Genre: Romance, Family, Humor

Rating: M for sexual situations and language

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters featured on the show Castle, they belong to the creator of the show, ABC, and the others who do own them.

A/N #1: It was fantastic to get the feedback I did for the last chapter so will very swiftly go to my thank yous for them! vetgirlmx (Very pleased to see you thought the last chapter was really good. And I had a feeling you might enjoy it since they were meeting her cousin and I know you've been waiting for that for some time, as you mentioned lol. But I'm not surprised you think they'll become close even though they're in different countries, they are family after all so it would make sense. I had to laugh a bit at what you said about Brennan being a vet, Louis set to become one and Eliza interested in it. I did that partially as a thanks to you- you've been reviewing longer and more consistently for my stories than anyone else- but also because the profession is interesting to me. A long, long time ago when I was little I'd wanted to be a vet and work at Sea World but then I realized what being a vet actually entailed and then discovered writing so I moved to that instead. But it's always interested me! But I'm glad you enjoyed that and you're very welcome for it too! I'm not surprised you were expecting a large house and a lot of horses but glad you were about it, lol. Though I agree, it would be cute to see Eliza riding a pony, lol. Really pleased that you liked the bit with Alexis and Louis, and I agree it'll be easier for her in Oxford with a sort of family member there. Also glad that you enjoyed their time at ball and them having fun there. Had to laugh at what you said about there being more of them in the future but you'll have to see of course! Very nice to see you enjoyed the chapter as much as you did and I'm so glad you can't wait to see what's next which you don't need to do anymore!) and TORONTOSUN (I was happy to read that you liked the way Beckett met her family and that they were aware already of Castle. It was night that you mentioned liking the fact that the girls missed their parents even though they hadn't been gone for too long. And I was really happy to see that you enjoyed the love scenes at the end. And I suppose you're right, the country brought out more of an intense moment between them. But was great to see that you thought they were very powerful moments!). Thanks so much for the reviews, loved reading them and am grateful you both took the time to send them to me!

A/N #2: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Hi, Hi, Hi by Paul and Linda McCartney, from the 1993 issue of the Paul McCartney and Wings album Red Rose Speedway.

We've Only Just Begun

Watching her closely while she still slept Castle was thinking over in his head that by that time; though it was early in the morning still; he and Beckett had been married four years before. "Four years," he murmured under his breath. He couldn't help himself and reached up, gently running the backs of his fingers along her cheek until he reached a strand of her hair he carefully pulled off.

It was at that moment that Beckett opened her eyes, blinking a little as she looked up to find her husband watching her. She couldn't help smiling before she said, "You do that every year," her voice a little husky from sleep.

"I can't help it," Castle said. "Still wondering at how lucky I was you fell into my trap."

"Trap," Beckett scoffed as she shifted and looked around their room. She sighed as she saw the long curtains were still over the windows in their suite at the Adare manor and said, "You're sure it's morning?"

"I checked the time, it is the seventeenth," Castle told her seriously.

Beckett smiled at that and then said, "Happy Anniversary, Rick."

"Happy Anniversary love," Castle replied, leaning over to her. He kissed her gently on the lips, not surprised when she nearly threw her arms around him and held him tightly against her as their tongues met inside of her mouth. After they had struggled playfully against each other for a while she pulled back and said, "So what are we doing?"

Since they had talked the day before about her letting him take the lead that day Castle said, "I'm still not believing you'll just let me take control."

"I said I was," Beckett replied as she then watched him start to tug the sheet off of her. As he'd begged her the night before she was naked and so was he, so she raised her arms to her pillow to watch him ogle her form. When his eyes studied her breasts particularly she rolled her own and said, "You might as well get started."

"Oh no, I have ideas of how this can go," Castle said before he then leaned down to her. He kissed her deeply on the lips and at the same time cupped her right breast. Moving his hand slightly as he was doing that he soon pulled away; reluctantly; and then said, "I want you to want this as much as I need it."

"You mean want me," Beckett couldn't help tease him.

"Exactly," Castle said before he leaned over and kissed her again. That time he didn't need to break it off to tell her anything and he kissed her hungrily while she was responding to him in turn. They were soon stroking one another's tongues and he was trying not to groan too loudly into her mouth as they pulled away from one another slowly. "I love you," Castle said somberly.

"I love you too Rick," Beckett replied. "Come here," she directed him. Since he'd been lying half on her she needed to pull him onto her body before he was sliding inside of her. She gasped and said, "You knew?"

"I did," Castle said, having been able to tell she was aroused when he'd uncovered them. "What did you dream about?" he asked, thinking that might embarrass her.

"You," Beckett said simply in reply before they were kissing again. Her hands on the back of his neck tightened slightly in her pleasure as he began to move, very slowly and gently. She wasn't sure why but he made sure every time they made love the first time on their anniversary was in fact that; them making love. She couldn't complain, starting to join him in his careful rhythm as he broke from her lips and went to her neck.

Kissing her gently Castle had to wonder why he made love to her the same way at the start of their anniversaries, guessing it had something to do with instinct. And also a way of making sure she knew that their celebrations when they became physical wasn't just so he could have her. It was then he started to tell her that, not surprised when she gave him a moaning, "I know." He moved down then to her breasts, grunting as her legs which were already wrapped around his waist held onto him much tighter and he then proceeded to kiss around her mounds. Their bodies seemed to roll together at their hips when they met and he was enjoying the sensation of her attempting to hold him within her immensely. He then moved so he could start suckling at each of her nipples, grunting in pleasure at the taste of her skin, the feel of it silky underneath his tongue.

Beckett was holding onto the back of her husband's neck as tightly as she could, not realizing she was conveying her enjoyment in what her husband was doing to her with her fingers. With every shock of fresh pleasure that snapped through her body like a whip she pressed down with some of her fingers before stopping and then almost immediately doing it again as his rhythm; while slow; was still very steady. She breathed in and out roughly, her eyes tightly closed as she was focusing on the feel of them; much like Castle had been feeling; and she couldn't help but be amazed that he was giving her the sensations he was when they were merely making love. But at that moment her husband was moving over to her lips and she had to respond as they kissed each other deeply.

"You know what I thought… when I watched you…" Castle breathed when they'd stopped kissing and were looking at each other again.

"What?" Beckett asked, her voice slightly shaking in her pleasure.

"That I can't stop… five y-years… ten years from n-now," Castle said, clenching his teeth together tightly. "I'm going to need you just like this," he told her, his voice laden with pleasure.

"So will I," Beckett breathed, starting to run her hand over the back of his head as she knew that could calm him down a little when they were making love. "But promise me something Rick."

"Anything Kate, I just want you," Castle said.

"Promise… you'll fuck me the rest of the day," Beckett said. She would have smiled at the way her husband groaned out loud at that but she was feeling him moving his hips around at that moment. It was starting to affect her and she closed her eyes tightly as he soon found what he was looking for. "Wait… that's not going to, going to work," she moaned heavily. She then reached in between them, nearly smiling again as he was quick to get out of her way, and she began to touch herself. She cried out heavily in joy as the warmth that traveled up her body from the swollen nub was quick to merge with the feeling of them together. She felt Castle leaning down and kissing at her shoulders and collarbone before moving to her lips. She responded to his kiss the best she could before she could feel him starting to move.

"No?" Castle nearly asked in astonishment as he'd been about to put her on top.

"No, I want… I want to feel you taking me," Beckett sighed as she moved her hand out from her clit and put it up next to her head as her other arm was moving to do. "So slowly… I want you to make me come just like this Rick," she begged him.

"This is why I need you," Castle murmured, staring at her body. He leaned down and began to kiss her again, brushing his lips as slowly as he could over her upper body. With what he could reach he was enjoying himself but soon moved further down as he couldn't stop himself. He had been watching her breasts very closely from time to time as they'd been making love and even though he'd taken them already he didn't feel it was enough, leaning in for them again.

Beckett's fingers slid through her husband's hair as he proceeded to suck at her and she used his body to help her legs pull herself up against him to try and move harder. She was limited in her movements there but still tried as she wanted to give him something even as she was trying to feel more at the same time. She stroked at his hair again, not even realizing she was doing it as things were starting to get out of her control. The rising heat in her, the gentle friction between them and the way he continued to kiss at her were all melding together in her body. She gasped out and sighed heavily as he then began to nip at her skin and she murmured his name before he was moving to her lips.

Letting that kiss last as long as it could Castle pulled away when they had to breathe and told her, "I adore you Kate… I want to show you how much."

"You will," Beckett moaned as he sped up just slightly. Even with the small change in his pace she was still able to feel it and she did her best to respond to it in turn. It took a little time but she soon found herself even with him and had her eyes closed as tightly as she could as her body began to move of its own volition almost. She was gasping, moaning as what felt like pressure seemed to rise through her form and soon led to an explosion that she allowed to happen nearly deliriously. She cried her husband's name as hard as she could, repeatedly telling him she loved him as she writhed under him and loving the feel of him still moving so steadily. But that was very shortly after brought to an end when he joined her, his climax making him groan her name repeatedly as well and she had her arms wrapped tightly around his neck, just trying to withstand everything until she stopped moving.

"Love… Kate," Castle said, nearly feverishly when he ceased his thrusts a little after her. He kissed her deeply and when they finally could pull apart he murmured, "I don't want to stop."

Sighing deeply Beckett said, "Neither do I, but we have to leave the room at least once."

"I did want to take that walk into the village with you," Castle replied. "Since we can't ride today. Sorry."

"It's alright; you didn't know they were closing the stable today. And there's something really important we need to do first," Beckett told him.

"Breakfast?" Castle suggested. He smiled when she rolled her eyes and he leaned down to kiss her tenderly before withdrawing from her.

While Castle was ordering their meal Beckett dressed and washed up until she heard the bellman who'd brought the food to them leaving. "Didn't need him seeing me like this," she told her husband when she'd stepped out into the bedroom.

"No?" Castle asked, stirring some of the brown sugar in the oatmeal that they had. "Why no-o-o-ot," he began before he let the word drag out for an alarmingly long time when he saw the state of her breasts under the thin, clingy material of her pajama shirt. "Why that shirt?" he then said when he felt that he could speak.

"Because I still want to tease you," Beckett said, sitting down at the table. "Wow… Rick this is…"

"It's their Continental Breakfast, cut down significantly though not as much as we did on our honeymoon," Castle replied. "No toast, bread or pastries. Though I'll let you know it cost me big to say no to those."

"You'll get something sweet later," Beckett said absently. She then glanced up at her husband as he paused in drinking his orange juice and she smiled at him before she ate some of the oatmeal.

"So, we're leaving and going into Adare we agreed on that already," Castle said after he had cleared his throat. "But what else should we do? We're not riding so do you want to go to the spa?"

"We did that yesterday evening," Beckett reminded him. "And I don't know if I want to repeat the experience," she said. "Trying to talk you out of the mask was not fun."

"I wouldn't look that terrifying…" Castle said. When his wife looked at him he then quickly said, "Okay so maybe I shouldn't have talked about taking a selfie to send to the girls. But I have gotten one before."

"I know," Beckett replied. "But I didn't get one either so-"

"And why should you?" Castle asked immediately. "You don't need it so… leave it alone."

"Which I did," Beckett said easily, shaking her head. She sighed at him and said, "No, we're not going to the spa. But I would like to go swimming today since they're going to themselves."

"Weird that your cousin didn't want to stay at the Ritz," Castle commented.

"He has his own hotel love," Beckett replied, shaking her head as she finished her juice. She then leaned over to him and kissed him before saying, "I feel bad we left them when they came out to visit."

"Well that was their annual trip into London," Castle commented. "And our anniversary they knew about already so I'm sure they won't begrudge us leaving to celebrate."

"Maybe not," Beckett said in slight amusement. "But luckily we'll have some time when we go back with them."

"We will," Castle said, looking at the fruit on the fork he'd picked from the bowl in between them. He felt a hand on his and then looked up at his wife before turning his own to squeeze hers. "So we have the pool, I agree we should try that out and then what? Back in here?"

"Let's just see how things go," Beckett told him.

"Right," Castle said with a nod. He then looked on as she got a grape with her fork and said, "You know one of the gifts for this year is fruit."

"I'm aware and if you get me a fruit basket I'm going to make you watch me pleasure myself from over there at the windows," Beckett said in a mock threat.

"Don't worry, I know I need to make a little effort with what I get," Castle replied. "I put some thought into it."

"I did with mine too," Beckett replied. She then turned the subject to what they would do in London the rest of the time they had there as they finished up their meal and once they had she got up first to dress.

Sighing as he'd been hoping she'd change out with him Castle then realized with that though he knew why she'd left. He could easily see himself growing aroused watching her and not even stepping out of the room once after that. He smiled at how well his wife knew him and the proceeded to take off his pajamas to put on his swim trunks first.

Stepping outside Beckett said, "You never asked me what we were going to do outside."

"I know already," Castle said easily. "And that's decide for our ceremony next year."

"Good, now let's go and do that since I have a couple places in mind," Beckett told him.

"Already?" Castle asked though he wasn't that surprised. He let her take his hand and they stepped into the hall before going down to the lobby and outside to the gardens. "Well, there's one obvious place," he commented.

"I know," Beckett said, looking at the metal trellis that he was studying. "But I think it's way too obvious."

"I agree but where else could we have it?" Castle asked.

"First you and I know already we're not going to have all thirty guests like we did in the Hamptons," Beckett told him as they walked past the Portiere and down onto the grass. "We'll probably only have… fifteen at the most, if even that."

"Right but we'll have chairs," Castle replied. "What about here?" he asked her as he led her to the end of the garden where there were two trees with a large space of grass in between them. "Right next to the river," he said, smiling at her as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "And the guests won't be looking at the house the whole time." He laughed when she pushed him slightly and said, "I think it works."

"So do I," Beckett said, turning to him so she could wrap her arms around his neck. They kissed gently and when they parted soon after she said with a smile, "Already practicing."
"And we already started to practice the honeymoon," Castle replied, raising his eyebrows up and down a few times.

"Pervert," Beckett said, shaking her head though she was smiling at him. She shared a final kiss with him before they took each other's hand and then started to walk down the street to Adare.

"I really did not expect us to walk around so much," Castle said, sighing in exaggeration as they sat down at the booth in a pub in town.

"We were a little quick last time," Beckett told him. "And I wanted to get that set for Alexis."

"I'm shocked you remembered it," Castle replied. When she just glanced at him he said, "Okay I did too but it was nice of you to."

"She's my stepdaughter, why shouldn't I have?" Beckett asked him with a shrug before turning her attention to the menu.

"The girls'll love the book we got them," Castle said.

"Remember it's going into your carryon," Beckett replied a little absently.

"Yep, that's the plan," Castle said, looking around. When he glanced at his wife and saw that she was staring at him he said, "Just seeing if we're the only ones having lunch this early."

"It's noon Rick," Beckett replied. "Decide what you want," she then told him as she could see the waitress coming over to them. She wasn't surprised when Castle ordered the fish and chips and shaking her head at him with a smile she ordered the same as he had; complete with a pint of Guinness; before they were left alone again.

"Do you want to walk around anymore?" Castle asked as they watched the barman pouring out their drinks.

"I think we've gone everywhere we could go," Beckett said with a smile. "And you seem to be pretty tired of going around after me while I take pictures."

"No I was just getting hungry," Castle commented. "And getting hot."

"You should have bought a hat at one of the stores," Beckett said with a smile.

"Thank you," Castle said to their waitress who brought their Guinness then. "Sláinte love," he said.

"Sláinte," Beckett replied before they tapped the glasses together. She took a sip and said, "That huge white straw hat would have been great on you."

"You want to see me in drag?" Castle asked, studying her closely.

"I almost did once," Beckett answered, looking ahead of them. "That bet you had with the boys."

"Oh I remember," Castle said, shaking his head. "Remind me not to do that again."

"I will," Beckett said before she reached over to him and squeezed her husband's hand. "You don't mind this?"

Since his wife had spoken in Irish it didn't take Castle long to figure out what she meant and he said, "Don't worry. We didn't need to spend every last second in bed."

"But some of it," Beckett said, looking at him out of the corner of her eye with a slight smirk.

"I'd like to see you think of an excuse not to go back," Castle told her, pretending to be annoyed. He smiled when she laughed softly and he leaned over, kissing her gently on the lips before they parted and turned their attention to their food which was placed in front of them.

"Would you mind if we swam for a bit?" Beckett asked after they'd eaten in silence for a while.

"No but don't… strain yourself," Castle told her.

"I won't," Beckett said, smiling at his concern as he'd said that.

Castle nodded and then squeezed her hand carefully before going back to eat and he said, "We still need to go to Brighton don't we?"

"I'm surprised Alexis is so eager to go," Beckett replied.

"I think more so since Louis-" Castle began to say before his wife nudged him in the side with her elbow. "What?"

"I'm glad you don't talk like that to her," Beckett said.

"She'd punish me, severely," Castle told her. "So I'm being safe and speaking to you."

"Thank you," Beckett replied, shaking her head. "But yes we need to go to Brighton. You realize we haven't taken the girls swimming on the beach at all?"

"I know, we did that in Spain, here, Scotland and Wales but never got a chance to take them to the ocean in England," Castle said. "And thinking of that I just thought of something we should definitely take them to see while we have the time."

Looking at her husband, Beckett couldn't help smiling before she said at the same time as him, "The White Cliffs of Dover." When he looked at her in surprise she told him, "Julia's heard about them in Help! so many times I think she just wants to see them so she knows what they look like in real life."

Nodding to that, since their daughter had seen pictures of the cliffs before, Castle said, "Think we'll finish up with London before we leave from there?"

"Good question," Beckett said, smiling at him. She then took a sip of her Guinness and told him, "There's a lot to see still."

They then fell silent and Castle ate a little more before he said, "It's okay to ask about it."

"I didn't really want to remind you about it," Beckett replied, not surprised he could tell she had wanted to ask him about their trip to Oxford the next week. When he shrugged she said, "Alexis told me it was your idea to take her there sooner than we had said we were going to."

"I want her to ease into life there," Castle said in response. "Though she has to wait for the twenty-fourth to move in."

"Good thing the girls don't start school until next month," Beckett commented.

As he nodded his head in agreement with that Castle said, "But we're leaving London so early for another reason too." Seeing his wife's questioning expression he told her, "I wanted to have special… dinners those nights. Or for her to I should say."

"Is she aware of them?" Beckett asked.

Smiling at that Castle told her, "I didn't just spring it on her; she said she wanted a big family dinner the night before she moves into her apartment… or flat. And I then suggested her to eat with her sisters one night and then with me and her grandmother another night. Do you want to have dinner with her?"

"We'll have the family dinner," Beckett said simply. "At least the night you two are with her my dad and I can have dinner with the girls."

"It works out," Castle said. "The night she's with her sisters I'm taking you out."

"And what will our parents do?" Beckett asked in amusement.

"I have no clue," Castle said. He smiled when his wife laughed before saying, "I reserved us a table at the outdoor eating area for the family dinner."

"I'm not surprised," Beckett said. "You have a toast ready for then don't you?"

Shaking his head Castle said, "Not a speech, I'll just say that I'm proud of her… that kind of thing."

Taking his hand again since by then they were finished Beckett squeezed it tightly before he paid and they left. Going back through the town and then down the street to the manor she said, "I'm eager to see the college."

"You're not afraid the girls will see it and want to go there too?" Castle said. "Because I was hoping that one of them would go to Trinity College."

Laughing and shaking her head Beckett told him, "They'll go where they want to. But you hear a lot about the college so I'd like to look around. And the girls will be able to know where their sister will be."

Castle let go of his wife's hand at that and wrapped his arm around her waist, holding her close as they were soon walking directly to the manor. He nodded to the man that opened the door for them and greeted them before they headed over to the pool. After he'd left his clothes in a locker he went out to the chairs next to the water, sitting down on one and putting his towel on another to wait for his wife to join him. "Hey," he said when she cupped the back of his head in passing and then went around him. "Kate," he then said in mock warning when he caught sight of her.

"What?" Beckett asked, pretending to do so absently as she pulled off her navy blue robe. She was a little surprised when he jumped up and nearly rushed to her and said, "You-" before he was putting his arms around her. She expected him to kiss her but instead he leaned over to her ear and whispered, "Take your hair down." She wanted to protest his protest against the makeshift bun in her hair but his tone of voice and the way he looked at her made her breathe in a little sharply before he let her go.

Watching her hair tumbling down to her shoulders shortly after Castle said, "I'm sorry but…"

"I know you like it down," Beckett told him simply. "Pervert."

"Hey it's not like I… touched you," Castle said in defense, glancing around the room though they were alone. "I could."

"No," Beckett said simply, taking his hand before they went around to the shallow end. She got down into the water and swam away as her husband joined her, smiling as she said, "Race?"

"Maybe a couple times," Castle replied, going over to her. As she stood he wrapped one arm around her and held her close against him saying, "It's going to take an effort to be able to stay here for that long."

"I know but try," Beckett replied before she kissed him. She knew he'd wanted to make that kiss deeper but she soon pulled away from him saying, "I'll give you more later," in a promise.

"Thank you," Castle told her seriously before they then began to swim across to the other side of the pool. He tried to focus on pushing through the water, trying to ignore his rising desire for his wife but it was difficult and as they reached the end he ducked under the water before resurfacing to find his wife doing the same.

"Try and relax Rick," Beckett told him with a smile. She leaned over and gently kissed him on the lips before saying, "I am."

His head nearly snapping as he turned to look at her Castle could quickly tell that she wasn't kidding. He studied her a little more closely and as she bit her lower lip he leaned over, taking them both in a much more passionate kiss that they couldn't part from for some time. When they finally had he murmured that he loved her before they ducked underneath the water again and started to swim back to the other side. He had no idea when exactly it turned into a race but he had to push himself to touch the other end before she did. "What the heck?" he asked her teasingly.

"What?" Beckett asked in response, pretending to sound innocent. She smiled when her husband narrowed his eyes at her before she ducked out of the way of his lunging at her before she started to swim. She cried out though she turned around and swam backwards, not surprised when he very quickly caught up to her and lifted her up as he held her against him. They kissed again and she let that continue for as long as possible until she needed to breathe and pulled away from him. "This isn't working," she told him, slightly laughing.

"No but… if this is all we do I don't think it's that bad," Castle replied.
"Believe me, I don't either," Beckett told him before she kissed him gently on the lips before they started off for the other end of the pool again.

After they'd gone back and forth a few times Castle was holding onto the side of the deeper end of the pool as he watched his wife swim to the bottom before coming back up to him. "No diving today?" he asked her.

"Maybe," Beckett replied with a shrug. Her husband started to open his mouth to speak when she gave him a kiss on the lips and then swam over to the ladder to climb out.

"I always fall for that," Castle said as he followed her.

"I know you would figure after four years you'd realize," Beckett said in mock amazement. She laughed when her husband made a motion as if he was going to grab her when she dove into the pool.

Going after her once she was out of the way Castle turned to float on his back and looked up at the ceiling saying, "What do you think they're doing?"

"Right now?" Beckett asked. When he nodded she said, "Probably looking through the palace still."

"Funny the girls didn't mind going through there again," Castle commented.

"We didn't have the chance to go through much," Beckett replied, reminding him of how there had been a fire alarm in Buckingham Palace the day they'd tried to take a tour.

Making a slight noise so she would know he'd heard her Castle then said, "And I'm surprised the others went with them. I know," he had to quickly tell his wife. "They didn't see more than we did but still, I didn't think my mother would go through that again."

Beckett shook her head; a smile on her face; and then climbed out of the pool to go to the end and dive in again. There was no surprise when he hurried to follow her and they dove a few more times before they got out and dried off, sitting on the chairs they'd saved to look out on the grounds. "I could fall asleep right now," she suddenly said after they'd been looking out for a while.

"Better not," Castle muttered, pretending to sound frustrated. He smiled at his wife when she glanced at him and said, "I know you Kate."

"Good, move over," Beckett said, getting up then and going over to him.

Castle was a little startled before he did so, watching her squeeze into the chair with him. "Any reason for this invasion of my privacy?" he asked jokingly.

"Privacy," Beckett scoffed. "You've been thinking constantly of how to get me back up to our room this whole time, admit it."

"Of course what do you expect," Castle said, laying on the exasperation thickly. When he looked at her and saw her just giving him a look he said, "Usually I'm better at that. Don't tell Mother."

"I won't," Beckett replied with a soft laugh before she turned carefully onto her side. "But I think it's time Rick."

"So do I," Castle said before he leaned down to her and kissed her keenly. He tried not to get too out of control with that, wanting to be sensuous as well, and just managed to do so before they were parting. He couldn't help himself; and realized Beckett didn't either; when their lips kept meeting in quick, short kisses. Finally he felt her move first and watched her wrap her towel again around her body before he moved to follow her back to the changing rooms.

When she had walked out to him Beckett saw that her husband was looking at his phone and she asked, "Text?"

"No, picture," Castle replied. "I think our daughters are fans of their cousins," he said as he turned the screen to her.

Looking at the picture, of the girls and Alexis with Louis and Erin in front of Buckingham Palace, Beckett smiled and said, "They look like they're having fun."

"They do," Castle said as he led her then into an elevator. He heard the phone making a noise and looked at the screen of the phone, seeing it was a text. "What does she say?" he asked as he saw his wife was reading it.

"They're going to Harrods again," Beckett said in amusement. She handed him the phone before they stepped out onto their floor and walked to their room as he replied. "What are you telling them?" she asked, having to wait outside as he had the key.

"Not to go too crazy shopping," Castle told her, showing her the message.

Alexis' answering text was swift after and Beckett couldn't help laughing as she told him, "We're going to be there with them and won't let them go crazy."

"I was talking about you," Castle texted and read at the same time. He was surprised when his wife jerked it out of his hand and said, "What, I put a smiley-"

Beckett texted her stepdaughter and said at the same time, "He was kidding, have fun and we'll ask about your trip later tonight." With that sent she handed the phone back to him and said, "Hurry."

Castle didn't reply to that, instead unlocked their door before he stepped aside to let her go in first. He was about to lunge for her when she placed her hand on his chest and he couldn't help groaning. "What's wrong?" he asked.

With a slightly apologetic smile Beckett told him, "Can you grab us some water? We don't have any remember."

"Oh, right," Castle said, thinking immediately of how they would need it for when they were finished, though he wasn't sure when they'd make love. "I'll be back," he said, kissing her on the lips gently before he left.

Watching him go Beckett smiled a little and then turned around, going over to the armoire in the corner of the room quickly.

When he reached the door to the room Castle was carrying a number of water bottles, the hotel staff helpful in getting them for him though it had taken longer than he'd wanted to. He had tried not to think of his wife as he'd waited and then made his way up to the floor but as he found himself in front of the door he let himself think of her and more importantly what they could do once he was inside. He unlocked it and went inside saying, "They gave me a lot of water love, so I don't think we'll really need to worry about getting-" as he locked the door and then turned around. He cut himself off when he turned to the bed, seeing that Beckett was laying there in the middle of it, the shawl that he'd gotten for her in Spain wrapped around her naked body. "Kate," he gasped out, somehow managing to hold onto the bottles in his arm.

Smiling as she took a moment to look at him Beckett then said, "You took too long."

"Oh well, sorry about that," Castle said, hurriedly going over to the table to get the bottles set down before he dropped them all. He turned around and looked at her intently before walking to the bed and then said, "You're gorgeous love."

"Because I'm not wearing anything?" Beckett asked with a slight smirk.

"Partially," Castle said, toeing off his shoes before he climbed up onto the bed with her. "Can I?" he asked, motioning to where she was holding the shawl over most of her body.

"You will," Beckett said. She smirked slightly at him as he looked confused, and then said, "Undress first."

At that Castle nodded and then divested himself of his clothing, feeling her gaze on him as he was looking down at himself and what he was removing. When he had pulled off his boxers last he didn't bother to feel embarrassed at his erection, curving nearly to his stomach. He was more concerned with getting onto the bed which he soon did, kissing his wife as soon as he had reached her.

Allowing her husband's tongue into her mouth Beckett was quick to meet him there and fight against him roughly. She had to try to remember to keep her arms where they were though her hands were itching to grab him to hold onto him. But she just managed to keep from doing that and when he pulled away she glanced down in between them.

"You don't even want to touch?" Castle asked, breathing a little roughly from a mix of their kiss and his arousal.

"No," Beckett replied simply. She smiled at him and then said, "Promise me something."

"Anything," Castle said, knowing that she was serious even with the smile on her face.

"I want you to pleasure me," Beckett told him.

"Of course," Castle said.

"I wasn't finished; while I take care of that," Beckett then said, nodding down to his erection.

"Yeah you didn't even have to make me promise that," Castle said firmly. He leaned down and then took her lips in another kiss, letting that drag on for as long as they both could. "Let me see you Kate, I… I need to see you," he told her, looking at her intently.

Studying him for a moment Beckett didn't let that last for long as he looked to be a little frantic and she parted her shawl to him, showing him her body. "Rick?" she asked in surprise when he reached for the blue fabric to pull it away and she saw that his hands were slightly shaking before he grabbed it.

"I need you," Castle said seriously, his voice husky with desire.

Beckett watched him throw the shawl aside on his nightstand before he came back to her and she was able to respond to him when his lips crushed hers. She stroked the back of his neck gently and she wondered how long he was going to do that as one kiss became many before he broke things off between them. Feeling his hands starting to stroke her body she sighed and closed her eyes in pleasure before saying, "I'm ready, I was thinking of you while I waited."

"You can't expect me to just throw myself into this," Castle said. He wasn't surprised when she glanced at him and then leaned down, kissing his way over her sternum until he had reached her abdomen. There he flicked his tongue along the edge of her bellybutton, not shocked when she cried out slightly. It was then he pushed himself back up to look at her saying, "How?"

Pleased that he'd given her direction at that point Beckett made him lay where she'd been, pausing in that as he reached up to caress her breasts with both hands. She closed her eyes tightly in pleasure as he focused on her nipples which had been taut for some time then. "Hmm, do you want to start?" she asked him with a smile.

"I don't know, doing this seems to be nice," Castle said, cupping her breasts from below and then moving up to squeeze them gently. That done he let her go and watched her get on top of him before she turned around and lay on his body, leaving him with a view of her sex. She hadn't been kidding about being ready for him and as he caressed her slick folds he said, "You don't want to take turns?"

Glancing back over her shoulder at him Beckett said, "I don't think you'd want to." Before her husband could say anything to that she was turning back around and gently slipping him into her mouth. She used her tongue along the tip of him for a while as he started to groan loudly in pleasure behind her and when he began to pleasure her in turn eventually she then started to bob her head along him. She closed her eyes shortly after that as she could feel a great deal of pleasure from his tongue along her clit and then reached up to him to start touching him.

Castle tried not to pull away from his wife; wanting to continue pleasuring her; and he focused all his attention directly on her. That instantly became difficult as she was working over him in a rhythm that he couldn't help but notice. He tried to mimic it with her, his tongue slipping inside of her gently, and for a time it helped distract him but after a while he began to notice the way she was fondling him simultaneously. He pulled away with a heavy curse and told her, "You… you have to stop." He hadn't been expecting her to listen to him; or hear him; so he nearly jumped in surprise when she did so. "You-" he began.

"You told me to stop Rick," Beckett said, looking back over her shoulder at him again. "And you did too."

"Let's do this separately, because I'm not going to last," Castle told her.

"Fine," Beckett said simply before she got up and then off him. Turning back around she smiled saying, "You knew?" as he hadn't made a motion so he could pleasure her first.

"I need you," Castle said.

"I know, I remembered how you were at the pool," Beckett replied, reaching down and cupping his cheek. She leaned over and kissed him, slowly, before she pulled away and then moved to his chest where she kissed all along it before going down to his groin. She was careful in pulling his member off his stomach where it still was and then began to pleasure him as she reached up to him with her left hand until his was clasped tightly with her own. With that set she then used her right hand to place it flat on his body around the base of his erection. While she was bobbing her head again, varying her rhythm as she was well aware he enjoyed that, she gently moved her fingers on his skin; not very deliberately but enough so he could feel it even with everything else that he was going through and hoping that he was feeling enough. The way he was groaning and swearing in the midst of saying her name was a good clue though that he was and she tried not to get too out of control as she tried to think of a way to delay his inevitable end.

Castle wasn't sure how long his wife was working on him, only aware of the shock each pass of her tongue on him made. Her fingers were sending small flashes of heat into his groin and he wasn't sure what was making him retain his self control. He breathed in and out heavily, gripping onto the sheet underneath him, when he suddenly watched his wife lowering her head slowly. He groaned out as long as it took her to go down until she was slowly moving back up. When she pulled her mouth off him with an audible pop he knew she enjoyed hearing and then took him in her hand he had to reach down to stop her from stroking him with it. "Not like that," he told her seriously.

"Are you sure?" Beckett asked though she knew the answer already. At his nod she smiled and then watched him as he looked on while she took the tip of him in her mouth once again.

Making himself stare at her Castle tried to breathe the best he could before something in him snapped the second Beckett started to use her hand as well as her mouth. He had a split second to call her name; a warning that he was going to climax; and he was doing so, gripping the bed again as he held himself steady and wanting to keep from thrusting into her mouth. The pleasure running through him soon became the throbbing of his heartbeat and he took that rhythm pleasurably while his wife never stopped continuing to stimulate him. When everything in him finally ceased he collapsed on the bed and breathed heavily as she moved away from him. He felt her hand stroking his forehead shortly after that and then felt her kissing his lips softly and slightly hesitantly.

Beckett nearly cried out in surprise when her husband sat up with her, kissing her as hard as he possibly could before she was grabbing onto him tightly. They continued doing that a few more times before they finally parted and she was laid down where he'd been. "I don't think I can last that long," she warned him.

"It always happens," Castle said, looking over her entire form. "To you or me, so don't worry and please don't hold back."

"I won't," Beckett said before she watched him go to her right breast. When he suddenly began to suckle at it she tilted her head back hard and crying out grabbed his head. The pleasure from that was swift and traveled directly down to her sex which was already throbbing from listening and feeling her husband. She was nearly outright panting when he moved to her other breast and did the same to her there and she almost began to beg him to start as she knew he was aware she needed him to make her come finally. Luckily though her husband was moving down, kissing at her body on the way until he had reached her mound.

Just when Castle was about to take her legs to put over his shoulders he was startled when his wife moved them at the same time and did it herself. He got over that surprise quickly and then leaned down to kiss at her clit gently, loving the gasp of his name that he got from her in response. He started to lightly flick his tongue over the swollen nub and then continued that, going in a rhythm as she had done with him. But slightly different from her he went fast immediately and didn't start to vary until he was sure that his wife was getting close to the edge.

Beckett was nearly writhing on the bed by the time her husband began to slow down and she thought for a moment that might be enough to calm her down; if only slightly. But instead she was still fighting to try and withstand the heat that was filling her body and she reached down to his head, gripping him tightly before he stopped moving and pulled away from her slightly. "Don't… don't stop… please," she begged. She was a little surprised as he proceeded to kiss around her sex and she gasped before reaching up to the pillow under her head, holding onto the sides of it as hard as she could as she had to try and withstand that. He then stopped and when he slipped his tongue inside of her she was arching her back and crying out heavily to him, basically what she'd said before. When he started to use his fingers on her clit she lost control of herself, everything too much for her to take. Her body burned and she was going through waves of ecstasy that didn't seem to stop with his mouth and fingers continuing on her. But eventually her body crested its peak and she slumped down to the mattress, breathing heavily but soon smiling in pleasure as she felt her husband kissing his way up to her lips.