Alright so I came up with chapter rather quickly and decided to post it now. So far Castle and Beckett have admitted their feelings for each other, woke up in each other's arms, fell asleep again, woke up again in each other's arms, Alexis called worried about where Castle was, he left Beckett's after a nice smooch, and now the rest begins here…

Beckett wiped her steamy bathroom mirror with her hand. She had a white towel wrapped around her wet body, after getting out of the shower. She had plenty of time to think about Castle and the night they had shared together. She touched her lips remembering the sensation he brought to them. She smirked. Beckett walked out of the bathroom, shaking the towel off her head and letting her long brown hair fall down onto her back and shoulders. She dressed herself in her black form-fitting turtleneck shirt, and dark denim jeans. Walking back into the bathroom she added some make-up to her face, and dried her hair. Beckett decided to leave her hair straight that day. She walked back to her bedroom, and picked up her cell phone. She clicked on Lanie's missed call and began dialing.

"About damn time." Lanie answered.

"Sorry, I was…busy and got up late this morning. What's up?" Beckett said.

Lanie and Beckett talked for another few minutes and she asked Lanie to come over for lunch again.

Beckett hung up, and dialed Ryan's number.

"Ryan."

"Hey, it's Beckett."

"Oh hey," Ryan said and then she could hear him whisper Beckett to Esposito next to him, "yeah we tried calling you earlier."

"Yeah, I was asleep. What's up?"

"Well we wanted to share that we had a lead on…you know…and then came up blank." Ryan said, implying that they had a lead on the shooting.

"Oh…Well maybe tomor…"

"You're not coming in are you?" Ryan asked.

"Maybe, why?"

"Well…isn't it a little too…"

"Gotta start sooner or later." Beckett said. She could hear Ryan fumbling the phone in his hands, and she moved it away from her ear. Then it got quiet again.

"Ryan, you okay?" she asked, with a confused look.

"Yeah, it's umm…one of us will call you late Bec…I gotta go!" Ryan whispered, hanging up. Beckett flinched at his loud click of hanging up. She creased her brow and hung up.

The 12th Precinct…

Ryan hung up the phone quicker than he had answered it. Esposito acted like he was typing a report on his computer, as Captain Victoria Gates walked past their two desks. Ryan smiled at her, and she gave him a suspicious look as she walked into her office.

"That was close." Ryan said with relief. He looked at Esposito, who stopped pretend typing.

"Yeah, bro." Esposito agreed. He looked back at his partner.

"How are we ever suppost to work on this case, when she is always watching us like a hawk?" Ryan asked, looking into the Captains office making sure she couldn't hear.

"I don't know…all the files on it are here, we can't take them. I did try to make a few copies, but then the iron came into the room."

"The iron?" Ryan asked, confused.

"Yeah, it's what a lot of detectives and some officers call her. Not sure why, but it suits her." Esposito added, looking into her office. She was wearing a red skirt with a matching red blazer, and a black top under it. She wore black high heels, and authority written all over her face. She was African American, and had been recently transferred over to Homicide as the new Police Captain.

Ryan's phone, on his desk, rang making them both snap out of it. He picked it up.

"Detective Ryan, homicide." Ryan answered. He nodded his head, as he listened.

"Bring him up." Ryan said, and he hung up the phone. He turned back to Esposito and gave him a look that they had someone related to the shooting. Esposito read his partners face and stood up.

"Nothing like interrogating before breakfast." Esposito replied to Ryan's look. The two of them watched as two officers brought in a thin, medium, white male, dressed in jeans, and a worn out hoodie. They followed him into the interrogation room, closing the door behind them.

"Mitch Jackson. Twenty-seven years old. Five years for…" Ryan started to read.

"Look I don't know anything." Mitch said, folding his arms. Ryan set the file down and looked at him straight in the eyes with his light blue ones. Esposito took a seat next to Ryan.

"We haven't even told you why you're here yet." Esposito said, with a smug look.

"And you're not going too." A strong female voice said. Esposito and Ryan whipped their heads around to see Captain Gates standing in the doorway. They hadn't even heard her open it. Esposito and Ryan looked at each other, they had been caught.

What did you guys think? Thanks for reading! ~Ash