Disclaimer : Castle is not mine.

A/N: All thoughts are in Italics.

They were traveling for over 3 hours when a large house came in to view. It had 3 floors and it was made out of old stone and you could see two wooden doors with windows in them with a fancy floral pattern in the middle. It was more of a mansion though. There were cars all out the front of different sorts, some as common to Beckett's crown Vic and others that would make any car mad person drool.

Castle pulled up behind a car and slowly turned the engine off as he continued to take in the house with his mouth lightly open, he was bought out of his trance like state when Beckett began to get out.

"Beckett wait !" He said in a whisper shout.

Beckett turned around and raised a quizzical eyebrow at him and then smirked at him when she saw his worried eyes which were shifting slightly "Don't worry Castle be yourself. Well actually no theories and try to keep the crazy stories to yourself for a while so other then that be yourself." And then she was gone closing the car door behind herself and waiting for him at the front of the car where Alexis and Jim were waiting. He took a deep breath and got out of the car walking towards them with a nervous smile.

As he walked towards the building he could see quite a few people inside, some of them dressed to impress and some were serving drinks and Castle couldn't help but think of how un-Beckett like this all seemed. They walked in and he could hear soft classical music playing and they were approached by someone serving drinks and they each took one as it was only orange juice.

Beckett looked around and remembered how she used to have to spend her holidays here except Christmas and Thanksgivings. When you looked at Kate Beckett you could see how smart she was and how elegant she was without even trying and how she walked around unknowingly with grace, but what people didn't know about her was how demanding her family was on her moms side, how she started private tutoring at age 6 because to her grandmother that was the best time to start learning and she had a tutor all the way to leaving high school and going off to college, or how she new how to play the violin and done so many extra curricular activities because her grandparents would pay for her to go to them. People didn't know that she would spend her holidays here because that's where she would learn where her tutor would come out and teach her or because her family saw in necessary. Her grandmother always said "We don't gets B's in this family dear oh no." and being brought up with that attitude Beckett has always strive to get the best she possibly could and she did. However in the end it didn't matter all that much when your mother is murdered and your whole life is turned around.

She looks up and she smiles reassuringly at her dad and he returns it and she looks towards Alexis and Castle who are looking around with their eyes wide like they've never seen anything like it before and she smirks at them. Castle turns his head and catches her eye and he smiles neither one of them wanting to break this connection they have right now because in just a few seconds everything has melted away and all that maters is them and this connection they have.

She feels a hand at her elbow and realizes that her father is talking to her "I'm going to go see if I can find your grandmother and tell her we're here." And then he is gone once he knows she has heard him.

"I'll give you a tour later Castle when everything is less crowded okay ?" And he nods. "You okay Alexis ?"

"It...unexpected I guess." Alexis said with a slight blush.

"I would have to agree with you Alexis but let me tell you something." Alexis leans closer almost as if they are sharing a secret and Beckett whispers "The library is breathtaking." And then she hears a throat clearing behind her and her back straightens automatically.

"Hello Katherine how nice of you to make it."

A/N: I know its not a lot like their characters are on the show but I've decided to make them like this for later chapters.