Hey guys! I'll finally upload the sequel of One Night Stand. It took me longer than I hope for and I've only got this one chapter so far and I don't know how long the chapters will take me to write. I have close to zero experience with babies so I won't get all the details right probably. I wish I had somebody to ask questions whom has a little baby at home. If you know somebody, please inbox me!
xx OneWriterGirlOfficial
[I don't own anything. All rights belong to Andrew W. Marlowe and ABC.]
FAMILY SPIRIT
Chapter 1
December 5th, 2012
After a tiring two days at the hospital Kate and the two days old twins were allowed to go home in the afternoon. Rick and Kate started to pack their stuff after lunch. It took them nearly two hours to get everything ready.
At 3pm Dr Addison Montgomery and nurse Sandy wheeled the twins into their mother's room. Room 47.
Kate smiled at her son and picked him up. "Hey baby. Are you ready to go home?" she asked the baby.
Alexander James, short Alex, looked at his mommy with big eyes and his mouth twisted into somewhat a smile for a second.
Kate smiled down at her baby proudly.
Rick pulled out two onesies from a bag. "Time to change you into your onesies," he said and held up a white and grey one with an elephant logo for his son and a white and pink one with a teddy bear logo for his daughter.
Kate's eyes lit up. "You brought them?"
"Of course I did. How could I forget our babies' first onesies, my love?"
Kate pulled him towards her and kissed him gently, her son still in her arms. "Thank you."
"Always," he replied and lay the onesies down on the changing table before he picked up his daughter.
Sandy turned to Dr Montgomery and whispered, "how are these two not married already?"
Addison chuckled softly. "I have no idea."
They left the room and waited outside for the couple and their babies to appear.
Kate and Rick didn't notice that they had been left alone, too sunken into their own world as they changed their babies.
Rick wrapped an arm around his girlfriend after he had finished changing his daughter. He pressed a soft kiss to her temple. "I love you. So, so incredible much," he whispered.
Kate turned her head to kiss him. "I love you, too. And our babies. It's just perfect."
"Always."
She rested her head on his shoulder and together they looked down at their babies laying on the changing table. She was a mother now. She couldn't quite believe it just yet. She was a mother to these two perfect babies. Not in her keenest dreams she had dreamed her life to be this great. She turned her head and pressed a soft kiss to her boyfriend's neck.
Rick tightened his grip around her waist. "We're bringing them home today," he said quietly. "Let's put them into their carry-cots."
Kate bit down on her bottom lip and smiled. Home. She was going home. Her heart swelled. Home is where the heart stops. And my heart is with Richard Castle, she thought. He was her home. Forever and always. She took a deep breath of relief before she stepped out of Rick's space to pick up her son. She strapped him into his grey carry-cot.
Rick did the same with their daughter and pulled Kate into his side again. Together they watched their babies stretch out their chubby arms and fingers after them.
"Let's go home," Rick said.
"Let's go home," Kate repeated. She was turned around by Rick so he could steal a kiss from her. Kate smiled at him and then bent down to pick up the carry-cot with their son inside whilst Rick picked up the carry-cot with their daughter and also the bag Kate had kept at the hospital.
They walked out of her room and found Addison and two other people waiting for them.
"Ready to go home?" Addison asked.
"Yes. I can't wait," Kate replied and smiled at her.
"I bet you can't." She turned to the older doctor next to herself. "Kate, that's Dr Meyer. She took care of the twins earlier this morning."
Kate smiled. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Dr Meyer."
"Likewise Miss Beckett. Mr Castle," Dr Meyer replied. "I have checked them both through, tested their blood works for metabolic disorders, swept their organs, tested their reflexes and such. I also examined both of their hips for possible dislocations with the ultrasound. They're both very healthy babies. Congratulations."
Kate looked down at her son with a smile. "I'm really glad they're healthy. I don't think I could handle seeing my babies sick."
Rick chuckled. "Don't worry about that just yet, love. We will keep them healthy. We will dress them in layers of clothes and keep them warm."
Addison nodded. "We will talk again once you're in New York again."
Dr Meyer handed Kate a small piece of paper. "This are the contact datas of a really great pediatrician. She's one of the best in New York. Her name is Dr Andrea Walker."
"Oh! That's Alexis' old pediatrician! She's really great," Rick said excited.
"I guess we will go to her then," Kate said. "Thank you Dr Meyer."
At the beach house...
Rick drove the driveway up to the beach house and parked the car in front of the steps the led to the door. He turned his head to his girlfriend and smiled proudly. "We're home. With our babies."
Kate turned around to her sleeping babies on the backseat. "They're looking so peaceful. I don't want to wake them up," she sighed.
Rick took her hands in his. "It will be fine. Let's show them their home."
Kate nodded and slowly climbed out of the car to pick up her children from the backseat. She carefully lifted her daughter's carry-cot up and looked at the sleeping baby. So peaceful, she thought.
The front door opened and Alexis, Martha and Jim smiled at the couple and their babies. "Welcome home!" they said.
Kate smiled and walked up the stairs to the door. "Thank you. I'm sure they will love their welcome home party."
Alexis looked excited. "I made a blue and pink cream cake. We will celebrate once they're awake." She looked down at the sleeping baby. "Can we put them down in their beds? I'm sure they'll be a lot more comfortable in their beds than in their carry-cots."
"Sure but how about we put them down into the bassinet in the living room? We can have an eye on them that way," Rick suggested.
Kate nodded. "Good idea." She walked into the big, open living room and carefully lifted her daughter out of her carry-cot.
Martha, Jim and Alexis looked in amazement how Kate and Rick handled the sleeping babies.
Kate slowly lay her daughter down in the light brown bassinet with it's white sheets.
Rick lay his son down next to his sister, folded the fluffy blanket and stuffed it in the box next to the bassinet. He wasn't taking any risk by covering their babies with a blanket.
A tear escaped Kate's eyes and rolled down her cheek as she looked down at her babies. She felt proud, really proud.
Rick wrapped an arm around his girlfriend and kissed away the tear.
Alexis smiled at her siblings in the bassinet whom were holding on to each other. She shifted her view towards her father and Kate. She was proud of the young woman. She was sure that Kate would make a great mother for the twins. She already was. Once again the thought hit her, that she wished Kate was her real mother and not Meredith. She preferred Kate. "Mom?"
Kate turned around to the little Castle. Oh wait, was she still little Castle? Urgh, for her Akexis would always be little Castle. "Mmhh?"
"They're just perfect, you know?"
Kate smiled and embraced the young girl in a tight hug. "Yes, I know."
An hour later...
Kate and Alexis were just brewing the coffee when the twins started to wail.
"I guess it's time to feed them," Kate sighed.
"I'll take care of the table and everything," Alexis said with a smile.
"Thanks," Kate replied with an apologetic smile and left the kitchen to walk over to her babies. "Is it okay if I nurse them on the couch?" she asked Alexis.
"Sure, go ahead."
" 'kay," Kate said and picked up her daughter to nurse her. She settled down on the couch with her. She lifted her top and opened her bra, a special nursing bra, while the baby rested on her tights. She put the baby into the right position and Emily latched on to her mother's breast within a second and began to nurse.
Rick walked into the living room. "Hey."
Kate looked at him. "Hey."
"Time for a snack, eh?"
Kate smiled. "Yeah. I'm just glad Alex stopped crying, too."
Rick smiled and went to pick up his son. "Hey Alex. Are you hungry? Mommy will nurse you soon. Your sister is being nursed at the moment, so you have to wait a couple of minutes."
Alex looked at his father and began to cry again.
Alexis shook her head slightly and snorted. "You weren't supposed to make him cry again, daddy."
Rick gave his son a finger to suck on and Alex shut up immediately. "Sorry." He sat down next to Kate on the couch and watched their little daughter.
Kate turned her head to him. "She's so cute, Castle. I can't believe it," she said.
"Me neither honey. She's a beauty and she's so cute. She's going to break so many hearts and we'll have so much boy trouble."
Kate tried to hide her smile. "Probably, yeah."
Alexis watched the couple with a smile.
Later...
The couple sat down at the table which Alexis had decorated beautifully. The cake she had baked stood in the middle of the table.
"Wow! Alexis, the table looks beautiful!" Kate exclaimed.
Alexis blushed and smiled at Kate. "Thank you."
Martha gave everyone a piece of cake.
Kate was first to taste. "God, it's delicious!"
Rick, Martha and Jim agreed with her and each continued to eat their cake.
I hope you enjoyed this first chapter of the sequel. I'm using german standards for the health care of the twins as I don't know how it's done in America. I hope that's alright with you. And if you find a better word for carry-cot feel free to inbox me :)
xx OneWriterGirlOfficial