Disclaimer: If there is anything you recognise in this story then it probably isn't mine. Castle belongs to ABC, Andrew Marlowe and Co.

This story is finished so I plan on updating every day until I go on holiday (unless I get decent Wi-Fi while I'm away) and then resume when I'm back. The chapters will be longer later on. All mistakes are mine. I hope you enjoy the story.

Chapter 1 - Meeting for the First Time

Kate Beckett wasn't just any attorney, she was the youngest ever partner at any of New York's top law firms. The day the news broke of her appointment, it had even made the paper as it was such esteem. She was Stanford educated, top of the class, passing the bar exams with flying colours, and had two parents who were highly respected in their own right. It was clear to everyone who knew anything about the top law firms that Kate Beckett had earned her place by herself and not because of her name or her parents' connections.

She was, however, a workaholic which was partly a consequence of being so successful. Her parents had merciless teased her about it, joking that she'd never find a husband if her companion with a glass of wine was a case file rather than a boy. They wanted grandchildren, her mother wanted an early retirement excuse and apparently at the current rate she wouldn't have that opportunity. They had set up dates for Kate but none of them had worked, they even felt like work. Not something that a relationship could use as a base.

Her success enabled to have a lovely yet so empty loft, sure it looked lived in but only the knickknacks made it seem a home rather than just a standard apartment. The pictures and artwork that decorated the walls along with the trinkets all had their own story. She still wasn't sure how she had accumulated so many, however, she didn't care. She would love to have more and hoped that soon she would be able to get some time off for a holiday where she could travel to a new country to explore. It was always just her though at night, sometimes she dreams of the day that she could come home to a family and not just quietness.

At this time though, there was no indication of when such a trip or rather time space would become available. Not only did she have more cases than she probably should have on going, she owed a favour to a colleague who wanted to cash in his 'I owe you' this week.

She would try to convince herself that it was just a sacrifice in working towards her dream of fighting a case in the Supreme Court before making her way up to becoming the first female Chief Justice. She was just hoping that John Glover Roberts Jr would hold on for a few years until she was in a place that she could earn her position for one of the most influential positions in the country.

Right now, though, she would be defending some celebrity who when apparently too influenced by alcohol had done something stupid. Her colleague, Henry, had called her up completely interrupting her date with a glass of wine and next week's court case file to ask to cash in that favour tonight.

Henry was popular with the celebrities, getting them off little niggly things that many seemed to think they were perhaps above the law. In all fairness Henry was a decent guy, when he helped her out she more than needed it. She was in high demand and the senior partner liked to pile work onto his newly promoted and thus recently famed partner of the law firm. He just loved the publicity that it brought to his firm. Since it appeared she was coping, barely though, the workload increased. Those she worked closely with knew that their boss was putting too much pressure on her so helped out. Eventually things evened out so she settled into a rhythm.

At least she hadn't had more than a few sips from her glass of wine, it wouldn't exactly be setting a great precedence if she turned up just a bit tipsy even though she could handle that amount alcohol. The many drinking games that she had endured through law school saw to that. It was only in the first couple of years that she played the games, as she progressed she studied harder and knuckled down. Not that she was only just getting by more that she needed to make sure she nailed everything.

On her way to the twelfth precinct she scanned over the notes on her iPad that her dearest colleague had sent her about his client scanning over the details. A few arrests but the charges were dropped...just flaming great. Maybe that would happen tonight so she could go home pretty quickly; back to her case file or perhaps just bed to get a good night of sleep.

It wasn't until she first saw her client in the holding cell that who it was finally clicked.

Richard Castle!

She loved his books, so did her mother; even her father at a push. He couldn't know that. This union had better be over by night's end. This is one complication she didn't foresee.

Hmm…

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