Beckett's Sister: A Castle AU Fanfiction

Chapter 14

When Kris opened the door, she smiled at the sight before her. Detective Anthony Russo stood in the doorway dressed in dark jeans, a faded Yankees t shirt and black leather jacket. He gave her a smile and from behind his back, produced a small bouquet of electric blue orchids, Kris' favorite flower.

"I didn't peg you for a dozen roses kinda girl." Russo said nervously, handing Kris the flowers.

"Point to you Detective. Orchids are my favorite, how did you manage to guess the right color though?" Kris said with a smirk, stepping aside to let Russo in her apartment.

"Little birdie might have told me." Russo replied with a shrug.

Kris let out a laugh. "Would this birdie be named Kate or Castle?"

"I'll never reveal my sources." Russo said with a grin.

They both stood awkwardly looking at each other for a moment. Kris finally moved and made her way into the kitchen to find a vase for the flowers. As she ran water to place the flowers in, she turned and looked over her shoulder at Russo who was still standing in the living room.

"So, where are we going?" Kris threw over her shoulder as she turned the kitchen tap off and placed the vase on the kitchen counter. Grabbing her phone from her back pocket, she sent a quick text then put her phone back in her pocket.

"Doesn't matter to me. I didn't know what you liked so I figured I'd leave it up to you." Russo replied, leaning over to look at a picture on the TV stand.

"That was my college graduation." Kris said, causing Russo to jump slightly and straighten up. The picture showed a younger version of herself and Kate, both smiling widely at the camera. Kris was in a black cap and gown with her arm around Kate's shoulder.

"You look so different." Russo said, bending over again and squinting his eyes at the picture.

Kris raised an eyebrow, reminding Russo too much of her older sister. "I don't mean bad different. Your hair was longer and really curly." He replied, waving his hand at her hair.

"Yea, well I cut it off not long after that. I got tired of fooling with it. If you haven't noticed my sister, Beckett women have outrageously curly hair. It was a nightmare." Kris shrugged then headed to the hall closet to grab her coat.

She put on her coat and grabbed her keys then turned back to Russo. "Shall we?"

"Oh yea, sure." Russo headed out the door and waited in the hall as Kris locked her door.

As they headed down the stairs, Kris couldn't help but glance at Russo out of the corner of her eye. She knew that Kate was right and she just needed to be herself and go with the flow. She already knew that she and Russo had a lot in common and technically this was not even a real date. Just two friends with hangovers having lunch together, she could handle that.

As they exited the lobby of her building, Russo looked at her. "So, what'll it be?"

Kris thought for a moment before simply replying "Chinese. Kate and I found this really great place a few months back, it's kind of our little secret. She hasn't even taken Castle there yet."

Russo gave her a smile, and without thinking grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers. When Kris didn't pull away, he took it as a good sign and they set off down the street.

Kate was in the middle of picking a movie out of Castle's extensive DVD library when her phone went off. Grabbing her phone from the coffee table, she read it then let out a laugh. She stood up, finally deciding on Pacific Rim, and made her way into the kitchen where Castle was opening a bottle of wine.