Chapter Eleven

[thebestseller]

Haven't seen a single thing that goes bump in the night yet tonight. Anybody else?

[Text message to Beckett]

You make it out okay?

Comments

[sunflowersister]

I haven't, but I'm keeping an eye out anyway. None of the patrols have come back with anything either though...!!

[thebestseller]

Good to know. I'm not going to let my guard down yet, though.

[detectivewonder]

The streets were clear last night. There are still Shadows in the Dark Hour, I hear, and those green things in the forest, but everything else is gone.

I'd recommend keeping whatever safety routine you've got going for at least another two or three nights nights, just in case this is a lull. This island....

[thebestseller]

I've become quite the expert at the arts of not blinking, running the hell away, and hiding.

[detectivewonder]

I think we all have.

[thebestseller]

Oh, and having a nightlight and a flashlight on me at all times. Can't hurt.

[detectivewonder]

Unless they use the light to track you down.

[thebestseller]

... well, crap.

Dodging and running it is, then.

[detectivewonder]

I was mostly kidding.

[thebestseller]

Flailing while holding the flashlight, then!

[private]

[themuse]

Yeah, I'm fine. Found my roommate in all of that, too.

You okay?

[private]

[thebestseller]

Just uncurling from the fetal position.

[private]

[themuse]

Glad to hear it, I never did think that was a good look for you.

[private]

[thebestseller]

Running and screaming is so much more my style, anyway.

[private]

[themuse]

And that's exactly why I get to be the one with the gun, Castle.

[private]

[thebestseller]

You look so much better with it, anyway.

[private]

[themuse]

I did always think my handcuffs suited you pretty well.

[private]

[thebestseller]

Ooh, miss Beckett, ooh.

[private]

[themuse]

[She just gives him THAT LOOK.]

Now that that's over, wanna get some food?

[private]

[thebestseller]

You don't need to ask me twice.

[private]

[themuse]

Unless I ask you to stay in the car or ask you to pay attention or ask you to not to do something dangerous and crazy...

[private]

[thebestseller]

Well, yes, aside from all of those. Telling me to stay in the car never turns out well, anyway.

[private]

[themuse]

Yeah, because you never stay in the car...

[private]

[thebestseller]

Or the trouble finds me. It's been known to happen.

[private]

[themuse]

You love it when trouble finds you.

[private]

[thebestseller]

It's always the thrill of a lifetime.

[private]

[themuse]

Believe me, I know exactly why you kept following me around.

[yeah that came out without thinking oops]

[private]

[thebestseller]

Then we're on the same page. Good.

[private]

[themuse]

[And now she just gonna look at him with that... Look. You know. The one that says "I'm crazy about you but I will never, ever admit it, not even to myself." He knows that one.]

Definitely the same page, Castle.

[private]

[thebestseller]

[Knows that look well and loves it.]

Coffee later?

[private]

[themuse]

Yeah, that'd be nice.