Chapter 13

"Rick you do know that I don't believe in this sorta stuff, right?" Kate asked as Rick smiled and pulled open the door to psychic palm reading place.

"I know. I just thought it would be a laugh. Come on, it's on me. It's all most likely BS anyway." He whispered the last part in her ear. "Think of it as research for my next book." He smiled.

"Well if you put it that way, how am I supposed to resist?" Kate mocked him.

A small woman, who would have like a perfectly normal person, besides all the shawls she was wearing and necklaces with weird symbols that neither Kate nor Rick understood walked up to them.

"Hello." She said in a far off tone.

"Hey." Rick said, nudging Kate silently telling her to be polite and say hello.

"Hi." Kate said in monotone.

"You, my dear girl are not a believer." The woman pointed at Kate, looking her up and down.

"First time." Rick cut in before Kate could say something rude.

"Ah. Yes you do have that aura about you." She looked Rick up and down next. "I'm Sybil."

"I'm Rick and this is Kate." Rick motioned at himself then Kate.

"You said it was first time, correct?"

"Yes." Rick replied.

"Would you like a palm reading? Most first timers tend to go that direction."

"Sure. Yeah." Rick smiled.

"Follow me then." She turned around, leading the couple to the back.

"Try to be nice." Rick whispered to Kate as they followed.

"I am being nice." She shot back at him.

Sybil lead them through a curtained area, the lights were dimmer then out in the front part of the building. There was small table in the middle of the room with chairs surrounding it. A shelf on the opposite wall housed a crystal ball and a stack cards, along with other objects was unable to identify.

"Please take a seat." She motioned to the chairs.

They did so. Sybil sat across from them. Placing her hands on the table.

"Can I please see your left hands?" Rick lifted his hand on the table, Kate followed suit, trying desperately not to roll her eyes.

Sybil examined their hands for a moment. First Kate's then Rick's. She looked up at both of them, trying to see who she talk to first. She focused her gaze on Rick.

"I see great fame and fortune in your future. But also sadness." Rick's eyes widened.

Turning to look at Kate. She spoke carefully.

"And in yours I see a terrible loss. Years of mourning. A deep struggle." Kate held the same expression she wore when they entered. Completely uneffected by the old woman's words.

Turning her gaze back to Rick, her brow furrowed. Looking between them. She continued.

"You part on peaceful terms, but your paths cross again. Many years from now. A great tragedy will reunite you."

Rick glanced at Kate, now she was starting to look uneasy. Nobody knew that they weren't trying the long distance thing, only she and Rick.

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"What do you think she meant 'A great tragedy will reunite us'?" Rick asked as he and Kate maneuvered aimlessly down the crowded New York sidewalk.

"Rick, she was messing with us. She was just guessing. Sticking to a script, meant for certain couples." She stated.

"Uh-huh." He nodded as if thinking of that as a possibility.

Silence hung over them for a minute.

"Remy's sound good to you?" He asked.

"Yeah." She nodded.

X-X-X-X

The next week passed too quickly for anyone's liking. Rick had invited Kate to come to the Hampton's with him and his family on the fourth of July. Kate had surprised Rick with a game night with Alexis after a long day in several meetings with his new publisher and agent. Alexis was ecstatic when Kate said she would spend the day at Coney Island with her and Rick.

The couple was spending their last day together, Kate would be boarding a plane bound for California the next day. She wanted so badly to stay here with Rick, she knew he wanted the nothing more than the same thing. They never voiced these thoughts, they had decided not to do long distance and there was no way her parents would even think about allowing her to stay here and attend NYU instead. Rick knew deep down it would be selfish to ask her to stay.

Rick had surprised Kate with an early phone call, asking her to look out her window. When she did she saw him leaning over the wrought iron fence outside her parents townhouse. He was holding flowers and smiling up at her from the sidewalk. He begged her to come down stairs and join him for breakfast. At first she refused it nearly five in the morning, but she gave in when she saw that he had something planned for their last day together. She finally agreed and got dressed, she jotted out a quick note to her parents explaining she was with Rick, before running outside and leaping into his arms. He opened the passenger for her, before moving around to the driver's side of the car.

"Where are we going?" Kate asked as Rick drove away from her building.

He turned and smiled at her. "Surprise." He wiggled his eyebrows at her.

She gaped at him. "What is open at five o'clock on a Monday?"

"You want to continue our game of 20 questions? We left off on you."

"Fine. Where are we going?"

"I already answered that, it's a surprise. Pick a different question."

She groaned. "Okay. If you woke up in the morning and couldn't remember anything, not even how old you are, how old do you think you'd be?"

"Good question. Let me see... If I was basing on personal appearance, I would say about 25 or 26. But if I were basing it off of the thoughts going through my head I'd say 20 or 21. How about you?"

"Hmmm. On personal appearance 20 or 21. But on the thoughts in my mind at that moment, I'd say 25 or 26."

"I could see that. Okay my turn. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you want to live?"

"Venice, Italy." She replied without hesitation.

"Me too." He looked at her for a moment.

"You're lying." She said. "You just want one of our answers to be the same."

"Do not! I'm telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth." He smiled crookedly, he was glad he had successfully distracted his girlfriend for the time being. He could see his destination ahead of him.

"We are here." He stated putting the car in park.

"Where is here?" She asked unbuckling her seat belt.

"Still a surprise." He smiled.

He helped her out of the car before moving to the building. He took a key from his pocket and unlocked the door, waving his hand at her, motioning her inside. She followed him towards an elevator. Stepping inside he hit the button to the top floor. The minutes passed in silence. The lift stopped and Rick pulled her out, she followed him, he was pulling her by the wrist. He pulled open a door marked stairs, pulling her inside the stair well he continued the journey to the real destination. She had no idea what was going one, or why Rick was taking her to a strange building. He halted in front of her.

Turning he looked at her, his crooked smile spreading across his face. "Surprise." He whispered, opening the door.

Sorry for the delay. Don't expect much for a while. I'm really trying to type as much as possible, but I have very little time for even watching CASTLE.

But anyway hope you enjoyed this chapter. :)

I will try to get the next one up as soon as humanly possible. :-P

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