They were sitting on the couch on a Friday night. They weren't watching a movie, unless you count the one they were watching in each other's eyes. They had been sitting in silence for at least ten minutes when the door to loft opened but that's not what broke their gaze, it was the crazy actress yelling, "Richard, Richard darling I have to tell you something..." as she walked into the room, "Am I interrupting something?"
"Always mother."
"Well, I had to tell you something and it just couldn't wait until tomorrow." she stopped and started pacing in front of the pair
"Are you going to share with the class mother?"
"I remembered something."
"About?"
"Who your father might be."
Castle wrapped his arms around his beautiful girlfriend and pulled her close to him and looked to his mother to continue.
"I...I was going through some pictures and I found one. It was one taken in the summer of my senior year at a party. I was still with Chet at the time, and we were standing in front of a car and then I remembered something."
Castle pulled Beckett even closer to him, he knew what was coming next and he wanted her as close to him as possible when he heard it.
"He drove me home in that car, I had been doing a bit of drinking. My parents were out of town and our goodnight kiss got a little bit to heated and then next week we broke up, the week after that I was pregnant and had no clue what had happened."
"Mother are you telling me what I think you are?"
"Yes, dear, your father is possibly the man I'm currently engaged too."
He didn't think he could pull the love of his life closer to him but he somehow managed too. She turned around to look at him and make sure he was okay.
"Rick...are you okay?" she said using his first name, not an uncommon practice since they'd started dating.
"I think so, I just, can't quite grasp the concept. Does he know?" he asked and looked to his mother.
"I'm going to tell him next but I thought you should know first."
"Thank you mother."
"Your welcome dear, I'm off to tell him. Dear," She said addressing Beckett, "take care of my son, make sure he's alright."
"Will do Martha, good luck." After the older woman walked out of the door, Beckett tried to read his face and it scared her when she couldn't. "Rick, say something, please, your starting to scare me."
"I just found out who my father is. I didn't know where the other half of my genes came from for 36 years and now, all of the sudden." He looked at her right in the eyes, "I know and its...I have no idea what I feel. It seems so...surreal."
"I can't even imagine how you feel."
"I don't, nothing feels different. I always thought that I would feel something but...I feel the same. Thank you for just being here."
"Anytime, RC."
"I love you KB, and I was planning something big and spectacular but right now I can't think of a better time to do this," he let her go and ran to his office. He came back and got down on one knee in front of the couch with a simple ring in his hand, "I can't imagine anyone else I would want to be with for the rest of my life. You are truly extraordinary. Would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
With tears in her eyes she nodded a yes and he slipped the ring on, then he rose to his feet and picked her up and kissed her. It was a strange time but they wouldn't have had it any other way.
Yes I know this is very short,
Yes I know I'm late, but I got you one!
Thanks to TappinCastleFan , her story Extenuating Circumstances gave me the idea for this story,
Oh and one last thing, no cookies were given for the Piano Man reference last week because no one guessed, so I'm going to give it one more week and then tell ya what it was.
I'll do better for next week
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