"Mr. Castle! Over here!" screamed the reporters as soon as they saw that Castle and Becket had come around the corner.
"Crap." Muttered Castle under his breath. He grabbed Beckett by the waist and pulled her closer to him. Beckett like the feeling of being in his arms, she automatically felt safer like when she was with him nothing could go wrong. She tucked her head into his chest trying to shield her face from the random flashes that were already going off. Castle raised his arm to his own face and led Beckett quickly though the mob. Castle tried to ignore the random questions and obnoxious flashes in his face and sat Beckett safely in the passenger's seat. He broke his through the mob again and made his way to the driver's side. After he was seated and had turned on the car he honked twice to warn the mob that he was ready to drive away. To Beckett's surprise the reporters parted and let him drive away.
As they came up to a red light Castle broke the silence between them.
"I am truly sorry Beckett. I had no idea they would be there. I'm usually not this popular with the paparazzi." He said turning to get a better look at her.
"Castle it's ok. I know it's not your fault and there is always the risk that there will be paparazzi. You could have never known." Beckett said flashing him a sweet smile. They got caught in each other eyes and stayed like that for a good minute before they were interrupted by honking coming from the car behind them signaling the light had changed. Castle and Beckett drove back to the precinct in silence.
When they pulled up to the precinct it was the same scene. Castle and Beckett saw someone point and say something and immediately after random flashes began to go off again. Castle parked in his usual spot, prepared himself for the chaos, and stepped out of the car. He practically fought his way over to the passenger's side to help Beckett out of the car. As soon as he had gotten her out and had her face tucked into his chest just like before he saw Esposito and Ryan coming running down the stairs.
"Hey everybody needs to leave immediately." He heard Esposito scream. "This is trespassing and we will write every single one of you up." Castle knew this was a lie but he didn't care what they said as long as they got the paparazzi to leave. Esposito and Ryan pushed back the mob that had formed around Castle and Beckett giving them a clear pathway straight into the building.
Once they were in the building Castle slowly let go of Beckett and made sure Esposito and Ryan got in safely. Just as Beckett was getting settled at her desk her cell phone began to ring. She looked at it and saw Josh flash across the screen.
"Ugh this is not what I need at this time. Could the paparazzi gotten the pictures out that fast." Beckett asked herself forgetting Castle was sitting right beside her.
She took in a deep breath and answered the phone. "Hello."
"Would you like to explain this to me?" Josh screamed. Beckett had never heard him this angry
"What are you talking about?" Beckett asked
"You and Castle is what I'm talking about. Are you two dating? Is there something that I missed?" Josh said still screaming.
"We just went out for lunch together like we do every day. What is the big problem? Nothing is going on between me and Castle." Beckett shouted back. She never realized how jealous Josh was of Castle.
"Just lunch? If it was just lunch the paparazzi wouldn't have been all over it. I wouldn't be watching it on T.V. right now." Josh said. Before Beckett had a chance to answer he said "Beckett I can't take this, always wondering what you two are, if you cheating on me behind my back. I don't think this is going to work as long as he is following you around."
"If that's how you feel then I can't change that, I can only assure that nothing is going on between us." Beckett said trying to hold back her tears. Josh tried to talk but she interrupted him "It seems you have already made up your mind and I am not going to drop my partner just because you don't trust me. I guess this is goodbye Josh." With that Beckett hung up the phone not giving him a chance to answer. She felt the warm tears that had build up in her eyes slowly roll down her cheeks. When Castle realized what had just happened and that she had broken up with Josh for their friendship he was very happy. He embraced her in a hug not letting go until her phone started to ring again.