It had been a week since Castle had bought Beckett the dress and she was anxious to see it. It was the premiere in 4 days and she couldn't' wait that long to see the dress, tonight she was going to have dinner with Alexis and Castle so she decided that if she could get Alexis on her side then they would be unstoppable and Castle would have never found out that she took the dress and looked at it. She had gotten dressed after having a quick shower. She had put some jeans on that hugged her figure and a bright red top. She put on some comfortable shoes and then after having a quick look in the mirror headed to Chez Castle.

She pulled up outside his apartment at 6 on the dot like requested and headed upstairs. She knocked on the door and Alexis answered.

"Good evening Kate."

"Good evening Alexis." She smiled warmly. "So what's on the menu tonight?" She asked.

"Dad won't let me know, he's not even letting me in the kitchen."

Beckett thought about this and smiled. "I'll go and find out then." She walked into the apartment and Alexis closed the door.

"Awesome."

"But can you do something for me?"

Alexis looked at her. "I guess so."

"Do you know where your dad has put the dress he bought me?"

"Well yeah, and I must say it's beautiful." She grinned.

"Well I wouldn't know your dad won't let me see it."

"Let me guess you want me to go get it for you without my dad realising."

"How'd you know?" She laughed gently.

"Oh just a little bit of intuition." Alexis grinned. "But I'd be happy to help you find the dress."

"Good just don't let your dad know."

"Done."

Alexis then went upstairs while Beckett went towards Castle in the kitchen.

"Hello there Castle." Beckett said happily.

Castle turned around and eyed her. "I told Alexis to keep you busy and that you weren't allowed near here."

"What can I say I'm very persuasive."

"Oh I know that."

"So what we having for dinner?" She walked up to him and tried to look behind him.

He grabbed her and held her still. "You aren't allowed to look, I'm still cooking."

"Oh come on Castle just one little look."

"Okay then."

Beckett grinned she hadn't realised she could be this persuasive. She smiled and just as Castle moved to the side he moved in front of her.

"Please Beckett, I am not letting you look what I'm cooking." He grabbed her shoulders and turned her around. "Now go and sit down, turn on the stereo or the television whatever you want and I will come and get you when dinner is ready."

Beckett sighed and Castle gave her a gentle push in the direction of the living room. "So how much longer we saying here?"

"Oh it shouldn't be more than 10 minutes I'm guessing."

"Well can I at least have a drink?"

Castle chuckled and reached into the fridge, pulling out a half empty bottle of wine and reaching into the cupboard for a glass he handed them both to Beckett. "Now go and sit down."

She did as told and went to the settee, she sat and watched as Castle played the responsible adult which didn't happen very often.

"So Castle changed your mind about the dress yet?"

"If you are referring to can you see it no I haven't."

"You know it had better be worth the wait."

"Oh good things come to those who wait Kate, or have you forgotten." He turned and winked at her. "Hey where's Alexis disappeared to I need her to set the table?"

"Oh she's just got upstairs I'll shout her down if you want."

He nodded his head while he went to get their dinner out of the oven. Beckett went to shout down Alexis when she appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Oh there you are. Your dad wants you to set the table."

"Okay then." She happily made her way down the stairs and looked at Beckett straight in the eyes before mouthing the word Bathroom to her. Beckett smiled at her a nodded her understanding.

Alexis went into the kitchen and made her way to the cupboard, getting out plates cutlery and glasses she headed to the table.

"Well I'm just going to the bathroom to wash up." Beckett said turning and heading up the stairs.

"Kate?"

Beckett turned around at his voice. "Yes Castle."

"There's a bathroom down the hall." He pointed to a door. "Or did you forget again?"

"No no I just like the one upstairs."

Castle eyed her suspiciously. "They are the same bathrooms."

"I know that I just like the one upstairs."

Castle turned off the cooker so his food wouldn't overheat and made his way slowly towards her. "What are you hiding?"

"Nothing."

"You know you can't lie to me."

She slowly took one step up so she was now at the top of the first set of steps, he took one step up. Alexis watched in amusement.

"Hey Kate." She smirked at her.

Beckett looked at her and Castle turned to look at Alexis too.

"Yes Alexis."

"Bit of advice."

"What would that be?"

"RUN!" Alexis laughed.

With that said Beckett shot up the stairs with Castle catching on and bolting straight after her. "Beckett you know you won't be able to outrun me."

"I'm already winning Castle." She shot him over her shoulder.

Castle then reached out to grab her and just missed her by an inch. She quickened and reached for the bathroom door. Just as she went to open it he caught her and they fell on the bathroom floor.

"Well good evening detective." He grinned at her breathing heavily. "Fancy seeing you here."

"I know what you mean." She said as she looked up at him and blew a piece of hair out of her face that just ended up landing back where it was settling. Castle smirked and moved his hand up to her cheek he then moved the piece of hair out of her way behind her ear. Beckett looked at him and his blue eyes shone in a different light. She took in a slow breath and Castle looked down at her and shifted himself so he wasn't crushing her with his body wait. They were like that for a few seconds before Castle felt a buzzing sensation. It was his phone alerting him that he had a call. He reached into his pocket and got his phone flipping it open.

"Castle…yeah…yes…okay…that's fine." All the while he was looking into Beckett's eyes. She wondered if he even knew what they were saying. "Okay then I'll speak to you soon. Bye."

"Erm…Castle would you mind moving? Or getting up off me?"

He took in a breath and then looked at them, the spell all to soon being broken. "Oh yeah right. Sorry." He slowly got up and held his hand out to her, she gratefully took it and got up off the floor.

"So what was you so eager to get up here and look at?" Castle asked, thinking that he had already had an idea.

"Oh nothing, just something…" Beckett said trailing off.

Castle watched her shift and he walked in seeing a hanger being held up over the shower rail.

"Oh so you were trying to get a peek at the dress…What's up Beckett can't wait another few days?"

"Well no, I don't like surprises."

Castle found it cute, if she stamped her foot she would have been just like a child not getting their way. Castle walked over and picked up the hanger. "Well seeing as I can't trust you or Alexis now I'm going to have to go find another spot to put this." He walked off and Beckett sighed.

"Great now what am I going to do."

She walked downstairs to find Alexis grinning while waiting for the 2 adults to come downstairs. She saw Kate walking down first. "So?" She asked expectantly.

"He caught me and hid it somewhere again." She said laughing slightly.

Alexis sighed. "Well there's always tomorrow." She said hopefully.

"I highly doubt that." Castle said. "You will never be able to find it now."

Alexis and Beckett looked at him. "Is that a challenge dad? Because I know all you hiding spots and I mean ALL of them." Alexis said.

"Well by all means, you can go and look but I'm having dinner because I'm starved."

"Well I suppose we could wait until after dinner." Beckett said.

"Well yeah, because we don't want to look on an empty stomach." Alexis said rationalising the idea as well.

"Speaking of dinner, what have you made?" Beckett inquired.

"I've made pasta, garlic bread and homemade sauce." Castle said proud of his achievement. He came over setting a salad bowl in the middle of the table with a plate of garlic bread before going back to the kitchen. "But my real masterpiece is the desert, it's a chocolate cake." He grinned.

"You made a cake Castle?"

"But of course, anything for you." He smiled returning with the pasta and sauce.

"Well it had better be as good as you are making it out, after all we can't have this night a total waste."

Castle laughed. "Just because I won't let you see your dress doesn't mean that it's been a total waste." He said winking at her.

Beckett rolled her eyes and reached for the pasta. "Shut up and eat Castle." She grinned.