"You're going to absolutely love her," Castle sighed happily as he perched himself on the edge of Ryan's desk. "She's insanely smart, such a happy girl and amazingly sexy. Her eyes are going to get you."

Esposito grinned at the man sending a smile his way. "When is she coming in?"

The author took his coffee in his hand and shook his head. "She shouldn't be here for a week, and that's when we start planning the wedding."

"But Castle you've only been with her for what, five months?"

"Yes," he nodded, looking to Ryan who sat by his side. "But we've known each other for eight years. This has just been a long time coming."

Walking out of the break room, Montgomery came over to give the younger man a pat on the back. "Congratulations Castle. I'm happy for you," he chuckled.

The blue eyed man smiled up to the father of two. "Thank you, sir."

"Yeah," he grinned. "Now you'll know the pain Ryan and I go through every day."

Castle's face immediately fell, his eyes rolling at the snorts of laughter coming from his friends. "You do realize I've been married before."

"Once to a supermodel and another time to a woman who tried to con you out of millions of your billions of dollars," Esposito chuckled, noticing his female friend making her way towards them from the bathrooms.

"Tried is the operative word there," the author pointed out before sipping at his coffee. "She did not succeed."

Ryan looked up to his friend. "Does Alexis like her?"

"She's infatuated with her. Just the other night she stole the phone away from me and spoke with her for hours on her job and life over in D.C."

Beckett gave a laugh as she finally got back to her desk, her hand curling tight around the coffee cup that her friend had gotten her that morning just like every other morning beforehand. "What now Castle? Got a new mother for Alexis?" Her brow rose as she watched him turn to face her. "She gonna stick around this time?"

Castle held a grin on his face as he felt the other men around him slowly back away. "Haha," he laughed gently. "That was funny. No, my fiancé is coming to town so we can start planning the wedding."

The wedding, Beckett nodded. "Right."

Pleased with the falling of the younger brunette's face, Castle quickly nodded his head. "So anyway," he sighed, turning back to look at the men beside him. "She's coming in with a week's worth of work and maybe one moment of peace for me and her when Alexis and my mother are fast asleep."

"A moment of peace?"

"Not sex," the blue eyed man laughed, watching as Esposito leaned back in his chair. "There's barely enough time for talking letting alone intimacy."

Ryan tried to hide his laughter at the word, knowing that the older man never spoke like that except for when he was talking about his new girl.

Beckett rolled her eyes before slumping into her desk chair, spinning herself around so she was completely fixated on her work and not the older man. "So Castle, you actually gonna get to work or is there more gossip to be heard?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?"

The two other detectives whose desks sat just in front of one another's shared a look, Ryan's eyes growing wide as the other man shook his head.

"Richard?"

Beckett looked up from the file she had opened and laid on her desk at the familiar voice, her deep green eyes widening at the sight of the beautiful, elegant brunette woman standing near the elevator. Oh my God.

"Emily," the author laughed, immediately setting down his coffee and running over to the woman he had promised eternity to. Castle pressed a warm kiss to the top of her head as he took her into a hug. "What are you doing here so early?"

The brown eyed woman pulled away with a smile, bringing the older man's head down so she could plant a kiss on him. "I was able to take my leave early so I thought I'd come and surprise you and Alexis."

Castle couldn't hide his grin, his fingers immediately tangling within her curled hair and pulling her back in for another kiss. "God I've missed you," he sighed, bringing her body just against his with his free arm. "You look beautiful."

"Eh hem."

The pair pulled apart at the throat clearing, Castle smiled to the detectives around him as a suddenly meek Emily his her face in his chest. "Guys, this is Emily Prentiss. Emily, these are the detectives I've been telling you about."

Emily nodded, her hand reaching out to shake everyone's hand. "Detective Esposito and Detective Ryan. It's so nice to finally meet you." Her eyes cast toward the other man beside the cluster of desks. "And you must be Captain Montgomery," she smiled. "Richard has practically raved about you."

Montgomery laughed, sending a small look to the author. "He has, has he?"

"You should tell the man you're going to marry to get your description right," Ryan smiled, his cheeks reddening into a blush at the smile the FBI agent was sending him. "He never said you were so beautiful."

Castle frowned, pulling his fiancé closer to his side. "Yes I did."

"Ryan, try and remember you're married."

Emily's head spun at the familiar voice, her lips curling into a surprised smile at the sight of the other woman. "Oh my God, Katie!" She quickly left her fiancé's side and took the brunette into a hug, her arms wrapped tight around her old friend. "How are you?"

"I'm good," she nodded, Beckett's face trying to turn up so she seemed at least a bit happy to see the older woman. "How are you?"

Castle frowned at the interaction, his hand coming up to motion toward the pair. "You two know each other?"

Emily gave an immediate nod of the head. "We went to Lincoln High together back in Syracuse. She was my best friend for the two years I was there," she grinned as she walked back over to the man she had fallen in love with.

"Best years of that hell hole," Beckett chuckled.

Leaning down to whisper in his girl's ear, Castle wrapped his hand around hers in a vice grip. "She wasn't the one, was she?"

"No," the chocolate eyed woman laughed, her free hand coming out of her coat pocket and setting itself against the older man's strong chest. "That was Kacy, not Katie."

Esposito moved from his desk to Ryan's and stole a chip from the bag he had bought in the break room. "Sex thing?"

Ryan nodded, his eyes fixated on the bombshell before his eyes. "Sounds like a sex thing."

The ivory woman grinned down to the two men, her arms wrapping around her fiancé's torso as she leaned snuggled into his chest. "Well if you call losing your virginity to a girl your senior year of high school a sex thing then yes, Kacy was most definitely a sex thing."

The only female detective in homicide ran a hand down her tired face, her eyes diverting from the once again kissing couple. "Oh this is gonna be fun," she sighed, her body dropping back down into her seat.