3. The Lover's Daughter
Castle and Beckett both emerged from the room, Beckett wearing the clothes she had worn when she arrived last night.
Martha, who was seated next to Alexis on the couch, looked at them pleased to see them both dressed not that it had bothered her either way. She had seen her son in some frisky situations before.
"Well," said Martha, "Guess I don't have to ask how your night went."
Beckett looked up at Castle. "I'll make us some coffee."
"Got anything stronger," Alexis asked.
Castle and Beckett both smiled at each other, Castle feeling happy that his daughter was reaching out to Beckett.
"I have just the thing," Beckett replied.
In her wild days Beckett had become all too familiar with hangover cures. While she attended to the morning beverages Castle walked over and knelt in front of his daughter.
She waited for him to say something but he didn't so she looked up at him. Castle had a huge grin on his face.
"What?" Alexis asked.
"I'm just cherishing this moment. It's your first hangover Alexis. I'm slightly disappointed but a little bit proud as odd as that may sound."
"But I'm the responsible one remember? I shouldn't have let it get so out of hand. It was stupid."
"Yes well you just graduated so you and your friends are all allowed to be stupid on this one special occasion."
Alexis looked at her father. Beckett came over to them. She stood on Castle's left side near where Alexis' head was resting on the arm rest of the couch.
"Not helping Castle," she said to him and then focused her attention on Alexis. "Aspirin for the headache and drink this."
Alexis took them, "Thanks Detective Beckett."
"You're welcome."
Alexis swallowed the two pills first and then took a sip of the hangover concoction. "Ugh what's in that?"
"If I tell you," said Beckett, "you probably won't drink it."
Alexis nodded and drank more of the horrid liquid.
"So are you going to ground me now," Alexis asked when she looked up at her father.
"Why would I do that?"
"Because I screwed up," said Alexis.
Castle looked at Beckett who had a hand resting on his shoulder. He then turned back to his daughter.
"Unfortunately my days of grounding you are up. Legally I can't, so anything you do is all on you now."
"I don't know how you and Grams can stand this. From now on I'm never letting it get out of hand again."
Castle smiled and leaned over to place a kiss on his daughter's forehead.
"That's my girl. In the mean time try and hang in there."
Author's Note:
So you guys tell me, should I continue the story?
