Genre: Crime, Drama, 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 great getting the feedback for the last chapter I did so I'll go ahead and get started on my thank yous for that! TORONTOSUN (I was happy to see you enjoyed the chapter and thought it was very good writing!) and

Mb (Really happy you thought the beginning of the chapter was a fantastic look at them enjoying their time on the beach. And I was so happy to read you loved Castle and Beckett taking their time to be with each of their kids for quality time. I was really pleased to see you also thought the talk Beckett and Alexis had was a perfect mom-daughter moment and it made you think they're truly mother and daughter since it's what I think too! You're welcome for sharing the first half of the chapter! Nice to read you thought the second half was a sweet update again! Glad to see you thought they had a great time together at the game. I was glad you enjoyed the adults having a drink along with Skye and Mary giving a small concert. Definitely had to have it films so the kids wouldn't miss, happy to see you thought that was very nice! Not surprised you mentioned Castle and Beckett were starting to torture themselves before they get to their anniversary. And great you thought the memories they had from their past life was very nice, though they were so young and as you said not quite aware of them flame and love and soul bond between them. Nice to see you thought it was nicely done. You're welcome for the second half of the chapter!).

Thanks for the reviews, loved reading them and I appreciate the time taken to write them out and send them my way!

A/N #2: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Always written by Irving Berlin, the version I've taken from is sung by Paul McCartney on his album Kisses on the Bottom.

I'll Be There Always

Opening her eyes, Beckett looked to her side and saw the sun was shining around the curtains covering the windows. Her gaze then went to her husband next to her, and she smiled for a moment before growing serious. She moved to get off the bed without waking him up, reaching for his shirt on the dresser at the end of it. As she slipped it on, she couldn't believe they had finally reached their seventh anniversary and she was pausing in buttoning one on the shirt. She turned back to her husband, smiling at him as she walked around to his side of the bed.

Beckett couldn't help amazing at the number, or the two years proceeding their marriage when they had dated and been engaged. She sat down next to him since he'd moved over towards the middle of the mattress and she reached down to him, gently running her fingertips along the edge of his hair. "Rick," she said gently but loud enough to wake him up.

Hearing his wife calling his name, Castle's eyes shot open, and he said, "Kate?" Before she couldn't respond he was pushing himself up and asking, "Is it morning?"

"It is," Beckett said in amusement before she was suddenly gasping when her husband was grabbing her and pulling her tightly to him. They were kissing passionately, and she could feel him slightly tugging on his shirt she still wore before they had to part to gasp for some air.

"Happy Anniversary love," Castle told her seriously once he'd gotten his breath back.

Smiling at him, Beckett leaned into her husband before she murmured, "Happy Anniversary Rick."

Leaning into her more, Castle kissed her gently and then said, "Why are you wearing my shirt?"

Laughing, Beckett pulled away from him enough to be able to look at him before she said, "Why does it matter?"

"I thought we were sleeping naked," Castle commented, as he was still.

"It's a kind of gift," Beckett told him, reaching for the single button.

Shaking his head, Castle gently moved her hands out of the way before he brought them up to his lips. He kissed at them gently before he said, "I'll take it."

"Pervert," Beckett told him, teasing him though she found she couldn't really smile because she was becoming more and more aroused just with him parting the white fabric covering her.

"Love," Castle breathed before they were kissing again. As they did that, he was moving to slide his hands underneath his shirt to get it off her shoulders. When they parted, he smiled at her and said, "You want to start now?"

"Yes," Beckett said, helping him in getting the shirt off her. Once it was tossed aside to the floor, she told him, "We've been waiting for way too long."

Nodding Castle said, "I need to make sure because I'm going to snap."

Glancing down at his erection, Beckett smiled before she leaned over and was going to kiss him when he suddenly grabbed her and gently flipped her onto her back before he was speaking roughly while he lay between her legs she spread for him.

"I love you Kate," Castle told her.

"I love you too Rick, please…" Beckett told him, attempting to pull him down to her. When he didn't move, she was going to ask him why he was waiting when he was pushing her hair away from her neck and kissing at it lightly before he was moving back to stare into her eyes. With the intensity of his gaze, she found she couldn't say anything to him before he was bowing his head.

Brushing his lips lightly to her left breast, Castle was gentle as he was at her nipple and was thrilled with the way his wife reacted to his touch. He did that a second time before moving to her other breast to repeat the action. At that point he couldn't stop himself, taking her right nipple with his lips and proceeding the suckle at it. He was gentle at first, but his wife's vocal reaction spurred him to move faster, and he groaned when she was clutching at him while wrapping her legs around him at the same time. Feeling her shortly after moving against him, he knew he couldn't wait much longer and did his best to suckle at both mounds before he slowly moved to in between them.

Beckett found she was breathing roughly as her husband's lips trailed down her skin and over her stomach before he was at her sex. She was propped up slightly on the pillows under her and she watched her husband move to put her legs over his shoulders. It gave her a chance to brace herself, but she was still gasping in pleasure when her husband was burying his face into her sex. She had expected him to start with her clit, so the change was a shock, but she was still enjoying it. Her back arched a moment later, her husband's tongue slipping inside of her and she felt him holding onto her legs.

Castle didn't waste any time, moving his tongue around his wife in any way he could think of to stimulate her. Her vocal responses, her body moving and her taste were affecting him and he found he was pressing hard into the mattress to not receive any stimulation to his already throbbing erection. He tried not to go crazy in attempting to distract himself, and he eventually had to switch to her clit so he could pause in his actions. He was about to start on her sex again when his wife was stopping him, and he glanced up at her questioningly.

"I'm, I'm going to come too soon," Beckett told her husband.

"It doesn't matter," Castle said seriously, moving up her body though he didn't want to move too far away from her sex. He kissed her, feeling a thrill of arousal going through him as she was quick to respond though he knew she could taste herself. He was incredibly tempted to move just a bit to take himself in hand and slide into her when his wife was pulling away from him and moaning his name in joy. That shook him and he brushed his lips against her before moving away to slide back down her.

Crying out her husband's name that time, Beckett was grabbing the mattress underneath her with her left hand while her right reached down to her husband to hold onto the back of his head while he was sucking at her clit. She felt her upper body moving in response to his tongue coming into play, his fingers sliding within her a second later. She couldn't stop her hips from moving in time with the very gentle thrusting of Castle's fingers and she told him, "Oh… please don't stop… but… Rick I… I want…" before she had to stop.

"What do you want love?" Castle asked, raising his head.

"I want you to fuck me," Beckett told him firmly. She had to take a moment to realize what her husband was doing as he switched his hand with his mouth. But the feel of his tongue on her was enough to take her attention and she knew there was going to be no stopping. Only a few thrusts with his tongue, she was arching her back and calling her husband's name before she was trying to push herself down into the mattress further with the seemingly unending pleasure reverberating through her body.

Struggling almost with his own pleasure, Castle soon was taken away by the way his wife was moving, writhing above him before he felt her calming down. He didn't take his tongue from her, waiting a little longer before he pulled back and literally lapped at her folds before pressing a kiss to them and her clit. Pushing himself up he lay on his side next to Beckett, watching her as she turned her head to him and he reached over, cupping her cheek before she was speaking to him with a smile on her face.

"Who said you could take my pillow?" Beckett asked him.

"I made that decision," Castle replied easily, smiling at his wife while she laughed softly. He shared a kiss with her before they parted, and he was grunting slightly in surprise when she was making him sit up. "What're you doing?" he asked.

"It's my turn," Beckett said. "And my decision." She studied her husband, expecting to see him hesitating, but was startled for a moment when he was merely nodding a few times. She couldn't stop herself, leaning over and brushing her lips to his before she said, "Stay sitting up."

"I will," Castle promised her in a rush. He wrapped his arms around her as they were kissing again, a lot harder that time, before she pulled away first. He was watching her while she was kissing around his chest though he didn't do that for long as he had to tilt his head back in his pleasure when she worked over his nipples. He reached up with both hands to slide his fingers through her hair, trying to remember to tell himself not to hurt her though it was hard since she was sucking on him harder. He was just about to tell her she was going to push him already when she pulled back, a brief respite for him as she was moving down further to his stomach.

Beckett felt a thrill of arousal going through her as her husband was breathing louder at the way she was kissing around his skin. She could almost swear she was feeling the heat from his erection but avoided it a little longer. Eventually she moved underneath his length, kissing him a few times there before he was groaning her name heavily. She pulled back and smiled at him saying, "I couldn't resist."

"Fuck love, you're too much," Castle told her, holding onto the bed by then as he knew he'd likely pull at her hair if he didn't move his hands. He was clutching at the sheet there, looking on while his wife was lowering her head just after she'd taken his member in her hand. With her pressing a kiss to the tip of him, he groaned before she was pulling back and then licking lightly at the fluid on her lips. "Like I said… too much," he breathed to her as she smiled up at him.

"Don't worry," Beckett said. "I'll take care of you." She saw her husband bracing his body but didn't comment on it, instead lowering her head and then her mouth on him before she moved it. She didn't hesitate or go slow at first, knowing how far her husband had likely been pushed pleasuring her. She was enjoying it at the same time, the taste and feel of him in her mouth, and hoped he would want to make love once she had stopped.

"Kate… I… I'm going to come… love," Castle breathed out to her roughly. He wasn't surprised when she didn't stop and he couldn't fight his body any longer, climaxing heavily while he nearly shouted her name, holding onto the back of her head with one hand. He was so lost in his pleasure that he wasn't sure if he hurt her, but once he had calmed down, he looked at his wife to check on her. He tried to stop her, as she was still moving on him, but she wasn't moving away and when she finally sat up on her knees after pressing a kiss to the tip of him, he said, "I didn't-"

Already aware of what her husband was going to ask, Beckett interrupted him by kissing him, feeling him respond rapidly before he held her tightly. When they finally stopped kissing passionately, he was smiling and she told him, "Are you done?"

A little surprised, Castle thought for some reason she had meant for the day before he saw her head tilt down to look in between them. "Oh… no I'm not, what?" he asked her.

Beckett didn't respond vocally, instead leaning into him and kissing him deeply before he had her sit on his lap. She gasped and ended their kiss when he was gently cupping her breasts before she breathed, "I don't… I don't need anything else."

"I do," Castle replied quickly before he was kissing her. When they finally stopped to breathe, he was gently fondling her breasts before she was moving and straddling him. He grit his teeth together hard when she was wrapping her hands around his length, closing his eyes as tight when she moved them gently. "Okay," he gasped out to her. "Okay… here love," he said before he gently moved her to lay on her back in the middle of the bed. He was about to get on her when his wife took his erection in her hand again and he was going to warn her before she was speaking to him gently and moving him at the same time.

"I want you to make love to me," Beckett told him, her hand gently clasping the side of her husband's ass. When she felt the tip of his length against her folds, she let him take over as he was grasping himself and sighed as he sank into her body. As soon as they were coupled fully, she was wrapping her legs and arms around him tightly before she said, "I wanted… wanted you to fuck me but… you can do that the rest of the day."

"Anything you want love," Castle told her seriously before he was kissing her.

"Do you want that?" Beckett asked, gasping at the end since he was shifting just slightly.

"Yes," Castle breathed before he closed the space between them and kissed her. He held himself still for a while as they were letting their tongues meet and roll around together until he couldn't take it anymore and carefully pulled away. When he was staring at her he was pulling back and very gently sliding back within her again. That simple movement felt like it was an explosion within him, and he was groaning as Beckett cried out. He continued to thrust, speeding up just enough to have a steadier rhythm. He had to close his eyes at that point, not because of the effort but because the feel of her sex around him was incredibly intoxicating.

"We… waited too long Rick," Beckett managed to breathe, trying to move with her husband though it was difficult. She finally gave up and moved her legs, placing her feet flat on the bed and moving her hips in time with his slower rhythm. She felt the bedsheet under her as she moved, and the feeling made her tremble and pause for a moment. She realized suddenly, trying to distract herself, that her husband hadn't responded to what she'd said. She did her best to look at him and seeing that his head was bowed she gently squeezed the back of his shoulder to get his attention.

"I can't… can't do anything else," Castle told his wife, aware of why she was doing that. "If I do I'm going to come too fast," he groaned then when she was suddenly tightening herself around him on purpose. "Kate," he said in a groan before she was pushing on his back. He went down onto his arms and their chests were soon rubbing together, knowing immediately it was what she wanted. He didn't stop because of that, continuing to thrust and doing his best to not give in to the temptation of going faster. Instead he kissed her since their faces were so close at that point. As soon as their lips met, he was plunging his tongue into her mouth, tangling his around hers before she was fighting back against him and they were pleasantly diverted by that for a while.

"Rick," Beckett whispered through swollen lips after they had finally stopped. "I want more… a little more… I want to feel your cock… in me deep."

Staring at her for a moment, Castle could tell she was serious, and he was moving hard against her, but just once. He stopped as their hips were pressed together and gently pulled back before thrusting hard in her one more time.

Beckett was afraid her husband wasn't going to thrust harder again though she was enjoying it. But after he'd spent a while thrusting slowly, he was jerking against her roughly before he paused. "Oh… keep doing that!" she begged him eagerly.

"I will," Castle said, kissing her sensuously before he thrust again. After they had parted, he told her, "Your pussy feels so good around my cock love," before he was nearly hissing when she clenched her sex around him.

"Again?" Beckett asked him while she loosened her muscles. When her husband nodded, she suddenly let her knees spread as far as they could go, clenching around him before he was making love to her again. She was relishing in the friction between them, and she was moaning, gasping and crying out as he gave her a few more hard thrusts. She was going to tell him what she was feeling when he suddenly stopped and moved them both, putting her above him. She was going to tug on his arms once she was straddling him, so they would be close, when he was instead telling her what he wanted and making her body ache in desire at his request.

"I want to watch you while you take me love," Castle explained. "Let me do that for a little."

Nodding rapidly, Beckett braced herself and proceeded to move her lower body, focusing on only that for the time being before she felt her husband's hands coming up to her breasts. She moaned while she leaned over slightly into his palms and as she sped up slightly with her entire body her eyes rolled back in her head since the pleasure was too much to take. But they were flying open when her husband was taking her hands and she watched him holding them out before she moved a little harder with the extra leverage he was giving her. They were both reacting vocally to that and she thought she would be bringing them to orgasm that way when her husband was stopping her by holding her by her hips.

"Vixen," Castle breathed as he pushed himself up, slapping her ass firmly. He paused while she moaned in reaction to that and told her, "Go slower."

"What if I don't?" Beckett asked. Before her husband could respond to that, she was wrapping her arms around his neck when he was hurrying to follow her. They were kissing deeply before they parted and she pressed her cheek against his before she breathed, "Oh… you still feel… incredible."

"I know," Castle breathed out to her. Holding her by the small of her back, he watched her while she was rocking her hips up and down. He eventually leaned down to brush his lips against the tops of her breasts a few times, pleased when she stopped moving just after he had, and he felt her holding onto him tighter before he suckled at her breasts. He was doing so roughly, loving the way his wife was crying out and moaning his name until he pulled away. They stared into each other's eyes deeply before he was moving her as she helped him until she was on her back and he was above her.

"I want you to make me come Rick," Beckett told her husband as she was putting her feet flat on the bed before he could move.

"I will," Castle said. He glanced down and gently kissed her before he was pulling away, moving as soon as he had done so.

Beckett could easily feel her husband's intent at that moment, and she was doing her best to meet his rhythm though she was losing herself to her pleasure she could feel. "I… oh… love… I want… I want your come inside me!" she eventually gasped out as she was nearing her breaking point.

"You'll… have it… whenever… you want… it," Castle said, his body tense with his movements he was still trying to control. He was watching his wife, her body beginning to writhe, and he told her, "Tell me love… tell me you're going to come."

With the thrill of her husband's commanding voice, Beckett broke fully and she threw her head back, calling Castle's name before she was overwhelmed. The ecstasy in her body was so intense she wasn't sure if she was passing out or not. But it became clear to her she wasn't when she could feel her husband's release literally flooding her sex. She felt her eyes rolling back in her head at the sensation and found herself limp once her pleasure had abated. She sensed her husband thrusting within her, a little faster but not going that crazy in her. She realized that was why she could feel him so easily and relished it for a little longer until he was giving her a rough thrust before he collapsed onto his arms and knees above her. His face was pressed against her neck and she found she had the strength to wrap her arms around him, soon caressing the back of his head until he was raising it and kissing her before they parted, and he murmured against her lips.

"I'm so glad we waited," Castle told her. "That was incredible." He could feel her smiling and he said, "You agree?"

"I do," Beckett said. She was sighing in disappointment as her husband pushed himself up, knowing he was going to pull away before she said, "What'll we do for breakfast?"

"I was thinking of some fruit," Castle replied. When his wife was about to respond he then told her, "But if you're hungry for anything else let me know."

"That's fine," Beckett replied. "I was going to say we should have it in the tub though."

"Are you okay?" Castle asked in concern, thinking she was sore.

Smiling, since she was aware already what her husband was thinking, Beckett told him, "I am, we only made love remember."

"Sure," Castle said quickly. He looked at her body then and cupped her breast before she was taking his hand and kissing his fingers. "I can't resist."

"I don't mind," Beckett replied. "It's why we're here you know."

Castle leaned over and kissed her deeply before they were slowly parting and he told her, "You still want me?"

"You promised to fuck me," Beckett said firmly. She was ready for her husband's kiss and playfully fought his tongue in her mouth before he was roughly moving away from her. "Rick…" she began in concern as he'd gone so far he was standing next to the bed.

"I'm okay," Castle said hurriedly. "I'm okay," he continued. "It was too much."

"That little bit?" Beckett asked with a smile as she moved to sit on the edge of the bed.

Nodding rapidly, Castle then told her, "We need to eat something and the bath sounds really nice."

"You'll call?" Beckett asked him while she stood up when he helped her.

"I will…" Castle started to say before he trailed off.

Smiling at him, Beckett reached for him to lean down to her so they could kiss gently several times. Eventually she was the one to stop him and told him, "We need to stop."

"Yes," Castle said simply. When she laughed, he kissed her again and said, "Where will you be?"

"In the bathroom waiting," Beckett replied before she headed over to it. She closed the door behind her and reached for the robe already in there, putting it on as she sat in the bow window in front of the tub. She could see through the faceted glass to the river next to the manor and spotted some people in the distance on the golf course. That reminded her what she'd wanted to tell her husband before she looked down at herself. She hadn't closed the robe over her, seeing the skin around her breasts was still a little red here and there from her husband's passion. She ran her fingertips over a patch of red and bit at her lower lip before she heard the doorknob being turned and she stood as her husband peeked his head inside before he was looking around for her.

"Hey, I just ordered, I'd love to stay with you while we wait," Castle said once he'd spotted his wife.

"You're not going to be able to hear," Beckett said teasingly though she wasn't surprised when his eyes visibly darkened before he strode over to her and spoke huskily.

"I will," Castle told her simply before he was kissing her passionately. He knew he didn't have much time before their breakfast was going to arrive, so he became a little frantic before he moved away from her and knelt in front of her.

Beckett was breathing harder as her husband was sucking on her breasts since he was doing so all over her mounds and not just at her nipples. She was holding onto his head, clinging to him to try and hold onto her sanity before she was pushing him away at the knock that echoed through their room. "Rick," she panted she had to stop him from leaning into her to start over again. "Breakfast," she managed to say. She was still panting as her husband stood and seemed to stagger out of the bathroom while she was closing her robe over her body. She went to the doorway, listening to her husband talking to whoever had delivered the food, smiling when she realized it was a woman.

"That's alright," Castle was saying. "I'll take the tray."

"I'm required to take it into the room here," the woman said.

Beckett was smiling as the woman walked inside with her husband trying to get her to stop. She could still feel her husband's mouth on her breasts as the worker froze and said, "Good morning."

"Ma'am," the woman replied before she was hurrying to set down the tray of sliced fruits on the table. She took the Euro that Castle was holding out to her before she rushed from the room, closing the door carefully.

"I thought she was going to slam that," Beckett said in amusement, walking to the table.

"Kate, I really tried-" Castle started to say.

"Don't worry," Beckett replied with a smile. "Now come on, I'm tired of wearing this robe."

Castle watched her, his eyes wide, before he shook himself and was rushing after her, closing the door after them. "Are we showering first?" he asked as he was scrambling to remove his shirt.

"We are," Beckett said in amusement as she had set down the tray next to the tub and her robe was off. "Whenever you're ready," she said seductively before she disappeared into the shower stall.

"Don't act surprised," Castle told his wife when she watched him stepping inside.

"It's hard to," Beckett replied as she wrapped her arms around him. She shared a smile with him before he leaned down to her, capturing her lips with his own to her pleasure. They were kissing deeply then, standing under the water to rinse off before they were parting to breathe. "I think it's enough," she told her husband as she kept him from leaning down to her.

Pausing, as he'd been about to try yet again, Castle sighed and said, "I guess so."

Beckett laughed and said while he was turning off the water, "Don't sound so sad, we're just moving to the tub and we have a lot of time the rest of the day." She wasn't surprised when he nodded, and he then stepped out of the shower to grab a towel. "Hand it over Rick," she told him in a mock stern tone.

"But…" Castle started to say. He trailed off when his wife raised her eyebrow and he gave a mock suffering sigh before telling her, "Please tell me I can after the bath."

"You can," Beckett said simply before they were hurrying to dry themselves off. She wasn't surprised when her husband was moving to the tub first and she told him, "Not that much water."

Pausing, as he'd managed to stop the bottom of the tub, Castle turned to her and said, "You don't want your hair wet?"

"It might get wet either way," Beckett replied simply. "But for now, please fill the tub, I'm starving."

Reaching for the hot water handle on the faucet, Castle paused a second time when his stomach grumbled loudly. "Apparently I am too," he said before he finally turned on the water.

"Of course, you did most of the work," Beckett said. When her husband's head whipped around to her she smiled and said, "Maybe I shouldn't have asked for more water."

"Vixen," Castle breathed to her. He turned his attention to the water to make sure that he wouldn't overfill the tub before he was standing saying, "Who first?"

"It doesn't matter," Beckett replied, moving to get into the tub. She was sitting on her knees and smiled as her husband grabbed a slice of watermelon on his way in after her. She ate it while he fed it to her and was ready for his kiss once he turned to her, holding him with one arm. When they stopped, she grabbed a slice of pineapple and fed him which started a long stretch of feeding one another and kissing deeply until they had nearly finished the tray.

"I'm so glad you thought of this," Castle said when they were relaxing across from each other.

"Full?" Beckett asked.

"I'm not hungry anymore," Castle corrected. "Light breakfast," he told her jokingly, patting his stomach under the water though he was soon grunting as he was doing so to his erection that hadn't dissipated.

"Perfect," Beckett said eagerly before she was moving and going over to him. She was laughing when he playfully dodged her, though she knew he was only doing that to get around her to the other side of the tub since the faucet wasn't there. As soon as he was settled, she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him deeply before she was straddling him fully. "Hmm," she told her husband when they had stopped. "Thank you for that chase."

"I'm not much of an adrenaline rush for you," Castle said, cupping her ass in his hands.

"You don't need to be; I don't want you to be," Beckett replied as she was raising herself above him while she held his length in her hand. She lowered her body, gasping as he was swiftly filling her and she told him, "Only for this."

"I will," Castle said, his arms wrapped fully around her once their hips were pressed close together. They were kissing deeply and after they had stopped, he murmured, "What do you want me to do love?"

Leaning down, Beckett kissed at her husband's shoulder and then said, "Just hold me," before she started to move. She was gasping as Castle was groaning since she started to bounce on him as fast as she could. She wasn't surprised when they were uncoupling quickly after that and she smiled as her husband was swearing. "I should have mentioned I wanted to do this," she told him.

Swearing again, that time in Irish, Castle told his wife, "You're going to kill me."

"I won't," Beckett said, having his help to get him back inside of her. After that she started a cycle of moving before he was slipping from her before they were coupling and then starting that again. It didn't last for very long as they were moving fast together and her orgasm felt as if it was earthshattering, especially when her husband was joining her. When they had both stopped, she was leaning against Castle and eventually kissed the side of his head saying, "I still want more."

Groaning, doing so a little harder when his wife was laughing and shaking against him in response, Castle said when he had calmed down, "Me too, I definitely do."

"Pervert," Beckett said before she and Castle were kissing yet again. They did that for a while, fondling and caressing each other a little until they soon stopped and parted before she told her husband, "Let's get out."

"Yeah," Castle said simply as he was feeling aroused already. He stepped out first and grabbed another towel for his wife, gently drying her off and caressing her before he was pulling away when he finished with her feet. "I'm worshiping you, right?" he asked as he stood up fully.

"You are," Beckett said, brushing her lips to his. "Mind if I head out?"

"No, go ahead," Castle told his wife before he watched her going. When she closed the door behind her he was rushing to get his towel and dry off completely before he could follow her.

Smiling when her husband walked out, Beckett said, "I had a thought."

"You did?" Castle asked.

"Of course," Beckett replied with a smile. "We never used this."

"No," Castle said, watching her lightly spinning the end of the tape measure she held. "Now?" He was startled when his wife's response was to toss it to him and he hurried to catch it before he said, "Okay," going over to her. He looped the measure around her waist and tugged her to him before they were kissing sensuously. He smiled when they parted and said, "Mind if I…?"

Shaking her head, Beckett watched her husband measuring her waist before he did the same with her breasts. She was expecting his kisses to her mound and she held him while he did that for a while. She had thought he would do a lot more, so it startled her when he was giving her the tape measure. "That's it?" she asked.

"It was your idea," Castle said simply.

"I have a little less to measure," Beckett told him. When he shrugged, she could see the way he was watching her intently and she smiled before she reached for the end of the tape, stretching it across his length. "Millimeters from eight and a half," she said, letting him go since it was a little hard to hold him down from his stomach.

"And around?" Castle asked.

Giving him a mock look, Beckett wrapped the measuring tape around his length and said, "Six and a half."

Grunting when his wife firmly squeezed his erection, Castle said, "You're going to kill me."

"Yes, but this is impressive," Beckett said, letting the tape measure drape over his length as she held it out and with her freehand gently tugged it off him. Seeing him closing his eyes tightly she let him go and wrapped her arms around him, telling him to take her to the bed.

"Not… not yet," Castle replied, shaking himself.

"No?" Beckett asked in surprise.

"There's something I want to ask," Castle told her, taking her to the bed.

"Rick I'm fine," Beckett said since she thought he was worried about her being sore.

"No, I just want us to have some time love," Castle replied. "A little," he said.

"Okay," Beckett said before she got onto the mattress and he joined her. She was startled when he was pulling the bedsheet up to them both and said, "What is it?"

"You told them the wrong number," Castle said simply, looking at his wife.

Smiling, and pulling her side of the sheet up over her breasts, Beckett said, "Of course I did," knowing he was talking about her telling Rebecca and Lily about his dimensions. "I didn't need them to know that," she added. She then said, "But they figured it out and I told them the actual number; since they had pointed out to me they'd told me the numbers of their husbands and hadn't lied. Mad?"

"No, if they told you the truth then that makes sense," Castle said. "What… they said something didn't they?"

"Of course," Beckett replied. "They stated I shouldn't be able to walk again."

"Okay, so I may have wanted to make sure you would get some rest," Castle admitted. He watched with slightly widened eyes when his wife tossed off the sheet and climbed over him before pulling him after her. She spread her legs for him and watched him going in between her legs before he sank into her. She moaned and let her husband take her left leg, holding it under his arm while she pressed the other high up against his side. "Fuck me lover," she whispered to him as they stared at one another.

"I will love," Castle said seriously before he began to thrust as hard as he could.

Castle and Beckett were involved the rest of the late morning making love with each other roughly. They spent some time just before they were planning to stop for lunch, changing positions repeatedly until they were orgasming satisfactorily together. When they were sated, they were breathing roughly and holding onto one another before Castle was moving and gathering his wife into his arms and kissing her lovingly.

"We should get dressed and head out," he told her once they had parted, breathless and pleased at the sensation.

"We can do the first, but I don't want to do the second," Beckett said with a smile.

"What about swimming?" Castle reminded her, as they'd talked about doing that.

"I know," Beckett said. She laid on her back; having been on her side; and then said, "Alright, let's change and go swimming and have our lunch sent there."

"Perfect," Castle said before he was kissing her deeply.

"Rick," Beckett said, beginning to laugh when her husband didn't stop kissing at her neck and collarbone. "Love, we need to go okay?"

"Fuck," Castle swore.

"Language," Beckett told him teasingly. She leaned over and kissed him lightly on the lips before she got off the bed, watching her husband stretching out on the mattress. "I need to get ready; I hope you're up once I'm out of here," she told him firmly.

Sighing, Castle watched her disappear into the bathroom with her bikini and moved to get up before he was reaching for his trunks. He waited for his wife to finish before he ducked into the shower to rinse off quickly. Once he was dressed, he told his wife, "We're just swimming the one time, right?"

Laughing softly, Beckett said, "You're the one who wanted to go in the first place."

"Yes," Castle said. "But I find it's incredibly hard to resist you."

"Good," Beckett said. "But think of that once we're back here."

"Alright," Castle said with a sigh before they were walking together to the entry to their stateroom. Before they stepped out into the hall, he told his wife, "You're enjoying today right?"

"Of course," Beckett said, smiling at him. She cupped his cheek and brought him down to her before they were kissing tenderly. They lingered and once they had parted, she said softly, "I need your come back inside of me love."

"Kate," Castle breathed out to her huskily. He gathered her in his arms, holding her tightly against him before they were kissing again. He wasn't sure how he was able to stop but was, pulling back and about to ask if she didn't want to stay as she had in the first place when she was speaking to him gently.

"We'll come back and stay," Beckett told him.

"You're sure you don't want to go to the restaurant?" Castle asked.

Smiling, Beckett kissed his cheek lightly before she told him, "I'm sure, we're eating out now and I'm fine with that."

Nodding Castle leaned down and lightly brushed his lips to hers before he said, "Okay… I'm assuming we're going?"

"We need to," Beckett said in amusement before she was opening the door. She stepped out into the hall first, watching her husband closing the door before she said, "Are we eating first or swimming?"

"I need to order," Castle said. "Which I can do very quickly over at the front desk. You can go into the pool and start swimming." He saw the way his wife was looking at him and said, "What?"

"No, just making sure you didn't want me to do it," Beckett replied. She smiled when her husband was taking her hand and then said, "And I'm glad you don't."

"I know you want to swim," Castle told his wife while they were heading to the stairs that went to the lobby. He pulled up her hand he still held and kissed the back of it gently before he told her, "You know I do too."

"Then why don't we just order together?" Beckett asked him.

"Because you're going to head in before me," Castle said simply. He smiled at his wife but neither of them said anything as they headed down the stairs. He let her go and watched her glance over her shoulder at him before she was going into the pool room. Turning his attention to the desk, he stepped up to it and said to the man sitting behind it, "I'd like to check on my orders."

After she'd come out from the changing room, Beckett glanced around, not surprised to find she was on her own. She was smiling to herself before she stepped up to the windows that looked out on the river. She saw there was a little more water than the day before and she recalled the storm they'd seen on their weather app; due to arrive soon which she could see if she looked at the sky. She shook herself from the way it was divided into two, crisp blue and grey clouds, walking to one of the lounge chairs where she set her towel and the one next to it to set her husband's towel on that one. She removed her sundress and put her hair in a ponytail quickly before diving into the deep end of the pool.

When she resurfaced, Beckett held onto the end of the pool, looking out the windows and seeing the trees in the distance. She realized then her husband was taking a while and was about to push away to get out and go to her phone when she heard rain hitting the windows.

"Hey, there's that storm we saw," Castle commented as he was entering the room.

"I was thinking the same," Beckett said with a smile while she turned to him. She went under the water and swam to her husband, standing on the steps as he was taking off his light blue shirt. "You took a while," she said.

"They had to make sure they had the desserts," Castle said. "The concierge wouldn't let me leave until he was sure."

"Do we have some time to swim?" Beckett asked him with a smile.

"Yeah," Castle said, walking up to her. He stepped down into the water, wrapping his arms around her waist before he was kissing her deeply. He knew he couldn't linger, but he was still annoyed as they parted and he said, "We're just swimming once."

Beckett laughed and brushed her lips to his telling him, "You mean once today."

"Yes," Castle replied with a sigh. He then smiled and let her go saying, "But I'll take my chances."

"While we're alone," Beckett reminded him. She smiled while he nodded his head rapidly and she leaned over, kissing him gently before they were going into the water. They began swimming laps back and forth from the shallow end to the other until they noticed a hotel worker bringing in their afternoon tea. She followed her husband out, taking her towel from him and thanking the man before they hurried to dry off. She put on her sundress and watched her husband putting on his shirt before she reached over to him when he took her hand and spoke quickly.

"I'm not eating without a shirt," Castle told her.

Smiling, Beckett shook her head and explained, "I was going to ask you to keep it unbuttoned."

Kissing the back of her hand, Castle said, "Then I will."

"Pervert," Beckett said in amusement.

"Of course, still yours though," Castle said, holding her hand while they walked over to a couch in front of a coffee table where the worker had set their tea and tiered server. He poured out the Irish Breakfast tea he'd ordered and said, "I was debating between this and the rooibos tea they have."

"This is good too," Beckett replied easily, stirring honey into her cup. She took a sip and asked him, "Are we splitting everything?" When her husband merely nodded, she couldn't help smiling at that and turned her attention to the sandwiches. "Wait," she said as she suddenly noticed there was two of everything.

"Surprise," Castle told her before he smiled. "I figured we'd need it."

"That's fine," Beckett said slightly laughingly. She then took her sandwiches while her husband got the same ones on his plate and she said, "Did you really need to get double of the desserts?" When he nodded his head firmly, she wrapped her arm around him before they were gently kissing. When they parted, she said, "We're not staying for too long after this."

"No," Castle said seriously in agreement. They started to eat then and once they had for a little, he asked her, "When did you want to call the kids?"

"Before dinner?" Beckett asked him.

"That late?" Castle said in surprise. "They are the same time zone."

"It's a little late now," Beckett said simply.

Castle was about to speak but stopped himself before he looked at his watch and saw she was right, with it nearly two they wouldn't be able to see Josie since she was taking her nap. "Then before dinner it is, but what about a quarter to six?" he suggested.

"That's fine," Beckett replied. They went back to their meal though they talked about a few different things; their books, their middle daughters starting school later that month and lastly the wedding. "I don't think you really need to worry love," she told her husband as an employee was taking their things away since they'd finished eating. "Everything is ready for it."

"Now," Castle told her.

"Now," Beckett echoed, nodding her head as she wasn't surprised he was pointing that out. When they'd arrived at White Mount and had been there for two full days Alexis and Louis had surprised them with the sudden desire to change the colors of their wedding to a forest green and powder blue. "At least we got everything set and quickly," she reminded him while they were going back to their lounge chairs.

"Good thing," Castle said. "But I hope you realize I do want the wedding to happen."

"I do," Beckett said with a smile before she took off her sundress.

"I really like Louis for her," Castle then said to his wife as she tossed the light blue fabric over to her chair.

"You've said," Beckett said, going over to him. She gently made him take off his shirt before she told him, "And I know you're panicking about your daughter becoming a married woman, but she's looking forward to it. A lot."

Breathing out a little, Castle wrapped his arms around his wife and held her tightly against his chest before he said, "She's told you?"

"Yes," Beckett replied with a smile. "But it was more because she asked how different it was after our first wedding."

"Was it?" Castle said.

"I told her the same," Beckett said with a smile, knowing what he was thinking already. She kissed him on the lips gently and told him, "She's ready for it and she told me Louis is ecstatic for them to move in once we're back in the Hamptons." She watched her husband then, smiling at the way his eyes widened before he was speaking in amazement as she softly laughed in reaction to his tone.

"I completely forgot about that," Castle admitted to his wife. "We'll have to help them with that. On the weekends?"

"Weekend," Beckett said. "They want to be moved in as soon as we're back home, so they don't have to stay at the beach house for too long."

Castle was about to comment that it was Alexis' home too but stopped himself since he knew what his wife had meant. He then shook himself and asked her, "We should be able to get that done in two days, right?"

"Yes," Beckett said with a smile as their daughter's and her fiancé's things were in their Hamptons home because they'd moved out of the townhouse before they left for Spain. "And we can have the living room back to normal."

"It didn't bother me that much," Castle said exaggeratedly. He smiled when his wife laughed and kissed him lightly on the lips before they parted and he said, "We'll help them as much as we can."

"We will," Beckett replied before she was about to go into the water when her husband was gently taking her by the arm.

Once his wife was looking at him, Castle leaned into her and gave her a sensuous kiss though that hadn't been his intention. He managed to only wrap his right arm around her, keeping his other away or he knew he would never be able to stop. When they parted, he looked into her eyes and said, "We need to… I was going to suggest we race a couple times."

Biting at her lower lip, Beckett told him, "That would be fun. But just a couple times, right?"

"R-" Castle started to say before he was interrupted by the rumble of thunder from outside. "…ight," he finished, smiling at his wife when she was laughing. "Just a few and then we go back to the room and fuck each other until we're exhausted." When his wife; in response; simply raised her eyebrow at him he said, "I thought that would get a reaction from you."

"I know we're alone and it's what we're going to do," Beckett said firmly.

Breathing out Castle said, "I'm going to throw myself into the water."

Beckett wasn't surprised when he did that but was when he didn't literally belly flop onto the surface, and she told him when he resurfaced. She couldn't help laughing softly at the look he gave her, and she got into the water with him telling him, "You can't blame me for thinking that."

Pretending to grumble, Castle went with her over to the end of the pool before he said, "So a few? Two of them?"

"Let's try and do more than just two," Beckett said firmly. "The girls will want to hear."

"Best out of three?" Castle asked.

"Alright," Beckett said after hesitating for a moment. "Ready?"

"Yeah," Castle said, letting her count off their starting before they were going into the water and swimming down to the deep end. When they returned to the shallow end, he was the first and he said, "I still wonder about doing this."

"I have beaten you before," Beckett reminded him.

"Yes… but is this just for fun or are we going to stake anything on this?" Castle asked as he was gazing into her eyes.

"That would be interesting," Beckett said, smiling. "What would you like?"

"If I win best out of three, one position from I Modi? That I pick," Castle asked after he was thinking that over for a moment.

"Okay, and if I win I pick from there," Beckett said.

"Sure," Castle said. He waited for her to speak but when she didn't, he was about to ask why when she was explaining that to him with a smirk on her face.

"You seem to keep forgetting I want all this too," Beckett said.

"We… we need to swim," Castle told her, having begun stepping towards her. "Two more?"

"Yes," Beckett replied before she gently brushed her lips against his since she was able to. "Come on love," she told her husband with a smile.

When they were both ready, Castle and Beckett were beginning to swim and raced twice more.

With her husband winning twice, Beckett smiled at her husband and said, "Congratulations."

"I wasn't making sure I won," Castle told her seriously.

"Oh don't worry, I'm happy about this," Beckett told him as she was moving to float on her back.

Watching her, Castle was smiling before he said, "I'll wait until later to decide."

"Whenever you want," Beckett said almost nonchalantly. She soon saw her husband above her, and she smiled at him before she stood. "You want to go?" she asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I'd love to," Castle said before they were leaning into each other. Before their lips could meet, they paused as they heard voices coming closer to the room they were in. He let her go as she was doing the same with him and he said, "Now is good."

"I agree," Beckett replied before they were getting out of the water and wrapping their towels around themselves just as several people were walking inside. She didn't look at them, focusing on she and her husband getting back to their room. When she glanced at him, she could see the same determination she felt on his face and she smiled to herself before slipping on her sundress so they could leave in a rush.