Hi guys sorry this has taken so long. I actually had a bit of trouble writing this chapter but I hope you enjoy it. I have been in and out of the doctors lately and starting to volunteer at a primary school and uni has started so it's been hectic around this place. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it and that the long wait hasn't turned you off reading this story. Again, I'm sorry. Please review and let me know what you think, this chapter took a completely different turn to how I had planned
Chapter 14
Kate and the twins spent the afternoon at her own place after spending the day with Rick and Alexis. She had a few things to do before the big 'first' date that they had planned tonight. Kate had already expressed 2 bottles this morning after their feed for tonight but thought it would be best to express as much as she could incase Martha needed it for them tonight. After the visit to the Doctor Masterson letting her know about Mac's weight she had been supplementing with Formula as well as feeding them breast milk so as long as Martha can mix a bottle she should be right if the express supply is low.
After expressing and topping the babies up she spent the next hour cleaning up the house. She scrubbed from top to bottom in the kitchen, lounge room, bathroom and most importantly her bed room. Clothing belong to both mother and children were off the floor and in the washer, toys were in there proper place and dishes were put away. Kate hadn't stayed overnight here in a while so the vacuuming and mopping of floors were required. By the time she had finished she had 2 hours to get ready before having to head over to Ricks to drop the kids off and leave for the restaurant.
"Okay, baby girls. Mommy's just going to have a shower and get ready, you be good" she said to the girls as she placed them in the bassinet's, turned the baby monitor on and took the handheld piece to the bathroom to get ready.
In the shower Kate took extra care in shaving, trying not to nick any part of her body. She scrubbed her hair with the cherry scented shampoo she knew Rick loved and even lightly spread it across her skin. Once out she spent 15 minutes drying her hair, so it wouldn't wet the dress she bought for tonight. Kate placed the dress as well as the sexy but comfortable red and black lace panties that she recently bought. 'Tonight's the night' she thought to herself getting a little giddy.
Before putting on the dress, Kate went to check on the babies and found them both asleep. She now had an hour to get ready and having the kids asleep would make it easier, so she was happy. Walking back to the bedroom, Kate slipped into her outfit, taking care in adjusting the deep v neck line. The neck line went too far down to wear a bra, which excited her and got her nerves playing up all at the same time.
~CASKETT~
45 minutes later Kate had finished her hair & make-up as well as gotten the girls packed and ready to stay with Martha for the night. This was the first time that Kate had left her girls overnight, she had never been away from them for more than a couple of hours and she was now doubting the idea of having a kid-less date. 'No, Rick and I have been looking forward to this. Grow up Kate, it's 12 hours. You'll be fine and you know Martha will take good care of M'n'M and if anything happens she'll call' Kate encouraged herself.
20 minutes later she was walking out of the elevator and up to Castle's door. She was 5 minutes late but traffic was insane for 6pm but their reservation wasn't until 7 so it didn't matter much.
"KATIE!" Alexis called as she ran straight to the detective pushing the twins in a stroller, dodging Martha who had just opened the door. The little red head was already in pyjama's and excited for the night. "This is going to be so much fun. I can't wait for tonight. Grams and I have movies and popcorn and junk food planned for tonight after Mac and Michie go to bed. Before then we'll play with them on the play mat." Alexis giggled as Kate swung the girl onto her hip and tickled.
"Sounds like you have very fun night planned. You make sure that you and the girls are good for your grams, yeah?"
"Duh, I'm always good for grams" Alexis looked at Kate like that was an obvious observation.
"Yeah, that's because Gram's feeds you all the sugar in the world and lets me deal with the hyperactivity and the crash the next day" Rick muttered walking over to Kate, kissing her on the cheek "You look stunning, babe. We've still got a little bit before the car gets here, it's running late because of traffic."
Kate nodded and pushed the pram over to the living room with Martha and Alexis following closely behind her. "Now, there are diapers in the nursery. I've expressed a few bottles but because of Mac's size I tend to feed them both a little formula as well, Mac I try to feed more. So you won't have to worry about running out of milk. Umm, I've bought pyjama's and spare clothes. I know Rick has some here, I just wanted to make sure you had extra if needed. They were fed 3 hours ago so they'll cry for more in about an hour to an hour and a half depending, they tend to eat more around Dinner and just need top ups until morning. Now I think that's everything"
Rick could see Kate was panicking a little at leaving her babies for the first time all night and came over to hug her from behind. Kissing her neck he whispered "It's okay, they'll be fine. Mother knows what she's doing and if you want we can come back here after dinner instead of going back to your place, okay?"
"You're right. I'm being silly. Martha, I will always trust you with the girls, this is just harder than I thought it was going to be. But, we…"She turned her head to look at Rick over her shoulder "need some time alone together" Kate declared as she kissed the writer, it was then that the intercom buzzed notifying them of the town car's arrival.
"Okay, baby girls, I'll see you in the morning. I love you forever and ever" Kate declared leaning over the pram and giving the sleeping babies a soft peck on their heads. Rick went with the same ritual while Kate hugged and said goodbye to Alexis as well as thanking Martha for babysitting, her reply was 'That's what grandparents are for, silly' which made Kate's heart swell and her eyes to almost tear.
~CASKETT~
An hour and a half later the young couple were sitting in the restaurant eating dinner and enjoying one another's company.
"Alexis, really loves you, you know?" Rick asked.
"I know and I love her too. She really is a great kid Rick, you've done so well with her" Kate replied smiling back.
"So, Miss Beckett, have you travelled anywhere special?" Rick asked, treating this like a first date, like he's just getting to know the woman in front of him.
She smiled cheekily "Umm, yea. Я провел один семестр в Киеве в колледже"
"As sexy as that was, I have no idea what you just said. Was that Russian?"
"Yes, it was. I said I spent a semester in Kiev when I was in college. What about you, travelling anywhere interesting on book tours or in college?"
"Not for book tours. I've stayed in the US for them, it's a lot harder to travel with Alexis. But I went to England before I met Meredith, after my first book was published. I really just wanted to spend all that money I had earned, but didn't want to go where I couldn't even ask where the bathroom was"
Kate laughed "Learning new languages are that hard, I already know 5."
"Wow, woman of many hidden talents. What languages do you know?"
"Let's see, Russian, German, Slavic, French and Croatian"
"That's 6 by the way. You also know English. But anyway say something for me?"
"Who's the smarty pants now. Like what?"
"I don't know, think of something" By now Kate was giggling, something she only ever seemed to do with Rick. She knew exactly what she was going to say and he may not understand the words but he'll get it.
"Du bist eine sehr sexy Mann, Richard. Sobald wir fertig hier, würde Ich mag dich, um mich nach Hause bringen und legte mich ins Bett. Ich möchte, dass du mich liebst, wie du noch nie jemanden geliebt habe vor." By now Kate had slipped a foot out of her high heel and was rubbing it up and down Rick's leg, trying to reach higher than what was appropriate in a public place. "Ich möchte, dass du mich tief und leidenschaftlich zu küssen. Ich möchte, dass du mich raus aus diesem Kleid und haben viel Spaß mit meinem Körper."
"Uhh, Kate. Again, I have no idea what you're saying, I do know that it's in German but if you don't stop with the other language and the foot thing I'm going to do something that should not be seen anywhere other than in the privacy of either yours or my home" Kate just giggled and dropped her foot and placing it back into her heel.
"Well, if that's the case you really don't want to know what I said" smiling at the sight of Rick's adams apple bob as he gulped.
The happy couple continued to eat their meal whilst playing 20 questions, with more than 20 questions. The questions were randomly picked and giving each other little bits of insight into the other's mind. They continued feeding one other little bits of their meals, just to let the other know they were enjoying the night as it went on.
A while later, while Rick and Kate were eating dessert, they were interrupted by the waiter "Excuse me, you are Kate Beckett, yes?"
"Um, Yes. That's me, what's this about?" Kate asked suddenly concerned.
"We have a Martha Rodgers on the phone, she said it was urgent. If you would like to follow me I can take you to a private area to take the phone call."
Kate all of a sudden had a sinking feeling, something had happened to her girls, it couldn't have been Alexis otherwise Martha would want to speak to Rick, it had to be Michie or Mac.
"Hi Martha, what's wrong?" Kate asked starting to panic
"Hi Kate, Mackenzie started crying about an hour ago and no matter what we did we couldn't get her to stop. We tried feeding, changing, burping her, putting her to bed, singing to her and playing with her but she wouldn't stop and then she started coughing uncontrollably and it sounded like she was having trouble breathing so we've taken her to the emergency room. You might want to wrap dinner up and meet us down here" Martha was clearly panicking and it wasn't helping Kate's condition.
Kate felt Rick just behind her "What is it, honey?"
"Rick, Mackenzie she's having trouble breathing and is coughing and crying. Martha's taken her to the emergency room. My baby, she's sick, what's going to happen?" Kate was crying now, clinging onto Rick's shirt.
"Shh, it's okay. We'll get there shortly, I'm sure everything is fine and mother is just panicking more than usual" Even with the comforting words Rick wasn't too sure what was going to happen so he grabbed the phone off Kate and spoke to his mother "Mother, what hospital are you at?"
"Richard, thank god. We're at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. Please take care of Kate, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Martha was filled with guilt, the one night the young mother leaves her babies at home one ends up in the hospital.
"It's not your fault, mother. It might not be something you could have prevented; it might just be one of those things that happen. We'll see you shortly"
Rick hung up and quickly jumped the queue to pay for the dinner bill, he left Kate by the door as she was struggling to move at all, shock had set in that her baby girl was in hospital. He quickly grabbed Kate's purse from the table and their coats from the usher. Once he had escorted Kate out the door he quickly hailed a cab and gave the driver the address.