FanFiction

CASTLE

Kate Beckett & Richard Castle

& the whole cast

Set after 5x10 (cannon up to there)

Back in Time

Beckett left Castle after he kissed Meredith in front of her. This is the story about what will be five years after that. And some about what happened in between ;)

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(continued from chapter 1, Lanie has invited Kate over for a talk)

2018:

As soon as she opens the door, Lanie starts talking at Kate about how she should 'totally get back together with Castle' because 'he has been in love with her the whole time'. Kate reacts with her typical Beckett-glare.

"C'mon girl, don't give me that look. You know as well as me that what the papers wrote is true!" Lanie says while taking Beckett's coat to hang it on the hook next to the door, who is already marching off towards the kitchen where two glasses of red wine are sitting on the counter, which Lanie had prepared a few moments before Kate's arrival. The M.E. follows her best friend and sits down next to her in one of the bar stools and starts talking again. "You know how when Javi and I broke up, how he went out with all them girls and then when he and I got back together he told me that he's been in love with me the whole damn time?"

"Lanie, that is something completely different!" Kate insists, furrowing her brows as she takes a sip of her wine.

"It's not."

"Yes, it is, Lanie. And you know it. You and Javi were close even after you two had broken up. You did not not talk for 5 years. And who says that woman he was in love with all the time is even me?"

Lanie looks at Kate as if to check whether she really just asked that question. "That man was crazy in love with you for years! Something like that doesn't just go away like that. You should know that best, honey."

"Are you trying to say I am still in love with him? Because that is simply not true." Kate tries to lie, but Lanie isn't one to be fooled by her best friend.

"Honey, I know you still have feelings for him. You haven't been in a serious relationship ever since you broke up with Castle. Even though you are trying really hard to hide it, you can't hide it from me that you are still hurt by what happened." Lanie states, going for a soothing tone. "You know how I feel how about you two, and how I want you two to be back together, because, you gotta admit it, you are perfect for each other."

Kate gives Lanie a disbelieving look. "Perfect for each other? He cheated on me. Twice. First with that News-bimbo and then with his ex-wife. I honestly think he only was with me for so long because it was the convenient thing to do. Not once did he say he loved me in those months that we were together." Kate recalls, getting a little sad, a little hurt, talking about Castle.

Lanie tries to come up with something she could say to that without causing Kate to close up completely. But it's already too late for that as Kate is taking one last big gulp of her wine before setting the glass back down on the counter. "I don't think it was a good idea talking about this, Lanie." She says, getting up and leaning in for a short hug. "I'm going to go now. I'll see you at work. Thanks for the wine." And with that Kate heads for the front door, getting her coat off the hook and leaving before she even has it put on properly. Lanie doesn't hold her back, knowing all too well, that this conversation has reached an end. For now.

A/N: I know it is really short, but I'd rather update more often with short adaptions than only every once in a while. I hope you enjoyed this small piece. Next chapter will be set before 2018. So you'll get some more background information ;)