A/N: Hello folks! So sorry for the long wait for this chapter! I wish I could update more, but real life keeps getting in the way. :( Okay, so this is an AU from the season 2 episode 'Vampire Weekend.' You might be able to guess which scene. I'm leaving it up to you to decide whether you want a part 2 for this. So let me know if you want this particular AU to continue. Please review! Happy reading!

This case is crazy. As if it isn't enough that it's tough and unusual, but on top of all, Castle is way too excited about it. I run my fingers through my hair, before stepping in to the room where the mystery writer is currently sitting at a table and.. What is he even doing? Reading a comic?

I walk in to the room, but he doesn't lift his nose from the comic. He looks pretty into it. That's cute. Wait, no, it's not. It's annoying. We're supposed to be solving a case here.

I sit on the table, right next to his feet resting on it, making him jump and put his feet on the floor.

"Hot on the case, Castle?" I tease him.

"On the case of a good read!" He says, sounding pretty impressed. "It's actually not bad."

I roll my eyes. I hold up a picture in front of his face. "Esposito found Morgan Lockerbee." I say, quite proudly, since the case is finally moving along. Castle glances at the picture, and starts flipping through the pages on the comic. He finally finds the page he was looking for, and holds it open, next to the picture he snatches from my hand.

"You mean, Morlock." He states.

I scoot closer to him, ignoring the chill that goes through me as my arm bumps his. I focus on the two pictures his holding in his hands.

"Vickson was right." I mumble, noticing the resemblance between Morgan Lockerbee and the character in the comic.

Suddenly I feel Castle turning his attention away from the pictures and turning towards me, leaning in closer, and breathing in, deeply. What is he doing?

"You smell like cherries." He says, but it sounds like he didn't actually mean to say it out loud.

That takes me off guard. We're talking about a case here, what is he doing.. Smelling me?

I turn to look at him, only to find him right next to my face, almost bumping our noses together. I stare into his eyes. He has a weird expression on his face. I can't quite figure out what it means.

I can feel his breath on my face, that's how close he is right now.

The time I spend everyday, rolling my eyes at him, telling myself he's a stupid player boy and crushing on him is a waste of my time, seems distant now. He's so close to me, I can't really think straight.

I don't know why, actually no, I do know why, but I don't understand why I couldn't just turn my face away from him, instead of moving my gaze from his blue eyes, to his lips. Jesus, Kate, why are you staring at Castle's lips?

I quickly look back up and meet his eyes again. They look different now. He looks more.. Determined?

How long have we been staring at each other? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? I can't tell, but suddenly, I feel him leaning in closer, as if that's even possible. It isn't really. Because the second after I realize his face is moving closer to me, his lips touch mine.

If I lost track of time just looking at him, now time stops completely.

For a while, I don't move. I can't. Is this really happening?

His lips cover mine, warm and soft and oh so much better than I ever imagined.

The only thing I manage to do right away, is close my eyes. The world outside of this corner of the Precinct, vanishes completely.

I feel his lips slowly starting to move away from me, when I suddenly realize I still didn't kiss him back. I quickly push my face back closer to his, and it seems to take him by surprise, but he recovers quickly.

He kisses me more confidently now, and my head is spinning.

I have thought about this moment so many times, much more than I'd like to admit, but nothing compares to the actual feeling.

I forget about the case, about my insecurities and doubts about him, and just melt against his lips. Our mouths move together, quite perfectly, and I never want it to end.

I feel his hand touching my cheek and I decide to I want to touch him too. I move my hand to his chest, slowly moving it up, from his shoulder to the hair at the back of his neck. He moves his body closer to mine, resting his free hand on my lower back. I sigh into his mouth and I can feel him smiling into the kiss.

I don't know how long we've been kissing, but suddenly, way too soon for my liking, I heard someone clearing their throat close to us.

I quickly pull myself away from Castle, turning towards the noise.

Esposito and Ryan are standing next to the open door, with shocked expressions on their faces. Ryan's eyes are about to pop out of his head, while Esposito looks also surprised, but wearing an annoying smirk on his face.

I take a deep breath and avoid eye contact. I glance at Castle from the corner of my eye, and he isn't looking at Ryan and Esposito either, but at the floor. He has some of my lipgloss on his face.

"Are we.. Interrupting something?" Esposito asks, his voice sounding way too amused.

I push some of the hair fallen on my face behind my ear and clear my throat.

"No." I reply to Esposito's question, at exactly the same time as Castle lets out a breath saying "Yes."

I turn to glare at him but he doesn't look like he regrets his answer. He turns to look at me, as if not believing mine.

Esposito is holding back a laugh, while Ryan looks kind of uncomfortable.

"Oh.. Kay." He says with a questioning tone.

I sigh and try to slip back into detective mode. "What'd you get a hit on?" I ask the boys.

Esposito smirks at me one more time, before he and Ryan start explaining about the newest lead on the case, but I can't quite focus.

I'm way too aware of Castle next to me, even though he's sitting further away from me now.

My head is still spinning. Did that really happen? And what the hell did it mean? God, did I really just kiss Richard Castle? And is that really his hand on my thigh under the table right now?

Do you guys want a part 2? Let me know by reviewing! Pretty please, with a cherry on top? (See what I did there?;) -S