The Box

Chapter 3

AN: While I posted chapter 2, I realised that my username was CaslteIsTheBestTVShowEver and not CastleIsTheBestTVShowEver, lol :P Anyways I decided to change it, since it was a pretty lame name(although, in my opinion, it speaks the truth ;))

As Jim closed the door, Beckett looked down at the little wooden box, what was in it? Even if Beckett was very excited to find out, she hesitated before opening it up. Her mom had given her dad this box, to give to her before her wedding day. She was a little scared.

For a moment, she just sat there and remembered her mother. Even though she died many years ago, she still was a big part of Beckett's desicion making. When Beckett had a desicion to make, she always thought about, what her mother would think and do. Especially when it came to her carrier and men in her life. Beckett wasn't proud of all of her desicions, like going behind Gates' back or wasting her time with Josh, a man who she never really loved. But she knew that all those bad mistakes, had led her to where she was now. Castle said that to her, when they were dancing at that high school prom, and she completely agreed with him, she didn't regret anything, because she was rewarded with spending the rest of her life with the man of her dreams. Of course she would have loved to have spend the past five years like this one, safe in Castle's arms, but it wouldn't have been the same. All actions from the first day she met him would have been different. Who knows, if she had said yes to that date, the day she met him, he probably wouldn't have insisted to follow her around, and she liked having him around. He had made her job easier, and a little more fun, so she didn't regret anything.

Back to the present time. Beckett was sitting with Castle's desk, her hands tightly around the box, what was in it? Before she opened it up, she pulled the necklace, with her mother's engagement ring on, out, and looked at her own engagement ring.

"Ok, I can do this" She said to herself, whispering.

She opened the box, and the tears started running. The first thing she saw was a locket necklace. She remembered this locket necklace, her mother always wore it. Beckett had looked for it, after her mother died, but she couldn't find it. It was a beautiful antique locket, made of brass. Beckett felt the patteren on the locket by running her fingers over it, it brought back old memories, both good and bad. While she holding it, she realized, that she never actually knew what was inside of it. She assumed it was a picture of some sort, but of whom? Her mother wore it pretty much everyday. She gently opened the lock up, almost afraid of breaking it, eventhough it was well kept. But when she opened it up, the only thing she saw was a little note.

The note said; "Kate, this is for your daughter". She removed the note and found a picture of her as little baby. On the back of the note, Johanna had written; "I carried you with me everyday, and I want your daughter to do the same."

This was too much to handle. Her mother always knew her better than she did herself. How could her mother, so many years ago know, that Kate would want kids. Even when Beckett was very young, she insisted that she never wanted kids, but babysitting Cosmo with Castle definitely changed things. Now she couldn't wait to have kids with him, eventhough she hadn't admitted how excited she really was, yet.

After letting that sink it for a moment, Beckett's eyes went back to the box.

The second thing she took from the box, was a small black jewelry box. She opened it up.

Inside the small jewelry box, she saw a pair of earings. Unlike the necklace, she hadn't seen these before. The earrings were stunning, but Beckett didn't exactly get the message, why were these earrings something, that her mother wanted her to have?

The earings were made of silver and had a tanzanite stone. Around the tanzanite there were diamonds. Kate stopped for a moment. She had never seen earrings this pretty, but they reminded her of something. They kinda looked like the earrings Castle, accidently gave Gates on Valentines Day last year. Silver, blue stone, diamonds. This was a little odd.

Beckett loved the earrings, but she didn't get it? Did her mother leave her pretty earrings without a special meaning? There was no note on these, like on the necklace. Beckett had no idea what her mother wanted with this gift. While thinking that she might get it later, she picked up the last item in the box.

A letter.

AN: I hope I didn't disappoint you, I had this great story in my mind, but had a hard time writing this chapter, anyways, hoped you liked it. If you have a comment, let me know in a review Once again, I'm overwelmed by the response on this story.