Chapter 8 – Always

The character don't belong to me, Mr Marlowe is the creator.

Castle was going to show up today at the precinct and I was happy that we were now heading forward with our relationship instead of backward. By his message, I was sure that today, we weren't going to go down the elevator separately but together. I reached my desk and sat down with two cups of coffee in my hand. I was constantly tapping my feet and staring at the elevator...I was waiting for him. Ryan and Esposito had sensed my tension but did not irritate me with questions, thankgod! Suddenly the elevator door slid open and I could see him walking towards me. He was wearing a smile on his face today and also a purple shirt, my favourite colour. He walked towards me with two cups of coffee in his hand. He raised both the cups when he saw me staring. It was as if I had got springs in my legs because the moment he approached, I stood up. We both handed each other our respective coffee cups, unable to decide now what to do with four cups of coffee.

'Oh you got coffee?' I asked, unable to decide what to do with four cups now.

'Well... isn't it my duty to fetch you coffee every morning' he said very politely.

'I got too...' I said, smiling at him.

'No problem...' was all he said as he kept a cup on the desk, took a cup from my hand and gave me one of the two cups he had brought. He simply gave the remaining cups- one his and one mine to Ryan and Esposito, winking at them.

'YO! We are not gonna have leftovers!' Esposito said, giving Castle one of his I-am-gonna-kill-you looks.

'Suit yourself...though I know you will not be able to resist it...' Castle said, walking towards me again. Ryan and Espo were already gulping it down their throats and it was over in a few minutes. On the other hand, we had each other's coffee. He actually loved my coffee and I loved his. It was perfect.

'So can we talk?' he asked, placing the empty cup on the desk.

'Sure...' I said, heading towards the break room, he followed me. Once we were there with the door closed, he just came up too close and said-

'Kate, I am sorry... it was silly of me to ask for time...I just want to say, I have no doubts...my feelings towards you haven't changed a bit' he said, sincerely.

'Rick, what I did was wrong... you shouldn't even apologize, you are always apologizing for things you don't even do...I'm sorry okay?' I said, holding his hand.

'Heyy...I overreacted...and you don't apologize again, please...' was all he said, with a soft voice, making the hold of his hand on mine, tighter.

'No Rick...I was selfish and I shouldn't have-' I started but he cut me off with a kiss. He kissed me tenderly, biting my lips softly. He just embraced me, placing both his hands around my waist. My hands soon clasped his neck and we were kissing just slowly, as if we had all the time in the world. The kisses were not hard, not forced; they were just of the right intensity. Someone cleared his/her throat and that's when we parted at once, trying to look normal, as if nothing at all had happened.

'You too...uh I'm...what just-...I wanted to...' It was Ryan and he was unable to even find words to describe what he had just seen.

'Hey Ryan, what's up?' I said, trying to control my breath.

'Are you two like...together or something?' he asked, but I did not know what we actually were doing now.

'Ryan we are giving dating a shot' Castle said, taking charge of the situation. After a moment of silence Ryan just said-

'Finally...YES! Lanie won the bet...you know, we had a bet about whether you both will get your shit together or not and Lanie was right...though it took four years, but still...at least it happened!' he said, excitedly.

'Hey Ryan please don't go around announcing it now, Gates will not like it' I said. I did not want to know Gate's reaction.

'Don't worry, I got that covered...' was all he said, as we started walking towards the elevator, holding hands. I did not care that I was missing a day of duty. I had a duty towards Castle, and I wanted to attend to him now. I could hear Esposito asking Ryan questions from behind but I just did not care.

'Heyy, why are they walking like that, did they just-?' he asked, and Ryan just nodded.

'Where the hell is Beckett going with that writer?' Gates asked, coming out from her office, but I knew that Ryan and Espo will have a story to feed her. That's what friend's do; they always have each other's back...always.

The moment I reached Castle's loft, I knew that it was going to be an unforgettable night. He just opened the door and the moment I stepped in, he pushed me against the door, closing it with my body and closing my mouth with his lips. He just started kissing me, not even parting for breath. We did not lose touch, even while drawing breath too we constantly kept kissing each other softly. Soon his hands were around the small of my back and my legs were tangled around his waist. He lifted me in the same position and carried me to his couch. His hands were inside my shirt and mine were unbuttoning his shirt.

'Where's-'I asked between kisses and he parted his lips from mine for a second to just utter the word 'Out'. We did not even care to look at the broken glass decoration piece which had been knocked off because of the strong activity happening on the couch. I could not even remember how I got to Rick's room. The heavy kissing has washed away my memory. He pushed me on his bed and as he closed the door he just said- 'It's not a number for me'

It took a while for me to figure out what he was trying to say. He said it again- 'It's not a number for me, it's THE number' with that he just started walking towards the bed. He really looked handsome without clothes.

'Just come here and kiss me already' I said, unable to resist. With that he was in no time on top of me, shooting infinite passionate kisses on my lips. I felt a moist touch on my scar and he slowly started nibbling his way up towards my lips again, we both were now sliding our fingers on the bare skin and removing the remaining clothes. My body was reacting to his every touch. I wanted to show him that the page 105 was nothing in front of what we were now heading towards.

It was going to be a long night, our first night of steamy and passionate love making. A night I will remember forever as it involved not a boy anymore but a man I love. A night I was going to cherish... 'always'.

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