When Kate woke up the following morning she was aware of a solid and warm presence pressed against her back. She was confused for a moment until last night's activities flooded back to her and a faint blush rose to her cheeks as she twisted her neck around to get a better look at the author.

"I thought you said staring was creepy." Castle murmured, his voice mumbled slightly due to the fact that half of his face was pressed into her pillow.

"Only when you do it." Kate replied and smiled before flipping over fully and pulling his arm tighter around her, resting it on the small of her back.

He pulled his face out of the soft surface of the purple covered pillow and opened his eyes slowly before burying his head in her neck and kissing her there softly, similar to last night. "Well that's not very fair of you now is it?" He lifted his head to kiss her cheek and grin at her boyishly.

"Who ever said I was fair?" She smiled back, running her fingers down his chest then up and over his large biceps.

"You got a point there." He spoke softly, leaning down to connect his lips with hers in a soft caress.

Kate reluctantly pulled back after a few seconds. Castle made a noise in protest as she peeled away from his warm arms and got out of bed, picking up her clothes from last night and tossing them in the hamper by the door.

"No, don't get up yet, stay in bed." He whined, sitting up and letting the covers fall away from him, revealing his fine chiseled bare chest. She shot him a look of apology as she flew to her dresser, grabbing out a black lace bra and matching underwear before gliding over to her closet, trying to decide which blouse to wear.

"Kate c'mon, please. I didn't even think you had to go in today." Whenever she was near he stuck out one of his hands, trying to capture hers as she walked past him.

"I don't, I'm meeting Lanie for breakfast." She replied, slipping her white blouse over her shoulders before ruffling her short auburn hair and going back to the dresser to pick out a pair of jeans.

"I'm sure she'll understand." He mumbled, finally rolling out of bed and walking up behind, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulled her flush against his naked skin when she was in the process of pulling on a pair of tight dark blue skinny jeans.

She gasped slightly. "Castle I can't, I'm sorry." She turned her head to look at him before taking pity and giving him a quick kiss on the lips. "How about you go take a shower or something while I make you some coffee?"

He grinned. "Wouldn't you rather hop in the shower with me and then I can make coffee?"

"Oh so much," She smiled before continuing. "but I'm already late as it is and I have to get going pretty quickly so make that shower fast" Kate picked up his discarded clothing and pressed them into his chest as she pointed him to the bathroom, grumbling as he went.

Kate was soon flittering around her small open kitchen, pulling down two mugs from the cabinet above the island counter and setting them by the coffee maker which roared to life in an effort to give them the caffeinated beverage they were both so addicted to. While she waited for the water to heat up, she walked over to the front door and slipped her small feet into her favorite black pumps, but not before being interrupted by an all too familiar knock.

Crap. Please let it not be Lanie, Kate thought as she squeezed an eye shut and looked through the peep hole, unlocking the door as she did so. Her heart began to pound harder when Lanie burst through the door.

"Hey girl, ready for breakfast?"

"Lanie, I thought we were meeting at the cafe." Kate said nervously as she closed the door behind one of her only friends, hoping she wouldn't notice the sound of the shower running only a few feet away from her.

"No, we agreed I would come here first, remember?" She looked confused for a moment before taking in Kate's somewhat messy appearance.

"Katherine Beckett, did you have a man stay over last night?" Lanie put her hands on her hip as she watched her best friend attempt to lie.

"I..uh, well...ya see-" She tried explaining before the creak of her shower temperature knobs sounded, as well as the sound of a curtain sliding across a metal bar and the feet of a large man stepping out onto the tile floor.

Lanie's grin widened. "He's still here? Ooh, I can't wait to meet him."

"No no, wait." Kate began before being interrupted.

"I still say you should've jumped in there with me but never mind, how's the coffee-" Castle stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the medical examiner he met the day before in the living room of the woman he just slept with. He probably should of put on some actual clothes and not just wrapped a towel loosely around his waist before coming out here, but how was he supposed to know Kate would be having company over?

Lanie turned around to see where the voice was coming from before her eyes settled on the half naked figure of Richard Castle,.

"Oh...my...god."