Time for Angst ! ! !
After leaving the children in the safe hands of their grandfather, Rick and Kate are on their way to meet the park service chief and hoping he will allow them come into the building and investigate the events that have been occurring at the tower
They have decided it would be best if they get an introduction from someone in local law enforcement. They are now headed toward the Hamptons' police department to meet up with Chief Brady.
Kate is looking out the window of the SUV that her and Castle bought after their second child was born. They needed a larger vehicle and one that would easily and safely transport the entire family and a large SUV would definitely fit that need and be the solution
The vehicle has three rows of seats the back two being equipped for securing child restraint seats. That was something that the Ferrari definitely does not have. With the space to comfortably seat 8 passengers the entire Castle clan can travel with room and comfort and even include Kate's dad when he comes along even later like this trip
Kate is enjoying the scenery, as she does every time they are here. Her husband is softly humming the theme song from Scooby Do causing her to just want to laugh out loud but she tries to keep the humor to herself
She finally looks across the front seat to her guy and can see him smiling obviously enjoying the possibility of getting into a ghostly mystery.
When he feels her eyes looking at him he looks away from the road momentarily and stops his humming when she sees her smiling eyes looking at him
"What?"
"Nothing" she smiles, then thinking to herself 'Why do I love this man so much? He is a dork!'
"You are thinking that we are not going to find any ghosts at the lighthouse, aren't you?"
"Castle…there are no ghosts. You have already looked for ghosts before and because there are no ghosts, you will not find any now"
"You just wait and see. Just because we didn't find them before, doesn't mean there are none. There are just too many people that have seen the ghost for it to not be true"
She is honestly enjoying seeing him act this way again since their lives have been so serious for the last few years. Her position with the police department brings them to all the serious crimes, not just murders. She thinks that maybe, just maybe she will enjoy the game as much as he obviously is.
"Anyway, Castle…they said image, not ghost"
"Image…ghost…same thing"
As they turn off the main highway that leads toward town Rick looks across the seat at his wife "We do need to make a quick stop up ahead and then we will go to the police station"
"CASTLE. Where are we stopping?" she looks across the front seat again knowing he has some devious plan cooking inside
"We just need to stop at a little store up here. You don't even have to get out and he pulls into the parking space in front of a very nondescript building. Only the letting on the canopy gave away the business
'Hamptons Sign Company'
"I'll be right back" he says as Rick jumps out of the SUV
Kate puts her head in her hands and then says to herself "OH NO!"
A minute later Castle comes out of the building holding a craft paper wrapped item, He unwraps the paper and places something against the side of the vehicle and she can hear a slap as he release the other end of the magnetic sigh. He throws the paper it in the back and jumps into the driver's seat "Ready to go?" he looks at his wife who still has her head buried in her hands
She does not even look up "Castle! Please tell me you didn't buy what I think you did?"
His face lights up "It's a magnetic sign and we take it off when we are finished"
She just shakes her head back and forth as they pull back out on the main street heading toward the police station
Inside the city complex, Castle pulls into a parking spot and jumps out of the SUV. He looks back at Kate who has not moved from her seat "Beckett…come on. Let's go see Brady and talk to him"
Beckett looks at herself in the makeup mirror behind the sun visor "You married him…you had a choice and you married him" then she actually giggles
Getting out of the door she tried to NOT look back to the van and she moves quickly into the building so to not be seen near the vehicle
Once inside the front door several voices can be heard welcoming them to the station
Hey Potter" Castle remarks as he and Kate step up to the front desk
"Rick, Kate…good to see you two" Officer Potter responds as he stands and goes to meet the visitors "Great to see you two"
"Good to see you too "Potter" Beckett remarks
Castle continues "How is life in the Hamptons?"
"Really quiet…as usual" is the simple answer
"Well what about the ghost in the lighthouse?" Rick seems ready to get started on his investigation
"Oh!...that? We have been getting reports from the teenagers mostly claiming they saw some type spirit but, fortunately, we get to turn them over to the park service and don't have to be bothered by that type silliness and getting embarrassed by having to look into the reports like we believe that junk or something. Anyone who believes in ghosts must be completely…" he suddenly stops his rant when he looks outside and sees Castles' car
He then looks back at Rick then at Kate who seems to be avoiding the officers look "I bet you came for Chief Brady. I'll go get the boss" and he turns and rushes off
"I wonder why he stopped talking" Rick asks looking back outside
Kate glances at her husband and has to laugh once more "Are you serious? Did you look at our…er…your SUV?"
He turns to look out the window "What about it?"
"CASTLE? You put 1960's mod squad flowers on the van and a sign that says "Mystery Machine? SERIOUSLY?"
He look outside "So?"
"Rick, Kate" Chief Brady steps up to the counter "Great to see you two. What brings you out to my door? Wanting to confess to some unsolved crime?"
"Not hardly Chief but we want information on a possible crime happening nearby"
"What is that?"
"The lighthouse and the green ghost"
Kate whispers "there is no such thing as ghosts"
"Oh…that?" Brady responds "The park service is dealing with those reports. We got kids coming in telling they saw something green glowing in the light tower"
"That's the deal we are talking about"
"We just chalk it up to teenager's raging hormones and pass them over to the park captain"
Rick seems really excited about following up "Can you put us in contact with him? We want to look into this"
Kate whispers low "You want to look into this"
Brady answers as she reaches for his phone "The Park Captain is "Greigo…Carlos Greigo. Let me give him a call and let him know you are coming out
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The two are heading down the road almost to the lighthouse tower when Rick makes a comment "The last time we were here it was dark… and quiet… and a nice evening… and…"
"And we were engaged in activities unbecoming a police captain" Kate chuckles
"I don't remember hearing any complaints from you that night. In fact the only thing I heard from you was…"
"STOP Castle…especially if you ever want to hear sounds like that again"
"Yes ma'am"
Castle looks at his wife and smiles. She returns the knowing look
As they arrive at the gate, a state parks and wildlife vehicle pulls up beside them. As the captain gets out of his car he looks at the magnetic signs Castle placed on the SUV and just shakes his head
Rick and Kate step out of the Van and greet the officer "Hello. I am Rick Castle and this is my wife Captain Kate Beckett NYPD and we want to thank you for meeting us on such short notice"
"Hi. I'm Captain Carlos Greigo, Call me Carl. And not a problem But when I pulled in and saw the signs on the van I thought I might be running into more ids wanting to look in the tower. We are getting a lot of school kids trying to get in. You understand"
"Yes, captain "Beckett responds "we do understand" She looks at Rick "It's just my husband is reliving his childhood"
The park's officer just smiles "Listen. Since you are law enforcement, I have no problem letting you two go inside without me, but I do want to warn you there is some mechanical equipment that can be dangerous so watch your step. When the lamp is rotating you can get caught in the gears and get hurt. But the machines is shut off right now"
He hands a ring with some keys to Beckett" Just keep these in your care and lock the door when you leave. I have a call across the island to go check on. I'll be back in a couple of hours and we can meet up to get them back to me"
After assuring the captain they would take good care of the key ring the park officer leaves
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Kate opens the door and she and her husband enter the circular structure.
As they start to climb the spiral staircase to reach the top of the lighthouse tower, Castle finds himself in a positon that he remembers so very well from the hours immediately before them becoming a couple.
The time they spent in the underground bunker brings back some fond memories for Richard Castle. Memories of a time he thought Kate was still dating Josh and he was never going to have her for his own
The view he had as she climbed the stairs from the lower level to the main level with her hands full and asking him to keep her from falling and to take hold of her legs but, in spite of what he knew would mean certain death, he took hold of something much more firm and interesting
Kate's long body is in front of him as she begins to step up along with her legs and the other bits he appreciates so very much. He is soon at eye level with her back side. Oh that delectable back side.
To see this woman now, it is impossible to believe she has carried two children and still pulls her husband in with her lithe body. At least now he can think that, and say that, but he no longer has to try and not be drawn to her firm assets
And her assets are still very firm
As she begins her climb, he only needs to delay his action until later when they are home alone…but he simply cannot…resist her
The sound Kate makes is somewhere between a scream and a squeak echoes thru the stone chimney. Someone hearing the sound she makes would not be sure if she was hurting or enjoying whatever caused the noise
She looks back over her shoulder at her husband "CASTLE…what ARE YOU doing?"
"Enjoying the view from the stairs"
"You seem to be really enjoying MORE than just the view"
"Okay. Can't I just enjoy grabbing my wife's…?"
"Don't finish that sentence if you want to keep enjoying IT when we get back home"
Feeling a little silly, "Why do we have to wait till we get home?" he remarks "there is no one here. The place is off limits but to those authorized to be here. You have the keys. No one will discover us
He can feel the flare from her eyes grow then her face changes to a smile "It has been a while…hasn't it?" referring to their sometimes dangerous escapades "since we did…" she looks around the tower "anything crazy. Hasn't it?"
"I think it was at the shooting range afterhours" is his response
Her face glows at the remembrance at what they did that night "Oh yeah. That night we convinced the range Sargent we needed a little more practice and we would take care of locking up"
He smiles at the way she says practice
He continues after her remarks "I also remember the first time we were at the range together. You stepped up behind me and I almost lost it when I felt you pressed into my back"
She almost laughs out loud "Is that the time you said you shot too soon?" she sees the silly little boy she married come out
"I never said that or did that"
"Not at home you don't" she whispers causing him to gasp for air "but I am not sure there is a place we could stop for that"
"We can go to the very top. There is a platform that surrounds the light's turntable. We could…"
"CASTLE…that is surrounded by a clear glass wall. We would be seen for miles"
"Not if we stayed low"
She smiles again "OK, but let's hurry up. I don't want to get caught by Carl"
The two begin a more rapid ascent up the stairs.
When the top platform comes into sight they are both acting a little giddy…
But the hoped for tryst is halted when they step off on the top level and are shocked to see a man's body caught up in the gear mechanism that drives the light
OK...NO ANGST for our pair But what an interruption