"Come on Ricky!" the little girl exclaimed.
"I've got work to do princess, I will be done in thirty minutes" he laughed back at her. She was getting extremely anxious and bossy. Oh how adorable she was when she was bossy.
"Ror you're just going to have to wait until Rick is finished his work. You are lucky that he will take you for the day." She had a concerned look on her face.
"You mean you're lucky that I would take her for the afternoon Kate" he winked at her.
"Yes Rick you are right. I'm extremely thankful."
"No worries writer girl. I will take your daughter for ice cream and we can go see awesome dinosaurs at the museum, while you go home and write a boring old book." He gave her a sarcastic smile but then laughed at Rory's face when he said "ice cream". Her face lit up like no other.
"Well thank you anyway. Please don't get my daughter hyped up on sugar. I really don't need this little one bouncing off the walls tonight when it's passed her bedtime."
"Will try my hardest but sometimes my inner child gets the better of me" he said with a smirk.
"Mmmkay" she stated. "Well I have to go, have fun kiddo" she told the young girl.
"Bye Mummy" the girl said right before wrapping her hand Kate's legs and giving them a big squeeze.
Kate walked out of the precinct and into the elevator. She waved to them as the doors closed in front of her and suddenly Rick was alone with a three year old child.
"So are you two like dating?" Detective Parish asked.
"No" Rick answered bluntly, "She has an outline due for her new book and needed some time alone to write it."
"So you're babysitting?"
"Pretty much but I'm not complaining" he smiled at Lanie who gave a smile back.
"Ricky, Mummy said that I'm not allowed to have too much ice cream and no non-essential food items or beverages." she struggled with the big words.
"Did your Mum tell you to say that?"
"Yes, how'd you know" she asked quizzically.
"I know everything" he laughed, "Let's go kiddo"
"Yay!" the little girl exclaimed.
Rick gathered his jacket and picked up Rory's small bag and slung it over his shoulder making him look utterly ridiculous.
"Oh and Rick" Lanie interrupted, "We have a new guy starting tomorrow. A Fenton, Fenton O'Connor."
"Never heard of him" he replied.
"Neither. Apparently he's coming across from narcotics and looking at making detective."
"Just more healthy competition for me" he said sarcastically. "Have a good afternoon detective."
"You too Officer."
Rick picked Rory up and placed her on his hip. She was extremely light and no effort was need to haul her around. They started towards the elevator.
"Ice cream!" Rory yelled while sticking her fist up in the air in triumph.
"What's this one called Ricky?" Rory asked quizzically.
"That's a tyrannosaurus Rex Princess. He's the toughest of the tough in the dinosaur world."
"Really?" she asked, "He doesn't look so scary with those little arms."
Rick took this as a challenge.
"So this doesn't make you scared" he teased. He brought his elbows into his sides and stuck his hands out like claws. He started making screeching noises which was obviously not the sound that a T-Rex made but it was good enough for him. Rick started to chase her around the room like a nine year old chasing his little sister.
"Come here little mammal" he screamed in his dinosaur voice.
"Ricky stop!" he little girl giggled while running away from the 'scary' new species of T-Rex.
He scooped her up with his elbows still firmly stuck to his sides.
"Am I scary now?" he cried out.
"YES, YES! But does that mean you are a Tr..an…asaurus…?" The way she pronounced the words made Rick smile, oh she was so adorable.
"Yes, yes I am princess. Did you know that Chickens are a cousin to the T-Rex?"
"Ricky you just said that you are related to a chicken" she giggled at his stupidity.
"You are too smart for your own good kiddo."
"Mummy says I get it from her" she replied with a proud smile.
"I don't argue at all with that" she said and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
They were interrupted by an attractive young lady, perhaps in her late 20's early 30's.
"You and your kid are adorable," she smile at them, "Don't know too many Dads' that would do that in a public place."
"Well thank you. It's not hard to love your daughter when she is as beautiful as this little girl." He knew he was playing with fire calling Rory his daughter. Kate wasn't around to hear it, so who could it hurt. He decided to play along and see where it got him.
"That's adorable. My name is Kyah."
"Beautiful name" he returned with a smile. "My name is Rick."
"Well pleased to meet you Rick. Who's this little girl here?" she replied turning her head towards the little girl.
"My name is Rory, and Ricky isn't my dad silly!" She giggled and dug herself into Rick's neck.
A shocked expression spread across Kyah's face.
"Wow." She said bluntly. "Well you could've fooled me." She walked away towards the exit of the museum.
"Sorry Ricky" he little girl laughed. She so knew what she was doing. For a three and three quarter year old she was incredibly aware about what was going on. Just like her mother Rick agreed with himself.
"That's fine Princess, I learnt my lesson." He chuckled and started to tickle her until she squirmed off his hip and feel to the ground.
"Can we get more ice cream Ricky?"
"Let's finish looking through the rest of the museum and then I will think about us getting some more ice cream."
"Okie dokie" she giggled and ran off towards the next room. Rick happily ran off after her.
"ARGGGGG" Kate yelled in frustration and slammed her laptop shut.
She had gotten nowhere in the four hours that had passed. She had half heartily cleaned the apartment and had only finished half of her book outline. Rory would be back in an hour.
"Oh my god" she sighed while running her hands down her face. "This is hopeless!"
She gave up. Kate saved her work before getting up and diving onto her couch and turning on the TV.
A rerun of Charmed, good. She could sit there and relax before her daughter, who she presumed was going to be hyped up on sugar, came home. She would finish the outline after Rory had gone to bed.
She looked around the room and just took in how much cleaner it was, even if it was a rushed job. She wouldn't be able to thank Rick enough for this.
Rick and her daughter had an instant bond, she couldn't deny it. She had to do what was best for Rory and if that was keeping her love life away from Rick then that's just what she had to do. He was going to be amazing for Rory; she never stopped talking about him. She even mumbled about him in her dreams and even told her the other day that Rick had saved her in one of her nightmares. If that's the impact that he has on her than there's no way Kate's keeping Rory away from him. She hoped that it would work out between them, work and Rory. Her little girl loved Rick so much and she could tell that Rick loved her too.
A knock on the door disrupted her thoughts. She walked over to answer it, sliding along the floor in her socks.
"Hey" she said staring at Rick and Rory who was asleep snuggled into his neck.
"Hey" he said quietly back. "I got her all tuckered out for you. It seems running around nonstop in a park right after ice cream for an hour tires them out."
"I bet it would" she replied back with a smile.
"Here" he said while handing Rory back to her mother.
She happily took her, Rory squirming slightly to get comfortable in Kate's arms. "Thank you Rick. Really, whenever you want to hang out with Rory feel free to."
"No need to thank me. Your little girl is awesome Kate. She may now think that I'm related to a chicken, but she's awesome and incredibly smart. Well I better get going. I have to start work early tomorrow. Bye." He said before walking away back to the elevator he had just travelled up.
"Bye Rick" she gestured a wave back but he was already gone.
"Let's get you to bed kiddo" she pretty much said to herself as Rory was limp against her body.
She didn't want to wake Rory so she just put her to bed in her clothes. She took off her daughters shoes, stripped back the blanket and carefully placed her daughter on the bed. Kate brought the blankets back up around Rory and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Goodnight sweetie" she whispered into the empty air.
She ran a piping hot bath with lots of bubbles and got a glass of red wine. She got comfortable in the bath and pulled out Rick's book. She hadn't had time to finish it yet but she was half way through and it was amazing, maybe even better than anything she had ever written.
She got out of the bath after she'd realised it had gotten too cold for her liking. She wrapped herself in a bath robe and trotted off to bed.
Being in her large, warm and cosy bed wasn't good enough. She was lonely and bored. She could read more of Rick's book but then she would have nothing to read tomorrow. So she decided to the next best thing.
The phone rang four times before someone answered.
"Hey Rick its Kate"
"Oh hi, is everything okay?"
"Yeah….. Um I was just bored."
"So you decided to call me? I'm pleased but this is a tad random."
"Yes indeed it is" she chuckled. "Well thank you again for hanging with Rory today, she really loves you."
"I really love her too." Kate could tell that he was smiling. "She really likes dinosaurs and….. no stop. Don't you dare shoot me you stupid little kid!" he yelled. "You're meant to be on my team!"
"Rick? Ah are you alright?" Kate questioned.
"Yeah sorry I'm playing a video game. This stupid person is shooting at me."
"Oh okay, I can go if you want to continue?" she suggested.
"No stay!" he exclaimed a little too eagerly. "I just died anyway."
"Well that sucks. I've never played video games before; my parents always thought they killed brain cells."
"Well they were right" he laughed. "Next time you come over we will have to play something for sure."
Had he really said "Next time"? Like she was going to come over again. For some strange reason it gave her butterflies. The butterflies were scattered when she was interrupted but Rick.
"Kate you there?"
"Uh yeah" she mumbled out. She needed to end this convosation for some reason. She suddenly heard Rory crying form her bedroom. That child was absolutely perfect, especially when she needed an excuse.
"Sorry Rick, Rory is crying for me. I have to go. Will see you at work tomorrow." She felt guilty but she wasn't lying so there was nothing to be guilty about really.
"Yeah okay will see you tomorrow. Sweet Dreams Kate."
"Night Rick" she hung up and ran to her daughters' side.
"What's up sweetie?" she asked while entering the room but nothing was said in return. Rory was asleep. She must of fell back into her dazing coma just before she got there.
Kate collapsed into one of the bean bags on Rory floor. How was she going to handle this? She, Katherine Beckett had a major crush on Officer Richard Castle. Oh god, was she a teenager again? Did she have a crush? Is that what it was classified as these days?
"I'm screwed" she whispered and slammed her head into the back of the bean bag.
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I hope you like that I brought Fenton in! I thought he would be good to add to the mix of officers at the precinct! Please leave a review of what you think! If you have any ideas or queries feel free to PM me
-Ainsley