A/N: This is a sequel to my last one shot with the same name, since a lot of you guys asked for it and I felt like I could dig a little deeper into this story I decided to give it a second shot! It'll have two chapters and the second chapter will be M-rated!
Enjoy, xxxx
"You ready?" Lanie Parish asked as the detective got into the minibus their captain had rented for the weekend.
Kate Beckett swallowed hard before looking at her best friend with as much confidence as she could muster.
"Of course, why wouldn't I be?" she replied as she fastened the seatbelt.
Lanie and her had laid their butts on two of the seats in the back, mostly in order to not be in the way of the Montgomery family. Roy Montgomery, who also happened to be the captain of the twelfth precinct, had offered to drive the whole way and therefore they had all found it best of his two daughters, Mary and Rebecca, would be in the front seat with him. That way they would be able to look at the nature they would pass on the road to the Hamptons. Evelyn, his wife, had decided to sit behind Roy and jokingly said it was to keep track of his driving, which had the boys chuckling and their captain glaring them down. The boys being detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito, Kate's brothers in arm as she used to call them. Jenny O'Malley, Ryan's girlfriend, had also tagged along at the writer's suggestion, he'd said he felt unfair to just ask one of the couple to join the rest of the gang. Especially since the whole Montgomery family was joining.
"Because we're going to Castle's house in the Hamptons and apparently you broke up with Demming the same weekend writer-boy left you," Lanie brought her mind back to reality and she could feel her cheeks blush at the mention of the lie she'd told her best friend.
"Oh shut up," she told her friend before she leaned towards the window to observe the city they were about to leave.
Kate had managed to grab the window seat behind Evelyn, and of course her best friend had grabbed the seat beside her, which she guessed would both be a blessing and a curse. Jenny was sitting on the third seat in the back with Ryan sitting right in front of her, which placed Espo in front of Lanie.
"Oh come on, you can't deny the breakup had something to do with him leaving and you missing him," Lanie went on and Kate glanced to meet her captain's eyes in the rear view mirror. Was he spying on them?!
"How long of a ride is this?" Kate asked and Evelyn turned in her seat to give her a small smile. She'd probably heard Lanie's questioning too.
"Two hours, give or take depending on whether we'll take a break or not," she answered and Kate slumped down.
Not only would it take two hours before she got to meet her writer, but it would without a doubt be two hours filled with an interrogation from her friend. She was actually quite nervous too. She'd told Castle she didn't want them to tell the gang about them during the summer, but it had gone three weeks since she said that. Thinking back to leaving him in the Hamptons Kate bit her lip, remembering the sweet taste of him on her tongue as she kept saying she needed to leave but kept getting drawn back into his kisses. God, she'd never felt so hooked on a guy's kisses before, and she knew Castle gleamed because he somehow just knew the effect he had on her. She'd even called him out on it, said it wasn't attractive when he gloated, but he had just smirked and teased her about practically saying he was attractive. He'd still not quite believed she'd just spent the whole weekend with him, sunbathing by the pool, cooking and eating dinner with him and watched movies until they couldn't keep themselves apart anymore. Shockingly she'd been the one not able to keep her hands to herself, had often been the one to let her hands travel over his body. Fuck, she shouldn't be thinking about this in the same car as her friends. A sudden beep had her picking up her phone with a furrowed expression. That was, until she saw who the text was from and she couldn't stop the growing smile from manipulating her lips.
'Hey, when will you be here? I can't wait to see you. xx'
She immediately texted back, saying they almost just now left the city, and had to bite her lip in order to not let out a giggle when he replied with a sad face.
"Kate Beckett texting? Who are you texting?" Lanie questioned and Kate just managed to pull away her phone out of reach before her friend snatched it.
Looking up at her best friend she was suddenly very aware of the boys watching her as well. Even Jenny was looking at her and she cursed her friend for not being quiet. To her relief at least the Montgomery family was too busy chatting for any of them to pay attention to her and her now blushing cheeks.
"None of your business," she replied her friend who narrowed her eyes at her. Kate thought quick and turned her eyes toward the girlfriend they didn't know that much about, other than that their friend was totally smitten by her. "So, Jenny, have you been to the Hamptons before?"
At first the woman looked to Lanie as if she was afraid the Latina would kill her if she didn't quickly tried to find out who was at the other end of the text, but then she just simply answered and to Kate's satisfaction that led to another question from Lanie herself. Kate actually found it quite fun getting to know her brother's girlfriend and was glad she liked her. She seemed like a good match to Ryan. When her cellphone beeped again she made sure none of the others had heard it before sneaking a peek and turning off her sound.
'Can I kiss you when you arrive?'
Kate thought about it. They'd talked about this, had talked about not letting anyone know of their relationship before it could truly be considered a relationship, it was a discussion they'd had almost every night. She's told him her fears, had managed one night when he wouldn't let her go to sleep without telling him why she was so reluctant to telling anyone. He had immediately tried to reassure her, this wasn't just a fling, this wasn't something he would just up and leave. What they had were something bigger than he had ever come across before, he'd promised. This had her doubting she wanted to hide their relationship now that they were about to spend yet another weekend together, she wasn't sure she wanted to sneak around, having to sleep in separate rooms. No. She doubted they would be able to trip around the detectives anyway, so why not just make it official?
'Yes.' She sent the message and then put away her phone in order to focus on the conversation her friends were having about horror movies.
Kate felt her nerves going up when Roy announced they were only ten minutes away from the address Castle had given him, and she knew he was right. She recognized these trees and this road, they were close. By all honesty she was nervous of meeting the writer in person again. Sure, they'd talked every day on the phone, sometimes even face timed, but that was different! And the fact that her best friend, her brothers and her captain would be watching her every move wasn't exactly calming her racing heart. And they'd know. She's given the writer permission to kiss her and, no matter how excited that knowledge made her, she was a bit afraid of how they would react. She wasn't embarrassed, at least she didn't think so, but it would still feel weird. It was all so new, still! As the driveway came into view and her companions 'ooh'ed in anticipation she tried to focus on not letting her nerves show. Castle would most likely pick up on her nerves the second their lips connected but she hoped to god he wouldn't bring it up in front of everyone else.
"Okay, and why the hell doesn't he live here permanently?" Lanie asked as the house adorned in front of them.
Kate couldn't stop the smile, she'd jokingly asked him if he was rich or something when she'd arrived only three weeks earlier because she, too, couldn't quite understand the spectacular house was his.
"Well, I'm not James Patterson rich, but I do okay," had been his response and she's chuckled.
Roy stopped the car in front of the house and Kate felt her heart skip a beat when she saw the front door open to reveal the writer, her writer. It took a while for them all to get out of the car and Kate made sure she took the longest to get out, which wasn't really that hard considering she'd been seated furthest away from the door. Letting the others get out first meant they had already been greeted by hugs once she got out, even Evelyn and the girls got a hug each, and so when she was jumping out the boys were on their way to the trunk of the car in order to get their stuff. This, she hoped, would give them some privacy. When hazels met blues it felt as though the time stopped, and they couldn't stop the smiles from blooming on their lips. Castle was the one to straighten his face first, opening up his arms as if he was going to give her the same kind of hug the others got.
"Beckett, glad you could come," he greeted with mischief glimpsing in his blues.
She felt the eyes of her best friend and she swore the boys was secretly watching as well. All of her friends were most likely holding their breaths in the waiting to see if she would accept the hug or not. Slowly she took a few steps closer to her partner, with a careful smile on her lips.
"Well, who passes up on free food and a mini-vacation?" she questioned with a quirk of her eyebrow.
She heard her friends chuckle and stopped her steps when she was standing right in front of him. Instead of putting his arms around her, like he was indicating, he cupped her cheeks and kissed her lips. Kate heard the gasps and the small squeal, probably Lanie, behind her but didn't care as her lips moved with his. Her eyes were closed as she took him in, let his tongue past her lips in order to taste him and his scent filled her nose. She put her hands on the sides of his hips and let her fingers tangle with the soft material of his shirt. God, she'd missed this. Very regretfully they both pulled away, leaving their foreheads touching as they breathed the air they'd denied themselves during the kiss.
"Hi," she whispered with a big grin plastered on her lips.
"Hi," he whispered back and pecked her lips once more before pulling away to give her the most happy smile she'd seen.
"What the hell bro?" Espo interrupted the silence that had fell upon the gang.
Well, except for the Montgomery girls and Evelyn who was talking about the view they had in front of them, not at all moved by the kiss that had happened between the writer and his muse.
Kate felt her cheeks blush but didn't look down but met the confused looks of her friends by turning towards them instead, a smile vibrating on her face.
Shrugging her shoulder she parted her smiling lips. "What? You've seen people kiss before."
Lanie snapped her fingers before waving a scolding, pointed finger at her. "Oh, don't you dare shrug this off! When?! How?!" Her tone was harsh and demanding, threatening even, but nothing could take away the beautifully blissful feeling she had in her belly.
She suddenly felt Castle's fingers trace the inside of her arm, slowly trickling down to her own fingers in order to lock them together, making their palms kiss. Glancing back to him she leaned her shoulder into him, leveling out their positions to stand beside him instead of in front of him as they looked towards the gang.
"I-uh, I didn't go with Demming that weekend," she started explaining and nodded towards Espo. "Something Espo said got to me, and I-ah listened."
The man grunted. "For once."
"Hey!" Kate gave him her look but he simply ignored her.
"And why on earth didn't you tell me?!" Lanie questioned in a scold as she walked up to the couple.
With the look in the Latina's eyes Kate's body automatically prepared for a punch of some kind but before she could react in a defensive way her best friend threw her arms around her in a, way, too tight hug.
"Oh girl! Finally! Now, I want all details."
Kate chuckled, feeling her insides flip at the thought of what details her friend was going to demand, and hugged her back with the one arm not holding onto her writer.
As soon as they broke the embrace it was as though everyone got out of their shock, especially considering Mary and Rebecca asked how the room sharing would work. Castle immediately helped them unload the car and showed everyone to the rooms they would be staying in. Castle had already decided the sisters would share his own daughter's room, since he'd asked the captain if his daughters could consider share a bed there had not been much he'd had to do in order to prepare their room other than change sheets and covers on the queen sized bed. Also, he'd asked Alexis if it was okay, making sure he didn't do anything she'd get mad at considering it was still her room. For the captain and his wife he'd prepared his mother's bedroom for them, and since she had a queen sized bed as well there weren't much he had to prepare there either. Ryan and Jenny would get one of the three guest rooms and Esposito and Lanie would get one each. Castle had, in his mind, thought about lying to the two and say he only had two guest rooms and that they'd need to share one but playing around with the thought he decided he didn't want to get shot nor get his body taken apart by one of those sharp knives that Lanie had in the morgue.
"And where will Kate stay?" Lanie asked as innocent as she could, but there was no mistake on the smirk blooming on her face.
"Shut up," Kate rolled her eyes, of course the smile was still there though.
She couldn't stop smiling! She was so at ease to, finally, be back there. Every night she'd dreamt about being back there, swimming in the pool and having movie nights with her partner before slipping into bed right next to his warm and safe body. Just the thought of it had sent tingles along every inch of her body. Excitement boiling in her veins. Fuck, she was in deep.
"She'll be in my room," Castle said with so much pride Kate hit his chest, not too hard though.
"Pack up, we'll meet all of you in the living room when you're done," Kate told her best friend before grabbing Castle's hand with both of hers in order to drag him away from there.
"Mhmm," Kate heard the Latina hum as she led the way towards his bedroom.
As soon as they got inside she gently closed the door behind them to create some privacy before she put her arms around his neck and hugged her body tight to his, but keeping the distance between their faces in order to look at him with what she knew was a foolish grin.
"That went well," she commented, and he hummed with a mirroring grin entering his lips. "So, how's writing going? Did you write last night after we hung up?"
"I did and I can gladly announce I won't have to write a single word this weekend," he said in a promising tone and she narrowed her eyes.
He'd been behind his writing when they got here three weeks ago, it had actually been one of the two bigger reasons as to why he went here. The other being he didn't want to see her with Demming.
"And why is that?" she questioned and his hand tickled her hip, his fingers sneaking under the shirt she was wearing to get skin contact. She both hated and loved how he so easily erupted shivers down her spine, with such a simple touch, and her eyes hardened on him, demanding answer.
"I finished it," he announced and she felt her eyes widen in surprise.
"You..." she felt herself gape at the meaning behind those words, "You finished it? When?!"
He smiled as his fingers wickedly graced her skin under her shirt, carefully nudging the edge of her bra. "I actually finished it two days ago, but I wanted it to be a surprise that I could spend every second with you now that you're here again."
She knew she should be afraid hearing the sentiment in his voice, or at least a bit concerned. They'd only been together for three weeks, only been together-together one weekend during this time due to her work and his, so normally she would be afraid that the words leaving the writer's mouth meant too much. She would be so scared she'd shut down and leave, saying she wasn't sure this was what she wanted and that she thought they maybe shouldn't be together after all. So, why didn't she feel afraid? Why didn't she panic over the meaning his words held? Why wasn't she running headfirst out of there? Instead, she felt a warmth spread over her chest, her mind racing with all of the possibilities awaiting them. They literally had the whole weekend to spend together, and she was planning on taking advantage of every second.
"Too bad we have to share that time with the rest," she said with a fake sigh and an eye roll.
He chuckled at that and while one of his hands were still playing with her skin by the edge of her bra the other sneaked around her in order to pull her body even closer.
"Well, not all that time," he whispered as he leant down and her breath hitched as their lips caught each other in a gentle kiss.
It quickly escalated though, both of them greedy and having missed each other so much more than any of them would ever admit. Kate started pushing her body to his in order to get them to the bed, but they didn't get that far before they heard their friends call out for them. Kate couldn't stop the curse leaving her lips which evoked a chuckle from Castle.
"Tonight, when everyone's sleeping, I promise it'll be worth the wait," he said in a dark, seductive tone and Kate felt her insides clench with the sudden heat taking over her body. "But for now, we gotta give the tour before they think we're doing what we both have in mind right now."
She bit her lower lip and ran her fingers through her hair. "Fine," she gave in and he pecked her lips before taking her hand. Time to entertain the gang.