"Alexis... I'm fine, I'll be home later"

"Dad, I don't really care when you get home, as long as you don't die... I'm tired, but I'm going to finish my English report, I'll be in bed in an hour or so"

"Why are you so grown up Alexis? Shouldn't you be sneaking off to date your secret boyfriend, not doing homework. Who are you? No one related to you is like that."

"The English report is actually a lie... me and my secret boyfriend peter are actually going to have..." Castle cut his daughters in detail lie off with a quick 'I love you' and hung up. "so Beckett, where were we?"

"Well, I think we were about to put in 'alpha dog' I also think you were about to kiss me" Castle bent down and captured Beckett's swollen lips between his.

God knows how long they kissed, but once their lips finally released each other, they still didn't lose any physical contact, Castle's arms wrapped tightly around Beckett and her head resting against his chest. Before the 2nd movie finished Beckett had fallen asleep against Castle, he wasn't going to let go either.

Beckett was right, I didn't sleep with my ex's, I had sex with them, the terms are used too loosely. I am going to sleep with Beckett. There is no way this is the first date, well it really isn't, almost every day we are in the office together is like a date for us. It may be a psychopaths dream date, murder scenes and crime scene reports. So you could say we have been on a whole lot of dates. I hope I'm not totally insane with thinking this... but I think I love Kate Beckett. this is nothing like anything before, not even with my ex wives. I'm going to have to decipher my wants and needs involving Beckett another time, right now I could stay here forever.

Beckett woke up to the smooth skin of Castle's neck, "Good morning sweetheart." Castle's voice broke the morning silence.

"Morning, what time is it? How long have you been awake?" Castle laughed between the kisses he laid on the back of her neck.

"Well, one, it's Saturday so don't worry about work. Two, it's about 10:00, I decided you needed to sleep. Three, I have been awake for about a half an hour, I enjoy watching you sleep... your very peaceful." Beckett turned her head a just enough that Castle could kiss the corner of her mouth which was turned upward in a smile."I have decided we need to go somewhere tonight, but I have a lunch date with Jeff."

"Who's Jeff? Do you have a secret lover I should worry about?" Beckett was in a very good mood this morning.

"Yes, Jeff is my secret lover I forgot to tell you about... Well actually he has been one of my best friends since elementary school. We are meeting about something urgent according to him... the last time he said that to me, his wife was pregnant. Let's hope she's not pregnant again"

Just then Beckett's cell started to ring, without thinking about it Castle picked it up and answered it.

"Castle." Beckett and Castle's eyes both grew wide when they realized that the call wasn't meant for him.

"Oh, Castle... It's Esposito... What's going on?" Castle silently handed the phone to Beckett.

"Hey Esposito, what's going on?"

"Why is Castle with you at 10 in the morning" Beckett started coughing and sputtering

"Ummm..."

"Did you have sex?" Beckett quickly responded with a no. "Did you just meet up this morning for breakfast or something?" Once again another no, "Fall asleep together?"

"Yeah, well I'll talk to you later... Lunch?" Esposito agreed on lunch and then hung up.

"What did he want?" Castle asked between kisses.

"Mmm, not much, just wanted lunch." Castle looked like he was deep in thought, "What are you thinking Castle?"

"I just wanted to know what you would tell him about us..." that seemed to throw Beckett, "I think you should just tell him I'm your boyfriend if it comes up."

"Is that what you are?" Castle rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment

"Well... I was hoping... that's what I want, but it's up to you." As an answer Beckett shifted positions so she could intimately kiss Castle.

"I would like that."

A few hours later both Castle and Beckett were off on their own. They both couldn't help but long for the skin against skin contact they had woken up with. Lunch was long even though they were with their best friends, it was because of the anticipation of seeing each other next.

"Sooo... Kate, is Castle your boyfriend?" Always trust Esposito to be the curious one, and to ask the questions every knew were coming.

"Yeah, I guess so." Her tone was a little weird when she responded because of the revelation that she Castle belonged to her.

Finally her lunch date with Esposito ended and she hurried home to get ready for her date with Castle later that night.