CHAPTER TWO

When they got to his bedroom, he started kissing her deeply. The urgency was making it more special and giving life for their passion. She was holding all the joy of her life for the right guy and Rick was the one. She started to think that she'd never felt that way before. She had been with a few guys and none of them had ever made her feel like there were no insecurities, like there was no world around her. She was lost in Rick's world and all she wanted was to never find her way out of there. And Rick wasn't even thinking. Everything he wanted was right there with him. He gave himself to her, he surrendered.

"Hey" – She said with a smile.

"Hey" – He whispered.

She slowly got closer to his face.

"Castle, I'm sorry. I made you go through hell during 4 years and you never pushed me away, or pressured me to do anything, to move forward or not. I wanted you to know that was never my intention to hurt you". – Kate said. Then in a hurry she opened up – "I was so focused in other things that I lost track of what was really important in life. When I didn't accept your invitation to come over here tonight I could see in your eyes that I was losing you, but I was scared because how can I lose something that wasn't even mine? And it's not your faul—".

He gently put his finger in her lips, asking her to stop talking.

"Kate, I was yours since the first moment that I saw you. I won't lie I held back a lot of stuff during these years, but the truth is I've never been so happy. I was "going through this hell" as you said, but I knew it would worth in the end. I don't know where are we going to be after this, all I know is that I want you to tell me what do you want, because everything I've ever wished for is right here, lying in this bed with me."

A tear trickled down her face. With his thumb, he wiped away her tear. He joined forces and the courage enough to do what he was about to do.

"Katherine Beckett, do you accept to be my girlfriend, I mean… Starting now."

"What do you think?" – She said and laughed.

"'What do you think' as in 'yes I want to be your girlfriend' or as in 'no, but I'll dump you carefully'?" – He asked.

"As in, yes Rick. I want to" – She replied and gave him a tender kiss.

Rick held Kate tight. And she felt the warmth of his body on hers; skin on skin. He whispered:

"I love you too, Kate". Then, they fell asleep in each other's arms.

The dawn was rainy and cold, perfect for staying at home. When Kate opened her eyes and turned, reaching for the other side of the bed, she didn't find Rick. She checked the clock and it was marking 8 am. She was about to get up when she realized her clothes wasn't in the bedroom. She would have to cross the house to get to her clothes. She looked around and found a wardrobe and figured she could pick one of Rick's sweaters, and so she did.

Kate got to the kitchen and felt the warmth of the hot coffee spreading into the room. It was a cold day so it helped her to keep warm. But Rick wasn't at the kitchen either. She took a mug and started serving herself with hot coffee. She felt Rick behind her, putting his hands around her almost naked body. She smiled and he inhaled her essence. She turned her head and they kissed.

"Good morning, Detective"

"Good morning, Writer"

"Did you drink your coffee already?" – She asked.

"Are you kidding me? Of course not, coffee is our thing; I'd never do this without you." – He replied with a big smile on his face.

She didn't actually drink the coffee; she threw her arms around him. She was in the mood for another thing. And apparently so did him.

"I have to get back to work, but I think I have a few minutes more…" – She said.

"I have a feeling my partner isn't going to be at the Precinct right now, so I have a few minutes too..."

They held hands, intertwining their fingers and walked toward the bedroom.

Kate ran in front of him and with a big leap she landed in the bed. He softly got to her and they started kissing. When he took his sweater off her they heard a noise, but they were too busy to care about that. They heard a knock in the door. Rick frightened with the door knock and he fell of the bed, hitting his head in the nightstand.

"Rick? Are you ok?" – Kate whispered.

"Yeah, I'm ok. Let's just stay quiet. Whoever is outside will go away"

He went to bed again and they laid facing each other.

"Hey, would be weird to ask you to make this a secret? I mean, it's too soon to share this with anyone, it's just for now" – Kate asked.

"No, you're right. We work together and this could get you fired". He stopped. "Especially now when Captain Gates holds so much hate for me…" – He replied and laughed.

"She doesn't hate you Castle. Montgomery was different because he was like family for us. Captain Gates hasn't adjusted yet. She's kind of loud when it comes to work, she's right about taking the job seriously especially when our work is to put killers behind bars, but sometimes she's hard on people"

"Speaking of this… We should go to the Precinct" – Rick said.

"Yeah, I almost forgot. We have a killer to catch. Well, then I'll go home. I have a feeling my blouse became useless, I'll take a shower and get dressed there" – She said.

"Sure. Let's go"

Rick had already taken shower; he just had to put some clothes on. They left the bedroom. Rick was going to catch her blouse and the buttons around the house to throw away, and Kate was going to take her pants to put on, she had his sweater on so she didn't need anything else.

"Turns out we heard a knock in the wrong door, Castle. You have letters on the ground close to the front door. Whoever delivered didn't want to leave it in the mail box" – Kate said.

He went to catch the letters when the door opened.