A.N : Hey everyone! Thanks for the amazing reviews and follows for this story. It's truly awesome. I will definitely be continuing this one. As for this chapter, I didn't really like it, but Kat did. So this one's for Kamkatzi, who desparately wanted the 4th chapter. Let me know. :D

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Chapter 4 : Question # 3

They were cruising along in his Ferrari, top down, shades on, wind blowing in their faces. They were heading to the Hamptons for a week, just as a vacation, an escape for the city. He was driving, which was new. She was actually enjoying it. Not that she would ever admit it, but he was a pretty good driver. Ew. Not like that. Or did she mean it, like that? Was she actually debating with her own mind? Oh God. Castle was rubbing off on her. Oh, ew. Oh gosh, no. Oh, forget it. She huffed in annoyance.

"You just don't want to admit I'm a decent driver, do you?"

He smirked, as if he was reading her mind.

"How did.. But I didn't…"

"Kate. Please. I think I know you well enough to know what you're thinking."

"Not always, you don't." she said softly.

"What do you mean?"

He wasn't accusing. Just confused.

"Castle, I don't want to talk about it. Let's go to the Hamptons, have fun, let loose."

But he wasn't having any of it.

"Nuh-uh. Tell me. Please?"

She looked down, shaking her head no as she played with a strand of hair.

"Ooh. This is my third question."

"What?"

"20 Questions. This is my third question."

She blew upwards, effectively removing the strand of hair she had been playing with from her face. Why had she ever agreed to play that thing?

"Okay fine. Remember 2 years ago? When you were going to the Hamptons?"

"Yeaaah. And I asked you to go along but you said no because you were going with Demming? Oh yeah, I forgot. I never really asked about that. How was it?"

"I didn't go." she almost whispered.

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

She cleared her throat, bracing herself for the impact.

"I didn't go."

"What? Why?" He was officially confused. Concerned, a little smug, yes, but mostly confused. "Kate, did he do something? Did he dump you? Cause I will totally…"

She laughed at his boyish overprotectiveness.

"No, Castle. There's no need. I dumped him. Not the other way around."

"YOU dumped HIM? What?"

"Yeah. Before your party. I wanted to go with you, Rick. I was going to tell you, that I was ready. Ready for the Hamptons, for us. But then.."

"Gina."

She nodded, looking down at her lap, fingers pulling at the seams of her jeans.

"Sigh. Kate, I had no idea, I swear. If I had, I wouldn't have taken her. I can't believe I wasted 2 years. You were going to come? Oh God. And then I didn't even call. I'm such an idiot. No wonder Lanie and the boys were so mad at me. Gosh, Kate, I'm so sorry."

"Castle, no. Don't apologize. It's not your fault. Yeah, it hurt, but I should have told you. You couldn't have known. And you never know. We could have just crashed and burned 2 years ago and never spoken to each other again. I kind of like where we are right now."

He grinned. "Yeah, me too. But I think I'll like where we are better when we're in the pool. And you're in a skimpy little bikini. Or better, naked."

She rolled her eyes, the corners of her mouth turning up. "In your dreams, WriterBoy."

"Oh you have no idea."

He waggled his eyebrows suggestively, causing Kate to whack his arm.

"Ow. That was painful."

"Oh speaking of which, what happened between you and Gina?"

"How is that speaking of… Oh I get it. You're right, they're both painful. Is this your 3rd question as well?"

She nodded, smiling slightly at the comment he had passed. Yeah, they weren't the biggest Gina fans.

"And I'm guessing you want to know about both times."

She nodded again.

"Well, the first time, I think it was both of our faults. I just wanted a mother figure for Alexis. Meredith had left, and I wasn't sure if I could be enough for her. Gina was always around. She was pretty, smart and Alexis liked her, so I thought it would work. And I think she felt it would be easier to do her job that way. But we both were wrong. It turned out to be more like a business partnership than a marriage. She didn't really know the real me, just the Castle and publicity catered me, and I don't think she really liked the flip side. At the same time, I never let her get too close to Alexis, or gave her enough attention as my wife. Eventually, we were just fighting about anything and everything, and to spare both of our careers and our relationship, we broke it off. The second time, well, we ended up fighting about you actually."

"Me?"

"Yeah. Apparently I was too close to my muse. She thought there was something going on. She thought I was cheating. And I'd never do that. So, I broke up with her. And that's that."

He looked at her, expecting some sort of a reaction.

"That's so weird."

"What?"

"That's exactly why I broke up with Josh."

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