Making new memories

Author's note: Like mentioned in the summary, this is a sequel to my very first fanfiction 'Not Your Mistake'. I hope you guys like it as much as you did that one.

Disclaimer: I own a poster which says *She's armed, he's dangerous*. Does it…No? Okay then.

Chapter 1

"Kate, are you ready?" Rick's impatient voice called from the living room for the 10th time in two minutes.

"Five minutes" Kate called back from the bedroom, shooting a 'don't you dare laugh' look at Alexis who was growing a deeper shade of pink by the minute.

"Kate, are you ready?" Rick's voice came back in exactly three seconds, as Alexis pointed out silently to Kate who threw the sundress she was holding into the suitcase and stomped out into the living room.

"Oh you are ready!" Rick said gleefully before catching the dangerous glint in the brunette's eyes. "Or not" he amended hurriedly.

"What did I tell you about being a five year old on a sugar rush?" Kate barked stepping closer to her boyfriend (fiancé! Her mind corrected, and Kate threw it a glinty glare too)

"Ouch! Apples! Apples!" Rick yelped and Kate swore she could hear a thump from the bedroom which was oddly familiar to someone falling on their butt while laughing too hard.

"It will take me five more minutes. As in 300 seconds. Not one second more, not one second less. And if I so much as hear a loud breath from you before those 300 seconds are over, I will make sure that this time, it wont be the turkey that burned your eyebrows off. Clear?" Kate said, her voice dangerously low.

"Wow! That's hot!" Rick muttered, earning a smack on the head.

"Okay okay clear! I will be waiting downstairs." He said, turning on his heel and walking away to safety.

Five minutes later, Kate was standing near the door of the loft, armed with a suitcase, and flanked by a still giggling Alexis. Apparently, the redhead found Kate's grumbling about a certain writer's lack of the virtue called patience pretty hilarious.

"Alright then sweetie, I better get going before your dad thinks he can pull the *you are late* card on me. Stay safe. We will see you soon okay?" Kate said, pulling Alexis into a tight hug and planting a kiss on her forehead.

All thanks to her aspirin poisoning which earned Kate three days(miraculously translated to six in the language of the Castles) of complete bed rest, Rick and Alexis decided that they would not hire a private help to take care of Kate and make her feel more uncomfortable, instead they took turns.

But Gina had decided it was time to bug her ex-boyfriend/ex-husband/author about his latest Nikki Heat, which meant Rick spent a lot of time to write. So long story short, Alexis was the one who ended up taking care of Kate the most, and as a result, the brunette and the redhead bonded like crazy, much to Richard Castle's ecstasy.

"No other woman except my mother, has succeeded in winning my daughter's heart. Not even Meredith. You Katherine Beckett are a miracle worker" He told her one afternoon, when he found Alexis fast asleep with her head in Kate's lap.

"All I can say is that they all were idiots to miss out on bonding with this little spitfire" Kate replied back, her voice full of love and adoration for the girl. She could never fathom how could a teenager be so perfect. All she hoped that someday their kids would live up to the perfection that is their elder sister.

Did you just say your as in your and Castle's kid? Girl you have it bad! Her brain had called her out immediately.

No, not our…mine. I said mine. She hurried to defend herself.

You mean you want to have kids with someone other than Castle?

What! Ofcourse not!

So you do want to have kids with Castle. Niiiceee!

Hey! No fair with the jedi mind tricks.

Oh Katie…everything is fair in love, war and kid-making-dreams.

Oh god! Stop it before he sees my blush! He will never drop it until I tell him why.

Kate was brought back to the present by the voice of the doorman asking her if he could take the suitcase downstairs. She nodded at him with a smile before turning around and pulling Alexis into another hug.

"Kate, if you don't leave now, I swear to god I will pack a bag this minute and join you and dad at your cabin. It already feels terrible to imagine not having you around all day. Don't make it harder" Alexis said, trying to sound cheerful and failing miserably.

She felt ridiculous at her urge to cry. She had told herself over and over again last night that it was okay. That her dad and Kate would be gone only for a month. And between her extra courses, and helping her gram put her acting studio together, time would fly by before she knew it. But when she woke up this morning, she realized all that placating was in vain, because she already knew she was going to miss her dad and Kate with every bone in her body.

It still amazed her how attached she had become to the detective in this short a time. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that Kate did not treat her like she was just a way to get through to Castle like all those bimbettes her dad dated usually did. Or maybe it was just because her mom had never quite managed to love her or even like her with the ferocity that Kate had. Whatever the reason, Alexis Castle now understood why her dad was ready to risk it all for that woman. Her dad was right, she was extraordinary.

"I will call you every day, and we will skype twice a week. I promise" Kate said, voice hoarse, before hurrying down the stairs, away from one addictive Castle and into the arms of another.

"Ah! There you are! I was beginning to worry what went wrong when you were almost two seconds late." Rick said, pecking her lips lightly and leading her to the car and helping her strap in.

When he saw that Kate hadn't retorted to his comment, he reached over and brushed a hand across her cheek bone.

"I know, I'm gonna miss her too." And just like that, Kate beckett was once again left wondering if the man sitting next to her had mind reading powers.

After a few minutes of silent driving, Castle was relieved to find that Kate was slowly coming back to her normal self. The final bean of reassurance fell into his pocket when she made the comment he was waiting for since the moment she stepped outside the loft.

"The Ferrari, Castle? Seriously? What, were you planning on showing off your best-seller-advantages to the bears and the monkeys?" Kate rolled her eyes. Only Richard Castle would think that there was absolutely nothing wrong with driving a Ferrari into a cabin that lay half mile into the woods.

"Ah Beckett! You wound me and Firefly here with your lack of trust. This baby can make it into the woods as smooth as a knife on butter" Castle said nudging the detective's shoulder with his own.

"Smooth in the woo… wait a minute… Firefly? Isn't that the name of that Tv series they had running in 2002? Why did you name your Ferrari after that?" Kate asked, her voice incredulous.

"Umm…I…I don't know. It just sorta seemed perfect." Castle said, suddenly paying attention to the road.

"Don't you lie to me Richard Castle. WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE! I know exactly why you named the car after the show. You think you look a little like the guy who played Malcolm Reynolds don't you?" She chuckled, calling his bluff.

"No that's not why I…hold on.. You watch Firefly?" Castle looked at her amazed.

"Oh so many layers to the Beckett onion, however will the wanna-be-Malcolm-Reynolds peel them all?" Kate said, her chuckle turning into a full fledged howl of laughter when Castle turned his head to the road, pouting.

Author's Note: Good? Bad? Way too much fluff? Not enough? Please let me know.