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The next couple of days that Rick had off were killing him. It's not that he was missing work or missing the 'thrill' of being a cop at the bottom of the food chain, he just wanted to see Kate.
He couldn't keep her off his mind. But he knew she was off limits. If he started going after her his life would turn into a Taylor Swift song, and he didn't need that.
It was the last day of his days off and he was uptown buying a new suit for his charity event he was made to attend tonight. His mother was a part of 'Water for Africa', a small non charitable organisation that Martha had dedicated all of her time to. The new organisers said that it wouldn't be the same without a Rodgers there. He thought why not, free drinks, free food, what was there to loose. Well he soon discovered it was paying for an $800 suit.
Arriving at the party, Rick stepped out of the Limo that was provided for him and stepped onto the green carpet. Apparently red was too 'mainstream' for a non for profit organisation.
He walked down towards the entrance of the huge hall that was laid out in front of him. Paparazzi snapping photos of the celebrities that surrounded him, but left him relatively alone which he enjoyed.
He entered the doors only to be swiped away by one of the organisers who debriefed him on when he had to say his speech and what he would be saying.
"I already have my speech planned out" he said with concern, he really didn't want to do this speech. "I will talk about my mother and how she loved you all, present my donation then announce the next person."
"Well done Mr Castle, seems like you have this all planned out."
He ignored her and walked off. He didn't mean to be so rude but he needed alcohol to be able to get through this night. He went to the bar and ordered a scotch.
Waiting for his drink he turned around and leant on the bar. He couldn't believe his eyes. Kate Beckett was here in a stunning dress that made him drool. She wasn't the only one looking stunning. A young girl was hanging off her arm and was looking cute as a button. He completely ignored his scotch and walked up to her.
"Miss Beckett, what pleasure do I owe to see you here" he put on his most mature voice.
She spun around and was completely shocked to see Rick in front of her.
"Rick, um hey. What are you doing here?" she blushed.
"These fancy smancy outings are not only for world class writers you know, they're also for the relatives of dead sponsors." He laughed but the look on Kate's face said that is was definitely not funny.
"So this must be Rory, you are looking very dazzling tonight young ma'am."
Rory dug into her mother's shoulder, clearly she was shy.
"A shy one you got here Kate" he said. "And Kate you're looking beautiful tonight."
"Well thankyou Castle." She motioned for her daughter to look up at the man that was standing in front of them. "Rory this is Rick, he's a good friend of Mummy's."
"Really?" the little girl said, her voice was adorable and reminded Rick of how much he wanted kids.
"Yeah, he's awesome. He's the guy that I work with now." Kate looked towards Rick as if she needed approval.
"He's the one that's going to keep you safe?" the little girl whispered into her mother's ear but Rick could still hear her.
"Yeah he is, why don't you go see Ash and Hope over at the play tables?" Kate said and pointed in the direction of where she wanted her to go. Rory climbed down off her mother and ran over to her friends.
"Protect you hey?" Rick said with a smirk.
"Okay, it's not what it seems. She's had nightmares ever since I told her I'm working with the police."
"Kate she's three how can she possibly know about that kinda stuff?"
"If you ask her she will tell you that she three and three quarters and don't try to tell her differently. She's an incredibly smart three and three quarter year old. She gets everything and the only way I could make the nightmares stop was to tell her that you were going to protect me." She looked scared and Rick finally realised the severity of this.
"It's fine Kate. I would be happy to protect you." He gave her a wink before they were interrupted by a young and peppy ginger haired woman that ran over to them.
"Rick, this is Alexis. Alexis, Rick." Kate said. She was clearly embarrassed but Rick didn't know what for.
"Mr Rick Castle. I finally get to meet the man behind the amazing book" Alexis said with an overly happy grin.
"What?" Rick said with concern.
Kate was wildly shaking her head at Alexis and luckily Rick couldn't see. Alexis got the picture.
"Oh, the other day your novel came across my table. A great read by the way. Devastating that you didn't publish, would've been a best seller."
"Well thankyou, I think. Excuse me but I have to go do my speech, wish me luck? And Kate can we talk after?" Rick was in a rush, he could see the look of the organisers face when she saw him talking to people that didn't need to be talked to.
"Um yeah sure and good luck" Kate said.
"Thanks" he said and walked off towards the stage.
Kate turned towards the stage to face her new partner that was about to say his big speech to a room full of people.
She wasn't really listening all she could concentrate on was his good looks. He was ruggedly handsome and had a smile to die over. She continued not to listen until she heard the sentence "And that's why I'm donating twenty thousand dollars to the cause" and the gasps that occurred after it.
He wasn't rich. He had told her that his loft had come from his late mother. He may have had money, but definitely not twenty thousand dollars to throw around.
He walked off the stage towards her. Everyone else was trying to get his attention, to try and thank him for his donation but it was clear that he only wanted to see her. It made her heart melt just a tad.
"Rick, what was that? You don't have twenty grand to just throw around! Do you?" Kate was still shocked.
"Well I don't, but my dead mother does" he chuckled but again it definitely wasn't funny.
"Wow, that's amazing Rick, you would just donate you in inheritance to a charity? That's amazing!" She was impressed; she had never met such a generous man before.
"Well I'm not going to use it, May as well go to someone who will. Sorry Kate but these guys are really pissing me off and they won't stop until I talk to them. Do you mind?" he was genuinely asking, like if she said don't go that he wouldn't.
"Yeah, go. I have some people to talk to anyway. People like Alexis. It's time to wish me luck."
They went their separate ways towards opposite sides of the room and joined the crowds of people who were waiting for them.
Rick just stood with a glass of scotch in his hand and answered any questions that were asked. They were mostly just a lot of old people saying "Wow, you are just like your mother" or "Wow, we need more men like you here? Do you want to join the organisation?"
It was pretty easy to answer all the questions. If he was asked to join something he just simply stated that his job took up too much of his time, he also used this excuse when the ladies wanted to set up their daughters.
He stood there for hours just being bored and definitely not enjoying himself. He saw Kate over the other side of the room with Rory hanging off her shoulder complaining and wanting to go home. He didn't blame her, it was11pm and even he was ready for bed.
"Excuse me gentlemen" he said and walked off towards Kate.
He took Kate and Rory away from the group of people she was talking to, and he did it quite rudely and started talking to Kate.
"Rick I was in the middle of a very important convosation, you just can't pull me out of something like that!" She was angry but Rick had a good reason to have done what he did.
"Let me take Rory. She needs to go to bed, I will take her back to my place and you can pick her up after you're finished. You have work to do and you can't do that with a crying baby hanging off your shoulder."
"Rick, I couldn't. I can't ask that of you."
"It's fine. I insist, well as long as it's okay with Rory"
Rory nodded her head. At that stage anything to do with anyone's home and her sleeping she would agree to. He could still see the concern on Kate's face.
"Kate you can trust me. Just come pick her up when you're finished. I might even have some clothes that will fit her if she's lucky."
"Rick you don't know how much this means to me" she said while passing over her child.
"Don't mention it" he said while gratefully taking the child out of her hands.
"Thankyou" she said again and gave him a peck on the cheek which made him blush a little.
"Get back to work" he said and winked. He then walked away with her baby. He was the only one she has ever trusted Rory with other than her parents.
He strapped Rory into the car and hoped in beside her.
"Where are we going Rick?" she asked with that adorable voice.
"We're going to my house but first we need to make a quick stop."
They arrived at the twenty-four hour shop in a limo and looked completely out of character for the area. Rick carried Rory into the shop and she was extremely confused.
"What are we doing here?"
"We need some supplies for tonight princess." He didn't know if he should be making nicknames up for his co-workers kids but it suited her, especially in that dress of hers.
"I like princess" Rory said with a smile.
"Good, now what kind of PJ's does a princess wear?"
"Ones with unicorns on them!"
"Okay… Well, look! Here is some unicorn PJ's…. Now just for the ice cream…"
"Mummy doesn't let me have ice-cream"
"Okay… Are you allergic to anything?"
Rory shrugged. Rick instantly picked up his phone and texted Kate.
R: Hey is Rory allergic to anything?
K: No, why? What are you feeding my daughter Castle? Shouldn't she be home in bed by now?
R: Oh nothing just making sure just in case.
"Okay let's get double choc fudge!"
"Sounds good to me!" Rory yelled a little too loudly.
They preceded towards the check outs and scanned their items then went and jumped back into the limo.
They arrived at the loft way past midnight and Rick was in a rush to get Rory to bed.
"Okay princess we will quickly eat the ice-cream then we will brush our teeth, get into our PJ's then off to bed."
"Okay" Rory exclaimed excitedly.
They then pigged out on ice-cream which made Rick feel sick but apparently Rory had a hard stomach, then they ran upstairs and brushed their teeth, then they were ready to get changed. This was the awkward part for Rick. He hadn't thought about it before. Was he aloud to dress Rory? Would it be weird?
"Hey Princess, can you dress yourself"
"Um, no. The last time I tried to dress myself I fell over." She was clearly embarrassed and it was so damn cute.
"Okay. Um, just give me a sec."
R: Hey Kate, um this is awkward but is it okay if I dress Rory? It's fine if you say no.
K: It's fine Rick. I fully trust you with my daughter;)
That messaged almost wiped her off her feet. He was so cute asking her if it was ok. He was literally the nicest guy she had ever met.
R: Okay thanks. Will see you when you get home:)
K: Will do. See you soon.
Did he really just say home? As in their home? He couldn't have. He can't like her, she liked him. Whoever Kate likes never likes her back. Kate was flustered for the rest of the night. Oh so much what a small sentence could do to a girl.
He dressed her, tucked her into bed and even pulled out one of his children's books he had once written and read it to her until she fell asleep. It didn't take long; he only made it up to page four.
He exited the room and left the door open a little so the light from the hallway would shine through the darkness. He went down to his room and got a shirt and some boxers for Kate if she did end up staying and put them on the bed which Rory was already in it.
It was too late for him to stay up and wait for her to come, so he wrote a small note for her and went off to bed.
Kate pushed down on the handle and luckily the front door to Ricks loft was open. She walked in but almost tripped in the darkness. She turned on the light to see a child's whiteboard standing in front of her. It read: "Kate I've gone to bed. Please make yourself at home. Rory is in bed and I have put out some clothes for you to sleep in. Upstairs, two doors on the right is where you will find her. Sweet Dreams xxx" His message melted her heart. It was so kind of him to take Rory, let alone let them stay here.
She wandered up the stairs and found the bedroom and the bathroom. Rory was all tucked in and there were clothes on the bed. She walked into the bathroom and stripped off and got changed into the boxers and she guessed a shirt of Rick's. She looked over to the sink and found a tooth brush and a container of bush. There was a note that said: "For you. But you can use the blush for next time." He had even put a winky face after it. Her heart melted at the words 'next time'. He wanted her to stay again, and that's all Kate need for her to bite down on her bottom lip because she wanted him. Oh how she wanted him.
She used the toothbrush and then used the wipes that she found under the sink and wiped off her make-up.
"God does this man think of everything" she said aloud.
She entered the bedroom and hoped into bed with her daughter who instantly snuggled into her mother's chest. She was about to switch off the side lamp but something caught her eye, it was a book. She picked it up and read the cover 'Roses by the Meadow by Richard Rodgers'.
"Wow is there anything this man hasn't done?" she whispered to herself before switching off the light and resting her head onto the pillow. She was asleep in an instant.
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