4
The kids took care of the clean - up following dinner that night. Rick and Kate relaxed on the couch with a glass of red wine in hand while the kids cleaned up. Homework had been completed just minutes before dinner was ready that night. Over dinner, the conversation had flowed quite well.
"So what activities are you guys looking into?" Beckett asked.
"Baseball for me." Liam answered.
"Softball for us." Harley said as she pointed to herself and her sisters.
"Told you so." Castle said to his wife.
Kate just looked at Rick in the same way she had always looked at him when he was being a smart ass. The kids pretty much knew what their Dad was insinuating with his last remark to their Mom.
"Baseball isn't the only thing that's in us, Daddy." Aria said.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, we're also going out for the fencing team." Avery chimed in.
The opportunity had presented itself for Kate to reverse the table on Rick just to give him a taste of his own medicine so to speak.
"Told you so." Beckett said.
A smile came to Kate's face after she got her jab in.
Rick just smirked at his wife as he stabbed a piece of asparagus on his plate. The conversation continued on as Rick asked the kids about the classes they had that day. After raising Alexis who had been so academically inclined throughout the course of her academic career, Rick had been quite curious to see if the twin sets would follow in their sister's footsteps when it came to school or if they'd carve their own path.
Shortly after dinner had been completely cleaned up, the kids had retreated to their bedrooms before they went to bed. They each took turns taking showers and doing the rest of their bedtime routine. Rick and Kate would go into each of the kids' rooms to say goodnight to each of them before they went to bed themselves.
