Disclaimer: I wish my name was Andrew Marlowe, so I could own Castle, instead I'm just a teenager messing with his characters.

It was Tuesday, which meant family dinner at the Castle household, well only the parents and the kids, grandparents were saved for Saturdays. So there was Katherine Castle watching out her son as he made an effort to lay the table, of course at six he already thought that he could deal with everything the world threw at him. Well the age and his father's imagination, Ok, maybe his father played a huge role in his personality; that's what you get when your dad is a nine-year-old on a sugar rush. So Roy was placing every fork as if it was about to explode. Thank God Alexis was there to give her hand when it was needed. As she looked at her son, she couldn't help but finding everything his and hers on him, like her hazel green eyes, his charming smile, his black hair and of course the big heart and the sense of justice he got from his mother. Also, he was as responsible as his big sister. He always did what he was told, always looking up to his big sister Lexis. But, he also took care of his younger sister; from day one when they introduced Johanna Martha Castle to the world he was trying to be the best big brother for his little sister. So, she couldn't do anything but marvel at the six-year-old her husband and her had welcome to the world. Roy Alexander Castle was the perfect son. When he was finished with the table, he looked at her with her same eyes, and pouting his lips asked:

"Mommy, can I go watch TV with Lex?"

"But who's gonna help me with the cookies?" She asked as she saw his eyes wide with excitement. Yeap, he's his father son.

"Cookies? Well, in that case I will help you, but can I lick the spoon?" He asked as his mother took out the dough to make the cookies.

"Of course you can monkey, now go to the bathroom and clean your hands" And he ran to the bathroom just as he was told.

Alexis looked at Kate and went to the kitchen. Alexis had been thrilled when they announced her first pregnancy, and over the moon when they found out their second child was a baby girl. She had bounded with her step-mother over the years, with a lot of heart talk, boy talk and yes arguing about random things. But Kate had been always there for Alexis, not just for her father, she had been the one who watched her grow into the woman she was now, she had been there when she moved in with Pi, even though that didn't end well, she was there when she had that pregnancy alert, when she came home crying because she broke up with Tyler, when she got mad at her mother, when she moved out of the loft, even when Meredith forgot about her on her birthday. That was the reason why she called her mom after all, because Meredith may be her mother, but Kate was her mom. Kate had been surprised when she called her mom for the first time, that night when she was there for her with pregnancy test in hand, after all, she didn't marry Castle she married him and his family just as he married hers. So Alexis was the first one to find out she was thinking of legally adopting her, before that her father. So three six and a half years ago they both signed the paper that named Alexis her daughter and she couldn't be more proud of her. That was what they were celebrating today.

"So, what's his name?" Kate asked her out of the blue.

"What?" She replied astonished

"The guy you're dating, I'm a detective, I know these things"

"His name is Jacob and we met at the entrance of the building, he got lost and I showed him around, when we got to the right office, he handed me a paper with his number and said: Here, call me if you want a tour of the best place to eat, and then he was gone. I swear he knew I was going to call him because when I did, he just said: Hey, at what time do I pick you up? And that was it."
"How long have this being going on?"

"Like for about a month? I wanted to tell you mom, but I couldn't find the right time, either we're busy or we have the kids and dad around" She said trying to excuse herself.

"Yeah, we've been pretty busy here. I'll tell you what, this Saturday will go shopping, and leave the kids with your dad and go"

"You want to leave dad with two kids all by himself?" She asked raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah, right, we'll leave them at my dad's and make yours write the chapter he needs to get done" she said rolling her eyes.

Suddenly they heard a high-pitched scream followed by laughter and footsteps loudly resounding through the loft. Then a really excited and naked Johanna made her way down the stairs laughing at his dad running after her with a bubbly beard on his face. The four-year-old looked at her mother and ran through the kitchen looking back at her father holding the towel. She was just as her mother, her face resembled her mother in ways that she even marveled, and also she had the same smile as her grandma Johanna who she never met. But being a Castle, she had the melodramatics of her grandma Martha and the excitement and imagination of his father. Her blue eyes were the same as her dad's and she did the same thing to her brother that her father did to her mother: drive him crazy, which was usually followed by a really annoyed Roy rolling his eyes just like his mother did. But she had the same meaning of family as her grandpa Jim, always looking after them, just as her grandpa did. They were both a perfect mix of Beckett and Castle.

"Rick, what is Jo doing running around naked?" Kate asked her husband as he came to a stop.

"She was taking a bath, when Roy showed up to clean his hands; Jo asked him what he was doing so he told her that you were going to make cookies. Jo literally jumped out of the bath tub and left me there, being beared by your son who was buying her time"

"Beard? Really? And of course he's my son when he gets in trouble and yours when he behaves correctly. Ok give me that towel you go and clean your face while I chase Jo down" She said taking the towel from his husband's grasp.

"But mom, we were going to make cookies" Her son whined.

"Lex will help you right?" She asked her daughter

"Yeah, of course, c'mon little man let's get this started" She said as she helped her brother sit on the counter.

Alexis and Roy were watching the cookies in the oven, the latter drooling, when they heard the door bell. Knowing their parents were busy with Jo, Roy looked at Alexis and went to the front door, he waited as his sister made her way and then opened the door.

The woman, who was waiting outside, was a brunette with hazel green eyes and a familiar smile. Alexis, who only had seen Johanna on photos was shocked when she realized who was standing at their front door.

"Hi, I think I got the wrong number, I'm looking for Katherine Beckett, do you know where I can find her?" She asked with the same smile as Jo's.

"No, you got the right number, Roy go and call dad. " She ordered her brother; he nodded with his head and went off to look for his father.

"So she lives here?" Johanna asked.

"Yes, she does… Oh, sorry I didn't introduce myself, I'm Alexis" She said offering her step-grandmother her hand.

"Hi, I'm Johanna Beckett" She said shaking her hand.

At that moment they heard the voice they both wanted to hear:
"Johanna Martha Castle come here now and clean this mess" Kate ordered her daughter.

"Wait, Castle? That means that you must be Richard Castle's daughter, so Katie married-

"Who's at the door?" Her father asked through the living room.

In that moment Richard Castle saw the last person she expected to see at his door a Tuesday evening: Johanna Beckett, his daughter long-lost mother.