Prompt: Castle and Beckett telling their friends their pregnant

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Beckett had found out two weeks ago and immediately told Castle their news. She had suspected it for a little while before she got the nerve to take the test, it's not that she wasn't ready for this, they had talked about it and had both decided that it was the right time to start trying, but neither of them thought it would happen so quickly. They had only had that talk two months ago, now here they were 5 weeks pregnant and trying to figure out the best way to tell their friends. Of course, Martha, Jim, and Alexis had all been notified of the addition to their family at Sunday brunch the week they had found out, all of which who were ecstatic with the news and couldn't be happier for the couple.

"Maybe we should just wait and see if they can figure it out for themselves. They pride themselves on being so in tune with our love life that I'm surprised they haven't already suspected it." Beckett stated.

"No, Kate, that's too boring. We have to do something fun! We may only get to do this once!"

"Castle, I'm not going to put on some big elaborate scheme to just tell them that we're pregnant. Besides, what if it slips out sometime before we do it?"

"It's not going to slip out. I'll make sure of that!"

"Okay, what did you have in mind?"

Castle got a big grin on his face as he thought of the best ways to tell them, "Maybe we could take a bunch of pictures that pertain to pregnancy, like a bun in the oven or of peas in a pod, and send them to them from an anonymous number and they'd have to put it together!"

"Castle, you do realize that two of the three people you are talking about are detectives who could easily trace who the texts are from?"

"Yeah, you're right. Not my best idea. Maybe we could make them all t-shirts that say 'I'm gonna be an aunt/uncle'"

"Too cliché. That's what everybody's doing nowadays."

"Okay, what if we have them all over for dinner and only eat foods that have baby in them? Like we could have baby carrots and baby peas and baby back ribs!"

"That's actually not the worst idea. I definitely thought you'd come up with something crazier than that."

"Is that a challenge detective? Because I'm sure I can come up with a different idea if you wanted me to."

"No! We've already decided on the baby foods. Now let's start planning, you text the guys and tell them to come over for dinner tonight, I'll text Lanie."

At 5 o'clock that night the dinner was ready and Castle and Beckett were just finishing getting ready for their company to come over. Beckett was wearing a looser top than she normally does, figuring it wouldn't be any fun if they could tell she was pregnant the moment they walked in by her small baby bump that had just started to appear. The doorbell rang and Castle immediately got a huge grin on his face.

"Fix your face, Castle, or they're going to be able to tell by taking one look at you!"

"Got it" Castle replied while trying to hold back his enthusiasm. Castle opened the door and ushered them in taking Lanie's coat and hanging it in the hall closet.

"So, what's the occasion guys?" Esposito asked.

"No occasion. Can't we just have our friends over for a nice dinner?" Castle replied.

"Mmhmm, sure" Lanie said, unimpressed by Castle's reply.

"Sit down, dinner will be right out I just have to go grab everything from the kitchen." Beckett said as she was walking towards the kitchen with Castle on her heels.

"Alright, you grab the peas and carrots and I'll grab the ribs" she said.

They grabbed the food and quickly made their way to the dining room table.

"Alright, on the menu tonight we have baby back ribs with a side of baby carrots and some baby peas" Castle said, hoping they would understand automatically.

"Sounds delicious!" Ryan said.

Castle looked over to Beckett who had an amused look on her face and gave him a look that said 'well they'll get it by desert.'

They got through the meal and Lanie was the only one who shot Beckett a weird look before digging into her dinner without saying anything. To say that Castle and Beckett were surprised was an understatement. They were positive somebody would have figured it out as soon as Castle told them the menu, but never fear because Castle definitely had a backup plan. The dessert he had planned for them would definitely give it away.

"Alright, who's ready for dessert?"

"Oh god, I don't know how I'm going to be able to stuff anything else in my stomach! Those baby back ribs were amazing!" Lanie said.

"I know right? Even the baby carrots and baby peas were good," Kate exclaimed, trying to make Lanie understand.

Castle walked in with a tray covered by a napkin with dessert underneath it.

"Alright, we have different kinds. Do you want apples, strawberry, and banana? or pear and pineapple? or maybe some broccoli and carrots?"

"What?" Esposito asked wanting to make sure he heard that last one correctly, "What the hell type of dessert is that bro?"

"I think Espo wants the broccoli and carrots," Kate said with a snicker.

"Gross! That's not dessert. That's disgusting!"

Castle pulled out the Gerber baby food with the baby spoon inside of it and handed it to Esposito, which automatically received a gasp from Lanie.

"Ok, real funny guys. Now where's my actual dessert?" Esposito asked.

"Oh shut up you dumbass," Lanie screamed, "Really?!" she looked to Kate who nodded her answer.

"Oh my god! I'm so happy for you guys!" Lanie squealed, "I had my suspicions with all the baby foods, but I thought I was being paranoid!"

"Dude, what are they talking about?" Ryan asked Castle.

"You call yourselves detectives. Despicable. How can you not put the pieces together?"

Both detectives went silent for a minute as they thought back on everything they had saw that night. The minute it all clicked with them they both stood up and gave Castle a man-hug.

"Congrats, bro" Javi said.

"Yeah man, Congratulations! You guys are going to make wonderful parents." Ryan said.

"Thanks guys." Castle said with a teary smile.

By this time Lanie and Kate had already talked about everything, how far along she was and when she found out and how excited they both were.

"I can't believe it took you guys so long to figure it out, especially you, Kev. You would think with you already being a dad you would've figured it out." Kate teased the boys.

"Yeah, yeah, get it all out of your system. This better not make it back to the precinct. We don't need our reputations taking a hit." Esposito retorted.

"Really, we're really happy for you guys. You both deserve it." Kevin said before they all hugged and left.

"Well, I'd say tonight was definitely a success." Castle said as he and Kate curled up on the couch to watch some Nebula 9 before bed.

"Mmhmm. This just means we're going to have to do even better for the next one." Kate said nonchalantly.

"Definitely." Castle replied with a smirk.


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