Chapter Two

It had only been thirty-four minutes since she had broken down at her therapist's office, all Kate wanted to do now was take a hot shower and curl into bed. Yet as she opened the door to her apartment her cell phone began to ring. Looking at the caller id, she shook her head in frustration.

"Hi, Castle," Kate said closing the door to her apartment and throwing her keys in the dish on the table, and putting her gun and badge down on the same table.

"Any plans for my favorite detective tonight," Castle asked.

"Why would I know Esposito's plans for tonight?"

"Funny, Kate. I was thinking that after last night you would want a change of scenery. How about coming over to my place tonight for dinner and a movie?"

"Not tonight, Rick, I just got home," she answered walking towards her kitchen. It had only been three hours since she had last seen him, and deep within she did miss him.

"That is what I thought," he announced before disconnecting the call.

Kate shook her head as she closed her cell phone and put her hand on the refrigerator, but before she could open it there was a knock on the door.

"How did I know it was you," Kate said opening the door revealing Rick Castle on the other side.

"I figured you wouldn't want to go out after your appointment, so I figured I would bring dinner and a movie to you," Rick smiled holding out a pizza with a DVD on top.

"Come on in."

Kate shut the apartment door and followed Rick into the kitchen. He put the pizza down on the stove and grabbed a couple of plates while Kate grabbed two bottles of water out of the refrigerator. Within minutes they were sitting on the couch together with the movie in the DVD player.

"So what movie did you bring," she asked before taking a bite of her piece of pizza.

"I figured we would go for something light and just relax after the past couple of days, so I bought Back to The Future," he said hitting play on the remote.

"Thanks, Rick," she mumbled putting her pizza down on the coffee table. "We do need to talk about last night."

"Kate, I told you it was okay. Last night was the closest we have from-."

"I'm sorry," she whispered putting her hands over her eyes.

"Sorry, it happened?"

"Yes. I mean no," she fumbled standing up and walking in front of the coffee table while the Michael J. Fox's character began riding his skateboard through the city of Hill Valley and Huey Lewis playing in the background.

"Oh," Rick stumbled realizing that maybe Kate thought last night was a mistake.

"It's not like that, Rick. We have become so close since Ryan's wedding, and I'm happy about that. I really am, but there is something you need to know before we go any further."

Kate sat back down on the couch taking his hand in her's. She had to get the truth out even if it meant losing him forever.

"This has to do with last summer."

"Kate, I told you before that I have forgiven you for not calling. I knew why you kept your distance. I thought we had talked about all of this," he replied putting his hand on her cheek. "I love you, Kate, and this moment is all that matters."

"I know you love me, Rick, and I have enjoyed every moment with you these last few months and even some of the moments before that too," she said smiling remembered some of his crazier antics in the past four years.

"Then what is the problem?"

"It's how things ended with Josh and me."

"Josh," Rick questioned before his cell phone rang, "what does he have to do with us?"

"You should answer that," she said as the phone rang a couple more times. This conversation wasn't ending up how she had pictured it in her head, so the phone was a nice distraction.

"No, Kate, it can go to voicemail. I would rather talk about this," he commented not even bothering to look at his cell phone to see who it was calling.

Then a knock on Kate's apartment door saved her again. Both of them looked at the door and looked at his blazer where his cell phone kept ringing.

"Saved by the bell," Kate mumbled before getting up from the couch and Rick answering his phone. She opened the door to reveal the man who had haunted her dreams recently. "Josh! What are you doing here?"

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