Chapter 6

A loud cry startled him awake. Kate was pushing at him with all her might. She was having another nightmare. He tried to wake her.

"Kate! Kate! It's me Javi! You need to wake up!"

She sat straight up, gasping for air. He wrapped his arms around her and gently rocked her back and forth.

"It's alright. You're safe now. I promise, I will never let anything happen to you."

He kept holding her and reassuring her. She sighed and looked up at him. Her face shone in the faint moonlight coming from her window. All he wanted to do at that very moment was kiss her. He mentally kicked himself for even letting the thought cross his mind. How much more of an ass could he be? He looked down and offered a small smile.

"Thanks Javi." she said as she tilted her head and planted a kiss on his lips.

At first, he pulled away, surprised, but then, she nodded her head and he understood. He brushed a piece of hair from her face and kissed her again. This time with more urgency. She responded by grabbing him around the neck and pulling him down on top of her.

He pulled away and looked at her. Again she nodded.. He leaned back down and kissed her again. Then he slowly sat her up and pulled her shirt over her head. He threw it on the floor and began removing her pajama bottoms. In-between kisses she had managed to remove his shirt, but she seemed to be having trouble with his sweats. He helped her and soon there was nothing between them but skin and rushing heartbeats. She clung to him as he kissed her neck.

He wanted to make her safe.

"Hey Javi, do you have the stuff I asked for?" Kate's voice pulled them both back into the present.

"Huh?" Javier asked, confusion dripping off of the phrase.

"I asked you to run Mike Anderson's phone records and financials...have you got them for me?"

He cleared his throat.

"No. Sorry chika, I was talking to Ryan and we kindof lost track of time. I'll get right on it." he turned his face away from hers and began working.

"Ok, uh...that's fine. Just hurry if you can...I'm waiting." she looked at Ryan, who gave her his best apologetic look, back to Esposito, and then walked back to her desk.

"Well, that's enough story time for today." Javier said as he rubbed his face with his hands.

Ryan flew out of his chair.

"What? That's it? That's all you're going to tell me?"

Javier shrugged his shoulders.

"There's really nothing left to tell. After we finished we fell asleep, we woke up the next morning, I dressed for work and left her apartment. We haven't talked about it since."

Ryan sat back in his chair.

"That is unbelievably sad bro. Do you still have feelings for her?"

Javier sat there for a minute, pondering his friends question. He took a minute before replying.

"Yeah, I do. But it's not like it matters. She has Castle now. And let's face it. He can give her way more than I ever could. Plus she sees me as a big brother type, not a lover."

He sighed.

"And you know what? I'm ok with that. Beckett is a wonderful girl, and her and Castle are perfect for each other. Anyone with eyes can see that. And Uh, between you and me..I'm not really all that good in bed."

Ryan laughed and nodded.

"Still though, it must be tough."

"Eh, sometimes. But it's all good."

Ryan stood and strode back to his desk.

"If you say so."

Eaposito turned back to his desk and continued his work. Half an hour later he finished fishing for Mike's records.

He stood and placed them on her desk. She looked up from her paperwork and rolled her eyes.

"It took you long enough." she smiled.

"Sorry, I got...distracted."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? I see. Thanks!"

He turned back to his desk when he heard her call for him.

"Yeah?" he answered.

"Just for the record, what were you and Ryan talking about?"

He cleared his throat.

"Nothing really. Just boring old guy stuff. You know.."

She gave him a skeptical look.

"Uh huh. Sure."

He smiled.

"Yup. That's it. Boring old guy stuff."

He turned on his heel and booked it back to his desk.