Set during 'Boom' after the morning breakfast in Castle's loft.

Kate Beckett has been a fan of criminovelist Richard Castle ever since the first book, but when she starts researching about becoming a foster mother she gets shocked to see his daughter, Alexis Harper Castle, is one of the kids who needs a foster home, fast. Kate immediately jumps in and goes through all the tests needed to be accepted as a foster mother for the girl. As time goes Kate can't help but fall in love with the girl and wants to treat her like her own. One night she gets in contact with the man she shouldn't have contact with, and before she knows it she's agreed to meet him. She doesn't tell anyone because if the word would get out someone might take the girl away from her. Her detective instincts kicks in and she can't help but question why Alexis was taken from her dad. That's when she can't shake the feeling that mr Castle is falsely accused for whatever it might be and decides to try and find out more. Not knowing it would lead back to her own past. And there was nothing she wanted to get away from more than the hell she had gone through. I DO NOT OWN THESE CHARACTERS, ALL RIGHTS TO ABC'S CASTLE!

Young Katherine Beckett is a principal at Marlowe Prep academy, a prestigious school for wealthy families. One day a student gets herself into trouble causing her father to have to come and talk to the principal. When Her father meets Kate they immediately find a connection but Kate's hard past causes it to be hard for them to admit it.