Chapter 4
"Nun un! Daddy said I can be just like mommy when I get older!"
"Nun un!"
"That's not true!"
Rick and Kate groaned. They were sleeping peacefully in each other's arms until a certain little girl's voice boomed throughout their bedroom. Castle started rubbing circles into his wife's lower back hoping it will ease her back to sleep. He'll deal with the mini Castle in a minute.
"Unless he was abducted by aliens!"
Castle rolled his eyes.
"It so can happen!"
Castle just kept at his tactics and even added extra fingers for more pressure. Castle was tired, but not as tired as he knew his wife was. If her getting some extra hours of sleep meant that he'll have to get up earlier than he expected to in order to deal with their noisy 4 year old than so be it. He smiled when he saw the subtle rise and fall of her back. She'd fallen back asleep! Now all he had to do was keep her that way!
"Ugh! Stop ruining my story with your logic!"
He couldn't help but smile at that. Where had he heard that before? Castle shook his head and quietly got out of bed and exited the bedroom.
"Joanna Belle Castle!" He hissed quietly
Jo's mouth immediately clamped shut, and her eyes quickly darted toward her father. She was in her mother's NYPD sweatshirt and her favorite Spongebob Squarepants socks. Her hair was up in a messy bun, and her Electra cup was sitting on the sofa next to her, clearly filled with some apple juice. Amongst all of those things, only one thing stood out to Richard Castle. His 4 year old daughter was up at, what felt like, 6 in the morning talking on HIS cellphone! Castle eyed the iPhone in her hand and then he eyed her.
"Morning daddy!" She smiled
"Jo? Wha-What are you doing?"
"I'm-"
"And who are you talking to?"
She shrugged, "Uncle Javi"
"Well you and Uncle Javi woke up my very tired wife, and we all know how much she needs to rest."
Jo cringed, "Uncle Javi, we're in trouble. I'll call you back"
"No. No you're-gimme that."
Castle grabbed the phone, "Espo why are you and my daughter up at," he pulled back to look at the phone, "6:37 in the morning talking on the phone?"
Javi laughed, "I was actually calling for big Beckett and little Beckett picked up"
"Please, please, please don't say that there's-"
"There's not a body. I was calling to let you guys know that you don't have to come in until noon because that's when customs said they'll have Simmons back in New York."
"Thank you! I owe you one, Espo!"
"No problem bro. I know she needs it."
"Alright time to get little Beckett back to bed."
"Good luck with that," Espo laughed, "oh and Castle?"
"Yeah?"
"She may look exactly like Beckett, but, bro,-"
"I know, I know. Trust me," he groaned, "I know."
Espo laughed, "see you guys later"
"Bye," Castle smiled and then hung up. He sat the phone down on the coffee table and glanced up at the blue eyes curiously looking up at him.
"Daddy am I in trouble?" Her bottom lip poked out, her eyes widened, and she proceeded to bat her eye lashes. Castle sighed. Of course she had him wrapped around her finger! What the hell was he supposed to do? He was living in a house with 4 girls that can easily get him out of his millions if they wanted. He grabbed the youngest Castle of the bunch and carried her upstairs. Yeah, she should be in trouble, she really should. Was she in trouble? Of course not.
Once in her room, he laid her down on her bed and began to tuck her in, "you need to go back to sleep."
"But I not sleepy daddy," Jo pouted and smirked
"You what?"
"I'm not sleepy daddy," she laughed. Having a writer for father had it's own fun little perks.
"Yeah, I thought so."
"Spongebob!" Jo started reaching out toward her desk for her plush toy
Castle grabbed it and laid it in bed next to her. Her arms quickly grabbed it and tucked it under her chin.
"Goodnight princess."
"Good morning King of the Castle," Jo laughed at her own witty remark
Castle shook his head, "go to sleep Ms. Castle."
Castle was about to exit the door when he heard, "it's Mrs! I'm marrying Hunter, remember?"
"Jo!" Castle groaned
"Goodnight!" She quickly pulled the covers over her head
Castle silently rejoiced when he was finally downstairs back in bed next to his wife. He got under the covers and pulled her against him.
"So what's our little princess up to now?" Kate mumbled into her husband's bare chest
"Oh, you know, on my phone sharing theories with Espo, yelling at him for messing up her story with his logic, and marrying Hunter Hayes. The usual."
Kate laughed into his chest, "you know Castle, when you got me pregnant with your kid, I imagined all of this would happen."
"Well, it's all your fault! You jinxed us!"
"Or maybe it's just the person I chose to have my daughter with?" She argued
"Do you regret it?"
She kissed his lips, "never"
"Good because I see many other adventurous little Castles in our future."
Kate turned to lay on her back and eyed her husband, "just how many more are we talking?"
"Um, a couple. Just a couple."
"Mhm huh"
"Or more," Castle shrugged
"Go to sleep Castle"
Castle laid his head on her stomach and wrapped his arms around her. The way his hands were now positioned under her made her arch a little into him. This immediately caught Rick's attention. His head started rise up, but Kate's hand quickly pushed it back down.
"Go to sleep Rick," she mumbled, her eyes still close
"Tease," he kissed her stomach, laid his head back on it, and allowed sleep take over his body