Hey guys, I only got 2 chapters with bucket lists when I wanted 3, but I'll allow it. Anyways...

Disclaimer: If I owned Castle, I wouldn't be procrastinating on getting ready for a concert. Even though the concert is tonight, the prep is very intense.

Chapter 20

Lanie squealed and grabbed Kate. "Come. This calls for dress shopping." And Lanie started dragging Kate out of the loft. Kate managed grab her purse before Lanie pulled her out the door and to the silver Porsche. "Bye Rick!" was what Kate managed to say loud enough for Rick to hear.

The girls made it to David's Bridal, a wedding shop that was fairly close to the loft. Kate and Lanie were there for about an hour when Kate shrieked. Lanie came rushing over and she saw what Kate had made that sound for. The dress was gorgeous. It was simple white, strapless, floor length, and had white bodice embellishments. Kate handed Lanie her phone and mumbled something about Rick.

Lanie just assumed that her best friend wanted her to call her soon-to-be husband.
"Kate, I didn't think you would miss me this quickly." Rick teased.
"It's Lanie. Get down here to David's Bridal." and Lanie ended the call.

She heard Kate calling her name, so she went to the dressing rooms. "Kate?" Lanie said. Lanie saw a door open and out walked Kate, adorned in the wedding gown. Lanie just about cried she was so happy, "Oh, Kate. Honey, it's perfect." Lanie said.

Kate went back in the dressing room, and when she came out again, she had the dress in hand, and was back in her clothes. Kate walked up to the counter with Lanie in tow and said, "Can you hold this here so we can finish looking?"
"Of course." The blonde woman replied. Kate watched as the woman stuck the dress beneath the counter, "Thanks." Kate said and pulled Lanie away.
"Now to find you a bridesmaid's dress." Lanie looked hurt, "I thought that I was your best friend." She scoffed.

Kate looked at Lanie, "Lanie, will you be my Maid of Honor?" Lanie wrapped Kate in a hug and "Of course!"

The women were combing the racks when Rick showed up, he asked the woman to point him in the direction of tuxes. "Thank you." he said. As he was walking past the bridesmaid's dresses, he heard a squeal that could only belong to one of two women. Either his ex-wife Meredith was in her, or it was Lanie. As he walked through the dresses, he hoped to god more and more that it was Lanie.

When he got closer, he was relieved to see that it was Lanie. She and Kate were holding an aqua colored floor length gown, that Rick assumed that was Lanie's dress.
He put his hands over Kate's eyes and said "Guess who?" Cop instincts kicked in for Kate and she grabbed the forearms of the "attacker" and put her head towards the ground, sending Rick flying over her head.

Lanie started laughing at Kate's expression when she realized who she had flipped over her head. "Oh my god, Rick. I am so sorry." Kate said. Rick managed to get up off the floor on his own.

Lanie went to go handle the dresses, while Kate filled Rick in on the dress adventure.

30 minutes later, Rick, Lanie, and Kate were back at the loft. Lanie was invited to sleep over, and she gladly excepted saying something about how hard it is to get to get a cab at night. Kate showed Lanie the guest bedroom, and went back to Rick's bedroom.

The next morning was Saturday. Kate called Jenny and her other best friend Maddie, and asked them to meet her down at David's Bridal.
Maddie, who was always one to be early, sat down on the bench outside the door, waiting for her friends to show up.

When Kate and Lanie pulled up in the blood red Ferrari, Maddie allowed herself to gawk at ate and Lanie. When Kate walked up, Maddie said, "Girl you have some explainin' to do. I take it then that you're marryin' money?"

Kate just nodded, "Who?" Maddie asked, "Richard Castle."

By the time that Maddie was done freaking out that her best friend was marrying "Richard freakin' Castle!" Jenny had just pulled up.

Now that all of the girls were here, Kate filled them all in. They walked to the bridesmaid's dresses again, and picked out 2 more dresses like Lanie's, only in the Maddie and Jenny's sizes.

Next they all headed to the accessory section. The girls found Kate a veil, and presented it to her. "Oh my god guys, I love it!" Kate exclaimed. The next thing that they found was stretch satin, white gloves, that went really well with her dress. They were all looking for shoes, when Jenny called to the girls, saying she had found the perfect pair. And perfect they were - they were white, they were Stilettos, and they had lace tops. "Thank you Jenny! They're perfect."

They had now found everything as far as Kate went, but now they had to find bridesmaid's items. The first thing they found was Lanie's Maid of Honor gloves. They were white, wrist length, and complimented her dress nicely. The gloves that they found for Jenny and Maddie, were also wrist length, but they were made out of lace.

They were now on the hunt for shoes. They found Maddie, Lanie, and Jenny, silver T-strap pumps with rhinestones covering the strap that leads down their foot.
They were now looking for a garter for Kate, they found that Rick had already ordered a garter for Kate. It was black lace, with embroidered shapes on it. Closer inspection from the four women revealed that the embroidery were symbols. One particular thing that was embroidered, said "NYPD, open up!"

The girls had to laugh at that. Another shape was a gun, and another was a fountain pen. The garter was perfect. Lanie, Jenny, and Maddie had drug Kate to the lingerie section and were now looking at bras and frilly french undies. They had found Kate matching black lace bra and panties.

They had had enough teasing Kate for today. And were becoming serious once again. They were on the move, looking for some hair items for Kate. 15 minutes of searching had produced two products. One pack that had bobby pins that had rhinestones at the end. And another that had flowers that matched the ones on Kate's dress. They were now looking at tiaras for Kate.

It took less than ten minutes to find the perfect tiara. It was a quinceanera style and Kate fell in love with it. They were finally done, as they were going to find a bouquet tomorrow. They didn't realize that it was 4:30 pm. They had been there all day. They arrived at 9 am and have been there for almost 8 and a half hours.

Kate took out Rick's credit card and payed for everything. They asked the lady at the front desk to keep it all here for now, that they would come back for their fitting at the end of the month.

The small group disbanded and they all went home. Kate took Lanie back to the loft, and since it was so late, Lanie just stayed there again. After dinner Lanie's phone began to ring. It was her apartment building, telling her that there was a massive fire and that her apartment, along with many others, were destroyed in it.

"Hey Kate?" Kate turned at the use of her name, "Yeah?"
"Can I stay here for a while?"
"Your already here."
"No. My apartment, it caught fire. I need to stay here for...longer."
"Oh my god. Yeah sure of course, you can stay here as long as you need."
"Thanks Kate."
"No problem Lane."