Thank you so much for the reviews and follows! Was not expecting any of them. Love you guys already haha. I'm really sorry it took so long but I got stuck with a lot of school deadlines and I was freaking out, doing a lot of all-nighters and stuff. I will try that if I continue to get good reviews, I will try to post a chapter a week. Anyway, I forgot to put a declaimer in the other chapter, so here it is.

Characters are not mine! They belong to abc and Andrew Marlowe.

haha Enjoy.

Around 20 minutes have passed since Castle left the morgue and Lanie was wondering if Kate would ever show up. She knew that Kate needed to loosen up and this trip would be the perfect way. It's not that Kate has a stick up her backside or anything, 'cause Lanie sure knows the true Kate Beckett and she was far from the quite, strict person Kate made herself to appear at the precinct. Defiantly not. If only she could show Castle that. She does flirt (somewhat) and hint about her crazy life outside of the precinct but for some reason she couldn't let herself open up to Castle. Lanie's guess is that Castle means something special to her and she doesn't want to scare him away with her tattoo story or her piercings or her wild teenage years.

There was a knock on the door and Lanie let the girl in.

"Lanie listen. We need to talk" Kate seemed nervous and worried.

"Girl, what's wrong?" Lanie got suddenly confused.

"I'm scared. I don't want to go" Lanie assumed she was talking about the lodge.

"What do you mean you don't want to go? Why? I mean what could possibly be so scary about going to a lodge with your friends on Christmas?" Lanie gave a 'don't be ridiculous' look.

Kate, for the first time, letting it sink in about what she was actually going to do if she went to the lodge. "I….don't know…." She looked very thoughtful. She was so worked up about not wanting to spend the week at Castle's lodge that she didn't really think that she was not going to be alone with him. Even though she brought up the excuse about Lanie.

"Then why are you complaining girl?" Lanie said in a loud voice. Kate was getting more ridiculous by the second these days.

The only words that came out of Beckett were the same as before. "I don't know…"

"why don't you want to go to the lodge with him anyway? If it were anyone else, you wouldn't think twice."

"That's just it! He isn't anyone else. He's him! He's Richard Freaking Castle! The playboy billionaire!" Kate's words were beginning to get louder. She wasn't sure herself what the problem actually was, because Lanie's right. If it were someone else, She would make such a big deal about it.

"I still don't get why you got your panties in a bunch. So what if his a playboy billionaire? He's also your favourite writer of all time and he's also completely smitten with you. You should be on cloud nine right now singing with angels right now! I have no idea why you're hiding these feelings you clearly have for him and not letting him shower you with love, which by the way, is very obvious that that's what he wants to do." She was starting to get frustrated now. Castle was perfect for her and she wasn't going to see her best friend not be happy for one more second.

" I don't have feelings for him!— "

" no! okay no! I'm going to stop you right there! THAT is a complete lie! You know it, and so does everyone else!"

"He's arrogant- "

"he's charming."

"Self centered-"

"manly."

"a 5-year old on a sugar rush!"

"FUN!"

Kate turned silent.

"listen Kate. No one is going to force you into going but there is no reason why you shouldn't." Lanie calmed down and tried to explain to her best friend.

"what if something happens between us?" Kate asked feeling a bit worried.

"would that be such a bad thing?"

"Yes!...no….i don't know!"

"Kate. No one else is here. It's just me. You can open up to me!"

"okay, maybe if something happens it won't be the end of the world…"

"was that so hard?"

"no" Kate laughed. In a way, it was like a weight has been lifted. She would never admit out loud that she likes the writer, she would never need to anyway. It's not like he likes her back, unlike what Lanie thinks. He didn't like real. He liked models and actresses. He likes double Ds' and blonde bimbos.

"Thanks Lanie. I'm glad we talked. I feel better now…emm…I should go though. You know, work and stuff."

"okay hun. I'll talk to you later then." Lanie smiled. She could feel something's going to happen between her best friend and the writer and that's not just because she likes to be a matchmaker.

Kate smiled and walked off. Once out of the morgue, she decided to text Castle. She was feeling a bit excited for this trip but he didn't need to know that. Sometimes it was just fun to make him think that she's irritated with him.

She sends the text.

I'm coming.

So that's chapter two. I'm interested to know what you wanted to read in this story. Like what kind of moments would you want to read. If you tell me that would be very helpful because I'm having a bit of a slight block considering it isn't anywhere near Christmas now haha. Anyway. Thanks so much for reading. I hope you liked it. Reviews are always welcome.