Disclaimer : Castle is not mine.
A/N : A few people have told me I need a beta reader and have asked me why I don't have one. I don't have a beta reader because I don't know how to get one.
Castle and Beckett had been sitting on the bed just cuddling, which Castle was happy to do, and they just lay there quietly staring, Castle lightly running his fingers through her hair. Beckett hummed at the feeling of him running his fingers through his hair as she thought she could easily fall asleep.
"You can't stay up here all day." Castle said quietly turning slightly so he can face her or well at least her hair.
"I know but it;s so peaceful and quiet and I don't want it to end." She said as she snuggled further into the gap between his neck and shoulder.
"We can do this anytime you want but you will have to talk to your family before we leave."
"I know I have to talk to them but I can't face looking at them with them looking at me as if everything is my fault."
"Well then look at me instead of them."
Beckett moved back slightly and looked up at him so they could look at each other, "that's sweet Castle but I think I would look a bit odd if I was talking to like 10 people around a family dinner table and only look at you."
"No it wouldn't I look at you all the time."
"Yeah, I know and remember how many times I've told you it's creepy." Beckett raised an eyebrow and him and he just smirked.
"Come on you're acting like you family are about to eat you alive." When he saw her look away he tried again in a more gentle tone "You don't have to look at them, or tell them anything you don't want to but you do have to talk to him. I'll be with you just like I always am."
"Okay." She said getting up and walking to go to the door with Castle following her. Just when she reached the door she turned around quickly and said "Just one more thing." Before she was kissing him, hard. Castle was so surprised he took a could of steps back taking her with him and when she forced her tongue into his mouth he groaned but then he pulled away and smiled when he saw Beckett trying to chase her lips with her own.
"I know what you're trying to do Beckett but you're not going to fool me. Go and talk to your family and then after we can do some more of that distracting you just tried to do." He smirked when he heard her growl slightly.
"Fool me my ass." She was saying under her breath when she went to go talk to her family. Castle followed close behind trying to hide how funny he found it that she was annoyed at him. She quickly turned around at the top of the stairs and when she went to try and kiss him again he quickly stepped back with her following him but he surprised her when he swept her up and slung her over his shoulder her face facing his back and when she went to pull his shirt up slightly he slapped her ass to which she replied "Richard Castle you just wait until you put me down."
"Katherine Beckett maybe if you weren't trying to pull my shirt up instead of going and talking to your family then maybe you wouldn't be in this situation." He then started walking down stairs to the long awaited conversation with her family.
When Richard Castle walked into the family room with a very annoyed Katherine Beckett still slung over his shoulder some people were confused while others were simply amused. He put her down at the head of the table and she turned around with a deer in the head lights look and looked to Castle with a deadly glared and he just smiled some more.
"Kate has something to say."
"No Kate doesn't" and she tried to turn and go back upstairs but Castle caught her arm and brought her back to face her family.
"Yes Kate does."
She saw her family lean back further into their chairs and had to take a few deep breaths.
"I'm a cop." She started with and had to remain focused on something but couldn't find anything. Castle sensed her struggling to find her words so he let her go and walked to stand opposite her and she instantly focused on him "and I see a lot of bad things, I've been in life and death situations before and I am good at my job and I protect people. To know that my family doesn't support me and is looking at me the way they are hurts me."
"We didn't mean to Katie it's just we don't know this side of you." Her uncle said.
"You don't know this side because you never see me, it's always my responsibility to see you and then it's my fault when you haven't seen me enough. It works both ways and I don't always have the time to come over here but I can easily make the time to have lunch with you guys back in New York."
Kate looked at her family and saw as they all realized the truth.
"It's not my fault I've made a career for myself and it isn't my fault that some of you are stuck in the 80s believing I can't be a cop because I'm a woman. I'm ot the one who should be apologizing to any of you, you should be the ones to apologize. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going home."
And with that she left for her room to pack with Castle following close behind her.