This is probably a one off sort of thing that this episode drabble is taking place about 15 years prior to the episode time line. I always admired the father/daughter bond that Rick and Alexis have that I wanted to expand on it a bit. I love their aspect and I'm there aren't too many fics out there that show what a great father daughter relationship they have.

Once again I don't own Castle. I do own a twitter account and I'm starting a campaign to bring back Perlmutter. But that's it. All mistakes are mine and I will easily admit I wrote this with a half of a bottle of wine.

Nanny McDead

"I want Alexis to stay here in the apartment with me all day." Rick Castle said as he finished putting the final touches on the new musical mobile that he had just placed above his newborn daughters crib.

"Richard I don't see why its so important that you watch Alexis when we could just hire a nanny." The vibrant red-head declared as she rocked the newborn back and forth in the wooden rocking chair. "We can easily get one the best nanny's available. I even made an appointment with the top nanny staffing services." She pealed back the swaddling a bit to make sure her newborn was truly asleep. "Besides, Richard, you hate being interrupted when you write."

"I just think it's more practical for her to stay at home with me. Besides, there is a difference between her disrupting me and you disrupting me while I write to have sex and to tell me about your latest bargain you found." Rick said as tested the mobile by pushing it and forcing it to twirl around. The soft music of Twinkle Twinkle played in the background as the stars and moon made their final loop swinging in the air. He smiled as he watched his beautiful wife rock their new pride and joy to sleep. It had only been four weeks since Alexis was born, and she was easily becoming the best thing that had ever happened to him. Sure he had accomplished many things by the time she had come around, but even becoming a New York Times best seller couldn't hold a candlelight to the happiness he felt each time he held his daughter in his arms. Of course, if you had asked him the day that Meredith had told him they were pregnant, he might have said otherwise. Being a father was never high on the list of things to do in his life. Best Selling Author, Noble Peace Prize, getting an honorary Doctorate degree and then maybe having children. Of course his apprehensions could have something to do with the fact he never had a father himself. And he was not afraid to admit that even in fourth week of her life, he had no clue what he was doing, and no one to ask fatherhood questions with ether.

Meredith stopped rocking and he gently lifted Alexis out of her arms and watched as she slept. How could two people ever make something so beautiful was beyond him. He walked her over to the crib and as he laid her gently on her back she made a soft cooing sound. At that moment, he knew his life was complete and he wanted to be in every aspect of this child's life. His wife stood next to him and smiled. "We did good Richard."

Rick smiled and kissed her. It wasn't a passionate kiss, more of a slow, loving kiss. He couldn't agree more, they did do good with Alexis. "Yes we did."

"I guess I will cancel the appointments we have with the nanny agencies."

A/N: I just wanted to put in a bit here beyond what I wrote for the opener. I decided early on in this episode fic that I wanted to write about Castle's comment about how him and Meredith decided if someone was going to screw up Alexis' life, it might as well be him. I think Meredith gets a bad rap and is always portrayed as a vapid shop-a-holic bitch, when I'm sure there is more to her because otherwise Castle wouldn't have married her. I just wanted to give her a little bit more of a voice-even if it was a short little voice. Let me know what you think.