AN: Thank you all for the overwhelming response for this story! So many of you have requested updates, so here you are. This ones short and a little fluffy, but I plan to post a bigger, better chapter hopefully later today. Enjoy!

Castle hated book tours. He hated everything about them, but especially leaving his family. Still Gina made him go on the stupid book tours. He yawned, looking out the window of his penthouse suite onto the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Pulling out his phone, he looked at the video Beckett had sent him earlier that day. Little Hunter had been lying on the couch, looking pale and tired but waving happily at the camera. "Say hi to daddy, sweetheart." Beckett's voice came from behind the camera, and she was sounding...different. Tired. Upset. Castle couldn't quite put his finger on it. Hunter coughed gently, then yawned and reached for the person behind the camera, and he could hear Beckett sigh gently. "I'm coming, baby girl." She said, and then the camera turned off. Castle sighed, leaning back in his chair. God, he missed them. He didn't want to lose time with his daughter, in case she would grow up as fast as Alexis. And then there was Beckett. She was in danger every day, and Castle's worst fear was getting a solemn visit from Ryan and Esposito carrying the worst news. Everything about going away seemed wrong, and yet he still did it. He promised himself this was the last time, that there would be no more book tours without his family, ever.

A rapping knock on his hotel room door startled him, and Gina's voice floated through the walls. "Five minutes till we need to get going for the meet and greet. Be ready." Castle groaned quietly, putting a finger to his temple. The last time, he promised himself, the last time.