In the earlier hours of the afternoon, both Kate and Rick still laid in bed, recovering lost energy. Neither would have woken up if it had not been for several messages on their phones. Kate's had even missed two calls from Lanie, wondering about their shopping date. Rick had missed his good morning called from Alexis and his mother. Knowing they had responsibilities other than themselves they decided to get dressed and get the day started, well what was left of it. After calling their loved ones it dawned on them it was Saturday afternoon and since Kate had cancelled on Lanie, and Rick didn't have Alexis with him thoughts of responsibilities flew out the window. Again they were in Kate's house, alone with nothing but a little something on their minds. Although Rick could do that little something all day long, he wanted to take his girl out on the town, show her want it meant for her to be with him.
"Kate let's go watch a movie."
"But I have tons of movies here, why don't we just stay in." She asked.
"No, we will never be able to leave or lead on with our lives if we just stay here and 'watch movies'." He air quoted that to hint at another meaning. "Think of this as practice for when we go back to work. As much as I would like to, we can't exactly throw everything off your desk and make passionately crazy love in the office, now can we?"
"Goodness, I haven't thought about the office." She exclaimed. Then added sarcastically, "Honestly, I don't know how I going to manage not wanting to rip your clothes off and doing exactly what you just said. How ever will I pull it off?"
He smiled and in his most innocent voice he quoted, "With practice my dear Watson." She smiled at his playful manner, but then decided, if she could get through a whole afternoon without wanting him to get into her pants, scratch that, she would always want that, without actually getting him in her pants, she could handle the office.
"Okay Castle, one movie, then back home." He fist pumped with glee. "What movie do you have in mind?" His still held up fist came down as he got this thoughtful but yet confused face.
"I didn't even think of one. But it would have to be something that won't make me want to take you inside of ones of those janitors closets." He said, and she knew this was going to be as hard for him as it was for her.
"Okay, let's get going before the sun sets and the freaks come out to play." She teased. Rick got up and opened the door for her to give him something to do other than fully process that thought. Once outside they debated over which car they would take, in the end Kate won and they left towards the movies.
When they got downtown parking was pretty packed and so they had to drive a little further out and they left Kate's car parked on the street. While they were walked back to the movies, hand in hand, Kate start to get a whiff of all the food around them and realized they hadn't had a whole meal in days. "Castle, do you want to get something to eat before we go watch the movie?"
It dawned on Castle of how hungry he was too, so he nodded and took then to a little hole in the wall Chinese place. Once they ordered they sat down, ordered and easily fell into conversion. Eventually the topic of them came up and Castle wanted to know some details of their now relationship.
"Kate, are we going to tell anyone? I mean Esposito and Ryan did see us, do you think they told anyone?"
Since that last Thursday when they saw the boys after their little elevator make out, and since they left the prescient, she hadn't thought about how many people now knew out them. And did she want other people to know just yet? "Oh my gosh, I hadn't thought about when they saw us. I don't doubt that they told Lanie and Lanie told…everyone!"
"Is that a problem, don't you want to tell people?"
"I do, Rick, I really do. I just wanted it to be us for a while, that no one else knew." She looked into his eyes and pleaded a desire for secrecy. Rick looked back at her and knew that even after all they shared; she would still need a little time.
"I understand Kate." He told her as he took her hands into his and quickly gave them a kiss before the food arrived. They didn't talk much after that, and when they had finished their food Rick excused himself to go to the restroom and on the way there he found a little something that would prove to Kate he was in it for the long run.
Kate sat there waiting for Rick as she though about what they had talked about. Did she want to go public? Well they would have to eventually if they didn't want the press finding out first and landing on page 6. But how soon did she want to do it? She knew that her team already had a hit of something. They had seen them walk out holding hands and very redden lips. That image made her remember of how Rick looked that first time they kissed, she had know she loved him for quite a while but it took almost losing each other to made her step up to the plate. She didn't want that to happen again. No, she wasn't going to let that happen. She new what she had to do, she wasn't going to lose him.
Rick came back out at that moment and stayed his distance as witnessed Kate all of sudden blossom from a very serious face into a lovely smile, and her smile got bigger when she noticed him watching her. She got up and walked over to him and he did the same. Rick was going in for the hug when she caught him off guard and gave him a very powerful kiss. He wasn't use to kissing her in public and he knew she wasn't one for PDA, but ignored his thoughts and went on instincts. Soon enough they were drawing stares from the other customers and Rick decided it was better to pay and leave.
Once outside they found a nice alley and continued the passion that left Rick wondering what had happen while he went to the restroom. After a couple minutes, Rick needed a breather because from what he could tell Kate was just getting started. "Kate…why…all this…what…happened?" He let out breathless.
She started to kiss him on the cheek and then down his neck to a sensitive spot she had learned about last night as she explained to him, "I don't want to lose you. Ever. You're mine and that is how I plan on keeping it," he shuddered as she reached the spot, "you can tell that to who ever you want. Shout it to the world if you want." Suddenly he stopped her and took her face into his hands and looked into her eyes to decipher if what she had just said was true. And it was. He couldn't believe, she had claimed him. He was hers just as much as she was his. It was know his turn to show passion as he started to devour her mouth, his hands explored her skin as he lifted her shirt to caress her back and pull her towards him, she let a moan escape her. Even thought they were in an alley, Kate knew she was in public and didn't want things to do any further than Rick was pushing it. One day out in public without him in my pants, she remembered, one day. "Rick," she panted, "we are going to miss the movie."
"Screw the movie, I want you." She did too and it was a good thing she was cooling down. She gave him an ultimatum.
"Richard Castle if you don't stop right now and take me to the movie you are not getting any tonight." He let go of her so fast it was as if someone had told him Santa Clause didn't exist. It was the funniest thing she had ever seen him do; well anyways it was up there with the others. She started laughing and laughing; that got Rick upset. And the look that he gave her made her start laughing all over again.
"What's so funny Beckett?" She noted his seriousness when he called her by her last name.
"Ricky, if I had known it was that easy to get you to do something, I would have done it a long time ago." She teased. "Aw, Rick, I'm sorry. I won't do it again." He smiled and came to her giving her a peck on the head. "Unless it is a serious and life threatening event and you won't listen." He grunted but took her hand leading the way to the theater.
They came back home to Kate's after a pleasant night out on the town. They had seen His Girl Friday in an old theater and it reminded them so much of themselves. All the bantering and playfulness and all the love that they had towards each other, that they both noticed their love till the end. After the movie Rick had demanded that they share his favorite ice cream. Near Kate's house there was a fancy little place which Rick dragged her to. Inside it seemed like any other restaurant.
"Rick I though you wanted ice cream." She asked as more as a statement.
"I do," he said as the waitress came and left them two menus. "What would you like?" He motioned for her to open the menu. As she did she saw that everything on the menu was frozen; they had gelatos, ice cream, frozen yogurt, and cheesecakes of all favors. There were so many things she would have a hard time choosing, so she let him decided, after all they were going to share. In the end Rick had ordered the biggest plate of ice cream she had ever seem. Just looking at it made her uneasy, but Rick dug right in. After a couple bites Rick tried to Kate to try some but it didn't work until he put on his puppy face on and he won. She had thought she wasn't going to like it but it was delicious. Nearly half an hour later, and half the plate done, they couldn't eat anymore so they asked for it to be placed in a container and left for home.
"Kate is there anything you want to watch on tv?" He asked her as she placed the leftover ice cream in the freezer.
"No, not really, I am never home enough to became a fan of something." She admitted as she cuddled next to him on the couch and he placed his arm around her and a kiss on her neck. While they were watching tv, this time they were really watching it, channel surfing landed them on an episode of CSI: New York came up. They watched it and told it each other if only finding the bad guy was so easy. A few more commercials came up and Kate decided it was time to head to bed. Rick started to get up and Kate followed but he sat her down again and searched his pockets. Once he found what he was looking for he kneeled down in front of her. She looked at him shocked, but he was very serious.
"Kate, I know that we have been through a lot in these past few days, but when you add all these years we have worked together, it seems right. I love you with all my heart, and your mine and I plan on keeping it that way." He reiterated that words she had said earlier, "I don't want to move to fast for you, so, think of this as being engaged to be engaged. Katherine Beckett, will you marry me?"