Castle and Beckett arrived at Remy's just as the sun was beginning to set over the buildings of New York. Beckett had called Ryan to inform him that Castle and her were safe and would not be returning to the precinct tonight. After being stuck in a trunk all day they had no desire to do any more work. After sitting in their regular booth and picking up the menu's Castle finally got tired of the quite that had descended upon them once seated.

" So uh...Kate?"

Startled by the sudden seriousness and the use of her first name because really when does he call me kate? Beckett looked up from her menu.

"Yeah?" She replied a little wary of his tone.

" I was wondering if after we're done here if you would like to go for a walk in the park?"

Kate smiled softly at Castle, about to reply when a waitress who seemed way to happy to be doing her job came over and took their orders, two cheese burgers a chocolate shake for Castle and strawberry for Kate. The waitress left to place their orders and Kate turned back to Castle, smile still on her face giddy with the thought of walking with him. Since when do I get giddy? Thought Kate getting lost in her own mind she completely forgot that Castle was waiting for an answer.

" That would be nice"

"Really?!" Castle replied overly excited she said yes! He then realized how excited he sounded and attempted to hid his embarrassment as the waitress returned to drop off their meals. Castle thanked the girl as Beckett took a large sip of her shake puffing out her cheeks like a chipmunk. Castle looked up at her about to ask another question about their walk when he noticed that she had taken to much shake and now looked hilarious. His question was cut off by his own laughter. Kate quickly gulped down her shake.

" What, we were stuck in a trunk all day I was thirsty"

" Right and you looked adorable just now" replied Castle handing her a napkin to wipe up the remaining shake on her face as Kate's face turned bright red. She attempted to hide behind her hair while wiping her face. They both went back to their burgers and shakes, sharing the occasional look over the table. When they were finished their meals the waitress came over with the bill.

"Thanks you can just leave that with me" said Castle reaching out to take the bill while retrieving his wallet.

"Hey I can pay for mine"

" No Beckett I got this one, no arguments."

"fine." Beckett crossed her arms in defiance as Castle paid the bill, standing he handed her jacket to her and put his on, guiding her out of the diner by the elbow.

" You know I can take care of myself Castle"

" You don't have to though" Castle replied, eyes locked on the ground. Kate stopped walking turning to him a little shocked at his honesty. Thinking back she realized that he had been acting this way since sophia had turned up. Using his grip on her elbow he pulled him to a stop in the middle of the park.

" Why do you say that?"

" Because if you would let me I would take care of you, its that simple Kate."

Looking up at him in amazement yet still wary because here's this man who she thought was a jackass and full of himself trying to take care of her.

"Ok."

"Listen I know that it's really forward for me to...wait did you say ok?"

" I said ok."

Castle just stared at her blinking did she just say what I think she did...

"Uh Castle?" Kate said waving her hand in front of his face to regain his attention.

" Kate did you just say that you'er going to let me take care of you?"

"Will you shut up?"

Castle hopped on the balls of his feet as he nodded his head quickly looking like a kid on christmas.

"I will shut up, now come with me!" Castle said as he grabbed Kate's hand as he lead them out of the park.

A\N

Hey guys im so so so sorry this took so long but literally all hell broke loose at my school and they fired a bunch of staff and my sponsor for my miss Canada pageant fell through because they forced the business to close, its a mess but I wrote it longer for you guys and I will try to update as soon as i can

-KB