Genre: Romance, Family, Humor

Rating: M for sexual situations and language

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.

A/N #1: I was happy, again, to get the reviews I did for the last chapter so will get to my thank yous right away! Beckett-Castle4ever (Glad to see that you thought both halves of the chapter were great first off. I'm not too surprised that you're liking the family time and the time Castle and Beckett are having alone together, though pleased to see that you are too!), TORONTOSUN (I had to laugh a bit at what you said about the kids writing books after everything they've seen but you do make a great point about that, they have seen enough for that! It was nice to see that you liked the way the kids had fun with Jim and Martha, wanted to write them together doing that for a bit. And of course I was really pleased to see you mention that you liked seeing Castle and Beckett having fun during their dinner and then after that, great you enjoyed the love scenes too, lol!) and vetgirlmx (It was nice to see that you think they're making the most of their vacation, lol, wanted to write them doing that. And I had discovered the zoo and thought I should have them do something for the girls so zoo it was, lol. But I was glad to see that you loved them doing that and I tried to write them enjoying it! I had been wondering if you would mention what Alexis asked Jim, super happy that you did and that you thought it was sweet. And since Martha's on her own in the loft with her going to Oxford, figured she'd want someone to check on her who is actually there in the city and since Jim is family it was the obvious choice. With that I was happy to see that you've noticed how much they've grown as a family as you said and that you can see they're comfortable with each other which I try to do. And I'm glad that you want to see more of the vacation again, to see what they'll be doing next and now you can see what's next here!). Thanks so much to you for these reviews, I enjoyed reading them and appreciate the time taken to write them and send them to me!

A/N #2: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Summer in Dublin from the band Bagatelle.

That Sunshine In Dublin

"These stairs are so cool," Castle said as he turned to where his wife was.

"I know the girls said the same thing," Beckett replied, watching him with a smile. "Now come back to bed, your coffee's getting cold."

"Any reason you opted for tea?" Castle asked as he slid under the covers next to her.

"Irish breakfast just felt like the best thing to have," Beckett said simply. "And we'll have another kind of tea later with the girls."

"Yeah funny how today worked out," Castle said, glancing to the window to his left though he couldn't see their view of Trinity College. It was their second full day in Dublin, which was going to mark the start of their venture along the coast of the country. The day before they'd gone to St. Stephen's Green and the Garden of Remembrance before having dinner at a fish and chip place near their hotel. "But you don't think they made these plans for today because we were indicating we wanted to spend time with the girls?"

"We've been on this trip for nearly three weeks," Beckett said after she'd shaken her head no. "And they seem to really want to go. So one day won't be so bad though it's made me wonder if you want a day with Alexis?"

"We talked about that yesterday," Castle told her. "And she'd rather spend it with me and the girls but not like they're doing today."

"Just us separating," Beckett said. When he nodded she then said, "Then it is kind of funny they're doing that today." She looked thoughtful for a moment before saying to him, "You don't think the girls asked them do you."

Looking at one another Castle and Beckett shook their heads and said at the same time, "Nah." He then continued asking, "Are we looking at the last letter?"

"Yes," Beckett replied, turning then to set her mug on the nightstand. She picked up the letter there and began to read. "Bridget, I worry at your plans with your young man," she began with. "Your husband now, forgive me, I forget you've married as well. But I can't imagine you would find anything in England that would help; you know how they have been to us. Though I can't help remembering that kind husband and wife who were on the ship with us, Molly and Daniel if I remember their names. They wanted to learn our language from us… But I don't know what you might find there that would be helpful to you. Especially as you're starting a family."

"I wonder if things were that bad with the family in Dublin," Castle commented as Beckett paused. "Also not surprised the family they were working for moved there."

"Neither am I," she said. She then read, "But I suppose it's a bit of selfishness on my part. It's been two years and I haven't seen you since we got to America and I wish for my daughter to know her aunt. I hope you and Patrick still wish to come here there are opportunities especially for him as I told you. As for my own family I have heard from Elias recently and he is in Virginia, tending to wounded from a recent battle there. He hopes to receive a leave for Christmas as he wishes to see little Bridget desperately. But I try not to become too hopeful at the idea. Though Bridget is a joy, I find myself more distracted than anything else."

"Can't blame her for that," Castle commented.

"It's understandable," Beckett said, smiling at him. When he looked at her she shook her head saying, "I wouldn't be to that degree."

"I don't know, it might not happen," Castle said. "You know it's better that we go on a book tour together," he reminded her, since it was what their agent had said.

Nodding to that Beckett continued with, "Ma and Da are well, as is Betty but I fear they've lost hope in you coming. Betty becomes more American with each day, so you would be hard pressed to recognize her. Still, she loves you and loves my stories of us as children. Especially the one where we nearly took Old Seamus' skiff out to Inisheer though we would never have made it in that little thing."

"Wow, they must have been quite the pair," Castle said, since he and Beckett had seen the distance in the map between the county of Galway and the island before. "Though is there anything else besides recapping the family?"

"But I am dithering again; as Ma would say," Beckett continued to read. "And I will continue with the message to you that you may not have heard as I saw no mention of it in your last letter, about Aunt Patricia and Uncle Harry passing when their cottage burned. It was a sad day when we received the letter from the priest who attended them and we have gone into mourning for a time for them since they helped you retuning to the home country. But I would end on a much happier note sister of mine, mo dheirfiúrbeag. We have money put away, nearly enough for second class but we just need a bit more time. Though if you join whatever you earn with ours we could send you both here, so wherever you are when you write to me, tell me how we can get this money to you. Your big sister, Líle."

"And that's it," Castle said though he knew the answer to that already.

"That's it," Beckett said with a sigh. "I imagine she searched for her the best she could when she didn't hear from Bridget again. But with four kids in the end and the war going on… it had to be difficult."

Watching her put the copy of the letter on the nightstand Castle waited for her to sit up straight before wrapping his arm around her tightly. "At least our contact had a lead here in Dublin; we just need to see what they say in Liverpool."

"Let's hope they kept good records over there," Beckett said, leaning her head on his shoulder. She looked at him and then said, "We should probably get ready."

Glancing over at the alarm clock on the nightstand Castle nodded and said, "I could use a shower, do I have time for that?"

As she was sitting up then, Beckett paused before she looked at him and then smiled before saying, "We do."

"You-" Castle started to say, taken aback since he hadn't been trying to start anything with that. But before he could continue his wife was pulling on his hand and leading him into the bathroom. He recovered when she turned to him and watched her as she pulled on the bottom of his shirt. When her nails raked over his chest he grunted slightly at the sensation but kept his eyes on her before he realized why she was starting to kneel. "You-" he began again.

Looking up at him Beckett shook her head slightly before she continued what she'd started, removing the last of his clothes. That was soon done but she stayed down, grasping his length in her hand. As she'd hoped he'd managed to become aroused and she commented, "Was this like that already? Or did I just start it?"

"Already," Castle gasped out as she then slipped the tip of him in her mouth. He couldn't help allow her to continue for a little longer before he reached down and carefully pulled her away. He nearly lost it at the slight pout of her lips once she was standing up and he leaned over, brushing his against hers. "Not here," he told her simply.

Beckett wanted to protest that she didn't really care where she pleasured him but before she could say a word he was pulling her into the shower and she turned on the water as she pushed him carefully against the opposite wall.

Castle had wanted to initiate something else but since his wife was insistent he had no choice but to allow her to kneel before him again. He was reaching down to her head as she proceeded to pleasure him, making him lean his head back against the wall. He breathed in the mist of the water, trying to concentrate on the damp in his mouth as Beckett was doing an incredible job making him feel a great deal of pleasure. He didn't know if she was working on him for hours or minutes, it didn't matter until he broke and wrapped his arm around her to press his hand on the small of her back as she held him while he was going through the thick waves of enjoyment she had drawn him to. When he had stopped he leaned over and kissed her deeply before he carefully pulled away saying, "Your turn."

Though she would have preferred more to make love to him Beckett allowed him to turn her around so her back was against the wall as his had been. The look in his eyes as he cupped her cheeks made her tremble and she closed hers when he leaned into her. She nearly gasped as he started to nibble at her lower lip and she moaned when his hands moved down to her breast. She smiled when he pulled away though it didn't last long as he was starting to stroke at her gently. "Hmm, always have to touch…" she sighed in pleasure at the feel of it.

"You love me for that," Castle said.

Beckett looked up at him, startled at his tone, and bit her lower lip before she told him, "I may…"

Castle couldn't help himself and wrapped his arms around his wife, embracing her to him as tightly as he could while he kissed her passionately. That quickly developed into multiple, frantic kisses before he remembered what she'd been doing to him before that. He pulled away from her and forced himself down onto his knees as she parted her legs to him. Though his fingertips were wet when he touched her he knew he was feeling her arousal and his mouth suddenly watered.

Looking on, Beckett could feel her heart pounding wildly as he was starting to flick his tongue out to her clit and it seemed to go even faster as multiple jolts of pleasure struck her body. His fingers at the same time were going down to her folds and she tried not to move too much as he fondled her gently there. "Please," she found herself begging him.

"Are you sure?" Castle asked, pulling back to look at her. When she merely nodded he breathed in quickly and then moved back to her clit with his mouth taking it in and sucking at it. After a moment he reached up and gently, carefully slipped his fingers inside of her and turned them so they were able to search out her g-spot. He knew what he was risking with that but when he could hear Beckett crying out to him to continue he decided he would just have to be cautious.

Beckett reached down to her husband with one hand, cupping the back of his head, and the other was trying to dig the nails into the marble of the wall. The fact that she could find no purchase didn't matter; she was moving too much to care. She was soon losing herself in the continuous pleasure that Castle was making her feel. She wasn't sure when it was but suddenly he was sliding his fingers from her and a few seconds; or minutes; later it was almost like she'd been struck when her orgasm hit. She cried her husband's name in absolute ecstasy, feeling his mouth and fingers working on her clit until finally she stopped, supported in his arms.

Hearing her panting and the way that she was weakly grabbing for him Castle couldn't help the rush of satisfaction at what he'd managed to do to her. But then he turned his attention to her again asking, "Good?"

"Yes," Beckett managed to say before she straightened up but didn't let go of him. She kissed him lovingly before he helped her under the water and they rushed to wash each other as they had no idea how long they'd taken together. When they were out in the bedroom after getting dressed she commented, "Are our reservations set?"

"Of course," Castle said. "I checked when we arrived yesterday."

"Good, let's go," Beckett said shortly as she had finished putting on her shoes. She smiled when he hurried to tie his other shoe before getting off the bed and rushed to where she waited for him to join her.

"Think we could do something tonight?" Castle asked as they went to the door. "Not that," he said hurriedly when she looked at him. "Sleepover?"

Beckett was about to protest that when she remembered the fact that their bed was large enough to do that. She then smiled and said, "You're very sweet."

"That and we have no idea when our parents and Alexis will come back," Castle pointed out. "But I swear right after that I was thinking about how fun it would be."

Smiling, Beckett said, "I'm sure you did. We'll let them know now though."

"Right," Castle said, knowing that if they told the two later that night they wouldn't fall asleep for a while. He looked down the hall then, seeing the girls peering out from a doorway and looked at his wife saying, "It might distract them from where we're going."

"I still think we should tell them but okay," Beckett replied, smiling at him when he laughed slightly.

"Morning Mommy!" Julia said, her sister echoing her. "Gram and 'lexis left."

"About twenty minutes ago," Jim said, standing behind the two girls. "They couldn't wait."

"Hopefully they'll enjoy their day out there," Beckett said as she was hugging the girls to her. "Did we take too long to get them?"

"Not at all," Jim assured her. "But they are ready to go."

"Oh I should text them about tonight," Castle said, remembering then.

"What about tonight?" Julia asked her mother as she and Eliza went to Castle and hugged him.

"Your daddy had the idea of letting you two spend the night in our room with us," Beckett replied, watching the two closely for their reaction.

"Sleepover?" Eliza asked with a gasp.

"I can come back early," Jim said.

"We don't mind," Beckett said, not surprised that he suggested that. "It'll be fun," she said, that time looking at the girls who were both eagerly nodding.

"Then I guess I should go," Jim replied. "Thank you for the car."

"Not a problem," Castle said as he was handing the keys to his father in law. "Enjoy your road trip."

"Be careful Dad," Beckett said as he leaned down to hug and kiss the girls.

"I love you both," Jim was telling them seriously. "Be good for them and don't wear them out too much." When they were giggling he stood and went to his daughter, hugging her and saying, "I have my phone so if anything happens I'll get in touch with you."

Nodding Beckett watched him go down the hall and then turned to the girls who were looking excited before she said, "Let's go?"

"What about our clothes?" Julia asked.

"We'll get them on the way back," Castle suggested as he looked at his wife. "That way we're not hurrying now."

"So now we can leave," Beckett said. She took the girls into the hall as Castle closed the door behind them and she watched him grab Julia, pretending to pick her up. She smiled when that set Eliza off, making her try to jump up on her father.

"Wait," Julia said as they were going down in the elevator. "We still don't know where we're going."

"Wait until we get to the lobby," Beckett told her. When they had reached it she took them near the door before saying, "First we're going to the National Museum of Ireland," as she opened their travel book to the pages it was on.

"Ooh… gold," Eliza said, seeing the necklace looking piece on the left side.

"It's about the history of Ireland and a little bit of Egyptian history too," Castle said, watching them closely.

Julia giggled and then told her sister, "I told you." They then looked up at their parents at the same time and she said as seriously as she could, "We want to go, it looks fun and I think Eliza wants to see the jewelry." When her sister patted her arm she smiled and said, "And me too. But is that it?"

"No," Beckett then said after she and Castle had shared a smile with one another at that. "After we'll come back; hopefully close to two when it starts; and have afternoon tea for lunch at the atrium."

"We will!" Julia cried as her sister gasped in excitement.

"We are," Castle replied. "And then after we'll go to Grafton Street and walk around the shops there."

"Where Mommy and Daddy went on their honeymoon," Julia told Eliza. She then smiled and told her, "And you too."

Giggling at that Eliza said, "Wanna go now."

"Which we will," Castle said, moving her to his shoulders before they went out the door to the street.

Taking a taxi to the museum Beckett watched the girls as they stared at the museum's front which had a rotunda in the middle and a lot of columns both at ground level and on the upper most tier. "It's beautiful," she told them, smiling at them.

"Oh it is," Julia said as they paused to take pictures. She thought for a moment and said, "What kind of history does Ireland have besides troubles?" When her parents looked at her in surprise she told them, "I heard you talking with Grandpapa about it yesterday."

"You know the English came here to try and take over the country," Castle began after he and Beckett communicated for a few seconds with a look.

"That's why Paul says that in his song," Julia replied as they started to walk again.

"Right well it took until about 1949 for them to leave the Commonwealth of England so… there you have it. A lot of struggle from the Irish people to free themselves from England so there will be a lot of history," Castle said.

Sighing as she knew that meant people had to be hurt Julia thought that over until they stepped into the entrance hall, entering the rotunda. She looked up in awe at the sight of it and at the zodiac signs on the floor, almost forgetting to take a pictures before her mother let go of her hand to do so herself.

After they had their tickets Beckett took the floor plan they were given as they came to the first exhibit, prehistoric Ireland. "Look at this," she told the girls after they studied some of the items there were in a passage tomb.

"What Mommy?" Eliza asked, looking at the different handcrafted tools.

"They made these," Castle said, pointing to a mace head. "No machines, no robots to do it for them…" He shared a smile with his wife when the girls made oohing sounds and he then told them, "This is from County Meath which is…"

"West of here, I think you're thinking of County Mayo," Beckett supplied as they looked at some pottery then before continuing. "Want to go down?" she asked Eliza in surprise as the toddler was wriggling in her arms a little.

"Pictures Mommy," Eliza said.

"I've got it," Beckett answered, smiling as she was holding her camera in her other hand. She had taken a few pictures of the tools and got some of the pottery before they moved around to another room. "Rick?" she asked as he was holding the map.

"The Treasury," Castle read. "And this has things from early, medieval Ireland, treasures."

"I thought it was gonna be jewelry," Julia told her mother.

"We'll get there," Beckett said in amusement as she was handing Eliza over to Castle at the toddler's insistence. She took a few pictures until they reached a chalice and she said to her husband, "The Ardagh Chalice."

"It is," Castle replied as they all peered at the silver cup.

"Thirsty?" Eliza asked, patting his cheek.

Laughing slightly Castle shook his head and took her hand telling her, "No sweetheart, this was what they used to drink out of. And it's from Limerick."

"Limerick," Julia said while they were moving on. "Are we going there?"

"Of course, that's where Adare Manor is," Beckett replied with a smile. "And the city of Limerick too."

"Cool," Julia said as they were holding hands, squeezing her mother's. Walking through the room and looking through the glass displays she said, "I don't know why you got worried."

"Well we thought you might think it was boring to look at all this old stuff," Castle said as they walked back through the prehistoric section to another.

"No it's neat," Julia assured them both.

"Yeah neat-o," Eliza said with a smile when her family laughed at her.

"Your grandpapa taught you that didn't he?" Beckett asked.

"Yeah… gold!" Eliza started to say before trailing off and looking at the room they were entering.

"Here's your jewelry," Castle said with a smile as Julia looked at the first piece they'd come up to, a pair of what looked to be earrings with pattern in it. "Nice, even though I prefer silver," he said as they walked next to the lunula that was in their travel book.

"Me too but it's pretty still," Julia said.

"Did they make alone?" Eliza asked as they looked at a neck collar. "No robots?"

"Nope, not a single one," Castle replied. "Pretty amazing."

Walking on through the large room Beckett watched Julia take pictures before she and Castle split up for a moment with their daughters. "What're you thinking sweetie?" she asked as she realized she hadn't been imagining the thoughtful look on her daughter's face.

"I think if we make another book about Macca, we should use one of those collars as a thing that gets stolen," Julia told her, slightly hesitantly as she looked up at her mother for her reaction.

"I love that idea," Beckett replied. "Would it be from a museum?"

"This one?" Julia asked. "That one over there was pretty and we could write about Ireland."

"That reminds me love," Castle said, coming over to them then. "I'd like to write Moor and Green in Ireland too."

"We'd have to think a little about that," Beckett said, smiling at him as she'd thought of that herself. "But it's a great idea, both ideas."

"Awesome," Castle said before he realized that Eliza was looking around. "Want to keep going?" he asked her.

"Yeah," the toddler replied before they continued. She looked at all the different jewelry that they came to and when they were leaving she asked, "Now aminals."

"I don't think so sweetie," Beckett said, reaching up to run her hand over the toddler's dark hair. "Okay, next is Kingship and Sacrifice," she said as she was reading the map. "It's… oh," she began before showing the description to her husband.

"Ah… well… we can just keep an eye out for any they might have in there," Castle said, since the exhibit was about human sacrifices pertaining to kingship and mentioned bodies found in bogs.

"Are there bodies?" Julia asked.

"There might be," Beckett said. "They were preserved in bogs and there might be some inside."

"Can I see the map?" Julia said. When her mother handed it to her she started to read and then said, "I learned about that from Dawn's brother."

"You… was he trying to scare you?" Castle asked, startled at that.

"We saw his history book and there was a picture of a man… Lindow I think was his name and he told us what he was leaning about that," Julia explained. "He looked like he was asleep but there was…" she trailed off, motioning to her neck.

"That was a recreation," Beckett said. "He looked a lot different."

"Yeah his skin looked like leather, it was gross… but I wondered why they hurt him so much," Julia said. She then asked, "Was it a case?"

"I don't think so, that was a long time ago and I'm talking so long there weren't really police," Castle said. "But Eliza shouldn't go in," he said to his wife as he was reminded of what the bodies would look like after what Julia had said.

"Go with her," Beckett said with a nod.

"Wanna go," Eliza protested.

Hearing the tone of her voice Beckett took a deep breath and then said, "Okay but you know what you need to do or else we'll leave?" When the toddler shook her head she said, "When we tell you not to look, close your eyes very tight okay? And if you manage to keep your eyes closed this whole time we'll buy you and your sister a book together later on Grafton."

Julia opened her mouth to say her parents had already planned that; having guessed; but when Beckett took her arm she stopped as her sister nodded. They walked into the exhibit and walking through she was enchanted by the regalia of royalty but what amazed her the most had nothing to do with bodies but instead bog butter. "Do people eat this?" she asked in amazement as she and her sister were staring at it.

"Some do," Castle said. "But I think I will pass. Speaking of which, who's up for…" he began before he looked at the map. "Oh we're moving up to the second… excuse me, first floor."

"Second Daddy," Eliza said as they left then.

"Here they call this the ground floor and then the one upstairs is the first," Beckett told her. "But why don't we head to Ancient Egypt first?" She wasn't surprised when the girls cheered that; since they loved seeing those artifacts back in New York; and as they headed up she said, "Get your camera ready Julia."

"I have it," the little girl said with a smile before she slipped her hand into her mother's, squeezing it gently. When they came to the first section she said, "Look Lizzy, more jewelry."

"Blue!" Eliza gasped as they looked at the necklaces in beads of that color. "Ooh… Mommy's is better," she started to coo before she stopped abruptly and said the last firmly.

"Thank you," Beckett said in amusement. "Look at these cosmetic containers. You know they put them with the mummy, so it means they were important."

"And gold," Eliza said.

"That too," Castle said with a nod. "A lot of stuff was," he added. "You know what I would want to take with me?"

"Your laptop?" Julia asked, her sister nodding in agreement with him.

"And some Eaton mess," Castle added as he could see Beckett looked a little doubtful at the subject they were talking about.

Laughing Beckett shook her head and said, "You wouldn't have any to take, you'd eat it all."

"Most likely," Castle said with a nod before he leaned over to her, kissing her briefly. When he looked at their daughters he wasn't surprised they looked confused so he told them, "It's a dessert, I promise we'll try it at Adare okay?"

"Okay but let's keep going!" Julia said before they continued through the room together.

Coming to a cartonnage of a mummy, Eliza asked, "Is it a boy?"

Shaking his head Castle read a plaque and then told her, "This is the lady Tentdinebu…"

"Don't look at me, I have no idea how to pronounce that," Beckett replied, when he glanced at her. "But it's beautifully done."

"I like the colors," Julia commented. "The blues are pretty and look at the bird Lizzy."

"Yeah," Eliza said before they moved on. She smiled at the small figurines of mummies and she said, "Look Jules, more blue."

"I see, it's pretty," Julia replied, seeing the one her sister was pointing out. "This one too, that's a blue green isn't it?"

"Whatever the color it's a nice one," Castle said, watching his wife studying it. "What do you think?"

Glancing at him, Beckett replied, "It's interesting to see how much they put into these tombs."

"I wish people didn't steal from them," Julia commented. "And I wish we could read those," she said, pointing to what looked like a tablet from a wall of a man and a woman, hieroglyphics above them.

"We can," Beckett told her. "You'll learn about the Rosetta stone in sixth grade but that helped us learn how to read hieroglyphics."

"And we'll see that," Castle told his wife. When she nodded he then told Julia, "I'm excited for that since I've only seen it in pictures."

Julia wasn't sure what the big deal about the stone was but decided seeing it might help her discover the reason her father did sound eager. She looked at the doorway they'd come to in surprise saying, "We're done?"

"It's a small exhibit," Beckett said, putting her hand on Julia's shoulder.

"Now what?" Eliza asked as she was helping her father hold open the map.

"It's… we missed a room love," Castle said. "Downstairs," he added quickly as he looked at her.

"That'll be the last thing we see before the gift shop," Beckett replied. She felt Julia tugging her blouse and asked, "What is it sweetie?" having a feeling already of what her daughter was going to ask.

"Could we get something about Egypt?" Julia said hopefully.

"We'll see," Castle answered before his wife could.

"He's right, we will," Beckett replied.

"If we are good?" Eliza asked carefully.

"Maybe," Castle said as she was looking at him. "Okay so now we are heading into Medieval Ireland, going forward in time a little."

Walking inside Beckett was taking pictures of the items in display cases before she came first to something she recognized. "Rick," she called, smiling back at him.

"Is that it?" he asked, coming over to her with the girls.

When her mother nodded, Eliza looked at the object and then looked at her sister who was smiling. "What is it?" she asked finally, looking a little confused.

"This is a book cover that's from the sixteenth century, so about five hundred years old," Castle explained as the toddler leaned in close to get a better look at the design on it. "Watch your head sweetheart," he said carefully.

"Where is the picture?" Eliza asked him then as she turned to him.

"The picture?" Castle asked in slight surprise. "Oh," he laughed as he realized what she was referring to. "There aren't any pictures of the authors back then."

"No?" Eliza asked, wondering why her sister was giggling softly.

"There weren't cameras back then sweetie," Beckett said, leaning over and kissing her cheek. "But do you see what's there in the middle?" When the toddler nodded she said, "That's a crest and it's from the Fitzgerald family, they were earls."

"Hey Mommy," Julia said then, that jogging her memory suddenly. "What if they find out your family here is an earl?"

"I don't think so," Beckett said with a smile.

"Oh," Julia said. "But it would be cool."

"It would," Beckett agreed before they continued to the next display case. After they'd gone through that section they moved on to Viking Ireland and she and Castle followed their daughters until they came to a cross in a display case.

"That's the one in the book," Castle commented. At his wife's nod he watched her take a picture before he picked up Eliza to lean in closer to look at it. "Yeah that's amazing."

"No robots?" Beckett asked him teasingly.

"No robots," Castle said, smiling at Eliza who'd turned her head towards him. He placed her up on his hip as they went back to the room they'd entered and continued until they reached the last of the three rooms in that section. Glancing at a sword Castle then turned his attention to something made out of wood, looking like a bird.

"What is it?" Julia asked as she and her mother joined him around it.

"It doesn't say," Castle said, reading about it. "But what do you think it could be?"

"To feed birdies?" Eliza guessed.

"Interesting but I think they'd be scared by what it looks like," Beckett told her with a smile. "I would guess… maybe for drinks for official ceremonies?"

"They would drink it out of there?" Castle asked, nodding to the trough in the middle. When she nodded he said, "Interesting too, I would say as an offering to the gods? Maybe some type of liquor."

"What about you Julia?" Beckett asked since she hadn't said anything.

"I dunno but maybe something to do with drinks," the little girl replied with a shrug. There wasn't much left after that and when they were going back she asked, "Is that it?"

"We have one more exhibit before the temporary ones and this one is about Rome, Ancient Rome," Castle said. He then looked at his wife and asked, "Why did I sound like I was introducing myself as James Bond?"

"Who knows?" Beckett replied, trying to fight the smile on her face but unable to.

Walking through that exhibit which had different artifacts from the city Julia took a number of pictures and looked as though she was becoming a little impatient. "Do we still have to go to those temporary ones?" she asked.

"We should, there's only two," Castle replied as he was reading the map. "First off is Clontarf."

"What's that?" Julia asked, forgetting her impatience at the name.

"It's when the High King Brian Ború of Munster defeated the army of the Vikings and the King of Leinster," Beckett said after looking at their travel book as she knew there was some information there.

"Did he win Ireland?" Julia asked.

"Dublin," Castle corrected her. "So one thousand and four years ago."

"That is a long time," Eliza said. "Long time," she said before trailing off a little looking at the model of a boat they were coming up to.

Glancing at all the items in that section the four then headed to the next exhibit which was about a burial mound at Tara. They went through it quickly before they headed back downstairs to the exhibit they'd missed.

Looking through the ceramics and glass from Ancient Cyprus in that room, Beckett wasn't surprised to see the girls' attention focused on the items or the discussion of which colors in the jewelry were prettier. "Okay," she said when they were walking back to the rotunda and the gift shop. "You can get something from here but only one thing."

"And we have to approve, of it," Castle said.

"I think that went without saying," Beckett replied, looking at him.

"Right," Castle said, nodding before he followed Julia to the books.

"You want this?" Beckett asked in surprise when Eliza showed her a kit to paint a sarcophagus.

"Yeah and for Jules," the toddler said, pointing to the second figure pictured on the box.

"What do you think Julia," Beckett said to the little girl as she and Castle were walking over to them. "You can make this with your sister."

"I can?" Julia asked in surprise. When her little sister nodded she giggled and said playfully sternly, "I'm going to paint mine blue and green."

"No, red and blue," Eliza said, pouting though she couldn't hold that expression and laughed with her big sister. "Will you play with me?"

"Yeah of course," Julia said. "And I think we can share this book with her Mommy," she said, showing the one in her hand to her.

Seeing that it was a book about Ireland Beckett flipped through it though she was aware that Castle had done that already. But when she could tell it was about the different castles in the country she nodded and said, "It's perfect," starting to tuck it under her arm to go and pay.

"Mommy I wanna see," Eliza said in protest before her mother could step away.

"Here," Beckett replied with a smile before handing the book over for her to look at.

"Yeah I wanna read," Eliza said after opening it to a random page and seeing the picture there. She giggled when her father picked her up and they waited for Beckett to pay. "Now can we go?" she asked when her mother had walked back to them.

"Are you hungry?" Beckett asked. When both her daughters nodded she shared a smile with Castle before she said, "We can go back to the hotel now."

"But what are we going to do after lunch?" Julia asked as they walked outside the museum.

"Someone will need to take a nap," Beckett said, glancing at Eliza. "And while she is you and I will head over to Trinity College to take some pictures." When Julia opened her mouth to speak she quickly told her, "Don't worry we're not going in, just walking around."

"Unless you're tired too?" Castle asked her. When the little girl looked at him he chuckled and said, "You'll have fun and we're planning on going inside on a tour tomorrow; you know your grandfather and sister want to see it. Especially the Book of Kells."

"Okay so you can go too Lizzy," Julia told her little sister.

"Yeah," the toddler replied though she didn't quite know what they were talking about. She didn't mind though, watching the view from the cab as they rode back to the hotel, wondering what was going to be special about lunch that Julia was chattering about excitedly.

Inside the hotel Castle and Beckett led their daughters to the Atrium Lounge where they were going to have their meal. Sitting down at their table for four Castle spoke with the waiter quickly before they were alone, the girls looking up at the five story atrium they were inside.

"Are those rooms?" Julia asked as there were windows all the way up to the glass ceiling.

"They are," Beckett replied. "We're at the top but our views are of-"

"The college," Julia finished. When her mother nodded she then breathed, "This is so pretty."

"It is," Castle said. "Hopefully you two will enjoy the food too."

"Do I have tea?" Eliza asked hopefully.

"You'll have a sip of your sister's chamomile," Beckett said. "But you're still a little young for tea."

"Did you see the sky up there?" Julia asked, pointing overhead to distract her sister from protesting what their mother had said.

"Yeah," Eliza replied when their waiter returned with a glass of milk for her and a mug of tea and glass of milk for her sister.

"If you finish your tea you can switch to milk," Castle explained as he helped Eliza sip from her glass.

"Thank you," Julia said, watching as her mother put honey into her tea. "Oh there's your tea!" she said eagerly, watching the waiter coming back with a set.

"There you are," the man told Castle and Beckett once the teapot and everything else was on the table. "Your food will be ready in just a moment."

"What kind did you get?" Julia asked as she watched Castle pouring for them.

"Irish Breakfast," Beckett said, smiling at her husband.

"I couldn't resist," Castle replied. "She had that with our breakfast this morning," he explained to their daughter as he was getting his tea ready.

Hearing Eliza make an ooh noise as the waiter set down their meal in two carriers with three tiers of plates, Beckett said, "We're eating from the bottom first sweetie."

"I thought so," Julia commented before she giggled since her eye had caught the desserts on top. "How are we gonna eat this?"

"We'll split it up between us," Castle said. "Eliza and I will tackle this and you two get the other one. Okay so we have salmon, roast beef-" he started to say as he looked at the four sandwiches.

"Spiced," Beckett reminded him, since they'd seen the menu earlier.

"Right so that will be mine. We also have egg and cucumber," Castle replied. "How about egg and cucumber for you?"

"Kay," Eliza said. She watched him take the sandwich and cut it in half before handing it to her. She then watched as he cut the cucumber in half and set it on her plate next to the other. She was still hungry but she hesitated, feeling a little unsure about eating and making a mess in what felt to her was a fancy, grown up place.

"What do you think?" Beckett was asking Julia who was eating the egg sandwich.

"It's good," the little girl replied before she took a sip of her tea. "I like the lettuce."

"That's rocket cress," Castle said with a smile at her as she looked surprised and then nodded. He turned to Eliza, surprised to see that she hadn't started yet. "What's wrong?" he asked her.

Looking a little unsure the toddler looked at her mother and then whimpered softly before she watched Beckett lean in to whisper to Castle.

"Here," he said, turning to Eliza then and putting the egg sandwich into her hand. "Go ahead and eat, if you need to clean up at all you have a napkin. I'll help you."

"You will?" the toddler asked hopefully.

"Go ahead and take a bite," Beckett urged her.

"It's good," Julia added.

Giggling and squirming a little shyly Eliza then took her first bite and after eating it said, "Thank you," to her father.

"I didn't make it," Castle replied with a smile as he pushed her hair off her cheek. "But you're welcome."

"Is that good?" Julia asked, looking at the half of the salmon sandwich her mother was setting back down on her plate.

"It is, if you want to try it you can go ahead," Beckett said, handing it to her.

Looking at it for a moment Julia took the sandwich and bit into it. She made a face as she chewed and then shook her head.

"I didn't really think you'd like it," Beckett said in amusement. "But you have your other sandwiches so eat those."

"Can I have that?" Eliza was asking Castle then.

"What, the whole plate?" he asked in slight amusement.

"No, that," Eliza replied.

"Wait until we finish with the sandwiches," Castle said, finishing the roast beef. He helped her with her glass and then glanced over at his wife and their oldest, seeing them watching them. "Am I doing okay?" he asked them teasingly.

"Yeah," Julia giggled as Eliza held her napkin up to their father.

"You're adept at that," Beckett told him simply, finishing the salmon sandwich. "Okay, that was a great start," she said she and Julia had finished their sandwiches. "You're done right?" When her daughter's response was to give her a mocking glare she laughed softly before she said, "We have a scone here do you still have tea left?"

"I have enough for it Mommy," Julia answered, nodding her head rapidly.

Taking the scone, Beckett cut it in half and put on a little bit of the clotted cream that came with it as well as strawberry jam. "This is homemade jam; according to the menu," she told Julia as she got her own half ready.

"So it better be really good," Castle commented across the table.

"It is," Julia giggled. "The cream is good," she said to her mother. "That's what they have here a lot?"

"And in England," Beckett answered. She looked over at Eliza who was eating her first bite of the scone and smiled when the toddler started to hum in pleasure at the taste of it. "Rick-" she began to say as the jam and clotted cream had smeared over their youngest's mouth.

"Hold on," Castle said in amusement as he looked over at her. He cleaned off Eliza's face and when he turned to his wife and Julia, saw that the former was refilling his mug. "Thank you," he said before taking a bite of his scone and then a sip of tea.

"Do we have to eat that?" Julia asked once she finished up her bit of the scone.

"We'll save it for tomorrow," Beckett said, looking at the carrot cake that had been next to the scone. "For your grandparents and Alexis."

"Now dessert, dessert?" Julia said eagerly, though she tried not to sound as if she was.

"No now it's time for naps… neither one of them fell for that," Castle started to say before he trailed off and looked at his wife.

"Because we already tried that," Beckett said, shaking her head though she was smiling.

"So am I pointing out what there is or you again love?" Castle asked her. When she made a motion for him to go ahead, he nodded and pointed to the cupcake saying, "That's self explanatory, and it's red velvet in case you're wondering."

"How are we going to eat all these?" Julia asked.

"Luckily they're small and we can take the leftovers back to our rooms," Beckett said. "Well have them after dinner tomorrow."

"Not after dinner tonight?" Castle asked.

Glancing at him Beckett looked at the desserts and then said, "Maybe. Anyways, these are macarons, raspberry and vanilla cream. This is a chocolate mousse in a little glass jar, that's a passion fruit panna cotta in the other and last is an apple and cinnamon crumble."

"That is a lot," Eliza said, her eyes wide. She smiled when the others started to laugh at her tone and said, "Can I pick?"

"Go ahead," Castle said. He was surprised when she pointed to the passion fruit and said, "I don't know sweetheart."

"Can I try?" Eliza asked.

"Let her," Beckett said. "If she doesn't like it then we'll take it with us."

"Am I splitting this with her?" Castle asked.

"No it's small," Beckett said, watching as he got some of the dessert onto a spoon and started to feed their youngest.

"No Daddy," Eliza said, giving him a quick frown, taking the spoon from him.

"You can't blame me for falling into old habits," Castle commented as he watched her feed herself. When he heard her hum he laughed and said, "Okay so I think it's good."

"You try Daddy," Eliza told him, digging the spoon into the dessert.

"Hold on," Castle said quickly.

"I think I want this Mommy," Julia then said to Beckett, pointing to the cupcake.

"I don't blame you," she replied before she took the passion fruit. "Want to try?" she asked as she noticed the little girl watching her.

"If I can," Julia replied with a small smile.

Beckett got a little out of the jar and handed the spoon to her oldest, watching her taste it. "So she made a good choice," she commented with a smile.

"Yeah," Julia replied with a quick nod. "You should try it too Mommy."

"I'm going to now," Beckett said, looking over at her husband and watching him eating the cupcake from his and Eliza's desserts.

"Here," Julia said, patting her mother's arm when she saw Castle helping Eliza take a bite of the cupcake.

"Thank you," Beckett said with a smile as she took the cupcake and took a bite out of it. "Wow whatever our parents and Alexis get from the desserts they'll enjoy them."

"It is really good," Castle agreed. "And I hope if we do have dessert tonight we'll give it to them well before bed."

"We need to give them a bath," Beckett said, glancing at Julia.

"That's okay," the little girl said hurriedly as she knew her mother was waiting for her to protest that. "Where are we going to do that?"

"In our room," Beckett said. "I think you two are going to be the only ones to use it, we've just been taking showers."

Castle tried not to remember their shower that morning, though it was difficult, and instead turned his attention to Eliza who was finishing her dessert. He helped her scrape the last bit of it from the bottom and then handed the spoon back to her before finishing the last of his cupcake. Looking across the table he saw that his wife seemed to be a little distant and he realized that she was going through the same that he had. He noticed just after that that Julia had finished her dessert, so he carefully cleared his throat to get her attention. "Is the teapot empty?" he asked.

"It is," Beckett said, glancing at Eliza and smiling as she was yawning. With that she and Castle gathered their daughters and headed upstairs to the room they were sharing with their big sister and grandmother. Grabbing the clothes they would need they then took the two to their room and she changed Eliza into her pajamas for her nap.

"Don't wanna Mommy," the toddler protested as she was carried to the bed.

"I know but just a quick nap since you might be going to bed late tonight," Beckett told her before she let Castle and Julia come over to kiss Eliza goodnight. She laid her down after kissing her herself and said, "Sweet dreams Eliza; we'll wake you up soon."

"I'll keep an eye on her," Castle said as he followed Beckett and Julia over to the door. "And read," he added.

"Up there?" Julia asked quietly, pointing up to the loft where she knew were armchairs and a couch.

"Of course," Castle said. He then hugged Julia tightly and said, "Have fun with your mom."

"I will," the girl replied with a wide smile. She waited for her parents to say goodbye to each other, smiling as they embraced tightly almost immediately.

"We'll be back in time to wake her up," Beckett told her husband.

"You don't need to be, we'll be fine here," Castle assured her. He then leaned over and kissed her gently at first before he slowly made it more passionate. But when it got to that point he didn't let it linger since he knew their daughters were able to see them. So he slowly pulled away from Beckett and pressed his forehead against hers before they let each other go.

Watching them leave, Eliza waited until her father had turned to her and said, "Why Daddy?"

"You're supposed to be asleep," Castle said with a slight smile on his face.

"Not yet," Eliza replied. She let her father make her lay back down and said, "You love Mommy."

"I do," Castle said, knowing she was answering her own question. "Get some sleep and when you wake up we're going to Grafton."

Eliza wanted to tell him she wasn't tired but she yawned before she could say a word. Turning onto her side as he sat on the edge of the bed facing her, she watched him as he stroked her hair tenderly and soon was asleep.

Once he was sure she was out Castle stood and grabbed a book he had, going up the stairs. At the loft he dragged one of the armchairs over to the railing so he could still keep an eye on Eliza. Settling down with his tome he hoped that Beckett and Julia were having fun outside walking to the college.