When Castle woke up the next morning, his clothes were all over the floor, duvet and sheets hardly covering him. He lifted his hand and scrubbed it down his face. It was then that he realised that there was a weight on his chest and a source of heat next to him. Turning his head, he was confronted with the sight of his beautiful Kate, dishevelled, and... Naked. And so was he.

Thoughts of the night before came rushing back to him, like he was fast forwarding from the previous scene back to present time. With a smile, he turned to Kate and pulled her in closer, placing a light kiss on her lips.

'We're having a baby.' He thought to himself, smiling at the thought of running after a baby Beckett. But then a thought dawned on him.

"Kate?" He whispered, gently shaking her awake. Kate stirred but just cuddled in closer to him.

'I guess I'll have to deal with it myself.' He mentally groaned, running his hand through his hair. With a sigh, he rolled over and cuddled back up to Kate, wrapping his arms firmly around her, pulling her closer against his chest, falling back to sleep with a smile on his face.

When Castle awoke again, he found Kate's side of the bed cold and empty. Sitting bolt upright, Castle started to panic, thinking that Kate had left him. Forgetting all modesty, he threw the sheets off him and dashed out his bedroom door to find Kate standing behind the kitchen island preparing breakfast. Castle froze where he stood and stared at Kate, who stared back with a puzzled expression, her trademark eyebrow raise making an appearance on her face. Letting out a sigh, Kate walked around the island to him, clad in only his button up shirt and a beautiful smile, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him firmly on the mouth.

"Did you really think I would leave?"

"Well..." He started, somewhat teasing while real insecurity was evident on his face. Kate's mouth opened in mock offence and playfully slapped his chest.

"Honestly Rick, you have every much a right to see this baby as I do." She smiled, gently cupping his cheek. "And you think that I would really leave after last night." She smirked sexily. Castle's eyes clouded over with lust at the memory, a small moan escaping him. "So I think you should get dressed and then we can go to the precinct." Kate said, giving him an appreciative look up and down. Castle looked down with her and jumped backwards a little.

"Oh, right. I'll go do that. You make coffee?" Kate nodded.

"And pancakes." She smiled.

"I thought you felt sick at the smell of coffee?" Castle raised an eyebrow. Kate shrugged and handed him the steaming mug.

"Just do me a favour and drink it in the bathroom. Then use some mouthwash." Castle nodded, leaning in and placing a sweet kiss on Kate's smiling lips.

"Thank you Kate." He said, kissing her again before retreating into the bathroom. Closing the door behind him, he mumbled, "And now for a cold shower."

When Castle was clean and dressed, sex hair tamed, mouth free of any coffee smell, he emerged from his bedroom to find a plate of food waiting for him. Kate walked past him and into the bedroom to prepare herself for her day of work.

However, once inside the bathroom, door closed behind her, Kate unlocked her phone and quickly dialled the Doctor. Kate nervously bit her nails as the dial tone rang nosily in her ear.

"Doctor Johnson. How may I help you?" She answered pleasantly.

"Hi Doctor Johnson, it's Detective Beckett..."

"Ah, Ms Beckett. How is, what did you call him, Castle? How is he now?"

"Ah, well he seems to be taking it rather well now."

"That's very good. So what can I help you with Ms Beckett?"

"Well, you see, I, I mean we, are unsure about when to start telling my colleagues and my boss."

"Well that is a very common question among my patients. But ultimately it comes down to when you and your partner feel that it is time to tell people. But remember what I said about desk duty from the 4th month on."

"Yeah, I know." Kate sighed, massaging her eyes with her thumb and forefinger.

"I suggest you talk to him about it and then make a decision between the two of you."

"Alright. Thank you Doctor Johnson."

"You're welcome Ms Beckett. Feel free to call again if you have any questions or concerns."

"I will. Bye." Kate hung up the phone and placed it on the side of the sink. "Now all I have to do is talk to Castle."

Once Kate was showered, dressed, make up covering the dark circles under her eyes, her hair brushed and pulled back into a loose pony tail, Kate finally emerged from the bedroom only to find Castle waiting patiently for her on the couch.

"You ready to go?" He asked. Kate nodded, collecting her handbag and coat, following him out the door.

When they reached the car park and Kate was seated in the drivers seat, Castle handed her a paper lunch bag. Kate looked back at him with utter confusion on her face.

"You can't skip a meal, Kate." He smiled sweetly. Kate accepted the bag and looked at its contents only to find several corn cakes, a small packet of plain potato chips, and an apple.

"I get the other food but why the apple?" Kate asked, half expecting him to say something dirty.

"If you feel up to eating normal food, I figured you might want something small to start." Kate's smiled slowly spread across her whole face before she leant across the centre console and, taking his face into both her hands, kissed him full on the mouth. When she pulled back, her smile had spread onto his face to.

"Thank you."

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