The next morning, JJ wakes up early. Earlier than the rest of the team. Based on the sunlight seeping through her window, she can tell it's about 5, 6 o'clock. JJ checks her clock and it shows 5:38 am. She sighs: Shouldn't I get more sleep than this? Whatever. She thinks back to last night. Oh, poor Katie. I'll call her tonight just to check up on her. JJ lays back onto her bed. She just wants to sleep some more. Suddenly, her phone rings. JJ thinks, not another case. We just barely finished one yesterday. She looks at the contact ID and sees it's Katie. Oh, something might have happened.

"ARE YOU OKAY!"

"Yeah, yeah, calm down. I'm fine. "

"Oh, really? How are you truly feeling?"

"Ah, well. Just sick. Morning sickness is all day sickness for me. Truly sucks."

"Yeah, it does. Wait have you told Gates or anyone else yet?"

"Not yet, at least. When I do, I'm going to tell her not to put me on desk duty. That's most likely going to be today. About my dad, I'll ask him to come to New York for a while. Then, after him, I'm telling Martha and Alexis. Hopefully it'll go as well as it did with Ryan and Espo. Not really sure. Geez, I'm already almost in tears. I'm almost never emotional!"

"Yeah. That happened to me. Hormones suck. Good luck again with them. I'm going to keep on calling just to keep in check with you. You better take care of yourself or else I'll send people to care of you or I might just go over there myself. Got it?"

"Yeah thanks. It means a lot to me. I-"

"Wait."

"What for?"

JJ turns around as she heard her door opening. It was Hotch. He closed the door behind her. She asks: "What's up?"

"Who are you talking to?"

"No one."

"Yeah, I saw you with your phone and heard you. Is it who I think it is?"

"Umm JJ, what's going on in your hotel?"

"Sorry, wait a second, Hotch is here."

"Oh, got it. I'll stay quiet."

"Who do you think it is Hotch?"

"Kate Beckett. It's her, isn't it?"

JJ sighs: "Yeah. Wait, how much of the conversation did you hear?"

"Enough. She's pregnant isn't she? And it's Castle's."

"Sorry Katie, Hotch figured it out. I'll make sure he doesn't tell anyone unless you do."

"Thanks JJ. I mean, I expected someone to find out themselves eventually."

JJ confirmed Hotch's suspicions. Then she made him promise not to tell anyone. He then told her about how he heard talking in her room and came to investigate. He left and JJ was alone again.

"Sorry Katie about that."

"It's okay. Anyways, I have to go. I just got a case."

"Be careful. You have two lives to care and be responsible for."

"Yeah, thanks. Bye. Talk to you later."

"Bye."

JJ hung up.

The next morning, Kate Beckett got up early. She felt unusually tired. She then remembered, in the past, she read a book on pregnancy and how she would be more tired than usual. The phone rang. She checked to who it was. It was her doctor. Oh, right. She had set up an appointment to check if the baby was fine and healthy. Hopefully she would be able to see the gender too. I should be able to have a sonogram, she thought. Anyways, I should get dressed. She wished that there wouldn't be a case today so that she wouldn't have to go into work. Beckett got up and dressed.

When she was waiting in the waiting room, she was nervous. The lady next to her looked about 6 months pregnant. The lady also looked about in her mid-thirties. Just a bit older than her.

She meekly asked: "How far along are you?"

The lady responded: "23 weeks. How about you? I take it that this is your first child. This is my second."

Kate replied: "I'm at 20 weeks. Yeah, it's my first one." She fakely chuckled.

"You don't look pregnant at all. You must be lucky. My name's Amelia Petre.", introduced Amelia.

"Thanks. Well I just found out two nights ago. I'm Kate. Kate Beckett."

"Wow. that's shocking. I found out after the first month in for both pregnancies. What do you do for a living?"

"I'm a detective. For the 12th Precinct. You?"

"No wonder you seemed familiar. You have the highest closure rate. Wow, never thought I'd meet you. Anyways, I'm an high school teacher. At Stuyvesant high school."

"Wow. I went there for high school. Just asking, where's your husband or boyfriend or fiance?"

"My husband is at work. He tried to be here but unfortunately his schedule doesn't work out and his boss didn't let him. Where's yours? I remember you got engaged to some mystery writer."

"Yeah. It didn't work out. Richard Castle. He broke it off and then he's in DC now with a FBI profiler. But he doesn't know I'm here and pregnant. I tried to talk to him last night but I couldn't get it off. He seems happy now anyways. He's engaged to her."

"I'm sorry to hear that. It must be hard to tell your ex that you're pregnant, ever mind when he has a fiance now. Did you talk to anyone else?"

"Yeah. One of his fiance's colleague and friend. We're pretty good friends now. Their team came to New York a while ago for a case so Castle and Emily got together while JJ and I got close. She called me check on me after the conversation went south last night. She's supportive of my pregnancy which I'm very grateful for. Also, my colleagues called dibs on being the godfathers. I'm really hoping that Castle's family will be the same way and that I can lean on them. I'm not really sure about that though. They might think that I'm stupid and reckless. I hope not. "

"Oh, I can't imagine how it must be for you."

Kate put her head in her hands.

"Katherine Beckett" The nurse called.

"Sorry, I have to go. It was nice talking to you."

"Same thing here. Bye."

Beckett followed the nurse down a short hallway into a room. The nurse checked her vitals first and then told her that the doctor would be in here soon. She left Kate to ponder over the recent turn of events. She sighed: "Why does my life have to be so complicated and challenging. I keep on losing everything and everyone I meet and interact with." A few minutes later, a knock came on the door.

"Come in."

"Hello. Miss Beckett. My name's Dr. Luna Shalk. I heard that you wanted to see your baby. Lay down. They did the sonogram and Beckett saw the baby on the black and white screen. The nurse adjusted it until the baby was found.

Dr. Shalk said: "Your baby is perfectly healthy and is doing fine."

"Oh, thank goodness. I was worried since I drank wine during this time and chased down suspects."

"Oh, and do you want to know the gender?"

"Yes please."

"Well, you're having an adorable little baby-"