Disclaimer: Just checked. Still not mine.
A/N: Thanks so much for all the reviews telling me I should continue this, it always brightens my day.
"Can I buy you a cup of coffee?"
"Huh?" Kate scrunched her eyebrows together and looked up at him with a curious look in her eyes.
"Can I get you some coffee?" He tries again, reaching into his pocket to pull out his wallet before she stops him, placing a hand on his forearm.
"Wait, woah. Let me get this straight, I spill my coffee all over you, and you want to get me another one?" She shakes her head a little as she's trying to make sense of his intentions in her mind.
"Well, yeah. Sorry about the whole my chest being there, and I can't let a gorgeous woman like you go without her morning coffee."
She parts her lips, about to counter his response until she finds she doesn't have anything left to say. She closes her mouth and lets out a puff of air before shrugging. "Sure, I guess. I can't stay long though, I was on my way to work."
Castle's eyes light up "Really? I knew it!" Kate shot him an odd look and wondered why he was getting all excited about her job before he asked. "Do you by any chance have a boyfriend at home?"
She shakes her head a little hesitantly before asking "Why do you ask?"
"Oh nothing, you just seemed like the type of girl to have one." He led her back to the counter and places an order for what he overheard her ask for when she first walked in.
Kate wasn't sure if she should be offended or not to the comment about her non existent boyfriend but in the end decides to drop the subject due to the fact that her favorite author was going to buy her a coffee, though she'll never tell him that. The ordering of her caffeinated beverage of choice shakes her out of her thoughts.
"How did you know how I take my coffee?" She says a bit dumbfounded, lifting a finger a little ways up to gesture to the cardboard cup, now getting filled with a deliciously smelling rich brown liquid. The look on his face was a sheepish one, trying to figure out how to answer this question without making him seem like a crazy stalker.
"I uh.. I kind of overheard you ordering it when you walked in." He replied, obviously not wanting to explain the fact that he was watching and studying her from the moment she walked in that door until now.
She looked at him suspiciously before nodding, showing him that she was fine with it. He let out a small puff of air in relief and pulled out the right number of bills when the man behind the counter came back with a new cup of the same coffee she had moments before. He slid the bills across the counter and picked up the to-go cup before she could. Castle gently passed it over to her, making sure their fingers touched in the process. Kate blushed slightly before taking a sip and looking back up at him.
"Thanks for the coffee, Castle." She smiled at him softly.
"Castle?" He smiled back but scrunched his eyebrows together at her curiously.
"Oh, um. It's just a work thing." She looked away nervously, hoping he wouldn't notice the fact that he never properly introduced himself.
"Oh. Alright." He replied. She let out a breath, thinking that he dropped the subject before he looked back up, his eyes brighter than before.
"Wait a second. I never actually told you my name. A-are you a fan?" He smiled, his voice lifting up to a teasing manner.
"What? Nooo...Fan of what exactly?" She said quickly, a soft blush creeping up her neck and coating her lightly tanned cheeks.
"You are!" You're a total fangirl." He smiled again and began leading her to a booth in the far corner, the one she was planning to enjoy her morning in.
"So , you know my name, It's only fair that I know yours."
"It's Kate." She replied, sliding into the booth and grateful he decided to drop the whole 'fangirl' thing.
"Kate." He said, testing the taste of her name on his tongue. She loved the way he said it, it made her feeling all bubbly inside when usually she was this tough, hard-ass detective.. "I like it." He said finally.
She parted her lips slightly to thank him but was rudely interrupted by the obnoxious ringing of her cell phone.
"Hold on a sec." She held up a finger and grabbed the device in question out of her pocket. She noted the number and picture of the 12 precinct and quickly cut off the ringing noise with her usual greeting.
"Beckett." She said shortly to be answered by the voice of her co-worker, Detective Esposito telling her where the location of the latest murder was. She nodded along and finally ended the short phone call when Espo replied "See you soon."
Kate looked up, a look of apology in her eyes as she finished up her coffee and slid out of the comfortable booth.
"I'm sorry Castle, that was work. I have to go."
"Oh, that's alright." He replied, trying to cover the look of disappointment in his eyes.
"I'll see ya around I guess." She shot another smile before bounding out the door and into her Crown Victoria.
"Yeah, see ya around." He murmured the last words she said and smiled as he watched her drive off. A few minutes later he downed the rest of his coffee before grabbing his notebook and flagging down a cab to make his way home. Where he remembered that he had no way of contacting her.