"What're we gonna do now?" Julia asked her big sister as they were walking away from the building where they'd gotten their desserts.
"Watch that doesn't melt," Alexis said with a smile. "And we're going to walk through the rest of the countries until we finish with Canada."
"No more rides?" Mari asked.
"Not here," Louis said, since he was walking with them as well. "But the Future World part we've got some rides apparently."
Laughing with her friend Julia said, "We loved Test Track."
"I'll agree, it was a lot of fun," Louis said with a smile. "But I'm interested in those other rides."
"Some of them are low thrill," Eve said, coming up to them. "Your mom told me to tell you that we're almost at the UK."
"Oh… thanks," Julia said before she looked up and saw the teen was right. "Look," she said with a smile as they saw the buildings ahead. Something came to her then and said, "I'm gonna go ask Mom something," speaking to her big sister before she took Mari with her as they started to jog.
"They seem to always do that," Louis commented. "Are they attached at the hip perchance?"
"No, they're close though," Alexis said. "Obviously but I meant because they've known each other since they were three and four."
Louis nodded and said, "Should we have a bet?"
"About what?" Alexis asked, looking at him.
"If she'll be asking about Beatles things in the stores," Louis replied.
"I already knew," Alexis replied. When he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye she said, "I was eating my macaron."
"They are good, aren't they?" Louis asked before they turned their attention to their macaron ice cream sandwiches from the French pavilion.
"I know what you're going to ask," Beckett said quickly to her daughter as soon as she'd reached her with Mari. "And I think there will be Beatles things here but don't expect too much."
"Okay… where's Dad?" Julia asked when she realized she couldn't see him.
"Right here," Castle said, walking up to them from behind. "The Crown and Crest love."
With a nod Beckett pushed Josie's stroller over to that store when she saw they were nearing it. "Sweetie, you can get something now but just one thing," she told Julia as they stepped into the building and saw the merchandise for the band.
"Okay," the girl said eagerly before she was rushing as calmly as she could to what the shelves she'd first seen.
"She left me," Mari said in a jokingly bereft tone.
"She'll realize," Beckett said, trying not to laugh as they stepped into the store further.
"Mari, come look," Julia called to her friend.
"She was quicker than I thought she'd be," Castle said with a smile as he and his wife stopped at the side of the store.
"She's not going to forget Mari," Beckett replied as she looked down at the baby. She then felt her husband taking her hand that wasn't holding onto the stroller and she turned to look at him questioningly before he was swift to answer her.
"We're almost finished with this part of the park," Castle told her.
At first Beckett was a little confused before she realized what he was saying, and she asked him, "You want us to split up? It's a small park. Also, I don't want them going off on Test Track repeatedly."
"What about that ride we passed? Space?" Jim asked, walking up to the two.
Shaking his head Castle said, "I just asked a cast member about that ride and he said that for kids it might be too much. And I looked on my phone and people say that ride makes them sick."
"You'll be going on your own Rick," Beckett told her husband quickly.
With a smile at her Castle said, "I wasn't going to go after I heard that. But there are other rides too I'd like to try. Soarin'"
"Oh, that one they had in Anaheim but changed to be the world?" Beckett asked. "Is Eliza tall enough now?"
"She is," Castle said.
"Then we should go there first," Beckett replied. "And as for splitting up I'd like to speak to the other parents before we go ahead and do that."
Nodding, Castle turned with her as Julia and Eliza were coming over to them and he asked them, "Where's Mari?"
"She found something too, she's showing her parents," the latter told their father. "And I did, can I get this?" Julia asked, holding up the shirt she had.
Taking the light blue ringer shirt; dark blue on the sleeves and neck; Beckett studied the picture that was of the Beatles with bikes, a scene from the movie Help! It said the band's name at the top of the picture with the song titles We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper underneath. She checked the size and said, "It looks good sweetie, you'll just have to wait a bit to fit into this size."
"I know," Julia said quickly.
Castle, looking over at Eliza, saw she was rocking back and forth and he asked, "What'd you get?"
Smiling, the little girl handed over her shirt, a grey one that had the band as they appeared in the animated Yellow Submarine movie. "I don't have that one," Eliza said.
"No, you don't," Castle replied, handing it to his wife. "We have our things, we should go."
Julia didn't protest, as she was eager to look around the pavilion so she could take pictures, and after her parents had paid she was the first out of the store, rushing to take a picture of it. She smiled when her family followed; Martha even leaving the store to join them; and she took a few pictures of them before she hurried to the next building while she hoped they'd be going back to that country soon.
"I really hope she won't be scared on this one," Skye said to Beckett as they were standing next to each other in the line for Soarin'.
"I know," she replied, looking at Fleur who was with her sisters and Julia and Eliza. "But you know you mentioned asking for the lower level," Beckett told her.
"I did, but it's still… a worry," Skye replied. She then smiled slightly and said, "It's why Mary and I will surround her."
"Good idea," Beckett replied before they were moving forward, and she let the investigator go first so the McDouglases could ask for the lowest level of the three rows of seating. Turning to her husband she said, "We're going to go on the lower level too."
"Sure," Castle replied as Alexis was going with the McColloughs. He walked with Julia into the room where the ride was, smiling as Eliza was looking around with wide eyes. "We're going to go up sweetheart," he told her. "But not too, too high."
"Kay," Eliza said before her father set her down on a seat. She kicked her legs, looking down, before she saw Julia was sitting to her right.
"Is this okay? Dad's going to sit over there," the girl said, nodding over to their father.
"Yeah," Eliza said, looking at their mother who was to her left. She smiled and looked past her to the McDouglases, seeing Skye was talking seriously to Fleur before the room darkened. She gasped when their seats moved forward towards a screen and they were flying over the clouds.
"Maman," Beckett heard Fleur whimper.
"It's the Matterhorn," Skye said gently. "The park back at home has that."
Beckett smiled at her friend when she looked at her and she saw they were flying through some clouds again and they came out over some ice. She heard her daughters exclaiming over the polar bear that was jumping off a small shelf of ice into the water. She glanced at her husband before their daughters were exclaiming again and she looked in time to see a killer whale leaping through the water.
When they went through the clouds again, Julia nearly held her breath to see where they would go as they were banking to move with the movie on the screen. When she saw the buildings she immediately recognized it was Sydney and squeezed her father's hand tightly at the sight of the harbor it was on as well. "What's next?" she asked him quickly before she cried out with some of the other kids at the plane that was flying right to them. It led to the scene changing to a castle and she squeezed her father's hand again.
"It's in Germany," Castle told her as they were turning past the castle to the mountains. There was a flash of sunlight and they were in Africa, going above some animals towards Mount Kilimanjaro which he told her while they were going low over some elephants. He smiled when Julia and Eliza raised their legs before an elephant threw up some dirt with its trunk and they came out into China and the Great Wall. He looked at his daughters, not saying anything since they were well aware of the site.
Eliza was watching everything eagerly, wishing suddenly her grandparents had gone with them though she knew they were watching the three youngest. She realized the scene had changed after a kite flew in front of them and she squealed happily at the sight of the desert and camels going by before she turned to her mother just past Julia to ask where they were when she moved to her surprise in response.
Pointing at the screen, Beckett wasn't surprised when the little girl gasped as they swooped to the right and came to the pyramids at Giza. She smiled when Eliza kicked her legs a little at the sight of them and tried to look over at Julia but before she could see the screen was changing again.
Julia smiled as they were flying up to the Taj Mahal and she marveled at the sight of the structure. When they were just above the dome in the middle of the structure she frowned when it suddenly changed into a hot air balloon and she guessed they were somewhere in the American southwest. "Where is this?" she asked.
"Arizona," Beckett said hurriedly while they were flying through a space in the large butte they'd flown up. She was glad she'd managed to tell Julia that as an eagle swooped by them and the scene changed to a tropical island. She knew immediately it wasn't Tahiti but had the feeling it might be somewhere in the same area of ocean. She didn't have very long to think that as they going above people rowing in long boats before the scene changed to a waterfall.
"Is that Niagara?" Eliza asked.
Shaking his head, Castle was glad when the little girl didn't ask what waterfall it was then. But he could see why she was distracted as they were flying directly above, and he realized quickly where they were. As before though, there was some mist covering the screen and when it disappeared they were in Paris.
"They love Paris too lass," Skye said as she heard her daughter gasping. She smiled when Fleur did at that way the lights on the tower were flashing, making it look like it was glittering. Flying up to the top of the tower she said to Fleur, "Somewhere new."
After a flash of light went over the screen Beckett wasn't surprised to see the dome of Epcot. She wondered if the girls knew that meant they were at the end of the ride but wasn't surprised when they were oohing at the fireworks that were going off. When the screen went dark she applauded with the other riders and said to her husband as their row of seats were lowering, "Did you get everywhere we went?"
"I know the waterfalls were the Iguazu Falls," Castle replied. "That's in Argentina," he directed to the girls before they were being told they could take off their seatbelts. He did so quickly and then turned his attention to Eliza, helping her out before they were walking to the exit and the little girl was tugging on his hand at the same time.
"I wanna see everything," Eliza told him before her father picked her up.
"I'm not surprised, but we'll see what we'll be able to visit," Castle said.
"What about that pretty island?" Julia asked once they were outside and walking over to where Martha and Jim were.
"I'm looking at my phone," Alexis told them. "It was Fiji."
"Is that close to your island Daddy?" Eliza asked.
Laughing briefly Castle said, "Not mine, but no, it's a flight away."
"Hey, what're we gonna do now?" Jacob was asking his parents. "Can we go to the golf ball now?"
"Yes," Brad said. "Though you should ask everyone if they're okay going." When no one else said anything he said, "You guys are either okay or not."
"Let's go," Castle said in mock annoyance. He smiled when his friend shot him a look but there was no rancor behind it and they headed over to the ride.
"This one is slower," Beckett was telling her father and mother in law. "But I don't think Josie should be going."
"I'll stay behind," Martha said. When her daughter in law looked at her she said with a smile, "We read the description on the map."
"I'd like to see it," Jim said.
"Alright," Beckett said with a smile as she was aware of the ride herself. When they reached the exit, she followed her mother in law over to a bench saying, "Is there anything you'd like to go on?"
"Oh no," Martha replied. "I've gone on rides I've enjoyed."
"This ride takes a while," Lily said, coming over with Sophie. "Brad just asked, about fifteen minutes."
"That's fine," Martha said.
"Do you want a drink or anything?" Beckett said, slightly blanching hearing the amount of time.
"Go or else it will be even longer," Martha told the two women. She smiled as they said goodbye to their babies and watched them head with the others into the exit, looking at the strollers as she heard Sophie beginning to fuss. "Now Sophie," she told the baby, taking her out of her carrier. "You've been fed, and you were just changed…" she said as she gently rocked the baby against her shoulder. "If it's your mother you're missing she'll be back. They have to, we're right by the exit." She smiled as the baby was squirming slightly before she settled against her and she sat down again, using her hand to reach out to her youngest grandchild. She sat calmly with the two babies, both soon asleep, as they waited for their families and friends to go on the ride inside the geodesic dome they were sitting in the shadow of.
"How did we end up sitting together?" Beckett asked her husband as they were going through stars on the ride Spaceship Earth at the beginning.
"We wanted to sit together," Julia said, looking back at them with a smile. "Shh, the lady's talking."
Castle shared a look with his wife before they were obviously both fighting their laughter at their daughters and the ride then took their attention. Since at that moment the ride was dark after some lightning bolts appeared above them, he squeezed Eliza's shoulder in front of him and told her, "Don't worry, we went back in time so it'll be a little dark," since she'd whimpered slightly.
"Look," Julia whispered as they could see an animation of what she guessed was an ancient man. When she realized he was throwing a rock at a wooly mammoth she booed before her mother was squeezing her shoulder gently. "Sorry," she said.
"I don't blame you, but they needed to eat," Beckett told her gently.
Julia nodded in agreement with her before she and her sister turned their attention to the scene they were coming up to. At first, she thought it was a fire but soon saw it was inside a cave with the primitive people making paintings on the walls which she guessed was their communicating since she knew the ride was about that. She gasped with her sister when the cave paintings started to move and continued to as they passed by it.
"Ooh, the pyramids!" Eliza said eagerly as she could tell from the art to their right they were going there.
As the narrator explained the Ancient Egyptians inventing portable communication, Beckett found she couldn't stop smiling at the girls' expressions of awe. But she couldn't blame them as they were passing a man making papyrus, then a scene where a pharaoh was dictating something to a scribe while his queen sat next to him. She felt Castle squeezing her hand and smiled at him as she knew he was greatly enjoying the history as they moved on to the next scene.
Castle was glad to hear the narrator talking about the Phoenicians creating an alphabet to help their trade, since he didn't want him and Beckett to have to talk for too long to explain. He watched the scene of a boat and people trading go by before they went into the dark, going towards some columns. "Knew it," he commented.
Beckett glanced at her husband, wanting to say something about the fact that he apparently had known the next scene, but she held back as the girls were watching a group of Ancient Greek men listening to another teach about mathematics. She noticed something out of the corner of her eye and saw Eliza was taking a picture and she hoped they were both getting good shots since it was hard for her and her husband to help them.
"Where are we?" Eliza whispered as they came to the next scene. She thought they might have been with the same people as there was a man dressed in what she thought were robes talking to a soldier in front of a chariot.
"That was Greece a long time ago and this is Rome a long time ago," Julia was quick to explain. She was hurrying to take a picture and after she'd done so she looked ahead and said under her breath, "Uh-oh."
"It's nothing scary, this just happened when the Roman Empire fell, and they started to destroy things like scrolls," Castle told the two rapidly.
Eliza nodded, looking at the scene to their left with some arches and broken columns with what she knew was supposed to be fire flickering. She shifted a little uncomfortably and was relieved when they were drifting by to the next scene that were men with turbans talking together. She smiled when the narrator talked about Jewish and Islamic men that were preserving recorded information. "That's good," she said to her sister.
"Yep," Julia nodded as they went past what she knew was a library but with scrolls instead of books. She admired what she knew were supposed to be tiles, as they looked just like the ones they'd seen in the Morocco pavilion. After passing what she guessed was a monk writing she giggled with her sister as on the other side of the desk another monk was asleep. Seeing the next scene, she gasped and said, "It's the first printed books!" at the sight of the printing press.
"If we weren't writers would they be so eager?" Castle murmured into his wife's ear.
Beckett smiled and shook her head before they passed more scenes relating to the European Renaissance before they passed Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. They went through a post-Civil War newspaper scene, one with telegraphs and telephones before they passed under what was a cinema like marquee though it just read cinema. Seeing the theater screen, she saw the girls were taking pictures hurriedly before she heard Eliza asking what the things on their left were and was about to answer when she heard Julia doing so swiftly.
"Radio towers," the girl said. "Now we're on radios."
Nodding her head Eliza saw the next scene and said with a smile, "Now TV," as there was a family watching an old television set.
Going through the sixties, seventies and a tunnel with a computer code projected on it Castle breathed out in amazement as he realized it was the cupola of the dome. He was going to tell the girls what it was when he saw they were taking pictures and he realized they didn't really need to talk through the rest of the ride. Beckett leaning her head on his shoulder helped him decide that as he wrapped his arm around her to hold her close while they watched their daughters in front of them.
"Wa-wa, wa-wa-wa-wa-"
"Sweetheart," Castle said, stopping the little girl. "Do you not like the guacamole?" he asked.
"Wa-wa-wa," Eliza said in a slightly sing-song voice.
"I think she's saying gua at the beginning of the word," Julia said.
"I think so," Castle said in agreement. "So you like it?"
"Yeah," Eliza said. She was surprised to hear her grandmother laughing and looked over at her saying, "What's wrong Gram?"
"Your father did the same thing," Martha explained. "With a commercial that was around when he was a child."
"Oh…" Eliza said before she smiled at her father. "Do you remember?"
"Vaguely," Castle said. "Anyways, you like it," he continued, watching her eat the chip that she'd dipped into the guacamole they had gotten with their tacos with their meal at La Cantina de San Angel. They were next to the World Showcase Lagoon in the Mexico Pavilion and it was later in the evening, as they'd been finishing going through the Future World section.
"The tacos are good too," Julia said with a wide smile.
"Very," Jim added. "How is she?" he asked his daughter.
"She's good," Beckett replied as she'd checked on Josie. She leaned over and gently kissed the baby's forehead before she said, "So after this we need to go somewhere."
"We went everywhere though," Julia pointed out.
"We did, but we need to get something for your grandpapa if he'd like," Beckett said.
"The popcorn?" Jim asked. When his daughter nodded he smiled and then said, "I already have the popcorn you bought me at the Magic Kingdom."
"You should try it Grandpapa," Julia said.
Jim was about to speak before he thought for a moment and then nodded saying, "Alright, but if I get anything I'll share it."
"Is that our dessert?" Eliza asked.
"No, but don't ask yet we just finished," Beckett said firmly before they got up from the table and took their trash. She watched the girls hurry over to their friends and she sighed saying to her husband, "They'll want to go on Test Track again."
"Are you tired of it?" Castle asked.
"I don't think I can say that," Beckett replied. "But we need to go on something else."
"Well… I'd let them pick a ride themselves," Castle said. "But what would you say to us taking a break?"
"Letting our parents go?" Beckett asked, relieved that they were ahead of them.
"Yeah," Castle replied.
"Alright," Beckett said. "But," she then said swiftly as he was looking delighted with her answer. "They need to be alright with this."
"Sure," Castle said quickly, nodding his head.
Beckett smiled and squeezed his arm; since he was pushing Josie's stroller; before they walked around the lagoon and towards the Canada Pavilion. "Girls," she suddenly called. "And you Alexis," she said when the two looked at her. "We're going to take a picture; the six of us."
"In front of the totem poles?" Julia asked eagerly.
"Yes," Beckett said as they'd already taken a picture of their whole family together the first time they'd been to that pavilion. "Dad…" she said.
"I'll take it," Jim said as he took her camera. He waited for the five to stand in front of one of the totem poles at the entrance to the pavilion and once Josie was set in her father's arms he raised the camera, snapping a couple shots before the group moved.
"Very nice," Castle said, looking at the shot with everyone as Beckett held her camera.
"It is," Alexis said. "I'd like a copy of that."
"Sure," Beckett said with a smile, knowing that would go somewhere in the townhouse her stepdaughter was going to share with Louis. "Alright, we went right past the popcorn Dad."
"Mommy, what about a ride?" Eliza asked. "We wanna go on the Test one."
"I know but we can't go right away," Beckett said, waving to the McColloughs who were walking up to them. "Did everyone go into the gift shop?"
"Yeah, they wanted to take a last look," Brennan said first.
"Did they tell you they want to go on Test Track again?" Clara asked.
"Oh, they did," Castle replied. "But we're going to let them go on a slower ride… or two."
"Great you had the same idea," Brennan then said. "The parents should have some time off."
Hearing the girls and Erin laughing, and the expression her husband gave them, Clara said, "Some time on their own is a better way to say it Bren."
"Alright… but we should tell the other three couples," Brennan said.
"Alexis, Louis-" Beckett started to say.
"It's alright," the former said quickly. "It's a little hard for them to take care of all those kids on their own."
"But would you be alright if we go on our own tomorrow?" Louis asked.
"Dad!" "Daddy!"
"Why do they always call me out?" Castle asked his wife in mock annoyance.
"Because you relish telling them," Beckett said with a smile. She couldn't help it and she leaned over to him, kissing his cheek before she said, "Let's get them all over here, tell them what park is up for tomorrow and then talk about our plans for the next few rides." She wasn't surprised when her husband nodded and he, Brennan and Louis left them and she turned with her family to the popcorn stall where they went to try it. She watched her father; as they all were; while he ate the sample he'd gotten of the maple popcorn, waiting to see what he would say about it once he had finished.
"I'll get a small bag," Jim said, smiling at his family when he'd finished. "But you're sharing."
"Mommy-" Eliza started to say when they saw the others were coming over to them with Castle.
"After we go on Test Track again," Beckett said. "Actually… Rick."
"I thought the same thing," Castle said quickly. "And what about in Norway?"
"Really?" Erin asked.
"Yeah, we had ice cream already so now something baked but small," Castle replied. "But that's for our girls, better ask your parents."
"Go! That way we won't miss going on the rides," David called out jokingly.
The group made their way around to the Norway Pavilion and the Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe where they bought their desserts, going to Future World where they knew there were some tables near the entrance.
"Easy," Beckett said to Eliza as she was biting into the berry Cream Puff they were sharing. She made sure the cream wouldn't fall to the table and once the little girl was done she took a bite herself. After she had done so she said, "Do you know where you're going to go?"
"I think the Imagination ride," Julia said, once she'd eaten some of the cream puff that she and Castle were sharing. "And then probably Mission-"
"Julia," Castle and Beckett said at the same time.
Giggling briefly as her parents were looking at each other Julia said, "Kidding, we're probably gonna go through the Spaceship one again 'cause that takes a while."
"And after can we go on the fast cars?" Eliza said hopefully.
"I think so," Beckett said with a smile. "Since you're going there we'll stay here."
"Well… that bench," Castle said, looking over towards the geodesic dome. He ate the last of his half of the puff and got up with the others as they were finishing as well. They went over to the ride they'd gone on second to last in that part of the park and he said, "So we'll meet at Test Track in about forty-five minutes," not surprised when the kids looked at each other immediately.
"If you're early," Lily said. "I think we can all agree they can go to the… Wait, there aren't any gift shops around here are there?"
"We can walk around," Jacob suggested.
"If you do stay around Test Track and on the main path," David said to Mari.
"I think that goes for all the kids," Beckett said.
"We'll make sure they won't go off on their own," Martha said gently to remind the parents the kids would have four adults with them.
"Then have fun until we meet again," Brad said before the kids were leaving them. "See you guys later," he told the other couples quickly before walking away.
Beckett smiled, watching them go before she said, "Where are you guys going?"
"I suppose over to the UK," Brennan said. "Would love some ale."
"We'll follow," David said quickly, looking at his wife.
"Think they'll sit together?" Skye asked with a smile.
"No, what about you two?" Beckett said.
Shaking her head Mary said, "We'll figure that out as we go," before she grabbed her wife's hand and they were walking away leaving Castle and Beckett to look at one another in their wake.
"What're the odds they're going to make out?" Castle asked his wife in Irish once they were completely alone.
"Extremely good," Beckett said, smiling at him. "Come on," she told him before they walked over to Test Track. "You know if you want to go for a ride you could. I don't know if you'd feel sick after but-"
Placing his hand on his wife's arm Castle told her, "I don't want to, we'll be going on after I'm sure."
Beckett smiled slightly and said, "I'm just letting you know."
With a slight nod Castle said, "The same for you."
Nodding a little Beckett looked ahead of them as they were nearing the familiar circular structure of the ride and she walked straight to a bench before she turned to Josie. Taking her out of the carrier she told her husband, "She needs to sleep."
"I noticed," Castle said, referencing the fact that she was still awake. He was startled when she handed the baby to him and said, "Okay?"
"I'm fine, I need to use the restroom," Beckett explained with a smile. She then turned her attention to their daughter and gently kissed the top of her head saying, "I love you sweetie, be a good girl for your daddy."
"She will," Castle said, smiling slightly himself as he was watching her. He took Beckett's arm with his free hand and pulled her close, kissing her a little deeply than he'd meant to, but he couldn't help it.
When they slowly parted Beckett smiled at him and said, "I'll be back."
Castle couldn't help watching her walk away from him before he murmured to the baby, "Hopefully when you're older you don't mind I do this. I love your mom a lot." He smiled when the baby sounded like she was sighing, and he looked down at her saying, "And I love you too Josie. Sweet dreams ceann beag." He kissed the top of her head and began to pace back and forth, gently rocking her so he could get her to sleep as he waited for his wife to come back.
When she was walking back to the two, Beckett spotted her husband was sitting on the bench, holding Josie closely to him. She was tempted to stop and take a picture of them but continued to walk as she could tell the baby was asleep.
"Hey," Castle said, looking up to see his wife was nearing them.
"Hey, she's set?" Beckett asked.
"She has been for a while; she was tired," Castle said. "But I wanted to ask you something. Would we be able to take her to our room tonight?"
"Keep her here with us?" Beckett asked. When her husband nodded she said gently, "I don't like her being outside and Eliza's going to need to go to bed herself."
Sighing heavily Castle said, "I knew already but…"
"You were hoping?" Beckett asked, squeezing his arm. At his nod she leaned over and gently brushed her lips to his cheek before she said, "Go ahead and put her in the carrier."
"But I don't wanna," Castle said in his most child-like voice. He smiled when Beckett rolled her eyes and stood up before he put Josie carefully into the carrier. He kissed her forehead gently before his wife did the same and when they were sure their baby was still asleep they sat down on the bench together. "You know what I just realized?" he asked her.
"I know," Beckett said with a slight laugh. "They'll remember though and ask once they come over here."
Castle nodded and said, "A bhféadfainn póg athabhairt duit ceart anois?"
Smiling as he had asked if he could kiss her, ending with the words right now a little strained, Beckett said, "Ná dean dearmad-" she started to say, telling him not to forget before he interrupted her.
Feeling a little bad he'd kissed her before she could have finished talking Castle was a little relieved when she responded to him, wrapping her arms around him as tightly as she could. He held her close, but they didn't really involve themselves in each other for very long and he sighed as they parted from each other. "I'll do better… at some point," he told her.
"I will too," Beckett said. She smiled when he looked surprised briefly and said, "I'm serious." She turned to look at their baby and said, "Hopefully they'll get here soon."
Laughing quietly Castle said, "I don't blame you. He then wrapped his arm around her and holding her close told her, "Do you mind if we go on the ride together?"
Studying her husband for a moment Beckett reached up and gently cupped his face in her hands before she brushed her lips to his. When she pulled back she said as she stared into his eyes, "I'd love to."
Breathing out hard Castle said, "I love you," a little huskily.
Beckett's only response in that moment was to lean over, taking her husband's lips a little roughly at first before she relaxed at the same time as him and they parted to press their foreheads against one another. "I love you too," she was finally able to tell him before she leaned against him again. They remained there until they saw their friends coming back to them before their kids with their parents, Alexis and Louis. She could hear the kids all talking at once and she murmured, "I wonder what happened."
"Easy you guys," Brad was telling the kids once they were all gathered together. "You're going to wake up the babies."
"Where are we going Dad? You never told us," Julia asked him.
"I'm surprised you guys forgot," Castle replied. "We're heading over to the Hollywood Studios Park."
Skye smiled at the whispers between the kids and she said, "You don't mind?"
"Why would we?" Marie asked.
"There isn't much there," Rebecca said.
"That's alright, this was the one you said we'd go over to the Magic Kingdom, isn't it?" Eve then asked.
"It is but we might stay there all day," Beckett replied. "And I know you're going to ask, it opens at nine and closes at nine thirty."
"Nine thirty? That's an odd time to close at," Brennan commented. "You do realize that means we have an hour and a half."
"We are going to go, right?" Fleur asked softly.
"We are," Castle assured them. "But Eliza…"
"I can't go… oh please let me go!" the little girl begged her parents.
Sharing a look with her husband Beckett sighed and said, "Sweetie we can but if you fall asleep then or after when we're at the park someone will take you back to the hotel. And no tantrums okay?"
Eliza nodded her head so fast that her Mickey ears hat was knocked slightly askew. She giggled when the others laughed and then said, "I won't, thank you Mommy, Daddy."
"You're welcome, let's go before you fall asleep now," Castle told her before they said goodbye to Jim and Martha who remained with the babies and Dani. He put Eliza onto his shoulders and walked with her perched there as they made their way over to the ride, going through the exit while the kids were all talking happily to their parents about their time on the two rides before then until they neared the loading platform.
"How are we going to sit?" Ivy asked Skye interestedly.
"Well… we have one less person, so I guess just try to gather by six," Skye said. She looked at the girls and sighed saying, "So many children," in an exaggerated voice. She smiled when Iris and Fleur giggled while they hugged her together she said, "Who'll-"
"I will," Fleur said quickly.
"We're gonna go together," Eliza said with a giggle. "And with Grandpapa."
"I'll sit with you Mom, Dad," Julia told them.
After Alexis told the three she would sit with Eliza and Fleur behind them, Beckett moved after her husband, going in the middle of the front seat again. Sitting down she smiled at Julia who was in the driver's seat before they took off down the track. She reached for her oldest's hand as they were going up the incline to the main part of the ride and she smiled at her daughter before they began going through the 'tests'.
"This takes too long," Julia told her mother in a murmur.
"It does," Castle called out as they finally reached the room before the outside of the track.
Julia screamed out in exhilaration as they took off through the opening doors, exiting into the evening, holding her hands up while she heard her parents next to her yelling too. She didn't have a chance to react to that as they were going so fast but when they eventually slowed down she smiled and said, "What do we do now?"
Glancing behind her, Beckett smiled herself but didn't say anything in response before she looked ahead and felt her husband squeeze her hand. When they were off the ride and walking over to where her father and mother in law were she went to Rebecca and David.
Watching her mother Eliza asked, "Do I need to go to bed?"
"I'm afraid so sweetie," Beckett said, back with them. "You've been yawning a lot. But we need you to do Rebecca and David a favor."
"Kay," Eliza said interestedly.
"Hold Dani's hand while you're going back," Beckett told her.
"So they don't have to leave and then come back?" Eliza asked. When her mother nodded she smiled a little and said, "I can do that."
"Good," Beckett said before she picked the little girl up. "I love you sweetie."
"I love you too Mommy," Eliza said. "I'm happy for tomorrow."
"Me too," Beckett said before they shared a kiss. She handed their middle daughter to Castle, watching him hug her tightly before Eliza gave him a smacking kiss on his cheek.
"I love you Daddy," the little girl said.
"I love you too, sleep tight because tomorrow we're going to Hollywood," Castle told her with a smile as he gently bounced her on his hip.
Giggling Eliza shared a kiss with him before she was set down and she went to her older sisters, hugging them both before she went to Dani. "Bye," she said, waving to everyone.
Watching them go over to the entrance Rebecca asked, "How is she not upset at going?"
"She feels grown up," Julia said with a smile at everyone. "So now what do we do?"
"Go through the rides again," Castle said. "But we have something at nine."
"What?" Eve asked. "Oh, it's not a parade, is it?"
"No, a show on the lagoon over there," Brad said. "We should split up."
"We should but where do we meet and where do we get good spots to watch the show?" Mary asked.
"Text everyone when you go to the lagoon and we'll see where we are," Castle told them. When the others nodded and started to split up he wasn't surprised when his daughter went off with her boyfriend and he turned to Julia.
With a smile the girl said, "What do you guys want to do?"
"Well… I think we can head around the world again," Castle said, looking at the two as they were alone.
"That's a good idea," Beckett said with a nod. "But I think Julia wants to go on Test Track again."
"At night," the girl explained.
"That's a good idea," Castle told her. "We should go in the other direction."
"Yeah," Julia said, knowing her father meant going from Canada and then around to Mexico. She took his hand as her mother was getting her camera ready and then walked to the pavilion before she said, "Eliza wants to go."
"I'm not surprised," Castle said while they watched Beckett taking several pictures. "And we will I'm sure."
"Because it's right there?" Julia asked, pointing where she thought was north before her father was moving her arm. She giggled and said, "Yeah, there."
"That and because we liked Toronto when we went," Castle said. "We'll go there and Vancouver and…"
"There are a lot of places Dad, I know," Julia said. She looked at her mother and said, "Do you want us to go?"
"Yes," Beckett said reassuringly. "Are you guys ready to go?"
"Yeah," Julia said eagerly as she knew next was the UK. As they were walking she got an idea and she went to her mother, squeezing her hand tightly in her excitement before Beckett was stopping them right by a gate that was in front of a large white building. She was tempted to ask her what was wrong when her mother spoke to Castle in Irish and she waited. When they finished she opened her mouth as Beckett turned to her and stopped her by wrapping her arm around her and pulling her to her side.
"We might have to leave Test Track for after the show," she told her daughter.
"Oh… is there time?" Julia asked in surprise.
"There will be," Castle said. "And I think a ride or two more," he said, looking at his wife.
"I think so," Beckett said before they were walking through the UK section. "Think of what you'd like to go on. And don't pick Test Track all those times."
"For the second ride?" Julia asked hopefully. She smiled when her mother gently pinched her cheek and she said, "Thanks!" as she knew that meant yes. She looked ahead of them at the maze they were coming to and she went through it, knowing they could do so quickly. With her parents following her she walked through and when they were out she was walking with the two as they went to each pavilion. "Hey," she said eagerly when they were at the Italy Pavilion. "There's Mari and her parents."
"You guys are sitting for the show already?" Castle called in surprise as the three were leaning against the railing.
"It's the best spot," David said. "With the golf ball and everything."
Mari and Julia laughed together before the latter turned to her parents and said, "Can we stay?"
"Alright," Castle said. "Are you thirsty though? I wanted to get us some drinks."
"Yeah," Julia said with a nod.
"You should text the others," Beckett said.
"I was about to; we just got here," Rebecca answered.
Nodding Beckett then said, "I'll go with him." She went to her husband and took her hand before she said, "She doesn't need more sugar; not this late."
"I was actually going to that tea place," Castle said. He saw his wife looking hesitant and said, "We can get something a little less sweet."
With a sigh Beckett said, "Alright, is that why you let me come with you?" When he nodded and smiled she laughed and gently squeezed his hand before they were walking together up to the China Pavilion as fast as they could.
When they were at the small stall, Castle studied the menu and said, "I'm tempted to get the smoothie."
"There are two," Beckett said in confusion, looking at him. She then smiled and said, "I'll get the strawberry one and let Julia take a few sips but only that." When he looked like he was about the protest she told him, "It does have caffeine."
"Oh… alright," Castle said before he stepped up to order. While they were waiting for the smoothies he said, "Hopefully she won't mind."
"She won't," Beckett said with a smile. She looked at the path around the lagoon with him and waved as she spotted Skye and Mary with their daughters.
"Hey, getting a cuppa?" Skye asked them when they were close.
"A smoothie," Castle corrected. When the girls started to turn to their mothers he told them hurriedly, "They have tea in them."
"You can have ours a bit," Skye told her daughters. "But we should go because it's nearly time for the show."
"Did you go on any rides?" Beckett asked the investigator as Mary was ordering and Castle was picking up their drinks.
"The Mexico one," Skye replied. She smiled and said, "The girls liked that one. You?"
"We just walked until we got to Italy and saw the Fosters," Beckett replied. "But she wants to go on Test Track twice."
Laughing Skye said, "They want to as well, should we just stay together?"
"If you'd like to, we'll have to ask the others," Beckett said before her husband and Mary were walking back to them.
"Would you guys take our kids?" Skye then said. "We won't be too much longer."
"Sure," Castle said, looking at the five. "Let's go."
"Who's there?" Marie asked.
"The Fosters and Julia," Beckett answered as they walked back.
"What about Eliza?" Fleur asked. "She's going to miss this," she said.
"She is but I'll film it with my phone so she can at least watch it," Castle replied. They were nearing Italy and when they did he said, "Oh, I guess it's the Davises and McColloughs too."
"Don't run," Beckett said as Iris let go of her hand and rushed with her sisters to the others. "Hey, you got tired of the rides?" she asked, walking up to Lily as their kids were at the railing talking together.
"No, we suggested we should go so we had space to look at the show," she replied. "Do they want to go on Test Track too?"
With a smile Beckett nodded and said, "First after this and then last."
"They said the first two rides we go on right now," Lily said. "Your idea sounds better. I wonder if there's a ride like that one in the other park."
"I'm not sure," Beckett said. She then leaned over and murmured into her friend's ear for a moment before leaning back with a shrug.
"That might be our husbands," Lily said with a laugh.
"True but the kids would enjoy it," Beckett said, looking past her friend and seeing that Skye and Mary were coming down to them. "I think we're all here."
"We are, and it's a while until this starts," David said, looking at his watch. "Where did you get those drinks?" he asked Castle and Beckett.
"Over in the China Pavilion," the former said first. He wasn't surprised when the other parents left and he said to Skye and Mary, "It's worth it."
"It is," Mary commented, letting Kathleen sip her mango green tea smoothie. She was about to speak when Ivy came over to her then and took her hand, getting her attention and making her look down at her.
"Are we gonna go on rides after?" the little girl asked.
"Of course," Mary said.
"Should we all go together?" Castle said. When the kids were all nodding he said, "Ask your parents but we were going to suggest that since it sounds like you all want to go to one ride."
"Can you blame us?" Eve said.
"It's a cool ride," Mari said.
"Yeah, I'll agree with you," Castle said before he thought of something looking over at Marie and Kathleen. "How does it hold up to your ride?"
Sharing a smile with her twin, the latter said, "They're different so you can't compare them."
"Yeah, the tracks are different too," Marie added. "They're fun because they're different."
"Okay," Castle said.
"Do you ever want to go to Disneyland again?" Kathleen asked.
"I get the feeling we will this fall," Beckett commented, smiling. She watched as those had had been to that park told Ivy and Iris about it a little before the parents started to come back. As they waited for the show to start she stood with her husband and said, "Are you going to go crazy tomorrow?" speaking in Irish.
Castle fought back some laughter and then shook his head telling her, "We've been on the ride before. But Brad and David haven't."
"I warned their wives," Beckett said wryly. When he made a slight face at her she couldn't help laughing and she turned her attention to the water as Julia hurried over to them.
"Is it going to start?" the girl asked her parents.
"It is," Beckett said, wrapping her arm around her before the first firework went off. She smiled when her daughter and husband both cheered at the sight of it before they watched the fire in the water.
Placing his hand on his wife's shoulder, Castle waited for her to turn to him and he leaned down to her. Though he knew he shouldn't really do that since they were surrounded he couldn't stop himself. He gently kissed her before they parted soon after and he smiled at her. When Julia stepped to her right to stand with Mari he wrapped his arm around his wife, holding her close. They enjoyed the fireworks with their friends and family, the show an entertaining highlight of exploring the park and a reminder they had much more to look forward to as another day at the resort was coming to an end.
