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A few mornings later, Kate laid in bed while Rick was still fast asleep. It was all finally sinking in for Kate. In two months she would be married and she would be six months away from welcoming her son or daughter into the world. When Rick woke up and hopefully that would be soon, Kate wanted to discuss baby names with him. She also wanted to set a date for the wedding.
Waiting for Rick to wake up was absolute torture as far as Kate was concerned. By the time they had gone to bed the night before after moving most of Kate's stuff from her apartment to the loft it was about midnight. Rick had encouraged Kate to go to bed while he unpacked some of the boxes they had brought over. About four hours after Kate had turned in for the night, Rick went to bed himself.
As 9am drew closer and closer, boredom was setting in for Kate who had been up for nearly two hours by now. Just when she had given up hope that her fiancée was going to wake up before 10am let alone noon, Rick finally woke up.
"Good Morning…" Castle said.
"Good Morning to you too. We have to talk."
"That doesn't sound good." Castle said as he wiped the sleep out of his eyes.
"I want to discuss names for the baby…"
"Fire away."
"I was thinking that if the baby is a boy, I'm liking the name Liam." Beckett said.
"I like it too. And what if we're having a girl?"
"Harley…"
"Harley as in the motorcycle company?" Castle said.
"Kind of."
There was a pause before Rick gave Kate his response.
"Well what do you think?" Beckett asked somewhat impatiently.
"I like it, very unique."
The duo shared a kiss.
"Okay then I thought we could discuss the wedding over breakfast…"
"Sounds good to me. How long have you been up?"
"Just two hours."
"Well then, let's have some breakfast…" Castle said.
The duo got out of bed and walked to the kitchen together with their hands laced together.
A/N: For reference for the storyline of this fanfiction, Castle is the only one who has been previously married. Beckett's marriage to Rogan O'Leary from the show's sixth season isn't a part of this fanfiction. For the sake of this story she is as she put it in the "Nanny McDead" episode "A one and done kind of girl."