Rick woke up feeling very happy. He couldn't help but look forward to going to work and seeing Kate and everyone else. He walked into his living room with a huge smile on his face. Martha was sitting by the kitchen counter when she noticed Rick walking into the room.

"Good morning darling." Martha said.

"Morning mother." Rick said.

"You look happy." Martha said, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Yeah, I am. I don't know why." Rick said as he poured himself some coffee and took a seat.

"Maybe this a bad time to tell you that your divorce lawyer called." Martha said.

"My what?" Rick asked, hoping he had heard wrong.

"Yeah. I was surprised too. Why would your divorce lawyer call if you aren't married?" Martha said, teasing Rick.

"He was probably calling about some pending payment." Rick said, trying to think on his feet.

"Nah, that's not it." Martha said.

"Maybe he was just checking in." Rick said, he was running out of excuses.

"He seemed to think you'd gotten married to someone recently. Do you know anything about that?" Martha said.

Rick gave Martha an embarrassed smile, he really didn't want to talk about this with her.

"He also happened to mention that you have a divorce hearing in a few months. I told him I didn't believe him because I would know if my son got married, let alone got divorced for a third time." Martha said, starting to get angry.

"I can explain." Rick said.

"Oh you're about to." Martha said.

"So remember when I went to Vegas for my book event?" Rick asked.

"Oh my god Richard, please tell me you didn't marry some random woman in Las Vegas." Martha said, lifting her arms in the air.

"Well she's not random anymore, if that helps." Rick said, shrugging his shoulder.

"Who is she?" Martha asked.

"It's Kate." Richard said.

"Detective Beckett?" Martha asked.

"Yeah, that's how we met. When we were coming back from Vegas, I happened to go to one of her crime sites and bumped into the Mayor there and this whole arrangement came about." Rick said.

"She really doesn't come across as someone who could get married to a stranger in Vegas." Martha said.

"She isn't. There was a lot of alcohol involved." Rick said.

"Still, I can't believe you got married and didn't tell me." Martha said.

"You got married?" Alexis asked, as she walked into the room.

"Good morning sweetheart." Rick said, nervously. He didn't know how he was going to explain this to Alexis.

"What's going on dad?" Alexis asked.

"Nothing. Are you ready for school?" Rick said, trying to change the topic.

"It's Saturday. Why are you trying to change the topic?" Alexis asked.

"I'm not... I'm just.." Rick said.

"Just tell me the truth." Alexis said.

"Um.." Rick said, trying to figure out where to start.

"Your dad got married to someone in Vegas a few months ago." Martha said, not being able to take the awkward silence.

"Mother!" Rick said, annoyedly.

"So I have a new stepmom?" Alexis asked.

"Kind of, I'm not sure." Rick said.

"Well, if she's your wife, then she's my stepmom, isn't she?" Alexis asked.

"Yeah, technically." Rick said.

"Who is she?" Alexis asked, taking a seat on the kitchen counter next to her grandmother.

"Do you remember Detective Beckett from the hospital?" Rick asked.

"Yeah I do." Alexis said.

"it's her." Rick said, he really couldn't believe any of this was happening.

"Wow. Why isn't she living with us if you two are married?" Alexis asked.

"Because.." Rick began again, trying to find the right words to explain this very complicated situation to his nine-year-old daughter.

"Because they didn't know they were getting married, when they did and now don't really know what to do.." Martha said.

Rick shot her a look. He knew she was kind of enjoying this and while he understood, this wasn't the time.

"Can that happen? Can you marry someone without knowing you are marrying them?" Alexis asked.

"No kiddo, that happens only when you're drunk." Martha said.

"Mother! What are you trying to do?" Rick asked, starting to get angry.

"I'm just being honest with the kid." Martha said.

"It's okay dad, I understand. I think." Alexis said, reaching for her father's hand over the counter.

"You do?" Rick asked. He loved how mature she was, he had no idea how she was his daughter.

"Yeah and for what it's worth I really liked her." Alexis said.

"Me too." Martha said, joining in.

"Why don't we invite her for dinner?" Alexis asked.

"Yeah, I think that's a great idea!" Martha said with a smile.

"No, no it's not." Rick said, starting to panic.

"Why not?" Martha asked.

"Because, it's complicated." Rick said.

"But she's your wife and my stepmother, I deserve to get to know her a little." Alexis said.

"But we're getting a divorce." Rick said.

"But you haven't gotten it yet, have you?" Martha asked, already knowing the answer.

"No." Rick said.

"Then she's still your wife. We should invite her, I'll cook." Martha said.

"Why would you invite someone over only to feed them your cooking?" Rick asked.

"Touché. Maybe we should call her parents too, make it a whole family affair." Martha said.

"No!" Rick said, there was no way in hell Kate was going to agree to dinner with his family, let alone a whole family meeting.

"Why not?" Alexis asked.

"Because you two should get to know her first, before we involve the rest of her family." Rick said.

"So you'll invite her?" Alexis asked.

Rick really wanted to say no. He knew this was an absolutely horrible idea. There was no good reason why this should happen, they were going to get a divorce and all of this would've been for nothing. But he could see how much Alexis wanted to meet her and out of all of the women he had married, Kate was the only one who was the kind of person he would want influencing his daughter in any way.

"Fine, I'll do it." Rick said, with a sigh.

Just then Rick's phone began to ring, it was Kate. Thinking about telling her about dinner, Rick had a feeling he might be the second victim of the day.