. That had not been a happy time.
There was a knock on the door downstairs, and Alexis, unwillingly, looked away from the wall and went to answer it. The moment she pulled the door open, Alexis was engulfed in a hug. It took her a moment, but she soon realized that it was her mother. Her next thought was: the wedding isn't for two weeks, what's she doing here?
I do not own Castle. Feel free to ask questions if you're confused and don't be afraid to give me suggestions on how Meredith can attempt to ruin the wedding.
~DI4MGZ~