"So you're having a baby Castle" Lanie laughed as she sat in the morgue with the brunette, the two of them sitting on the autopsy table as Kate nodded and ran her hand to her stomach; thinking about the baby that was growing inside her. "That baby is going to be a living nightmare you know that right?" Lanie declared as Kate's eyebrows rose at her comment. "Don't get me wrong, your baby is going to be the cutest thing around but with your stubbornness and writer boys childish behaviour, you're going to have your hands full" the ME laughed as Kate looked down at where her hand was resting.
"I've been a detective, I think I can manage" Kate laughed gently as Lanie climbed off the table just as the door opened and Rick walked in with Esposito close beside him. "Hey" Kate smiled at the writer who immediately approached her and kissed her gently. "Still not getting used that that" she whispered against his lips as his hand found hers on her stomach and laughed.
"You have to Miss Beckett, you're having my baby" he smiled, her eyes rolling as she nodded and giggled lightly.
"Did Beckett just giggle?" Esposito whispered to the ME who quickly glared at him before nodding. "So do you two fancy going for lunch?" he asked, immediately gaining Kate's attention as she climbed off the table with the writers help and nodded. "Remy's sound good?" the detective asked, everyone nodding in agreement before they left the morgue in silence.
"Am I the only one who thinks it's creepy that you have your girly talks in a morgue?" Rick asked as they began to walk out of the building, Kate's eye's rolling at the comment as Lanie just shook her head. "It's just most women go shopping or for coffee" he explained before pausing and looking at the brunette beside him. "Which you won't be doing for a long time Miss Beckett" he announced, earning another glare from her as he clung to her hand. "It's just weird that you choose to be around dead people for even longer than you need to".
"Rick, I was a detective for years. Some things just stick with you and for me that's being around dead people" she admitted as he shrugged and opened the door to the diner for her. Following the group inside, Rick smiled as he sat beside the brunette and quickly took her hand under the table before they looked at the menu. "Anyway, you were the one who followed me around for years when it wasn't even relevant and we all know that it wasn't about the books most of the time".
"I will admit that for most of our wonderful partnership it was about you but for some of it, it was just about the books" he explained, Lanie and Esposito smiling as Kate nodded slowly in response to his comment.
"Okay Rick, the first week of our partnership was about the books. The rest of it however can be debated" she smiled, his mouth opening to speak but shutting when the waitress walked over and took their drink orders. "So any interesting cases recently?" Kate asked as she looked across at the couple seated opposite who quickly shook their heads and sighed. "Nothing? You've had nothing interesting?" she declared in shock.
"We must have just drawn out the psycho's Kate" Rick whispered in her ear, earning an elbow in his stomach as Lanie laughed at the interaction. It was obvious nothing had changed even though the couple were romantically involved with a baby on the way. "It's true" he moaned in pain, Kate's eyes rolling as she continued to look at Esposito and Lanie.
"Fortunately for us, we've not been in danger of being blown up, frozen to death or anything along those lines" Esposito listed as Kate nodded slowly, her hand clinging to Rick's at the list of events they'd been through together. "So Ryan and I are quite happy right now with boring cases and the occasional argument with Gates" he explained as Kate nodded slowly and felt Rick's arm wrap around her; their hands resting protectively on her stomach.
"Where's that waitress? I'm starving" Rick blurted out, desperately trying to change the mood that had appeared. Laughing at Rick's comment, the brunette sighed as she stared down at their joined hands and relaxed; glad that the risks she'd faced in the past were behind her and no longer a threat to the small family they were creating. "You okay?" he whispered to her once Esposito and Lanie began to argue over what type of music was better.
"Yeah, just remembering" she whispered, his head nodding as he brushed his lips against her hair.
"Cherries" he muttered, a small laugh leaving both their lips at the memory of when he'd first discovered that she used cherry smelling shampoo. "I love that smell" he admitted almost silently, glad that the debate from the other couple was becoming more heated. "You made cherries sexy Miss Beckett" he laughed, her smile growing as she rolled her eyes and relaxed in the seat; both discussions ending when the waitress finally approached them with their food.
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"Rick we have no food" she moaned as she closed the fridge and turned to look at the writer who was resting against the kitchen side, staring at her. "Rick" she whined, her hand running to her stomach as he nodded and moved towards her; his lips brushing against her forehead before he approached the door. "Get chocolate" she declared before thinking. "And popcorn, I really want popcorn".
"Popcorn?" he asked, slightly shocked about the type of food she was asking for. Whenever she went shopping, she rarely bought chocolate or popcorn and when he went shopping she wrote him a strict list of what to buy. "Who are you and what have you done with Kate?" he asked, a laugh leaving her lips as she walked over and kissed him gently.
"Well we need popcorn for film night don't we?" she admitted, his eyebrows rising as she laughed. "I really want a Star Wars catch up; we've never watched all the films together" she explained, a laugh leaving his lips as he nodded and hugged her.
"You're perfect, did you know that?" he commented, the brunette shrugging as she moved towards the door and opened it. "Are you kicking me out of my own apartment?" he asked.
"Our apartment and no, I'm not kicking you out Castle. I'm just making sure you go to the shops because not only am I starving but your baby is starving too and I know you don't want to deny them what they want" she explained, pushing him out of the door quickly before laughing and shutting it; her head immediately looking down at her stomach where her hands were again resting peacefully. "You have the best daddy in the world baby, did you know that?" she smiled before moving away towards their bedroom; her focus on finding the movies they needed.
Short but hopefully sweet?