I’m telling you, something happened. Something changed. It’s been weird between us lately.
Lately? Kate, it’s been weird for four years.
No, this is different. He’s different. It’s like he’s pulling away.
Well, can you blame him? He’s probably tired of waiting.
What do you think? The guy is crazy about you, and despite your little act, you’re crazy about him. (Kate looks at her.) Oh, what, was that supposed to be some big secret?
Yes. No. Do you think he knows?
You remember how he used to be? Girl on either arm. You really don’t see that guy too much anymore. Why do you think that is? He’s waiting for you.
I know. You’re dealing with stuff. But you cannot ask him to wait forever. Unless, of course, you’re okay with him pulling away.
What if it doesn’t work? What if it ends up like you and Javi?
Well, at least we gave it a shot. And so it didn’t work out, so what? Now we can move on, give or take the occasional booty call.
I just, I don’t wanna lose what we have, you know?
Girl, please. What exactly do you have, really?
No. what you and I have is a friendship. What you and Castle have is a holding pattern. How long can you circle before the fuel runs out?
Don’t think you were saved by the bell, Kate Beckett. As your friend, I’m not gonna let this drop.
So, what? You think I should tell him how I feel?
Yes. You hunt murderers for a living, you can do this.
Okay. Okay. I just, I have to find the right time.
No time like the present.
(Castle drives up in his Ferrari with a blonde in the passenger seat.)
What the? On second thought, maybe you should wait a bit. What’s that? Ryan’s calling, I gotta go.
Ryan, you’ll be here, front door, dressed as a flower delivery boy. Esposito, you’ll be here, dressed as a hobo.
Question. Why does a brown man gotta be a hobo?
You boys will cause a distraction here, whilst I rappel down the side of the building with Nikolai.
He’s a Romanian gymnast I found on Youtube. He’s extremely flexible, and fits in the duffel bag. Using a glass cutter, I...
CColin
Excuse me, gents. Has anyone seen Detective Beckett? (He walks in wearing a suit. Kate walks in from the other side, wearing a dress.)
Wow. Are you guys going out?
CColin
I pulled some strings and got us into a party at the British consulate tonight.
Nigel will be there, we’ll get his prints and he won’t even know it.
Yeah, sure. You want to do it the easy way.
I feel like I just walked into a bad episode of Miami Vice.
Okay, first, there are no bad episodes of Miami Vice. Second, who died?
You, from the looks of it. You look like you just got run over by a truck.
Yeah. A truck delivering a shipment of awesome.
[Examining the victim’s body] Hey Lanie, how does it look?
Like you waited too long.
She was strangled. But she went down with a fight. Prelim suggests a sign of a struggle. She took one to the face.
Well-dressed, attractive woman in a seedy motel and a guy who flees the crime scene. This might have been a one-night stand gone wrong.
Are we talking about the victim or Castle?
He took off for a lunch date.
In a Ferrari full of flight attendant?
Yeah, he's probably trying to rack up his frequent flyer miles.
I'm sorry. But you know she's just a passing thing.
Do I? I mean, the guy has been divorced twice, and he's still chasing bimbos. Maybe that's just who he is.
Look, maybe it's the wrong time or maybe he's even the wrong guy, but if he is, how long are you gonna wait to find out? Ten years, I've been keeping them [referring to the dead bodies in the morgue] company while they spend a night or two here on their way to where we're all going. They all had plans, Kate, things they were gonna do when they got around to it Go on a cruise, lose 10 pounds, fall in love. They thought they had all the time in the world. But nobody does.
