11
With Kate still on maternity leave following the birth of Avery and Aria; Kate had opted to drop by the precinct for a visit while Rick spent the day writing. Martha would be out all day on auditions. So Kate pulled out the quad stroller they had gotten as a baby shower gift when she was pregnant with Avery and Aria. Using the quad stroller was the easiest option for Kate, if Rick was going then they would have taken the two double strollers they had. Liam and Harley were in the front of the quad stroller while Avery and Aria were in the back.
"We'll back in a while." Beckett said after she had the kids in the stroller.
"Sounds good. Say hi to the boys for me." Castle called back.
"Will do."
With that Kate and the four musketeers were on their way to the 12th.
"Are you guys ready to see your Uncle Javi and Uncle Kevin?" Beckett asked her son and daughters.
Avery and Aria made the usual baby noises as their way of responding to their mom's query.
"Yeah!" Liam excitedly exclaimed.
"Aunt Lanie?" Harley asked.
"Maybe she'll be there. I don't know what she has going on, baby girl."
"Uncle Roy?" Liam asked this time around.
"He should be there too."
The twins were excited and that made Kate quite happy.
Sometime after Kate had left the loft with the kids, Rick had gotten a call from his ex-wife. Of course, Rick was fully expecting Gina to get on his case about getting the next Nikki Heat book to her as soon as possible but that wasn't the case. Gina called to tell Kate that she had news on Kate's manuscript. It wasn't until the end of the phone call that Gina reminded Rick that he was working on a deadline to get her the first few chapters of the next Nikki Heat book.
Shortly after leaving the loft, Kate and the kids were at the precinct. One of the uniforms had recognized Kate as she came up to the elevator with the kids. The uniform held the elevator door open for Kate as she made her way in with the quad stroller.
"Detective, it's good to see you around here again." the uniform said once the elevator door closed.
Kate thanked the uniform. In a few minutes the uniform got off at the floor that the Robbery unit resided on. As the uniform left the elevator, Kate was able to sneak a peek into the Robbery bull pen as her mind went to a former flame of hers. As soon as the elevator door closed, the thought of her ex dissipated from her mind as the elevator made its way up to Homicide.
Javi was the first one to notice Kate and the kids when the elevator opened. Within seconds, Javi was at the elevator helping Kate with the kids.
"Aren't you supposed to be on maternity leave, chica?" Javi asked.
"I am, but we needed get out. Rick has to get some writing done before Gina kills him."
As Kate and Javi walked over to the bull pen, Liam and Harley were trying to get Javi's attention.
"Yeah, he called here a few minutes ago looking for you."
"Oh well, I'll get back to him in a bit."
After that, Kate and the kids spent some time at the precinct.