4 CH - 3 - Flowers For Your Grave Part - Two

[A Few Hours Earlier]

[19th Precinct, Interrogation room]

We see a ruggedly handsome-looking man sitting as he waits patiently for someone. A little later a woman enters the room with a file in her hand. This woman is Det. Kate Beckett. Kate says to the man "Mr. Castle you have quite the rap sheet for a best-selling author?. A couple of drunk and disorderly."

To which Castle smiles and says "Boys will be boys"

"Says here you stole a horse"

"Borrowed"

"And you were nude at the time"

"It was spring" replies Castle in a matter-of-fact tone.

"And every time the charges were dropped," Kate says with authority and sits down opposite Castle.

Castle says with a bit of smugness "What can I say? The mayor's a fan. But if it makes you feel better, I'd be happy to let you spank me." the last part he says while leaning a bit closer to Kate.

Kate also responds by leaning a bit closer and says "Mr. Castle, this whole bad boy charm thing you've got going may work with bimbettes and celebutantes. Me? I work for a living and that makes you one of two things to me. The guy who makes my life easier or the guy who makes my life harder, and I assure you, you do not want to be the guy who makes my life harder." and then goes on to take a photo from the file she was carrying and puts it on the table for Castle to see and says "Alison Tisdale. Daughter of real estate mogul Jonathan Tisdale."

"She's Cute," says Castle

To which Kate replies "She's dead, you guys ever meet? Charity event? Book signing??"

"It's possible but she is not in my Black Book if that's what you are asking"

"How about this guy?" she says as she slides a photo of a man in his 40's and says "Marvin Fisk, small claims lawyer"

"Most of my claims tend to be on the ....umm.. large side"(Smiling).To which Kate rolls her eyes and seeing this he continues and asks "So what's this got to do with me??"

"Fisk was found murdered in his office 2 weeks ago I didn't put it together until we saw the Tisdale crime scene tonight," she says and slides him a photo of the Tisdale crime scene which shows a body covered with roses and sunflower.

Seeing this Castle gets a bit serious and says "Flowers For Your Grave"

Then Beckett slides another photo this one of Martin Fisk lying face down in a pentagram and says "This is how we found Marvin Fisk right out of Hell Hath No Fury"

Castle looks up at Beckett with slight amusement in his eyes and says "Looks like I have a fan"

Beckett says immediately "Ya a really deranged one"

"You don't look deranged to me"

"What??"

"Hell Hath No Fury? Angry Wiccans out for blood? C'mon. Only hardcore Castle groupies read that one." he says and grins at her but she ignores it and moves on but Castle had a 'Gotcha' look on his face.

Moving on Beckett asks "You get letters from these groupies? Disturbing letters??"

"All my fan mail's disturbing. It's an occupational hazard."

"Sometimes in cases like these, the killer attempts to..."

but Castle interrupts her but continues her sentence "Contact the subject of his obsession. I'm pretty well-versed in psychopathic methodology. Another occupational hazard." as he says this he looks up at Beckett focusing in on her eyes and says "He was right you do have gorgeous eyes"

But Beckett startled for a second gets back to the matter at hand and doesn't take the bait but instead asks him "So I take it that you don't have any objections about us looking through your mail."

"Knock yourself out," He says as Beckett arranges the crime scene photos and stands up to leave Castle seeing this asks her "Can I get copies of those?" pointing at the picture.

"Copies??"

"I've got this poker game, mostly other writers. Patterson, Cannell... you know bestseller. You have no idea how jealous those would make them"

"Jealous??"

"That I have a copycat. Oh my gosh, in my world, that's the red badge of honor. That's the criminal Cooperstown."

Hearing this Beckett gets a bit angry and says "People are dead. Mr. Castle" in a slightly intimidating tone

Seeing this Castle says "I am not asking for the bodies just the pictures." with puppy dog eyes.

Beckett smirks at this and says "I think we are done here" and then proceeds to leave the room.

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[Penthouse Apartment/ Home]

Castle enters his house and sees his mother dancing and singing while a guy he has never seen in his life is playing the piano. Seeing him come home his mother says "Hey kiddo I am just showing Bert her how we did it at the palace" and returns to her singing

Castle glances at the digital clock and sees "12: 45" and then looks back at his mother and her date with a defeated smile.

Then walks into the kitchen where he sees Alexis, his daughter doing her homework with cotton in her ears. So he takes the cotton out and says to her "You are missing the late show"

"I saw it in previews"

"Looks like we got a new lead," says Castle as he opens the refrigerator to look for something to satiate his hunger.

"His name is Bert. He is magic"

"Wow"

"Yeah"

"And where is your brother and how come he let this Bert guy play his piano?"

"He is in your study so he probably isn't aware of this plus he just came back like an hour ago"

"Hmm, where did he go?"

"Blair"

"Ohh"

"And why do you look so glum??"

"Lost a bet to Noah"

"To bad honey, I should have warned you about him"

"Warned me??"

"Ya not to bet against him"

"How do you know that??"

"Ohh that's because a couple of years back he proposed a bet with me? Which I lost" he says in a defeated tone. He immediately gathers himself and asks "So how much did you lose?"

"10 grand " Alexis in a defeated tone as she drinks a glass of water.

"Ohh that's nothing I lost 5 million" Castle says in an amused tone. Hearin this Alexis spits the water she was drinking out and looks at her Dad incredulously and asks "What did you guys bet on?."

"Oh, it was nothing just small stuff never mind that. Let's just change the topic"

"Ok then... So dad how were the slammers? anyone make you their bitch?"

"Sorry switchblade still belong to you"

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Castle and Alexis enter the study and see Noah reading a book while sitting on the sofa as they enter Noah notices them and says "How was the date, dad? Get any inspiration for the due manuscript??" with a smile on his face.

To which Castle replies "The date went great I met a few fans one had beautiful eyes and the other one is a crazy serial killer. "

"Huh interesting tell me more about this serial killer fan of yours," Noah says as he closes the book he was reading.

"Well, I don't know much about him other than the fact that he kills his victims in the same ways as I do in my books," Castle says as he walks to a bookshelf and picks up a few of his old books.

"Interesting "

"It is isn't"

"Not interesting, it's terrible," Alexis says hearing the father-son duo.

"Yes honey it is but that is not what we are talking about," Castle says

"Yeah Alexis," says Noah reassuring her.

"Then what interested you guys?" Alexis asks

"Well for starters it makes no sense," Noah says

"Murder usually is," Alexis says.

"No. Murder usually makes a great deal of sense. Passion, greed, politics. What's senseless here are the stories the killer chose." Castle says looking a bit puzzled then continues "Flower For your Grave? Hell Hath No Fury? My truly lesser works. Why would a psychotic fan pick those??"

"Maybe because he's psychotic," Alexis says but sees that both her brother and dad are not convinced so she sighs and says "Come on guys it's bedtime"

"Yeah," both Noah and Castle say absent-mindedly.

[Next day morning Noah's Room]

We see Noah sleeping on his bed peacefully when suddenly his phone rings which he ignores and after a minute the ringing stops due to which Noah is relieved and starts to fall deeper into sleep when suddenly the phone starts ringing again irritated by this Noah picks up the phone and says "Who the hell... (shift in tone) Hello Blair what can I do for you... Why should I come with you to buy clothes again?? Ahh yes to pay the bills of course. No please you don't need to bother I will come and pick you up... Yes, I will be there by 11." He then ends the call looks at his phone and says " She can't be human dammit the things I do in the name of friendship" sighs as he gets up from his bed and walks to the bathroom to get ready.

[A little later]

Noah comes out of the bathroom in his towels and walks into his dresser a little later comes out wearing a black hoodie and black jeans with a coat in his hands and walks out of the room.

[pic of dress]

As he is walking down the stairs he sees dad making pancakes and Alexis reading something on her phone waiting for her pancake.

Alexis seeing Noah come down all dressed asks "Where are you going?" hearing this Castle also looks to Noah.

"Shopping with Blair" he answers in a tired voice as he walks toward them.

"Why??" Alexis asks

"What do you mean why? she called me to go shopping with her. That's why"

"You are not dating her are you?" Castle asks a bit suspiciously.

"Yeah right me dating that dictator nice joke dad, ... Ohh you are serious " to which both Castle and Alexis nod.

Seeing this Noah says "No I am not okay. I am just doing this because she is going through a tough time between her parent's divorcee and her dad coming out as gay"

"Took him long enough," Castle says to which Noah immediately says "I know right".

And then goes on to say"So anyways that is the reason I am spending time with her"

"You are a good friend son," Castle says smiling proudly at Noah.

"Thanks, Dad, so what are your plans for the day??"

"I am gonna help the NYPD catch the serial killer"

"They asked for your help?"

"No, but they will," Castle says as he flips the pancake.

"And why would they do that?"

"Because dad will force their hand by using his friendship with the mayor," Alexis interjects

"Amazing dad way to set an example for us," Noah says

"Ohh come on kids it's not that bad an idea plus they could use my help," Castle says with a sheepish smile on his face as he places a pancake onto Alexis's plate.

"More like you could use their help with your writing block and all," Alexis says as she pours syrup over her pancake.

"Hey, I am not blocked."

"Yeah right, and we are not teenagers, just take care of yourself, okay dad". Noah says as he prepares to leave.

"Sure son. You leaving?"

"Yeah don't wanna be late or that girl might eat me alive," says Noah and waves bye to them as he leaves.

"Take care kiddo."

"Bye, brother. Have a good day" Alexis says as she eats her pancakes.

"Yeah sis, I don't think that's possible anymore but I will try," Noah says as he leaves the loft. Outside he calls for a taxi and tells the driver "Fifth Avenue"

[30mins or so later]

Now standing in front of the Waldorf residence Noah rings the bell and waits for someone to open the door. A few seconds later the door is opened by none other than Dorota. Seeing Dorota Noah says "How is my favorite helper doing?"

"I am good Mr. Noah. Come in."

" Where is Blair?"

"Miss Blair upstairs getting ready. She very much excited " (Note that these are not grammatic mistakes this is how Dorota talk in the series)

"It's good to hear that she is doing good."

"Dorota can you get me a cup of coffee"

"Of course, Mr. Noah just makes yourself comfortable". says Dorota and leaves to bring the coffee.

Noah makes himself comfortable on the couch as he waits for Blair. A bit later Dorota comes with his coffee which he accepts and says "Thanks Dorota.". He then looks at the time on his watch <10:30> and sees that there is still time so he slowly drinks his coffee.

15 mins later Blair enters the room wearing a black and yellow dress.

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She says "You came early"

"Yes I did, so tell me where do you wanna go?"

"I haven't decided yet maybe I will go to all the stores on Fifth Avenue," she says with a devilish smile.

"Okay... Then let's go. Bye Dorota."

"All the best Mr. Noah. Take care, Miss Blair" Dorota says.

Hearing Dorota wishing Noah luck he looks back at her with a questioning gaze only to see her look at him in pity but before he could ask anything Blair drags him out and Dorota closes the door behind them.

'That's a flag right' Noah thought to himself but quickly moved on

[9 Hours later, Waldorf Residence ]

The doorbell rings and hearing this Dorota walks to the door to open it. When she opens the door she sees a boy and girl enter the house. The boy holding about 20 bags from different clothing stores, looking completely exhausted and the girl is all smiling and enjoying the boy's misery. These are, of course, Noah Castle and Blair Waldorf.

As soon as they enter the loft Noah places the bags down and stumbles to the couch while Blair walks to her room to freshen up.

Noah in a tired voice says "Dorota... I need something to... drink cold "

Dorota seeing Noah's state prays for him while she goes to get him something to drink. After a while when she comes back with a Cold juice she sees Noah sleeping on the couch whispering in his sleep "She is a demon"

Seeing his state Dorota says "Poor Mr. Noah what has that dem... Miss Blair done to you" and places the juice on the table in front of him and leaves.

A while later Blair comes back after freshening up and sees Noah sleeping on the couch says "Idiot." and walks away only to come back a little later with a comforter which she spreads on top of him. Feeling the warmth from the comforter Noah smiles slightly in his sleep and proceeds to pull the comforter closer to his body.

Seeing this Blair also smiles slightly and says "Thank You Noah" and walks away.

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