A/N So here it is sorry it took so long was having trouble getting it down to how I wanted it, I'm still not sure about it but here it is anyway! I have also been neglecting to thank to people that have helped me out with all this :S first that's to CastleLover222, and PenguinOfTroy for encouraging me to start writing HUGE thanks to Penguin for editing this stuff and making sure its readable :) this Chapter I got some help from Fooxoo with some wording So thanks to her to! i think thats everyone! Enjoy!

The Date Part 1

It was exactly one hour until Castle said he'd pick her up for their date. She'd always thought their first date would be a night out in the town with a fancy dress and a fancy restaurant, boy was she surprised when he'd said "Dress casual with comfy walking shoes, I'll pick you up at 4." She had been deciding on what to wear for the last 20 minutes, to be honest she'd been stressed about it all day, skipping lunch to have a girl chat with Lanie; she'd considered calling her for some more advice on what she should wear but there really wasn't enough time.


Putting his arms through the sleeves of his plaid dress shirt he left it unbuttoned over his white undershirt. He was so nervous, he'd never been so nervous for a date in his life, but Kate was different; He wanted everything to be perfect. They would get on the train, get off the train at Manitou Metro north station and hop into his mate's mustang. He had it all planned out, there was no reason for anything to go wrong. He knew Kate expected fancy but he wanted to do something different, wanted for her to be comfortable, to get comfortable to the idea of being with him without getting bombarded with paparazzi.

As he reaches her front door his palms are sweating, quickly wiping them on his jeans he knocks on the wood. He hears footsteps quickly shuffling to the door then finally he comes face to face with a grinning Kate.

"Hey," he says quickly handing her the flowers that he bought off a little boy selling them on the street on his way up.

A blush threatens to creep up onto her cheeks as she takes them, the butterflies in her stomach beginning to flutter.

She finds a glass to put the flowers in turning back to look at Castle. "Thanks for the flowers they're beautiful" She reaches up on her tiptoes quickly kissing him on the corner of his mouth "Ahh I have to finish getting ready okay. I'll be 5 minutes." She says as she retreats back into her bathroom.

He touches his lips trying to hold on to the lingering warmth her lips had left there; nodding quickly he gives her a once over taking her in before she disappears from sight. He's left standing there as his insides turn to mush thinking about the effect she has on him.

In the bathroom Kate sits on the toilet unable to wipe the grin spread across her face. Her stomach flutters thinking about the sight of him standing at her front door holding the flowers out nervously. She stands quickly looking in the mirror giving herself a once over, quickly tying her hair up she takes a deep breath before stepping out.

She is hit with déjà vu when she walks out seeing him sitting on her couch but instead of holding her copy of his book he is cradling her iPhone.

"What are you doing with my phone Castle, don't you have your own to play on? How did you even get in there I only changed my passcode last week?" She says as she walks over pressing the home button on the game of angry bird he was playing.

"My phone is nearly dead? Had to pass the time somehow, as for your passcode it wasn't that hard to figure out…you ready to go?"

"Yeah. Where are you taking me?" she replies grabbing her bag.

"It's a secret, but we'll be late if you don't hurry up," he says as he holds the door open for her waving her through, "me Lady."

Stifling a laugh she walks out. "What a gentleman," she says as she heads out to his car.


The bell dings as they walk through the door to their usual coffee shop, waving to the girl behind the count he holds up two fingers which the girl nods at and points them to their usual table.

Inhaling the smell of the fresh coffee beans they take a seat opposite each other as they wait patiently for there coffee.

"How is that we could ever be late to get a coffee at our coffee shop?" She says with a grin looking to Castle waiting for a reply.

"This isn't where we are heading. We are catching a train somewhere."

"A train? Where are you taking me?"

"It's really top secret Beckett, I would LOVE nothing more then to tell you…but I'm afraid if I did then I'd have to kill you. I'm sorry." He replies with his cheeky grin as their coffees get brought over.

Simultaneously taking a sip of their coffee Kate laughs as she looks up noticing the milk moustache that now covered his upper lip, holding back her laugh she reaches over wiping it from him with her thumb before bringing it to her mouth.

He was taken aback slightly by her boldness tonight, her thumb lingering on his lips and then disappearing between her own, if she continued this way he was sure his body would short-circuit. Taking a deep breath he shivers slightly as Kate gives him a sly grin. He notices the twinkle in her eyes. She too knows what she does to him.

Finishing off their coffee they stand as Castle goes and pays the lady, standing at the counter he also buys a bearclaw and a muffin for himself.

"It's about an hour trip thought I'd get something for us to snack on."

"Oh good I'm starving. What time does the train come?"

Looking down at his watch he notices the time, "we're cutting it short, it comes in 20 minutes and it's the last one for the day."

"No worries, we have plenty of time Grand Central is only 10 minutes away," she says grabbing the bearclaw and handing the muffin to Castle. Turning around she starts walking out the door when she is suddenly met with hot liquid running down her chest. Looking up she finds a lady staring at a now empty coffee cup.

"Oh my…..oh my god! I'm so sorry!...They forgot my sugar and I was….I was going into get some more," the lady said handing her over some tissues. "Oh gosh I'm not normally this clumsy.. I'm so sorry is there anything I can do? I will pay to get it dry cleaned? Buy you another top…"

Looking down at herself before looking at Castle's now still face she turns back to the lady. "It's no problem don't worry about it, accidents happen, I didn't like the colour of this top anyway," she says trying to calm the lady down, giving her a comforting grin. "It's really no harm done"

"Seriously let me give you something, I've ruined such a lovely shirt."

"No honestly it's ok don't worry about it. I should be giving you money for a new coffee, I wasn't watching where I was going. We'll call it even okay." She says as she pats down her shirt trying to soak up some of the liquid.

"Ok, if your sure...I'm really sorry again," the lady says as she continues to walk into the shop.

Running his fingers through his hair Castle meets Beckett's eyes. "Well I guess our date is getting cut short."

"I'm sorry castle, I was really looking forward to going on this adventure with you."

"It's ok we can go out another time; I better get you home so you can get changed, the adventure can wait."

"We still have the rest of the night Castle you can come back to mine and we can watch movies all night and get some Chinese?" She says with a hopeful grin wanting to wipe the disappointment off his face.

"That sounds good."

A/N Hope you liked it! Reviews are very much appreciated. Part 2 should be along very soon :)