Kate decided to take the rest of the week off. Thursday morning she woke up and remembered that Castle and Alexis were coming home today. She looked at her phone and realized that she had woken up late. She had planned to be out getting food and decorations by 10:00, but it was already 11:30! There was also a text from Rick saying that their plane would be landing in between 12:30 and 1:00, and that they would be home for sure by 2:00. This sent Kate into a panic mode. She quickly got ready and was in the middle of making coffee when she remembered she couldn't have it anymore. Disgusted, she threw it down the sink and was about to leave the loft when she remembered she hadn't eaten anything. She grabbed some fruit and quickly ran out the door.

First, Kate had to pick up what she would use to announce her pregnancy to her family. Next, she had to purchase some balloons and other decorations for the loft. Lastly, she had to go to the store and buy some ice cream for a mini ice cream bar. By the time she got back to the loft, it was already almost 1:00. She quickly set up the ice cream bar and put the balloons around the living room.

Once that was all done, she began wrapping the items she would use to tell her family she was pregnant. They were navy t-shirts that had a custom made design on the front. It looked like an NYPD police badge on a chain on the front of the shirt. However, in the place where a badge number should be, Kate had the company who made the shirts put everyone's birth year. Castle's had 1969, and Alexis's had 1994. Kate made one for herself with 1979 on it, as well as a onesie for the baby with 2015 on it. She put on her shirt, which was just large enough to conceal her slight bump, and placed Alexis's and Castle's underneath the couch. Kate put the ultrasound picture and the onesie in a separate package and put it underneath a couch cushion.

She was just about to sit down when Castle and Alexis came through the door. Kate immediately ran over to Castle and jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waste. Both him and Alexis began laughing, and he set her down.

"Don't ever...do that...to me...again...Richard...Castle" Kate said in between kisses.

"Guys, please get a room!" Alexis said in fake disgust. She was happy to be home and happy to see her mother as well. When Kate pulled away from Castle, she went over to Alexis and gave her a big hug as well.

"So, how was London?"

"After the flight, it was amazing!" Castle exclaimed. "Especially the conference!"

"I thought it was amazing too, although you need to help Dad come up with a new speech," Alexis piped in.

"Hey! Anyways, I'm hungry! Let's go celebrate and eat some ice cream!" Castle said, throwing his fist up in the air. Alexis and Kate were right on his heels, laughing as they saw him fill up a bowl with ice cream and mount chocolate syrup and sprinkles on it like it would be his last bowl for the rest of his life.

After their ice cream, they decided to watch a movie. While Alexis and Kate were getting comfortable on either side of Castle, he looked down at her shirt.

"Hey, I like your shirt, but I've never seen it before. Did somebody make it for you?"

"Nope, I had it made for myself and I'm glad you saw it. I learned about something very exciting while you two were gone." Kate reached underneath the couch and pulled out their gifts. They both ripped open their packages like little kids.

"This is so cool!" Castle said as he took of his other t-shirt to put on the new one.

"I love it so much! Thanks Mom!" Alexis added.

"Good, but that's not all," Kate said, standing up to retrieve the final package from underneath where she was sitting. "Which one of you wants to open it?"

"You go, Dad."

"Are you sure, Pumpkin?"

"Yup. Go ahead and open it." As Castle began to remove the now squished lid from the box, Kate was very excited to see his reaction. He removed the tissue paper, and when he saw the tiny navy blue onesie and the ultrasound picture, he looked at Kate with the same excitement in his eyes when they got married.

"Are you serious?!"

"Yes! Guys, I'm pregnant!" Alexis started screaming, Rick hugged Kate and starting crying, and Kate began laughing at the reaction of her family.

"How far along are you?" Alexis finally asked when everybody settled down.

"Four months."

"Really? Even better!" Castle exclaimed. He was more than ready to have a baby with the love of his life, and to have the baby's due date be even closer felt amazing. Neither of the three people could wait.