Life can be full of surprises. Kate and Rick discovered the truth of this sentence a morning during autumn. They were at Kate's apartment cuddling on the couch when the doorbell rang.

"Come on! It's Sunday!" Complained Rick.

"I got it." Kate stand off the couch and walked to the door, when she opened it, she froze.

Here on the doorstep were three car seats with sleeping babies in.

"Rick!" Called Kate. "Would you come here a second, please?"

Rick joined Kate at the door and froze too.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Asked Kate.

"It's depend. What are you seeing?" Kate looked at Rick, she looked a little panicked.

"I'm the only one living on this floor and I never saw them in the building before."

"But they are at your doorstep, they must have been abandon here. We should get them inside or they will catch a cold."

"Child services aren't available on Sundays. We better should bring them to the precinct and try to locate the parents."

"That's a good idea but how do you want to put three car seats in your car?" Asked Rick

"My car is big enough! One on the passenger seat and the others two on the back seat with you in the middle?"

"Good logic. But I rather prefer to be the one to drive if you don't mind. You can take the middle of the back seat."

Kate was about to protest but Rick handed her her jacket, took the keys and one baby in each hand.

"Take the last one, please." Said Rick to Kate.

She grumbled and followed him, looking at the baby she was carrying.

Ryan and Esposito were at the precinct when Kate and Rick arrived.

"Yo Beckett! What is that? You had the visit of the stork, or what?" Asked Esposito looking at what the couple were carrying.

"Sort of." Said Rick. They put the car seats on the floor.

"I opened my door and they were here." Beckett looked at the babies. "We have to found the parents." She took a pause and then painfully she added. "What kind of parents abandon their kids in front of the door of a stranger?"

They never saw her like that. Kate had tears in her eyes. Rick took her by the shoulders. "Hey, it's Ok. They're safe with us, it could have been worse."

"Hey Beckett, to make it easy we should give them names." Proposed Ryan.

"He is right. We can't call them 1, 2 and 3. It's just the time we find the parents." Said Rick.

"Fine, go ahead name them." Said Kate to the guys.

"Oh come on! You found them you have to help." Said Rick trying to convince Kate.

"I have no idea for a name."

"They're boys or girls?" Asked Esposito.

"Boys." Answered Rick. They looked at him. "Their t-shirt, it's write 'boy' on it."

"Fine, so three boys names then. Beckett start first." Said Ryan.

"Owen?" Proposed Kate, uncertain.

Rick wrote it and fix it on one of the baby's jeans with a paper clip.

"Ok my turn." Said Rick. "Jeremy." He wrote it and fix it on the second baby.

The third baby started to cry, Rick took him and put him in Kate's arms.

"Waited! I don't know what I'm supposed to do."

"Hold him." Kate tight her arms around the little body. She looked down at the baby.

"Kate?" Called Rick.

"Hum." Answered Kate totally distract by the baby in her arms.

"This one doesn't have a name." Said Rick. He obtained no response, he looked at Ryan and Esposito.

"Wow man! She's totally hypnotizes." Said Ryan.

"Lucas." Murmured Kate.

"What?" Asked Ryan.

"Lucas." Repeated Kate louder.

She didn't know what was happening in her head. Kate couldn't stop her mind picturing herself and Castle with these three babies.

Kate's phone rang, she answered.

"Beckett!" She listened to the caller. "Ok, I'm on my way." She hung up the phone, stand of her chair and looked at the three men. "We got a murder." She buckled Lucas in his car seat.

"Wait! You're not taking them to a crime scene, aren't you?" Asked Rick.

"Ryan, Esposito. Stay here and search the parents. Rick you have three options. First, you stay here and look after them, second, you stay in the car with them and third, you shut up and we do it my way."

"I think I'll go for the third."

"Good choice. Now help me, they're three and I only have two arms."

Kate was driving in the New York traffic to the crime scene with Jeremy on the passenger seat. Rick was on the backseat between Owen and Lucas.

"Kate?" Called Rick.

"Yes Rick?"

"I think we're going to have some problems."

"What makes you say that? And what kind of problems?" Asked Kate calmly.

"We don't have baby items. I mean, except for the car seats, we don't have any diapers, bottles, clothes or milk."

"Shit! You're right. I didn't even think about it."

"We could go to the supermarket and buy what we need."

"Rick, it's expensive for one, I can't imagine how many does it cost for three."

"Don't worry! I'm covering this part."

"Rick, I..." He cut her off.

"Let's make a deal. I buy what we need and you change and feed them."

"Ok. But first crime scene, then supermarket."

The crime scene was in an alleyway near Beckett's apartment.

"Hey Lanie! What do you have?" Asked Kate.

"I could ask you the same question. Where did you get all of this?" Asked Lanie.

Kate was holding a car seat with Lucas in and Castle was holding the car seats of Owen and Jeremy.

"They were on my doorsteps, Ryan and Espo are looking for the parents."

"Well, they don't have to search anymore. It's them." Said Lanie pointing at the two dead bodies.

"The picture in the wallet." Indicated Lanie.

Kate looked at the picture and show it to Castle.

"Without doubts." Said Castle.

"They were shot. I can't tell you anything further until I perform the autopsy."

"Ok. Rick, let's go."

Kate and Rick were in an alley of a baby store. Kate looked a little lost.

"Honestly Rick I don't know where to start."

They had two trolley, one was for the babies the other for the furnitures.

"What about food, diapers and clothes?"

"Maybe, I don't know! Lead the way." They headed to an other alley.

"You really don't know anything in baby stuff!" He said as he picked stuff and put in in the trolley.

"You have a daughter, I don't have children and I never been in that type of store before."

"Yet." Whispered Rick.

"What?"

"You don't have children, yet."

"You mean that you want kids?"

"I mean not now but when you'll be ready maybe you can consider the idea of having kids with me."

"Let's try to take care of them for start. Ok. So what do we need now?"

"Clothes, maybe cribs, a stroller and a changing table."

"A triplet stroller?"

"Yes it could be good. What?"

"That's a lot don't you think?"

"It's the less for babies."

"And where are we putting all of this?" She pointed at the now full trolley.

"At my loft, it's much bigger and it's a reason to have you at my place." Rick winked at her.

"What about Alexis and Martha?"

"They'll understand."

When they paid, the cashier gave them a weird look.

Rick opened the door and let Kate entered with the babies in the loft, then he followed with all of the things he had bought.

Owen started to cried.

"Rick!"

"He must be starving and the others too!"

"Ok! So I have to make bottles before the two others start to cry."

"Need help?"

"I think I can do it, if I need I'll call you. You should build the cribs."

Kate had feed Owen and Lucas and was now feeding Jeremy when her phone ring, she looked at the ID, answer and put the speaker on.

"What's up Lanie?" Kate waved at Rick, he joined her.

"I know the cause of death of both victims."

"So?"

"Three bullets in the thorax for the man and a bullet in the head for the woman."

"The bullets?"

".375 SIG. For the three in the thorax and 45 for the one in the head."

"Ok thanks. But I can't come see you now. Tomorrow you'll give me all the details."

"Ok. You too, all the details." Lanie insisted on the word 'all'.

Kate hung up. She looked at Rick.

"I'm not going to the precinct until tomorrow, I'm gonna call Gates to have the rest of the day off and tomorrow early as possible I'll call Child Services."

"Sound good to me."