A/N: Hello again, here is the next part of my story. I hope you are still interested in it. Enjoy reading it.

See Part 1 for Disclaimer.

Chapter 36

Kate woke up early in the next morning. Rick was still sleeping so she carefully got out of the bed and went for a shower. When she returned the bedroom was empty, but she could smell waffles.

Dressed for the day she went to the kitchen, where Rick was preparing the breakfast. "Good morning, honey. Did you sleep well?", Kate asked, kissing him.

"I slept pretty well with you next to me and in our own bed. That's all I ever wanted." They both sat down to have breakfast.

"So, you still coming along to see Lauren?", Kate asked.

"Of course I'm still coming with you. I want to see those two and I want to hear what Lauren has to say. And after this we are going shopping for you, like I promised. But we need to make a short detour, if you don't mind."

"Of course not. Where do you need to go?"

"Well, I want to visit Judge Markway and ask him about the wedding. It's the one thing I need to do for the wedding and I really want to have it done."

"Okay, so we see Markway when we are finished with Lauren and the rest of the day we spent shopping."

"Sounds like a plan. Do you think Alexis wants to join us? She will need those clothes soon, too and I would like to shop with my two women, if that's okay with you?"

"That's a good idea. I thought about taking her shopping on a later point, but I would love to have her company."

"Okay, so you finish your breakfast while I take a shower and you could call Alexis and ask her. We can meet for lunch first and go shopping afterwards. Then we can come back together and cook dinner with her.", Rick said, heading for the shower.

Kate finished her breakfast and cleaned the kitchen, and then she took out her cell and called Alexis.

"Hey Kate, how are you?", Alexis asked.

"Good Morning, sweetie. I'm fine, just waiting for your father to finish his shower so we can go to see Lauren. But that's not the reason why I'm calling. Do you have plans for noon?"

"No, I'm free today. Why do you ask?"

"Well, your father is taking me shopping today since I don't have any fitting clothes anymore and I thought you would like to join us. I would love to have you with us and you can already look for some clothes yourself."

"That's a great idea. We can have lunch together and go shopping afterwards."

"You are really your father's daughter. He suggested the same. How about meeting at Remy's? We go shopping together and back to the loft. Aaron can come later for dinner."

"That's a wonderful idea. I let Aaron know about the change of plans and I'll see you at noon.", Alexis said, ending the call.

A few minutes later Rick was coming out of the bathroom, dressed for the day. "Are you ready, love?"

Together they went to Lauren, who didn't have any other patients waiting since her opening hours weren't until noon.

"Kate, Rick, what can I do for you? Aren't you supposed to relax in the Hamptons?", Lauren asked.

"We were trying to relax in the Hamptons, but luck wasn't on our side much. Actually I'm here because I want to go back to work tomorrow. So I need your opinion."

"You know that you are still one week on sick leave."

"Yeah, I know. But we are feeling great and I didn't have any more problems and I won't do anything to hurt the twins. But I want to go back to work, so I can take off two weeks for the wedding and our honeymoon. And it's only going to be deskwork."

"Okay, I see you made up your mind. Let's go back and do the examination.", Lauren said and went to the back where the examination rooms where. Kate changed out of her clothes and went up on the table.

"So, let's see how those two are doing.", Lauren put some gel on Kate's stomach and took the ultrasound machine. After a few minutes she put the machine away again. "The twins are looking really great. I don't see any problems so far but you should still take it easy. You are allowed back to work but you will work normal hours and sit down as much as possible. You will thank me for this later, when you are farther along. And you need to stay away from stress and eat on regular basis. I'm going to give you some more vitamins and I hope you are going to take them."

"Lauren, I'm doing everything to keep those two save. I really want to have them and you have seen Rick. He is over the moon so I'm not going to risk anything. My team and my Captain know about the twins and they will keep an eye on me. And most of the time Rick will be at the Precinct, too. And I'm only allowed to do deskwork, so no running around for me. But we are going shopping later, that's okay?"

"Kate, please. Don't be like this. I'm just trying to keep you and your twins save, since it's my job. And because you are a friend I'm giving you some more advices. Shopping is okay, as long as you don't overdo it. But otherwise you can do anything you want. It's even okay if you want to get romantic, if you know what I mean.", Lauren said smiling.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. But I'm not sure Rick is allowed to get romantic at the moment. But thanks for the information." Kate changed back into her clothes and took the pictures Lauren printed of the twins.

On their way to the Precinct they stopped at a Deli to get some sandwiches for the boys.

"I hope you are hungry.", Rick said, when they entered the bullpen.

"Beckett, Castle, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the Hamptons?", Ryan asked.

"We just wanted to check in on you. Is the Captain in?", Beckett asked, looking over to her boss' office. When she saw him behind his desk, she went over and knocked on the door.

"Kate, what are you doing here? I thought you were going back to work next week.", Montgomery said, hugging Kate.

"Hello Roy, that's the reason why I'm here."

"Please don't tell me that you won't come back to work next week. Did something happen to you or the twins?", Roy asked worried.

"No, the twins and I are perfectly fine; so fine that I want to come back to work tomorrow. I checked it with my doc and she said that's okay."

"Okay, but why do you want to come back earlier. Is it so boring at home? Or do you have enough of Castle?"

"And you think Rick isn't going to come back with me? No, I want to come back earlier because I plan to take off two weeks for the Fourth of July. You are going to have your wedding invitation in the mail today."

"So you set a date? I'm surprised, I really thought you would take much longer to finally get married. But I'm happy for you. Rick is a great guy and he really loves you. I wish you only the best and I will see you back here tomorrow morning. But you have to promise me to take care of you. You are my first pregnant detective and I don't want anything to happen to you."

"Thanks Roy, and I promise you to take care. I can't let anything happen to my twins. See you tomorrow.", Kate said and went back to the guys.

"What was this all about, Kate? You are not coming back, are you?", Esposito asked.

"Well, somebody needs to make sure you are doing your work. I will come back tomorrow morning, but I'm going to take off two weeks for the wedding."

"We assumed something like that, but that's not going to happen anytime soon anyways, is it?", Ryan asked.

"Check your mail tonight and we will talk tomorrow. Rick, we need to leave otherwise we are going to be late for our lunch date. And you don't want to keep her waiting, do you?", Kate asked smiling starting for the elevator. Rick followed her close, never getting the chance to say goodbye.

Before they met with Alexis they paid Judge Markway a short visit.

"Is he in?", Castle asked the secretary, when he entered the office. She just nodded and Castle went into the judge's office without knocking.

"Hello Mike, how are you doing?", he asked the older guy behind the desk.

"Richard Castle! Only you storm into my office without knocking. What can I do for you? Ah, I see your nice Detective so I think you need something from me.", the Judge said, seeing Kate entering the office after Rick.

"Actually we are here on a private matter. But we do need your service as a judge. Are you free on the first weekend of July? We need someone for a wedding. Interested?"

"You are going to marry again? What poor woman is it going to be this time?", the Judge asked smiling.

"Well, this poor woman would be me.", Kate said grinning.

"Oh, congratulation Detective. Rick is a good guy and I'm sure you have your tricks to keep him in line. I'm feeling honored to be at your wedding. I will be there."

"Thanks Mike, it really means a lot to me. You will have the details delivered later this week, but don't be surprised when you see the location of the wedding. You don't need to worry about anything. Rooms are already reserved and paid for. Sorry to cut the visit short, but we are meeting Alexis for lunch and it's already later then supposed."

"Thanks for visiting and the invitation. Talk to you later and greetings for your daughter.", the judge said when Kate and Rick were about to leave the office.

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Alexis was already waiting for them at their usual table. When she saw them entering she got up to hug them.

"Sorry for being late, but we were at the Precinct and you know your Dad with my guys. And there was something he needed to do for the wedding."

"Hey, that's not fair. It's your fault that we are late since you spent all the time with the Captain."

"Hey, don't blame the pregnant.", Alexis said laughing.

"And now it begins. My future wife and my daughter are joined together to make my life a living hell."

"It's not too late to change this.", Kate said smiling, knowing Rick's reaction.

"Oh no, than life would be worse than hell! I like it and I'm more than happy that the two of you get along so great. I don't know about you, but I'm really hungry and we have a lot of shopping to do today.", Rick said signaling for the waitress.

When they were finished with lunch they went shopping. They had a lot of fun and Rick really loved to buy clothes for both of his women. Kate got more since she really needed new clothes. Rick arranged delivery for most of the things, but a few they took home with them.

After a long shopping trip they finally arrived at the loft, where Kate sat down on the kitchen isle and had a drink first. Castle put the purchases into the bedroom before he joined his women at the kitchen.

"That was a fun day. Thanks for this.", Alexis said, looking through the fridge.

"Yeah, I had lots of fun, too. Next time we are going to look for a wedding dress, just us girls. And in the near future we need to look for things for the nursery, too."

"I can't wait for this. But first we are going to have dinner. Aaron knows to come to the loft after work. There are a few thinks I need for dinner, so I need to go shopping again.", Alexis said, writing a shopping list.

"Oh no, you did enough shopping for one day. I will take care of it and you stay here with Kate. I'm sure you will find something to do, don't you?"

Kate used the time to put away the shopping with Alexis' help and the rest of the time they spend relaxing in front of the television. An hour later Rick came back and put the groceries into the kitchen where Alexis started to cook.

"Is there anything I can help you with?", Rick asked his daughter.

"Thanks Dad, but no. I have everything under control."

Kate lounged on the sofa, reading a book while Rick massaged her feet. Alexis was still preparing the dinner, when the doorbell rang.

"This will be Aaron.", Alexis said from the kitchen.

"I'm going. We really need to give the boy a key.", Rick grumbled, opening the door with a flourish.

"Finally you are here, A…", Rick said, but couldn't finish the sentence when he saw who was standing outside the door.

A/N: Who do you think is coming for a visit? Hope you liked this part. Please tell me, what you think. More to come soon.