Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's reviewed this, both before and after I had to repost it. It really means a lot, guys. So thank you. And thank you to everyone who's followed and favorited this, I love you guys too!
Random comment. Have any of you guys tried making one of those frozen pizzas in he microwave? And everything is bubbling and melted, but the dang cheese in the middle just won't melt, so you stand in front of the microwave and encourage it to melt? It's just me? Oh, ok. Awkward...
Kate's eyes popped open, and she let out a sigh. A quick glance to her clock told her that it was just after 2 in the morning, and the sounds from the man next to her confirmed that her boyfriend was asleep. Just like she should have been. But she was hungry. Really hungry.
Kate turned her head and smiled as she watched Rick sleep. She wanted to wake him up, but he was just so adorable.
But the baby's hungry. Kate thought, and a smile spread slowly across her face. Yeah, blame the baby.
"Castle." Kate hissed. When he didn't respond, Kate poked him in the ribs and said his name louder. "Castle."
Rick grumbled and rolled over, pulling Kate into his arms. She rolled her eyes, but couldn't deny that it felt nice to be held. But she was still hungry.
"Castle, come on." Kate whined loudly.
When he blinked open his eyes, Kate sighed. "Finally." She mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Rick asked without letting go of Kate.
"You need to feed me." Kate said.
Rick sighed and pulled himself up to look at the clock on Kate's nightstand. "At 2 in the morning?" He asked.
"Your baby's hungry, Castle. Feed her. And me."
Rick sighed and sat up, relinquishing his hold on Kate and smiling softly at her whimper of protest. "Where am I going?"
"The kitchen. We want you to make me a pizza."
Rick smiled at how she talked about their baby. "What if we don't have everything?"
Kate raised an eyebrow at him. "When does the Castle house not have everything necessary to make a pizza?"
Rick smiled. "Fair point. Come on. If I'm in the kitchen, so are you."
Kate smiled happily and got out of bed as quickly as she could and followed him out to the kitchen. She briefly considered pulling a shirt on over her sports bra, but her bump was still fairly small, and she liked looking at it, and she knew Rick did too. She sat down on one of the stools and watched as Rick pulled on his "Kiss the Cook" apron and started mixing the dough.
"What's going on the pizza?" He asked, mentally preparing himself for whatever weird toppings she'd come up with.
"Pepperoni. Ham. Bacon." Kate paused and thought for a moment. "Pineapple. Red bell peppers. Garlic."
"That it?" Rick asked.
Kate nodded. "Oh, I want pickles."
Rick chuckled softly and pulled everything out of the fridge. Once the cheese was on the pizza, he grabbed the topping that was closest to him and was about to start putting it on the pizza when Kate stopped him.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
Rick looked at the container in his hand. "You wanted pickles..." He trailed off.
"Not on my pizza. That's just gross." Kate said and wrinkled her nose.
"O-kay." Rick said slowly as he went to put the pickles back in the fridge. He'd already learned not to question a pregnant woman.
"No!" Kate whined when she saw what he was doing. Rick turned to look at her and raised an eyebrow in confusion. Kate held out her hands and smiled. "Thank you!" She said and her smile grew when Rick placed the pickles in her grasp.
Rick just gave her an affectionate smile and finished up her pizza, before making another, plain cheese pizza. He slid both of them into the oven and went to stand behind Kate. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his hands on her stomach, stroking softly.
Kate turned to look at him and smiled again. She leaned in for a kiss, but Rick pulled away slightly. When she looked hurt, Rick leaned in and kissed her forehead. "I'm not kissing you after you've been eating pickles straight." Rick said decisively.
Kate pouted. "But I kiss you after you eat onions."
Rick rolled his eyes, but he leaned in and kissed her lips quickly and softly, grimacing when he pulled away and tasted pickles on her breath. He reached around and grabbed the jar from her, allowing her to take one more before he closed it and went to put it back in the fridge. When he was done, the time went off, so he went to pull the pizzas out, smiling when he heard Kate's sigh at the sound of cheese bubbling. Rick set the pizzas on top of the counter and cut them quickly before moving them onto plate. He set Kate's down in front of her, and the plain cheese on he left on the stove.
Kate looked down at the pizza in front of her and grimaced. She looked up at Rick and gave him her best puppy dog eyes. Without a word, Rick sighed and removed the plate with her pizza and replaced it with the cheese pizza. Instantly, Kate smiled again.
Rick rolled his eyes and began picking off the garlic and peppers from the other pizza. When he was done, he turned back to kate and found that half her pizza was already gone. "Seriously?" Rick asked surprised. Kate paused in picking up another slice and just looked at him, confused. "That thing had like, 12 slices!"
"So?" Kate asked, taking a bite of her 7th slice.
Rick just shook his head and went to sit by her. When she thought he wasn't looking, Kate reached over and pulled a piece of bacon off his pizza and popped it in her mouth, smiling again at the look he gave her.
"You can't just have bacon in front of a pregnant woman and expect her not to eat some."
"It wasn't in front of you!" Rick exclaimed, his smile ruining his attempt at being angry. "Your place is over there. Mine is here. Therefore it's in front of me."
Kate just looked at him, the What's your point? was clear in her expression, and didn't need to be said.
Rick just looked at her for another moment, and smiled when her hand crept out and stole another piece of bacon without her eyes ever leaving his. She kept eye contact as she put it in her mouth and smiled at him as she began to chew.
Rick shook his head and leaned in, using one hand to cup the back of her head. He pulled her in for a kiss that left them both gasping for air when they pulled apart a minute later.
"God, I love you." Rick panted.
Kate smiled again, a dazed and in love sort of thing. "I love you too."
Rick smiled and finally lifted his first piece of pizza to his mouth. It really wasn't so bad, not compared to some of the things she'd demanded on a pizza since her cravings started. Rick shuddered as he remembered on in particular. Bananas and broccoli just don't belong on the same pizza.
Rick looked over a moment later and found Kate smiling at her stomach as she hand traced patterns over the skin. Rick reached out and covered one of her hands with his own.
Kate looked up at him with so much love in her eyes that it nearly broke Rick's heart, in the best possible way.
"Thank you. For the pizza. And for knowing to make an extra one."
Rick smiled at her and kissed her forehead. He pulled her to her feet and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Just keep smiling at us like that, and I'll do anything for you."
"Anything?" Kate challenged.
"Anything." Rick replied, and the seriousness in his eyes and tone told Kate that there wasn't anything he wouldn't do for her and their baby. And any other kids they may have one day.
Kate nodded and leaned in to kiss his lips softly. "Then take us to bed." She murmured.
There you go! Hope you guys liked it, because I had a really fun time writing it.
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