Beckett's Sister: A Castle AU Fanfiction

Chapter 28

Kate looked up from her paperwork when Castle took his seat beside her desk. She noticed how tense he looked and that he refused to make eye contact with her. She put her pen down and leaned back in her chair.

"Where have you been?" Kate asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Huh? I've been right here...with you. Making you coffee." Castle chuckled nervously.

"So where is it?" Kate eyed him.

"Where's what?" Castle squeaked, squirming in his chair.

"The coffee, Castle. The coffee that you were supposedly here making for me." Kate snapped.

"Oh...right. It's, um, it's in the break room. I'll go get it." Castle shot up out of his chair like someone had set it on fire and rushed to the break room. Kate immediately followed him and shut the door behind her, causing Castle to jump.

"Okay, Castle. Spill it. What the hell is going on with you?" Kate glared.

Castle finally looked her in the eye and let out a sigh. "Okay. Okay, Kate. I can't keep anything from you, especially when it concerns your sister. Not to mention, when it comes to the two of you, I'm much more afraid of you than I am of her."

"What are you talking about?" Kate took a step toward him.

"I went to talk to Kris earlier, to try and see what's been going on with her lately." Castle shrugged.

"Did she say anything?" Kate took his hand and they sat down on the break room couch.

"Not really. I mean, she said something was definitely going on but she didn't say what it was. She mentioned it was something that she thought she had dealt with back in college but that it wasn't a big deal. She made me promise not to say anything to you about it but I can't do that to you. You need to know and she needs to let you help her." Castle blurted out.

"She's too much like me for her own damn good. She thinks she can deal with anything." Kate gritted her teeth.

"She's probably going to castrate me but I'll take my chances. Something's going on, Kate, and I don't think it has anything to do with overdue books at the campus library." Castle replied.

"I tried to give her a chance this morning to talk to me about it. She shut me down but I'll be damned if she does it again. Whatever the hell is going on, I'm going to find out one way or another." Kate stood and headed toward the break room door, stopping to look back at Castle. "When my shift is over, we're heading to her apartment. Oh, and I'll take that coffee now."

Castle shook his head and grinned, then stood and made his way to the espresso machine.

When Kris walked into her apartment after work, she was more than a little paranoid. That most recent email had her on edge and she hated feeling that way. She wanted to believe that it was someone just messing with her, but deep down she knew the truth. She knew he had found her. She had truly convinced herself that part of her life was behind her, but she knew that was far from the truth.

Deciding she needed to check in on the club, she plugged her phone up to the charger and hopped in the shower. When she emerged from the bathroom twenty minutes later, she saw several text messages on her phone. Throwing on a Walking Dead t-shirt and ripped jeans, she grabbed her pink Doc Martens and checked her text messages. She wasn't surprised to find they were all from Kate, one of which informing Kris that Kate and Castle would be over after she finished up at work.

"Well, too bad I won't be here." Kris mumbled to herself as she pulled on her boots and grabbed her keys and leather jacket then headed out the door.