It's quieter in the upstairs hallway, and there's less evidence of impending disaster up here. It's almost enough to allow you to forget what's going on downstairs, or to write it off.
Almost. Not quite.
Jack turns to Beckett as they reach his room. "You want to come in for one more drink?"
He doesn't want to say it out loud, but there's a part of him that doesn't want to be alone just yet.
Almost. Not quite.
Jack turns to Beckett as they reach his room. "You want to come in for one more drink?"
He doesn't want to say it out loud, but there's a part of him that doesn't want to be alone just yet.
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"Yeah, sure. Okay," she agrees, nodding once. "I mean, what's one more going to hurt, right?"
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He unlocks the door to his room and heads for the kitchenette. "I should have thought to ask Bar for some of that vintage stuff Castle found in that bar he bought."
If there was every a night to break into the good stuff, it's tonight. Besides, it looks like there's a good chance he won't have to worry about what it'd do to his tab.
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"Or whatever all of this is supposed to be."
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"More?"
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"No, that's - that's good, thanks."
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"Make yourself comfortable."
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She takes the glass in hand and moves to sit, drawing her legs up underneath herself after a beat, clasping the tumbler in a few fingers.
"It's almost - surreal."
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"At least the normal we're used to."
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Of course when he'd first walked in the bar, there's a lot of things that he never could have imagined that have happened anyway.
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She rests her elbow along the top of the couch cushions, pivoting herself towards him.
"What do you think about that?"
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"And that I was pretty lucky to find the place and the people in it."
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It's possible this drink is catching up with the others she's had downstairs.
"Yeah?"
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There's a pause as he takes a sip of his drink, then he adds, "People like you."
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She tilts her cheek into her hand, lips curving in a slow smile.
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"I'm grateful too, you know. For everyone I've met here, for every way I've been helped. For you."
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"Really, I don't - I don't know how to thank you."
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"So now we're at an impasse."
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"It's better than the alternative."
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