Chapter 19
Even though they were running late, they stopped by the loft. As soon as they entered they heard loud crying coming from the kitchen, as they rounded the corner they saw Alexis laying in the middle of the kitchen floor.
"I WANT MY DADDY!" she screamed, kicking her feet into the ground hard.
"Alexis, dear, your daddy will be back in two days, he just left, can we just try and have a good weekend?"
"NO!" She shouted back.
"Hey!" Rick interrupted, shouting at Alexis, "You don't treat your gram like that."
Alexis sprung up from the ground and ran for Rick's legs, grabbing hold.
"Daddy, you came back for me."
He knelt down before her, so that he would be on her level. "Lex, I came to give you goodbye hugs and kisses. I even brought a gift, but I don't know that you deserve it after how you were treating your gram."
Her tear-stained cheeks were puffy, but he could see the regret in her eyes. She lowered her head, turning towards her gram and slowly walking over, wrapping her arms around her legs and giving her a hug, "I'm sorry gram, I really am."
Martha gave her a pat on the head, "It's okay darling, I know you were just missing your daddy."
The little girl nodded, releasing her hold on her grams legs to walk back towards her father.
"That's much better… Look at me Lex, I know that you really want to come with Kate and I but we need some grown up time, to be romantic, and lovey. You don't want to be around that anyways, right?"
She shook her head.
"We will be back Sunday afternoon, and you and I can spend the whole night alone together, sound good?"
"No!"
"No?"
"I want Kate there too."
"Well I am very sure that Kate would love to spend some time with you as well. Right Kate?"
Kate bent down beside the two of them, pulling Alexis in for a hug, "of course I would. I am going to miss you so much over the next two days, but you're daddy and I really need some time alone."
"But you are alone, all the time, you two sleep in dads room together alone every night."
"That's not the same, we want to be able to kiss in every room, and go on dates. We know how much it grosses you out when we kiss in front of you."
"I won't cover my eyes anymore, you can kiss in front of me."
They both let out little chuckles.
"Lex, we still need our time, but when we get back, you're daddy and I will spend all our time with you."
"ok" the flood gates were about to re-open when Kate unzipped her bag and pulled out a teddy bear.
"Look what we brought you. It's for you to cuddle up with while we're gone. You can only have him if you promise not to cry while we're gone. Teddy bears don't like to be around crying, they like to be around happy, smiling little girls," Kate gave her belly a little tickle.
"I won't cry, I promise."
"Well then he is all yours, but first.. I need a big hug and a big kiss."
The little girl flew into Kate's arms, wrapping her tiny arms around her neck and placing a big kiss on Kate's cheek.
"That's more like it. Now give your daddy a hug and kiss goodbye, and you can even call us tonight before you go to bed."
"I can?"
"Of course you can, you can call as much as you want, baby girl."
Rick sat and watched their exchange with a love struck look on his face. He knew that Alexis adored Kate, but he hadn't realized that Kate was completely in love with the little girl. It was amazing for him to watch, because Alexis had never had a real mother figure in her life. Meredith didn't visit often, maybe twice a year if that. Seeing their relationship blossom right in front of him made his heart flutter. The only other woman that he had brought around Alexis was Gina, and Gina made an effort with his daughter.
"We really should get going, Kate."
"Yeah, you're right, we are already running late." She gave Alexis another hug and stood up.
Rick said his goodbyes and they left.
Kate spent the whole drive napping, waking up as they rode up the gravel driveway. The sun was setting as they pulled up and the view of his Hamptons home was amazing. She almost couldn't believe that she would be staying here for the next two nights in her boyfriend's beach house.
"Castle, this place is amazing."
"I know, right?" he said reaching for her hand to help her out of the car. "Wait til you see the inside, oh and the pool, but most of our time will be spent in the bedroom, or the hot tub."
"I forgot my bikini." She shoved his shoulder, giving him a wink as she walked past him towards the front door. She turned around when she was halfway up the walkway. "I really hate it when you stare at my ass like that."
"I can't help it, I love your ass."
"Well if you ever want to see it up close and personal again you better come open this door for me, it's chilly out here."
He hurried towards her trying to play catch up, grabbing her hand as he passed her and pulling her along faster. "You are absolutely going to love it here."
After touring the whole house, and making an extra long pit stop in the master bedroom, they decided to bundle up and head down to the beach.
The weather wasn't bad, just a little windy, but Kate loved the beach. The sand under her bare feet reminded her of her childhood, going to Coney Island with her parents.
"Whatcha thinking about?" Castle asked, tugging on the hand that his was firmly wrapped around.
She had been looking out at the water, not paying much attention to him, "Everything, just how happy I am now. I was so miserable this time last year, and I know things are only going to get more difficult over the next few years. I still have a few lessons to learn, but I can't wait to see where we are next year, or the year after."
"Yeah, I think about that a lot too. You're only 19 and sometimes that scares the shit out of me, then other times I don't even think about it, I just think about that smile you have that is just for me. I love that smile. Or how when you wake up in the morning you throw yourself so close to me that you're basically laying on top of me, and usually naked might I add so it's like the best alarm clock ever. You make me pretty happy too, ya know."
"Do you think about our future ever, or if we have one?"
"Every day."
She looked over at him, pulling him to a stop. "Really?"
"Of course. On our really good days I cant stop thinking about it, but I also think about your age and how we both have a lot of growing up to do. We can do that together though, the growing up part."
"Yeah, we can. I mean I'm still a kid, and you pretty much are too, except you have a kid, and a lot of money, and a big house. All I have is a tiny apartment and midterms and occasionally a modeling job. I think that before we take any huge steps we should probably just be happy together for a while, a long while."
"I agree." He pulled her into a hug, running his hands down her back and butt, and hooking his hands on the inside of her thighs, lifting her to wrap her body around his. "Wanna go in?" he said, nodding towards the water.
"Rick Castle, if you get me wet I will absolutely, positively hurt you." her back tensed up, eyes growing wide, knowing that he was going to do it regardless.
"Promise?" he said as he ran into the water. She held on tighter, trying to steal his warmth from him once her body hit the cold water.
Later that night after dinner, they both sat cuddled up on the couch, enjoying a glass of wine, well it had become almost a whole bottle at this point and Kate's body was tingling all over, she knew she should probably stop drinking soon or she would have a horrible hangover the next day.
"How about we go to bed after this glass, babe?"
"You tired?"
"Yeah, and a little drunk."
"So, you feeling a little frisky?"
"No, actually I'm not really in the mood at all." She shrugged him off.
He looked over at her, studying her face, "You okay?"
"Of course I'm okay, I just don't want to have sex."
"That's fine, we don't have to have sex."
"Okay, good."
They sat in silence for a few minutes, Rick sipping on her wine as Kate sat there staring at her half full glass.
"I'm sorry for snapping, I'm about to start and sometimes when I drink I get scared of being too drunk, or you being too drunk. My dad was an alcoholic when I was younger, and Josh use to get drunk and force himself on me, or not so much force himself, but he was just really aggressive during sex if he was drunk."
"Aggressive how?"
"Just forceful, it wasn't pleasant at all. Actually the last time we had sex, after you and I started seeing each other, he was really forceful, made me realize that I had made the hugest mistake by ever allowing that to happen. I still to this day can not understand why I did it? Why I let him get to me, or why I complied with having sex with him. It almost became a battle between us the last time. I know it probably kills you to hear this stuff, but I hate him, I truly hate him and all of the things he has planted in my head. He is the reason I am so insecure about us, about my body, about sex."
"You are not insecure about sex Kate."
"I was in the beginning, but now I'm comfortable with you and our sex life. We do have a lot of sex, but it's not just sex, it's different."
"Yeah, it is different." He pulled her closer to him, wrapping both hands around her body.
"Let's go to bed, I really am tired, and I want you to take me around town tomorrow."
"Sounds like the perfect afternoon, we can go shopping."
"Shopping?"
"Yeah, we need to buy you a new dress for dinner tomorrow night?"
"Oh, are we going out somewhere special?" she raised her eyebrows at him.
"I guess you could say I have something special planned."
I have read a lot of reviews that said they think I am going off track from my original story. Truth is, I have, but I am pretty sure some of the reviewers saying that are the same ones that complained about the whole Josh situation. I have changed the direction a tiny bit but in the end it will all be the same. Just changing my approach to it.
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