Two weeks of sitting on the couch and watching movies causes restlessness in Kate. "You know, Castle, this is our last one. This takes to damn long and I still have another two weeks at least," Kate says as she waddles into the kitchen holding Hanna by the hand.

"Mommy said bad word!" Hanna yells.

I laugh and look to Hanna who is already dressed and has a purple bow in her hair. "That's right she did. Well I got a surprise for mommy," I tell Hanna as I pick her up.

Kate's eyes light up—of course she knows what the surprise is. I've had multiple workers in our home all week working in the nursery. "The nursery is ready?" Kate questions knowingly with a small smile slowly spreading across her face.

"Yeah, come on, you'll love it," I say as I take her hand and lead her into the nursery.

Kate bursts through the door excitedly and gasps. The entire room is mint green and aqua blue, the crib is black with white bedding. There is a large mural painted on the ceiling and is amazed when she sees that it looks like the night sky—complete with stars and a moon. The crib is in the middle of the room and across from it is a matching bookshelf and rocking chair. "Castle, it's amazing," she whispers.

"See, I told you that you could trust me," I tell her with a smile.

"Daddy, baby is gonna love it," Hanna says as she leaps out of my arms and onto the rocking chair.

"I hope so. I tried my best to keep it gender neutral," I explain but it was hard. No matter what people say yellow always seemed like a girls color to me. Aqua blue and sea green looked like my best bet.

"It's incredible," Kate says as she hugs me. I encircle my arms around her and breathe in her smell—cherries.

Kate shares a bottle of water with Hanna on her lap as they sit at the counter while Jenny, Espo, and Ryan drink wine. "You guys are just flaunting that wine," Kate complains as she takes another swig at her water.

I laugh and turn to face her. "You act like you're 18 and can't drink yet," I tell her.

"This is a dinner party, I should not be drinking what our three year old is having," Kate says, as she rolls her eyes.

"Hey!" Hanna objects. "Water is good," she adds.

Espo laughs and gulps some wine. "You know I really could use a beer too, hit me up Castle," Espo says, just trying to irritate Kate.

"Better be careful, pregnant women are vicious," Jenny explains.

"Where is your darling baby boy anyways?" I ask Ryan referring to their four-month old son.

"With my mother, I need some time—some not baby time," Jenny explains as she takes another sip of wine.

"That will be us in no time," Kate says, motioning to her abdomen. "It's like I've gotten bigger with this pregnancy than I did with Hanna," she says as she feels her stomach.

"I read somewhere that with the first baby you are the smallest and then it just grows with each pregnancy," I blurt out.

Kate turns her face towards mine suddenly. "That makes me feel so much better, thanks babe," Kate says exasperated.

"You still pretty mommy," Hanna assures her mother kindly.

"Don't listen to Castle, he is a writer—lives in a world of fiction," Espo tells Kate.

I laugh and turn to finish cooking when I hear Kate gasp slightly. "Mommy?" I hear Hanna say with a little fear.

I spin around to see Kate staring at me. "It felt like a contraction Castle," Kate spits out.

"Oh, hell no," Espo says, panicked.

"Seriously, Castle take her to the hospital," Ryan says loudly.

Hanna begins to cry and I am dumbfounded. "Okay, okay, we need to go," I say as I turn off the stove quickly.

"Hanna, honey mommy is going to be just fine. I promise. Now, go with Uncle Espo, okay?" Kate practically begs Hanna.

I kiss Hanna's forehead and hand her to Espo. "This is early Kate, I thought we had at least another two weeks, Hanna was late," I say as I make a mad dash for everything we need.

"We have everything taken care of, I can take Hanna tonight or Ryan can," Espo says.

"Yeah, you just go…have that baby," Ryan adds.

Once we get into a room, the doctor announces that it's probably going to be a long night and Kate looks at me with a deadly glare. "I cannot do this all night Castle, I can't," Kate says as another contraction rolls around.

I check my watch—it's only eleven at night. "You have to honey," I tell her as I take her hand.

"Are you sure you don't want pain medications?" asks the nurse politely.

"I'm sure, I did it once without them, I can do it again," Kate insists.

"Kate, you don't have to be tough now, you can take some medication. I would not hurt," I tell her—seeing her in pain causes me pain.

"Castle, no means no," Kate hisses.

At four in the morning, after hours and hours of hell, the doctor says it's time to have a baby. "You can do this," I whisper in her ear as she takes the first push.

Kate screams in pain and grasps my hand so tight I can't feel anything. Kate breathes heavily and turns to me, "shut the hell up Castle," she says between pants.

It's then I decide that women should be granted anything they want for going through this kind of hell. If it was me, I'd be crying like a baby and screaming so loud the whole city could hear me. "Never…ever…ever…again, Castle," Kate screams into my ear.

"Almost there," I try to encourage.

Kate moans again and then cries fill the room. Kate takes a large breath and sighs in relief. "It's a boy," says the doctor.

Just like that, my life changes. I have a boy. My blood rushes through me faster and everything inside of me is yearning to see his face—my little boy's face.

They place him on Kate's chest and a smile breaks out across her sweaty face. "Oh my god, oh my god," Kate whispers as she looks at our child.

The nurse wipes him off and his crying stops. "Is something wrong?" I ask worriedly.

The nurse laughs. "No, just a calm baby," she assures us.

"He has your hair," Kate was as she runs a finger over our son's straight dark brown hair.

"He has your lips and nose," I tell Kate.

"He looks a lot like Hanna," Kate says as she takes him in.

"I wish his eyes were open," I say as I run a finger over his smooth cheek—and just like magic, his eyes open wide. I gasp and a smile leaks onto my face. "He has your eyes," I say like a little girl on Christmas day.

Kate laughs as a tear runs down her face. "He is perfect," she says.

"Now all we have to do agree on a name," I say.

When Hanna arrives in the morning she is dashing into the room with excitement as she stands on her tip-toes, inching to see her new brother. "I had to chase her through the hospital," Jim says from the doorway, as he catches his breath. "Your mother and daughter are on their way, they just called," he adds to me.

I knot of excitement forms in my stomach as I think of Alexis and my mother here too. "Well, Hanna, dad, meet Nathan James Castle," Kate says as she holds out her son to Hanna.

Hanna gasps and studies the baby. "He is small," is all she says.

Kate laughs. "He is a little premature, but usually babies are always small," Kate explains.

"He is beautiful," Jim says as he takes Nathan into his arms. "James, after me?" he asks.

"Of course, we know you go by Jim but James seemed more…middle name-ish," I explain.

Jim laughs and nods. "I'm honored," he says as she rocks his grandson.

The quiet moment is interrupted by the sound of my mother frantically asking a nurse where our room was. "Right there, mam," the nurse says as she points to our doorway.

My mother comes in with a full smile on her face as she runs toward Nathan. Alexis then trails in with a wide smile and flowers in her hand. "Dad!" Alexis shouts as she runs into my arms. "Congrats," she whispers in my ear.

"Thank you honey," I tell her then kiss her head.

Alexis stands back and walks toward her grandmother, who is now holding Nathan. My mother is crying as she hands Alexis her brother. "Oh my, he's gorgeous," Alexis breathes as she trails a finger along his hair line.

Hanna tugs at my pant leg and I pick her up, she lays her head on my shoulder and I kiss her forehead. I look over to Kate and I see she is crying tears of joy, I go over and squeeze her hand—and together we all marvel over the six pounds, two ounces of pure miracle that Nathan is.

School has started and I'm really busy but I'm trying to update as much as possible. I am going to make you guys simply adore Nathan. Please, please review! Thank you!