Lanie sighed and put her cell phone to the side and stared absently out of the window when Angela came in.
"Hey, you've just talked to your cop , right?" asked her friend with gentle smile .
"How do you know that?" Lanie asked puzzled and took the coffee that Angela offered her.
"Well, you're a bit down and you have a certain longing in your eyes," stated Angela firmly.
"I must honestly admit that I didn't expect to miss him SO much," confessed Lanie before she took a sip from the cup.
"Hey , you'll see him this weekend ," Angela tried to cheer her up .
"I know and I can't wait ," Lanie grinned as she thought of the upcoming weekend , where she would meet with Javier in a wellness hotel in Omaha , Nebraska. They had opted for Omaha because it was halfway between New York and San Francisco , and they both saved themselves a lot of flying hours .
"Don't forget to invite him for New Year's Eve. I would like to meet him once , your Mr. Right , "Angela grinned .
"I 'll ask him , don't worry , " assured Lanie .
At the same time in New York:
Caslte looked enviously over to Esposito. The detective just finished his phone call with Lanie with an " I love you " before he sat down to Ryan and Castle at the table.
"Is everything all right?" Javier wanted to know , because he had noticed Castles look.
" Yes, I ... nothing , " stammered the writer.
" Bro , you know that you can talk to us about everything , " stated the Latino.
" It's just ... you meet next weekend with Lanie , " Rick replied and took a long sip from his beer .
Javier looked confused over to Ryan , but Kevin also couldn't follow the author and shrugged .
"You're down , because I meet with my girlfriend ? Castle , I know that you like me , but that you miss me when I 'm not there three days , touches me very much , but frankly , it's a little creepy. I don't swing that way , bro, " Esposito grinned.
Castle stood up and went to the fridge to come back with 3 fresh beer.
" So what 's really going on?" Ryan wanted to know .
" Espo how long is Lanie in Stanford now? 5 weeks ?" Rick asked as he sat down .
"6 weeks. But what's yout point, " Esposito still didn't get what Castle wanted to say.
" You see! 6 weeks! She's gone 6 weeks and you meet. Kate and I met for the first time almost 3 months have passed. 3 months that I couldn't even see her 24 hours. And when you're on the phone, you talk to each other , there is not this awkward silence when you call her, " said Rick depressed. "You know, since I see how you and Lanie handle this whole long-distance thing, I see how little is left between me and Kate, " the author confessed depressed.
" Castle , I know I should cheer you up now , but honestly I see that coming . I mean Lanie and I, we have a goal in mind , we know that she will be back here next April . The time until then will be tough but we will get there , because we know that it won't be forever like that. You and Beckett, you have never agreed on anything. You should talk to her , you set on anything , " Esposito told the author.
"We are engaged, we have already committed ourselves to something ," said Castle , who was not willing to face up to the truth.
"Castle you just told Espo that you envy him , that he leads a well-functioning long-distance relationship , in which the woman is on the other side of the continent . Your woman doesn't live more than one and a half flight hours away. Why aren't you with her more often? Yesterday I overheard you trying to convince Beckett that you meet on the weekend. I think neither Jenny nor Lanie nor any other woman in a happy relationship must be persuaded to spend the weekend with her man, " Ryan objected.
Rick nodded, he had to admit that his friends were right. "Do you need a taxi to the airport on Friday?" he wanted to know from Javier .
" Yeah, why ," asked the Latino.
"I will fly to DC on Friday . You are right , I need to talk to her , " explanied Rick.
" Room 216 , Ms. Parish has checked in an hour ago , " said the lady behind the front desk.
"Thank you ," answeredEsposito, took the key card and went to the elevator. He couldn't wait to see her again , the last 6 weeks had been hard. Yes , there was Skype, but that was just a poor substitute and in a few minutes he had finally the chance to kiss her, to touch her.
Lanie jumped as she heard the card is inserted into the lock. She hastily pulled out her robe and threw it on the chair on which she sat and walked towards him only in her new lingerie. Javi closed the door behind him and turned around when he saw her, dressed only in a black breeze of nothing and a dazzling smile .
"Wow, you look .. , " he couldn't continue because Lanie wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately .
"It's damn time you showed up here ," she murmured against his lips , while both tried to catch their breath .
"We departed with 30 minutes late, " said Javier , while he gently caressed the soft skin of her bare back .
" Shh , let's talk later. Besides, you're clearly overdressed," Lanie said, smiling, before she kissed him again and then pulled him at his belt towards the bed.
After one round of love making , which was fast and needy and a secound round , which was slow , gentle and soulful , the two were closely entwined in bed. Lanies head lay on his chest and his fingers caressed her bare back .
" Shall we go out to have dinner somewhere ," Lanie asked because it was only shortly after 8 pm and she was hungry , especially after what they had just done.
"Granted, I 'm hungry , but actually tonight I 'm not ready to share you with anyone , even if it's just a waiter , " stated Javier before he breathed a kiss on her forehead.
" Okay, let 's see what the room service has to offer ," Lanie smiled , kissed his bare chest before she wrapped herself in a blanket, got up and took the menu card .
Javier sat up and leaned against the headboard to enjoy smiling , that Lanie came back into bed and snuggled up to him with the menu card in her hand.
Later Lanie turned off the light and snuggled up to him with a contented sigh .
"I missed that," Javier said quietly.
"What? Sex and then eating in bed ? Yes, it wasn't bad, I have to admit , " Lanie laughed.
Javier also had to laugh. "Yes, that was good, but I haven't talked about that. I have talked about falling asleep next to you. Your face close to mine and I can feel like how you get more and more tired. To feel you falling asleep next to me , soothes me more than anything else , no matter how bad the day was, " Javier confessed softly as he gently stroked through her hair .
Lanie found his lips in the dark and kissed him tenderly. "I love to fall asleep in your arms , " she whisperd before she laid her head back on his chest to finally fall asleep with its quiet heartbeat in her ear.
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