This story popped into my head because I just got a puppy, and she is the cutest thing ever.

Warning: major fluff ensues.

This has been a lot easier to write lately than my other story called Secrets and Regrets. I'm lost on that one. I have M&Ms but I'm not getting anywhere with it. Anyway, on with the show!

I wish I did but they won't let me have them, so until then Castle belongs to ABC and AM.

Pup Talk Chapter 4

"Kate… Kate, wake up," he said nudging her shoulder.

"Are we there?" she asked with her eyes still closed.

"No. I got lost."

"Castle you said you wouldn't get lost," she said annoyed.

"No, I said I wasn't that directionally challenged, It's been ten years since I last went to Albany," he said defending himself.

When she opened her eyes to see where they were she noticed that they weren't that far away. "Castle, it's just down the road a couple miles. No turns or anything. There should be a sign that says 'Martin Family Dog Rescue and Breeding,'" she said with her hand over her eyes still in the process of waking up. "What time is it?"

"12:23."

"Seriously? I told him we would be there by noon, now he'll think we aren't coming. I'm going to call him," she said taking out her phone. "Yes, Brian, this is Kate Beckett, I called you yesterday. Yes we're still coming. Yeah, we got lost. Okay we should be there in ten minutes. Alright. Bye."

Seven minutes later Castle pulled up to a dog rescue and breeding place. As he hopped out of the car nearly exploding in glee she couldn't help but laugh at him and his silly antics. As they walked up to the front door of the breeding place Castle grabbed her hand and spun her around for a kiss.

"Castle, what are you doing?" she asked pulling away.

"Kissing you. Isn't that obvious?" he said as he went in for another.

"Yes, but now?"

"I just wanted to tell you how… happy I am that we're doing this and that I love you in a not so verbally way," he told her as he waggled his eyebrows when he pulled away.

"I love you too, now let's go. I want a dog," she said as she pulled him behind her by their interlocked hands.

The place was huge. There was a little house in the front but a giant barn in the back where they must have kept the puppies. When they reached the door Kate was just about to knock, when it swung open and was greeted by a little boy about three or four years old who was holding a sippy cup in one hand and a plush puppy in the other. He had reddish-orange hair and bright blue eyes, and was the cutest little boy she had ever seen. She wondered what hers and Castle's kids would look like but stopped herself. Wow, it's a little soon to be thinking like that, don't you think Kate? She shook off the thought praying that Castle hadn't used his Jedi mind tricks on her, like he so often does. She bent down nearly to his height and said hi.

Behind her Castle asked, "Hey little man, is your dad here?"

The little boy quickly ran off and came back tugging at a man's jeans and asked "Daddy, people here for puppy?"

"Yes, Zain. They're here for a puppy," he told the boy looking down. "Hi, I'm Brian, you must be Kate and I don't know your name," he told them as he stuck out a hand to shake.

"Rick," Castle said shaking the man's hand.

"It's nice to meet you both. Why don't you come in and we'll head out back to check out the pups and you can see which on you want. We have many different breeds ranging from Chihuahua to St. Bernards," Brian explained as they walked through the house and out to the barn. "We mainly have puppies, not many older dogs. They tend to go pretty fast. We don't have our breeding dogs up for adoption even when they get too old to breed, we keep them. Um, I will need to know basic information like occupation, address, names, stuff like that to make sure the dog is going to a good home, if that's okay with you. I don't mean to pry but we get people in here that couldn't take care of an egg much less a puppy. "

"We understand. Trust me he or she will have an excellent home. I'm a cop and my boyfriend is a writer," Kate explained.

"Really? Anything I might have heard of?"

"Derek Storm, Nikki Heat."

"Richard Castle? My wife loves your books. I knew you looked familiar. You must be Detective Beckett then. My wife goes on and on about you two. It gets kind of annoying. Anyway, here are the dogs; I'll leave you two alone to decide. I have somebody else in my office waiting to fill out adoption forms," he said as he left.

"Thank you," Rick and Kate said in unison.

"So, big, small, mid-sized?" Castle asked.

"Let's just look around and see which one we fall in love with," Beckett said walking over to the Golden Retrievers while Castle headed toward the Bull Dogs.

After about twenty minutes of looking around they both came upon the Boxers and fell in love with the one named Rusty.

"What a common name. It's kind of sad. Look this one is named Spot. This one is named Gabby and this one, wow, is named Scout. Could it get anymore ordinary?" Castle ranted.

"Well, what do you want to name him?"

"A detective name. Ooh, how about Sherlock?" Castle asked excitedly.

"Overused."

"Okay, um, Sam Spade?"

"Nah," she annexed.

"Ooh, Angel."

"Angel?"

"The vampire from the TV show created by Joss Whedon. That was a good show and he was sort of a detective and look at him, he looks like a vampire a little," he said looking back at Rusty who was sitting there staring back at the two with his tongue sticking out.

"Okay, we'll name him Angel."

"Awesome!" he exclaimed doing a fist pump.

"So, did you guys find the one?" Brian asked walking back into the barn.

"Yes we did," Kate told him pointing to the dog.

"Ah Rusty, he a cute one. So are you going to rename him?"

"Angel," Castle replied.

"Like the vampire?" Brian asked picking up the dog out of the pin to hand to Kate.

"Yes," Kate said taking the puppy.

"Okay then. Let's go fill out the paperwork and my wife wants to meet you, if you don't mind."

"That's not a problem, I'll meet my fan while Kate does the paperwork," Castle said cheekily.

"No, for once you're doing paperwork, then you can meet her."

"Bu-"

"No. Paperwork."

"Fine," he said lowering his head in defeat.

"Are you two always like this?" Brian asked.

"Pretty much," Kate answered.

"Alright. Here's my office, just have a seat and I'll get the forms," Brian said reaching into a file cabinet.

"I want to hold him," Castle said.

"No."

"Why not?" Castle whined.

"Because you're whining and he's too cute to let go of," Kate cooed at the dog, making him lick her nose.

"Can I hold him now?" Castle asked.

"Are you going to stop asking?"

"Maybe."

"Fine, take the dog," Kate told him.

"Yay! Come here Angel."

"Here's the paperwork. I already have the dog's information already filled in all I need is yours and then you can be on your way, after you meet my wife. She wants to meet both of you by the way."

"Okay," Kate said.

Once all the forms were signed and they had met Carla, Brian's wife, they headed out the door and went to the nearest pet store to get everything they would need for Angel to feel at home in the loft.

Okay, that's it for this chapter. Please review and tell me what you thought and if you want me to continue or not. I feel I could write more. I couldn't resist making it a boxer puppy. I just had to. I have one and she is adorable. Until next time.

-Miranda