I'm on a roll! I've updated two stories in two days! I'm pretty sure a lot of you wanted Alexis to find out in this chapter but, that will definitely be happening... In the next chapter XD
I DON'T OWN CASTLE
Their new case had them chasing down lead after lead all day, it wasn't until late that afternoon that Beckett got time to talk to the Captain about her "situation". When she looked in his office he was talking on the phone with someone but gestured that he would only be a few more minutes so Beckett shut the door then moved over to one of the chairs in front of his desk and made herself comfortable.
A few minutes later Roy Montgomery hung up his phone and turned to look at his best homicide detective, wondering what she wanted since Ryan and Esposito had already told him about their newest case.
"Did you need something, Beckett?"
She hesitated for a minute but she knew that she had to tell him sooner or later and would rather get it over with now.
"Yes sir… Something has come up that will affect my job."
"Oh?" He couldn't imagine what could possibly affect her job since she was such a workaholic. He never, okay realistically he knew it would happen eventually but he thought he had a few more years, thought he'd hear the next words that came out of her mouth, coming from her.
"I'm pregnant."
The Captain stared at her in shock while she just looked at him calmly. Of course she was a little nervous about what this would mean for her job but it's not like she could hide it from her boss.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"I'm pregnant. I want to know what this means for my job." He sat back in his chair as it finally sunk in that she was pregnant.
"Uh…Right, Okay normally I would have you stop going out into the field at all but frankly? I don't want to deal with you moping around because you can't go out in the field so you can go to crime scenes after they have been cleared and you may follow leads as long as they aren't dangerous. You do not participate in taking down suspects but, you can interrogate them as much as you want."
Beckett nodded her agreement, glad that she wouldn't be stuck on total desk duty for the whole nine months.
"This, of course, is only until you start showing. After that suspects will try to use that against you and we can't have that, so after you start showing you can go to the crime scene but other than that you are stuck here, understood?"
"Yes, sir."
She stood up to leave and he stood up with her, looking at her seriously.
"How do you feel about this? I won't pry and ask about the father but, are you okay with this?"
Beckett considered it for a minute then answered honestly. "I'm happy. It was definitely unexpected and I'm nervous as hell but, I'm happy."
As soon as she finished he gave her a quick hug before going back to his chair.
"Then I'm happy for you. Is there anything else you need or wanted to talk about?"
She started to shake her head no but then suddenly thought of something. "Actually, I was wondering if we could add Karpowski to my team? She can help with the things I can't do and it's about time she moves up and becomes part of a team. If she wants to, of course."
"That's a good idea. I'll talk to her about it."
"Thank you, sir."
With that she walked out of the office and headed over to where the guys were huddled together, discussing the case. When she got close enough to them she asked if anything new had come through on the case and when they answered in the negative she told them they could all go home since there wasn't anything left to do today.
Ryan and Esposito quickly gathered their things and headed out of the precinct before she could change her mind but Castle stayed behind, looking like he wanted to say something but wasn't sure how to.
"What?"
He hesitated but she wasn't in the mood to wait around until he finally found the right words.
"Castle, I'm tired and hungry. Spit it out so I can go home."
"I was wondering if you wanted me to tell Alexis and mother yet…"
"Oh… I figured you had already told Alexis this morning."
Now that she had gotten him talking, she started walking towards the elevator, after grabbing her bag, with Castle following right behind her.
"Well, since it's a Saturday she ended up sleeping in she didn't even know I was gone so I didn't have to tell her anything. I haven't seen mother in a few days but she is coming over for dinner tonight."
They were riding the elevator down now so Castle moved in front of her to look her in the eyes, his next words showing just how well he knew her.
"If you don't want me to tell them right now I won't. I'll wait until you are ready."
She looked at him as she thought about that. "You'd lie to your mother and daughter just because I'm not ready?"
"Yes." The elevator dinged and they stepped out into the ground floor and headed to her car. Unfortunately today she ended up having to park clear on the other side of the lot so she had plenty of time to think as they walked all the way to it and by the time they were just feet away she had made her decision.
"Thank you, Castle. But, I think that I would rather go ahead and get it over with."
"Really?" At her nod he continued. "Then, would you like to come over for dinner? You did say you were hungry and…" He trailed off to look at his watch. "Alexis should be cooking it right now so it won't be too long until it's done. Hurricane Martha is always on the move with Chet these days so this might be the only time you can tell her in person for a while."
She was so hungry but, at the thought of food her stomach started protesting. This is so not fair. She thought but her hunger quickly won and she accepted his offer. With an encouraging smile, Castle walked around to the passenger side of the car and slid in as she did the same on the driver's side.
Usually on a Saturday, Lanie Parish was stuck in the morgue for hours on end as Perlmutter hated working on Saturdays but on this particular Saturday Lanie got to take off early because Perlmutter wanted to switch shifts with her. Knowing that Beckett would still probably be working, Lanie decided to pay her dear friend a visit and get to the bottom of this pregnancy mystery.
Lanie quickly made her way up to the precinct and was about to get into the elevator to go upstairs but when the doors opened, the very person she was coming to see stepped out with her constant shadow. Beckett seemed to be in deep thought about something and didn't even see Lanie, who had moved off to the side when she realized who was coming out of the elevator.
Curious as to what she could be thinking about, Lanie followed them. Lucky for her neither of them noticed her and continued their conversation after a little bit as she stalked them through the parking lot.
"Thank you, Castle. But, I think I would rather go ahead and get it over with."
Get what over with? Come on girl; give me something more to work with here.
"Really?" Even from her position behind them, Lanie could tell he was decently shocked at what ever Beckett had decided to go ahead and do.
"Then, would you like to come over for dinner? You did say you were hungry and… Alexis should be cooking it right now so it won't be too long until it's done. Hurricane Martha is always on the move with Chet these days so this might be the only time you can tell her in person for a while."
Hurricane Martha? Chet? It took Lanie a minute to figure out that he was talking about his mother and her boyfriend.
So, she wants to go ahead and tell Castle's mother something and get it over with? What could she possibly tell her? That she's pregnant? Nah, why would she need to tell her that? She'd have to tell her if it was Castle's but, it's not. Is it?... Wait, no don't get in the car yet! I haven't figured anything out yet!
Lanie watched as Beckett and Castle pulled out of the parking lot and headed further into the city before hailing a cab for herself and heading home.
If I didn't know better I would honestly think that its Castle's…But, I'd be able to tell if they were sleeping together, right? Wait, what if they weren't continually sleeping together? What if it was just a one time thing?
Suddenly, Lanie remembered the Dunn case and how Castle had spent the night with Beckett, to 'keep her safe'. After a quick mental calculation a large smirk made its way across the ME's face as she finally figured out the mystery.
Katie, Katie, Katie… You have some explaining to do.
So I guess I could have put the Alexis/Martha finding out scene in here but then that would have made it pretty long so, I decided to go ahead and start here but you will definitely get that scene in the next chapter.
I have no idea what would really happen if a female detective did get pregnant so I just guessed at it.
