A/N: My first Castle story, Please review and maybe give some advice Chapter 1
Tringgg…
"Dad could you get the door, I'm busy" Alexis yelled from upstairs
"Sure hon" he said distractedly. It was a Saturday night and Castle was making a start to his new Nikki Heat book. He sighed, closed his laptop and walked to the door. When he opened it he saw, to his own surprise, Beckett standing in the hallway.
"Eh… Hi, I wasn't expecting you to be here" He said. "Do you want to come in?"
"Yeah, thanks" Beckett said while following him into the apartment. Every time she came here she was surprised to see how big it was.
"You weren't expecting someone else were you?" She asked casually as if it didn't matter to her. Which it didn't really, I mean I don't care if Castle has a date right? A weird feeling spread through her body, but she couldn't quite place it.
"No, nobody actually. Just a quiet Saturday night, I was actually working on the new Nikki Heat" He said.
"Oh, how's it going with that?" She asked while she got a strange feeling of relief.
"Fine, I'm not that far yet." He looked at her wondering why she came here. Was she here to see him? He smiled a little at the thought. "Do you want to sit down?" he asked her while watching her look around in his apartment.
"Yes" she smiled at him and she sat next to him on the couch.
He looked at her, hesitated for a moment and then asked: "So, why are you here?"
"Oh I was just…" In the neighborhood? No, that sounded way to cheesy. "wondering…" Wondering what? She didn't know what to say. The truth was she just wanted to see him and know what he was doing but she couldn't tell him that could she? "Eh, If Alexis is alright." she finished her sentence.
With a bit amusement is his voice Castle answered: "She's fine, why wouldn't she be?"
"Dad, who was it?" Alexis asked while walking down the stairs. "Oh hi detective Beckett" Alexis said when she saw who was sitting next to her father.
"Call me Kate" Beckett replied with a smile.
"Eh, ok Kate. Do you got another case?"
Before Beckett could reply Castle said: "No, Kate here, was actually wondering if you were alright."
Alexis was about to say something but before she could Beckett already said "It was just-, I thought I heard Esposito say that you were sick so I came by to see If you were doing alright" It sounded pretty lame when she said it. She shot a glance at Castle who was watching her and Alexis with a slight sparkle of amusement in his eyes.
"Oh, well that's very nice of you, but I have to go back upstairs to finish my homework" Alexis said while giving her father meaningful looks.
When they were alone again Castle grinned and said: "So, did you miss me?"
"Yeah right, in your dreams Castle" She said while smirking.
"Oh come on, that crap about Alexis− That was the lamest excuse I ever heard."
"Excuse? Excuse for what? " Beckett said. She really hoped it wasn't that obvious that she was lying. Her dad always told her she was the worst liar there is. She didn't want Castle to think she liked him or something. She told herself that she only wanted to see him because she was used to having him around every day, but since there was no case today there he had taken the day off. So she hadn't seen him all day.
"An excuse to see me." He said expectantly.
"No, I really thought Alexis was sick."
"Ok if you say so… But what was it with that "call-me-Kate" stuff?"
"Well, I'm not on my duty so she can call me Kate"
Beckett got up and said to Castle who already stood in front of her: "Well, I gotta go, It's already late."
She walked to the door followed closely by Castle. When she got to the door she turned around and stiffened when she saw how close he was. "Just one more thing-" He whispered in her ear. "Can I call you Kate when you're not working?"
At first Kate was a bit dazed from, not only Castle standing so close to her, but also his breath in her ear. She noticed he smelled nice too. "Only if I can call you Rick." She answered.
"Until tomorrow Kate" He smiled at her.
"Goodnight Rick" She said and walked away.