A/N: Here are 2 tiny chapters for the price of one. Thank you to everyone who reviewed or added this story to your alerts. They all made my day.
In my head, Beckett's staying with Lanie while she looks for another apartment.
Beckett sat down at her desk and started to look through a file that was sitting there. She could not focus on what she was reading. Her thoughts kept coming back to what had just happened. Why had she not accepted the first time he had talked of the Hamptons? Why could the two of them never seem to get to the point? And more importantly, how could she have not seen this coming? She should have foreseen that he would have a whole line of other women to choose from if she said no.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
She heard footsteps approaching and looked up. Lanie was by her desk and she had her jacket on.
"Come on, you need a night out."
She was about to protest but suddenly felt very tired and simply nodded and complied.
As he looked at the lines of car stretching in front of them and tried to ignore Gina's fingers drumming on the wheel in annoyance, Castle cursed himself for being so stupid. Why did he have to ask Gina, of all people? Why did he so desperately need someone to come along? Why had he not gone on his own, it would have been so much better than this.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
He looked sideways at Gina who sighed in exasperation for what felt like the hundredth time since they had gotten in the car. He could not do it. The perspective of spending the whole summer with her was making it hard to breathe. He looked as the traffic light turned red one more time and made a decision.
"I'm sorry. This was a terrible idea."