Meeting for the first Time.
A/N: Thanks for the Reviews the last chapter was hard to write but got there in the end. This chapter will have Kate staying at the loft for a while to take care of the whole Castle family the way they take care of her.
Disclaimer: I don't own Castle or CSI New York.
Looking After Rick and his family.
While Rick and Martha answered the detectives questions Paula answered her phone and said "Rick Castle to what do I owe this pleasure", "Actually Paula it's Detective Kate Beckett here Rick wanted me to call you and explain something, it's about Meredith I'm afraid she was killed tonight and Rick was wondering if you could work your magic with the papers and make sure that nothing appears because he doesn't want Alexis hurt anymore than she already has been, if you want to see Castle call tomorrow he will be home all day", said Kate. "Don't worry Detective Beckett I'll do that for Rick and the family, see you tomorrow, bye", said Paula. "Ok, thanks Paula see you tomorrow bye", said Kate.
Once Kate had hung up the phone and sat back down beside Castle she put his phone back on the coffee table when the next thing everyone heard was a scream from Alexis and she called Kate and showed her, her mobile phone and Kate could kill someone when Castle saw what was on the phone and the other detectives saw what was on the phone and shocked them that someone would send Alexis a picture of the crime-scene.
Ryan, Laine and Esposito were outside the loft door when they heard Alexis scream and they burst through the door in time to see Castle almost collapse but got to him and were told by Kate to bring him to his room. Martha showed them where to bring her son she was really worried about what was happening to her family. When everyone came back into the living room Martha spoke for the first time since Detectives Taylor and Flack arrived to speak to her son and her about Meredith and their feelings towards the victim. "Detectives, I may not have liked Meredith very much but she gave me the best thing in the world my granddaughter and I would never have wanted any harm to come to the mother of my grandchild, Reid you are staying here to keep Alexis company and you can sleep in the spare room", said Martha and Alexis went and gave her a hug and thanked her. Alexis looked at Kate and asked "Kate you're staying right we need you?" "I'm staying for as long as you want me here, I am not leaving you guys alone, why don't you show Reid where he is sleeping ok", said Kate as she gave Alexis a hug and watched as Alexis lead Reid to the spare room and shut the door before she spoke again.
"Detectives Taylor, Flack, let me introduce my team Detectives Ryan and Esposito and our M.E Dr. Laine Parish they will assist you on the case regarding Alexis Castle, Esposito you will take lead on this because I'm to close to this they are my family", said Kate. When Martha heard the last part she was shocked to say the least but not surprised. Martha had been eating the bowls of ice cream she had put together for the family when all these visitors arrived. Detectives Taylor and Flack left the loft not long after Kate told Esposito he was lead detective on Alexis's case and that anything they find they inform Detective Taylor or Flack. Kate looked at Martha with concern and said "Martha I understand if you don't want me here but I want to look after you and make sure you are ok. You look exhausted maybe you should try and get some sleep don't worry about Rick I'll stay close and keep an eye on him ok, I'll be on the couch so don't worry alright". Martha looked at Kate in the eye and saw the truth of her words and nodded her head but before she went to bed she said "Kate, my dear stay in Richard's room, he might get enough rest if your in there with him making sure that he sleeps so that he can help Alexis through this and in turn you might sort out some things between you". She hugs Kate good night and said good night to the others who had been sitting on the couch in the living room waiting for Kate to take a seat.
When Martha was gone to bed she went to the living room and sat down feeling completely drained. Laine sat in front of her and said "Kate honey Gates is going to go mad if you don't come into work but that is beside the point, someone has been watching Alexis for a while now I noticed when we had worked some crime scenes, Alexis felt eyes on her but she was safe when surrounded by cops and her dad but when she is not working Kate this is serious we need to tell Gates now, oh by the way I stopped by your place to pick up some cloths that you might need I put your bag in Castle's room ok". Kate just nodded her head towards her best friend so that she knew she heard her, Esposito came back from his call with Gates and explained that Kate and Castle and Little Castle have to stay out of the precient for the next couple of weeks.
"Ok, thanks guys for everything send us an e-mail on how the case is going and I'll see you in a few weeks once everything is sorted here and Laine call my Dad let him know where to find me if he needs to talk ok thanks again, and Esposito you will have to explain to Castle about the door", as Kate just smiles and lets them out the door into the hallway and closes it behind them and locks it as best she can and turns to the kitchen puts the bowl of ice cream that was left for her back in the freezer and dims the lights and heads to bed.
As soon as Beckett walks into Rick's room she is amazed at how homely it feels and how much it is Castle because she sees him lying on his bed still fullyed dressed and the sight of him alone has her heart beating a mile a minute. Seeing him like this all she wants to do is make love to him and the thought hits her she realized she's not scared of what she feels for him because it's real. Before she wakes him up to get him to change she gets changed first and once she is finished she turns to see Castle shaking violently in his sleep and he screams Alexis's name and Kate goes to him and holds him while he cries at the thought of losing his beautiful daughter.
Castle woke up screaming his daughter's name and the next thing he knew was that his partner was there holding him while he cried after having a nightmare about losing his daughter. Once Kate had calmed him down a bit she looked into his eyes and said "Rick, you need to get changed for bed, I'll stay with you and Reid is keeping an eye on Alexis and so is your Mother. I know you can't loose her Rick neither can I. I love Alexis as though she's my own daughter the way I love you but we can sort us out after all this, now lets get you ready for bed".
Rick knew that Kate was right in what she said and that they should take care of Alexis and discuss them after they bury Meredith and Alexis is safe. Castle feels Kate's hands unbuttoning his shirt first and feels her pull his shirt off and lays it on the chair next to the bed. The next thing he knows is that Kate has undone his belt and undone his trousers and is now pulling them down and once at his feet he steps out of them and gets back on to the bed and watched his partner lays his trousers on the chair where his shirt is and when she turns to him she smiles gently and gives his hand a gentle squeeze of comfort.
Rick gets up off the bed and pulls his partner into his embrace and whispers a thank you and she whispers 'Always'. With that she steps out of his embrace and pulled back the covers on the bed so that he could climb in and fall asleep. When Castle climbed into his bed Kate was about to help him with the covers when he pulled her down beside him and draped the covers over them both and so they fell asleep in each others arms safely. It had been a few hours since Kate checked on Alexis and Martha and Reid so when she felt someone watching her she opened her eyes to see Alexis in the doorway of her father's bedroom. Kate quickly eased herself from Rick's grip and went to the girl and saw that it was early morning and Kate grabbed Alexis in for a hug and she relaxed a bit.
Kate noticed that Reid was up wondering what was going on when Alexis wasn't in his arms anymore and as soon as she saw him at the top of the stairs she nodded her head and said "I got this go back to bed". Reid left Alexis in Kate's capable hands and went to catch up on some sleep. "Kate, you lost your mom to murder how did you cope?" asked Alexis. "Well Alexis at first I didn't my college work suffered a great deal but then I found one of your dad's books among my mother's things and started to read it and once I finished reading that book I started reading the other books my mother had belonging to your dad, Alexis your dad saved my life long before I met him or you and Martha", said Kate, Rick had woken up to voices in the living room and saw Alexis and Kate on the couch so he went to his office chair and sat down and picked up the book on his desk started to read while Alexis and Kate talked while this was happening Martha had come out of her room as well and sat at the top of the stairs to listen to what was being said between her granddaughter and the woman her son loved. "Kate I know that Meredith was my mom by blood but she walked out on me and dad when I was little and she has never really been a good mother in fact she wasn't a mother at all, I know losing her should hurt but it doesn't because I never felt loved by her the way I feel loved by you. When you got shot I felt like I was losing my mother the one person who cared about me, about what I felt and thought and loved the way I love dad. Me and dad can't lose you Kate we can't handle it and Grams she loves you just give her time after Meredith's funeral you can explain things to her", said Alexis Kate looked at Alexis and saw the truth in the girls eyes but she heard the truth in her words and Kate had tears coming down her cheeks. Martha got up off the stairs and was about to make her entrance when she heard Kate speak, "Alexis we will get through this as a family, everything that happens with us we will Always get through it together", "Well good morning everyone, Kate darling is Richard still asleep because I think us women should make breakfast for the men in the house", said Martha, causing Alexis and Kate to look over to her with smiles and nodded their approval.
A/N: Reviews are more than welcome. Just to let you know Rick stayed in his office and the women started breakfast.