"What do you mean "Back to your agent's office"?!" Kate yelled, "I asked you to take me back to my hotel!"
"Don't be mad, I just need to go sort things out with my agent, Gina. Who you probably heard screaming just now," he said, laughing to himself.
Kate scoffed and crossed her arms. She wasn't happy, but she wasn't about to stop him from going back to his agent's. As much as she hated to admit it to herself, he was her only way back to her hotel. She didn't have enough money to take a cab and she hadn't mastered how to use LA's public transport system, something that she now regrets, but she doesn't have any other options to consider.
"Fine," she said, "But as soon as you're done, and I mean the second you are done, you are taking me back to my hotel."
"Oh shi-" muttered Rick. They had neared Gina's office when he noticed a string of black vans lined up outside, and people with large cameras standing around, waiting for him.
"The paparazzi is all over the building! How is it they know how to find me?!"
"My sister could find you within an hour of landing in LA, and we live in New York. You must be easy to find."
"Oh this is not good!" he exclaimed, driving past the building and making a right at the end of the street.
"Why is this not good?" asked Kate
"Well for one, if we go through the front entrance, people will see you and I in a car. Together."
"Why is that bad? If it's because I'm not famous -"
"It's not because you're not famous, it's not that I don't want to be seen with you, it's just….if the paparazzi see us together, they're going to think we're together. Like in the doctor's office, but only a thousand times worse."
They rounded another corner and were making their way back towards the back of the building. Rick pulled the car over 2 blocks from the building and started to tug his hood from his jacket over his head, and shoving on sunglasses, trying to make himself look unrecognisable.
"So what's the plan?" she asked.
"The plan is, you stay here, I'll be in and out in about 20 minutes and then I'll take you back to your hotel."
"Seriously? You could be gone for hours! I'm coming in with you." she said, defienatly.
"Ha ha, yeah, like that's gonna happen," he said, "You're staying in the car and that's final."
"I can't believe you talked me into letting you come with me," he said, still perplexed as to how they were walking down the street together towards Gina's office, hoods pulled over their faces.
"Oh I'm very persuasive when I want to be, Richard." she said, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively, and smiling to herself as she walked ahead of him slightly. She couldn't see it but he was smiling too.
"You know, you don't have to call me Richard all the time, you can call me Rick." he said,
"Yes, I could," she started, chewing her lip as she thought about what to say next, "But then that would mean we were friends."
"Well aren't we?" he questioned,
"Friends don't plan to lock their friends in a car in Los Angeles for hours on end," she retorted, punching him on the shoulder playfully.
"Oh come on now, I didn't though, did I?"
"Well, I guess not. But you still planned to."
He laughed, to himself mostly, and inched closer towards Kate as they walked down the sidewalk, bumping in to each other every second step.
"Come on, we're almost there," he said, "Let's get this show on the road. I've kept the demon waiting long enough,"
Avoiding the Paparazzi and getting into the building proved easier than expected. While they were preoccupied with who was going in and out of the front of the building, no one seemed to care for who was entering in the back door. They walked inside to the elevators and waited patiently for one to come.
"So how bad exactly is your agent?" Kate asked curiously.
"Gina? She's not too bad. Well, I'm lying a little, she is quite mean when she needs to be, and when it come's to me, that's pretty much all of the time," he said, winking at her, "But she isn't that bad."
"How much trouble are you going to be in for skipping out on your meeting?"
"A lot," he said simply, "But I'm hoping with you there it won't be as bad. She's nicer around people she hasn't met"
"Boy, was he wrong!" thought Kate. They had been in Gina's office for about 30 minutes now and she hadn't stopped screaming at him, despite Kate being there. She could see how nervous Gina was making Rick and it made her feel uncomfortable being in the room, as if she was invading something extremely personal in his life. She should have stayed in the car.
She didn't hear much of what Gina was saying, mostly because she couldn't care less, but something Gina said caught her attention,
"And what, Rick, did you think bringing in some random slut off the street will score you sympathy points with me? Well you're dead wrong. DEAD. WRONG!"
"Gina, you are way out of line there!" yelled Rick, standing up suddenly, making Kate jump in her seat slightly.
"Don't you dare talk about Kate that way. She is not a slut and I didn't bring her in here because I thought her presence would make you less angry. Yell at me about my career choices all you want but leave her out of it."
"So what, you know this girl for all of 3 minutes and you suddenly grow a spine? Grow up. This floozy walked in here so you could get me off your case. Where did you find this one? The street corner?"
Rick stood there, fuming at her, and Kate could see the anger in his eyes. How was it that he was able to get so upset about someone he had just met? Gina's words had stung her but she knew it wasn't true.
"C'mon, Kate, we're leaving. Let me take you home." Rick said, pulling Kate up to her feet and guiding her with a firm hand on the small of her back.
"YOU TAKE ONE MORE STEP RICHARD CASTLE AND I SWEAR YOU WILL NEVER GET ANOTHER JOB FROM ME AGAIN!"
Rick stopped in his tracks and turned slowly back towards Gina, smirking slightly.
"Good." he said, defiantly, "Because you're fired."
A/N: I know this was a little short and sort of a filler but there will be more to come! I didn't plan for the chapter to end like this, it just sort of happened! Sorry for not updating in a while. University got the better of me! But I hope you liked it and I promise you there will be more coming very soon. Thank you all so much for the reviews, favourites, follows, etc it truly makes my day! As always please read and review! Constructive criticism is my favourite! I know I'm not the best writer in the world but I'm trying my best. Love you all and have a good rest of the week! xoxo
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