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"Nice outfit, Kate." Rick told me. I rolled my eyes at him. I could hear Alexis chuckling from the back seat.

"Thanks Ricky. How many classes do you have with Lexi and me?" I asked sweetly, but with an underlying hint of venom in my voice, still a little pissed off that he commented on my outfit.

"Well, I have trigonometry first period, English second, obviously, and then third period gym. That's it I think."

Alexis, who was still giggling quietly, decided to comment, "Actually we all have lunch together as well."

I groaned and drove quickly to school, not wanting to be late.

The day actually went smoothly except for gym. It started out with a simple game of volleyball, boys against girls, and ended with three boys going to the nurse with bloody noses. I guess my serve is better than I thought.

At lunch Castle came up to Lexi and me.

"Hey guys!" He exclaimed rather loudly, which caused him to be shushed by Alexis. I was a little disappointed that he was back from the nurse so soon, but also a little relieved there had been no permanent damage to his face where the volleyball had hit him.

"Kate, did you understand what Mrs. Brown was talking about today in English?" Alexis asked.

I nodded, "Yeah, but I was lost in trig. Why?"

She smiled, "Well I was wondering if you could come over to my house after school and help me with it. I could help you with Trig," She seemed kind of nervous. I smiled at her.

"Sure, that sounds great. Thanks," We both turned our attention to Castle, who was looking back and forth between Lexi and me with a huge smile on his face.

After school Alexis and I had our study session which Castle insisted on joining. After an hour of fooling around, and half an hour of studying, Alexis asked if I wanted to sleep over. I accepted but decided to stop home to get my stuff for school tomorrow. When I returned to Alexis' house her mother, Martha Rogers, was there. Before I could go to Alexis' room to drop off my stuff Martha started talking to me.

"Oh, hello dear, you must be here for Richard. He's in his room. "

I looked at her, confused for a moment. Rick's mother just expects that teenage girls come here for him and not Alexis?

"Actually, I'm here for Alexis."

She looked confused, "Oh, well that's nice dear. I have a son about your age I'm sure he will fancy you. Why don't you go introduce yourself to him?" She said with a grin. I just nodded and walked upstairs. When I got to Alexis' room I dropped off my stuff Alexis was reading and didn't seem to notice me walk out of her room to the one next to it.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

"What the hell are you screaming about?" I yelled. Suddenly I stopped and looked at what was in front of me. There right before my eyes was a half-naked Rick Castle flexing in front of a mirror. I started to laugh; I was bent at the waist and gasping for breath when I felt his presence beside me.

"Kate, I was just working out before you came in!"

I grinned, "Oh, that's why you were flexing in front of the mirror."

His cheeks heated up but he nodded despite his embarrassment.