Genre: Drama, Crime, 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'm sure readers might wonder why I don't mention Toy Story Land in this chapter but when I started writing it, it was still a while from being open, so I had no way to write it in as I need videos of the rides and of course they weren't there yet. And that applies to Galaxy's Edge; the Star Wars themed land; which in current time isn't opening until next year while the chapter takes places in 2020. But the next time I write them going to this park both lands will be there!
A/N #2: The brief lyrics I have in this chapter are from the songs We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney and Yellow Submarine by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, from The Beatles album Revolver.
A/N #3: I was really happy getting the feedback for the last chapter that I did in the end so will get to my thank yous for that! TORONTOSUN (It was great you liked how the kids were in awe of what they were seeing, I figured they would since Epcot can definitely inspire that. And pleased to read you thought it was good writing all around!),
MsNYC (Great you thought it was cute that Eliza wanted to tell Dani about the ride she couldn't go on. And I wasn't surprised you were thinking what Julia said about there being a police woman with them on the ride, lol. And I've watched Test Track on YouTube and it is really cool; I can imagine it's even better actually riding it and I know it's definitely popular. And great you thought Beckett did a good job with the Mandarin, lol. And I figured it was time for the babies to start needing to nurse close in time to each other, lol. Not surprised you're glad that Fleur is okay. But I agree, being homesick can definitely suck! And yeah, lol, everyone there knew Julia loves the Beatles already so no surprise. Oh, and great you think that Castle and Beckett usually have great plans. And I wanted to convey everyone was enjoying the park so glad you caught that. I'm glad you thought Beckett getting Eliza to go back to the hotel to help Dani was a smooth move and nice work; I figured it'd be one way to stop a tantrum, lol. Happy to see you thought it was great writing as usual. And I'm pleased to see you're looking forward to the coming chapters too!) and
Mb (I was really glad seeing you thought the chapter was very sweet and funny. I wasn't surprised you loved how they were having fun at Epcot. I'm not surprised you didn't go on the Frozen ride with your sons, lol. And I would go on it but plug my ears on the song since it's very easy for me to get songs stuck in my head, lol. It's why I had Skye singing the song she did after that one. And too bad they couldn't check out Cars Land at California Adventure; that land is amazingly well done; I think they'd enjoy it too, whatever their ages now, lol. And not surprised you mentioned Fleur being a little sad at the French pavilion. But yeah, at least she would be taken back to France since she has a family that loves her and would take her. Great you thought the first half was a sweet update. And you're welcome for it too! I was happy to read you thought the second half was beautifully written. I'm not surprised you're jealous and want to go back, it is an amazing park though they all are. Yeah, I'd seen the ride Mission: Space has two different intensities, but I tried watching the medium level ride but since I had Vertigo I had to stop so I couldn't really write it out. Ah, not surprised you liked Tower of Terror, if I liked drops I'd love that ride myself since I love the show The Twilight Zone it's based on. Not surprised there was such a long wait for Rock n Rollercoaster I know that one's popular too. And yeah, there really wasn't a lot in that park when I was looking into it but speaking of eating there's one restaurant I had to write about that'll be mentioned, lol. And yeah, they're building Galaxy's Edge there and it'll be opening next year though I can't write about it yet since I have no videos or info about it. And I'm really happy I could write Soarin' well enough, I did use a video of it on YouTube- I do for all the rides I write about since it helps my writing- though I will admit that I prefer the old version which was Soarin' Over California. And not surprised you went on Test Track several times, the ride Radiator Springs Racers at California Adventure is the same type of ride and I would go on that repeatedly if the line for it wasn't so long. So happy you thought the second half was an awesome update. And you're welcome for sharing it too!).
Thanks so much for the reviews, I loved reading them as usual and am grateful for the time taken to write them out and send them my way!
A/N #4: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Honey Pie by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, from The Beatles eponymous album.
Legend Of The Silver Screen
"I'mtakingElizatoStarToursthanksbye," Castle said in a rush as he scooped up their middle daughter and started to run ahead of them.
"Rick," Beckett said simply as the little girl was squealing with laughter.
"Sorry Eliza," Castle said as he stopped running immediately. "I tried."
"Thanks Daddy," the little girl said with a smile. She held his hand as they walked back to the others and Eliza asked, "What do we go on first?"
"To a ride we can all go on, well," Beckett began. "Not your little sister but Dani can go."
"Mom," Julia said as she was holding the map to the park. "There really isn't that much here."
"I know," Beckett replied. "But we'll stay until after lunch, maybe go on rides a second time around and then head to the Magic Kingdom."
"We need to, don't we?" Alexis asked as they paused when some of their group behind them were stopping to take pictures.
"I… maybe made some reservations," Castle said slowly. "But not just me," he said, pointing to his daughter.
Glancing at her stepmother and sisters, Alexis gently made him lower his arm and said, "Who thought of it."
Giggling with her sister when Castle made a face Julia said, "Where?"
"The Crystal Palace, sorry it's on Main Street-" he started to say.
"Hold on," Brad commented, walking up to them. "You didn't make reservations yesterday you know; neither did all of us."
"How did you keep that a secret?" Jim said.
"We forgot," Castle said. "Don't ask how but luckily the resort sent me a reminder yesterday on the way back from Epcot. The reason being because there will be characters there…"
"Why did you trail off?" Martha said, studying her son.
"What characters?" Julia asked.
"Winnie the Pooh and-" Castle began before he heard Eve gasping.
"Will Eeyore be there?" the teen asked hopefully.
"He will, your favorite character?" Beckett replied. When Eve nodded she smiled and said to her husband, "Good choice," before Eliza was rushing over to her and tugging at her hand.
"Will Piglet be there?" the little girl asked.
"She will," Castle said. When Eliza squealed he asked, "Do you want to take your picture with him?"
"I'll take it for you sweetie," Beckett told her. She squeezed her hand when Eliza jumped up and down before she turned to everyone else. "We should start moving, we're a lot of people standing around."
"She's right, time for the rides!" Skye said, pulling on Ivy's hand. "Speaking of rides…"
"Toy Story," Rebecca said as they were heading to the ride. She smiled when Castle and Beckett looked at her and she told them. "It was the obvious choice."
"How're we going to sit?" Julia asked. "It's two people together."
"We could go on this many times then," Brennan said.
"We should, since we don't have much to go on and we have these bands of course," Clara commented.
"If you want to you should," Beckett said with a smile. "We are."
"Everyone can go?" Eliza asked, still walking with her mother.
"Yes," Beckett said quickly as the kids were looking back at a pond they were passing. "Who do you want to sit with?"
"Can I go with Jules?" Eliza said with a giggle.
"You can," Beckett said, smiling when the little girl looked surprised. "Really, but your daddy and I will be sitting behind you." When Eliza nodded she looked up and saw they were nearing a street that was headed with the word Pixar in metal. They found the ride shortly after and went through the exit as they could see a lot of people going into the line already. When they got to the loading platform it didn't take very long for her, Castle and their daughters to get their seats in a car together before they were starting to move.
"Should we make this a competition?" Castle asked.
"No," Beckett replied. "Girls?" she called to them.
"We'll have fun," Julia said though she had to speak a little loudly. She looked at her sister and said, "Think Daddy will?"
"I dunno," Eliza replied, giggling again. She then looked at the screen they were stopping in front of and when Woody and Rex appeared with shields she and her sister started to fire their play guns at them until curtains closed and they moved on again. "I hope I get points."
"You will," Julia said before they were stopping at screens again.
"I hope Eliza can get this," Castle said as the piggy bank character from the movies was speaking and he and Beckett were starting to fire at the targets that were behind it. He aimed the best he could though he knew there wasn't much time and when they finished said, "Nice job getting that duck."
"You were close," Beckett said with a smile as they moved on. Her husband only had a moment to nod to her before they were coming to their next game which involved popping balloons which they both did as fast as they could, wondering how the girls were doing behind them.
"I got that one Jules!" Eliza cried out on the other side of the car.
"I saw, keep shooting," Julia said with a laugh as they continued to do so until the game stopped. She was laughing again, with her sister that time, as they were jerked slightly when the car moved again, and they spun around to the next screen.
"I have those!" Eliza cried at the sight of the army men from the movie.
"Hurry and shoot the plates," Julia said with a laugh as she was already firing at the plates that were the targets.
Shooting furiously on the other side Castle didn't watch his wife to see how she was doing. He could see her ammo on the screen out of the corner of his eyes but focused on his own until the plates were disappearing. "My arm is getting a work out," he said before they spun around again.
Shaking her head, Beckett didn't have time to reply as the next game, the crane toy aliens, began and she focused on firing hoops to land on the toys. When it finished she told him, "What if I win?"
"Oh, now you want to bet," Castle said before she was laughing softly. He was tempted to lean over and kiss her when they came to another set of screens. Shooting at the targets; in a western themed game; he was pleased at his accuracy and then glanced over at his wife quickly. Seeing she was doing as well he smiled before the car was moving though they could still shoot on the other screens. He laughed with his wife when they could both hear their middle daughter crying out in surprise, but they soon focused on continuing to shoot at the targets.
When they stopped they were at a mine themed section of the game and Beckett shot at a few targets before a large 500 one appeared before she and Castle were firing as fast as they could. She was laughing yet again when Eliza squealed, knowing the two behind them were firing rapidly too. When they disappeared, they went to the last screen which was Buzz Lightyear showing them their scores. She looked at her husband when they saw their points and wrapped her arms around him, kissing him a few times on the cheek.
"Okay, okay," Castle said laughingly as she'd managed to beat him. "I'll give you a prize… I think in DC."
Beckett brushed her lips against his when he turned to her and she quickly straightened up as they turned to go to the loading platform. When she and Castle had disembarked she said, "Let's hope Eliza did well."
Nodding his head Castle turned towards their daughters as they were hurrying around to them, Eliza throwing her arms around him and crying out excitedly before he could ask how she'd done in the games.
"I almost got as much as Jules!" the little girl cried out eagerly.
"Really? Great job," Castle said, picking her up so they could get out of the way of the people coming off the ride behind them. "Next time we come here we'll go together."
"Kay," Eliza said eagerly. "Now what?"
When her husband looked at her Beckett smiled and said, "Yes, we can go on Star Tours now."
When their little girl squealed, Castle said, "She wants to go too."
"And me," Julia said before they were reaching Martha and Jim who'd stayed off the ride. She looked at Josie and said, "Too bad she can't go too."
"When she's older she may have the chance," Beckett commented. She saw the others looking at her and she said, "Star Tours."
"Oh good," Skye said. "I was about to suggest that," she added as they began to walk over to the ride that was close.
"How many times are we going to go on this ride?" Jacob asked.
"It depends on if they're showing the same possibilities," Castle said.
"Try it a second time and if it's the same that's it?" Brad asked.
"I wouldn't want to go on the same set a third time," Castle said.
"Let's wait until after lunch for that second time," Lily said in amusement, watching the two. "But Eve and Jake have asked already about leaving early in the afternoon."
"It's odd," Clara said. "They were bored with the rides, weren't they?"
"I think the two day break we had was long enough," Beckett said in amusement.
"Are we all alright heading back there ourselves?" Skye said.
"I am," Castle said. "We're not going to have a chance to go back after today since we're nearly finished here."
"Not a problem," Mary said. "I'm eager to see my wife in her robes."
Glancing at her wife Skye said something wryly in French before she said in English, "Never mind," to the other parents.
"Guys," Louis called from ahead. "We're here."
"The exit," David said. "The line's half an hour already," he said to the others though they could all easily see the number.
"Mother," Castle said as Martha sat down on the bench they'd found at the exit. "Do you mind going the second time around?"
"Not at all," his mother replied. "I am hoping it's the same show."
"It's not-" Castle started to say before his wife put her hand on his arm and he stopped himself.
"We'll be right out," Beckett said with a smile before she and her husband walked back to where the others were. When they were walking through the exit she took his hand and murmured, "For all intents and purposes it's a show."
"One of the greatest movies of all time more like," Castle said. He laughed when his wife playfully pushed at his shoulder and he smiled at her saying, "I wasn't about to argue."
"Good," Beckett replied. "Suí in aice liom?" asking him to sit next to her.
"Ní raibh ort an iarraidh," Castle replied, saying she didn't have to ask before he squeezed her hand while they were reaching a cast member standing outside the exits of the rooms.
"Where did we go Daddy?" Eliza asked as her father put her up on his shoulders. "So we remember."
"We were stopped by that Imperial droid first," Castle said as they were walking over to the Sunset Boulevard section for the next two rides. "And then we jumped into light speed," he said as he was actually jumping on the word. He smiled at his wife as their daughter above him laughed and when she smiled a bit back at him he then said, "And we were in Jakku flying around with the Falcon."
"That was cool!" Eliza said eagerly.
"It was," Alexis said as she was walking with them. "And then we went back to space and BB-8 talked to us about the spy."
"That was Iris," Eliza giggled as the girl had been shown on the screen.
"Yep and then we jumped again," Castle said, jumping as well. "Before we were on Coruscant and we were flying around and everything and there were droids on the windshield and then we went down and crashed into that last droid."
Beckett bit at her lower lip, wondering if her husband knew how touching it was to watch him moving Eliza around as he was speaking, making her squeal in joy. She knew that was because they weren't going to let her go on the last ride and the little girl couldn't go on the one they were walking to. But she shook herself as her husband stopped and turned to her before she said, "It was fun though."
"Yeah, I'm glad I can go on that one," Eliza said eagerly. She then looked ahead and asked, "That's it?"
Looking at the giant red electric guitar that was on the outside of the building Castle said, "That's it. Let's get you a place to sit with everyone." He took her off his shoulders and went over to some benches that were mostly empty, letting Eliza go over to Fleur, Ivy and Iris who wouldn't be able to go on the ride before he turned to see Brad standing next to him. He saw his friend was frowning and he was about to tell him that things would be alright when the chief spoke first.
"They still can't help feeling guilty that they're going," Brad told him.
"I know but we don't want Julia going on this," Castle said. "We did look at this one… well, to be fair they have the same track layout at a park in Holland, so we watched and we don't want Julia going on it." He glanced at the other parents and said, "They don't want their kids going on it too. I just hope Eve and Jacob don't mind it."
"They won't," Brad said. "Are we ready?" he asked when Beckett, his wife, David, Rebecca, Skye, Brennan, Alexis and Louis walked over to them.
"Where's Clara?" Castle asked in surprise.
"She didn't want to ride," Brennan said. "Skye mentioned three inversions and she decided to pass."
"Okay, we have an even number," Brad commented. "So that worked out, we can go."
Waving to the kids and adults who weren't going on the ride, Beckett caught up to her husband and told him, "I promised to film the ride starting."
"How much do you know about this ride?" Castle asked Skye.
With a smile the investigator said, "I knew about the launch and we can film it after. I will, I'll ask."
"She can, she's more famous than the rest of us," David said.
As the others were laughing Skye said, "Who's going on the Tower?"
"Mari, will, since she went before," Rebecca said.
"I think our older twins," Skye said when the others looked to her then.
"Erin can go since Mari is," Brennan said slowly.
"You can see the ride at the top," Beckett quickly addressed her cousin. "And let her decide then."
"She'll likely want to," Brennan said in amusement. "Since your daughter's heading there. What about Eliza?"
"No way," Castle said. "She needs to be a little older before she goes on that one." They had been walking into the exit and once they were there he watched as Brad spoke to the cast member there before they were being seated in the first five rows.
"I'm really glad we didn't bring Julia," Beckett said as the over the shoulder restrains came down.
"Me too, if I scream like a girl will you find me unattractive?" Castle asked, peering over at her.
Laughing ahead of the two; sitting in the front with Brennan; Skye said, "Really? She's never heard you scream like that before?"
"She has," Castle said, smiling at his wife before they began to move.
Beckett looked up at the display that was above them and saw the digital display that flashed the sayings 'face forward' and 'keep your heads back.' She looked at her husband with a slight smile as they were there for a while but finally the voice of Steven Tyler called out, something about getting it started though she couldn't be sure. The light that was at the top of the tunnel they were stopped in front of turned green and they were taking off to her cry of surprise and her husband's yell that she could hear as it was fast. She saw flashes of light in the tunnel but that quickly turned to darkness before they were suddenly going up into a loop.
Castle had to laugh at the way Skye called out, "All right!" as they were turning to what he thought was the right though wasn't sure as it was so dark. They were inverted again, and he was glad he wasn't actually screaming like a girl as he almost became dizzy before they were righted and were banking hard. He had a hard time remembering what the track looked like in the light from what he'd seen but finally they were inverting for the third and final time. He was relieved his wife was crying out in joy but knew she would enjoy it anyway.
When they were finally slowing down after a slight hill, Beckett turned to her husband and said, "I hope you had fun?"
"Definitely," Castle said, reaching over to squeeze her hand. "We're not going on this again though."
"Guys, you were the only kids that could go on this," Brad was saying as his and Lily's kids were groaning in protest. "You have Space Mountain."
"We can let you guys take them," David said.
"He's right," Beckett said once they were stepping out of the car. She watched with them as Skye went over to film the launch of a train that was waiting at the tunnel. "Before we head to the Magic Kingdom?"
"Good idea," Lily said, glancing at Eve and Jacob when they gasped in joy. "That way you won't get sick."
Beckett smiled when the two kids rolled their eyes and once Skye was back with them they headed outside to where their family and friends were waiting, Julia and Mary hurrying over to them once they spotted them.
"Was it fun?" Julia asked her mother.
"It was but basically in the dark," Castle answered before his wife could.
"It was," Beckett said when Julia turned to her. "And we'd rather go with you guys now."
"You're not gonna go again?" Eliza asked since she'd joined them.
"Brad and Lily might take Eve and Jake again before we leave," Castle explained. "Now let's head over to the tower before it disappears." He went over to his father in law who was holding Josie's stroller saying, "I'll take her."
"Are you going on the next ride Dad?" Beckett asked her father.
"I'd like to," Jim said honestly.
"Really?" Beckett said, surprised.
"Julia was telling us all about it with Mari's help," Jim said. "And apparently Mary doesn't go on it?"
Shaking his head Castle said, "She has a thing about heights so I'm guessing she'll be taking the three youngest." He then turned his attention to Beckett and said, "And I'll take Eliza and Josie."
With a smile Beckett said simply, "I had a feeling but while they're going on the rollercoaster we'll take Julia… and whoever else wants to go here," saying the last as they stepped up to the tower.
"You'll make Skye choose between the two," Martha said.
"Will you go on the ride with them Mother?" Castle asked her.
"Oh no," Martha replied firmly. "I'll go over to the shop that's here."
"We'll be back Rick," Beckett told her husband as the others were gathering so they could head into the exit of the ride.
"Have fun," Castle told them.
"Have fun at the hotel!" Eliza said, waving.
"Hey, we'll be back," Mary said to Castle once they were alone.
"You're taking Dani and Sophie?" Castle asked.
"We're going to the gift shop with your mom," Mary explained quickly. "We'll be back."
"I heard you the first time," Castle said in mock annoyance before he heard Josie beginning to fuss and he hurried to the stroller with Eliza following.
"Daddy, Mommy's not here," the little girl said, watching him seriously.
"No but I do have a bottle for your sister," Castle replied as he reached for Josie's bag under the stroller. "Get one for me?"
"Yeah," Eliza said quickly, eager to get to help before she went into the bag. She found a bottle and was going to take the cap off the nipple at the top when her father stopped her.
"Sorry sweetheart," Castle said, removing it swiftly. "I need to be a little fast." He was relieved when she nodded, and he hurriedly took the baby from her carrier, cradling her in his arms and then set the bottle to her mouth before she took it. "Eliza," he said, looking at her once he was sure Josie was set. "Get a towel for me for after." He watched her with a smile as she was rushing to grab that for him and once it was on his shoulder he said, "You knew where it needed to go."
"Yeah," Eliza said, nodding her head. "I know Daddy, I saw you do this before."
Castle laughed and then said, "Give me a kiss Eliza." After they'd shared one he said, "I love you sweetheart."
"I love you too Daddy," the little girl replied, smiling widely at him. Since she was standing on the bench next to him she looked down at her little sister and said, "She's hungry."
"It's almost time for lunch," Castle said, not surprised hearing that. "I think we'll go after this." He laughed when she pretended she was dancing next to him before she stopped and looked at him, biting her lower lip before she blurted out the question he'd been expecting.
"Where are we gonna eat?" Eliza said.
"I don't know," Castle replied. When her eyes nearly bugged out in surprise he couldn't help laughing; though he tried to keep Josie's bottle steady; and said, "Your mom insisted that she take care of lunch today, when I told her about the dinner tonight."
"I can't wait to go," Eliza said, somehow forgetting lunch in that instant. "I wanna see everyone."
"I'm not surprised," Castle said. He smiled when she wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "But for now your sister is done with her lunch."
Eliza watched him as he gave her the bottle and she said, "Is Josa happy?"
"I think so, she's had her meal and that's what she wanted," Castle said slightly absently as he was finishing setting the baby to his shoulder.
"Was it the fake milk?" Eliza asked, looking at the empty bag in the bottle.
"No, no, it's from your mom," Castle said, looking at her. "But sweetheart that's not a good thing to talk about with so many people around."
"It's pivot?" Eliza asked with a smile.
"Private," Castle said.
"Piv," Eliza pronounced.
"Private," Castle said slightly louder.
"Pr!" Eliza cried softly before she began to giggle a little wildly.
"Take it easy sweetie," a voice said suddenly as the little girl was laughing into her father's shoulder.
"Mommy!" Eliza squealed, looking up and seeing everyone was with them. "Did you have fun?"
"A lot," Julia said. "Mom said we can go to lunch now."
"Daddy said it's a surprise," Eliza told her big sister.
"Is she set?" Beckett asked her husband.
"She is," Castle replied, handing her to his wife. He stood while Beckett was getting Josie into her carrier and said, "We're following you love?"
"We are," Beckett replied before she let Jim take the stroller and holding her husband's hand they walked together down the Sunset Boulevard section to the restaurant she'd found for her husband for lunch.
Castle was a little startled when they walked all the way to the other side of the park, but they soon reached where they were going, and he read, "Sci-fi Dine-In Theater?"
"Yep, let's go," Beckett replied before they went inside. When they made it to the main room of the restaurant she smiled at her husband and said, "Surprised?"
"Incredibly," Castle said as the interior of the restaurant had a ceiling that looked like the night sky. But what took his attention a little more was the large movie screen showing a film and in front of it tables that had frames of 50's style cars around them. "This is awesome," he said to his wife.
"It is," Beckett said. "We're sharing a car with Skye, Mary and my cousins."
"I don't mind," Castle said firmly, meaning that.
Beckett laughed softly before they were led to their tables. Since there were so many of them they were spread out at multiple ones, their daughters near them with their grandparents at a car with three rows of tables behind.
"Hey, RiffTrax," Castle said, looking up at the screen and seeing a movie he knew well. "Cat Women of the Moon," he said as there was a scene of a man being stabbed in the back.
"They show clips of bad movies," their waiter said. "So hopefully you'll enjoy."
"I think we will," Castle said with a smile, thanking him as he took the menu. "Well… wow it's like we're in the 50's."
Laughing softly Beckett said, "It's themed. What're you going to get?"
"A burger, milkshake too," Castle said before he realized something. "What about the girls?"
"They're fine, your mom and my dad know what to get them," Beckett replied gently. "And they won't be getting milkshakes, since I said if they didn't they could get a churro after."
"And Eliza immediately agreed," Castle stated.
"She did," Beckett said with a smile. She looked at her menu and wasn't surprised when her husband did in fact order a chocolate milkshake while she got the same. "Don't give me that look, I want the experience too," she said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, easy on the snogging," Skye said from behind them. When they looked at her she said, "We're trying to watch the movie."
Castle made a face at her before he faced forward, and they waited for the waiter to bring back their drinks. Once they had them he sipped at his though he had to hurry to order his food. Listening to Beckett he smiled when she got the classic burger on the menu, realizing she'd been serious. When the waiter had left he was about to ask his wife if she liked her milkshake when he felt something hit the back of his head lightly. He jumped and was about to turn around when he felt a poke to his shoulder before the investigator was speaking at the same time.
"Hey, share your rickey, we ran out," Skye was saying rapidly, repeating that for a second time before he was smacking her hand away.
"Cut it out," Castle said laughingly though his voice was slightly tinged with annoyance. "Man, you used to do that when we were kids, so annoying."
Beckett laughed at the way her husband was speaking and at the look that Skye gave him before she said, "You guys never did share."
"We were almost finished with our drink by then," Castle said in protest before he smiled. "Maybe you should switch with Brennan and Clara."
"No way, we have a great view of the screen," Mary said before her wife could speak.
"What are they talking about?" Eliza asked her grandparents as they were looking over at the four laughing.
"Maybe a joke, or the movie," Julia said, smiling as there was a clip then of a road being driven on and giant fake eyes over it. She giggled as she heard her parents laughing, guessing they knew the movie it came from, before the screen changed and at the same time their lunch was served to them.
"They should riff this movie," Castle commented after he and his wife had eaten a bit.
Glancing up as the title of the movie appeared, Beckett said, "Interesting title."
Nodding as it was called Devil Girl from Mars Castle was about to tell her they should try to see the movie themselves when the screen changed to another movie's preview and he started to laugh heavily.
Relived her husband hadn't been eating at that point Beckett watched the scenes from the movie It Conquered the World before she couldn't help saying, "He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature-" She stopped herself abruptly when she realized she wasn't the only one saying it and she, Castle, Skye and Mary started to laugh together at that heavily as they'd all spoken together.
"That was the weirdest speech," Castle said when they'd calmed down. "Oh… I hope this doesn't scare them," he said as there was the image of a man on fire.
"No, they're focusing on their food," Mary said quickly as she looked around at all their kids. "Julia's laughing."
"Have you shown her that episode?" Skye asked.
Shaking his head, as he'd taken another bite of his cheeseburger, Castle was watching the screen which was an old commercial for new kitchen technology. He went back to the meal, smiling as he recognized a lot of the movies from MST3K and RiffTrax. When he glanced at his wife he couldn't help himself, reaching over and gently squeezing her hand before they turned their focus back on their meal, so they could finish and get back to going on the rides before they would switch parks.
"I won."
"Barely."
Julia giggled at how forceful Mari was next to her and said, "I know it was really close. What're you gonna go on next?"
"Could we go on the Tower with you?" Mari asked as they were going around to the exit of the Toy Story ride. They'd gone on a number of times after lunch, so they could digest their meal, and she said, "That was really nice huh? Our lunch."
"Yeah," Julia said with a nod. "And you can come with us if that's where you want to go. I want to go with my dad too since he didn't go earlier." When Mari nodded she smiled and reached out to her, taking her hand once they were off the car that they'd ridden. She looked at Erin and Marie who'd been behind them and said, "Are you going on the Tower too?"
"Yep, Mum said she'll go on that," Marie answered. "What about you?"
"Louis will go with Alexis on the roller coaster," Erin said. "But me, Mum and Da are going on Star Tours again."
"Even though it's the same way we went before?" Julia asked in surprise as they'd gone on that ride just before what was going to be their last ride on Toy Story.
"Yeah, Da loves it," Erin said. "Me too." She laughed with the others before their parents were starting to join them and they went together outside the building where Jim was sitting with Josie and Sophie, Dani going with her parents on the ride.
After discussing the different rides they would go on last the group began splitting up and Castle and Beckett took their middle child with the Davises over to the Tower of Terror ride.
As they were walking through the ride Julia said to her parents, "I'm glad we get to go through the hotel."
"Me too," Castle replied. "They did an amazing job with the décor." They were reaching the end of their line before they waited for the cast member there to send them to the elevator.
"Hey Mom, Dad?" Julia asked the two. She smiled when they looked at her with slight concern at the same time and she quickly said, "Can I watch The Twilight Zone now? I'm not a baby you know."
"I think she might be right," Castle said to his wife.
Glancing at him, Beckett told him, "I know sweetie… and yes you can start watching this show, but I should tell you there are some things that might scare you."
"Mom, I see spirits, what's scarier than that?" Julia asked.
"Have you talked to your grandpapa?" Castle said.
Giggling softly Julia didn't have a chance to answer as they were allowed to walk over to the elevators themselves and were quickly put in the second row of one of them. "I did ask him about it and he said I should watch it because it was a really good show," she was finally able to tell them before they were stepping inside the car.
"Alright, but not now," Castle said. "We're about to enter the Twilight Zone."
Beckett couldn't help rolling her eyes with Rebecca before they were seated, and she was sitting next to Julia as the girl was in the middle. Once they were seated she watched the cast member; dressed as a bell woman; say goodbye to them before the theme music started and they ascended to Rod Serling's voice narrating until they stopped at a floor and the doors in front of them opened.
Julia shivered at the sound of the voice; as it had affected her since she'd first heard it; but turned her attention to the corridor where there were guest rooms. She watched in awe as the spirits of the five people who had 'disappeared' in the story for the ride in the year 1939 appeared. After they started to beckon to them bolts of electricity appeared and began to flicker through the hall before there was the sound of thunder. She looked at Mari; next to her; and they smiled together as they loved the darkening of the hall, the field of stars and soon the breaking glass window at the end before the elevator doors were closing again.
Feeling the elevator car rising again, Castle wanted to lean over to check on Julia's reaction since he hadn't ridden the first time. But since the car was dark he had to wait until the doors were opening again on what looked like a maintenance room. He had enough time to check on Julia, seeing she was beaming, and he smiled himself as he sat back to find they were starting to move forward and there were things like a clock and an eye on either side of them while the theme music for the show played. He recalled those items had been in the opening of the show, as well as the stars they were moving towards and he knew they were getting close to the drop.
When the stars sucked into the middle of the wall ahead of them, Beckett wasn't surprised feeling Julia's hand squeeze hers tightly. She smiled at her oldest; though she wouldn't see it; and was turning back to elevator doors opening again. They were in the dark again as Serling's voice narrated once more and on the last word of his sentence there was a false drop that made them all yell or cry out. A second later they were falling rapidly but were soon shooting up before stopping. Another drop and another ascension and they were at the doors that looked out onto the park. She laughed when Julia did before they were dropping for a short period of time and then falling. Rising again and pausing she knew it would be the last drop as the spirits of the guests appeared and they then fell thirteen stories, all of them screaming or yelling until they had stopped fully. It was then she touched Julia's arm, wanting to see if she was alright though she knew her daughter had loved the drops.
When the doors opened to a swirling disc, Julia looked at her mother and murmured, "The show?"
Beckett could only nod as her oldest was going back to watching the vortex of one of the openings of the show with a door, the window that had broken earlier and other items they'd seen moving to the drop all falling into it before they started to go backwards when the five guests and Rod Serling himself fell. She laughed when her husband started to applaud next to her and they were all doing so.
"See Dad?" Julia said eagerly as the lights came on and they were moving back from the doors to find objects on either side of them before they were turning.
"I know, I think that doll is supposed to be from an episode," Castle said before the car was stopping and they were soon getting up and leaving.
"Mom, could I get a shirt?" Julia said when she was walking hand in hand with her while they walked down the exit.
"Of course, we were going to let you and your sister get one thing like at the other parks," Beckett said, squeezing her hand firmly.
"What will Lizzy want?" Julia asked.
"A churro," Castle said, walking next to them.
Laughing Julia said, "That doesn't count."
"No but since we're here go pick out your shirt and we'll let your sister decide on hers," Beckett said, smiling as the girl rushed over to the available t-shirts, grabbing one as she and Castle approached her.
"This one?" Julia asked.
"That's a nice one," Castle said, taking the dark blue shirt that had Mickey, Goofy and Donald Duck in the elevator car with their reflections normal behind the title of the ride. The three in the car though he was amused to see were falling as Mickey's ears were going up, Goofy's hat had come off, his ears were up, Donald Duck's hat was flying off and all their clothes were moving. "I like it," he said, holding onto it to pay for it.
"Let's go," Beckett said with a smile at him before she let him go to the registers. "Stay with me sweetie," she then told Julia. "I need to text everyone to see where we're going now."
"Aren't we going to the other park?" the girl asked in confusion.
"Yes, but for now we need to have the chance to go to the other gift shops and then get those churros," Beckett said.
Julia smiled before her father was coming back and she took the bag, letting him take her hand as they were walking back to the entrance. She wasn't surprised when they went past it and headed to where the Toy Story ride was. "Hey Lizzy!" she said, seeing her little sisters with their grandparents there. "You're gonna get something here?"
"What did you get?" Eliza asked interestedly, seeing the shopping bag her sister was holding.
Taking her shirt out of the bag Julia held it up and said, "Do you like it?"
"Yeah!" Eliza said. "I know what I want Daddy," she then said, taking his hand and pulling him into the store further.
"Just these?" Castle asked, surprised that she had chosen very simple toys. They were figurines of Woody and Buzz Lightyear with parachutes on them and he then told her, "You can get something else small." He saw the way her face fell and then asked, "It's not something small."
"I have money for these," Eliza said slowly.
Castle gestured to Julia before he said, "Ask her if she minds you getting something big."
"I don't," the girl said. Julia smiled at the two when they looked at her in surprise and said, "Go ahead, I know you like the movies."
Eliza nodded and then hurried to what she'd found, taking a box down from a shelf before she said, "This one?"
"Yeah, that's cool," Julia said quickly when her father looked at her.
"Come on sweetheart, let's go pay," Castle said, taking the box with the Woody doll in it and grabbing her hand with his free one.
After they were back together again the family headed to a snack cart that was by the entrance, buying all the kids a churro before they took a few pictures in front of the statue with Mickey at the top. They left and headed to the monorail station outside just managing to catch a train before they were on their way, the youngest of the group talking excitedly together about the Magic Kingdom and what they wanted to do before they were making a list at Julia's direction as she quieted them down.
"We should put down what we want to go on," the girl said.
"The order?" Jacob asked.
Shaking her head Julia said, "No, just the ones we want to go on the most. That way we make sure we go this last time. I have an app that lets you make a list and when you want to cross it off you just say the name."
"Cool," Jacob said. "But aren't there a lot of rides we'll want to go on?"
"We don't have that much time," Alexis said as she and her boyfriend were sitting with them. "You need to make sure that list isn't too long."
"You're aware we all will go around Fantasyland," Louis stated.
"Y- wait, why?" Erin asked her brother.
"Because you lot ate those churros," Louis replied. "We'll have to digest those, so you won't be sick."
"And you," Erin said.
Julia smiled when Louis shrugged before she said, "Okay, let's hurry. We're almost there." She then began to take the names of rides, adding her own though it went quickly since a lot of them wanted to go on the same ones. By the time they had reached the park she checked with the adults if they wanted to add anything. But the list was ready, and she said to her parents, "I hope we can do everything."
"Sweetie you don't need to worry," Beckett said firmly. "We have our bands and we can go quickly." They were leaving the monorail station and once they had she said, "And we should give Dani a chance to have some rides."
Julia nodded and said, "Yeah, she didn't have a lot of rides over at the other park." She took her mother's hand and smiled saying, "We want to go on the Haunted Mansion first, will you go with me?" When her mother nodded she was smiling again and they went through the gates to head to Fantasyland first.
Once they had reached the ride Martha stayed with the babies while the others went into the mansion and she waited for them to return which happened quickly since they'd gone through the exit. "How was it?" she asked.
"Fun, we're not bored Gram," Eliza said, smiling at her. "We haven't been here for a long time."
"That's very true," Martha said, smiling herself at how serious her granddaughter had become. "What will you do next?"
"The other rides here," Castle said. "But we're going to stay because Eliza wants to go on the roller coaster here."
"Alright," Martha replied, letting him take the stroller. "I'm guessing they want me to go on a ride next?"
"The two of us," Jim said. "And basically, all the rides here in this park."
"That wasn't our suggestion Martha," Beckett said. "They suggested we spend time with Josie again."
"And Sophie?" Martha asked while they were walking further into Fantasyland.
"Brad and Lily are letting Eve and Jake go on their own," Castle said when they stopped at the entrance to the Peter Pan ride. "Have fun, we'll be waiting in the shade," he said before everyone else was going into the ride except for the six of them. He was about to ask his friend what they would be doing when Lily leaned over to Beckett and murmured into her ear.
"We'll stay with Josie," she said with a smile. "But nice of you to offer," Beckett said before she looked questioningly at her friend.
"Oh no, we're going to get something to drink," Lily said.
"So," Castle said, turning to his wife when they were on their own.
"We should find the shade," Beckett said before they walked to a bench where they could see there was some shade. She took Josie from the carrier; since the baby was awake from her nap; and sat with Castle, not surprised when he immediately turned to her and brushed his lips against hers. "Éasca," she told him gently when she saw he was about to move towards her again.
"Ró-chrua," Castle said, saying it was too hard in response to her simple word of easy. He then smiled and said, still in Irish, "I haven't had the chance before this."
Beckett leaned over and gently brushed her lips against his before she sat back and said, "Neither have I." She wasn't surprised when her husband kissed her again, a little harder but still brief as people were walking around them. She was relieved when Josie reached up and seemed to slap her hand against his chin and she laughed with her husband before he took the baby's tiny hand to kiss it gently.
"Sorry if I was squishing you between us ceann beag," Castle told her, nuzzling his nose against the baby's. "But I was a little impatient." When he sat back he smiled seeing Josie was and he let her grab onto his index finger before she let go a bit after.
Watching her with Castle, Beckett said, "Tomorrow we need to do this with her again." When her husband made a slight noise she smiled and said, "What're you thinking?"
"Do you think the kids would mind if we watched a show tonight?" Castle said.
"Are you thinking about yesterday's?" Beckett asked. When he nodded she smiled and said, "I don't think they'd want to, not with all these rides here to go on. And they knew it's our last time coming to the park."
Castle nodded slowly before he said, "I guess it's better if we take the chance to go on the rides." He scratched at his cheek for a moment before he said, "Do you mind going on these again?"
Shaking her head Beckett said, "We've had a couple days off and we're not here for too long. I'm looking forward to them actually, we're going together on Splash Mountain."
Nodding rapidly Castle said, "I'll ask the girls if we can go on everything together." He smiled at the way his wife was looking at him and took Josie from her before he then said, "The bigger rides."
Beckett had to smile and said, "Alright but they need to agree with it."
"I wouldn't have thought of insisting," Castle said. He paused as he was rubbing Josie's back and said, "Did that make sense?"
"It makes enough," Beckett told him, leaning against him and kissing his cheek. She wasn't surprised when he turned his head so they were pressing together before they heard the girls calling to them as they approached.
"Can we go on faster rides now?" Eliza asked, reaching the three first.
"We still have a little bit to go," Beckett said with a smile. "Go on two more rides okay?"
"Yeah," Eliza replied before she peered at Josie as Castle held her on her back in his hands so she and Julia could look at her. "We're having fun Josa," she told the baby. "But you get to stay with Mommy and Daddy."
Watching as Josie made a cooing noise and slightly kicked her legs Beckett said, "That might mean yes."
"It does," Julia said firmly.
"Are we going to go? You're losing time," Jim said.
"Unless that's your plan," Martha added in amusement.
"No, we want to go on rides," Eliza said, taking her sister's hand.
"We'll be back," Jim said with a smile.
"We're gonna go on the carousel," Eliza told her parents.
"Do you want to go?" Julia asked them.
Shaking her head Beckett said, "Maybe after dinner. For now, go." She watched them leave before she said, "We need to go with them on the roller coasters here."
"Definitely," Castle said, raising Josie above him a little before holding her against his shoulder. He kissed the side of her head and murmured to the baby that he loved her before he sat back against the bench, watching the people passing them by as they waited for their daughters to finish their two rides.