Hi there everyone!

So I posted this chapter five days early because I just couldn't help myself! lol. Okay, this is the second to last chapter, guys! I can't believe we're nearing the end here. It's been a fun ride! Anyways, I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Castle is not mine :/

[Arrival Part I]

September 19th, 2014 (40 weeks)

"Hey, Rick? Can you get that? I just got out of the shower," Kate hollered from the bathroom, wrapping herself up in a large towel and shivering at the cold air that touched her wet skin, goose bumps began appearing all over her clean skin.

Hearing feet scuffling, she smirked when she realized he had no idea where the phone was. That man never knew where anything was. A shriek of success reached her ears as he found the phone.

Shaking her head, she began to dry off, a few water droplets sliding down her legs and onto the small rug beneath her feet. The sudden sound of her husband knocking on the bathroom door startled her, causing her to quickly wrap the towel around herself before the door swung open to reveal Rick.

"That was Lanie. She called to-" Cutting his sentence short, he grinned when he noticed Kate's disheveled appearance as she tried to hold the towel over her exposed body. "Are you actually covering yourself up? Really, Kate. It's not like I haven't seen you naked before."

His remark only made her hold onto the towel tighter. She bypassed his question and headed straight for the point, "Can this wait until I'm clothed?"

Rick leaned against the doorframe, crossing his arms. "I don't think so. I think I like it a lot better like this."

Huffing a breath, she closed the distance between the two of them and then smacked him roughly on the upper arm. Kate then with one hand held onto the towel and pushed him out of the door with the other. She let out a sigh when he was gone, locking the door just in case he got any other ideas.

"Hey..." he whined, leaning his forehead against the door. "That was so uncool."

A proud grin made homage on her lips as she finished drying herself off before reaching for her clothes, only to find them gone. The smile disappeared from her lips. He didn't...

"Oh, I might have accidentally grabbed your clothes," he confessed, his voice muffled from behind the door.

And Kate could swear she heard the smirk in his voice. He was so going to regret this!

"Yeah, sure," she spat.

Rick chuckled mischievously to himself, placing her clothes on the bed and sitting down as he merely waited for her to appear from behind the bathroom door.

Battling internally with herself, Kate stood there going over her options for a few minutes. She didn't want him to get his way, but she was freezing and she couldn't wear a towel all over the loft. With a deep breath she made up her mind.

Glancing over at the clock on the bedside table, Rick frowned. What was taking her so long? But before he could do anything about it, the door opened and out walked Kate in all of her naked glory. His jaw dropped as he watched her come up to him, straight-faced as she leaned down to pick up her clothes before heading back inside the bathroom.

It happened so fast that he didn't even realize it until the bathroom door shut soundly, the lock clicking into place.

She totally just waltzed in, grabbed her clothes, and vanished without saying a word. And he just sat there like an idiot with his jaw on the ground as he fell into a trance after seeing her. When he had snatched her clothes that was not the ending he had first pictured in his head, he imagined things going a little differently...

How things got so out of his control was beyond him.

The sound of the door unlocking and then opening brought him out of his thoughts. He silently watched as Kate, now fully clothed with wet hair cascading down her back, calmly walked to the living room. Shaking his head, he trailed after her. The fluid swing of her hips, which she couldn't have been doing it by accident, grabbed his attention and next thing he knew he was running into the coffee table.

His foot got stuck on one of the legs and he tripped onto the couch with a huff, bouncing on the cushions a tad and then turning his focus back to his wife, who was now in the kitchen, preparing herself some tea.

"You're staring," she mused, pouring hot water into a ceramic mug. She wasn't even looking his way, yet she could feel his eyes wandering all over her backside.

It took Rick a couple seconds to register her words. "Thought you'd be used to it by now after all of these years."

"Yeah, you'd think I would be, but I'm not. It's creepy..."

Rick sat down on the couch, swiveling his hips as he attempted to find a more comfortable position. Kate soon joined him, nestling in his side, and taking a cautious sip of her tea. He slinked his arm over her shoulders, then rested his cheek against her head, taking a deep breath and sighing at the smell of her shampoo. The two remained in silence for a bit, neither wanting to disrupt the serenity that was washing over them.

Kate then piped up, remembering that he had something about Lanie. "What did Lanie want?"

"Oh, just to check if you two are still on for dinner tomorrow night," he replied, "I told her I'd talk to you and then have you call her back."

She nodded, "Yeah, I'll definitely do that, but it can wait until later."

Rick and Kate sat on the couch; limbs tangled as they once again basked in the silence. Neither knew how long they sat like that, but neither really seemed to care or notice. All that mattered in that moment was each other.

But soon, hunger got the best of them. Unable to tamper it down any longer they went to the kitchen to prepare a late lunch. After some debate they finally decided on chicken noodle soup, it was easy and oh so delicious. Rick set the table, while Kate began to boil the water.

A sudden wetness between her legs shocked Kate, causing her to spill the water onto the wood floor. She stood there with wide eyes, not moving an inch as she realized what had happened. Rick rushed over to her before he began to clean up the mess.

"Wow. Didn't realize how much water you'd put in here," he commented as he grabbed a paper towel, bending down to clean it up. Noticing that Kate hadn't moved from her spot, he looked up to find her ghost white. "Kate? Kate, you okay?"

She had a look of alarm on her face. "Rick," she gulped, "it's me...the baby's coming."

There you go!

You guys are probably upset with me for stopping it right there, huh? I just can't help but tease you all! It is way too much fun! :) Anyways, we've got one more chapter left. Please let me know your thoughts by leaving a review! Final chapter will be posted on WEDNESDAY (March 20th) Until next time!

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