I am so sorry for the long wait, it's just that I had so much work to be done, and then I was going to come back to this and then I got writer's block, and it frustrated the crap out of me. Then I had placement in an independent pharmacy and it was practically dead, so I started the next chapter of this. Then I finished this chapter.

Anyway, sorry for the rant, just thought I'd let you guys know.

Thank you for all of the amazing reviews, each and every one makes me feel so much better for putting myself out there.

As always I do not own Castle or anything related to it. I only own my own boredom. :)

Castle Monday!

He walked into the precinct after receiving the text from Bob. It was fairly close to him, about a 20 minute walk. Walking into the lobby of the building, he went up to the desk. A young woman was working at the desk, too busy to notice him, so he cleared his throat.

"Excuse me." He started.

She looked up from her stack of paperwork, giving him one of the most frightening death stares he'd ever received in his life.

"Yes sir, may I help you with something?" She said, irritated.

"Um, yeah, which floor is homicide?" I have a meeting with Captain Montgomery."

"Name?"

"Richard Castle."

She picked up the phone and rang homicide, or that's what he thought.

"Hi Captain, I have a Richard Castle waiting down in the lobby for you… Okay I'll send him right up." She put the phone down. "Homicide is 4." And with that she went back to work.

Rude. You work in a police precinct; you should have some form of manners.

He got into the elevator and hit floor 4. it made a rusty, creaking sound. Need a new elevator. The elevator pinged and the doors opened. He walked out to a nearly deserted bullpen. Only a few people were at their desks working. Must be a lot of active cases going on. Just then an officer walked past him. "Excuse me." The officer turned around.

"Yeah, what can I do for you buddy?"

"I'm looking for Captain Montgomery's office."

"Uhh, it's just down there." The officer pointed just past a woman who was writing on a white board.

"Thanks." He tried reading his name-tag. "Uh, L.t."

"No problem."

He looked at the woman again, but this time she was looking back at him. Oh crap! It was her, the woman from the night before. The woman who he'd been thinking about all night. Oh god. She was here. What was she doing here? Did she work here? So many questions. What on earth was he doing? Stop staring like an idiot and just walk towards her and talk to her. So he did just that. He picked up his pace towards her, but she walked away and into the office.

Huh what was going on? The two men that she was with had confused looks on their face. He approached them, "Excuse me, who was that just now?"

"She, is Detective Kate Beckett, why?" The Hispanic one said. "Who are you?"

"I'm Richard Castle; I have a meeting with Captain Montgomery."

"Why are you asking about Beckett?" The Irish looking one said.

"Just, err. I've met her before."

"You have?"

"Yeah"

"When?"

"Last night."

"Last night?"

"Yeah, why?"

"No, um, just interesting."

"Okay, that's cool, but do you know where Captain Montgomery's office is?"

"Yeah, the room she just went into."

"Thanks." He left the two detectives (he presumed) and followed Beckett.

Entering the room he saw Beckett standing next Captain Montgomery. Wow, she was gorgeous. Was she nervous? She was! She knew who he was. She was a fan, he could tell. Oh this was great. He was gonna milk this every second he could.

"Captain Montgomery?" He asked.

"Yes, and you must be Richard Castle."

"Yes, yes I am. Where's the mayor?"

"Had an important phone call to make, he'll be in a while. In the meantime he told me about your situation, and we agree that it's not safe for you to hire out from a private company, and since Bob is an old friend, he asked me to call upon my best, and here she is. Richard Castle, meet Detective Kate Beckett."

He flashed her a smile and she blushed. Oh this was going to be so much fun. He extended his hand for a shake. She took it. Good. Her hand was small, soft. He wondered what other parts of her were soft to touch. Calm down, don't let your mind wander.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Detective Beckett. However I would've liked to meet you under different circumstances."

She blushed harder. There was no doubt in his mind that she knew who he was.

Excellent.

"Likewise," she said, avoiding eye contact. He winked at her then sat down next to her.

The mayor came in and sat on Captain Montgomery's desk.

"Okay, so that we're all here now, let's just get things sorted out." He started.

"We all agree that Mr Castle here is in some big danger, and we have no idea where this is coming from, so we can't risk hiring out to private companies otherwise we would be there. Mr Castle is a good friend, and so are you Roy. I don't trust anyone more than I do you. I trust your judgement. I've asked you to call upon your best, and that is you Detective." He nodded towards Beckett.

"I have a meeting to attend to, so if Mr Castle stays here, you three can iron out all of the details and then inform me."

"Be my pleasure Bob." The Captain said. "Let me escort you out."

They both left.

He and Beckett were alone.

She was being silent, probably hoping for her Captain to come back. He was hoping that he took his time. He turned towards her and her gaze was fixed on the door.

He leaned into her and whispered "I guess my wish came true" in to her ear and kissed her cheek.

Before she could kill him, her Captain walked back in.

I would just love to thank all you wonderful people for reading my stories. Makes me so happy.

Mona :)