Early the next morning, Kate couldn't sleep, the house seemed quiet meaning Castle wasn't up yet either.
Kate was sat up in bed played Angry Birds on her phone, she herd Castle calling her.
"Kate?"
"Yeh." she threw her phone under her pillow the noises kept going. She looked quickly back down but couldn't react as he was already standing at her door.
"Hey, how are you going?"
"I'm good just woke up actually." she cleared her throat
"Would you like some breakfast, I'm going to make some bacon and eggs."
"Sure would, I'll be there soon."
"Ok, how did you sleep?"
"Good, really well."
"If you need a hand with anything thismorning, just give me a call."
"Will do, thanks." she smiled.
He started to walk away and Kate was about to get her phone back from under the pillow when he stuck his head around the corner again, her hand retreated.
"Oh and Kate."
"Yeh?"
"Watch that 6th level in Angry Birds...there's a trick to it." he winked at her and left.
She rolled her eyes, thinking for a moment smiled and shook her head...she couldn't put much past him these days. But she liked how someone was actually getting to know her and knocking down the walls that she had put up over the years.
Castle herd her come out into the kitchen he turned and looked at her.
With what she had been through she was doing really well, it was the fight in her that made her more attractive than ever towards him, he had never met anyone like her ever and loved every bit of her for it...but he still didn't like the fact it nearly got her killed.
"I'm blaming you, you know Rick."
"Hmmmm what for." his thoughts were interrupted
"Getting me hooked on Angry Birds."
"Ahhh Kate I did nothing of the sort."
"Yes you did, leaving your phone hanging around my desk sometimes. Playing it just to annoy me at my desk. Showing me all your scores...at my desk."
"Ok guilty...but you have to admit it's a great time waster."
"Oh sure...so do you need a hand here?"
"No I am fine you just sit down and relax because that is what you are here for."
She pulled up a seat at the breakfast bar, Rick got her a coffee.
"Just the way you like it." he smiled
"Thank you...I could get used to this, breakfast every morning, sure beats racing to work on nothing."
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." he said with Kate helping him finish that sentence
"...yeh I've herd that before too." she said.
Lanie gave Esposito a call, he and Ryan were to come and see her asap. Within half an hour they were there.
"What have you got for us Lanie?" asked Ryan
Lanie held up a bullet retrieved from the victim in a plastic bag. "Do you think this looks familiar?"
Esposito had a closer look. "Looks like the same ammo that was pulled from Beckett."
"Exactly, so the victim and the shooter have something to do with this case."
"Should we tell Beckett?" asked Ryan
"No not yet, we need to do some more digging here before we go to her with anything."
"What if Castle calls any of us?" Ryan said
"Same deal, we don't want either of them knowing what's happening here until we know more, if Beckett finds out what we are doing without her she will kill us lets just keep this to ourselves for a bit longer. Deal?"
"Sure." Lanie and Ryan said.
"So what would you like to do today Kate?" Rick asked her over another coffee as they sat outside watching the ocean.
"I don't know, I have to do my excercises first, maybe a walk along the beach later."
"I'm sure we can arrange that."
"How's the book coming along...I don't want to distract you too much from that, I can amuse myself you know."
"I know but I don't want you getting bored...you may want to go back home."
"Yeh right and you would let me go without a fight." she playfully pushed his arm.
"You are probably right there." he grinned. There was a knock at the door. "Ill get that." he said getting up
At the door was a plain clothed police officer showing him his badge.
"Hey."
"Hey, I'm here to keep a watch on a," he looked at his piece of paper. "Kathrine Beckett am I at the right place?"
"I didn't think she needed one."
"Apparently she does, orders from head office NYC." he showed Castle the piece of paper.
"Right."
"See that car over there, that's my base until a replacement comes in around 6pm they have also been told the same deal as me make sure they give you the run down."
Kate came to the door and stood behind Castle.
"What's up?"
"just here for your protection." the officer said.
"Why do I need to be watched...Castle do you know something I don't?"
"No this is news to me also Kate, we should call Ryan and Esposito."
"No need to, this order came from the 12th."
"Well in that case fine." Kate shrugged, she was getting tired and couldn't be bothered to argue right now.
"I'll be right outside." the officer said and headed back to his car. Rick shut the door slowly.
"You don't mind about having someone outside 24/7." he said.
"They are just doing their job...anyway I think I am going to lie down for a while."
"Are you ok?"
"Yeh just a bit tired, you go write and we can go for that walk later." she kissed him on the lips softly.
"Sure." he swallowed, "I think I have just got inspired to write."
"Good, that's what I am around for right?" she raised her eyebrows at him and smiled biting her lip.
"Ok Kate, get some rest, I don't want anymore distractions."
"Are you sure about that." she smiled leaning closer to him again.
"Well only if.."
"Ok see you later." she pulled back and walked to her room. Smiling to herself.
"I always said you were a tease Kate Beckett." he smiled and headed to his study to try to write, knowing that the love of his life was in the same house as he was it was going to be difficult to keep his mind on the job.
Ryan and Esposito were having a discussion.
"Well we ring him but don't tell him about the shooting."
"What do we say if he asks how things are going."
"We bluff, we can do it, we need to know how Beckett is going, we haven't herd for two days." they worried about her, even more now. They knew she would be alright with Castle and they knew she would have a gun with her at all times, this was Beckett. Always prepared.
"Maybe we could go up there, I know he has a ton of room, we would fit."
"Ryan, what the...no." Esposito tapped him over the back of the head. "No we just give him a call to check up on her that's all."
"Alright but you can do all the talking."
"No problem."
Castle was on a roll with his book, he had already done three pages so far, he decided he would print what he had to see what it looked like on real paper and probably stash it with the rest of the book that was already printed up. He liked printing a hard copy up bit by bit it saved doing it all at the end. The printer buzzed and coughed flashed then stopped.
"What now...I swear this is the last time, I'm buying a new printer." he mumbled and looked at it, a little warning light came on letting him know he was out of ink. "Well...ok, not your fault, mine." he checked on Beckett who was asleep and decided to go out and get more ink, he wasn't going to be long anyway. Grabbing his keys he locked the door behind him.
The officer in the car watched the garage door open and Castle drive away.
Castle's phone flashed, Esposito. He put him on speaker phone.
"Hey how's it going back there?"
"Oh yeh you know working hard." Esposito said looking at Ryan who nudged him."So how are things with you and Beckett?"
"Good she is getting lots of rest and I am getting more of the book done."
"Ahhhh good to hear, we just thought we would check in with you."
"Don't trust me hey."
"We trust you Castle."
"Hey, I've got a question for you guys though."
"Fire away."
"What's with the watch on Kate, I mean I didn't think anyone was supposed to know she was up here."
"They don't, what do you mean watch on Beckett?"
"You guys sent an officer up from the 12th to watch her he is sitting out the front of my house now."
Ryan leaned forward and spoke"Castle, we never sent anyone up from the 12th to watch Beckett." he looked at Esposito.
At that moment Castle slammed on his breaks and did a U turn in the middle of the busy street sending cars everywhere and blairing their horns at him. He cringed as he did it mouthing sorry as he took off back home.
"I'm calling Kate now."
"Right we will get onto our guys down there." Esposito hung up and Castle dialed Beckett. Saying Pick up Pick up as he did. Her phone kept ringing but there was no answer.
"Shit." he said out loud and he didn't swear much. He dialed again.
Beckett woke up and picked up her phone on the side table.
"What?" she didn't look to see who it was.
"Kate." Castle said frantically.
"Yeh."
"Kate, get out of the house."
"What."
"Kate just do as I say, get out of the house and don't let the cop outside see you go."
"What's this about Castle?" she sat up. Looking out the window, the cop was still in the car.
"The watch on you Kate...he isn't a cop...nobody was sent around."
Well well what do you all think about that?