THE PLAN
Chapter 6
Kate woke up naked, next to an equally naked Castle, and remembered all she'd done last night. Kate smiled as she remembered. It had been similar to her time with Anya, yet it was different. It was a nice kind of different.
Except she needed to get up and use the bathroom, so she extracted herself from Castle's arm. And once she moved, she quickly realized she was sore down there. "OW!" As she walked to the bathroom, she muttered, "OW," all the way. "Is it going to always be like this?" Kate asked herself as she sat on the toilet.
She walked gingerly back into the bedroom. Maybe if she walked this way, it wouldn't hurt as much. Kate saw Castle was awake and lying in bed and smiled at him. "Thank you." Castle had kept his word. He had been careful with her until she wanted more.
"I need to get home. I have lots of homework to do." She looked around for her panties, followed by her bra, which, she recalled, was out in the living room.
Rick partially got dressed and met her at his front door. "Not sorry?" he inquired.
"No, not sorry. It was great. I need to figure out what it means, but not sorry." She kissed him.
Rick put his arms around her. "Call me when you get a chance. Once you figure it out."
"I promise." And Kate kissed him again.
Rick let go of her and watched her leave his apartment, hoping she would call. And soon.
~oo0oo~
Kate walked carefully all the way into the house, where she saw her mother waiting for her.
"You didn't come home last night," Johanna remarked.
"No, I didn't," Kate acknowledged. "I have homework." She walked to her bedroom so she could take off her clothes and take a shower.
"And you're walking funny," Johanna observed. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Kate rolled her eyes. "No, not really. I'm 18 years old, Mom, and I don't need your permission."
"Yes, you are, and no, you don't. Just answer me this. Did you use protection?" Johanna asked.
Kate looked like a deer in headlights. "I'll take that as a no. Katie, I know you know better, so I'm going to assume things got heated and you forgot. Please, tell me you're on the pill?"
"Yes, I'm on the pill, Mom. And yes, things got heated. Please, don't be angry."
"I'm not mad. I'm amazed that it took you this long. Rick is a good-looking man, and he's a nice man. Your father and I approve of him. And for your information, the more often you do it, the quicker the pain will go away. You need to adapt to his size." Johanna turned to leave, then paused. "Oh, and next time use protection, Katie. Please." And she left.
Adapt to his size. Kate smiled at that. He had cum inside her and hoped that her being on the pill would take care of that. "The more often we have sex, the more I will adapt to his size and ease the pain. That's good to know."
~oo0oo~
Kate didn't call for two whole days. She had wanted to call him the very next day but talked herself out of doing it.
"Hi." That was all she was able to get out before Rick erupted with a rush of words.
"I'm so glad you called, Kate. I couldn't take it if you rejected me."
Kate had a slight smile even though he couldn't see her. "That's sweet. What are you doing? Writing, I presume?"
"Not exactly writing. I'm doing research, so I suppose you could call that writing." Rick was actually doing research. He was using his pad to help him decide who wanted Johanna killed. That was the thing. He knew she was going to be killed but not by who or why. Hence the research and why he left New York City for a month at a time. He was planning to do it again.
"Research, huh?" She thought he probably did, but she was still kind of surprised by it.
The corners on Rick's mouth turned down somewhat. "I do research; does that surprise you?"
"A little, yeah," Kate admitted.
"So why did you call?"
That ruffled Kate's feathers. "Do I need reason to talk to you?"
"I suppose not. How do you feel? Did I hurt you?" Rick meant during sex.
"No, you didn't hurt me." Her face turned kind of red. "I liked it truth be told."
Rick was relieved. "That's good. I didn't want to hurt you. The exact opposite in fact."
"Well, you succeeded. I especially liked it when you went down on me." By now her face was even redder.
"So did I," Rick disclosed. "I especially liked it when you…"
She stopped him right there. "CASTLE!"
"I was just going to say that I liked it when you…"
Kate forced him to stop talking again when she yelled, "CASTLE!"
Rick caved in. "Fine, have it your way." But he got it in real quick. "When you screamed."
Without warning, Kate hung up on him. At first she was mad at him. Then she started grinning. "I am definitely going to make love to him again." She clutched her hands to her chest.
~oo0oo~
She had one more month of school left and it seemed like everyone was piling on the homework. She had to call Castle and tell him she didn't have time for another date. He said he understood and he wasn't mad.
She was sitting at the dining room table with books spread everywhere. There was a knock on the front door, but she ignored it. Her mother answered it.
"Katie, look who showed up!" Johanna called out, getting her to look.
Kate stared at him. "Castle?" She didn't understand why he was there. He said that he understood that she had too much homework for a date.
He held up two boxes. "I brought pizza."
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she did both.
~oo0oo~
Kate found herself sitting next to him eating pizza off of a paper plate. She smiled at him. Even with the age difference, Jim and Johanna thought he was the greatest boyfriend she had ever had. She didn't say anything anything at all.
The pizza was gone, and Castle was leaving. "Thank you for the pizza. That was nice of you."
Rick smiled at her. "It was my pleasure. Maybe you'll have time next weekend."
Kate stopped him at the door, and with her parents watching, she kissed him. She watched him go and closed the door. Then she saw the look on both parents' faces. "What?"
"Nothing, Katie. Nothing at all." Johanna smiled at her and retreated to the kitchen to throw out the paper plates. Grumbling, Jim took the trash out.
~oo0oo~
"Rick hasn't been over in two weeks. Have you talked to him?" Johanna questioned her daughter, who was at the dining room table, yet again working on homework.
"Yes, Mom, I talk to him. It's just that I have so much homework that we can't see each other. I don't like it, but it is what it is."
Johanna sighed in relief. "Good, because I'd hate for you to lose him. He's good for you."
"Yeah, he is. We talk, but that's all we can do right now. My teachers are piling on the homework. Then in two weeks comes the end of the semester. I'll be inundated with tests and have to study for them." Kate closed her eyes for a moment and shook her head. "I'll be so glad when it's over."
"Okay, Katie. I'm just checking." She ran a hand across Kate's shoulder; she felt for her, she really did. "Oh, have you thought about where you want to go to college at all?"
"Some, I was thinking of Stanford, but I'm just not sure," Kate replied. She was also considering something local, so she could keep seeing Castle, but she didn't know.
"It's all right, you have time still," Johanna assured her.
~oo0oo~
"I'M FREE!" Kate announced once she entered the house. "My last class is over."
Johanna didn't get to get in a word edgewise. "I'm going over to see Castle." Kate changed clothes and was out the door before her parents could say a thing.
Johanna chuckled. "I think we just lost our daughter."
Kate got out of the taxi, went up to the second floor, and knocked on his door. She should've probably called ahead to make sure he was home, but she hadn't seen him for weeks.
His door opened. "Kate?" Rick was surprised to see her here.
"Hi." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him soundly. "My last class was today, so I'm all yours."
Rick raised an eyebrow. "All mine, huh?"
"Yep, what do you suggest we do?" Kate bit her lower lip.
"I'm sure we can think of something." Rick took her hand and led her inside.
Once the door closed, Kate worked on his buttons and had his shirt off in record time; she looked up at him. "Make love to me."
~oo0oo~
Once again, a naked Kate was resting next to a naked Castle. It had been much like the first time they made love, just without him sucking on her big toes.
Her eyes flew wide open. "We didn't use a condom!"
"You don't need to worry," Rick reassured her. "I have a stem, and it's good for a year."
Kate didn't understand. "A stem. What's that?"
"It works like female contraception, but it's for men. I have about six months left on it."
"They have those?" Kate had never heard of it before.
"I can't get you pregnant, Kate. It's not 100%, but it's very close."
"Male contraception, huh?" Kate reached down to take him in her hand and squeezed his balls. She instantly found herself under him, her body pinned to the bed. Kate automatically spread her legs and was being kissed.
~oo0oo~
Still naked, Kate was looking through his refrigerator for something to drink. It appeared that her options were limited. Then she felt more than saw Castle enter. She closed the door and turned to look at him. He was wearing pajama bottoms. "Castle." She slipped her arms around his neck. "I want us to go naked whenever we're alone and together. Do you think you can do that? Anya and I did that all the time. I want us to do that. Please?"
"I think I can do that. You're sure this won't desensitize you? Going naked all the time, you could become so used to it that it won't affect you in the way you want," Rick cautioned.
Kate smiled at him. "Yes, I'm sure. Please? You'll like it. I promise. I'll make it worth your while."
And with that Rick gave in. "If that's what you want."
"Good." She yanked down his pajama bottoms, exposing him. She cupped his balls on the way back up. "Better." And Kate kissed him.
Her stomach chose then to rumble. "Now I'm hungry. What do you have to eat around this place?"
Kate noticed the wall of windows in the kitchen but was unconcerned that someone would be watching. She stood with her back to them and leaned against them while watching Castle make them breakfast. Kate looked him over as he cooked. She liked his ass; she especially liked his cock and balls.
Rick spotted her checking him out. "Like what you see?"
Kate smiled at him. "Honestly? Yes, I do." She continued to watch him while he worked.
They sat at the dining room table, depriving her of the view. But she was showing off her breasts to Castle, who couldn't take his eyes off them. Kate smiled at him seductively while he looked.
Later they moved to the media room and watched TV together. Rick had his hands between her legs, scratching her inner thigh. Kate wasn't as bashful as she was working on his cock. She had him beginning to get an erection.
Then she felt his hand move to her core. Kate spread her legs to allow him access and gasped when she felt a finger enter her. That was all either of them needed to convince them to make love again.
~oo0oo~
There was a knock at the door. Rick ordered lunch earlier and had dressed just in time to accept delivery. He tipped the delivery person well, and once he locked the door, he stripped again and sat in the media room next to a naked Kate. He found it weird being naked all the time but thought he would get used to it.
"Is there something you want to do? Anyplace where you want to go?" Rick asked her after they finished lunch.
"No, no place comes to mind. I like it like this." She took hold of his arm and leaned into him. "Do you not like it like this?"
"I find it a little odd, but I can learn to like it, I guess."
"Good." Kate placed her hand on his cock and began stroking him, trying to get him hard. Once she had him semi-erect, she bent down to take him in her mouth. She decided a blow job would be a good thing...for both of them. She needed to get used to making love to a man, and he needed to get used to being naked around her.
~oo0oo~
She finally got dressed while Castle stayed naked. She wrapped her arms around his neck. Kate kissed him. "Bye. Don't forget, I'm out of school finally, and we can go on more dates now."
"I'll keep that in mind." And Rick kissed her.
Kate left and went home. She didn't see her parents at all and assumed they were out doing something. So she went to her room and got ready for bed. Yawning, she climbed into bed and never did hear them come home.
~oo0oo~
"There you are," Johanna commented the next morning when Kate showed up for breakfast.
Kate sat at the breakfast table. "I was with Castle all day. I came home last night, but you and Dad weren't here."
"Oh." Johanna got busy working on breakfast just as Jim came in.
"Hi, Katie." Jim sat down and didn't quiz her about where she had been.
"Hi, Dad. Where were you and Mom last night?"
"Out."
"Oh, I get it. It's a secret. I can keep a secret." Kate hoped he would tell her where they were.
Jim stared at her. "Since when?"
"I can keep a secret. I can," Kate argued. "Just for that, I think I'll go out. No breakfast for me, Mom." Kate threw her napkin on the table and went to her bedroom. Upset, she grabbed her purse and slammed the front door behind her.
"JIM!" His wife was mad at him.
Kate made it as far as McDonald's since it was within walking distance. She sat there, still fuming, and made a decision.
~oo0oo~
It didn't take long until Kate was outside Castle's door. She knocked and waited. "Hi," Kate told him the second he opened the door.
"Um, hi?" He was confused. Why was she here? They had seen each other just yesterday, every inch of them. Rick stepped aside. "Come in."
"Thanks." Kate entered and headed for the living room, where she just stood there.
Rick caught up to her. He cleared his throat. "I suppose we have to be naked now?"
"No, not this time. I've started my period. But yes, you can. If you want." Kate kicked herself for not thinking of it earlier.
"I think I'll pass. So what brings you by? We saw each other just yesterday."
"Can't I see you again today?" Kate huffed. "Fine. My mother and I had a fight. A little one, but still a fight." Kate flopped down on the sofa and hid her face in her hands.
Rick sighed and sat next to her. "So you had a fight. She'll apologize tomorrow, and you'll be sorry tomorrow too. It'll all work out." Rick put an arm around her. "Families fight. It's no big deal. She's your mother. You'll defend her and love her until the day you die. Just be thankful you have a mother."
"I suppose." Kate could see it. "Wait. What do you mean, be thankful I have a mother? What about your mother and father?" It was then that she realized she knew almost nothing about him.
"My parents are dead, Kate."
She took his hand in hers. "Oh, Castle. I'm so sorry."
"Thanks. I was sorry too. I was young, about five years old, I think. I don't really remember. Anyway, I was with the babysitter when the cops showed up. All I got out of it was that my parents were dead.
"Of course, I didn't believe them. I yelled at them that they weren't dead. They weren't. A few weeks later, I was still in denial, insisting that my mom and dad weren't dead. I was shipped off to my relatives to live. I waited months for my parents to come and get me. It took an entire year to figure out they were dead. I don't think I ever cried. Not once." Rick got a faraway look on his face.
"Castle… Rick." She squeezed his hand in support.
"That was when I decided no one should ever have to feel what I felt that day. I swore to help those people. That was when I became involved in…" Abruptly, Rick stopped talking since he was giving too much away. "I'm fine." He straightened up. "I'm fine."
Kate was pretty sure he wasn't fine and could see he was anything but. He said something about never crying. She looked at him with new eyes. His story was sad, but she knew something about him now. She needed to learn more about him.
But he said something else about being involved in something. What was that about? She needed to learn more though she wasn't going to learn more now.
Kate grinned. She had her ways and would get him to talk. She took his arm and leaned into him. It was enough for now. She would get more out of him another day.