Monday night

It's the Castle family plus the Becketts in Castle's loft. Alexis is home from college due to the mandatory evacuation and Castle did not want Kate, Kathie, and Jim stranded. Oh and of course Kathie's dog, Zeus.

Kate had gone into work that morning while Kathie picked up their father. Schools were closed and it gave Kathie plenty of time to get back and forth before Sandy showed up. Kathie brought over bags of food, for both humans and dogs, along with some of her belongings. Jim brought over extra blankets and pillows, which Castle automatically thought of building a fort with. Kate was in charge of the batteries and packages of bottled water.

They had a nice meal, while the lights were still on, and music was playing through the t.v speakers. They did not want to waste the battery of their iPods. Who knew how long they would be out without power.

It was 8:02pm when the power went out for good. Kathie's happiness vanished. Since the power had lasted that long she thought it was going to last till she got to watch her show, it obviously didn't. The "noooo" that came out of Kathie's mouth made Zeus tilt his head in confusion.

It was now 8:30 and the wind was picking up. Both families were on the sofa, at lost of what to do. Looking out the window to see the storm was definitely not an option. Kathie and Kate headed into Castle's study to try and find a book to read to pass the time. Kathie chose Frozen Heat, since with her work schedule she hadn't had time to read it. Kate was going to pick up a Patterson book, just to see Castle's reaction, when she spotted a black book with no label on it. She opened it up and saw that it was a photo album. Castle's baby album to be exact.

"Jackpot."

"What did you find?"

"Castle's baby album."

Kathie placed her book down on the side of the desk as Kate opened the book. They got to a photo of Castle in a pair of his mother's high heels when he was not even 2. They couldn't help but burst out into laughter.

Castle, Alexis, Martha, and Jim had no idea what was so funny. Alexis got up to investigate. She entered the study and saw them looking at the black book.

"You found dad's baby album." She said after closing the door.

"Shhh, come look." Kate said waving her over.

Castle tried to peer in through the books. Why did he have so many books?! Oh yea, that's right. He had gotten more books to make sure that sex in his office fantasy could be fulfilled without having the view of the kitchen. Alexis soon came out with Kathie and Kate. Kathie had Frozen Heat in her hand, which made Castle smile, but Kate had nothing. He knew his book wasn't that funny.

"Didn't find anything?" Castle asked as Kate sat back down next to him.

"I found one, but I want to save it for later. It's called Blackmail." She smirked as Kathie and Alexis bit their lower lip to prevent themselves from laughing.

"Blackmail? Who's that by?" Castle looked very confused.

"Couldn't find an author. Pretty sure the last name is Rodgers."

Castle was still trying to put two and two together, when he saw the twinkle in Kate's eyes. "You found my baby album, didn't you."

Kate smiled. "We may have. Red stilettos look good on you Castle." That's when Kathie, Alexis, and Kate couldn't hold their laughter in anymore. Jim and Martha joined in.

Zeus snuggled into Castle's side, getting scared as the wind got louder. "At least I have somebody in this room that loves me."

Kate rolled her eyes. "It's only because you feed him more T-R-E-A-T-S. He loves you for your disposable thumbs and food." She smirked as she rested her head against his shoulder. "I have my own thumbs and can make my own food. But I can't make pancakes as good as yours." She smiled as she placed her hand in his.

"So I'm only loved because I can make you pancakes?" He squeezed her hand.

"No, because you can make me coffee too." She smirked again before she kissed his cheek.

By 9:00, Jim headed up to his guest room and Martha also headed up to bed, Kathie was just starting chapter 4 of Frozen Heat, Alexis was sending out texts to her friends, Kate was falling a sleep on Castle's shoulder, and Castle had his notepad out; writing ideas down for his next novel.

"How do you like the book so far?"

Kathie put her finger down on the paragraph she was reading. "It's good so far." She looked down and then up again. "Don't let that go to your head, Castle," both Kate and Kathie said. They smiled at each other.

"Both Beckett's teaming up on me. What did I do to deserve this?"

"Where do I start?" Kate smiled before snuggling closer to him.

By 11:00, Kate was asleep on Castle's shoulder, Kathie was still reading, and Alexis went up to her room to go to bed. Kathie saw Castle thinking and bookmarked her place in the book.

"What's on your mind?"

Castle looked over to her. "What if this is the start of the end of the world?"

Kathie gave him a look that said "why did I even ask?" "Castle, the world is not going to end. Technically, the Mayan calender ended already so we would be already dead. Mother nature just has it out for Halloween it seems."

"But what if..."

"Zombie apocalypse is impossible too."

"Halloween is the perfect cover up though! How do you know which zombie is real and which one is fake?!"

Kathie rolled her eyes. "Tell you what Castle. I'll answer the door if you get any trick or treaters. I'll sacrifice myself."

"You're too kind, Kathie."

"Castle, are you sacrificing my sister to zombies?" Kate mumbled as she slowly woke up.

"She volunteered! I didn't ask her to!"

She shook her head and got up off the sofa. She extended her hand for Castle to take. "Bed time."

Kathie got up to blow out the candles. As the last candle went out, Zeus's glow in the dark collar lit up.

"That's awesome! Where did you get that!?" Castle wanted to buy one, even if he didn't own a dog.

"Thinking twice about sacrificing my sister, huh?" Kate hugged her sister goodnight before Zeus and Kathie headed upstairs to the second guest room.

Rick and Kate headed into his bedroom, after Kate doubled checked that they didn't leave any candles on in the bathroom. They both got into bed and snuggled close to each other. "Castle, how are you going to survive without playing Angry Birds?"

He gasped. "I didn't even think of that!"

Kate smirked before moving to lean up on her elbow to look at him. "That's for sacrificing my sister to zombies." She kissed him goodnight before snuggling with her favorite writer and their blankets.