From Friends to Lovers

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Saturday night, Lanie picked Kate up, and they drove to Rick's place.

He opened the door and his face lit up when he saw Kate. She smiled at him, and he took her coat along with Lanie's but softly spoke just to her, "Glad you could make it."

Kate was sitting on the couch and Rick ended up sitting next to her, the rest of them had placed themselves around the huge screen too... and the movie marathon begun. Kate was surprised to know, most of the movies he had among his huge collection, were her favourites too. And they both found themselves reciting out the dialogues along with the movie.

Kate was feeling more comfortable in the company of these people; they were a good group of friends, all of them.

She got up to go to the Kitchen to get herself a glass of water, but Rick insisted he get it for her, they both ended up at the Kitchen counter.

Javier announced from the living room that he was putting the next movie into the DVR; Kate began telling Rick about how his tastes in movies were pretty similar to hers. And as their stood there, leaning against his Kitchen counter, they ended up talking about a lot of things. Their family, their hobbies, their love for reading, and Kate found herself giving off more information about herself than she normally would to a guy she just met.

But it felt right. Rick seemed like a guy you could trust. By the end of the evening, they had exchanged numbers, and learnt so much about each other.

Kate had gone home that day, and told her mom all about Rick. And her mom seemed pretty impressed by him too.

That night, he texted her, and from then on they texted almost every night, random topics that had some relevance to them. And Kate herself was surprised at how easily she had let herself open up to someone like that. From that day onward, Kate had a Guy-best friend.

Yup, however senseless it sounded to everyone of their friends, Rick and Kate were best friends.

They'd chat every night through texts, they'd hang out almost every day after class, sometimes it was just the two of them and other times it was the whole group of them. Rick was Kate's go-to guy, they'd seek comfort in each other's words during tough times, and it wasn't rare to see the two of them sitting at Kate's front door step, just talking for endless amounts of time.

Their friendship had reached the extent of Rick coming over to watch the game with Kate's Dad some nights. The Beckett's loved having Rick over, he was always such a gentleman, and a good friend to Kate.

In fact, Johanna and Jim Beckett were even beginning to think their daughter was really fond of him, and not just in a friendly way. And they could see it in Rick's eyes too, he had strong feelings for her, but they would never admit it.

They never went out on dates, they never did anything that would hint that they were together, which was crazy, anyone who knew them could see how amazing they were together. But to themselves, they were just best friends. Maybe that was enough for them.

Who knew?