CH8
Kate had chosen Red 2 for that night's movie. Alexis however did not make it to the end.
Rick picked her and carried her to bed and let Kate change her into her sleeping clothes since Kate volunteered. Rick had done it several times before but Kate had told him she would do it.
After tucking her up for the night Kate kisses her on the forehead. "Good night sweetie." And heads back to the living room. First stopping at the still open laptop sitting on the desk in the Library/Office.
Kate just had to stroke the keys and wonder if. Before moving on into the living room.
Rick spots her. "Would you like some wine?"
"Are you trying to get me drunk Castle?" Kate teases.
"I'll make sure to limit your intake this time." Rick tells her.
"So you want to spoil all the fun do you?" Kate teases. (Why am I flirting with him?)
"Sorry Kate I don't kiss and tell on a first date." As Rick hands over the glass of wine.
Kate grins and takes the glass. "Castle, tell me about Meredith."
"Did my mother put you up to this?" Rick asks.
"Alexis told me she lives in California. Martha actually told me very little. If you don't want to talk about it, …." Kate is interrupted.
"No it's fine, you probably deserve to know. To understand Meredith we need to go back a few years before her." Rick takes a big drink of his wine.
"I was involved with a woman named Kyra Blaine. Kyra and I dated for three years in college. Her father didn't like me because he thought I would not be able to support her in a way that she had grown accustomed to. Her mother hated me and took every advantage she had to insult me. For her it wasn't about the money, she thought I lacked character. That I was too much of a child and was far to care free for her taste.
I asked Kyra to marry me and she told me she wanted space to think about it. However her idea of space was to move to Europe and never talk to me again.
It left me devastated and I was in a bad place for weeks. Ok maybe months. Mother was and or still is really an actress. Mother tried to get me to come out of my funk if you will and introduced me to Meredith.
Meredith was nothing like Kyra. She was very active, full of life and lots of fun. She seemed to not have a care in the world. She was fun for a while but even then I knew she wasn't the woman for me.
Then one day she came to me and told me she was pregnant.
"Alexis." Kate whispers.
Rick nods. "She told me she was going to have an abortion. That being pregnant would interfere with her acting career."
Kate was shocked. To think that sweet Alexis almost never was. Oh she really hated this woman now.
"I managed to talk her out of it. However she never let me in on any of the pregnancy. I never saw any sonogram pictures. I never even knew what sex it was until after she was born. We never went to any birthing classes. I didn't even get to take her to the hospital for the birth.
I wasn't even told until Meredith was able to come home with Alexis."
Kate was now more than mad. Being bald with two broken legs was too good for her.
"After they came home Meredith had nothing to do with her. She refused to breast feed her. She didn't get up in the middle of the night for her. Didn't ever change a single diaper. Never bought her any clothes."
Kate has tears running down her face now as Rick tells his story.
"I had a book signing I was forced to attend as part of my contract. I left Alexis with Meredith hoping she would finally notice and pay attention to her daughter.
When I got home I found Alexis in her crib crying up a storm. I changed her diaper that had been on her far too long. Got her a bottle and fed her then went looking for Meredith.
I found her in our bedroom riding her director in our bed in the middle of an orgasm. After she was done he left and we had a fight. She blew it all off. She wanted to have sex so she had it with him. She didn't see what the big deal was about. She expected me to have sex with whoever I wanted to so she could too."
Rick had tears running down his face. "Oh Castle!" Kate's tears only increased.
"I filed for divorce and Meredith never said a thing. She wanted nothing to do with Alexis. I got full custody and could choose who could be Alexis's legal guardian in the event of my death. So that Alexis would never be forced to live with Meredith." Rick continues thru his tears.
"CASTLE!" Kate moves over to wrap her arms around him.
"Now she shows up without notice looking for money since her acting career is not going well and expects to have sex as if she was still my wife. She doesn't ask about Alexis and doesn't even try to talk to her.
All we have are fights before she storms back out and goes who knows where."
"So I heard." Kate says before she can stop herself.
"You heard?" Rick asks. "Please tell me Alexis doesn't know. … Oh god she has heard us hasn't she? …. Oh my god!" As Rick's tears flow more quickly and starts to hyperventilate.
"Oh no. Oh my god." Rick can't stop.
Kate holds him tight. "She's fine Castle, she's fine. She knows you and Martha love her.
You haven't done anything wrong Castle." Kate pulls back and puts a hand on both sides of his face. "Are you listening Castle? Alexis is fine. (If I knew where she was I'd fly out there and what I would do to that woman! Damn that woman. Alexis is in pain and now Castle is in pain.)
Kate just holds onto Castle until he calms down. "Come on Castle let's get you into bed."
"You coming with me?" Rick asks lifting his eyebrows a couple times.
"Not on a first date Castle." Kate mimics Rick's earlier response.
"Does that mean you will on a second date?" Rick asks mischievously.
"Does that mean there is going to be a second date Castle?" Kate flirts back.
"We've got all day tomorrow and tomorrow night to find out Kate."
Kate escorts Rick to his room. "Goodnight Castle."
"Till tomorrow Kate."
Kate heads for the guest room to change into sleep clothes then gets an idea. Kate decides to sneak into Alexis's room and slides into bed with her and slowly wraps her arms around the girl. (I'm so going to kill that woman for what she has done to you.)
And Kate finds that her mind shuts down easily while Alexis is in her arms as she goes to sleep.
Kate wakes in the morning to find a set of blue eyes surrounded by red hair staring back at her. "Hi." Kate tells her.
"Hi." Alexis answers back. "Did I have a nightmare?" Alexis asks still a little sleepy.
"No I don't think so. But I did." Kate tells a white lie. Castle's breakdown last night was something of a nightmare.
Alexis holds onto Kate a little tighter. "Did I help?"
"Yes sweetie you did." Kate is not exactly lying; her sleep was free of nightmares again with Alexis in her arms.
"Maybe you should sleep here more often." Alexis suggests.
"I have my own place sweetie, I don't live here." Kate reminds her.
"You could spend more time here or we could come to you?" Alexis tries.
"You don't need my problems sweetie." Kate tries to get out.
"Maybe we can help you with yours. And you promised." Alexis reminds her.
"Yes I did. And if Meredith shows up you call me. Or you need help for any reason you call me." Kate reminds her.
"But if you are already here I don't have to call." Alexis sounds sad. She thinks she is losing.
"This isn't my home. I have to go back to mine." Kate tells her.
Alexis remains silent knowing she has nothing left to say. Maybe she can get her dad to invite her over more often.
"I'm still here all day and night." Kate reminds her with a smile.
Alexis however doesn't feel like smiling. Kate will be leaving and doesn't know if or when she'll be back.
"So what do you want to do today?" Kate asks her.
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"Both of those sound like excellent ideas. How about if we get up and get ready and tell your dad what we are going to do today." Kate suggests.
Rick had readily agreed provided he got to pick the restaurant for dinner.
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Rick chose : Loin of Lamb / Pistachio Sponge Cake / Heirloom Carrot / Yogurt / Dates / Harissa 42
Kate chose : Duet of Amish Chicken / Jamón Serrano / Fig / Salsify / Sherry Chicken Jus 29
Alexis chose : Vermont Burrata / Radicchio & Pine Nut Marmalade/ Persillade 12
The three shared a dessert :
Ice Creams & Sorbets 10
Daily Selection
When they got home Rick and Alexis told Kate to select another movie to watch for the evening. Kate selected Wall-E. Not because of Alexis but because she loved that movie.
Alexis didn't make it to the end of the movie this time either. However this time Kate volunteered to tuck her in for the night.
Kate carried Alexis to her room and changed her clothes for her and tucked her in. Giving her a long sweet kiss on the head. "Good night sweetie!" And brushes some stray hairs away.
Kate leaves her behind reluctantly and goes back to the living room with Castle. Kate sits next to Castle.
"Thank you." Rick tells her.
"She's sweet Castle I was happy to do it." Kate answers.
"Well thank you for that too but that's not what I mean." Rick tells her.
Kate looks at him confused.
"You didn't have to stay here for two complete days." Rick tells her.
"We made a deal Castle and it's been fun." Kate replies.
"And I'm glad you did but I would have let you out of it if you had asked." Rick confides.
Kate looks at him amazed.
Rick takes the moment and risk and starts to move in to kiss Kate. Noticing that Kate does not back away he finishes. Rick breaks from the kiss and looks into her eyes. Then kisses her again only this time with more intensity.
Soon Kate has her arms around Rick and is kissing him back with equal intensity.
This lasts for a few minutes before Rick breaks from the kiss and stands up. "I should let you get to sleep. I'll drive you home or to work in the morning. Good night Kate." And Rick heads for his room.
This leaves Kate a little confused. She had wanted Rick to stop but now that he had she didn't want him to.
Should she follow him into his room? What if he stopped because he had decided he didn't want her? Did she want him? Kate was lost what to do. So she went to the guest room and went to bed after first looking in on Alexis.
Come morning Kate knew she had started having one of her many nightmares; however this time it went away for some reason and never came back.
Upon waking Kate opened her eyes and felt a weight on her that was unusual. Looking around she found that her arms were wrapped around Alexis who also had her arms around her.
It was at this point that Kate started to cry. Alexis must have found her in the middle of still another nightmare and gotten into bed with her and made it go away.
Alexis was such a sweet child and Castle had been nothing but nice to her. And he had fixed Jill for her.
Her head was telling her not to get any more involved. However her heart was telling her that Alexis was doing wonders for her and was asking nothing in return. And Castle was her favorite author who was single with this amazing child.
Conflicted on what to do Kate decided on doing nothing for the moment. Just basked in the moment and hold Alexis a little closer.
Now does she kill Meredith or thank her for leaving Alexis for her to find?