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A/N #1: I was happy with the feedback I got for the last chapter, so I'll go ahead and start on my thank yous for that! TORONTOSUN (Great to see you thought the last chapter was very good writing!) and
Mb (Really nice reading you thought the chapter was a very good one. And I'm glad you enjoyed seeing them all together at Alexis and Louis' house for the first time having a party with them since I had a lot of fun writing that! I wasn't surprised that you thought the conversation Julia had with Castle and Beckett about the restaurant was interesting, lol, I thought it might happen since she's getting older, she would want to know about it. But you're welcome for the first half! I wasn't surprised either to see you laughing at it going from a nice family scene as you put it with them getting the younger girls to bed and then with Julia and her fanfiction writing to Castle and Beckett alone in their bedroom. Really pleased to see you thought it was them, them being hot, heavy, sexy and loving as you put it! It's what I'm aiming for! You're welcome for sharing the second half too!).
Thanks so much 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 are lyrics put together from the song Party, Party written by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Robbie McIntosh, Hamish Stuart, Chris Whitten and Paul "Wix" Wickens, from the remaster of Paul's album Flowers in the Dirt.
Party, All Night Long
Stirring underneath the covers, Beckett's eyes were soon opening and she turned to her left, expecting to find her husband there. When she didn't, she started to sit up but the sound of the door opening stopped her and made her burrow a little further until she was covered up to her chin. "Rick?" she called once she heard the door closing and locking again.
"It's me Kate," Castle told her. "Sorry, but I wanted us to have some coffee before we got up."
"Thank you," Beckett said, sitting up as she watched him place one of the mugs on her nightstand. She smiled at his, "You're welcome," before she watched him walking around the bed. "You're going to take off your pajamas, right?"
Castle paused at that and then said, "Sure."
Beckett leaned back against the headboard and said with a soft laugh, "You don't have to if you don't want to," watching him taking off his glasses.
"I want to hurry," Castle replied before he set his glasses on his nightstand. He shucked off his shirt, letting it fly wherever it ended up going and then doing the same to his pajama pants though those didn't go that far. He put his glasses back on and hopped onto the bed before he swore. "Sorry," he said, trying to stop himself. "I forgot you have your coffee."
"I don't," Beckett said, smiling at her husband when he turned to look at her quickly. "I had a feeling you were going to do that," she added.
"Oh… good thing you know me so well," Castle replied. He smiled and then sat up fully, leaning over and sharing a tender kiss with her. "Morning love," he told her once they'd parted.
"Good morning Rick," Beckett said with a smile. They shared a quick kiss and she watched him pull the covers over his lap before he got his coffee. "Are you okay?" she asked him.
"I am…" Castle began saying before trailing off when his wife was moving to get her mug. He gazed at her ass unabashedly and when she was looking at him he told her, "Don't say anything."
"I won't," Beckett replied. "You think I wasn't watching you just now?" she asked him.
Breathing out hard Castle said. "Then you saw."
"Mmm-hmm," Beckett replied simply before she sipped at her coffee.
"That's it?" Castle asked, a little confused and frustrated at the same time.
"Finish your coffee," Beckett said simply.
Castle was going to respond to that, but watching his wife drinking hers again he decided it wasn't necessary and turned his attention back to his drink. He was able to drink it fast enough that he and Beckett were finishing at the same time, and he took her mug from her. "Now," he said, after putting both on his nightstand. "What am I going to do about this?"
"I have to tell you?" Beckett asked teasingly. She cried out when he was suddenly laying her down and she said, "I don't know how much time we have Rick."
"I know," Castle replied. He kissed her then, deeply, before he slowly pulled away from her and said, "But at least something."
Cupping his face with her hands at his emphasis on the last word, Beckett brought him down to her and they kissed tenderly though they lingered. Her body was responding to the feel of his on her and she was disappointed when they parted. "It needs to be quick," she told him.
"I know, but… we did that all night," Castle replied.
"You don't want to?" Beckett asked in surprise.
"Not that exactly," Castle said. "Come here."
Beckett was still startled, but she forgot that when her husband was rolling around so he was sitting up and she wrapped her arms around his neck. "How can I move this way?" she asked him once she was settled straddling him to their combined groans.
"However you want," Castle told her seriously before he kissed her. He wasn't surprised when she was responding to him eagerly, or when she let her hands trail down his back. He grunted heavily while she was moving then, and their kiss ended before he watched her pushing up and down. He couldn't help staring at her breasts which were moving a little in time with her body before she was touching his cheek to get his attention before she spoke.
"I can't do this that quickly Rick," Beckett told him.
"That just came to me but…" Castle started to say before he trailed off and didn't continue.
"Tell me," Beckett urged her husband.
"Are you sure?" Castle asked. He wasn't surprised her response was to stop and he held her against his chest before they started to kiss. They were tangling their tongues together eagerly for a while until he stopped them and said, "Come on."
Beckett was a little surprised but got off her husband before she was getting off the bed a second later. "A shower?" she asked him.
"Unless you'd like a bath," Castle replied, standing up next to the bed with her.
"Not really," Beckett responded simply before she smiled at him and walked to the bathroom. She wasn't surprised when he was reaching out to cup her ass with his hand and she said, "We can only do this once."
"It'll be enough," Castle said quickly.
"I hope so," Beckett said before she was gasping and then laughing at her husband lightly slapping her ass. She looked over her shoulder at him with a mock glare but turned back to look at the shower stall she'd reached first. Stepping inside she looked at her husband while he walked in after her and she pulled him to her. They kissed lightly before she let him turn on the water before she brushed her lips against his. "Tell me love," she implored him.
Castle didn't respond verbally, instead he had her turn around before he was pulling her back to his chest. He started to kiss at her shoulders and then said, "Let me…"
"Please," Beckett replied as his hands had come up from holding her to her breasts. She leaned her head back against him while he was fondling her, and when he proceeded to play with her nipples she was crying out heavily in pleasure because it was swift to hit her. She was relieved momentarily when his hands moved but it was brief as he was sliding his fingers over her cleft. She wasn't surprised when he found her clit and she lost herself in the stimulation that provided. She leaned against her husband, moaning when he didn't stop and began fondling her breasts again as well. Arching her back and pressing against him, she lost herself in the sensations he was making her feel before she told him, "You have to let me do the same for you."
Castle had to fight with himself for a moment at her tone of voice, but he finally recovered and said, "Not turned away… can I turn you?"
"No," Beckett moaned as she turned to him. They kissed deeply before he was pulling away and she said, "Either that or you fuck me."
"I'll keep you like this love," Castle said, sliding his fingers a little lower. When he slid the first inside her sex, she was crying out his name before he had to wrap his arm around her waist before she got off balance.
"Please Rick… more," Beckett breathed to him before he was using his middle finger in her as well. "That… that feels so good…" she moaned, reaching back with both her arms around his neck. She was gasping as his thumb reached for her clit and she warned him, "I'm going to come soon if you do that."
"I don't care," Castle said firmly. He didn't stop, instead sped up the pace of his fingers and did his best to hold his wife up while she was thrusting with him. He continued to hold her close to him as well before he felt her undulations becoming more frantic. "Are you coming love?" he breathed to her.
"Yes!" Beckett cried a second before her orgasm struck. She was leaning back fully against her husband while she called his name, thrusting her hips against his fingers that were still moving within her. She had no idea how long the waves of pleasure were going through her, only that she was trembling, panting slightly and her sex was throbbing around her husband's fingers. She couldn't help groaning when he pulled them from her sex and she sighed saying, "I hate asking you this-"
"You want to wait until we're at the B&B?" Castle interrupted her. When she nodded, he had her turn around and kissed her lovingly before he pressed his forehead to hers. "Don't worry, I like the idea to be honest," he told her.
"Which is a surprise," Beckett said with a smile, and she reached down as he was starting to respond to her.
"It sh… fuck… Kate," Castle groaned as her hand wrapped around his erection.
"I need to do the same to you," Beckett replied before she gently started to rub him. She watched him starting to move and she said, "You should lean against the wall."
"If you're still holding onto me…" Castle startled to say. He was relieved when his wife let him go and he hurried to lean against the wall closest to him, watching her following. Luckily, she started up again shortly after that and he told her, "This won't last that long."
"I had a feeling," Beckett said reassuringly. She looked down at her hand and brought the other one up to begin working with it though she began by cupping underneath his length, unsurprised he was swearing for a moment before he stopped her and spoke.
"This fast?" Castle asked.
"Yes," Beckett told him firmly. She kissed him as he bent his head down to her and said, "I don't mind it Rick."
Hearing her sincerity, Castle nodded and let her continue though that time she was making him lean down to her so they could continuously kiss. They kept that up for some time until he realized he was about to climax and he said, "Kate… I'm going to… to come."
"Do it love," Beckett told him firmly. She watched him as he proceeded to follow her order and she bit at her lower lip as his release was on her stomach and breasts. He was holding onto her, and she was relishing how tightly he grasped at her arms before he was stopping and slumping back against the tiles. "Now…" she said. "Last night you were out of it, please tell me you aren't right now."
"I'm not," Castle replied before he straightened up and started to run his fingers over her skin. As he let her take his hand, she started to lick at him and he said, "These next couple of days are going to be really tough."
"I know," Beckett said while she began helping him. When they were finished and under the water she said, "But we do have this case."
"That's right," Castle said. He leaned down and kissed her deeply, holding her close to his body as they embraced one another before they had to stop. Doing so, he sighed and told her, "There's something I was thinking of, how can Dalton be so clean?"
"What do you mean?" Beckett asked while they were starting to soap each other's bodies.
"I mean, he's a lawyer and he needs to be clean but I just get the gut feeling there's something else to him," Castle said with a smile as she pressed her hand to his stomach. "I can have those too."
"Usually that's me," Beckett said before they kissed one another gently. When they were apart, she told him, "But we should worry about this once we're dressed."
"Yeah," Castle said, looking down before shaking himself and focusing on finishing their shower. He wanted to dry her off, but they needed to hurry so they were drying themselves. "I'm just wondering," he told his wife when they were changing in the closet.
"About?" Beckett asked, thinking he wanted to mention her request to be celibate.
"Dalton," Castle said. He saw the surprise on her face and smiled saying, "I'm fine with waiting Kate."
Nodding Beckett said, "You know we can't do anything until we get to the station."
"I… I just wonder about this idea of him not having anyone," Castle began. "A significant other."
"We can look into it then, the girls now Rick," Beckett said firmly.
"I know," Castle said, heading over to her. "But you're wondering too."
"Of course," Beckett said with a smile before they were sharing a kiss. She went back into the bathroom with him and said, "We'll have to take separate showers now."
"Only a couple nights," Castle replied.
"Pervert," Beckett told him with a smile. They kissed again and turned their attention to finishing getting ready. When she had she said to her husband, "You know you could go," not surprised when he straightened up from leaning against the counter and wrapped his arm around her waist as he spoke.
"I could, but I don't really want to," Castle said simply before he leaned down to her and kissed her tenderly. When they were apart, he said, "Let's go together?"
Beckett smiled and went up on her tiptoes before she was brushing her lips across her husband's before she said, "We should."
Castle watched, after they'd let go of each other, while his wife took his hand and they walked together out of their room to head down the hall to their daughters' rooms to start getting them ready.
Since Julia was awake, Castle and Beckett managed to get the girls ready quickly before they were making breakfast together.
"Are you sure you don't need my help?" Julia asked her parents while she and Eliza were setting the table.
"We're fine," Beckett told her. She looked back down the hall as Martha was coming down the stairs, joining the rest of them in saying good morning, before she turned her attention back to the potato latkes she was finishing.
"Well," Castle's mother said as she went to Josie in her highchair. "What's the plan for this morning you two?"
"Stay with Josie for as long as we can after we get Julia and Eliza to school," Castle answered.
"Do you think it would be for that long?" Jim said, reaching them in time to hear their conversation.
"Good question," Castle replied.
"It depends on the list of names we had yesterday when we left," Beckett added. "There were about thirty so… we won't know until we get the call from Brad."
"Okay, breakfast is ready," Castle said as he'd finished with the eggs. "Come and eat."
Once they were gathered around the table, Beckett told Julia and Eliza, "We might not be able to make it to your dance class today."
"We know," Eliza said in confusion.
"I think they're wondering what dances we have today," Julia said with a smile. "Since Ms. Grey didn't tell us… maybe the Quickstep? When she doesn't say I have no idea what she'll have us do."
"We can tell you when we have dinner," Eliza said with a smile.
"That's what we're hoping," Castle said before he turned his attention to Josie, giving her her plate as he'd cut up half of a latke for her.
"What about 'lexis and Louis?" Eliza suddenly said after they'd been eating for a while.
"What about them?" Martha asked.
"What're they gonna do?" Eliza explained.
"You mean for dinner?" Beckett asked, having an idea as to what the little girl meant. When Eliza nodded, she then said, "They'll have it on their own." Seeing the frown on her second youngest's face, she turned to Castle and said, "We might have two extra for dinner."
"If they can come I don't mind," he replied easily.
"Are you two cooking?" Jim asked.
"I'm going to try," Castle said.
"If not, would you mind if I did?" Jim said to them.
"No. Tuna melts?" Beckett said. When her father nodded, she said, "That's fine, we have soup to go with that."
"Should I text Alexis?" Castle asked his wife as they were finishing.
"Go ahead," Beckett replied before she was getting up. "But she might not be able to reach Louis until his lunch."
"I figured," Castle said, getting up to go to his phone in the kitchen. He sent the text quickly before he was heading to the sink where his wife was.
"Help the girls," Beckett said, brushing her husband away when he tried to get her to move.
"I'll help her," Jim told his son in law.
Knowing he wouldn't be able to convince either of them to move, Castle nodded and went over to the highchair, getting Josie out. Kissing her cheek, he said to Julia and Eliza, "Let's go out and get your things."
"They're ready," Julia said. "We just need to grab our lunches."
Castle watched them go and then turned to his mother as she stepped up to him. "I'm not letting her go," he said jokingly.
"She doesn't seem to want to let you go either," Martha said in amusement.
"No," Castle said absently as he pressed his lips to Josie's temple.
"Dada up," the baby said.
"You are," Castle said.
"Up," Josie said.
Castle couldn't help laughing since the baby looked so stern and he kissed her temple saying, "You're learning from your mom already." And with that he held the baby above him as she squealed before Beckett was calling to him they needed to go. "Oh, we better run," he told Josie, holding her under his arm and jogging down the hall a little as the girls were following them, laughing. He set the baby down before he watched while her sisters were helping her into her coat, smiling at their talking to Josie before he went to help so the two wouldn't be late for school.
"Nothing from Brad yet," Beckett told her husband as she walked into the family room.
"I'm not surprised, it's just barely nine," Castle said before he was turning his attention to Josie who was standing at the coffee table next to where he was sitting on the rug. He was about to speak before his wife was joining him and asking about the TV to his momentary surprise.
"Is something wrong with that?" Beckett said.
Looking over at the TV which she had nodded to, Castle said, "No, we were waiting for you."
Beckett smiled at that before Josie was walking over to her and she took the baby in her arms. "Do you want to watch Sesame Street sweetie?" she asked her, kissing her temple.
"No," Josie replied.
Laughing softly, Beckett kissed her again before she told her husband, "Let's try and watch it before we get called in."
Nodding quickly, since he'd been watching them, Castle turned his attention to getting up and grabbing the remote for the TV before he turned it on and started the episode of the show they had recorded. He glanced at his mother and father in law as they eventually walked into the room too but focused mostly on Josie as the baby's attention was concentrated on the screen.
Just as the episode was ending, Beckett felt her phone vibrating and took it out of her pocket swiftly before she found that she had a text. "Rick," she said softly to her husband.
"Oh," Castle said, turning to her and becoming surprised at her holding her phone up. "What did he say?"
"That he just wants the three of us to come over," Beckett replied. "So we need to go." She stood and then texted Darnley quickly before she took Josie from her husband saying, "I'm sorry sweetie, but we'll have lunch with you today."
"We'll be ready whenever you call," Jim said, as his daughter and son in law had already asked hm and Martha to meet them near the station for lunch.
"I'll send a text Dad," Beckett said. She hugged Josie and kissed her temple before she went over to Martha.
"We'll teach her," Castle's mother said, smiling at the baby who was looking at them with wide eyes.
"Thank you," Beckett said.
"We'll see you soon sweetheart," Castle told the baby before kissing her cheek. When his wife touched his arm, he nodded and went with her over to the entry. "I didn't want to leave yet," he told her as they grabbed their coats.
"I know, I didn't either," Beckett replied. She stopped him before he went to the door leading to the garage and motioned to him. They shared a kiss at that point, deepening it at the same time before they slowly parted. "Will that hold you?"
"Not really, but I can't be choosy," Castle replied. He smiled when his wife did, and they leaned into each other, kissing briefly before they parted, and he opened the door for her. "You're sure he didn't say anything?" he asked her.
"No, just that he wanted us there," Beckett said with a nod.
Turning his attention to driving the car, Castle pulled out of the garage before he pulled out from the gate and went to the Darnley-Nkosi house where the carpenter was already waiting for them.
Beckett watched her friend while he got into the backseat and was about to ask how his family was when he was querying her about the case instead while Castle drove away from the curb.
"So what did Brad say about the case?" Darnley said.
"Not you too, I told you he just said he wanted us to head to the station," Beckett said in mock annoyance.
"What does that mean exactly?" Darnley asked.
"He may or may not have something new for the case," Castle answered before his wife could say anything.
"Oh, well that's annoying," Darnley said jokingly.
"That's usually what we hear from him," Beckett replied. "At least in the morning."
"And we're going to reach the station soon," Castle said.
"Yeah, which is why I was joking," Darnley replied before he looked out the windshield since they were at the building. When they got out, he said, "I guess he at the very least found criminal records; that many men."
"And possibly the workers," Castle said.
"Though that's a little less likely," Beckett told her husband quickly. "The owner doesn't like hiring people with criminal records; warrants at the very least." They were inside the station, and she wasn't surprised to find Brad was coming out of his office and calling to Hutchinson.
"Guys," Brad said, turning to the three as they walked up to him. "Come inside."
"You found something," Castle said.
"Not exactly," Brad replied.
"Criminal records?" Castle asked.
"For the men there, yes," Brad said, drawing them over to the second murder board in the room. He flipped the board around so they could see the thirty mugshots of the men at the dinner with Dalton. "Meet Alpha Rho Gamma from Briarcliffe College."
"They closed," Castle said immediately.
"The year after the men here graduated," Brad said quickly.
"They have that in common," Beckett said to bring the attention back to the case.
"Not just that," Brad replied.
"They're all lawyers?" Castle asked.
"Well… yes but that's not a surprise; the fraternity is for the lawyers… was for the lawyers there," Brad answered with a nod. "But there is the fact they've all had charges of domestic abuse that were eventually dropped."
"All of them?" Darnley asked in surprise.
"Except for Dalton; yes," Brad said. "But that isn't all there is, they're all married to women who were in a sorority at Briarcliffe, Delta Psi."
"Except for Dalton," Castle said. When his friend nodded, he then said, "What does that mean?"
"You're talking to them?" Beckett asked.
"We are, Hutchinson is calling the couples," Brad said. "There are a few we can cross off the list since they're not living here."
"But they were here for the party," Beckett commented.
"We've established the fact they were out of there the day after," Brad said. "So three of them aren't our killers."
"That leaves twenty-seven," Castle said.
"Yeah, that's why Rice will be helping her," Brad said. "Is helping her." He looked at the pictures and then said, "I took some names and have called them already."
"What did you do while we were gone yesterday?" Darnley asked.
"Yeah, I spoke with the Craigs," Brad replied.
"Without us?" Castle said.
"Yes," Brad told him. "I had the time and the hospital called me that they were about to be released. I recorded the conversation," he added, about to ask if they wanted to hear when his friend was answering that first.
"We'd like to hear it," Castle said. "We can, can't we?"
"You can," Brad replied. "I was just about to play it."
"Where did you talk to them?" Beckett asked him.
"They let me take them to a room… meeting room? I'm not sure where that was exactly to be honest, I didn't bother to ask," Brad explained. "But I managed to talk to them." He then turned his attention to his phone and started the recording, watching Castle to make sure he wouldn't say anything since he wanted it to play all the way through.
"Mr. Craig, Mrs. Craig," Brad said, on the recording. "Why don't you tell me how things went for you at the mansion."
As the couple was relating what had happened, Beckett looked down at the phone and saw the recording wasn't very long. Though she was surprised they were going into detail about the time until they got to the last room where they'd run into the body and not much about finding the actual body.
"It was… disgusting," Mr. Craig was saying finally about the arm falling off the mummy. "And… I don't remember that much after that."
"I don't either," Mrs. Craig said quickly. "It was bad enough that we were forced to go through all that blood and… those fake scenes of murder…"
"I'm wondering if either of you really noticed anything suspicious while you were going through the last part of the house," Brad asked.
There was silence for a while before Mr. Craig was replying first saying, "I never did, I was too focused really on getting out of the house."
"I didn't either," Mrs. Craig replied. She then said, "There wasn't any time really, it just went so fast."
"Alright, thank you for-" the recording ended there, and Brad pocketed his phone before he said, "So."
"They're telling the truth," Darnley said immediately. "Especially Mrs. Craig; the way her voice is shaking?"
"I agree," Beckett added.
"Me too," Castle said. "You looked into them?"
"I did," Brad said. "Clean records. And they're expecting, that's why they were in the hospital for so long. They needed to check on Mrs. Craig."
"How far along?" Beckett asked him.
"I think she said two months," Brad said.
"It's understandable?" Darnley asked his friend.
Nodding Beckett said, "She's still feeling nausea I'm going to guess."
"She mentioned," Brad said. "But they're out so I would like to focus on the names I have right here."
"What do you want us to do?" Castle asked.
"Look at the records I got of them all," Brad replied, motioning to the stack of files he had.
"Do they all live here?" Darnley asked in surprise as the chief was heading to his desk.
"The island," Brad said with a nod.
"Come on," Beckett said, touching Darnley's arm. "This is where the extra hands come in."
"I can see that," the carpenter said before he sat on one of the chairs near the murder boards. They divided the files before he looked up as the chief was talking to the first person, but it wasn't who he thought it was. Looking at Beckett and Castle, he saw they were surprised while they were listening in to the conversation as Brad continued.
"Yes Mrs. Marshall," the chief was saying. "I'm contacting you about Adam Dalton."
"Oh yes," the woman said on speakerphone. "We were so sad to hear about what happened to him." There was a pause and she said, "I haven't seen him since college."
"Of course, but I know your husband was meeting him for a dinner party," Brad said, glancing at the other three.
Snorting, Marshall said, "I'm aware, at that topless bar. But that wasn't his idea, it was Gordon Abrahams. He was in the fraternity that Mr. Dalton and my husband were in, and he was… always a womanizer."
"Are you in contact with them?" Brad asked.
"No, but my husband has been e-mailing with Gordon since the dinner," Marshall replied.
"I was looking into all the men that were there at the party," Brad said. "And I noticed an interesting fact."
"That nearly all of my husband's fraternity married the girls from my sorority?" Marshall asked.
"Exactly, could you explain to me about that?" Brad said.
"We were across the street from each other," Marshall began. "Ariane Beaumont started dating Gordon Abrahams and then Lani Pressley dated Jay Rothbauer. They got the rest of us to start dating each other and it went from there. We've been the wedding parties of each other; not all twenty-nine of us at a time; but we were all there."
"I'm wondering about Mr. Dalton," Brad said. "There's a name I don't have if you're saying all thirty-"
"Augusta Mathews," Marshall interrupted. "But… they were married you know; it was just the fraternity and sorority there as witness, but they were married three years ago."