THEY LIED! The EARTH IS FLAT! I fell off the face for ummm im gonna take a Thor-forsaken guess and say like four months. Don't even get me started on those four months just don't let's just say my muse and my frickin' happy go lucky abandoned my sorry flat ass and then other things got in the way but that's the way "the cookie crumbles" So I swear to all that is Greek if any of you neglect to review this next chapter and so much as whimper about how long it took me to get it out I will shove a small furry Worble-dorf up or down every single orifice on your body that you'll never dare defy my wishes for reviews…..*cough* uhhhhhh so now that my bipolar b!tch side (Karen) has ranted my sunny side (Sarah) would like to say how sorry she is and beg forgiveness for her dalliance and delay. Hugs and kisses now let's get our Porcupine on!...you'll understand the reference in a moment…

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The teenager and hopped up detective may have started out with two tiny tufts sticking out from the top of the famous author's head like weird fuzzy stalk antennas but they ended with a head that resembled something much like a porcupine with a bunch of tiny colorful elastic hair bands around each "quill".

Alexis quickly snapped a picture with her phone before her father could hide his face then swiftly jumped to her feet as her father lunged for her to no avail.

"I'm heading over to Carla's for the night, Dad."

Castle smiled in relief and gratitude towards his daughter. Beckett was in a good mood now but there was no telling if that would change.

"Did you need to me to have a car pulled up?"

"Nah. Gram is going to take me. She's going over to Bob's to 'practice her lines'" Alexis said with a small smile and a roll of her sparkling blue eyes.

Castle grimaced, "Don't say it like that"

"Hey," Alexis said holding up her hands in defense, "I'm just telling you what she told me…and if I have to suffer so do you. She's your mother."

"You ready to go, Kiddo?" Martha asked waltzing into the room.

Alexis nodded, gave Beckett a quick hug. and pecked her father on the cheek.

Beckett sighed sadly as she watched the young whirl wind head out the door. A dark haunted look passed over the detective's face, scaring Castle but it was quickly replaced by the sunny, hyper disposition of a jack rabbit jacked up on caffeine.

"You look like a carnivorous porcupine man!" Kate said with a giggle.

Castle raised an eyebrow; that was just too weird of a statement to contemplate.

Kate inched closer to him, a disturbing glint in her eyes, "The question is…do you bite?" she purred.

It took a few moments for Castle to get his bearings after that comment and the tease of red tongue darting across plump perfect lips that accompanied it.

A car horn blasted through an open window startling them from the haze of attraction.

Beckett bounded to the window sticking her head into the cool night air.

"NYPD. KEEP THE NOISE DOWN OR I'LL ARREST YOU FOR…FOR TICKING ME OFF AND RUINING THE MOMENT!"

Castle stifled a laugh and went to pull her back from the window sill, she was leaning a little too far out for his liking.

She swatted his hands away and skipped to his living room and sat primly on his couch.

"Let's watch a movie"

Her statement was not a request it was full of demand that commanded to be followed.

Castle was slightly taken aback, "Um…okay…what do you want to watch?"

Beckett scrunched up her nose in a way that reminded Castle of Alexis in kindergarten when she was contemplating a particularly difficult question.

"Anything action packed absolutely no sappy romances those are the worst!" Beckett exclaimed.

Castle raised an eyebrow but didn't comment. He'd expected Beckett to be a secret sucker for the romantic.

They went through all one hundred of his action collection before he remembered he'd promised to pre-screen a new action movie premiering in a month. He led Beckett to his home theater and they sat in the cushioned chairs.

"Wow…it's just like the movie theaters!" Beckett exclaimed, greatly impressed.

"Yeah. And we just got the latest and greatest surround sound installed" Castle said excitedly like a little boy who'd just gotten the latest action figure.

"Well come on, start it up!" she said impatiently.

"Alright, alright. Don't get your panties in a twist."

"You keep assuming I'm wearing underwear." She said with flippancy that was ruined by her sly smile.

Castle quickly dimmed the lights settling the theater into pitch darkness to cover his blush.

"Assuming makes an ass out of you and makes me laugh my ass off…seeing as I'm not wearing underwear." Beckett added.

Castle quickly began the movie.

The movie turned out to be fantastic, absolutely amazing. and utterly captivating even the sugar high rabid squirrel that was Beckett had stopped fidgeting after the first fifteen minutes. That would be something to mention to the creators, 'Yes your movie is fantastic even meth heads will love it'. Castle chuckled out loud at his silent joke then raised the lights.

Shit….Shit…Shit…

Maybe meth heads don't like the movie. Maybe the caretaker shouldn't get so absorbed in the end of a movie they forget to check on their meth addled charge.

Castle bolted from his chair frantically scanning the room for any sign of his detective...there was none

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Ok don't hate on me for leaving a cliff hanger after not updating in forevs.

But i promise if all my usual reviewers and some new ones review I won't take more than a couple days for the next chapter...I promise with a pinky on the side which means it's unbreakable :)

I love you all please pweez don't abandon me I need you to review my soul is at stake!...and you want your orifices to stay Worble-dorf free right?