Hi!

Ok so I am a little bit hyper tonight but seeing as Aberdeen Uni have decided to give me an interview and the fact that my birthday is only a few days away, almost 48 hours in fact, I think it's allowed.

But ignoring my random outburst, I don't own Castle, and somehow I doubt that I'll get it for my birthday, but besides the people that do have it are pretty epic so Yay!

Thank you Ayeshajen for kindly once again being the beta for my random scribbles

Enjoy!

After arranging what time to arrive at Castle's place, Kate took her dad back to her apartment so that she could get ready for the movie night. For no reason that she could understand her dad smiled and laughed for the whole journey while questioning her about the two people he just met.

"So Rick seems nice, and Alexis is brilliant isn't she?"

"Yeah Lex is brilliant and well Castle's Castle."

"I told Lex to call me Grandpa Jim, are you ok with that? It's just she's great and I'd really like to get to know her. I know how important she is to you and besides every girl needs a grandpa even if they cope fine without one."

"Really? That's nice, I'm sure she's thrilled. If Castle says it's ok then I do too."

"He'll agree, honey he'll agree to almost anything if it involves you, I'm not blind I can see how he feels for you. But we'll save that talk till we're at your place; I saw that look on your face. You had an idea."

"Just something I thought me and Lex could do, I'm not going to tell you just like she won't tell Castle."

"Why do you call him Castle?"

"It's his name."

"Katie, he's your best friend surely you can use his first name."

"It's what I've always called him, just like he calls me Beckett."

"He calls you that all the time?"

"Well no, if I'm upset or in danger he'll use my first name but only then."

"I bet he refers to you as Kate in his mind."

Kate is saved from having to answer when they pull up at her apartment, in silence they walk up and Jim is the first to speak as they enter her living room.

"What did the instructor mean when she mentioned your back? Have you been injured?"

Kate looks away for a moment, deciding what to say. When she looks back her dad can see a mix of love and fear in her eyes.

"Alexis was visiting the precinct, she wanted to talk about a boy. Somehow a crazy man got past security and came into the room we were in. It seemed like he was after me but then he saw Alexis. When he swung his arm I saw the knife and shoved her out the way. It cut down my back."

"Oh Katie."

"Castle saw, he heard Alexis scream and came to help us, punched the guy so hard he went flying and actually dented the wall he hit. Lanie patched me up while the boys calmed Alexis."

"What did Rick do? It must have been hard for him to choose between you both."

"He stayed with me, checked Alexis over first but then stayed when Lanie put the stitches in. Said that she'd kill him for leaving me."

"I can believe that, how is she handling it?"

"She seems fine now, I've stayed at hers most this week, and they both got kind of clingy for a bit. Although I've spoken to Castle about it she feels guilty, that I took the knife meant for her. I can't seem to bring myself to tell her that until he saw her, I was the target."

"Does Rick know?"

"Yeah I explained after the second incident."

"Second incident?"

"The guy got out and came back to the precinct, aiming for me and Castle but the captain got him, doubt the guy'll be going anywhere for a while."

Jim pulls Kate close into a hug as he sees the distress that she has so carefully hidden these past few days, as he holds her he tells her to let it out and secure in her fathers comforting embrace, the detective breaks down.

"What if I hadn't moved in time? Or if Castle had been too late in acting. She could have been hurt; I was so scared for her. What if she'd wanted to talk to her dad, he would've got hurt and then…Dad I couldn't have handled that."

"Shh, Katie it's ok, they're fine. In a few minutes we will be off to meet them and watch some movies with them. I will keep an eye on young Lex while you snuggle with her father."

"Snuggle….with Castle?"

She pulls away from him and he can already see that her tears are drying. He chuckles at her reaction, knowing full well that she actually wants to but hasn't realised yet. He fixes her a look and unable to stop herself she spills about her confusion about her emotions.

"I like him, a lot. So much that it's scary. He's had two ex wives, how can I know that he won't hurt me, if he even wants me like that. On the other hand I've seen him with Alexis and he's let me get close to her, he won't abandon me after that."

"Is that everything or do you have more to say before I answer?"

"He's my best friend, what if it doesn't work out and I lose him?"

"Katie, I saw his face when he watched you with Alexis; he looked like it was the best thing on the planet. He cares about you as much as he does for his daughter and I can tell that it's a lot. I know you like him but honey it's more than that and we both know it. I seriously doubt that it won't work, you two have an unbelievable connection, and I can see that after an hour of meeting him. Give it a try Katie."

"I'll think about it Dad, I will. But for tonight I'll just enjoy a film with them. And why am I to snuggle with him?"

"Instructors orders, get comfortable in his embrace so you shall be doing that, the bonus is that you'll probably fall asleep in his arms and become even more comfortable. Just don't think too long, Katie, You're heart can make good decisions too."

"Ok dad, just give me a few minutes and we'll go, I'm going to pack some stuff seeing as I'll probably crash there tonight, I usually do after movies, I'm sure they'll let you too."

"How many spare rooms do they have?"

"Just the one, how?"

"Well I'll definitely have to stay then, meaning you'll have to bunk with him."

"You want me to sleep with him!"

"Yeah, knowing you it'll just be sleeping but eventually you'll move onto more. When you have the place to yourselves of course."

"Dad, can we stop this conversation. I'm beginning to realise how Alexis feels."

"Does Rick tell her to sleep with guys?"

"No, but he tries to get her to study less and have some fun."

By now she has gathered her stuff and conversation flows seamlessly as they drive to his loft. It continues right up until they reach the door and as they knock they hear some of the conversation inside. Kate smiles at the antics of her two friends but is soon confronted with a different emotion when a freshly showered Castle opens the door, eyes sparkling happily.

Ok so I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I promise that the next chapter will include the promised snuggling along with some caskett fluff and possible some mischievous plotting.

Reviews would be lovely, they really make my day, I take critism too and I try to reply to them all, (I'm just nice like that).