The Return of an Old Friend.
A/N: Thanks for the Reviews they are most welcome. What is going to happen next? Will Aaron tell Kate that Angela is his mother?
Disclaimer: I don't own Castle.
Chapter 3.
Before Kate could talk to the young man who came after Castle for some unknown reason she went to see if both Rick and Alexis were ok. "Hey are you both ok?" asked Kate with concern in her voice and it shown on her face. Alexis saw that her father would not look at Kate at the moment so she answered Kate's question for them both. "Detective Beckett we are both ok but Dad is still in shock a bit from the confutation with the young man", said Alexis. "Ok Alexis I'm glad you are both ok I know that you are both still a little taken aback with what happened but go home for now and I'll call round after I speak to this young man with an update ok", said Kate and Alexis nodded her head in answer to Kate's statement. It was then that Rick looked at Kate for the first time since the incanted and she gave him her spare key to her apartment so that they had some private time together.
Rick and Alexis arrived at Kate's apartment building and went inside once the door was closed Alexis turned to her father and asked "Dad why did we come here and not go to the loft?" Rick looked at his daughter and said "Pumpkin I can not face your grandmother right now, she kept something from me for a long time and I am not ready to discuss this with her ok". Alexis just nodded her head and went to the fridge to see what food there was and when she saw very little she sat down at her laptop and done the groceries shopping online and had it delivered it to Kate's address. While this was happening at Kate's apartment, she herself had rung Angela and asked her to come back to the prescient for a chat. When Angela arrived she noticed that Rick wasn't there and she was glad because as much as she was glad to see him she did not want to answer any of his questions but she knew that Detective Beckett had every reason to speak with her.
"Excuse me but I am looking for Detective Beckett, she asked me to come by for a chat", said Angela to Detective Ryan. "Of course if you would like to follow me, she is in the interrogation room but you can wait in here with us until she is finished", said Ryan leading her into the observation room where Esposito was watching what was going on. When Angela arrived in the room and looked at the two people on the other side the first thing to come into her head was "what the hell". She heard Beckett say "I am charging you with assault on Mr. Castle and his daughter", and at this Aaron hung his head in his hands as Beckett walked out of the room and went next door. When she arrived in the observation room she saw Angela with Esposito & Ryan but she kept her eyes on Aaron until she spoke, "Did he hurt your partner and his daughter, Detective?" Both Esposito & Ryan left the room before Beckett answered her question, once alone in the room with Angela did she answer her question "Yes he did, he gave Rick a black eye and hit Alexis in the face, it took our team mates to break up the fight they had to hold back your son from hitting Rick and Alexis and that was when I arrived in the break room wondering what was going on, when I saw Rick holding Alexis and saw how upset they both were but shocked that some stranger blamed him for something that happened to you he kept telling Rick to stay away from you, What I want to know is why", said Kate.
"You have done background checks on the whole family, well Aaron thinks that its Rick's fault for him not getting to know his grandfather, but Aaron doesn't know that Rick isn't related to me, he knows nothing of my family Detective, because when I left all those years ago my father warned me that if I was to have kids or get married that I was not to tell them anything of my family or where I grew up", said Angela Kate looked at her in awe and had the up most respect for her and her father. "You don't want to see Rick outside the investigation plus I can tell your glad he's not here", said Kate. "Kate let me give you some advice, do not hide things from Rick or you will lose him, plus I can see how great you two are together, Aaron's father worked for the secret service and was on the president's detail when he got shot and died on the way to the hospital, I now work in the white house it is the reason I have a secret service detail along with my son", said Angela Kate knew it took a lot of guts to tell her this while watching her son, then it was Kate's turn to say something but what she said next surprised Angela a great deal "Angela, it will be up to Rick and Alexis if they want to continue with pressing charges against your son".
Once that was said Kate left the room but as she was opening the door she heard Angela say, "Thank you for being honest and blunt with me I really appreciate it". Kate just glanced at her and smiled a comforting smile and left the room and once the door was closed she went to her desk to do up the paper work. Esposito goes to her and says "Suits at 12 o' clock, who is she Beckett, figure she has a connection to Castle so is she the ex-friend that disappeared and wasn't heard from till now". "She is Jack Reece's daughter after that it is none of your business ok", said Kate with an edge to her voice.
Esposito was surprised at Beckett being sharp at him so this case has gotten to both her and Castle along with Alexis. The next thing they heard was Angelaspeaking to her son with the suits at the interrogation room. From what they could make out she hopes that her son learns his lesson. Her son is then taken to holding by a uniform officer as he watches his mother stand there doing nothing to help him, he knew this day would come but didn't think it would come so soon.
Detective Esposito took pity on the young man and looked between Beckett and the guy's mother, which held an understanding. Ryan was watching this hole exchange when he got phone call from an unknown number but when he answered he was told to tell Beckett that she should come home now that Castle was in a bad way and that his daughter is really upset and the line went dead. "Beckett, your dad just rang he said you should get home cause Castle is in a bad way and Alexis is upset", said Ryan "Ok, guys you interrogate our prime suspect and after that you head home for the night it's been along day, I'm calling it a night", said Beckett and as she said all this she had her jacket on and had her bag on her shoulder and was in the elevator heading home.
It didn't take long to get home and when she walked in she saw Alexis sitting at the kitchen Island crying she came straight to her adopted daughter and put a gentle hand on her shoulder and Alexis looked up and turned into Kate's embrace. When Jim and Rick came out of her bedroom they saw Kate holding Alexis helping her calm down. Once Alexis had calmed down her and Kate decided that food was in order and when she went to the fridge she saw it full to the brim with food so they both started cooking.
While Alexis and Kate were cooking Jim and Rick sat on the couch chatting about everything including Kate and her relationship with Alexis. When Kate came to the couch she put some ice on his eye and put his hand on the ice-pack to keep it in place and then said "Sorry dad to interrupt your conversation, but Rick do you and Alexis still want to press charges against Aaron". Rick looked over at his daughter and she said no so he answered "Kate Alexis doesn't want to press charges but I would like it if he attended anger management classes and did community service for fourteen days, only". Alexis looked at her father in surprise but he did want the boy to learn something worthwhile, Kate and Jim looked at him in the same way but with understanding.
A/N: Please review and let me know what you think. Will Rick speak to his mother or will he just continue to confide in Kate and Jim Beckett?