Here's part two my storyof Too Bad I Missed. It's a bit longer than the first part, but once I started typing I couldn't stop   I tried to make it fun, and also add some serious moments too. Hope you like it Let me know what you thought.

(Out and about in New York City)

They walked around some parts of the city, Castle insisted that they walk to get some air and not take Beckett’s car- plus he was embarrassed by it. If they got tired of walking, Castle could get out his app’d up cell phone and have his driver pick them up. They walked through East Riverside Park and Castle went on about his mother, Martha, and also about Alexis’ boy trouble.

 “Well I know what it’s like to be a teenage girl, Castle. Alexis is a smart girl and you’ve raised her well, if she gets into any trouble she has the brains to figure out the right thing to do.” Beckett told Castle, she liked giving him advice whenever he was worried about Alexis.

“She is, very smart. Must get it from me.” Castle sighed, as he walked insync with Beckett's steps.

“The only thing smart about you Castle is your mouth.” Beckett laughed. She had her jacket folded over her arm as walked, which made her look more comfortable.

Castle smiled. They kept talking and walked through the gardens of the park. Castle told Beckett that he loved bringing Alexis here when she was younger, and he would read to her on a bench all day. Beckett admired the father that he was to his daughter. She also loved the fresh air, and knowing that she could actually enjoy it. There was no suspect that needed to be chased, no dead body. Just her and Castle. She admitted inside her head that she didn’t mind being alone with him when it didn’t pertain to a case. Beckett stopped walking and leaned on a fence that was surrounding rows of bright colored flowers. Castle stopped and observed the detective, who seemed relaxed and at ease. He then took a step beside her and leaned the opposite way, so that his back was on the fence and Beckett was next to him.

“What’re you thinking about?” Castle asked, as he looked into her beautiful eyes that were looking ahead into the flowers.

Beckett took a deep breath in and exhaled, “Just wondering how the world can be so peaceful like this and beautiful, like these flowers, but then out there…somewhere…it’s not so beautiful.”

 Castle listened and by now, in their relationship, he understood where she was coming from- her mom’s murder and all the murders that she had solved. Castle gave her moment to ponder her mind and he let there be silence between them as the wind breezed through the park, which drifted past Beckett giving off the smell of cherries.

 “Victim’s are like these flowers, Kate. Eventually they die, or get ripped out of the ground before they live a full life. It’s something that can’t be stopped, but you make the world a better place…case by case.” Castle spoke softly. He stared at her eyes and they looked like they had watered a little. She glanced over at him and smiled. He always knows how to do that. He can take something negative and make it positive, or at least try to. She thought.

 Castle’s phone rang and interrupted their quiet moment. Castle looked down and saw it was his book agent. He tapped ignore and put the phone on silent. He tucked his phone back into his jacket pocket and looked up at Beckett again.

 “You can answer that if you…” Beckett went, even though she admired him for not answering.

“Nope. Today is my day off…our day off. So where too next?” Castle spoke. He was having a good time with Beckett and wanted to continue.

“Give that driver of yours a call to pick us up.”Beckett spoke, as she started to walk away. She stopped and turned to Castle who was smiling, and also checking her out as she walked.

“C’mon Ricky, I think I have a place you’re gonna like.” Beckett replied, as she smiled like she was up to something. Castle was intrigued by this remark and started dialing his phone.

(Beckett has fun) 

Beckett told Castle’s driver where to go, as Castle got into the car.

“Where are we going?” Castle asked.

“What’s a matter Castle, afraid of a little mystery?” Beckett spoke in a flirty tone.

The driver started to drive them over the Queensboro Bridge and into Queens. Castle hardly went outside of Manhattan and so this intrigued him more as to where they were going. Beckett enjoyed not driving and being able to observe Castle next to her. They finally pulled up to their destination. Castle said thanks to the driver and told him he could leave them there, even though Castle didn’t know where “there” was. Beckett started to walk into the bricked building and Castle followed her, nervously.

“Hi welcome, what will you two kids be doing today?” the man at the counter asked.

“One session of unlimited paintball.” Beckett spoke.

Castle’s eyes opened wide at Beckett. Beckett looked at him and grinned. Castle offered to pay, but Beckett insisted that she pay.

“Oh you’ll be paying when we get in there Castle.” Beckett said, as she started to walk down the hall.

They entered a room to change into protective gear. They each strapped on a different colored vest, goggles, gloves, and received their paintball guns. Castle stepped out onto the indoor field that was set up with obstacles, walls, and stained paint from previous games. He gulped. Beckett stepped out onto the field and joined Castle.

“Ready Ricky?” Beckett asked, as she smiled at him. She held her gun up, in a Nikki Heat sort of way.

“Exactly how good are you at this?” Castle asked. Beckett sniggered and took a step closer to him, leaving only inches between them.

“Not so tough without your ‘writer’ vest, huh Castle?” Beckett said, with a smile. She knew she had him. He could tell she was enjoying this.

 The alarm sounded for them to find a place to hide. Then the next bell went off and they started. Beckett ran by a wall and used her police experience to stay still and sneak a peek over her shoulder. She rolled over to another barrier and peeked over, hoping to see Castle running around for a clear shot. Castle on the other hand, kept low and quickly ran from wall to wall. Minutes went by as each of them poked around and ran by walls, firing their blue and orange paint. Finally, Beckett saw a shadow of someone across from her; she shot out her blue paint and heard a yelp. She tried to hold in her laughter, but couldn’t. Castle heard her and he quickly ran over a ramp and rolled down it, trying to be swift. He spotted Beckett laughing and took the shot. Beckett felt something hit her in the back. She turned around and saw Castle run off laughing. They were both having fun. After almost two hours of chasing each other, like they do on a day to day basis, they called it even. They decided to take the subway back to Manhattan, and  to get something to eat for dinner. Beckett decided on burgers and a shake. They got to the restaurant and ate together, enjoying each other’s company.

(Walking Beckett home after spending the day together)

Castle and Beckett walked on the city sidewalks, and talked for awhile. When Beckett said that she should be getting home, he told her he'd walk her there. As they got closer to her apartment, Beckett felt a little nervous, but tried her best not to show it to Castle.

"Thank you Castle." Beckett spoke, breaking the silence.

"No need to thank me, it was just burgers." Castle responded.

"Not just that, but for everything these past few weeks. It would've been much harder without someone there to help me get through what I've been through." Beckett said. She was being open with him.

Castle smiled at the detective as a sign of 'your welcome.'

"Thank you for letting me be there. I would never want you to feel like you didn't have someone to turn too…someone meaning myself. I can't imagine the pain you've gone through, or the loss. But I do know the pain of having to watch you get hurt, and the only pain I would ever want to see you in is when you're stuck with me." Castle said, as he smiled. Beckett smiled, and her eyes smiled along with a bit of tears watering up. Beckett loved it when he would get serious and show the other side of himself. She knew that underneath the jokes, charm, and wit, that he cared for her.

They continued to walk. Beckett continued to talk about many things, from her apartment being repaired, to her wanting to get back to work the next day. Castle stayed quiet the whole time and let her talk, for once. Finally they stopped in front of her building door.

"You know, Castle, for a man of so many words you haven’t said much." Beckett spoke, smiling.

Castle stepped closer to Beckett. They were just inches from each others faces, and they were looking into each others eyes.

"Sometimes words aren't enough." Castle replied, he smiled at her. She smiled back and rolled her eyes in a flirty-fun way

Beckett came up closer to Castle's face. He gulped silently and grew nervous. Beckett placed her right hand on his chest and Castle closed his eyes. He was breathing in the sweet smell coming from her- cherries. It was hard to focus when she was so close, making him feel nervous. Beckett smiled, even though he couldn't see, and she placed her soft lips on his left cheek. She could feel him smile as she kissed his cheek, his skin was smooth and textured from his faint 5 o'clock shadow. Castle lit up inside. It wasn't the kind of kiss he was hoping for, but it was a kiss from Beckett. He opened his eyes and looked at Beckett, still with a small grin on his face. He wanted to lean in and seal the deal on her lips, but didn't know how she would feel, so instead he spoke.

"Nice move, Beckett." Castle spoke, smugily.

"Yeah, too bad I missed." Beckett replied, flirtaciously with a grin. She had a sexy glare in her eyes, that any man could fall for. She kept her eyes locked onto Castle's surprised gleam. Castle smiled and felt his heart skip a beat as the detective started to lean in.

Then the ring of Castle's cell phone interrupted them. Castle cursed in his head. He had taken it off of silent when they left the restaurant. Beckett withdrew and stepped back. He looked at his phone and saw it was his agent. He looked at Beckett, and gave her an apolegitic look, for having to answer the phone. What Castle didn't realize was that he had it accidentally on speaker phone.

"Rick, I'm still waiting for the last four chapters of Naked Heat! Where've you been, I've been calling and texting you all day?" His agent yelled.

The two words "Naked" and "Heat" immediately sparked Beckett's interest. She opened her big eyes wide and stared at Castle, he knew what was coming now and there was no stopping it.

"Did she just say…"Beckett spoke, but she couldn't even finish her sentence. Beckett was staring at Castle, whose face grew pale and his eyes were wide opened.

Castle took his agent off speaker quickly, before she could say anything else for Beckett to hear.

"I gotta go…I'll call…I'll call you back!" Castle whispered. He was nervous, but not like the nervous he felt just for the phone rang and ruined the almost kiss with Beckett.

"Rick Castle! Don't hang up on m…" His agent yelled back.

Castle hung up the phone. He looked at an annoyed Beckett. It was just a few seconds ago that they were having a "moment". And now the look in Beckett's eyes was definitely not happy.

"Naked Heat?" Beckett said, with annoyance in her voice. Almost like when she found out her character’s name was Nikki Heat.

"Surprise…" Castle spoke as he let out a nervous laugh, trying to humor the mood and tension coming less than a foot away.

"First a stripper name, then the naked cover-art, and now she's naked!" Beckett continued, "how do you get inspired with these ideas?" She folded her long arms together and stood in front of Castle.

"Well…" Castle went, while he started to smile and use his charm.

"Never mind…don't answer that." Beckett quickly interrupted, as she furrowed her cute brow. Almost set myself up for that one, Beckett thought.

 In Castle's mind, he knew this is how she would react when she found out.

"Castle, change it." Beckett demanded.

"Nikki Heat grew on you….don't get heated up, Beckett." Castle smirked. He had to try and make it funny, it was what he loved to do.

"What exactly is this book about, with the title 'Naked' in it?" Beckett asked, still a bit annoyed.

"Well, I'll show you my manuscript if you show me you’re…" Castle replied, but Beckett cut him off before he could finish.

"Castle, I will not be showing you anything of mine tonight, other than my tazer if you even think…" Beckett went.

"I was going to say, if you show me you’re willing to accept the title of the book." Castle said, as he smiled. He knew he won at that point.

Beckett immediately paused and became aware that she was jumping to the conclusion that Castle meant something else, instead he didn't. She grew a little embarrassed inside and out. She calmed herself, and just decided to give up- seeing as how this was going no where.

"Fine, Castle. I'm tired…I'll see you tomorrow, goodnight." Beckett said, ending their little disagreement. She smiled, but still annoyed.

Beckett turned to go into her building, but suddenly halted when Castle's arm went up in front of her- blocking her way in.

"Good…tonight?" Castle questioned. He had a confused look on his face.

"What?" Beckett asked, she was also confused at his remark. She had her keys in her hand ready to go.

"Tonight. You said you won't be showing anything of yours tonight." Castle replied, as let his arm down.

Crap. I did say that. Beckett thought to herself.

She had nothing to say.

“I do like to make books very authentic, so whenever you decide the right night is to show anything of yours off…let me know.” Castle spoke slowly.

Beckett was still speechless and was trying to find something to say.

"It’s okay, Beckett, as I always say until tomorrow…night." Castle replied, with his deep voice. He had on his handsome, charming grin, and he raised an eyebrow at the end of his sentence. He loved leaving her speechless. He started to walk away from Beckett, he was feeling very happy and very satisfied that he had flipped it on her.

"Castle," Beckett said, she spoke in her normal tone of voice. Castle stopped abrutly and turned around. He looked at Beckett and she walked over to him. Each step and sound of her heel hit the ground, echoing into the night. A small breeze swept by them and, once again, Castle breathed in the sweet scent from Beckett. She also got a whiff of his mild- scented cologne. She looked at his eyes, and then to his lips. Once again she placed her hand onto his hard chest, and leaned in. This time there was no phone call to interrupt. It was all happening. Beckett kept her eyes open fixed on Castle's, as his started to close his. He felt like he was in a trance. Both of them had butterflies in their stomachs. Beckett's lips touched Castle's, and he took in a deep breath through his nose. He was in disbelief. Beckett was watching him, and then she closed her eyes, as their kiss grew deeper. Her lips were soft and smooth, just like he had imagined. She placed her left hand around the back of his neck and pulled him forward. He wrapped his left arm around her long, thin body and pulled her closer. They had finally crossed the line that they've been dancing on, ever since they met. She could feel Castle's heart racing underneath his button-up shirt. The warmth coming from each of them was making them want more to happen.

But Beckett finally slowed down the kissing, and pulled away- leaving Castle asking for more. Kate leaned in towards Castle’s ear, she smiled and whispered softly, "How’s that for authentic?"

Castle's eyes were gleaming, and his heart was still racing. He smiled and tried to focus, but after a kiss like that it was hard too. Beckett backed away and gave him a cute glare. They each turned away from each other with a grin. Beckett walked into her apartment building, still feeling butterflies. Castle, walked away from Beckett's building, feeling more inspired than ever before.

dmcw said:

Clever writing again, loved these: “The only thing smart about you Castle is your mouth.” Beckett laughed.

“Oh you’ll be paying when we get in there Castle.” Beckett said, as she started to walk down the hall.

Paintball was a great idea.

Loved Beckett kissing him on the cheek…actually as much as I want more between them, I would have been ok with that and the "Naked Heat" scene ending things.  Really clever scene with Naked Heat revealed…love the parallels to the last scene in 'When the Bough Breaks' and the book reading when she wanted the character name changed.

Really, really enjoyed it Cas-kett!

Thank you for that feedback dmcw! Yeah I wasn't sure how to end it, and I usually end my stories with them kind of  into their whole "swordplay" feel in my stories. But I tried something different this time. Yeah the whole "Naked Heat" I liked doing, I've been wondering what she'll say to that and how she'll react lol.

great conclusion.  and I loved Beckett's "authentic" last line. 

This is extremely cute. Hahahaha. I love how you wrote the kiss part. It was so beautifully detailed. Hahaha.

@ mikaaeleyy Thank you Yeah I had fun writing that part.

@monique Thanks Yeah I thought it would be interesting to try and write up an idea of a day off for them, instead of working on a case. Something different…

Thank you all for reading!

-Cas-kett