Author's Notes: Welcome to my new, slightly um, naughty story. This story deals with adult themes such as masturbation, sexual aids, and phone sex. If this isn't your thing or you are underage, leave now. If you aren't sure, give it a try, it's not blatant smut, I think. Enjoy!

Murder at the Toy Store

"Beckett, a body dropped. Sounds like a freaky one," Ryan called out to his boss as they all grabbed for their jackets.

"What's freaky about it?" she asked.

"It's at a toy store," Ryan said with a little smile.

"Castle will love this one," she said as she dialed his number.

"Yes, I am sure he will," Ryan said his smile getting bigger.

They drove to the address that was given and Beckett turned to glare at Ryan as soon as they all stepped out of their respective cars. "A toy store, Ryan? A toy store!"

"Well, technically it is," he looked at her with his wide-eyed innocent look.

"And you had to let me call Castle, didn't you? I hope you enjoy doing paperwork for the next month," she stormed away from the car, slamming the door on Ryan's chuckle.

"Bro, you got a death wish?" Esposito asked Ryan over the hood of their car. "A toy store?"

"It is a toy store."

"An adult toy store! You know that Beckett is probably going to strangle Castle over this one."

Esposito just shook his head and walked into the store. Knowing that he was on thin ice, Ryan stayed outside and looked for any clues and talked to anyone that might have seen anything.

x-x-x-x

"Tell me you didn't call Castle about this one," Lanie said as Beckett walked up to her.

"Ryan said it was a toy store. He didn't tell me what kind of toy store. Otherwise I never would have mentioned it," she said annoyed as she looked around the store. "Trust me."

"Writer Boy is going to have a field day with this one. Our vic here is Paula Schmitt, 26, she worked here at the store. Owner, Lisa Strother, came in this morning and found her like this." Lanie explained as she took her back to the body sprawled across the floor with the contents of one of the shelves scattered about her. Kate looked around trying to pick up any clues when she heard Castle's voice.

"So what happened here, Esposito," Castle asked.

"Go around the corner and you tell me," Esposito responded.

"Wait, wait don't tell me. She was vibrated to death," he said as he came closer before he turned down the aisle and saw the body covered with sex toys. "Oh my God, I was right."

"Grow up, Castle," she said hiding her amusement well as he pouted.

"Do you really think I could pass that up? I mean, look at this place," he said gesturing around the store.

"What about it, Castle? It's a store, deal with it." She stood still looking around for any more clues or anything that might appear to be out of place not realizing that she was standing in front of a wall covered in sex toys. She turned and noticed Castle and Esposito wandering around talking quietly.

"You know she will kill you," Esposito said to Castle as he pulled out his phone to take pictures.

"Which one?" he asked with a grin looking between Lanie and Beckett.

"Both," Esposito said not looking away from Lanie.

"I'll send you copies," he said unable to resist taking photos of Lanie and Beckett with sex toys surrounding them.

"Good luck, bro."

x-x-x-x

"Lanie, what do we have?" Beckett asked as she ignored Castle wandering around looking at the shelves talking to Esposito.

"It looks like our vic hit her head against the shelves just the wrong way. Probably wasn't any way to save her."

"Accident or homicide? What do you think?"

"I think Writer Boy is taking pictures of us," Lanie dropped her voice to a whisper.

"I will kill him. Wanna help?" Beckett asked.

"No, I am going to torture Javi though," she said with a smirk.

"How are you going to do that?"

"Watch and learn, girlfriend. Watch and learn," she said softly before she raised her voice. "Not sure yet, I don't want to rule out homicide though. I'll know more when I get her back to the lab."

"Okay, let me know. Esposito, who called it in?" Beckett questioned as she glared at Castle who kept messing with things.

"Store owner, Lisa Strother," he said as they walked over to the blonde woman standing at the counter.

"So are you Naughty Lisa?" Castle asked in reference to the store's name, Naughty Lisa's.

"I run a store like this and you have to ask?" Lisa questioned Castle with one quirked eyebrow.

Beckett had to look away to hide the smile that was threatening to break through at Castle's obvious discomfort.

"So Ms. Strother, what did you see when you came in this morning?"

"The front door was only partially locked. We have the knob lock then the deadbolt. The deadbolt wasn't locked."

"Did you suspect any foul play?"

"No. There have been times that one of us forgets to throw the deadbolt but it doesn't happen often."

"Tell me about Paula."

"She was my best sales lady," she said ignoring the snicker from Castle. "She was knowledgeable about the product, she was friendly, and people just liked her."

"Did she have any disgruntled customers?"

"No, she was well liked."

"How well liked?" Castle interjected.

"This isn't that kind of place. She was friendly and helpful but she never went over that line," Lisa insisted, a bit insulted that Castle would suggest otherwise.

"Did Paula have a boyfriend?" Beckett asked, trying to ignore Castle.

"Up until about a month ago, yes. He got orders to ship out to Iraq and they decided to end it instead of dealing with a long distance relationship. It was mutual and amicable."

"Do you have her emergency contact information?"

"Yes, it's in my office. I'll be right back," she said as she walked away from the counter to her office.

"I'm just curious, Beckett. With so many um 'styles' to choose from how does a woman ever decide?"

Castle asked as he looked at the wall with nearly unlimited variety of shapes, sizes, colors and styles of adult toys.

"I've always preferred the trial and error method myself," Lanie said as she walked by following the body.

"What?" Esposito croaked. Lanie looked at him and cocked one eyebrow.

"Lanie, don't tease them, you know they can't handle it."

"Beckett, I bet they will be 'handling it' before the day is over," she said with an amused smile as she gave Esposito the once over.

"You're probably right. Besides, everyone knows that this kind is the nicest," Kate said as she seemingly randomly choose a toy and dropped it in Castle's hands before accepting the paper that Lisa handed out to her as she walked back up. "Thank you. We will keep you informed about the case as much as we can."

Beckett turned and walked out of the store with Lanie, leaving Castle and Esposito speechless.

"Your girlfriend was right, this is one of the nicest," Lisa commented on the vibrator that Castle held in his hand. Once he realized he was still holding it, he dropped it on the counter. "One of our best sellers."

"Whoa! This thing is over $100," Esposito called out.

"And most ladies say it is worth every penny. Can I box one up for you? I'll even give you a discount."

"I don't have $100," Esposito said still embarrassed.

"Probably for the best. A lot of men can't 'handle it' when their partners use sex toys," Lisa said.

"I can handle it, I just don't have the extra money right now," Esposito said glancing over to Castle.

"I'll pay," he said.

"And would you like one for your girlfriend too?" Lisa asked.

"Hey, Castle," Ryan said as he walked into the store. "Beckett said she didn't want to wait for you, so you can ride back with us."

"Okay," he said to Ryan before turning back to Lisa's question. "And , uh, yes," Castle said, ignoring Esposito's eyebrow shoot up.

"Buying something?" Ryan asked with a smirk.

"And one for him too," Castle said.

"Thanks, Castle. I've wanted to get Jenny one of these," Ryan said.

"What?" Castle and Esposito both asked shocked. Ryan kept his innocent look but didn't say anything.

"Finally, a guy who isn't afraid to show his girlfriend a little fun," Lisa said.

"Fiancée, actually. And thanks, I try," he smiled at her.

She finished ringing up the sale and even tossed in a couple of freebies for each of them.

"So why are you buying us sex toys, Castle?" Ryan finally asked when they got back to the car.

"Beckett and Lanie were talking about them and Beckett said that this kind was the best,"

Esposito said to Ryan before glaring in the rearview mirror to glare at Castle. "I don't know why he bought three of them though."

"Three?" Ryan asked.

"He bought one for Beckett," Esposito practically growled.

"Finally, going to make your move Castle?"

"What? No. She said that was the best so I just thought I would surprise her."

"I bet you will."

x-x-x-x

They all went back to the precinct and the guys were pleased that Beckett was downstairs talking with Lanie about the case. They hid their purchases in their desks and hoped that no one would go in there.

Lanie had hardly started the autopsy but she had noticed that there was some bruising on the victim's arms, as if someone grabbed her and tossed her into the shelves.

"So Lanie, are you going to have any more fun with Esposito?"

"As much as I can this weekend. I might even have to pull out something I usually keep hidden," she said with an evil little smile.

"And what might that be?" Beckett asked pretty sure what the response was going to be.

"Bob."

"Bob?" she asked not having expected that response.

"Yep, Bob, B-O-B. Battery Operated Boyfriend." They both laughed.

"Bob, never thought of that one. Just don't scare the poor guy too much, Lanie. You know he can't handle it."

"And I told you already that he will be handling it before the night is out. Bet Castle will too."

"I wouldn't know about that," Beckett responded not meeting her friend's eyes.

"Too bad. You know I think he is do-able. For you, at least. I've got my hands full with a certain Hispanic detective."

"Too much information! I have to work with the guy, Lanie. And speaking of work, we need to go talk to the family. Uniforms have already talked to them once but I want to talk to them again."

"Okay. I'll send you a text if I come across anything else."

"Thanks, Lanie," she said as she walked to the door of the morgue.

"Hey Kate. If you didn't know about Bob, what do you call yours?"

"Easy. Dick," she said as she walked out the door.

"You know that's a nickname for Richard," Lanie called out.

"Shut up, Lanie," Becket's voice trailed off as she walked off down the hall.

x-x-x-x

"Mrs. Schmitt, once again I am sorry for your loss," Beckett said after introducing herself and Castle.

"Thank you," the mother of the victim said. "This is my son, Tony."

"Do you know of anyone who would want to hurt your daughter?"

"No, she was a sweet girl, everyone loved her."

"Did you know where she was working?" Beckett asked gently paying close attention to their reactions.

"A bakery, I think," said Mrs. Schmitt. "I can't remember what it was called."

"It was actually a shop that sold adult toys."

"Oh my. I guess that's why she never brought home any samples," she said with a hint of a smile causing Beckett and Castle to smile a bit also. Tony on the other hand, didn't look in any way amused.

"Tony, did you know where she worked?" Beckett asked.

"No," he said looking away from them.

"Are you sure?" asked Castle.

"Yeah. Why would my little sister work at a place like Naughty Lisa's anyway? She was a good girl."

"We never said the name of the store, Tony," Beckett said looking at him with great interest.

"What did you do, Tony?" asked his mother.

"Nothing. Do you know what kind of store that was, Mom? It was disgusting. It was a porn shop!"

"My daughter was working at a porn store?"

"No, ma'am. It is an adult store but they cater to women and couples, not just men. It's not a seedy shop that one has to be a pervert to go into."

"She sold porn!" Tony exclaimed. "And probably herself too. That's what I told her last night."

"Last night?" Mrs. Schmitt asked. "You said you were out with your friends."

"I was. We were hanging out and JJ told me that he saw Paula walk into that place. He waited around and she didn't come out. I figured that she had to be working there if she was inside for so long. So I went to talk to her about her behavior. She said she wasn't doing anything wrong but she was selling porn! I tried to make her understand she was ruining the family reputation but she didn't care," he said angrily.

"So you killed her?" Castle asked.

"No! I grabbed her arms so I could take her out of there but she refused. She yanked back and tripped and, and, she fell," he stuttered. "She hit her head. I didn't mean to hurt her."

"Tony," Mrs. Schmitt cried.

"I'm sorry Mom. She was ruining the family's name," he said with tears in his eyes.

"Tony Schmitt," Beckett said as she stood up and pulled out her handcuffs. "You are under arrest for the death of your sister. You have the right to remain silent…"