Alexis Castle (ACPOV)

I walked into the living room to find my dad watching one of those TV shows about ghosts; he was very engaged to the show, as like ghosts were really true.

"Dad" He didn't even look to me. "Dad." I tried again trying to gain his attention. "DAD!"

"AH! Oh god Alexis, you scared me!" He said putting his hand on his chest and taking a deep breath.

"Well, that was the third time I called you and you didn't answer it."

"Sorry, this show is just awesome! They found a haunted house here in New York! Apparently several people reported a ghost there and now they are going to find it. How cool is that?" He said with his childish smile.

"Dad, ghosts don't exist, I am sorry to be the one to tell you."

"Tsk, tsk. It's just sad that my favorite daughter has such a small mind." He said with a disappointed looked and smirking.

"Well father, I am so sorry if I am such small minded." I said sitting on the couch next to him.

"I love you anyway." He said kissing me. "What did you call me for?"

"Hum… I need Kate's number." I said a little insecure.

"Kate's number?" Dad said suspicious.

"Exacly."

"And can I ask why?"

"Not really dad, it's like a girl thing." I said looking to my hands.

"Okay then, you can get my cell phone and call her, or take the number and call her from your cell phone. Whatever you want think is best. Are you in trouble or something?"

"I am not; it's just something I wanted to talk with her. Don't worry is nothing serious."

"Okay, you know that if you need anything you can just say, right?" He said looking worried at me.

"Of course dad, like I said: don't worry."

"If you say that I don't need to worry, I won't worry. Let me get back to my show."

"Sure, thanks dad."

"No need to thank me, I did nothing." He said and turning his attention back to the TV.

I picked my father's cell phone and got Kate's number. I went to my bedroom and sat there looking at the number and thinking if I should call her. I was being stupid, I got my dad super worried just because I wanted to ask Kate about boys and maybe if she had time, go shopping with her to find a cute dress so I could go to the party I had at the end of week.

I tried to think what could go wrong if I called her. Nothing came up on my mind, she was always apparently genuine nice with me, or maybe it was some kind of lawyer power she had that made her be always nice, but she didn't appear to be the kind of person who would be nice with you if she didn't really like you. Or maybe she was being nice to me because she wanted to date my dad. Quickly I dismissed the last idea, she wouldn't need me to make dad date her, and he was already in love with her before she even met me.

I stopped trying to convince me that Kate didn't like me, because I knew she liked and I started working on winning my shyness so I could call her. After fifteen minutes debating with myself if I should or not call, I pressed the call option on the cell phone and put on my ear. Part of me didn't want her to pick up, and the other part wished she would just pick up so my misery would end. If you asked what feeling was stronger I couldn't tell you.

"Hello, Katherine Beckett speaking." She said with a very serious tone.

"Hey Kate, It's me Alexis. Are you too busy?" I said worried that she was in the middle of something.

"Not for you." When she said that, I exhaled loudly and relaxed. She really liked me. "How are you?"

"I am great Kate, thank you. And how are you?"

"I am fine. Something happened? Not that I don't like talking to you, but it's unusual for you to call me."

"Nothing happened, I wanted to invite you to go shopping with me for a party I have on Friday. I would like your opinion; my style is too different from grandma."

"Of course Alexis, when do you want to go? Today is already a little too late to go out. Let me look in my schedule. I think this week is a little bit slower than usually is."

"Okay." With that I heard she talking to someone in the background, probably some kind of assistant.

"Hello Alexis, are you still there?"

"Yes, I am still here."

"Well, this week is slower. Why don't you choose a day so I can pick you up at school?"

"Great! Is Wednesday good?"

"It's good. Do you already have some idea of what you want or what stores you want to go?"

"I have some ideas but I would love if you could show one of your favorites." I said already getting excited with the idea of going out with her.

"Sure, I would love to. On week day I use a town car, I hope you don't mind. When you classes finish?

"I don't mind and at 3pm, I can text you the address of my school."

"Great, I will wait for you text and when the school finishes I will probably be already waiting you outside."

"Okay, thank you so much for accepting my invitation."

"I will always accept you invitation Alexis, unless I have something really, really important to do."

"Okay." I almost whispered to the phone, I wasn't used to have someone, unless dad and grandma, caring so much about me. I knew my mother loved me, but I wasn't her first priority and it felt different. I smiled to no one and wished that tomorrow went by fast so I could meet with Kate.

Kate Beckett (KBPOV)

On Wednesday

To say that when Alexis called I was surprised was a euphemism; I didn't expect us to form a bond so early in our relationship. So, I made sure that I was in time to pick her up.

In the morning before leave home I thought of how should I look for us to go out, I tried to pick up something that wasn't too casual, that I still could use on the office and something that wasn't too formal, since I wanted to Alexis to see me as friend, not a grown-up that was dating her dad, and thinking about it, I wasn't sure if she knew that Castle and I were dating; since I wasn't sure I decided not to touch the subject.

I arrived 10 minutes before 3pm, the town car attracted attention of the few moms that were waiting for their kids. I got worried that maybe Alexis would be embarrassed of it, but I soon discarded the idea, she wasn't that kind of kid.

When the bell ringed and I saw that bunch of kids running out of the door, I thought that finding Alexis would be difficult but soon I saw a red point in the middle of blondes and browns and I was sure that it was Alexis. She kept walking towards me but didn't appear to see me. When she stooped, looked around and found me, she opened the biggest smile. My heart melted a little.

"Hi Alexis, how are you?"

"Hi Kate, thank you again for coming to pick me up." She said giving me a big hug.

"No need to thank." I said squeezing her in my arms back.

The afternoon was gone by quickly, Alexis was nice and I loved being in her company. After two hours looking we found the perfect dress, and I gave her a shoe to go with it, I knew that Castle had enough money to give her a dress and shoes but I wanted to give her something nice, when she chose the shoe and I said that I was going to give it to her, she got a little bit emotional, and I felt sorry for her. She probably didn't have someone to do those little things with her; when I was her age I had my mother who was amazing, we would go out every week even if just to go to the cinema, so we could spend time just the two of us.

After we finished shopping, I decided to take her out to dinner, just the two of us. I chose a nice Chinese restaurant that I loved and hoped she would to. After a thirty minutes making small talk, she appeared to get anxious and got me worried.

"What is it Alexis?"

"What is what?"

"You were fine until a few minutes ago when you started getting anxious, do you have to go? I said something you didn't like?"

"No, nothing like that. It's just that I… hum… I have a question for you and I am not sure if we are close enough for me to ask it." She said taking a sip of her coke.

"Well, why don't you ask it and I will decide if I can or can't answer."

"Sounds good. Hum… I think I have a crush on a guy from my school, and I was thinking, if you could, I don't know, give me like tips to make him notice me or something like that."

"Well, I will do my best but when I was a teenager I didn't really act on my crushes, I was too shy. But let's see… do you talk to him?"

"Sometimes, we are in the same biology class."

"A lot of years ago, when I asked my mother the same question she said that the important thing is to open a line of conversation. Talk to him, and show him that he can always talk to you. If you talk to him, you will know if you really like him, if you have the same interests or something like that. And after that, I don't know, things will work out alone."

"Thanks." She said smiling relieved that I answered her question.

"I know I am not very good at this, I can't remember the last time I got a crush on someone and acted on it. I didn't date a lot before Peter, but in college was always the thing were a guy was attracted to me, I was attracted to him and we decide to date until we wanted to date someone else, so I am not the best person to give you advice but I hoped I helped you."

"You did help. Thank you."

After that we fall in an easy small talk, after we ate, I paid and got her home.

"Thank you again Kate to going out with me."

"Hey Alexis, I loved it. We should do it always."

"I would like that." She said smiling shyly.

"Well, I would like that too. Call me if you need, and next week I call you so we can schedule something."

"Okay. Bye." She said hugging me, I hugged her back and watched her enter the building.

I came back to the car and said to the driver.

"To my house please."

"Of course." The driver answered without taking his eyes of the traffic.

I closed my eyes and let the jazz that was playing in the car fill my head.

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