A/N- Here is the next chapter for you guys. Hopefully this will make up for the weeks that i didn't post :) yes this is a re-post, i uploaded the chapers out of order, I'm sorry.

Enjoy!

Disclamor- not mine. they are all property of AWM

October- sixteen weeks pregnant

October Thirty First, All Hallows Eve, final preparations were being made for the annual Castle Halloween party. Guests were due to arrive any minute.

Richard castle knew he had to make the most of the party, as this would be his last without having little kids running around. He had picked out the best, in his opinion, costume and was very excited to show it off.

Kate was still getting over the cold she had caught two days ago, so she would only be at the party for a little while. Not that she wanted to go anyway. Al the people there would be in costumes. She would be the only one without one, which made her feel left out.

So she settled for the next best thing. She found an orange shirt that would fit over her stomach, and black sweat pants. She pulled her hair into pigtails and tied them with pumpkin printed hair bows. The last part of her outfit, which she was struggling to get on, was orange and black stripped socks.

She slipped the sock over her foot and sat back against her pillows. These days even the simple task of putting on socks was enough to wear her out. She slowly breathed in and out, and ran her hands over her stomach where she felt it again. A tiny flutter, like a butterfly trapped under the skin of her belly.

"Castle! Castle, come here," she called out to her husband. He appeared in the doorway between the office and the bedroom.

"What's wrong?" he asked, looking slightly worried.

Kate didn't say anything, just held out her hand and smiled. Rick stepped forward and took her extended hand. He raised an eyebrow in question. She rolled her eyes and smiled again. She placed his hand under her shirt, to a spot right above her belly button.

The room grew silent for a minute, Kate waited. Suddenly Castle gasped and his face lit up. He had felt it too.

"Oh wow," he said moving his hand over her belly, trying to find one of the other babies kicking.

"I know right." His smile spoke more than a thousand words.

This was only the second time Kate had felt the babies kicking. The first was while she was at work and she didn't tell anyone. She didn't say anything because she wasn't sure herself if what she was feeling was really a baby kicking or something else. But careful examination from Lanie during a lunchtime visit to the morgue determined that it was the little human moving around and kicking its little feet.

A proud moment first shared by best friends and now shared by the parents of these little humans.

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By sunset no one had shown up yet. The only people there were Castle, Beckett, Alexis and Martha.

Alexis had chosen to be a 1920's flapper, as her boyfriend of almost five years, Max, was coming to the party as a gangster from the same era. Martha had donned her Wicked Witch of the West dress, complete with green face makeup. She was attending another Halloween party with her theater friends, and needed to find a costume suitable for both parties.

Richard Castle's 'genius' Halloween costume was a self-made Halo outfit. Writer-boy loved the game, had all of the games in the series, and played it constantly. The costume was full body armor, an old paintball facemask and a fake machine gun, which was permanently attached to his side. The costume was worthy of first place at any Con masquerade, which was proven true at last month's New York Comic Con. The costume was very elaborate and well crafted; more for show than actual use and purpose. It was hot and restricted movement and despite being covered in sweat, Castle refused to take it off until everyone attending the party saw it.

The doorbell rang, and Kate got up to answer it. She assumed it was another rush of trick-or-treaters that had been coming to the door for the past two hours. She opened it, candy bowl in hand, and was surprised to see not little kids, but her partner, and friend, Kevin Ryan.

Kate smiled, set the bowl on the table just inside the door and pulled her friend in for a hug.

"Hey," Kate smiled, motioning for her friend to come inside. "Where's Jenny? I thought she was coming."

"Well she was until our sitter canceled on us, Jen had to stay home with Grace," Ryan said slipping off his coat to reveal his Count Dracula costume complete with fake fangs.

"She didn't have to do that. Grace is more than welcome to come. Call her. Tell her to get over here," Kate ordered.

Ryan smiled at his friend and pulled out his cell phone. He dialed his home phone number and waited as it rang. "Hey, Jen," He began after Jenny answered. "Beckett said you and Gracie are more than welcome to come to the party," he listened to her reply and nodded, murmuring affirmatives every once-in-a-while. "Ok, great. See you in a few," he ended the call and slipped his phone into his jacket pocket. "She's going to pack a few things for Grace and head over," he told Beckett. She smiled; she loved seeing Jenny, Ryan and Grace together. They were so cute. Ryan's whole demeanor changed when his wife and daughter were around; Kate couldn't wait until it was her who lit up every time her kids came into the precinct.

She led Ryan over to the bar and got him a drink.

"Castle?" Ryan asked looking at the masked form that was his friend.

"Hey Ryan, how's it goin'?" Castle asked, his voice muffled by the mask over his face.

"It's going good," Ryan's was slightly scared, amazed and impressed all at the same time. How in the hell did Castle manage to make something like that when he worked hard just to figure out his costume for the party.

By the time Jenny and Grace got to the loft, the party was in full swing. Drinks were flowing and people were having a grand old time.

Jenny took both her and Grace's coats, and set them, along with her bag, inside the coat closet. She hoisted the girl onto her hip and set off in search of her husband.

"Daddy!" Grace squealed upon seeing her father. She wriggled trying to get down from her mom's arms. Jenny set the girl down and watched as she raced to her dad. Ryan scooped her up and lifted her above his head, laughing the whole way.

Ryan set the girl on his hip and expertly caught the antenna to her ladybug costume that had fallen from her head. He placed the antenna back on and kissed the girl's cheek.

"Daddy, I got candy!" Grace said happily.

"You did?" Ryan asked

Grace nodded and smiled. "I got this many," she said holding her arms out as far as they would go. Ryan smiled. It was Grace's first Halloween where she knew what was going on; it was all so magical to the little girl.

Soon the little ladybug girl was being passed from person to person, each one giving her a piece or two of candy. She loved all of the attention, everyone's eyes were on her.

"The way this is going, she won't sleep at all tonight," Jenny complained from her spot on the couch with Kate and Lanie. She watched Grace dance around their little circle of chairs to the music that was being played. She stopped and let out a big yawn, and rubbed at her eyes.

"I wouldn't speak so soon. Looks like someone's coming down from their sugar high," Lanie sad opening her arms to Grace. The girl shook her head and ran to her mom who scooped the girl up and cuddled her against her chest.

"We should probably go, it's getting late," Jenny said standing, looking around for her husband.

"You don't have to leave," Kate said standing. "We can set Grace up in our room and you can hang out here for a little while longer." Kate smiled.

Jenny nodded and set off to find her daughter's bag. They returned, bag in hand, and followed Kate into the quieter master bedroom. Jenny changed Grace out of her costume; the antienna had been shed an hour ago, and into pajamas. Kate found the cartoons on TV and smiled down at the sleepy girl cuddled into her mommy's arms. Kate turned and left, leaving the mother and daughter alone for a few minutes.

"Hey," Rick said catching Kate's arm as she came out of the room. "Is everything alright?"

"Yes, Grace is about to fall asleep, so I told Jenny she could lay her down in our room." Kate said filling Castle in on the events he had missed.

"Well we're about to start Guitar Hero if you wanna play with us," Castle said smiling, the twelve year old in him rearing its head. Kate rolled her eyes, but followed him anyway. She loved playing the game and watching her friends, especially the boys, get all competitive was very funny.

Somehow in the two minutes Castle had left the group, they had broken up into teams: girls versus boys. They would take turns and whoever got the highest score on the song would get to stay up until they lost.

"So, same rules?" Castle asked putting the guitar strap over his head.

"Yup, looser has to take a shot," Esposito says from his seat next to Lanie.

The game went on for well over three hours, each team trading insults and hazing their opponents. They all knew it was in good fun, and not meant to be mean. They were all singing at the top of their lungs to the songs they knew, and according to the rules, the looser had to take a shot, so after each song they took a minute form the looser to fulfill his or her punishment.

Around two in the morning, everyone was leaving. Alexis and Max were the first to leave they wanted to spend the rest of the night with their friends. Rick sent them off with a reminder to stay safe and to call him if something happened. Ryan and Jenny and a sleeping Grace left soon after, Jenny offering to drive them home as Ryan was a little on the drunk side. Lanie and Javier stayed and helped their friends clean up, but left once the job was done.

Castle and Beckett fell into bed at three in the morning. Both of them exhausted. The party was fun, Kate missed her friends and was glad they had shown up.

"Are you okay?" Rick asked as they were winding down.

"I'm tired and my back's a bit sore, but I'm alright. I didn't do anything to hurt myself. I know I stayed longer than I originally planned but I'm glad I did. We should do this more often," she finished cuddling into Rick's side.

He kissed her temple and smiled. "We can do it whenever you want." She didn't hear him; sleep had taken a hold of her mind and body.

He touched Kate's stomach and felt the flutter again.

"Did you guys have fun at the party?" he asked into Kate's belly. He felt the babies move again and took that as a yes. "Good, I'm glad. Go to sleep now, we can play again in the morning." He turned over and closed his eyes.

"Very creepy Castle," he heard Kate whispered.

"What's creepy?" he asked.

"You were talking to my stomach. It's weird," she said.

"But you like it," he smiled.

She rolled her eyes. It was creepy, but cute. In a Castle sort of way.

"I thought you were asleep," he said rolling over to see her eyes in the dark.

"I was pretending. I heard what you said. It was really sweet," she said taking his hand.

"I meant it. I can't wait until I can hold them and play with them. I'm excited."

They both were, but what they didn't know was that this was the calm before their storm started.

A/N 2- So, what did you think? Alos, in the next chapter we find out the sex of the babies. the pool is now open and i'm taking bets, so state your predictions before next Friday.