Chapter 18
"Hey, Kate," Rick said walking into her bedroom as she was packing her bag for their weekend getaway to the Hamptons.
"Do you think we can drop back by the loft, Alexis is already freaking out about us leaving and I thought it would ease her mind a little if we stopped by and said goodbye, and maybe took her a gift."
"Rick, you're her parent, if you want to go say goodbye to her you don't have to ask me for permission. Plus, I would love to give those chubby cheeks a kiss before we leave."
Rick stepped in behind where she stood at her dresser, rummaging through her underwear drawer to pick out lingerie to take with her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, nudging her hair from her neck with his chin and began to suck on her neck.
"If you're wanting to see your daughter before we hit the road you better stop that right now." She teased, knowing that any mention of Alexis would put a stop to his advances.
"Really, Kate, you know how I feel about you mentioning Alexis when I'm trying to seduce you."
He backed away from her, turning to take a deep calming breath. She turned after him, grabbing his arm and pulling him into her body. Wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing his chest, and then his neck.
"I like to tease you, watching you get worked up over me is my favorite thing."
"If you like to tease so much, may I suggest you skip the underwear drawer all together. You wont need those anyways. I plan on having you naked the entire two days."
They swayed from side to side, almost at a slow dance, "I thought you were going to take me out, show me around, wine and dine me, and then seduce me."
"I can do that too, but I'd rather keep you all to myself."
Ever since Kate's public display of affection in front of the paparazzi in front of Alexis school last month Rick had been hesitant to go anywhere too public with Kate. Kate had begun to worry about whether or not he was embarrassed of her or if something else was going on.
"Rick, we will be in the Hamptons, you don't have to hide me away."
"Hide you away, what are you talking about?" he pulled back from her, noticing her gaze was directed at her feet. He pulled her chin up to look into her eyes. "Kate what do you mean by that?"
"It's nothing.." she turned and walked back to her dresser, grabbing a few pair of underwear and a bikini.
"No, its something, and you're going to tell me what it is before we leave here."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Kate, we agreed that we would communicate, that we wouldn't hide things from one another."
"I'm not hiding anything."
She finished zipping her bag and headed toward the bathroom, he followed her in as she threw her toothbrush and toothpaste into her makeup bag. Leaning against the door frame, he watched her uneasiness build as she held back what seemed like a lot of frustration.
"Well, then don't bother packing, I'm not going on the trip anymore," he turned and walked out of the bathroom, out of her bedroom and went straight for the couch where he plopped down and grabbed a magazine from the table.
She didn't chase after him, and that made him even more nervous. After ten minutes or so he went back into her room to look for her. She was sprawled across her bed, facedown into the pillow. He walked around the bed, laying down next to her.
He brushed the hair away from her face, forcing her to look towards him. Her face was stained red from the tears.
"If something is wrong with you and you're not telling me about it… how am I suppose to fix it?"
"You're not suppose to, it's my problem, my mind wont stop fucking with me, and I'm trying my best to let it go."
"Okay, stop beating around the bush and tell me what's up."
He pulled her body close to his, her head resting on his chest, arm thrown over his stomach.
"I just feel like you're embarrassed of me. You don't ever want to take me out to places that we will be seen. It's like you're hiding me away. Are you seeing someone else?"
"Yes."
"Yes?" Kate shot back, creating distance between the two of them.
He pulled her back in, "I thought you were kidding, of course I'm not. When would I have time to be seeing someone else? I see you every single day, and you practically live with me Kate. You would know if I was cheating."
"Maybe, I'm just creating this whole thing in my head."
"Obviously I am doing something that is making you feel this way, so why do you feel like I'm trying to hide you away?"
"You never take me out to dinner at fancy restaurants, or out on the town, and you basically just told me you didn't want to take me out in the Hampton's."
"I just like being alone with you. I cant do inappropriate things in public, and you know how inappropriate I like to be." He said, tickling her side, drawing a laugh from her.
"I am well aware. Maybe I'm being a baby about it."
"No, you're not being a baby. If you want me to show you off, then I will show you off. Have you seen yourself lately? All this working out and eating healthy has made you even more smoking hot then you were before, and you were already pretty perfect."
She shoved her hand at his chest, "STOP!"
"It's true, plus I see you're confidence in the strut of yours, you are well aware of the affects you have on men on the street."
"Rick, shut up, I don't even pay attention."
"Oh, don't give me that, you know exactly what you're doing when you switch those hips." He stared off into space thinking about.
"I do not switch my hips, what are you talking about."
"So.. you mean to tell me that you just naturally walk like that."
"I don't even know what you're talking about, but I am a model, so its probably just my natural walk."
"No, it's your confidence walk, it's all the long, late night work outs we've been doing" he gave her shoulder a squeeze.
"Okay, just drop this, it's making me uncomfortable."
"okay, okay, but only if you promise me one thing,"
"What's that?"
"That you will stop being insecure about our relationship."
"Insecure, I am not insecure Castle."
"Oh, it's Castle now?"
"IM NOT INSECURE"
"Wow, you are insecure, aren't you," he teased.
"Am not."
"Whatever you say." He raised back, giving her a confused look.
"Okay, maybe I am, but you're….. you, and then I'm just a 19 year old girl, who is barely a working model."
"So this is about social standing?"
"No."
"Is it about our age difference?"
"No. of course not."
"Well, I'm confused then."
"Yeah, I think that's my problem too. I'm just confused. I don't feel like I deserve you. I don't feel like I could possibly be what you want. You're a best selling author, with a beautiful daughter, and an awesome life."
"My life is only awesome because I get to share it with you and Alexis, all the other stuff, I can do without."
She sat up on the bed next to him, looking at those beautiful blue eyes that she had fallen in love with the moment she laid eyes on him.
"I love you Richard Castle, and you and that perfect child of yours make me the happiest girl in the whole entire world. I don't know what I would do without the two of you. Seriously. Even on my bad days, when I might be feeling a little insecure," she rolled her eyes. "I just think about you, and how I get to curl into bed with you at the end of the day. I think about how we make love, and how I didn't even know how it felt to be so taken care of before. You are truly amazing, thank you for being my person, for being such an amazing friend, boyfriend, and lover." She leaned in kissing him passionately; pulling back he immediately pulled her back in for a kiss, rolling her over, so that she lay under him.
"Quickie, before we leave?" she said, smirking up at him.
"No quickies, I want to make love to you."
"We don't have time, babe."
"We will make time." He slid his hand down inside her leggings, and under her underwear, one finger making its way between her folds, "looks like you're ready to go already."
Both of her hands flew down to her sides, working on pulling her pants down and off her legs. Once her legs were free of pants, she started on his pants, pulling his boxers down with his jeans, his length springing free and grazing her stomach.
His pants slid off his feet, hitting the floor at the end of the bed as she wrapped her legs around his body, grabbing his ass with one of her hands. He ran his length through her heat a few times, making sure she was ready before sliding inside of her slowly. He began to pump into hard and slow, trying to prolong both of their orgasms, but both of them were building quite fast.
"I know that you want this to last, babe, but I don't think I can wait, and I want us to come together." He said, increasing his pace.
One of her hands slid between them to work on her swollen bundle of nerves, his pelvis bone creating more friction with every pump. "I'm almost there, harder."
He didn't ignore her request; he sped up, and thrust with a lot more intensity, trying his best to make her orgasm first, knowing that hers would automatically set his off.
"Castle, I can't…." she screamed as her orgasm hit, her muscles squeezing tight around him still pumping inside of her.
His scream matched hers as his release came, spilling inside of her. Collapsing over her body, he nuzzled his mouth into the crease of her neck, peppering kisses up her neck, onto her cheeks, once their mouths met, she opened hers allowing his tongue to seep up over her tongue.
"I'm gonna take a shower, and then we can go say bye to Lex, Okay?"
He rolled off of her "Mind if I join?"
"Can you keep your hands to yourself?"
"I can try."
"Okay, come on."
She sauntered into the bathroom, knowing that he was watching her ass she threw an extra switch in her step.
"I knew you did it on purpose."
She looked back over her shoulder at him, "Only for you, baby."
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