Short chapter. I'm still getting over 'Undead again' and the promo for 'Always'. Omg you guys! can't wait!

Hey, I didn't get that many reviews for the last chapters I wrote, and that's driving me nuts! Please, review, ok? Otherwise I can't know if you like it or what do you want to see in the next chapters.

Some ideas have been considered and will appear soon xD xo

Castle turned on his sleep and stretched his arm to find her, but he only touched the empty side of the bed. Her scent was still on the pillow, but there was no sign of her in the bedroom or the bathroom. He got up, washed away his sleep and went to his study.

He found her there, looking at the murder board on his flat screen, analyzing everything he had put on it. She was wearing her Mario t-shirt again, and had borrowed a pair of boxers from his closet. He leaned against the door and stood there quiet, observing her.

She was so caught up on what she was reading that she took a few minutes to notice him. She smiled and extended her arm, calling for him. He went close and hugged her, resting his arms on her shoulders.

"Will you ever forgive me?" He asked, remembering that last night she hadn't said she actually forgave him.

"I already did, Rick." She said, and kissed his hand. "I understand why you kept it from me, but I wanna know. Would you ever tell me? I mean, what if you had something concrete, something that could actually put you on the right trail. What would you do?"

"I.. I don't know." He never really thought about that. "I guess I would try not to tell you. Ask Ryan and Esposito, another precinct. You would know, eventually, but if we had any luck, you would know after the danger was over."

"So you wouldn't tell me still?" she leaned her head trying to catch his eyes with hers. He did the same, and their eyes met.

"Kate, please. If I told you, you would run off like crazy, probably wouldn't care about back up or an actual plan. The first time you told me about your mother you said you couldn't open this wound otherwise you wouldn't be able to stop. I just know you that well."

"You're right."

"So you gotta promise me that you won't dig deeper into this." He turned off the screen and turned to face her, putting his hands on her hips. She rested her elbows on his shoulder, but avoided his eyes.

"I can't promise you that, Rick" she said, honestly. He shook his head nervously, and pulled her close. She hugged him back, resting her head on his chest.

"Please, Kate. I'll burn everything if I need to."

"No! Please don't. Okay, I promise to keep it low-key. I just need to look at what you have found, please, don't deny me that. And I promise I won't go after this by myself, if I find something else, I'll take it to another detective. Another precinct, if necessary."

"You don't need to do that. That's our case. We gotta solve this together. Ryan and Espo would say the same." She finally raised her head to face him, and was glad to see the look on his eyes. They smiled. "But you have to know you are not alone in this."

"I know." She touched his lips with hers in a long kiss. Then, both their stomachs growled, almost at the same time that a smell of fresh coffee came from the kitchen.

"Kids? Are you two decent?" said Martha, close to the door. "I'm making breakfast. And Kate, dear, Alexis want to be sure you know she's happy you're here." Kate smiled after listening to that. Hitting of with Alexis was all she wanted.

"We're coming out, mom." Rick screamed.

"How does she know I'm here?" Whispered Beckett.

"Oh, the Castle women, they know everything. And you know, you weren't that quiet last night." He said. "Both times."

"What do you mean, both?"

"When you were screaming at me, and when you were screaming with me."

They both grinned, and headed to the kitchen to join Martha and Alexis.