A/N: This one is for Beckett NYPD, yes I've been told I have a very good sense of humor (: and thank you for being the first person I know of to wait for and want my chapter notifications! You rock! I wasn't planning on writing this morning, but this one is all for you!

Castle arrived promptly at 7:00 pm at her front door. He stood there with the box of chocolate in one hand and the flowers in another. He didn't know what to bring, he knew she liked chocolate, but flowers seemed more first dateish.

He stood there for a few moments. Maybe she didn't hear the first buzz. He pushed the door bell again. Just as he took his finger off, she opened the door.

"Hey." Castle said breathless. She looked stunning. She was wearing black trousers, black pumps which to Castle looked like they'd kill her feet after a while because of the pointy toe, and red beaded tank top. It was unusually warm and they both felt the need to wear spring like clothing. "I brought you these," he told her holding out the flowers and chocolate. "I couldn't decide which one, so I just bought both."

"That's very sweet of you!" Beckett replied. She couldn't remember the last time someone had bought her flowers. She liked it.

She got out a vase for the flowers while Castle unwrapped them, and sat the chocolates on the island. Once the vase had just the right amount of water, well maybe not the perfect amount, but who cares? She put the vase on the island and Castle put them in the vase for her. Without saying a word, Castle stood up, walked over beside her, offered her his arm, and they walked out arm-in-arm to their awaiting taxi.

Once in the taxi, Castle pondered the idea of saying something, start a conversation, but didn't really know what to say. The ride was getting awkward though, so he finally asked her, "so, what made you come on this date with me anyway?"

She didn't really know the answer just that she wanted to, so that's what she told him. "I don't really know, I just wanted to come."

"Really? I think you like me!" He teased.

"Maybe, maybe not." She teased back seductively.

Just as he was about to reply to her teasing, the taxi stopped. Castle paid the driver and got out on Kate's side after her. They were in front of a little Italian bistro, Castle's favorite. He had been a regular customer there for years, but he hadn't been since he started shadowing Beckett.

"So, is this place good?" She asked just before they entered the restaurant.

"Only the best!" He answered.

They walked into the bistro surprisingly, hand in hand. Whether it was love, or something else, neither

one of them could deny the fact that they enjoyed each other's company. They walked it, and the host

already recognized Castle's face.

"Hello Mr. Castle." The host said. "Right this way."

The duo followed the older looking man to their table, a small table for two in the back of the unusually

crowded restaurant. The host sat their menus down and reminded them, that just like at most

restaurants their waiter would be with them soon.

The silence that followed their sitting was somewhat enjoyable. They were both looking over their menus, Kate was lost in it.

"What to order…" Kate said aloud waiting for Castle to respond.

"Well, the agnolotti is fantastic, the pinzimonio isn't bad, but the agnello scottadito is personal favorite, and the best they serve might I add." He answered, boasting a bit, for the sake of the angello scottadito.

Before Kate could reply, the waiter was there and ready to take their orders. Castled ordered first, he lived up to his statement that the agnello scottadito was the best, and ordered it, Kate on the other hand had to think a while. Everything on the menu looked great, but she hardly ever ate Italian food, Chinese was more her thing. She wasn't in the mood for pizza, or regular spaghetti and meatballs and most of the other stuff she couldn't pronounce. Much to Castle surprise after telling her the best dishes, she order a classic chicken fettuccine alfrado.

"I bring you to this beautiful Italian bistro, tell you all about the veal and the lamb, and you order alfrado?" Castle said, he was quite confused at what Kate had just done.

"I couldn't pronounce most of the menu that was the only thing I had had before that wasn't pizza or spaghetti." She answered. It was true, she wasn't a fan trying new things.

"I should've known." He said with a bit a giggle, letting her know he was kidding about the whole time.

His giggle cause her to blush. The way he looked at her when he was joking with her, the way he was looking at here now, always made her blush.

"So Castle…" Beckett began.

"Yes…" He said looking at her from the top of this wine glass.

"How many other women have you brought here?" She asked, with a hint of a seductive smile.

"Honestly?"

"Honestly." She said with a hint of seriousness.

"Three." He said looking her in the eye.

"Who?" She said curiously. She didn't know if he would answer, but it was worth a shot.

"You, Alexis, and my mother." He said with a smirk.

"I should have known!" She told him matching his smirk.

"So, how many men have you been to dinner with?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"A few. Why?" She said innocently.

"Just wondering." He told her with another smirk.

"Sure you were!" She replied jokingly and matching his smirk once again. "How many women have you been to dinner with?"

"Way too many to count." He answered quickly and smiling.

She wanted to kiss him so bad, she loved that smirk he made, it also made her want to kiss him. She still couldn't believe what she did the night before, but she knew two things, it was going to happen again, just not tonight. She wanted to have a real date with him, not just sex. She knew he wanted the same thing, and had for a lot longer than she had, and she loved that.

The rest of their dinner was fantastic, as all of the date had been up until that point. Once they got to the theatre, she was glad she had work a tank top, the cold theatre almost required Castle to put his arm around her. She loved all of this puppy love kind of stuff, and by the end of the night, the good night kiss she was received was the sweetest kiss she had ever received.