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"We thought you two were going to spend all night alone," Emily joked as Beckett and Castle arrived at the group.

Beckett blushed, realising that her friends had seen how close they'd been all night. Not that it would be strange to them, for her to be close to someone she claimed to be her boyfriend, but she was still embarrassed at being caught.

Castle laughed, putting on the charm she'd seen him use many times, "sorry, that was my fault," Castle said before he gave some excuse about how busy they are at work and how they don't have much time to spend alone together which was true to an extent, they are busy and they don't spend nearly as much time together outside of work as he wishes, but maybe that was going to change now.

They spent the rest of the evening talking with her friends, Castle never leaving her side, Rob offering to get everyone more drinks which meant Castle didn't have to leave her to do that either.

Beckett was busy talking to George when Emily stepped up beside Castle to speak to him, holding her phone out to him for him to see the screen, "you guys are really cute together."

Castle's mouth dropped open slightly as he saw the picture Emily had been talking about "when did you take that?"

"We were looking for you and Rob spotted you over by the tables and I thought you too looked really sweet together and I thought Kate might want a picture." She'd originally taken the picture so she could tease Beckett about it later, would've said something about her going soft, but when she'd looked at the picture it was too cute to do anything other than show them and since Kate was currently talking, she'd showed Rick first.

Castle nodded, smiling at Beckett's friend, wondering if maybe the wedding photographer had taken any pictures of them too before he spoke, "can you send me it too?"

"Sure," Emily smiled, already getting ready to email the picture to Castle when Beckett spoke, having heard the end part of the conversation at least.

"Send him what?" Beckett really hoped it wasn't anything embarrassing from her college days.

Castle had typed in his email address, and Beckett's as well, and hit said on Emily's phone before he turned back to her and asked as he gestured to the phone and then to Beckett, "may I?"

"Go ahead," Emily smiled, having fully intended so show her friend anyway.

"Wow," Beckett breathed out as she saw the photo that was in front of her. The first thing she noticed was how happy she looked, how happy they both looked, as they stood their talking to each other. And that's all the picture was, her and Castle, talking to each other but somehow the picture managed to convey just how happy they were in that moment as they stood in front of each other, smiles on both their faces. It wasn't just one aspect that told of how clearly they had feelings for each other, but the whole photo came together to show just how in love they were and maybe they hadn't said it to each other yet but it could be clearly seen by anyone who looked at this picture that they were in love.

"That's going in my office," Castle said, breaking Beckett out of her thoughts as he stood staring at the photo again, lost in how beautiful they looked together. Those five words though, suddenly had his mind spiraling out of control as he started to think of simply placing that photo in his office and how that seemed to change everything. They were no longer just friends, they were a couple and that changed things completely.

Castle couldn't help but think about what that could mean for their future. Right now, it was him putting a picture of them together in his office, one that clearly showed they were in a relationship. But where was that relationship going to lead? He hoped it was going to lead to a long and happy life together, one where he would spend every day showing Beckett just how much she means to him.

"Rick sent it to you too," Emily said, snapping them both out of their thoughts and Castle was glad for the distraction because he knew that they needed to have a conversation about their future and what Beckett saw for them before he let his imagination get away with itself.

"Thanks," Beckett said, smiling at both Castle and Emily as she put her phone away, glad that they had that image from tonight to show how much things had really changed between them.

After that little conversation, they spent the rest of the evening in the company of her friends and Beckett was glad that Castle had made her socialise with them because she would've regretted it if she hadn't, it had been really great to catch up with her friends again.

They said their goodbyes later that evening as everyone else started to leave the reception hall around 1am, the bride and groom having left a couple hours earlier. They made promises to catch up soon and Beckett blushed when Hayley had joked that they would probably see each other soon anyway if Castle would propose soon. Of course Castle had promised not to leave her side so he'd been right there as Hayley had spoken and she was glad neither of them had had time to reply as they were interrupted by Rob and Charlie saying goodbye. There'd be time for all the talk about what they were now and the future later but that definitely wasn't a talk she wanted to have with her friends around.

They left the hall hand in hand, now finally alone after the night of being surrounded by people when so much had changed between them and they both so desperately wanted to be alone together to reassure themselves that tonight really did happen.

Beckett was nervous as they sat next to each other in the back seat of the car on the way back to her apartment. What was going to happen next? They'd talked, she'd asked him out on a date and he'd said yes and they clearly had feelings for each other but she still didn't know what was going to happen when they got back to her apartment. Was he going to say goodnight liked he'd talked about before, was he going to kiss like he had earlier before leaving for the night? Was he going to invite himself in or was she going to invite him in? And what about after that, would something more happen? Was she ready for that?

With all those thoughts swirling through her mind, Beckett had failed to realise that they'd stopped outside her building and Castle was giving her a confused look.

"Sorry," she said, shaking her head before she climbed out of the car, Castle close behind her.

Beckett smiled over at him as he stood beside her on the sidewalk and she realised what he was doing, he was walking her to her door and so she reached out and took his hand in hers so they could walk to the door together.

They spent the elevator ride up to her apartment in more silence, both thinking about what could possibly happen next. Neither of them said anything as they approached her door and then suddenly they were there and Beckett didn't know what to do.

"Thanks again for tonight, I really enjoyed it," Castle said, smiling at Beckett as they stood in front of her door and he wondered what was going through her mind.

"I should be thanking you, I had a really good time too," Beckett replied, smiling shyly at him as he stood in front of her.

Castle smiled one last smile before he said goodnight and then he leant in and Beckett's heart started pounding as he drew closer to her. But at the last second he turned his head, his lips pressing to her cheek instead of her waiting lips. He lingered there for a moment before he pulled away and before Beckett could do anything he was turning and leaving.

"Oh no, you don't," Beckett said, grabbing Castle's arm after he'd taken just a couple steps so he couldn't go any further.

"What?" Castle asked, trying to keep his expression innocent as he looked back at her with fake confusion.

"After all that's happened tonight, all I get is a kiss on the cheek?" Beckett asked, done pretending she didn't want him anymore. She'd been going after what she'd wanted all night and that wasn't going to stop now as she realised that she didn't want this night to end just yet. Even if nothing happened and they just talked, she wasn't ready to say goodbye just yet.

"I was just trying to be a gentleman," Castle replied, his look of innocence slipping so he was left grinning at her as he spoke.

Beckett grinned back at him, pulling him closer to her using the arm she still held so she could wind her arms around his neck like earlier as his hands settled at her waist, "I know."

This time as he leant in to kiss her, he didn't miss as he pressed his lips against hers. And when she invited him into her apartment after they'd parted and he accepted, they both knew that he wouldn't be leaving again until the next morning.

Only one more chapter to go and I'll get it finished as soon as I find the time. Thoughts?