While Alvin and the others were enjoying some quality family time, over at the community school in Hell's Kitchen...
Captain Beckett's novelist boyfriend, Rick Castle, was walking through the lively campus with his daughter, Alexis...
Watching a few mischievous boys hoist some poor kid up and toss him into the newly built fountain in the plaza, Castle took a deep breath and smiled at his daughter. "Look, this is your new school. Plenty of energy, right?"
Alexis, a sweet-looking girl, watched as a large security team rushed out, shouting and chasing after the troublemakers. She narrowed her eyes at her dad. "Are you sure transferring me here is a good idea?"
Castle raised his eyebrows and said smugly, "Of course. This is the safest school in the country. Do you know how many people want to send their kids here?
And this place is bursting with energy...
Trust me, I know New York schools better than anyone. I know what makes a school great..."
Alexis rolled her eyes at her dad and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Right. Not everyone has the distinguished record of being expelled from every private school in New York..."
Castle shrugged nonchalantly and smiled. "That's the foundation of my success. My rocky academic career is one of my greatest assets.
The principal of Manhattan High still remembers me. We're good friends now..."
Alexis rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Yes, because he expelled you twice. How did you manage to get back into school after being expelled?"
Castle grinned and winked smugly. "I knew a few guys who made fake IDs, and the school wasn't very strict back then...
Later, thanks to those friends of mine, I got into a college fraternity. Those guys didn't know you could get into a bar with a fake