"Rick?" Kate asked quietly as she stepped out of the house to see him standing on the beach in his pyjamas, his arms around his body as she approached him quietly, her forehead resting against his shoulder as he breathed out slowly. "I woke up and you were gone, what's wrong sweetheart?" she questioned, the writer turning to face her in shock of the pet name before wrapping his arms around her and burying his face into her dark hair while she remained still and obviously confused about what had driven him outside in the middle of the night. "Tell me, maybe I can make it better Rick," she stated as he moved out of her hair before smiling weakly at her, knowing that she was the only one who could make it better.

"I dreamt of Tyson Kate," he said quietly as she ran her hand to his cheek, half knowing what it was about. "I dreamt that a woman was killed and you arrested me for her murder Kate, I dreamt that he came into the cells dressed as a cop and he was telling me how he'd set me up, how he'd been watching Alexis, how he'd been watching us making love," he admitted as Kate nodded, her other hand finding his before she leant up and kissed him. "I dreamt that he had taken you hostage because of me, I dreamt that he was going to kill you right in front of me and that's when I woke up," he stated as Kate smiled, kissing him again before he sighed against her lips, desperate for her to respond.

"And that's when you shot him Rick and saved my life," Kate explained as he shut his eyes and rested his head against hers for a moment, the two of them falling silent as they allowed themselves to relax.

"So it was real then? It was another memory?" he asked as she nodded excitedly and smiled again before kissing him quickly, the two of them glad just to have another shared memory between them. "You arrested me Kate?" he questioned, her arms wrapping around his neck as he remained silent. "You arrested me Kate," Rick muttered as she nodded slowly, tears appearing in her eyes as she remembered how lost he had seemed and how close she'd been to believing that he'd was cheating on her and had killed the other woman! It made her feel sick just to think about the possibility and how close she'd been to giving up on them.

"I didn't have a choice Rick, the evidence was strong enough against you. I had no option but to arrest you," she admitted as he clung onto her hands. "I love you, I love you so much and I never gave up on you Rick. I believed you the whole time deep down Rick but there were times where it just seemed so real," she sobbed, bearing her face into his neck as he held her close, angry at himself for bringing it up and upsetting his wife. "I would never give up on you and I was so happy to find you in that library Rick, to know that you were safe from Maddox and from the cops," she declared, keeping close to him as Rick kissed her gently.

"And that's why we got married in the library," he said against her lips as she nodded, knowing that the library meant more to them than the classic first iconic moment.

"It was our safe place Rick, the place we went too when we just wanted to be us. We always went there when we wanted to escape the real world, we spent hours sat together reading one a book in silence," she admitted, laughing when he lifted her into his arms before kissing her again. "I'm amazed you can still lift me," she stated as he shook his head at her.

"Katherine Houghton Castle, you might be pregnant but you're still the most beautiful person on this planet to me and I'll always want to carry you when I get the chance," he declared, a laugh leaving her lips before she relaxed her head into his shoulder while approached the sun lounger that was positioned on the decking. Resting her down on it slowly, Rick sighed as he sat down quickly beside her and gently pressed a kiss into her hair before cuddling her close to him while she shut her eyes.

"Has Tyson come back since then Kate?" he asked as she shook her head and buried her face into her side, their hands meeting on her bump as he slowly relaxed and shut his eyes, both of them falling silent as the waves continued in the distance. "I'm sorry for waking you up Kate. You need to sleep," he whispered as she shrugged.

"Hobbit was kicking me anyway and I can't sleep without you properly, you know that Castle," she stated before sighing. "Soon we're going to have a wonderful screaming baby in our life and all this peace is going to be gone," she commented as he nodded and laughed.

"And I can't wait Kate. I can't wait to have this baby screaming for us, needing us for all their needs. Our perfect little baby in our arms for the first time," he declared, painting the perfect picture as he moved his hand across her abdomen while she relaxed into his hold before slowly falling asleep against him.

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"Kate, you have a visitor," Lanie's voice said quietly as she opened her eyes slowly, looking up from her husbands to see that it was now light and the ME was standing in front of her and her sleeping husband as a small smile covered the medical examiners face. "Your dad turned up today, he's in the kitchen having a coffee," she explained as Kate sat up slowly, her hand moving across her stomach before she stood up and glanced down at her peaceful looking husband. "He's been here about half an hour but we wanted to give you a bit longer to sleep."

"Thanks Lanie," Kate said quietly before walking into the house, approaching the kitchen in silence before her smile grew at the sight of her father sitting in the kitchen. Approaching her father, Kate smiled as he stood up and tightly wrapped his arms around her, her face burying into his shoulder as she remained perfectly still. "Hey daddy," she said quietly as he pressed a kiss into her dark hair before slowly moving away.

"God you look so beautiful Kate, this suits you," he admitted as she bit into her lip. "You remind me so much of your mother Kate when she was pregnant with you," Jim declared before pressing a kiss to her forehead and sighing. "I'm sorry I haven't been in touch recently, I went to the cabin with some friends and my phone broke in the first two days," he admitted as she nodded slowly and moved to sit down with him, her smile growing quickly as she continued to run her hands across her abdomen to feel her baby kicking again. "Is it true that Rick has lost his memory? Martha told me when I go to the loft to surprise you," he asked quickly as she nodded slowly.

"He was in a car accident on the way back to the precinct and he's lost the last two years of his memory but he's getting his memory slowly back. He's remembering all sorts of things now," Kate admitted quickly as Jim nodded and smiled weakly. "And daddy I was taken into hospital daddy three days ago," she said quietly as shock covered the older man's face, removing the smile from his pale face as she stared down at her stomach in silence. "There was some bleeding but the baby's completely fine, the baby is completely perfect," Kate admitted as he nodded, concern still covering his face.

"Jim what are you doing here?" Rick asked in shock as he stepped into the kitchen, Kate smiling as she stood up and pressed a kiss to his cheek as he looked across at the older man. Rick's hair was all over the place and he looked exhausted but Kate was happy to see him awake and smiling again, the memory of the previous evening now gone.

"I just heard about the accident Rick and I wanted to come and make sure that you were both okay," Jim stated as Rick nodded and sat down, smiling as Kate moved towards the fridge to prepare breakfast. "I heard that Kate was taken into hospital," he admitted as Rick nodded silently, knowing that Jim deserved to know. "Is she really okay? And the baby too?" he said quietly as Kate shook her head at her father's questions.

"Dad I am here and I just told you we're fine," the brunette stated.

"And you're known for not telling the complete truth on things like this Katherine so don't blame for getting Rick's opinion as well," he stated as Rick laughed, the brunette continuing to shake her head before she began to cut up pieces of fruit, throwing them into a bowl as Rick looked across at the older man.

"She's okay, they're both okay actually Jim so you don't need to worry about either of them. The doctor even commented that the baby had a strong heartbeat and she says Kate just needs to relax for a bit and they should both be okay," he declared, Kate nodding as she grabbed her bowl of food and sat down on the opposite side of the table before starting to eat her meal. "And as you can see she's eating breakfast and looking beautifully healthy so I think they're both doing okay," Rick stated as Jim nodded and smiled at his daughter. "Why don't you stay for the night Jim?" Rick asked.

"Thank you but I need to get home," Jim stated as Kate rolled her eyes, not surprised that her father had come all this way to just make sure that they were okay. "I just wanted to make sure that you were both safe and that you were doing okay Rick," he smiled before standing and walking towards his daughter, pressing a kiss into her hair as she rolled her eyes. "Now I better go."

"Are you sure you don't want to stay? I'd love to see you for a bit longer daddy, it's been almost three weeks since I last saw you last and so much has happened with the baby and everything," Kate admitted as he smiled and kissed her forehead quickly.

"Katie, I'll see you when you get back to the city. We'll have a family dinner or something when you get home," he stated as she nodded, smiling weakly as he looked across at Rick for a moment before saying goodbye and walking out of the room.

"That man clearly is very protective of you Katherine Castle," Rick smiled as she shrugged.

"He's my dad Rick, and he's very protective of his little girl, especially when she's pregnant with your child and you lose two years of your memory," Kate announced quickly as Rick nodded and laughed, leaning across to kiss her quickly before sighing.

"I think he feels guilty too Kate," Rick said quietly as she stared at him in confusion. "He feels guilty for not being here when you needed him after the accident," he whispered as she bit into her lip and nodded, understanding why her father had made the decision to come all the way to the Hamptons for a short visit.

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"I was thinking that we could go out for dinner tonight," Rick commented as he walked into the master bedroom to find Kate relaxing back against the headboard, the brunette nodding as she stood up and moved towards the wardrobe to find something to wear. The other two couples had gone out drinking to enjoy their last night in the Hamptons before returning to work and Rick was determined to give his wife something enjoyable to do while their friends were doing everything she couldn't. "I'll be out in the corridor, we'll go in ten minutes," Rick stated, the brunette nodding as he walked out of the room and she reached across for a green dress that she hadn't worn recently and therefore he wouldn't remembered. Dressing herself in the ivy green material, Kate glanced across at herself in the mirror, her hand smothering the material down across her bump before she ran her fingers through her hair and nodded. She looked suitable enough for wherever Rick chose to take them for dinner.

"Oh wow," Rick stated when she stepped out of the bedroom, a laugh leaving her lips as she moved towards him, his arm sneaking around her lips as she smiled. "I had an amazing idea for dinner," he declared as she nodded. "Just tell me now though, what does baby not want?" he asked quickly, her smile growing as she shrugged.

"Nothing really meaty, baby wants vegetables," she stated as he nodded and led her out of the building. Climbing into the car in silence, Kate smiled as Rick sat down beside her before starting the car and driving towards the restaurant he had in mind. Parking the car a few moments later, Rick quickly jumped out of the vehicle before running over and opening the door for her as she laughed to herself.

"Mrs Castle," he greeted, her eyes rolling as she stepped out and felt him take hold of her hand, locking the car in silence before she relaxed into his side and allowed him to lead her. She loved it when he surprised him after learning that his surprises were usually wonderful, especially when he didn't spend ages commenting about them beforehand. Approaching the restaurant, Kate stared at him in confusion. Burgers? He'd taken her to get burgers when she'd said she didn't want meat?

"Castle?" she asked quickly.

"Trust me Kate," he stated, leading her inside as he smiled across at the waitress who was currently serving a nearby table.

"Just take a seat, I'll be over with menus in a minute," she stated as Rick laughed and shook his head.

"Don't worry we know what we want," Rick called over before leading the brunette towards a booth at the end of the restaurant, the two of them sitting down as she glance across at him.

"Do we really know what we want?" she asked as he nodded, the blonde waitress quickly moving towards them.

"What can I get you two then?" the young woman asked quickly, a large smile decorating her face as Rick looked across at Kate who was waiting desperately to hear what he was planning on ordering for them.

"Can we have two glasses of water, a strawberry milkshake to share and two of your vegetable burgers?" he asked as she wrote it down before thanking them and disappearing from sight, the writer smiling as he reached across and took hold of Kate's hand while staring at the rings that decorated her fingers. Watching the petit waitress reappear a few moments later, Rick watched Kate's impression quickly change to delight at the sight of her favourite flavour of milkshake. "Have a sip, I promise you'll love it," he declared as she bit into her lip before leaning across and taking the straw into her mouth, a moan leaving her lips when she tasted the first sip of milkshake.

"That's amazing," she commented as he shrugged. "How did you know about this place?"

"Alexis was going through a vegetarian stage on one of our visits to the Hamptons and someone suggested this place for the best milkshakes and vegetarian burgers and we've actually come every time because they're so great," he declared, her excitement building as she took another sip of the bright pink milkshake in front of them. "Hey! You've got to share," he squealed, a laugh leaving her lips as he quickly began to pull the milkshake towards him.

"Hasn't anyone told you not to steal things from a pregnant woman?"

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"Dinner was amazing Rick," Kate called from the en-suite as Rick smiled, relaxing back against the headboard as he waited for her to reappear. "Although I think that waitress was amazed that we went through three milkshakes," the brunette commented as he laughed to himself.

"Well we had to try all the traditional flavours," he stated as Kate shook her head before glancing at herself in the mirror and nodding. She was going to do this! She was going to do this, she told herself over and over again before moving towards the door, her hand lingering on the handle as she bit into her lip for a moment. "Kate are you coming to bed…?" he began, falling silent when the door opened and Kate stepped out in a different black nightie to the one she'd been wearing at the loft. This one was more revealing of her cleavage and ended higher! This one definitely wasn't loft appropriate. "Kate," he said quietly as she bit into her lip. "If this is your way of seducing me, you've already succeeded," he declared as she laughed to herself before moving towards the bed, leaning across to kiss him as he moved his hands across the thin material. "God I love you."

"Then prove it to me," she whispered as he shook his head, disappointment covering her face as she moved away. "Why not? Do I not turn you on anymore Rick? Is that the problem? Am I no longer sexy to you?" she asked nervously as he grabbed hold of her hands and kissed her knuckles quickly as she gently shut her eyes, allowing herself to enjoy the feeling.

"You know you do Kate but I won't risk hurting you, you were in hospital three days ago bleeding and I don't want to risk anything," he admitted as she nodded, understanding why he was thinking like that. He wanted to keep her and their baby safe! He wasn't going to risk their health! "Let's wait until we know that you're both safe and then we'll have a special night together, I don't want to risk anything and have our evening ruined," he whispered, pressing a kiss into her hair as she cuddled into his side. "And can I just say that you look very sexy in this tiny excuse of clothing," he smirked as she punched him quickly.

"You can't say things like that Richard and not have sex with me," she declared as he laughed at her, her smile growing before they both relaxed back against the headboard, their smiles growing as they slowly looked across at each other. "I liked the strawberry milkshake the best."

"I knew you would," he said simply before she cuddled into his side and relaxed.

So what do you think? The bit with Jim is random but he's a father and I think he'd be extremely protective of Kate if she was pregnant, especially with Rick being 'injured' in a way!