CASTLE -FF One day,some day...

Hello everybody! I luv ABC's Castle ! I'm huge fan of CB pairing, jus luv them. :) I luv to write their FFs. Btw Its first time posting in this section, so I hope I'm doing all things correctly... if not please do notify me. Thnks. 😊

So here is one of my overtly stretched one shot...😉 Oh! Please don't be scared, I'm not going to over crowd you with all that I have written at a single go... just little at a time ,so you guys can digest it ! Hehee... So here is the first chapter to story. And hey it will be a mixture of Castle's and Beckett's thoughts interspersed with few dialogues.

Oh! And before I forget happy reading guys!

Spoiler alert: Mild spoilers for season 3 - episode 5. (If u r wondering which eppy this is, since the season is already aired, just a clue 4 u guys : its d eppy where a male nurse does a prison break for his wrongly accused Girlfriend. Hope its clear enuf nw? 😊 )

Disclaimer: All the recognized characters belong to ABC productions. I own nothing.

The door bell was ringing, but Katherine Beckett was busy catching up on some 'Alone time' with her boy friend in her bed room. She shrugged, she had just fallen asleep... but well, she soon got out of bed and came to open the door.

It was him. And he saw her leaning onto the door half asleep, her eyes mildly revealing how shocked she was to see him there, and the weird part was she was wearing a bathrobe ? And strangely she did not look like she just came out of a bath, meaning her hair was not wet ,or was it ?

And there he stood outside,in front of her door, staring unblinkingly at her and making all these stupid deductions, until he heard...

"Castle? Oh...wow ...umm...What are you doing here? Uhh... I certainly did not expect you at this hour of the night at my doorstep". She was still reeling under the effect of her sleep and hence was mumbling. But that was until she saw him staring at her intently. So she added in her characteristic sarcastic tone,

"And by looking at your expressions, it seems you just came to stare! ". She spoke first out of the shock of seeing him so suddenly there but by the end of the sentence it just ended up in a more amused and slightly annoyed tone seeing the way he was staring at her as if he had never seen her before...just when she realized OMG! She was wearing a bath robe! In a hurry to reach to the door she had picked up whatever she had gotten hold of! No wonder he was staring...

He just smiled gently hearing her say those words with all the variety of expressions she gave. He just stood there admiring her face when she crinkled her nose and rolled her eyes when she said the last sentence. She was just adorable.

But luckily, he just got hold of himself right on time and began," Actually detective, I just thought we might just have some champagne and cozy up on your couch and chat ourselves into the morning." He said that with a mischievous glint in his ocean blue eyes.

"Castle!"* She almost yelled but the sleep had muffled her voice and it turned out a little more than a whisper* "Do you really know what time is it, now? Do you even own a clock in your house? Its 12.30 AM...and you brought champagne? No, really I'm at loss... what are you actually thinking of celebrating at this hour? Your birthday? "She smirked at him sarcastically.

He just realized that he had brought champagne on an impulse. He was just feeling really happy today for some not so unknown reasons if he might say so to himself but somewhere he knew he could never tell her that reason, so he had to cover up, and what came was...

" Oh! We are celebrating LOVE!" he said ecstatically. But somehow the horrified expression on her face made him realize that, that was not a very good reason or to be precise the proper choice of words to use for a 'cover up'.

So he added hurriedly,"I mean the love of Amy and Greg; they were surely an awesome couple, weren't they? So we are celebrating their love and also, we are celebrating us..." after a small pause he added," two brilliant brains who cracked yet another case!" Somewhere that pause after 'us' was so awkward that the eye lock which he had shared with the gorgeous detective broke at that moment...

"Hmm... that does seem like an interesting reason to celebrate. Now let's see... ". She made a face as if she was thinking hard and then smirked,"No seriously Castle, tell me the truth... why are you here? Did you feel lonely and scared in your huge apartment, lil boy? Is Alexis at her friend's and Martha gone for a play? Because I'm quite sure there must be some other reason for you to show up like this here ... Or wait do you have any other ulterior motives Castle? Like get me drunk on champagne and hoping to get lucky? *she raised her eyebrows and glared at him* "If so ,let me remind you, I own a gun and perfectly know how to use it!"

Now this conversation was taking place for a few minutes now and for some weird reason, they were still on either side of the door. But well, the reason for that situation made itself or to be precise, made himself obvious by calling out for her from inside her room.

"Kate... who is it? What's taking you so long?"... Josh asked.

Castle who was about to reply to her accusations in his own inimitable witty style found his words being stuck in his throat and what came was only a ," Oh, sorry I dint know you had company..."

She felt embarrassed for some unknown reason. And oh wait, there was another feeling too which she was feeling, guilt perhaps? She was not sure. But then she reasoned to herself as to why would she feel guilty... It's not that she was cheating on him or anything. She was with her boyfriend and both being consenting adults as Castle often said, surely have the right to spend few private moments together. But yet, she felt guilty nevertheless and the worse part was that, that it was now being aggravated by his 'hurt' expression.

Arrgh... Now all this was making her confused and angry. She thought "Now, why on the hell would he me give that look? It's not like he never spends time with Gina. OMG! Now what! I'm feeling jealous of her? Seriously Kate, get a grip on yourself, will you!" she chastised herself.

And replied," Yes Castle. And that's Josh. You remember him right? The cardiac surgeon? " . Some how she felt wickedly happy for snubbing the fact that Josh was a cardiac surgeon onto him for the second time in last 2 days. Somehow she liked the reaction he gave when she had told him that. That was sadistic, but some where deep inside her head she knew that she liked that expression on his face because it said, he cared... He cared about her in a way much more than an ordinary friend would. And she liked it. Not that she would acknowledge that, not even to herself, that is.

He gave a rueful smile unable to hide his sudden disappointment and said," Oops! My mistake ...sorry for disturbing you guys. I should have called. I mean how I could just assume you would be alone."

He had paused, almost wanting to say the words, "how could I have assumed you would be alone waiting for me" aloud but they just got stuck in his mind...and he continued...

"I mean I know you are dating now. I mean, I guess I ... I should just leave then... hmm... ok...so goodnight... ". He was so flustered that he didn't even realize how many times he had said "I". But it didn't go unnoticed by her.

She felt bad, not that she had a reason to. No, she absolutely had no reason to, at least that is what she convinced herself. But well, nevertheless she was sad... and that was the fact.

She was going to reply when he suddenly turned around and said looking down onto his hands," uh well, I guess you two could still celebrate love right, so you guys toast on my behalf for 'True love'... and now,I better get going ..." After a small pause he added, " see you tomorrow detective." And saying so, he left a little too quickly, even before she could mouth her "see you tomorrow "to his retreating figure which anyways didn't seem like he heard.

The way he stressed on the word "TRUE LOVE", somewhat made them both wince simultaneously to the pain that they felt some where deep inside their chest...

She leaned on the door for a moment longer when suddenly a pair of hands slid through her shoulder jerking her out of her reverie. The voice said, "What are you doing here dear? And who was it?" when she just shook her head dismissively, he just was considerate enough to just let it pass.

"Ok, now come on...lets go to sleep, I'm sure we both have to leave early for work tomorrow." Josh smiled and led her to her room. She sure was going to have a troubled sleep tonight. But well off late, she surely was having those a lot.

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Well that's it for today. Would love to hear your views regarding this. And yeah, I better apologize in advance for any mistakes you did encounter. hehe... So kind reviews please ! 😳

N hey here's the link for the song they played towards the end of that eppy. Its jus wonderful .⭐️

Author's Note: Hello readers! well I guess not many are there infact,rite? hehe Okies I really dunno whether its because not many Castle fans are there or because my writing is more terrible than I thought it was... Hmm well I hope its the former, but hey who can tell ,rite?!😛 Anyways I really ought to thank'sweet-and-cute, " for saving me from the total disgrace here!😕😆 So yeah Buddy a huge Thank you for the LIKE.😳

So whoever is reading this, here is the 2nd part of the 3-parter. Enjoy and happy reading!😃

Chapter -2

RICKS THOUGHTS:

Now what was he thinking? He had just landed up on her door step even without bothering to check up what time of day or more aptly night it was? Seriously! He had lost his mind.

But the thoughts that led him there tonight weren't so confusing. At least that's what he thought … Today he had said "I love you" to her. Well what if he had been just reading some one else's love letter, he did mouth those words to her and suddenly there was that awkward moment after that between them… Oh my God, seriously both of them just wanted to run away from there, that very instant. But thankfully that moment just passed uneventfully.

Later his mom had asked him about whether he would do something extra ordinary for Gina? It got him thinking… Her question lingered in his head for a long time. He knew the answer as for whom he would risk it all, but well his conscious mind had decided to play ignorant, there was nothing he could do about that now ,could he ?

Then there in the morning they both had in some odd sense of the word, reunited two lost desperate lovers. It felt good to do that especially see those two young love birds hold hands, the purity of the gesture tugged at his heart strings. It was an adorable gesture. He was lost there for a moment; until she nudged him that is... he smiled, reminiscing.

But just after that something happened. She had offered to get him out of his hypothetical prison… Now that was a revelation! Kate Beckett just had offered to help him pull a prison break? That was truly extra ordinary! But, what did that simple sentence mean? Surely it had a deeper meaning in it, didn't it? He wondered. He knew the answer his heart wanted to hear, but his silly head still feigned ignorance. Most of it was because of the fear of being hurt... hurt again that is. No matter how much harder he tried, still the image of her kissing Demming did crop up in his head occasionally. It was one of the worst nightmares he had witnessed in reality. And strangely he didn't know why it hurt him as badly as it did then and well now too. It was not like he … he loved her or something now… did he? He felt scared to even think about it. But yet he felt hurt remembering the last day before he left. He never wanted to go, but the thought of watching her with some one else… just hurt too much.

Now wondering back to why she had offered to save him, he thought of the whole conversation with Esposito. He was telling him that a hypothetical situation like that would show him who his true friends were. Yes! A FRIEND… that was the reason she offered to help. She wanted to tell him that she was his true friend, and may be a true PARTNER may be? He smiled satisfactorily. The smile was the way his brain coped. It was denial, denial to the fact that he dint want to get hurt again that his brain was now finding ways to give her simple yet profound words a casual meaning which he could bear. Because this way he thought he was less likely to be hurt in future. But somewhere inside, a bit too deep inside his heart, there was this fear… the fear of this being really the actual reason; she really had meant it as a FRIEND… Something in heart ached at that thought.

So he decided whatever it was, he would cent percent not be able to sleep that night ,at least not before saying her thanks or may be even celebrating the fact that she actually offered to save him! Now how often does that happen? He was still overwhelmed by her gesture. God, he knew he just had to meet her. He had lost track of time as he was thinking of the same things over and over again from the time he had gotten home. And today since Alexis and his mom weren't there at home for the night, there was actually no one to remind him of his untimely plans for the rendezvous with the beautiful detective. So he just picked a new bottle which was lying in his fridge and headed off to meet her.

But now, he couldn't for some reason take it. He knew she was with some one else. Hell, he was with some else too, and that someone else being his own ex-wife! For God's sake, he can't be feeling the way he was feeling right now. It was just not right. But yet he felt… he felt bad, sad and yes, totally miserable too. And well other than the obvious jealousy, he was feeling something else too… what was it? Anger? Hmm, now that was inappropriate. He had no right to be angry at her. It's not like she had betrayed him. It was just yesterday he had been with Gina and she knows that too. And God, she didn't seem a least bit affected by that fact. It had hurt him in the slightest when she dint seem to bother. But then they had gotten busy with the case and he had forgotten about it.

He had almost fled from her doorstep, unable to think of the situation they were in. It was awkward. He needed to runaway as soon as possible. But he hadn't missed her "see you tomorrow". He winced, thinking of what he should say, when he saw her tomorrow. And see her tomorrow; that he certainly has to and that he knew by now. He couldn't survive normally if he didn't see her everyday. He had realized it the day when she had landed upon him with the gun and shouted,"NYPD put your gun down!" That was the moment he realized how much he had missed her. That was when he decided that no matter what happened he would never, actually he could never leave her. That was when he and guess she too had made that silent pact of being friends… just damn good friends. May be some day, he hoped to become her 'BFF' at least, if not for her 'BF'.

But now here he was sitting on her staircase which thankfully, people seldom took. He was just too overwhelmed by his emotions, to be steady enough to stand up and go home. He was wondering about what just happened and why he was feeling the way he was feeling just then. He shook his head with a knowing smile almost laughed and got up as if he knew.

Kate's thoughts:

Next morning, she was waiting for him. He hadn't turned up to the precinct. Not that there was a new case. But still, when did that ever stop him from coming there and bugging her? And more over, didn't he say that he would meet her today? Or was it just one of his Writer-ish ways of saying 'good bye -forever"? She feared. Hoping the summer did not repeat itself. But why was she worried? He wouldn't bother about her being with some else now, would he? He had Gina, right? Her heart squirmed at that thought, but somehow she convinced it was all for good and more importantly she wasn't bothered about that FACT. But well, even then her eyes were involuntarily darting to the elevator every now and then.

He came almost towards lunch time, smiling with a take away Chinese and two coffee balanced in his hands skillfully, almost proud of himself with managing the balancing act perfectly. She wanted whack that proud smirk out of his face! The gall of that man to turn up so late and that too with a smug look! Ugh, how much she hated him … how much… that she would never know.

He set them in front of her and then suddenly turned in all seriousness and said, "I'm sorry." She was appalled. How did he know what she had been thinking all night? Oh my God! Could he just read her like a book? That thought scared her. But he continued with his usual playful smirk and added "Sorry for not delivering your morning coffee ma'm. So to compensate I brought your favorite Chinese so that you wouldn't shoot me because of your caffeine withdrawal symptoms." She smiled and whacked him lightly on his arm and said," Good, I was just going to load my gun and turn up on your doorstep." She smirked and they both laughed but it was more from the relief than anything else that no matter what happened they would at least be there for each other. And there they sat, happily chatting and splurging on their favorite food. They surely were a perfect couple. Unconventional? Yes. But a perfect couple never the less...

"Is it alright, is it alright…

If I tell you how I feel?

If it's alright, if it's alright…

I just wanted you to know

How I do adore you so."

Lyrics from Jules Larson- "You know it's true"