Hi there!

I had a request to write a story based on this chapter, and I liked the idea, so here it is! This will be based in season 1. I'm not quite sure if it will be super long, but I'm going to let it flow and see what happens.

I know some have already seen this chapter in my one shot feed, but I wanted to start the story with it.

Please let me know what you think!

Enjoy!

"Hello, father." Alexis crossed her arms as he approached from holding. She raised an eyebrow, the parental roles reversed.

Rick strode up to Alexis and slung his arm around her shoulder, his smile smug. "Hello, daughter." Alexis hugged him, not being able to hold in a smile.

"I thought mom told you to stay out of trouble. You know how she likes to keep her work and her private life separate." Alexis couldn't help but scold him.

"When have I ever listened to your mother?" He pursed his lips at her.

She ignored him, going on to her next question. "I thought you said you were out of your cop phase, considering." Alexis rolled her eyes and returned her gaze to her father who still had his arm around her.

"Well sometimes I can't leave well enough alone. Besides, it's fun playing cop." And being with a cop. He didn't voice that last phrase, but thought it just the same.

"You know this isn't helping with the whole 'discrete' thing, remember?" Alexis glanced at Kate who was standing across the bullpen from them, and then back at her dad.

"No one knows, Alexis. Besides, she had to. Your mother or not, I got carried away. But what's the fun in behaving?"

"You wouldn't know." Alexis shrugged out of his hold when she saw Beckett approaching.

"What are you still doing here?" Beckett rounded the corner, her eyes wide at the sight of Castle, and her eyes growing bigger still when she noticed Alexis standing in the middle of the precinct. She could see Espo and Ryan coming from the other direction.

"Hello, mother." Alexis raised an eyebrow at Kate.

"Hi, hun." Kate smiled at her daughter, still keeping an eye on the boys.

"I can't believe you actually cuffed him! Did he cry?"

Before she could answer, the boys approached and were standing next to them. Espo had heard their exchange, and his curiosity got the best of him. "Hun? Didn't you just meet her?"

"No." Beckett cleared her throat. She hadn't planned on telling them about her daughter in this way. Frankly, she hadn't planned on telling them any time soon. It wasn't that she didn't love Alexis, because she did, so much. And it wasn't that she regretted it, you could never regret your child. And it wasn't even that she didn't love him, because she did. They were just too different for each other. But it was hard enough making it in this line of work as a female, and being a single mother with joint custody and only seeing your daughter on the weekends opened up a whole new can of worms. A can that she just didn't want to open right now. But, it was now or never. She took a deep breath before revealing her secret. "Espo, Ryan, Alexis is my daughter."

There was silence for a moment before the two looked at each other. Ryan snorted sending them both into hysterics. "Very funny, Beckett!"

"Yeah, come on Beckett. You've never been any good at practical jokes, and this isn't even a good one!" Espo was bent over his desk clutching his side from laughter.

"I'm not kidding guys." She looked at the ground before pulling Alexis to her side. Alexis simultaneously put her arms around Kate.

Both men stopped laughing when she did this. They looked at Beckett and then to Alexis, over to Castle and back to Beckett, straightening up immediately. "Oh shit."

"Ever notice how I don't work weekends?"

Espo and Ryan stood stiff as boards, their jaws on the floor. They nodded in unison.

"And how I have most holidays off?"

Again, they nodded.

"And those phone calls I take privately?"

"Yup."

"And personal days and vacations in the summer."

"Mhmm."

"I didn't tell you guys because I didn't know how you would react."

"You mean to tell me that you two. And now you have. And you didn't. And now they're. But."

"Espo! Yes, Alexis is our daughter." She gestured to herself and Castle, trying to get it through their heads that she, in fact, had a daughter with Richard Castle the novelist.

"But I thought you were just a fan?" Ryan wrinkled his brow trying to put the pieces together.

"Who do you think got him to start writing?" She smirked and glanced at Castle who was standing against the wall behind them, watching the show unfold.

"So you were like an item?" Espo pointed at the two of them.

She nodded. "Yeah, sixteen years ago. And then we had Alexis, and we fell apart after that. But we maintain a relationship for her." She held Alexis closer.

"You're a mom?" Ryan raised his voice, still not convinced.

"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Beckett pointed a finger over her mouth to shush him. They were taking this weirdly.

"You're not a redhead though."

"Have you seen his mother?" Her brow arched involuntarily.

"No."

"That explains it."

"So you two didn't just meet?" Ryan again had his eyebrows and forehead scrunched together, trying to piece it all together.

"Nope." Kate pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes.

"Then why did you cuff him? Why didn't you just talk to him or bring him in without the cuffs?"

"I can answer that one." Alexis stepped up, looking at her dad, who had yet to comment, and back to her mom. She raised an eyebrow, something both of her parents did. "What's the fun in that?"

Espo and Ryan exchanged a look again. "Yup, she's your daughter."

"Wow, I had no idea!" Beckett rolled her eyes, throwing her hands in the air; the sarcasm was practically shooting off of her. She changed the subject quickly. "Enough about my personal life, don't you two have paperwork to do?"

"Yeah." Both men said together, sensing story time was just about over. They turned to give the three some privacy.

"I should get back to work. I'll see you tomorrow at my place, okay?" She said facing the redhead.

"I'll be there at four like always." Alexis smiled, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"Okay, make sure you study tonight so we can chat tomorrow night."

"I will." Alexis smiled at her mom.

"Love you."

"Love you more." She hugged her mom before wondering down the hall to wait for her dad who was still standing against the wall quietly. Kate turned around to look at him once Alexis was out of sight. "What?"

"You didn't have to tell them, you know." He had his arms folded over his chest.

"I know, I wanted to." She crossed her arms as well, mirroring him.

He stepped close to her, his voice a whisper. "Maybe you'd want to come over later?"

"Get the hell out." Beckett rolled her eyes and pointed to where Alexis had wandered off to. She couldn't help but smile, though as he threw his arms up in protest.

"Kidding. Kinda." He backed up and waved over his shoulder. "Bye, Kate."

She turned, biting her lip. He really was a jackass.

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