Hey everyone ! here is chapter 26 !
before you start reading, can i ask you a favour?
does anyone know how i can get to watch For Lovers Only from France? I tried i tunes (not available in the french store), i tried Amazon but it accepts only american credit cards (and is not availabl in the french Amazon ...).
I'm desperate ! someone help me !
Kate had been afraid of being bored without Castle at the precinct for three weeks. Strangely enough, she didn't have time to get bored. The cases were following each other at an alarming rate but she made sure to get back to the loft for 6 at the latest, to be with Alexis. Going back home was also necessary for her sanity. Castle and the paparazzi were gone but she had another problem on her hands: a trainee that Montgomery had been obliged to put with her. His father was a really important politician running for senator and hadn't really let the Captain discuss the matter. Jake, the trainee, was rather good in the job, but a little too friendly outside of work. And he was seating in Castle's chair. That was certainly the worst of things! Thankfully, Ryan and Jenny were always talking about their wedding taking place the next Saturday, giving Kate something else than Jake Bowman to think about. Rick was supposed to come back from France the next day and Kate was currently at the morgue, talking dresses with Lanie. What she didn't know was that Rick was looking for her in the precinct, frowning when he saw a guy sitting in his chair. Ryan and Esposito were not at their desk so he decided to try the morgue.
"You know, your boy is going to die when he sees you in the dress you bought for this weekend" Rick heard Lanie say when he opened the door.
"That's my plan" Kate answered, laughing. She stopped abruptly when she saw Rick, standing there at the door. A smile immediately appeared on her face.
He walked to her, giving Lanie the two coffee he was holding, and kissing Kate passionately. Lanie was happy to see her friend so glad to see Rick back in town. She watched them kiss for a few seconds and made herself known by a not so subtle clearing of throat when she saw Kate's hands start to move down Rick's back.
"Well, hello to you too Mr Castle. Just so you know, a kiss on the cheek will be enough for me"
"Sorry" Rick said, kissing her on the cheek and taking his coffees back, handing one to Kate, who looped her arm around his waist.
"Rick, what are you doing here, you told me you would come back tomorrow?" she asked
"Well, I can go back if you really don't want me here" Rick said, pretending to leave.
"Oh no, now that you're back, you're not getting away for a long time" she answered seductively.
"Please get out of my morgue before you start having sex, I don't want to be traumatized." Lanie intervened
"As if anything could traumatize you Dr Parish" Rick said, smiling
"Good point" she laughed
"Well, I think I'll just go home and sleep for a while, I'm a bit jetlagged. But I'm taking you to lunch" he said, turning to Kate "we need to talk about that guy sitting in my chair."
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Three hours later, Rick was back at the precinct to take his girlfriend to lunch. Kate was nowhere to be seen and the guy who was sitting in Rick's chair before was now sitting in Kate's chair.
"Hello, can I help you?" Jake asked as Rick approached the desk.
"Um … yes. Who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Jake Bowman, and you are?"
"Richard Castle"
"Oh, you're the guy who made her grumpy"
"What?"
"Don't worry Rick, she was not grumpy because of you, just because you weren't there" Esposito said, welcoming him back with a pat on the shoulder. "So how was France?"
Before Rick had a chance to answer, the Captain got out of his office
"Oh, well, I was wondering why she seemed so happy all morning, now I think I know" he said, laughing.
Just as Jake was going to talk, Kate arrived from wherever she had been.
"Hey Rick, time for lunch?" she asked
"Time for lunch … and he was playing with your chair" Rick said pointing at Jake just like a five-year-old would have told on one of his friends to his parents.
"I don't care, not today. Are you ready to go?" she asked, taking her purse from her drawer and taking his hand to pull him to the elevator.
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Fifteen minutes later, Rick and Kate were sitting in their regular booth at Remy's, waiting for their food.
"So, who's this Jake who thinks he can sit in my chair when I'm away?" Rick asked, half smiling half serious
"He's a nightmare! There's nothing else to say about him. So … How was France?"
"It was great! Except for the fact that you weren't there of course. I stayed for a week in Paris, as you already know, but I think the best part of this trip was the last two days and …"
"It was so good that you didn't bother to call?"
"Oh Kate I'm so sorry but my battery died, I didn't have my charger and even if I found one for my phone I couldn't plus it in the wall because I didn't have an adapter and …"
"Hey it's ok" Kate laughed, taking his hand, "I got your email"
"I know, but it's still not the same. We absolutely have to go back together, the last place I stayed in was just super romantic."
"And you were there with … ?"
"Nobody! That's why I want to go back with you, so I can make the most of the romantic atmosphere" he said, running his hand up and down her thigh under the table
"Rick" she said, closing her eyes briefly "take your hand off please. This is a family place and I'm sure we wouldn't be allowed back here if you continue doing that"
"What would you do to me?" he asked, smiling seductively
"Oh, so many things, you have no idea" she answered, winking at him as the waitress was coming with their food.
They ate in silence, looking lovingly at each other. When they were finished, he walked her back to the precinct.
"You're not coming?" Kate asked as he stopped not far from the door
"Not today, I think I'm gonna go home and unpack and spend some time with Alexis when she get back from school"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, my dad is coming over tonight. He's taking her for the weekend since we're away for Kevin's wedding. That's ok with you right?"
"Of course it's ok with me, I love it when you take care of her and stuff. You're good with her. We'll have to practice a lot so you can be good with someone else you know …" he said, giving her a very hot look
"I love the way you think" she said before kissing him passionately.
Soon, they got carried away and hands began to travel, completely forgetting that they were on the sidewalk in front of a police station. When they finally broke apart in dire need for oxygen, Lanie was there, watching them.
"You two never stop do you?" she asked
"Well, unfortunately we have to breathe so yeah, we stop sometimes" Rick answered, still a bit breathless.
Kate slapped him gently on the chest and buried her face into his neck.
"I have to go" she grumbled
"I know … Lanie is waiting." He said before giving her another kiss. Before he let her go he hugge her one last time "Tonight, once your dad and my daughter are gone, I'm going to love you as much as you deserve to be loved Katherine Beckett" he whispered into her ear.
When she entered the precinct he heard Lanie ask Kate "What the hell did he tell you to make you sigh, shiver and blush like that?"
He smiled like a fool. It was good to be home.