First of all let me start by saying thank you for all the kind words that you guys left in the final reviews. I'm so glad that everyone liked this story as I took so much pleasure in writing it. I'm glad that you stuck with me through the lack of updates, mistakes, and everything else. I'm sure that not everyone agreed with my choice about humanizing the villain, but it was something I had to do. I was a victim of sexual assault at the age of 13 and since then I've developed a some what fascination of getting into the minds of people who commit these crimes. It's my notion that evil isn't born (well not all) and that if you care to look hard enough you might find the reason that lead the person to become a monster. Now I'm not saying that it's an excuse what so ever for people to commit these crimes, it just idk. To me personal helps me understand why it happened to me I guess... Anyways I'm rambling. I will write a squeal, just got to wait until inspiration strikes, so until then please enjoy these deleted scenes from 2 am Wake up call
"So Jeremy." Esposito tried to muster up his best cop voice once he found it after Castle and Beckett's kiss. The teenager in question snapped his head up to attention. "What are you going to college for?"
Jeremy squirmed a little in his chair as all eyes turned on him. "Well umm I'm going to study criminology." He confessed rather shyly.
"You wanna be a cop?" Beckett asked surprised. Not that Jeremy wasn't built for a cop, it just wasn't what she expected for him to become. "Why?"
"Well you can say it's in my blood." Pride shined on the boy's face, "I will be I'll be the fifth generation cop. My dad was killed on the job when I was just six. I know my mom doesn't want me to follow in his footsteps, but she supports my choice."
Something that her own father could relate with, Beckett mused glancing at Alexis to gauge her reaction. The red head showed a small flicker of fear herself but quickly schooled her features when Jeremy turned to look at her. "But your art." She had only seen a few of his pieces that he had photographed and saved on his phone, but it was enough to know he had amazing talent. You're so talented and it can take you so far."
"I don't plan to ignore it." Jeremy assured.
"Yes never ignore something you were born to do." Castle chimed in and earned a soft tab to his shine from his partner. He grinned and shoveled more food into his mouth. "Though you maybe were born to do both."
"I thought of that and well I won't stop painting or drawing, and maybe I will sell them if I ever see the need to, I figured that I can lend my talents to being an on call sketch artist as well." Jeremy explained and could see that it had satisfied Beckett.
"So." It was Ryan's turn to question. He waved his fork at the two teenagers, "How did you meet?"
Alexis was the on the answer, "We've been going to the same school since kindergarten."
"And you're just now dating?" Ryan asked.
"Well it took a while to get Alexis's attention and well except after the one time she socked me for trying to kiss her under the playground." Jeremy smiled at the memory.
"You just ate a bug." Alexis defended her actions, "And I was seven."
"Grade point average." Esposito broke back in.
"4.0"
"Sports?" Ryan bounced off Jeremy's answer.
"Played baseball and hockey."
"Yankees?" Esposito rapidly asked.
Jeremy didn't flinch and answered, "Mets."
"Call of Duty?" Ryan wondered.
"Halo." That answer got thumbs up for the writer.
"Favorite color." Esposito tried to throw him off with the random question.
"Red." Jeremy answered without missing a beat.
"First pet's name." Ryan shot out.
"King Henry and it was a lab." Jeremy informed.
"Where were you born? Mother's maiden name" Esposito caught an eye roll from Beckett.
"Right here in New York and Harris."
It was Ryan's turn, "Any bad habits or trouble we need to aware of?"
"No sir."
"How many girlfriends have you had?"
"Detective Esposito!" Alexis cried out cutting off any reply Jeremy felt obligated to give.
"Oh that's creepy." Ryan recoiled into his chair.
"So creepy." Esposito agreed as they stared at the red head. "That sounded just like Beckett."
Each where hit with a fry by both woman and the room exploded into laughter. Ryan clasped the boy's shoulder, "I like him. We approve."
Alexis did another Beckett habit and rolled her eyes at the male detectives. "Oh thank goodness." She exasperated, "I was so worried that I would have to kick him to the curb because you didn't like him." But secretly she was elated to have the two men's approval because they were the closest thing she had to uncles and held their opinions in high regard.
I thank my two younger cousins (20 and 15) for this inspiration. They met my boyfriend for the first time a few weeks ago and grilled him for 20 mins straight. He took it like a champ and answered every question no matter how stupid!