"That is so weird," Alexis said. "Not negatively but-"
"I know what you mean," Beckett said slightly laughingly as her stepdaughter sat back. She sat on the chair next to hers and said, "Standing like that was weird."
"I'm a little too old to be kneeling," Alexis replied before they laughed together. "How often have the girls done that?"
"Not too much," Beckett replied. "Your dad has though."
"That doesn't surprise me," Alexis said with a smile. She then said, "Almost time."
"I was talking about that with Lily," Beckett said, smiling herself. "But I'll be glad when this is over."
Alexis opened her mouth to speak then when she heard footsteps running upstairs and she looked with her stepmother as the girls soon came down the staircase. "Careful, don't want to ruin the rest of your birthday," she called out to them.
"We're holding onto the railing!" Julia pretended to say in annoyance. When she and her sister were at the end she went to her mother, hugging her and saying, "Are you ready?"
"You can't tell?" Beckett asked, seeing her mother in law and Castle coming down then.
"You look pretty Mommy," Eliza said with a smile.
"I think so too," Julia added as they were both hugging their mother.
"I'll agree," Castle said, not surprised when his wife glanced at him. "But we should go, we have a reservation." He was going to help his wife up as their daughters went to get Jim out by the lake, but she was fine doing so on her own. When they were all in the house shortly after they stepped out to the cars, leading the others from the other homes down the street to make their way downtown and the restaurant he had chosen himself for that night.
"Where are we gonna eat?" Julia asked as she and her sister hadn't been told.
"It's a famous steakhouse here in town," Castle commented.
"They do allow kids, right?" Beckett asked.
Unable to answer; since they had stopped at the valet parking; Castle got out quickly and hurried around to help his wife out of the car before the valet could. "They do, I wouldn't have had us come here if they didn't," he said before he went to get their daughters.
"Isn't this place too fancy?" Julia asked her mother as she took her hand.
"They have a kids' menu," Beckett assured her. "Your dad made sure they did."
Frowning slightly Julia said, "Okay."
When they were all together the group went over to the entrance and once inside they were shown over to a large table in a separate room which made Castle say, "I may have let them know there were kids in our party."
"You mean they asked," Rebecca said as they were all sitting down.
"They did," Castle said. "I didn't want the place to seem like a jerk."
"That would imply it was a person," David said jokingly.
"Just in general," Castle said, shaking his head though he then smiled at his friend. "But I looked at the menu online and they have a good selection."
"Are you getting wine for the table Richard?" Martha asked her son as they were looking at the menus.
"No, since some of us are pregnant and kids I figure it's better to choose individually," Castle replied.
"Are there more adults than kids?" Julia asked then.
"There are," Beckett said with a smile. "Even if you're counting the babies who haven't been born yet."
"Which is good, that means there's enough of us to watch you all," Brad said.
"Look and see what you want," Castle told the girls then as they were laughing with the other kids.
Once they had ordered their food and drinks everyone around the table began to talk, breaking off to speak with those close to them as the kids; who were all sitting together except for the youngest; talked together.
"So how has your birthday been?" Brennan asked Castle since he was sitting on the other side of his cousin.
"Really nice," he replied, smiling at his wife. "I'm glad you remembered the museum."
"Thank Eliza," Beckett said.
Seeing the man and Clara looked confused Castle explained, "She mentioned since Eliza's five now we should go so she'll remember more."
"It was a nice museum, not quite like that at home," Brennan said. He then smiled and commented, "Will you tell them about tomorrow?"
"We should," Castle said, looking at his wife.
"Alright," Beckett said in amusement. "Get their attention." She wasn't surprised when her husband immediately tapped on his glass getting the attention of everyone around the table who quickly looked over at him; the kids expectantly as if they knew what he was going to say already.
"Tell us where we're going!" the kids said at nearly the same time.
"Okay, okay," Castle said, trying to stop laughing as everyone else was doing after they'd all frozen in surprise at the kids' talking together. "We're heading to the Highland Botanical Park."
"Plants?" Jacob asked.
"And trees?" Mari added.
"And it's spring, tomorrow's April," Lily said to all the kids.
"Flowers!" most of the kids exclaimed together.
"Don't worry," Brad said laughing to his son who'd playfully wrinkled his nose. "There'll be other things to see too."
"Have you been there?" Nkosi asked while waiters and a waitress were coming into the room with their food.
"We did come here once for a trip; a long time ago," Lily replied. "We were coming back from Niagara Falls about a year into our relationship. We stopped at the park and it was beautiful," she added, smiling at her husband.
As the two shared a kiss Castle couldn't help reaching for his wife and squeezed her hand tightly before he kissed her cheek. He then turned his attention to his food and told her, "I hope you'll enjoy this."
"Shouldn't it be you, Eliza and Julia that do that?" Beckett asked him with a smile.
"I suppose so," Castle said. He smiled back at her when she playfully pushed him and watched her cut into her fillet mignon. Turning his attention to his own he began to eat; as everyone else was doing; and was relieved when he heard a lot of sounds of approval of the food as well as some of them outright saying it. After that he then realized the parents, his mother, father in law and wife were looking at him. "What?" he asked after eating some of the macaroni and cheese he'd gotten on the side.
"How do you like your food?" Beckett said with a slight smile on her face.
"I'm enjoying it a lot," Castle replied easily. "Keep eating though."
Beckett shook her head; smiling wryly that time; and then looked over at the girls to make sure they were doing so as well, both getting burgers as the other kids old enough to eat them had gotten. She then turned her attention to Darnley who was telling them about taking his kids to the National Arboretum with his husband. She wasn't surprised when talk went to the other trips they'd taken with their children and they finished off their meal with Brennan and Clara telling them about their visit to some museums in London. As they were finishing the story; and the waiters and waitress were clearing the table; she stood up and squeezed her husband's shoulder.
Though he was concerned for a moment Castle let her go without comment, thinking she needed to use the restroom and knowing she wouldn't appreciate him making her say that in front of everyone even if they spoke in Irish. He turned his attention back to her cousins until he realized that the lights were dimming. "Someone forgot to pay-" he started to say before he realized why they were doing that.
"Go with Dad," Julia whispered to her little sister the second she saw the cake on a tray behind their mother.
"You too," Eliza said, reaching for her hand.
As soon as the girls were with him Castle took Eliza on his lap and they watched the cake being set in front of them. He glanced at his wife in surprise when he saw the cake in detail before he had to turn to the others as they were beginning to sing Happy Birthday to them. After they'd blown out the candles and the lights were back on fully he said, "I don't remember us discussing all of this on here."
"No," Beckett said in amusement. "But I didn't think you'd mind me adding that."
"Not really," Castle said in amusement as well as he and the girls watched her taking pictures of the cake. He was about to ask the two what they thought of it when Eliza answered before he could speak.
"It's so pretty!" the little girl exclaimed. "Mommy, did you know I wanted a cake like Jules'?"
"We did," Beckett said, putting her hand on Castle's shoulder. "But I decided that… it didn't need to be exactly the same."
Laughing Castle told the girls, "I wasn't going to be on this cake, but I think your mom was set on it."
"It's adorable," Martha said with a smile.
Castle was going to comment but his wife kissed his temple as she stood, and he watched her start to cut into the cake. It was a one round tier that was made to look like it was wrapped with a Ravenclaw scarf and the top of the cake showing was blue. He and Beckett had decided to put both their daughters; in fondant; on the top of the cake sitting on the edge with their arms around each other dressed in the Hogwarts uniform with Ravenclaw robes. But the actual cake had a third figure next to them, a boy the same size as them with Ravenclaw robes and the Sorting Hat on his head with the hand pushing one side of the hat up with one eye showing. And since that eye was blue he knew it was supposed to be himself. "Any reason why I seem to be eleven?" he asked his wife after she'd sat down again.
With a smile Beckett said, "It would be weird to make you that much taller than them."
"Okay," Castle said with a slight laugh. He let Eliza go back to her seat with her sister before they began to eat their slices of cake. Halfway through his slice he was startled when a manila envelope was pushed against his arm and he looked at Brad. "Really?" he asked his friend.
"You don't want your gifts?" the chief asked with a slight smile on his face.
"No, I do but this is a little thick," Castle said, picking the envelope up.
"The girls?" Beckett asked him.
"I thought so," Castle said quickly. He then said, "Now or after we finish?"
Trying not to laugh at his tone saying that Beckett was able to say, "You should finish." When he smiled and nodded she then leaned over and murmured, "You sounded like I was your mother."
"Sorry," Castle replied after he'd froze as he realized she was right. He shook himself and then went back to his cake before he finished and watched as the girls hurried around the table to them.
"Since we're taking the train back," Beckett said as Castle let Julia open the envelope for them. "You guys are getting pictures of your gifts."
"So I can go sit down right?" Julia asked slowly after she'd handed the envelope back to her father.
"Two more gifts," Castle said.
"Dad," Julia said quickly.
"That was your mom actually," Castle told her with a smile. "And I helped her make a final decision on the second one." He wasn't surprised when she looked confused and he then said, "You'll see."
"The first are for Eliza," Beckett said, seeing him spotting the groups of pictures paper clipped together though one was on its own. "The second are yours and the last is for Julia."
Handing them out Castle set his pictures aside; though he wanted to look at them badly seeing the book in the first one; and focused his attention on the little girl.
"Is that for me?" Eliza asked happily as she saw the pair of equestrian boots in the first one.
"They are," Beckett corrected her gently. "You needed a new pair since you're growing very fast."
With a broad smile Eliza said, "Thank you Mommy, Daddy."
"You're welcome sweetie," Beckett said first.
"Very welcome, we want you to be comfortable when you ride of course," Castle said.
"Can I ride Innis?" Eliza asked hopefully.
"Not just yet," Beckett said, not surprised when the little girl looked disappointed and she told her, "But you can ride other ponies to get ready for that."
Eliza nodded and then looked through the pictures she had, the gifts in them mostly clothes and books, though at the sight of her last gift she gasped in surprise seeing what was there. "That's for me?" she asked happily.
"Your sister's is a far lighter blue," Castle commented.
Giggling softly Eliza hugged him around the neck and said, "Thank you Daddy, thank you Mommy," adding the last as she tried to hug her mother the best she could though she had to lean over to do that.
"And you have some records to go with that," Beckett said, glad to see her pleasure in the record player. The little girl had wanted one like her sister's for almost a year by then so she and Castle had decided she was old enough to get one. "You knew it was from us?" she then asked.
"Yeah," Eliza said with a slight giggle. "Now you Jules."
"Go ahead," Castle said as she looked doubtful. "Though I know you can see what it is already."
Julia couldn't help smiling and she said, "It's so cool," holding up the picture of a Ravenclaw banner so the others could see it. "Thanks," she told her parents.
"That's not the only thing," Castle said as Beckett was taking something from her father.
Taking the envelope that her mother gave to her Julia opened it quickly as it wasn't sealed and gasped when a pin fell into her hand. Looking at it she saw that it read 'Head Girl' on it and had a blue background behind it.
"We should have given that to you on your birthday but-" Beckett began.
"No, I love it," Julia said quickly. She smiled and then said, "Can I show Mari?"
"Show everyone," Castle urged her.
"Oh, your presents Dad," Julia said, turning to him after she had hugged her mother.
"I'll go quickly," Castle replied before he turned to the pictures. He flipped through them, seeing several first edition books before he reached his last one. He paused and then looked over at his wife.
"What?" Beckett asked simply, trying not to smile.
"Can we see what that is or is it a secret?" David asked.
Castle handed the picture to his mother next to him and watched it go around, a Khanda sword in it. "If you're wondering that's a Khanda sword and I discovered it in a book about swords; I've wanted one for a while now."
"And does that round up your collection?" Martha asked her son.
"For the time being," Beckett answered for her husband. She smiled when he looked at her and said, "There are a lot of swords in his book," directing that to everyone.
"I don't want all of them," Castle said in protest. When his wife looked at him he said, "Seriously, I don't."
"We'll have to see how things go when next year rolls around," Darnley said teasingly.
Everyone laughed; though the kids were talking together; before they went back to talking together as well before the children all began to play under their watchful eyes.
"I can't wait to wear this on my robe," Julia said to her friend, looking at her Head Girl pin she'd gotten.
"It's so cool," Mari said. She then smiled and said, "I told my mom and dad that I would like a Prefect pin for my birthday."
"Think they'll get it for you?" Julia asked as she set the pin aside and hopped up on the bed in her room at the lake house.
"I don't know," Mari replied with a shrug. "I hope they don't say that I'm too young to have one."
"They wouldn't say that," Julia said with a laugh.
"Maybe," Mari said. She looked at the door and said, "Why hasn't your mom come back to check on us?"
"I think they're still playing cards," Julia said. "Let's go see," she told her, about to get off the bed before Mari was grabbing hold of her arm.
"What if they see us? Then-" Mari began to say before there was the sound of a floorboard creaking outside. She and Julia looked at each other with wide eyes and she flew under the bed covers while her friend turned off the light on the nightstand.
Reaching in between them once she was lying next to her friend Julia grabbed Mari's hand tightly before the footsteps; two people she could tell; went by before two more stopped in front of the room. She heard her parents; knowing they were the latter two footsteps; keep going to Eliza's room when the door opened.
"Girls," Beckett said as she saw the two were holding their eyes closed a little too tightly. When they looked at her she smiled and said, "Good try but you should realize we could hear you walking around downstairs."
"Did you finish playing cards?" Julia said, sitting up and relieved her mother didn't seem too mad while her father turned on the lights.
"We did, your grandparents got a little tired," Beckett said, sitting next to the two on the bed.
"Did you play for money?" Mari asked a little shyly.
"No, just chips," Castle answered as he stood behind Beckett. "Your gram seems to be on a streak Julia; she cleaned us all out."
"Maybe she's cheating," the girl said jokingly.
"She wouldn't," Castle told her. "Though I'm not surprised you thought that. And so you know now you really need to go to sleep."
"Do you know what the park is like?" Julia asked as her mother stood.
"Not really, we saw some pictures on the website for it but they were older ones," Beckett replied. "It's been there for a while."
"Were those pictures pretty?" Mari asked.
"Yes, but the one problem was they weren't in color," Castle said. He stepped up to the bed at his wife's gesture and then kissed the top of Julia's forehead before squeezing Mari's shoulder gently. "Goodnight you two, we'll see what the park is like today tomorrow… sounds like that George song," he said when he realized what he'd said.
Laughing with her friend and mother Julia said, "That sounded cool Dad."
"Thank you," Castle said, stepping aside for his wife.
"He- ow," Beckett said, cut off by the sharp kick she had just received from the baby. "He's right, we'll see it," she continued, shaking her head.
"Why is the baby getting mean?" Julia asked, lying down as her mother directed.
"It's not, she's getting bigger which means stronger," Beckett said.
"Lizzy did the same," Julia said.
"She did," Beckett said, bracing herself for her Julia to ask if she'd done that too. She knew her husband was doing the same as she could see Castle tense up slightly out of the corner of her eye.
"Babies do that?" Julia asked.
"They do," Beckett replied. When her daughter nodded she tried not to exhale in relief when Julia didn't say anything else and she hurriedly covered the two girls, kissing Julia's forehead and squeezing Mari's arm. "Goodnight you two, sweet dreams," she said firmly. When the two replied to her goodnight with their own she smiled and turned back to the room before she nodded to her husband and they left together after the lights were off.
"I don't know if I want to have a baby," Mari whispered when they couldn't hear the footsteps of the two anymore.
"I know but maybe when you get older you start wanting to," Julia replied. She thought of something and then said, "Maybe not, Skye and Mary didn't have a baby; they adopted."
"Oh yeah… I guess it's different for when you're a grown up," Mari replied.
Hearing her friend yawning Julia smiled and said, "I guess we better go to sleep. I don't want my mom coming back."
"She needs to rest too?" Mari asked.
"Well… yeah but I just don't want her to come back," Julia said before they started to laugh together, trying to keep as quiet as they could. When they had finally stopped she said, "Night Mari."
"Night Julia," the little girl said.
Squeezing her friend's hand tightly Julia then closed her eyes, thinking that she wouldn't be able to fall asleep as it had been an exciting day. But she was soon nodding off, thinking of the park and what they would see all together again.
"What do you think?" Castle asked, looking at his watch.
"I'm fairly sure they're asleep," Beckett replied, looking over at him. "We left them a half hour ago."
Nodding, as she had a point, Castle then said, "As long as they don't start shaking the house with bass I think they're asleep too."
Shaking her head as she smiled in amusement Beckett set down her mug of tea and said, "What do you think about tomorrow?"
"What about it?" Castle asked, looking from the lake to her.
"We'll be going to a park," Beckett replied.
"Yes, but a park will have benches," Castle said easily.
"I should have known," Beckett muttered jokingly as she rolled her eyes.
"Still you did well today," Castle said. "I was happy to see you rest when you needed to."
"I'm not surprised," Beckett said. She then smiled and said, "But things are starting to slow down."
"You can tell?" Castle asked.
"My ankles like to remind me; I may have mentioned them to you before," Beckett replied. She then sat up straight and said with a sigh, "Lily and I were talking about tomorrow."
"She still has a little more to go," Castle said.
"She does but I don't," Beckett said, looking down at her stomach. "You know… I say I'm eager to finish with the pregnancy, but I will miss this."
"Do you remember Eliza still?" Castle asked, reaching over to her and taking her hand.
"I do, and I'll remember this one too," Beckett answered. "But there's a kind of…"
"You don't want it to stop," Castle said simply. "And yet you do," he was quick to add.
"Thank you," Beckett said, shaking her head and laughing.
"Listen," Castle said after they were quiet for a moment. "Think I can ask you something?"
"Okay," Beckett said, having an idea of what he was going to say.
"Why hasn't Julia asked about when you carried her?" Castle asked.
"She only did that twice when I was carrying Eliza," Beckett reminded him. "I don't think her mind is letting her do that; wonder about that."
"I guess," Castle said slowly. He then sighed and said, "I just worry she might suddenly ask too."
Nodding Beckett said, "Her doctor back in the city said it was best not to worry about her possibly figuring things out and I've tried my best to not do that."
"I'll try too," Castle said with a nod. He looked at the mug of tea on the table between them and asked, "All finished?"
"I'm finished," Beckett said before she pushed herself up and he followed. She went into their room from the balcony and after he'd closed the door she went to him, placing her hand on his chest to get his attention. "There's one more thing for you," she told him.
"You don't have-" Castle started to say, wondering if she wanted to.
"I'm fine with this, eager for this, and you'll see why," Beckett replied. She pulled on the front of his shirt gently and then brought him down to her so they could kiss. She kept it quick and then said, "Ná a ghalacadh ró-fhada."
Swallowing a little hard; since she had told him not to take too long; Castle simply said, "Ní bheidh mé," that he wouldn't before he left the room. He closed the door behind him and caught sight of his wife disappearing into the closet. That made him hurry downstairs and get the mug set before he was doing his best not to run back up. Back in the room he faced the door before he turned to look over at the bed, freezing in place when he spotted his wife and he found he couldn't speak before she was doing so.
"What's wrong?" Beckett asked.
Though he knew that wasn't really a serious question Castle answered instead and said, "You really need to ask that?"
With a smile Beckett stood up; as she'd been on the armchair he'd left by the doorway to the balcony; and walked to him saying, "I didn't think you'd look so startled."
"Well when you see your wife looking like you are…" Castle started to say. He smiled at her as she shook her head with a smile and he then gently wrapped his arms around her tightly before pulling her to him. He wanted to kiss her on the lips but instead pressed one against her temple saying, "You didn't have to do this for me."
"No," Beckett replied easily, smiling widely. "But I really wanted to so I'm sure that's what makes the difference."
"It did, but the robe is unnecessary so-" Castle started to say.
"You didn't see I had something on under this?" Beckett asked.
"You do?" Castle asked, looking down at her body though he could only see the robe.
"Let's get on the bed," Beckett replied with a wide smile. She slipped away from him and then got onto the bed, watching him following her. She was still smiling as he got onto the mattress next to her and she kissed him as soon as he was with her. She wrapped her arms around him tightly and felt him starting to roll his tongue into her mouth. She parted her lips quickly for him and as soon as possible their tongues rolled together before they rubbed against each other. Tilting her head, she did the best she could to extend that until finally they stopped and moved away.
"So…" Castle started to say, wanting to tear off the robe but holding himself from that.
"Alright," Beckett said with a smile. "You've been waiting long enough," she added as she got up off the bed and then turned to him as he hurried to get on the edge near her. She tugged on the sash and then parted her robe, showing him what exactly she had on underneath.
"Kate," Castle breathed out heavily as his wife was naked except for a pair of stockings on her legs. "You…" he began before he trailed off and then shook his head. "Why do I react like this… You look beautiful love," he said, standing up.
"Hold on," Beckett said, quickly stopping him with her hand on his chest. When he looked at her in startled surprise she said simply, "Clothes."
"Okay," Castle said hurriedly before he divested himself. The second he was naked he grabbed his wife and threw his arms around her, pulling her close to him. They kissed again, and deeply, before they parted, and he was about to take her over to the bed again when she stopped him. He was startled and was about to ask her what she wanted when she hurried to speak as they held onto each other tightly.
"I'm first," Beckett said.
Though he wanted to believe she wanted to be pleasured first Castle said, "For my birthday?"
"Actually no," Beckett told him simply. "More because I want to," she said as she reached down to him then and curled her hand around his erection. She smiled when he groaned and then moved around him a few times, hearing his grunt in response. She then sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled him over to her closer so she could begin running her thumb over the very tip of him. After doing that a few more times she leaned forward enough so she could take his length within her mouth.
For a moment, watching her, Castle wanted to say she didn't need to do that but she was working on him very assiduously so he found he couldn't speak. And because she was doing such a great job pleasuring him at the same time he couldn't speak at all. Finally, she pulled him out of her mouth and he said to her, "You don't need to finish."
"No? Because I thought you were going to do the same with me," Beckett replied in amusement.
With a heavy exhale of breath Castle said, "You're reading my mind."
"I just know you," Beckett was quick to reply. She stood up and wrapped her arms around him, feeling him clutching at the back of her robe tightly before he held on more so he could reach her back. Once he had she told him, "I don't think I have much longer to go anyways."
"Don't presume," Castle was quick to say.
"I wouldn't worry; do you really think I'll end up lasting for that long?" Beckett replied while she was sitting down. She wasn't surprised when her husband didn't reply, and she smiled before continuing to work on him as he let out a heavy groan that seemed to last though she realized she was more focused on what she was doing than listening to him. She soon brought her hands up to join in with her mouth but used them elsewhere as she was more than ready to get them both fully on the bed. It took very little time with the extra effort to get him off and she was startled when he staggered back from her once he was fully sated, thinking he was going to fall. But he recovered quickly as she was ready to jump up and she soon got out of the way for him as he landed face first on the bed.
"I'm alright," Castle said quickly and a little loudly as he knew his voice would be muffled. "Just… overwhelmed."
"Oh, is that what you're calling it?" Beckett asked in amusement.
"So I'm not vulgar," Castle replied as he got up then. He reached for her and pulled her to him, kissing her deeply while he let his hands slip beneath her robe so he could hold onto her. After he had done that they parted to breathe quickly and then come together once more. Separate for good after the third time doing that he asked, "Do you think you can lie on your back?"
"For this yes," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when he paused, and she told him, "I know I need to stay up after this but for now…"
Nodding Castle leaned over and kissed her deeply while his right hand reached down to her breasts and he gently cupped one before pulling back. Without a word to each other he watched her sit up more so he could remove her robe and he dove down to her legs.
Beckett watched as her husband rolled her stockings down both her legs, kissing over them the entire time. She could feel her arousal rising even higher and she moaned as he pressed a kiss to the top of her feet last once the stockings were off.
Looking into her eyes once he was more even with her Castle was going to speak when he decided it wasn't really needed so he leaned back down to begin kissing at her neck. As she gasped softly and tilted her head back he took advantage of the opportunity and began to press his lips almost hungrily at her skin. He lingered at her racing pulse on each side before he had to literally force himself down on her. He trailed his lips momentarily over her stomach but didn't linger as he made his way to the apex of her legs. Once he was there he carefully put her legs over his shoulders and proceeded to kiss around her sex, feeling her body moving in reaction to him as he heard her gasping again at the same time and with that he began to work on her in earnest as he had the feeling it was what she wanted him to do.
Reaching for the bed underneath her Beckett clutched the sheet there tightly as she closed her eyes to try and handle what he was doing to her. Since his tongue was rolling around her clit she was having a hard time withstanding him and she eventually reached down to his head, running her fingers through his hair. She felt him jerk against her slightly, knowing it had affected him, and told him, "I… Rick you need to…"
"I will," Castle said, unable to help feel proud of the way he was so obviously affecting her. As soon as he had spoken he was going back to what he'd said, and he was at her entrance, slipping his tongue inside of her before withdrawing it. He finished pleasuring her by moving his tongue back and forth, having to hold onto her as tightly as he could when she climaxed, her cries reaching him quickly. He soon became more focused on making sure he took her all the way through until she stopped moving and he could hear her heavy breathing. When he had cleaned her carefully he moved up to her and wrapped his arms around her saying, "You're alright?"
With a brief smile Beckett then said, "I think after that vocal reaction I am."
Running his hand up and down her side Castle told her, "What do you want me to do now?"
"Just touch… carefully," Beckett added quickly though she knew she didn't need to add the last. She watched her husband's hand disappear under her stomach and said, "I can't see."
"I know," Castle told her. "But it's more important to feel, right?" When she nodded he then reached for her and began to finger it carefully, watching her to see her reaction which he very soon after got. He smiled slightly as she arched her back and moaned and he kissed her jaw that he could reach telling her, "Tell me when I need to stop."
"It's alright now," Beckett said quickly as he'd stopped touching her as he'd spoken. When he reached down to her again she murmured to him and was soon gasping in joy as he fingered her folds carefully and then used two fingers to slide through them. "Love-" she began to say. When his other arm that was around her moved so his fingers could play over her clit she cried out; though she knew he was going to do that; and moved a little with his fingers until finally she grabbed his wrist to make him stop. "That was enough," she told him.
"I know," Castle replied as he'd been watching her very closely.
Since her husband had let her go Beckett kissed his cheek before she got up on her knees and waited for him to join her in doing the same. As soon as he was up with her she wrapped her arms around him tightly before they kissed hungrily. They held onto each other firmly before they slowly parted and she said, "You're ready?"
"I think the answer to that is obvious," Castle said before he watched her looking in between them at his erection which hadn't really diminished after she'd gotten him off. "Wait," he started to say, grabbing her hand before she could reach down and touch him.
"I can't just touch?" Beckett asked him.
With a slight smile; that didn't last long; Castle then asked in response, "Is that all you were going to do?"
"It is," Beckett replied. "I think I need you."
"You think?" Castle asked slightly teasingly though she was getting onto him.
"You'll be able to tell in a second," Beckett said, her tone absent as he was entering her at the same time. She groaned in pleasure while her husband was doing so as well before she began to slide down on him. It didn't take her very long before their hips were touching, and she wrapped her arms around his neck saying, "Ready?"
Castle smiled widely before he took her lips in a kiss which didn't last for very long as she began to move soon after and he was holding onto her tightly in response to the instant pleasure that caused. He waited for her to set up her rhythm before he began to follow her, closing his eyes tightly while he hissed in reaction to the way the friction between them was so strong so quickly.
For a while Beckett concentrated on literally bouncing on her husband as the feeling of it was very enjoyable. But eventually she leaned down and kissed him hard, feeling the throb of her lips in response before they were finally parting, and she reached up to cup his cheek before rubbing her thumb over his lower lip. After she had stopped doing that, forgetting she was and just cupping his face, she shook herself and went a little more slowly. "I can change things too," she gasped out as she was still being affected by him. She caressed the back of his head with both her hands and told him, "But you can direct me."
"I think I know what I want," Castle said, trying to speak as clearly as possible. When she looked at him he said, "Do whatever you want."
Beckett threw her arms around her husband's neck again and they were kissing hungrily as she began to move fast again. They grunted into each other's mouths in reaction but soon stopped to take a breath before parting and caressing one another. She was startled when; after some time feeling him getting deep within her; he held onto her hips and made her angle them down. She wanted to stop him, as she knew her clit would be heavily stimulated with that, but she was still moving, and she cried out in delight at the explosion before her husband was speaking and luckily distracting her at the same time.
"How long…" Castle tried to say. "How long can we…"
"I don't know," Beckett cried out in joy as his right hand moved around to cup her breast. "Rick…" she began, pulling his hand away before pushing gently on the back of his neck.
Not needing much of a clue for what she wanted Castle bowed his head so he could take her right breast with his mouth. He wasn't surprised when she stopped moving but that didn't mean he didn't regret her having to do that. He did his best to focus on her and held her by her back so he could begin suckling at her nipple while she held onto him by the back of his head. He stayed there for a while before he trailed his lips across to her other breast and started doing the same with the swollen nub there. He loved the way she cried out and with her slightly moving against him in response he wondered if she would end up getting them both off if he continued. But eventually he leaned back and brought her to him so they could kiss; doing so hungrily before they slowed down and it became more sensuous.
Beckett had no clue how long they were kissing as they kept parting, but they eventually stopped, and she smiled saying, "Should I move again?"
"That would be nice," Castle replied. "Do you not want to?" He thought his wife would answer but when she just smiled at him he shuddered and pulled her to him again.
When they had parted Beckett smiled at her husband and said, "I was going to start."
"Then please-" Castle began to say before he was cut off by her raising her body and then lowering it quickly. He held her by her waist as he watched her moving until finally he thrust with her again. They were kissing soon after and he ran his hands all around her back to try and focus on that as the sensation of them together was strong again. When she tilted her head back suddenly he was almost launching himself to her neck, kissing against it as well as her collarbone until she slowed down. "You… we're just doing this once?" he managed to gasp out as she was so slow he could feel every inch of her sex clearly.
"No," Beckett said shortly before she worked up her speed again. She cried out slightly as the friction was very rough very quickly and she clung to her husband tightly, leaning against him slightly. She wasn't sure who instigated their next kiss but didn't care as it made her slow down yet again. It lasted for some time and when her husband moved to her neck after they'd parted she sighed and leaned her head back to give him better access once again. Caressing his hair, she felt him shudder before he trailed up to her jaw, going along it and then to her ear. When he begged her to come she decided they'd been delaying for long enough and began to move fast on him, rocking her hips that time until she broke. "Oh! Rick, please! Come with me my love!" she cried out at first. "Rick… please… I love you!"
Castle was able to withstand her for just a little while longer before he was joining her, and he groaned to her, "I love you Kate… let me… fuck you again!" That was all he could say before he was chanting her name repeatedly, touching her intimately before he had to hold her when she orgasmed a second time. At first, he thought he would just be feeling her but shortly after he joined her, and he hissed for a moment at the surprise of that before he called her name. She crushed his lips beneath her own until she was stopping, shuddering hard a few times until she leaned against him. He continued a little longer until he was reaching behind him with his hand on the bed to support himself as he didn't want to move too far away from her. He wasn't sure how long they were gathering their strength back but finally he raised his head from her neck and watched her as she cupped his face with her hands.
"You can you know," Beckett told him after she'd brushed her lips against his.
"Can what?" Castle asked, a little startled. When she smiled at him he asked, "Do you want to?"
When Beckett nodded she wasn't very surprised when her husband grasped her tightly and kissed her fervently, just hoping he wouldn't take very long before they were beginning. Luckily, he didn't and she was soon on her side with him behind her, kissing her around her shoulder and then down her side as she moved her arm. She gently ran her nails over his scalp while he was doing that until he was back behind her. As soon as he was she reached behind her to cup the back of his head and said, "Fuck me my love."
"I will," Castle said, his voice husky with arousal as he took her leg and then sank into her to their groans of pleasure. He took the moment to let them feel their coupled bodies as they kissed before he then began to take her roughly as they both wanted desperately.
"Rick?"
"Yes love?"
"I think this is going to be the last time," Beckett replied.
Slightly surprised that she sounded so hesitant Castle said, "If you say it is then it is."
"You won't mind?" Beckett asked, raising her head a little bit so she could look down at him.
"Why would I?" Castle asked. He reached to her and gently rubbed her abdomen saying, "I got the feeling that you were finding it a little harder to move as time went on."
Sighing Beckett said, "I did but you know I can still play around with you."
"With your hands," Castle said firmly as he rubbed his back with her hand. "And if you want."
"Okay," Beckett said in amusement. She leaned over and shared a quick kiss with him before she said, "I still feel bad."
"Just like when you were carrying Eliza," Castle reminded her. "And I knew you were going to want to stop love, as time went on… to tell you the truth I'm surprised you've lasted this long."
"This is about when I stopped with you last time," Beckett replied with a shrug.
"Then you shouldn't feel bad," Castle said simply. He smiled when his wife rolled her eyes and he put his hand under his head saying, "It was a great birthday though."
"Tonight or everything?" Beckett said.
With another smile Castle said, "I'd keep tonight in a separate category."
"Not a surprise," Beckett said with a smile. She then told him, "I was serious about still pleasuring you."
"I don't need something constantly Kate," Castle replied.
Beckett opened her mouth to ask him if he realized she didn't buy that when she stopped herself and studied him. "It's about now that you got worried about me giving birth," she said.
"I was always worried about you," Castle replied seriously. "I can't help it."
"I know," Beckett said with a nod. "But don't worry," she added. "I'll have the best help and I know what to expect." She looked at her husband and smiled a little before saying, "I realize you'll still worry but try to just be concerned."
Breathing out heavily Castle finally said, "I'll try." He smiled when Beckett kissed his cheek and said, "How is she?"
"She's fine," Beckett replied. She wasn't surprised when her husband turned her onto her back and watched him go down to her stomach. When he only kissed around it she said, "Nothing to say to her tonight."
"Is she moving?" Castle replied.
With a slight smile Beckett said, "Not at the m- oh yes, she is," with a slight laugh as the baby began to kick. She couldn't help but feel a sense of delight at the expression of the same on his face when he heard that, and she took his hand, leading him to where their baby was kicking still. "She's telling you not to worry," she told him with a smile.
"I love you both," Castle breathed out to her in Irish. When she smiled down at him he was breathless, and he said to the baby, "I love you ceann beag, but I need to show your mom right now."
Beckett was startled hearing that but when he moved up to her she understood then and she smiled as he helped her get up. They kissed heavily before they parted, and she said, "Dhéanamh ngrá liom?" asking him to make love to her.
"Gcónaí," Castle said, replying with the word always.
Beckett smiled at Castle and then pulled him close to her as they began to kiss passionately and deeply. They then began to make love as their desire wasn't quite ready to stop yet and they wanted to take the time to feel that before they would turn their attention to their family and their baby girl that was another month closer to joining them as that night moved into April.