The first part of the story kind of continues with the second chapter, but I wrote this whole chapter after watching "Overkill" twice. I've been listening to "Crash and Burn" by Lighthouse, "Shut Up and Kiss Me" by Orianthi, and "The Truth" by Kris Allen over and over while writing this chapter. I was weirdly having trouble writing this chapter. I knew an idea of what I was going to write but it ended up changing a bit. I can't wait to see what happens in the finale on Monday but I'm going to be really sad because we will have to wait a whole summer to see more Castle. By the way, I also wrote this chapter after watching the TV show Firefly and the movie Serenity on DVD. It's amazing and so is Nathan Fillion in both of them. Anyways, I hope you all like the chapter, and I think I'll be writing one more chapter next week. Also if you see any errors in this chapter please let me know and I can fix it.
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended... If I owned Castle, Richard Castle would kick Schlemming's butt already. Also this is what I would tell him, "It's all about strategy in this game, Castle. If you want to win, you've got to figure out his next move, and then move forward, before you get checkmate."
clcummins12 is a great Beta Reader. She hasn't finished looking through all the chapters yet, but she will. I want to thank her for helping me find my errors, and also helping me to improve my story.
He turns off the radio, and waves to her that she can sit down in one of the chairs in his office. She sits down on a white chair by his desk. He walks back to his desk chair and sits.
"I'm glad to see here but shouldn't you be at work right now?" says Castle.
Beckett thinks about her response and it shows on her face. What should she say to Castle, she thinks. Could she say that she has feelings for him? What about Tom? She still wasn't sure about him either. Like she told Castle before, he's the person disturbing the applecart. She even used apple because she remembers him saying that 'apple' was the safe word for him. She wonders if he got what she was talking about wasn't about the case but about them. Maybe she should be going to talk to Tom.
"Well, Ryan and Esposito were wondering where you were. I figured you would figure out there was a new case since you always jump for one, but you didn't come and they kept bothering me about it," says Beckett.
"Aw, you missed me, Beckett. I'm sure Ryan and Esposito missed me too but they wouldn't come and find me," said Castle. He started to grab a pen from his desk and move it around his fingers.
She starts to put her hands crossed on her chest. "I didn't…" she says. He smiles to her. "Okay, I did. It was weird working without you, happy?"
"Yeah, so what did you want to talk to me about?" says Castle leaning back in his chair.
She moves forward to him in the white chair. She was wearing a red blouse and black pants while he was wearing his typical purple long sleeve shirt and black pants. She noticed he wasn't wearing a tie anymore, he must have taken it off when he got home.
"I just feel bad from this morning. I didn't mean what I said," says Beckett.
Castle face changes from his smiling face to serious almost sad. "I think you did. I mean you want Tom," said.
"Why does it matter to you, about Tom and I?" says Beckett. "What I was talking about was what I said about you shadowing me, you mean more to me than that now."
He leans forward on his chair, almost to hear her better. "Really? What would that be?"
"You're helpful on cases, you make things better on them too, you've been a good friend…" she says listing the things that come to mind.
He nods. "Friend, huh?" he says.
"Yeah, we're friends. We all are," said Beckett. She was talking about her and everyone else in the precinct. That wasn't enough for Castle. He's realizes that he wants her more than that.
She was more than one of his conquests, more than just his muse, more than a friend, he wanted to be with her. He couldn't imagine not being around her. But it didn't help being around her and Demming. It just hurts him.
"You're going later to Demming and get back together with him, right?" said Castle.
She thinks about it. There's a part of her that wants to say here and tell him, she wants to be with him but then there's a part of her that thinks going back to Tom would be better.
"Yeah, Castle, I will. I just want sure we are in good terms first," says Beckett.
He thinks about it for a second. "We are."
"Good, so are you coming for the case?" says Beckett.
"Nah, I should say and try to write," Castle says.
Her face gives a questionable look. "I didn't think you had to try, Castle."
"Well, to be honest, Beckett. I've been having a bit of trouble writing, but don't worry. You'll see the book in September," says Castle.
The way Castle was looking at her and what he was saying was worrying her.
"Well, you should stay here then and work," says Beckett getting out of the chair. "I'll see you later, right?"
"Yeah, I'll be here all day and all night. How is looking for apartment going for you?" said Castle.
She gets sad, thinking that he wants her to leave from his place. He notices. "It's not that I want you to leave, Alexis too," says Castle. "I just figured you would be wanting to leave, you know with everything to do with Demming."
"I haven't found anything good so far, but I'm glad I'm still able to stay here until I do find a place," said Beckett looking to him and walking towards the door.
"I'm going to try to talk to Demming about it and see what happens. If he isn't okay with it then maybe it's for the best that we aren't together. If he can't understand that I need to stay here for a while longer," said Beckett. "I should go."
"Okay," he says nodding. He tries to smile and wave like he wants her to leave to get things done. He opens his laptop again. Showing her that he's about to work. She smiles, and leaves though the door of his office and out of his apartment.
He opens Word and finds the document he was using for his book. He looks at the words he's been writing and starts to think of a new character, Schlemming, who has an annoying 100-watt smile.
Beckett made up with Demming. He was so annoyed and hurt. He tried his best to find out about the latest case before Demming but he still won in the end. He was kissing Beckett. It's late at night, it's probably best for him to go home like he said to Beckett after congratulating her on the case. She would be likely either coming after to his place or staying at Tom's. He didn't care. He rather not see her more tonight.
He goes back to his place and opens the door. His place was quiet once again. He goes up the stairs to his daughter's room. She was already sleeping. He didn't know if he was relieved or not. Wait, was his mother in her room? That puzzled him. He thought Martha wouldn't be sleeping her anymore. Not that he mind having her here. He walks back down the stairs and goes to his office. He sits back in his desk and turns on his computer to try to write some more. Not that he really wanted to. Nikki wasn't inspiring him at the moment.
It was already past midnight, he was walking to the kitchen. Alexis and Martha were talking. Before he got there, he stopped and heard what they were saying.
"Your father has been acting weird lately," said Martha. "Do you know why that is?"
Alexis going to the fridge, gets a milk carton and a glass and turns to Martha.
"Grams, Dad has been having trouble writing. You know how odd that is. Plus I have noticed something bothering him especially when I talk to him about his writing," said Alexis.
She puts her glass of milk in the middle counter in the kitchen. On the counter was some cookies. Wasn't her dad eating these a few nights ago? There were only two left. He must have eaten more than she thought.
"That is odd, Alexis. What have you noticed about his writing? It feels like I barely am here now a days," says Martha.
"Yeah, I miss you around, Grams. Well, he seems to have introduced a new character suddenly and that's not the odd thing about it," says Alexis getting closer to her like she's telling a secret.
"What is it, honey?" said Martha getting curious.
She drinks a bit of the milk. "It's the fact that when I told him that he should take out the new character Schlemming, he started to cross him out with the red pencil and said "I wish it was this easy" like it was real."
Martha goes around the counter and gets closer to Alexis. "Well, we do know he based Nikki Heat off of Kate Beckett. Could this new character be based off someone that Kate might be interested right now?"
Alexis had a look like she was thinking. "It could be. It was something I was thinking about. He has talked about this robbery detective that has been helping out on cases and he sounded a lot like the character."
Richard Castle still listening in, became surprised how quickly Alexis noticed that about his new character and then though about it and realized that his daughter has always been smart in knowing about things.
Then the main door to the apartment started to open. He could see her walk into his place, and he tried to step back quietly so no one would hear him.
"Hello, Alexis and Martha. What are you two doing up? I figured both of you would be asleep by now," said Beckett.
"Hello, Kate…" both Alexis and Martha say simultaneously.
"Well, I was asleep but then I woke up and I was hungry," said Alexis.
"You are so much like your father, honey," said Martha. Alexis smiles at her and continues, "I was sleeping but something woke up…" Martha smiles back at Alexis.
"I'm sorry Grams, I didn't mean to wake you up," says Alexis.
"It's alright," says Martha, "I know you didn't mean to." They both look at each other and then look at Kate Beckett.
"So, Kate, what are you doing up?" says Alexis.
"Oh, I was out with someone tonight," says Beckett trying not to say, almost because she doesn't want to say whom she was out with.
Martha gets excited and says, "Was it a date? Tell us girls about it."
"Yeah, Kate, we want to know. If you want to tell us," said Alexis.
At this moment, Richard Castle wants to move from his hiding spot and go up the stairs and go to his room so he can't hear them talking about the annoying robbery detective. Yet he doesn't move. He can't.
"Sure, Alexis, I was out on a date with detective Tom Demming," says Beckett.
Just as she says that Alexis almost spits the milk she was drinking, realizing that she was right all along. Her dad's new character was based off someone in real life. All Martha could do was smile but she was thinking about what Alexis had told her seconds ago.
"So how was it, Kate?" says Martha. Since Alexis couldn't respond, she was still trying to process it all.
"It was okay, he's still not happy that I'm staying here. He thinks I should already have found a place by now," says Kate trying to not look at their faces.
"Well, Kate, honey," Martha says moving forward to her, "You're always welcome here."
"Yeah, I've really enjoyed you being here, Kate," says Alexis, "If he really is bothered by it, maybe he doesn't deserve you."
Castle hears this and it makes him smile.
"Thanks both of you," says Beckett. "I think I should go to bed. Where's your father, Alexis? He's not sleeping in the sofa."
"Huh, I didn't even notice that he wasn't sleeping in the sofa. I guess I'm use to him sleeping in his room or falling asleep in his office. I bet he's still in his office," says Alexis.
Castle starts to quietly move from his spot to the office. As he enters the office, he hopes that they didn't notice or hear him but he closes the door loudly.
They all hear the door closing. "That must be my dad closing the door of his office," say Alexis. "He's been having trouble writing lately…"
Beckett notices how Alexis looks worried. "Don't worry about your father, Alexis, I'm sure he'll get through it."
Martha looks to both of them and then says, "I think we should all go to bed. It is kind of late."
The three agreed and went up the stairs to their rooms. Castle was still in the office, sitting in his chair looking out the window at the dark sky.
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