I wanna thank BTF for the tips. I tried to apply them in this next chapter.

And especially to fbobs: Thanks for helping me. You have no idea how happy I was when I read it, as I said I tried to apply everything you told me in this chapter.

I hope you like it!

CHAPTER 8

Rick couldn't believe that Kate had said that, when he told her that she should move in she never actually said anything, but he didn't want to push her so he never brought the subject again. At least he wouldn't, for now.

"What made you decide that?"

"Rick, my entire life has been full of relationships that have ended too soon. And the truth is… In any of them I've ever felt like this. And you taught me so much. You taught me that I don't need to be serious all the time, that I can actually have fun by setting myself free. I was never able to do this before, that's why I was so closed inside me. And you came along and you changed everything. Now I can be… myself".

"You know what you did to me Detective? I grew up. I grew up enough to know that for the first time I could look into somebody's eyes and say I love you and actually know that it wasn't for waste – something I thought I wouldn't be able to do again –"

Rick held Kate in his arms and they stayed like that for a while. They didn't sleep; they just stayed there feeling each other because now they knew how true they were.

For a moment Kate thought that she was being precipitated, but then she looked at him; no, she wasn't being precipitated; she had never felt as satisfied as she felt the moment she said she would move in, because that's what she wanted.

"How would Alexis take this, Rick?"

"I'm sure she will be okay with it. She's the one that told me when you left my apartment today that I should not let you go away. She knows how much you mean to me and how much I love you Kate and she cares about you a lot"

"It will be great" – she smiled.

"It will".

Lanie was worried about Kate, she called and called but Kate didn't answer. Finally when she was almost sending Ryan and Esposito to her apartment, Rick picked up.

"Yes" – he said.

Kate didn't realize he was at the phone – her phone – and said in a sexy voice: "Come on Rick what are you doing?"

He turned and put a finger in his mouth, indicating for her to be quiet, and then he showed her the phone.

"I think I've just interrupted something, didn't I?" – Asked Lanie.

"Well…" – Rick was wordless and Lanie felt it and proceeded.

"I'm sorry, I was worried about her, but seeing she's in good hands… It sounded a little strange, but anyway"

"Yeah it did. I got it. Ok. Bye."

"Lanie?"

"Yes. She wanted to know if you were okay, she was worried"

"I bet she was, I should talk to her later"

"Ok, for now, Detective Beckett you should pack"

"Oh, I don't think I need to"

She moved her gaze to the other side of the room, where there were a lot of bags; Rick opened her drawers and the wardrobe door's and it was all empty. He looked at her and smiled.

"I know you are fast – which is an incredibly thing, if you know what I mean – but never thought it would be this fast, when did you pack it?"

"Yesterday, that's why I took a while to go back to the living room…"

"Ooooww you're smart, Detective"

"Yes I am and you know what else I'm smart at?" – She said as she pulled him closer and kissed him, teasing him. "Taking a good shower and then clearing the kitchen and the rest of the house, Mr. Castle. Now if you'll excuse me…" – She got up and put his long shirt and left to the kitchen.

"You will kill me one day, you know?" – He yelled.

Rick called Martha and Alexis to tell the good news and they prepared the loft for her.

"How are you taking this, sweetheart?" – Martha asked Alexis.

"What? Kate moving in? I think it will be good for him grandma. She makes him happy. Now you tell me. What do you think about all of this?"

"Oh Kiddo, I've never seen your father so happy. You can see it in his eyes when he talks about her. This time, my dear, is true love."

Rick and Kate had finished packing, he would return there with her again to take care of whatever was necessary, but first they would arrange her place at his loft.

"Well, where's the guest room located in your loft?"

"Guest room? Why? Do you really think I'm gonna let you spend your nights away from me?"

"Castle, I…"

"No no no no no. Unless you really want to sleep there."

"I don't know… it's not me. I just keep thinking about Alexis and what she's gonna think…"

"She doesn't have to think about anything… Anyway, Kate, I won't be upset if you chose to stay there."

"I'll stay with you, but if she thinks this is weird for her, then I'll move to the guest room."

"Deal."

Back at the Precinct, Ryan and Esposito had new leads on Beckett's mother's case, but they didn't know if they should tell her or keep on digging.

"Espo this is a conspiracy I'm scared if we get too deep we'll end up dead as the others."

"We can't back off Bro. This would be cheating on Beckett… we have to solve this."

"I'm not saying we should back off I'm saying we can't do this alone. Let Gates help us."

"You know that if we get to a point where we have no leads she'll close the case again."

"I know Espo, but what can we do? Die in the process and fail?"

"Let's solve this Ryan."

They both turned to the murder board to see what they had on the case.

"Yeah, ok. So far we have this: Rob gave Ted Johanna's case to solve, both ended up dead with a gunshot matching Maddox's gun…" – Ryan said.

"Now we have this: Rob is one of Johanna's colleagues' grandson."

"Okay, so Rob knew about the case. He must have known or this doesn't make any sense. Between all the cases in New York he chooses this one exactly… If there's one thing we've learned from Beckett is that there's no such thing as coincidence, at least not for us detectives."

A uniform handed a piece of paper to Esposito.

"I agree this is no coincidence. Check this out: You know that guy Mr. Smith that Castle told us about? Rob was his young brother."

"So before Maddox gets to him, he sends the files to Rob and Rob decides to use Ted to help him see something that they must have missed."

"Yeah, know what I think? Ted found something and teamed up with Rob. So they marked to meet in that alley around our two times of deaths. Both end up dead."

"Esposito… We have to find the case file."

"Let's go back to that alley and search for something that can point us to Maddox."

TBC