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From the looks of it, Rick was enjoying the kiss between him and Kate. When Martha had heard Alexis's bedroom door open and close when Alexis came out of it with Kameron behind her. Martha signaled her daughter in law just in the nick of time.

"Well that was unexpected." Castle said as he gathered himself.

"That's the way it's supposed to be." Beckett said.

Alexis and Kameron joined the others downstairs. Rick looked his daughter over for a sign that something happened between his daughter and her boyfriend while they were upstairs together.

"Rick…" Beckett said cautiously once again.

"What?"

"Trust me, nothing happened between them." Beckett said.

"How can you be sure?" Castle whispered back.

"A mother knows everything." Martha said.

"So what's for dinner?"

"Grilled chicken with linguine and a four cheese alfredo sauce."

"Sounds good."

Everyone then sat down to dinner together. They talked about Kameron and Alexis's plans for the upcoming school year.

"Kameron does have a semi-formal for his fraternity before Halloween." Alexis said.

Martha was already reaching for her son's wallet.

"Shopping trip." Martha said.

"Oh joy."

"Relax babe." Beckett said.

The dinner conversation continued on after that. Thankfully, the conversation made it a bit easier for Rick to be okay with his daughter's relationship. After dinner and desert, Kameron stayed a while longer to hang out with Alexis. That kind of meant that he got to spend time with both sets of twins.

"So these two are the famous Avery and Aria?" Kameron said.

"Yeah that would be them."

"They're adorable."

"That they are."

Rick was watching from a distance. Kate came up behind her husband.

"They're like us. Like we were at the beginning."

"We're still like that, Kate. There is just more of us running around these days."

"Always."

"Always." Rick echoed.