'Your Life Can Change
At a Moments Notice
So be Prepared for the Inevitable
That Life Will Bring You Down
Even When It Is Looking Up
Fate's a Bitch like That.'
Richard Castle awoke to his mother singing to an old show tune in the kitchen while making one of her signature protein shakes. His daughter Alexis was on the couch studying something, he had lost track on how many classes she took, over the course of a semester. He walked out of his study/room wearing a light gray and blue button down shirt with the same color blazer and dark blue jeans with black dress shoes.
Alexis looked up and smiled when she saw him her blue eyes so like his own shining. She stood up causing her long strawberry blond hair to shift slightly. "Hey dad, did you have a good nights sleep?" Alexis asked after hugging him and pecking him on the cheek.
"Its was fine considering my writers brain." He replied with a good natured smile. "Now go back to studying whatever you were studying." He commanded in a playful voice. Alexis just rolled her eyes though and with a smile she went back to her seat and started to read again. Castle walked into his kitchen and smiled slightly at his mother who was to busy singing 'Tonight' from the West Side Story 1957, to realize he had woken up.
He opened the fridge and grabbed a water bottle before walking towards his mother and hugged her from behind thoroughly startling her, but when she turned around she smacked him with a hand towel.
"Richard must you scare me, during my remediation of one of the most beloved songs in Broadway History." Martha Rodgers asked, Castle only chuckled slightly.
"Good morning to you to Mother." He replied kissing her head, but he only received a smack on the arm in reply. He chuckled slightly and took a swig from his water bottle when he heard his phone buzzing. He put his water down on the counter and walked towards the table behind his couch seeing it was Beckett he quickly answered.
"Well good morning Detective." Castle said with a smirk, going back to his water and taking a sip, while leaning against the counter.
"Yeah good morning Castle, well it will be when you come here and bring my coffee." Beckett's beautiful voice floated through the receiver making his heart skip a beat.
"Why Detective I'm hurt, that you only want me down there so I can bring you coffee." He said with mock hurt in his voice. He swore he could feel her eye roll at that statement and he counted himself lucky that he wasn't there at the moment.
"You know that's not true Castle I just really like my coffee, but I love you." Beckett said and Castle couldn't help but smile at her saying she loved him.
"And I love you to Beckett, besides I'm leaving right now I'll see you in a bit." Castle responded, with a small smile.
"Bye Castle." Beckett said before hanging up, he smirked slightly. Before turning to his Mother who was still singing, he put his water back on the counter. And, walked towards the door but ruffled Alexis hair which got him a "Dad, seriously." Which in return got a laugh. But, right before Castle was stepping through the door he turned back to his mother.
"Oh and mother that is not the best song the best song is Defying Gravity, sung by Idina Menzel in Wicked." Castle quickly closed the door after that, and was lucky because he heard something impact the door a few seconds after. He laughed slightly and walked down the hall towards the elevator.
Castle glanced at his watch and he knew for a fact he was royally screwed he was supposed to be at the precinct 30 minutes ago but the line made that impossible, he just hoped Beckett would kill him quickly. He glanced up at the line realising he was near the front, and after a few agonizingly slow moments he was finally at the front.
"Hey Rebecca, can I have a Grande Skim Latte, two pumps Sugar-Free Vanilla and Black Coffee with a some cream in it." He said with a smile. She nodded and disappeared behind the many coffee machines, Castle walked a little ways down the counter, and waited. He glanced outside at the already bustling streets, the many cars flashing by causing a mirage of colors to go across the window. Castle glanced at his watch it was 8:34, damn it, Beckett was so going to kill him. He turned when he heard his name being called and smiled at Rebecca before turning towards the door, he started to walk towards the door. He turned when he reached the door and he pushed the door open with his back.
He stepped into the cool crisp air of New York during Fall, he started walking down the sidewalk towards the cross walk when he heard a woman scream.
"Alex, no get out of the street." Castle immediately tuned towards the voice and he saw a red headed woman with worried brown eyes looking at a little red headed boy, with the same brown eyes, the little boy was bending down to grab a ball, that had probably been accidentally kicked into the street but it made him completely oblivious to the car that was speeding towards him.
Castle could see the car was trying to stop but the late autumn frost was already building on the streets and the car was skidding, but not slowing down in the slightest. Castle was the only one that was relatively close to the boy, and it was either the boys life or him being injured he knew he had a better chance if he was hit by the car, so that's what made him run out into the street, forgetting the coffee on the sidewalk.
Castle reached the boy just a few moments before the car but it wasn't enough to get out of the way, so Castle shoved the boy out of the way but he was still in the way of the car. He felt it impact his side, and blistering pain erupted, then he felt his head connect with the window. Castle heard glass shattering and people's screams he could hear someone screaming to call 911. He hadn't even realized he was on the ground until some one was looking down at him.
He could see their mouth moving but couldn't hear what they were saying. He could faintly hear the sounds of sirens but everything was starting to become to bright he could feel liquid running from his head and body, he knew he was injured badly but he didn't know how badly.
He felt his eyelids start to grow heavy, and the need to sleep started to overtake his senses but working with that police for the past 4 years had taught him that going to sleep when wounded was a bad idea. So he tried to fight at least until the paramedics came, but his attempt was futile. He wanted no needed to sleep and he felt his eyelids start to close, he could tell people were shouting at him to keep his eyes open to stay awake but he didn't care all he wanted to do was sleep. And soon that need overpowered him and he closed his eyes all the way, his breathing he could tell was already going down but he just figured that's what happened when you go to sleep, being long since the rational part of his brain went to sleep as well.
The darkness slowly started to consume him bringing with it peace, Castle only knew one thought before the darkness overtook him completely, Beckett was so going to kill him.