AN: So the events in this chapter did happen to me Tuesday, well besides me being stranded in a house with the Castle characters. Most of the things they are doing, I did. THIS CHAPTER DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR FROZEN HEAT! Thanks for reading :)

Tuesday

That morning was the worst. Each one of the Castle residents stared at the coffee machine. No power meant no coffee. No one had thought of instant coffee or the iced ones from Starbucks. They hoped the power would go on soon. Kathie lit a match to start the burners on the stove. At least they could make breakfast. They didn't want the eggs or the bacon to go bad so it was bacon and eggs for breakfast.

Kate, obviously, was helping her sister cook while Castle took Zeus out for a walk. It was still a little windy so they did not stay out for long. Alexis found out the hard way that they had no hot water and Martha went through the bags Kate and Kathie had brought, hoping somehow coffee was in there. Jim found tea and hot chocolate in Castle's cabinet. It was not coffee, but it was the best they had.

Once Castle and Zeus walked back in, the eggs were almost done. Kate smacked Castle's hand away when he tried to steal a piece of bacon. She smirked at him. Just like old times.

Breakfast was quite, mostly because no one was awake due to lack of coffee. By 11:00 am, everyone had given up on trying to get service on their cell phones. The land line did not work either. They were cut off from the world, besides the battery powered radio. Kathie went back to reading Frozen Heat, sharing the book with Kate, for about an hour till Castle had an idea.

"Lets decorate for Christmas!"

Kate gave him a look that said no, Kathie was thinking about it, Jim didn't turn away from the radio, and Alexis and Martha went to go retrieve the boxes of decorations from upstairs.

Kate got up from the sofa and went over to help Martha with the one box she was carrying. "Castle, we didn't even have Thanksgiving yet and Halloween is tomorrow."

"It's never too early to start."

"I've already started downloading Christmas songs to my iPod," Kathie stated before putting the book on the coffee table and helping Martha and Alexis with the boxes. Kate got Kathie's iPod out of her purse and put it on the battery powered iPod dock. Christmas music started to play, causing Jim to turn off the radio. Kate and Kathie gave their father an apologetic look and he smiled at his girls.

Alexis and Martha opened up the boxes of various knickknacks and placed them all around the loft. Kathie and Kate changed the table cloth and napkins. The napkins went from black to red and gold, since Kate and Kathie couldn't decide which ones they liked better. Jim and Castle put up the garland over the fireplace and doorways. Every now and again Castle would catch Kate lypsinging along to the songs she knew. He smiled. He knew Katherine Beckett wasn't a grinch. Zeus was even singing, well howling, along to "Let it snow."

Once the loft was somewhat decorated, Kate was finally able to get some service on her phone. She called Ryan and Esposito to see if they were okay. It went straight to voice mail. She figured they didn't have any service or their phones were dead.

They had Nutella and jelly sandwiches for lunch, thanks to Kathie bringing it over. She knew Kate loved Nutella but she had no idea that Castle and Alexis were addicted to it as well. No one knew what to do after lunch. Jim turned the radio back on, trying to see if there was any news about when they would get the power back. No one was giving them a direct answer. They cringed when they heard about the boardwalks begin destroyed. It prompted Kate and Kathie to share stories about going to the shore when they were younger.

"Remember when we would go to the arcades with mom and grandma all the time. Grandma would always win a towel at one of those stands." Kathie smiled as she shared the memory.

"A towel?" Castle questioned.

"Everyone would always stay at grandma's house and grandma liked everyone to have a fresh, fluffy, towel," Kate smiled as she answered his question. "She would also win candy too. We'd bring a box of Swedish Fish home for dad that she would win for him." All the Becketts were smiling now.

"Then of course there was Atlantic City. She loved that place too. She was always so lucky there," Kathie said.

Jim smiled at the memory that had popped into his head. "I remember the time when she won on the slot machine and she didn't have her ID. So she shouted for me to come help her when the cop came over to her." They all laughed as all three of them did an impression of her voice screaming "Jim!", which caused the Castle family to laugh as well.

"But who could forget the time Katie found Castle, Espo, and Ryan as Elvis there," Kathie smirked.

Castle looked at Kate. "You told her!"

"I tell Kathie everything." Kate winked as she smirked.

"Guess you'll have to find somewhere else, temporarily, to participate in the Elvis contest, dad."

By 6:00, Kathie was almost done with Frozen Heat. Zeus was snuggled up by her feet, while she laid down on the sofa. Martha and Jim were watching an old movie on Castle's portable dvd player and Alexis, Kate, and Castle played crazy eights.

"What part are you on?" Castle asked from the kitchen as he placed down one of his cards.

"Just found out who killed Don."

"Ooohh you're getting to the good part!"

"Don't ruin it!" Kate and Kathie said in unison.

Kate put her last card down, winning the game. "Rematch?"

Alexis shook her head. "You won eight games in a row. There's no hope for me." She got up from the table and headed up to read the Shakespeare play that was assigned to her the week before.

Kate and Castle decided to take Zeus for a walk while it was still, somewhat, light out. "Castle, thanks for letting us stay with you," Kate said as she leaned into him more, due to the cold.

"You and your family are welcomed anytime. Besides, it would be pretty boring without you guys here," he said before he kissed the top of her head.

"I would miss you too."

"Kate Beckett just admitted she would miss me?! I'll have to mark this down on the calender when we get home."

Kate rolled her eyes but she was smiling. "You might really want to mark this day down."

"Why's that? Are you admitting to breaking the coffee machine? Because I know I didn't do that!"

"I'm not admitting to that because I didn't do it."

"But you were the one..."

She cut him off with her lips for a soft kiss. When she pulled away, she smiled at him. "I love you Castle. Even if you make me doubt it when you try to blame me for breaking the coffee machine...and I'll move in with you."

He had asked her a few days ago if she would move in with him and she never had the chance to answer him,due to Ryan calling about a murder. He didn't push her for an answer. He knew she would tell him when she was ready. "You can break the coffee machine as many times as you like as long as you start packing once the mess from the storm is cleaned up," He said before claiming her lips again for another kiss.

"I love you, Castle," She said in between kisses.

They broke the kiss when Zeus started barking. He was getting tired of sitting down on the sidewalk as they kissed. Castle kissed her quickly before saying, "I love you too." and walking with her back to the loft.

Kathie shhed them as soon as they entered. Castle leaned over her shoulder and saw that she was at the part where Nikki finds out about Tyler and Petar. Kate and Castle headed into their room to relax. As they were lying down on their bed, Castle had an idea to do shadow puppets.

"Castle, that does not even look like anything!"

"It's a dolphin!"

"That's not a dolphin."

"Alright then, let see your dolphin."

Why did that sound dirty to her? She brushed the thought aside, especially since his mother and her father were in the next room. She made the best dolphin she could. At least hers had a fin instead of Castle's blob. Kate was about to attempt a turtle when they heard Kathie's voice.

"That's not fair, Castle!"

He exited the room and head into the living room. "Did you finished the book?"

"First off, I called that ending! Second of all, how can you end it like that?! What's the code?! What does it mean?! Where's Tyler? Why isn't Rook's mom in this one?"

The thank you from Martha made Castle roll his eyes.

"What about this Captain Iron?! He's up to something and I want to know what. Plus, where is the naughty nurse?" Kate smirked at her sister fangirling. "Don't you smirk at me, Katherine Beckett. I blame you for this."

"Me?!"

"Yep, if you didn't have to be so badass he would of never based a series on you."

"She's right."

Kate glared at both of them.

"Can you give me spoilers for the next one?"

"The only thing I can tell you is that a character is name Eunice." Kathie gave her a questionable look. "Blame your sister for that one."

Kathie gave the same look to Kate. "Long story, but we were working a case and I told this guy Castle would name a character after his mom if he cooperated. I had no idea at the time what her name was."

"Be thankful that she didn't bet any of your future children with that name." That caused them to both freeze. "That's what you get for that ending and for making me read these books." Kathie smirked at both of them before heading up stairs with Zeus following behind her. Shortly after, Kate climbed the stairs with a pillow.

"Where are you going?"

"If you hear screaming ignore it." Kate said before opening her sister's door to attack her with the pillow.