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A/N #1: Really pleased to get the feedback for the last chapter that I did so I'll go ahead and get started on my thanks for it. TORONTOSUN (Great to see you liked the theme that I had. I love that movie myself, so I was glad that you like it too. And nice to read you thought it was great music as well!) and

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A/N #2: The title of this chapter is a lyric from the song Hand in Hand by Paul McCartney, from his album Egypt Station.

See The Mighty Ocean Break

Kissing at the back of his wife's shoulder, Castle slipped off the bed and grabbed his glasses before he went over to the kitchen, grabbing a bowl inside the fridge. Making sure everything else he needed for later that day was okay, he went back to the bedroom and walked around to his wife's side of the bed. Setting the bowl down on her nightstand, he sat on the side on the bed and gently brushed her hair behind her ear.

Shifting slightly, Beckett's eyes blinked open until she focused and saw her husband was next to her.

"Happy Birthday love," Castle said with a smile.

"Thank you," Beckett said before she sat up. She leaned into her husband and they shared a kiss before they parted and she said, "Good morning."

"Good morning," Castle replied. "It's a beautiful day out there."

Glancing out the doors, Beckett smiled and said, "Thank you for the weather update."

"I'm giving you a second before I ask if you're hungry," Castle replied.

"I am," Beckett said, looking behind her and grabbing her pillow. She glanced at her husband while he was getting up and watched him getting the other pillows that went on the bed. After he'd propped them behind her she said with a smile, "And you?"

"Me what? I'm sitting right here love," Castle said, getting the bowl.

Though she wanted to say something about that, Beckett was surprised when her husband was handing it to her and she reached in, taking some of the fruit they'd cut together the day before.

"What did you want to do after we eat?" Castle asked. He was surprised when his wife wasn't replying, instead reaching into the bowl again before she fed him some of the fruit. He ate quickly and then fed her some, both doing that for some time until the bowl was empty. As soon as he had set it down, he was turning to his wife and kissing her as passionately as he could. Feeling her arms wrapping around him tightly in response his slipped his tongue into her mouth, feeling her rubbing against him as soon as he met hers. They were rolling around each other until they had to breathe, doing so roughly before he said, "I'm waiting to know what we're doing."

Smiling, since she was aware her husband was teasing her, Beckett didn't respond to him verbally, instead moving to lay on the middle of the bed and pulling him after her. She watched him scrambling to put the bowl away on the nightstand before he turned to her and joined her. She was relieved when he was getting on top of her and she was quick to wrap her arms and legs around him, relieved they didn't have to waste time in getting their clothes off. "Fuck me love," she told him.

"Do you want this to be a quickie?" Castle asked.

"No," Beckett replied easily. "I just want to feel you." She was a little surprised when her husband frowned for a moment and was about to ask what was wrong when he was kissing her. She tried not to become frustrated as she knew something was on his mind, and luckily was distracted enough by her husband before they were slowly parting.

"Let me make love to you Kate," Castle told her. "Not the entire time," he said swiftly as he watched her reaction. "Just a little before I fuck you." He was relieved when she nodded and then kissed her again before he pushed himself down her body and went to her breasts.

Though she was a little disappointed her husband hadn't moved to enter her, Beckett soon lost that while her husband was kissing around her mounds. When he moved to her nipples, she couldn't help trembling because he was lightly brushing his lips to her right. She reached up to him and gently slid her fingers through his hair, holding onto him as he did the same to her left and then began to suckle at it. She wasn't sure how long exactly he was doing that, only aware when he switched since there was a moment when he wasn't doing anything to her. But finally, he was pulling away and she was going to ask him what he was intending to do when he moved to brush his lips against hers before he made a sudden request.

"Could I kiss you?" Castle asked his wife. He was pleased when she nodded her head and he moved to trail his lips down her stomach until he was at her sex. He pressed a kiss to her mound before gently parting her folds and lightly lapping at her clit. He only did that for a few minutes before he moved to her entrance and he placed a kiss there directly before he moved back and said, "You're ready."

"Does that surprise you?" Beckett asked her husband in amusement.

"No, it's thrilling," Castle said seriously while he moved to get on top of her. "Arousing," he added before he took her hand and had her take his length. He helped her in getting it inside of her and when she let him go, he held onto the bed under her to brace himself. He moved slowly, relishing every inch of his member that sank into her until his hips were flush against hers. "Kate…" he breathed.

"Don't wait that long," Beckett said immediately. "I want you; we've waited too long."

"I know that's why I need to make love to you," Castle said, trying not to sound desperate as he felt as if his length was throbbing out of control. "I haven't felt you for… weeks… your pussy is so tight."

"I know," Beckett said. "Just… please Rick I want to feel you coming in me. I want to feel your cock…"

With that as an obvious push, Castle proceeded to thrust, doing so as slowly as he could which led them to groaning together in their pleasure. When he sped up a little, he watched his wife to see her reaction and was pleased to see she was obviously very happy with his movements. He couldn't blame her, as he was feeling the way he rubbed against her so constantly, and he tried his best to keep himself steady though it was difficult. Moving the angle of his hips slightly, he tested what his wife could take and was relieved when she was crying out heavily though he slowed down again. He leaned down, kissing her deeply for a moment before he said, "Want to… sit up?"

"No," Beckett said firmly. She was going to say more but had to wait a moment since she was trying to take in what he was doing to her. When she could manage it, she said, "I want to feel you taking me."

"It's your birthday," Castle said, lowering himself on to his arms before he brushed his lips to hers.

"And that's what I want Rick," Beckett replied before her husband was kissing her deeply on the lips. She took that kiss but managed to slip her tongue into his mouth before he could do that to her. She lightly rubbed her tongue against his for a moment before he was fighting against her, and they were rolling around between their mouths. When they needed to breathe, she gasped out to her husband, "Please love! Fuck me… I want to feel you!"

Castle knew he couldn't say no to her, and he sped up, going faster but not so hard he felt they were in danger of climaxing right away. He was careful to keep a close watch on his hips, trying not to go down into her clit again, and manage his speed at the same time. It became too much, and he was trying not to stop though he soon had to, apologizing to his wife as he expected her to be mad.

"No, it's alright," Beckett replied quickly. She kissed his cheek, since he had bowed his head to her, and told him, "It's a lot after we stopped."

"Yeah," Castle said. "But I won't do this again, I promise." He was surprised when she was smiling at him and he asked, "I can manage not to."

Beckett did her best not to laugh before she told him, "No, it's that you wouldn't want to stop to drag things out later."

"Play with that," Castle said. When his wife nodded, he brushed his lips to hers and told her, "Maybe later. I'm focusing on right now."

"Oh?" Beckett replied.

Castle didn't respond to that by speaking, instead he was thrusting in her as fast as he could a few times, loving the way she cried out to him in response. He slowed down then but kept up a faster pace before he was feeling his wife was likely nearing her climax. He had pushed himself up on his hands, watching her closely and trying to make sure he would be with her while she was nearing her orgasm. "Kate," he said, unable to go any further than that.

Shaking her head rapidly, Beckett said, "I know, but we'll… do this… again. I just want to come."

"You can, I'm so close love," Castle told her seriously, leaning down to her and kissing her deeply. When he had pulled away, he stared into her eyes and was telling her, "Come now Kate, and we'll do whatever you want after this, I promise. I just want us to come… goddess."

Beckett was able to last a little longer, until everything caught up with her and he suddenly proceeded to pound into her clit. She was letting out a heavy cry of her husband's name, calling to him to come as well before she was losing herself fully to her ecstasy rushing inside her body. She felt Castle joining her and was elated at the sensation of his release filling her. When she was calm, she held onto her husband tightly and relished the feel of his rapid movements against her before he shuddered and was still. His face pressed against her neck she kissed him and was about to see if he was still with her when he was speaking first.

"At last," Castle said. He groaned when his wife laughed at that, and he was trying to recover from the sensation that provided. "It felt like it needed to be said," he told her seriously.

"I know what you mean," Beckett replied. "But it was amazing."

"Incredibly," Castle said before he was kissing her deeply. When they parted, he smiled at her saying, "What do you think about staying like this for a little?"

"I think it's more up to you," Beckett replied, a smile on her face. "You are on top of me after all."

"And you're holding me down," Castle said quickly. He wasn't surprised when his wife raised her eyebrows at him and he told her, "Your legs are around my waist."

"And I can easily move them," Beckett told him firmly.

"Do you really want to?" Castle said pointedly to her. He grunted when she pressed her heels into his ass and he said, "Okay, I'll move."

Beckett smiled for a moment before her husband was withdrawing from her and she soon told him, "I didn't really want to do that love."

"I know, but we have a few days here, a lot of time to accomplish what we'd like," Castle said. When he saw the way his wife was looking at him, he explained, "I know, but I'm just thinking of the non-bedroom stuff we're going to do."

"You realize we don't need to be in the bedroom to do that right?" Beckett teased.

Opening his mouth to speak, Castle was stopped by his wife gently cupping his cheek before he said, "I don't want you-"

"To think this is the only reason we're here," Beckett finished for him. "I know, but don't worry it's the main reason and I don't mind. After all, we're alone and we have a bed."

"And other places," Castle told her.

"Pervert," Beckett said immediately. She laughed when her husband was nodding and she teased him saying, "Are you going to stay like this the rest of the day?"

"I'm considering it," Castle told her because he was still on top of her. As she shook her head, smiling at him, he got off her and lay on his back, watching her sitting up.

"Please don't look so smug," Beckett teased him as she turned to him.

"I can't really help that," Castle said. He reached for her, moving his hands from under her his head, pulling her against his side before he held her closely to him. "What do you want to do next?" he asked after they'd been laying in silence for a while.

"I'm debating," Beckett said. "If we should head out or stay in until lunch."

"Well… both are good," Castle said.

Beckett couldn't help laughing at that before she told him, "You're so weird love, but I know, both are nice."

"Why don't we head out today," Castle said. "And spend tomorrow in the hut?"

"You're actually suggesting the rest of the day?" Beckett replied, turning onto her stomach and looking at him pointedly.

"Yes," Castle said seriously. "But we can always switch that and do it today," he said. "I'm leaving it up to you."

Smiling, Beckett gave her husband quick kiss saying, "Let's head out."

"Okay," Castle said, kissing her gently. After they'd parted, he said, "You didn't ask me if I minded."

Laughing softly, Beckett told him, "I didn't think that you would mind."

"Correct," Castle said, smiling when she was laughing again. He couldn't help himself and reached for her, kissing her deeply before he laid her on her back. "Though if you'd have said we were going to stay in today…" he said before playfully trailing off.

"Pervert," Beckett told him with a smile. They kissed again before parting and she told him, "Let's go," not surprised when he was getting up quickly as he was speaking at the same time.

"What're we taking with us?" Castle asked her.

"I think I'd want to get dressed first before we start worrying about that," Beckett said.

Shrugging, Castle effected a playful tone and told her, "Oh I don't know, we can always grab our stuff while we're naked."

Beckett laughed and shook her head before said, "Pass."

"Suit yourself," Castle said, smiling when she rolled her eyes at him. He turned his attention to grabbing his swim trunks before he was dressed. "Did you want to stay on the beach today? Or come and go from here?"

Beckett, dressed in her bikini by then, was looking at the sundress she held in her hands and said, "I said I wanted to go to the beach one day." When her husband nodded, that seemed to decide everything for her and she was setting her dress aside before she told him, "I'd like to go to the lagoon first thing."

"So we're going to the beach," Castle said slowly, a little confused as to what she wanted exactly.

"Now yes, but I'd like us to stay at the hut this trip," Beckett said.

"If that's what you want…" Castle said slowly. When his wife nodded, he continued telling her, "Then we'll just do that."

"And are you minding that?" Beckett asked with a smile.

"Not really," Castle said before he watched her going over to the towels on top of the small dresser.

Beckett paused when she felt her husband caressing her back exposed by her swimsuit and looked back at him. "Can I help you?" she asked in amusement.

"Why aren't you taking your dress?" Castle said though he was speaking absently while he was caressing her back still.

"I don't really need it, not once I put on some sunscreen," Beckett replied, biting her lower lip for a moment as she was enjoying her husband's touch.

"Should I take a shirt?" Castle asked.

"That's more your choice," Beckett said, though her voice was shaking a little since she was taking in what her husband was doing to her.

Castle didn't respond to that, instead leaning down to her shoulder, kissing from the end of it until he was at the strap of her bikini. He pulled back once he reached the fabric and played with it a little saying, "This is in the way."

"It is," Beckett said before reaching up to it. She pulled off the top of her bikini and set it on top of her sundress before her husband pulled her back against his chest. She gasped as he was lightly cupping her breasts before fondling them and she told him, "You're…"

"I know," Castle said, aware she was talking about his erection which was still there. He slid his hand underneath her bikini bottoms and said, "Did you…"

"No," Beckett said, turning around and facing him. She reached for his trunks, and she gently tugged on them before saying, "We can wait."

"We have to," Castle said seriously before they were wrapping their arms around each other and kissing frantically. They managed to get the rest of their clothes off and nearly stumbled to the bed in their haste to make it to the mattress. But once they were coupled together, they forgot about everything else until they were making love roughly. When they had been sated, he was panting heavily and taking a moment to recover before he said, "I love you, Kate."

"I love you too Rick," Beckett replied with a smile. "I wasn't planning on that."

"Then you didn't want it?" Castle asked teasingly. When she rolled her eyes, he leaned over and kissed her gently before they parted and said, "Do you still want to go?"

"I do," Beckett said, sighing while he pulled away from her body. "But how much of a mess did we make?"

Glancing back, Castle soon saw that everything was on the dresser before he said, "Huh… how'd we do that?"

Beckett sat up as her husband was moving out of her way and she said, "I think that was you."

Castle was going to respond to that, but he paused before he said, "Okay, maybe it was me," laughing when his wife shoved playfully at his shoulder. He took her hand and kissed at her fingertips lightly before he moved to give her a gentle kiss on the lips. "Let's go?" he pushed himself to ask.

"Please," Beckett said before they were climbing off the bed.

Getting dressed again, Castle was a little frustrated he was still fully aroused but worked with it the best he could. When he'd finished, he turned to his wife before he watched her grabbing their sunscreen. He helped her with her back and started putting it on himself before they were leaving the hut with a bag that had a blanket and their towels. "Why did you change your mind about the beach?" he couldn't help asking her while they were walking down the pier the other huts were off of.

Shrugging Beckett said, "I just want to stay around the hut." She wasn't sure if her husband was going to buy that, but he was nodding and she was relieved she didn't have to explain her reasoning. They soon walked down to the sand and to the lagoon down the beach from the huts. She was pleased to see it looked the same as before and helped her husband lay down the blanket before she sat, and he walked away while he was speaking quickly back to her.

"Don't move, I'll be right back," Castle said.

Beckett fought a smile at her husband's tone but didn't say anything as she watched him go into the water to swim to the other side. She glanced around herself while he was disappearing behind some trees and bushes and reached up to her top. Removing it, she slipped into the clear water before submerging to swim across a little and coming back up to her husband standing on the opposite edge.

"I didn't think you were going to do that," Castle said in surprise as he could see her bikini top was gone.

"Really?" Beckett asked with a smile. "I've done it before."

"True," Castle replied. "Thank you?"

Beckett laughed at her husband making that a question and she motioned to him before he shook his head, indicating the hibiscus flower he was holding. "It's beautiful," she told him.

"I'm going to walk back around," Castle said. "Put it on the blanket."

Nodding, Beckett swam back to the end they'd gotten into the water in before she stepped out and watched her husband setting the flower aside. "You went different this time," she told him teasingly.

"I did," Castle replied, as the hibiscus was a lighter blue shade with a deep red center. "I think someone planted this here," he told her.

"It's likely," Beckett said with a smile. "But is that you mentioning it or you want me to put my top back on?"

"Actually, I want you to take those off too," Castle said, nodding down.

"Pervert," Beckett said. She was about to turn back to the water before she was stopped by her husband squeezing at her hand. She glanced back at him with a smile, but that soon dropped off her face when she saw how serious he was. She slipped her hand from his grasp and then reached for her husband, wrapping them around his neck before they kissed. She moaned at the feel of her breasts against his bare chest but wasn't sure where exactly they were going to go after that kiss. She knew they'd been intending to swim, but she felt they could wait for that a little longer before her husband was slipping his hands under her bikini bottoms.

"Kate… right here?" Castle asked once they'd stopped, and he found he couldn't ignore his erection which felt like it was raging at that moment.

"Not on the sand," Beckett said with a smile before she went over to the blanket. She moved the hibiscus out of the way before she said, "Since we went to the trouble to set this out."

"Wait," Castle told her as he moved to help her with her bikini bottoms. He paused when she was reaching for his trunks and then said, "Should I say I'm surprised?"

"No," Beckett replied with a smile. She leaned up into him before they were kissing gently and then turning their attention to getting their clothes off. Once they'd finished, he watched her moving to lay on her back on the blanket and he was hurrying to follow her as fast as he could to her pleasure as it meant she could wrap her arms and legs around him tightly.

"How do you want this love?" Castle asked her after he'd kissed her passionately.

"I want you to decide," Beckett told her husband firmly.

Breathing out hard, Castle knew she was serious, and he kissed her again, sensuously that time. When he pulled away, he moved back his hips and felt her legs unwrap from his waist. He was a little startled but when he glanced back, he could just see her feet her on either side of his legs, flat on the blanket. That spurred him to hurry, and he was sliding within her, groaning her name since she was wet with arousal again. "You really want this?" he asked her.

Beckett could only nod at that moment while her husband was sliding through her still but shortly after he was pressed against her hips. "I decided something Rick," before he unintentionally cut her off by shifting slightly again abruptly, not surprised he was speaking shortly after.

"I'm not apologizing, that was all my body," Castle said.

Trying not to laugh, Beckett calmed herself down before she said, "Your body or your cock?"

Studying her, Castle leaned down and brushed his lips to hers asking, "Should I still move?"

"Please," Beckett begged him. She braced herself before her husband was thrusting a second later and she gasped since he was slow at first. When he was soon thrusting steadily, she wasn't surprised when he was going at a slightly faster pace than the first one he'd made. She took that and proceeded to move with him, loving the sensation of their bodies moving together, the breeze from the ocean playing across their skin. She was reaching down to him, touching the sides of their bodies and feeling with her fingertips their skin pressed together.

"Kate," Castle gasped out at her touch. He reached down to her and pulled her hand away, trying to be as gentle as he could before he said, "You're going to make me come."

"Just from that?" Beckett asked.

"Yes," Castle breathed. He leaned down to her, kissing her, before he was moving them around.

"You didn't need to do that," Beckett said after she had recovered from the change.

"I do, I've been crushing you repeatedly," Castle said. He groaned when his wife laughed softly and he held her tightly to him before he said, "Seriously."

"You haven't," Beckett told him firmly. She kissed him before she said, "But I'm not surprised you want a different position."

"Our book…" Castle started to say before she was gently pushing on his shoulders. He wasn't surprised, when he was leaning back on his hands, that she lightly caressed his chest and he groaned in pleasure before she was stilling her hands and proceeding to move. He wanted to hold onto her, but knew she was using his arms for a little more leverage, so he remained as he was. He could feel her sliding around him, slick with what he imagined was both his release before and her desire. Trying to hold onto his self-control, he wasn't sure if he'd be able to last that long and he told his wife before she was stopping.

"Then you might want to control things," Beckett said firmly. She watched her husband obviously debating that before she got off him.

"I wasn't ready to respond yet," Castle told her in a mock complaining tone of voice.

"That's why I took matters into my own hands," Beckett said, on her knees next to him. She cried out briefly when her husband was suddenly grabbing her and laying her on her back. She was laughing while she playfully tried to fight him, and they were rolling around the blanket together before she let her husband get on top of her again.

"We didn't crush the hibiscus, did we?" Castle asked when they'd caught their breath.

Shaking her head Beckett reached for it as her husband let her go, tucking it behind her left ear. She then said, "Are you finished?"

"For now," Castle said simply before they moved to work together so they could couple again. "Next time we do that on a bed," he said as they were breathing heavily at the same time in reaction to the sensation of their bodies together again.

"Unforgiving?" Beckett asked.

"Yes," Castle said, deciding they didn't need to really worry about wrestling on the blanket with the sand under them. With his wife's legs pressing against the sides of his, clutching at them, he proceeded to move, thrusting a little harder than he had been before. He was careful not to go that fast, wanting things to last for a little longer since he didn't want to stop feeling the sensation of her sex hugging around his member. Moving in her and then back, he felt her holding him tight before he slid back, the friction between them stronger and he knew they were close. He was relatively quiet as she was, their groans and gasps of pleasure the only thing around them. When he'd been doing that for some time, he was trying to last a little longer, but she was soon after digging her nails into his back before she was warning him almost breathlessly.

"I'm going… going to come," Beckett gasped while she tried to get back to her rhythm she'd had before. But the tenseness in her body was becoming too much and she needed to alert her husband that he needed to be close to joining her. She tried to speak again, but he was angling his hips down to her and as he slammed against her clit she broke completely. She found her voice then, crying out to him, "Please, I'm coming! Oh, love I need to feel you… coming with me… please!" Very shortly after that she could feel him orgasming with her, and she was nearly euphoric with the sensation because she was being doubly filled. She wasn't sure how exactly she wasn't reaching a second peak, but she was soon coming down and she held onto her husband tightly before he was giving her a last, deep thrust. She was gasping in response to the sensation of him being so rough and she made sure he was alright as he lay still against her.

"I'm… still think I'm crushing you love," Castle told his wife when he'd recovered enough to be able to speak.

"You're not," Beckett said with a smile. She turned and kissed the side of her husband's head telling him, "And that was incredible."

"Again?" Castle asked, raising his head so he could look down at her. When she nodded, he was smiling at her and leaning down to her to kiss her gently before he told her, "It was, I'm in full agreement."

Beckett laughed softly at the way her husband had said that and she then told him, "Good, but I do want to swim before lunch."

"Sure," Castle said though he leaned down and kissed her tenderly. He lingered in that for a while before he was slowly moving back and then said, "But I'm regretting it already."

"Rick," Beckett said simply. When he withdrew from her, she was disappointed herself, but didn't stop him before she sat up. "What time is it?" she asked him.

"Ten forty-three," Castle said after checking his watch.

"We have to go back soon," Beckett said.

"After eleven?" Castle asked.

"Not that much after," Beckett corrected him. She brushed her lips to his and then said, "But now we can swim."

"I'll follow you," Castle said, watching her taking the hibiscus from her ear after they'd redressed. He set it down by the bag so it wouldn't be blown away and got up with her so they could walk into the water. "You know," he started to say to her once they were in the middle of the lagoon. "I was almost going to bring our camera. Pervert?"

Beckett laughed softly and said, "A little, but you know it's better you didn't." She then went under the water and started swimming towards the other end of the pool. Resurfacing, she wasn't surprised when he was near her and asked, "Are you going to follow me?"

"Yes," Castle replied before she was leaning into him. He returned her kiss, and they were pressing their lips together hard against one another at the same time. When they parted, he said, "We need to go."

Nodding, since she knew he meant swimming, Beckett followed him back and they proceeded to make laps together. Eventually she stopped and said, "It's time, isn't it?" as he was looking at his watch before he was replying.

"Not yet," Castle said. He wasn't surprised when his wife was and then told her, "I don't think we were swimming for that long."

"We should go," Beckett then told him. She couldn't help laughing softly and told him, "I know, but I would like to talk to them before it gets too close to dinner for them."

"You're right," Castle said. "Though we're coming back tomorrow, right?" he asked.

"If you don't mind walking from the beach," Beckett said.

"You're serious about staying at the hut," Castle stated as he swam with her over to the shore.

"I am," Beckett said with a quick nod. She then smiled and leaned over at him saying, "But we're doing other things."

"Oh good," Castle commented after he'd kissed his wife lovingly. "I was worried we'd switched bodies." He laughed when she splashed him and he walked up the sand to their blanket, dressing at the same time she was before he said, "And then lunch?"

"Yes," Beckett said quickly. "But I'll ask that we eat outside on the deck."

"Where did you think… oh," Castle started to say before he realized what she'd meant. "Don't worry, I wasn't going to suggest on the bed. I'm letting you decide that."

"And I beg you please decide tomorrow," Beckett told him as they finished drying off. She smiled when he looked at her and she told him, "It won't be my birthday Rick because I know that's the reason you're giving."

"Then we decide together," Castle said, giving her the hibiscus.

"That's fine," Beckett replied, tucking it behind her ear. She smiled at him before they kissed and after they parted, she said, "Let's go."

"Yeah," Castle said quickly before they turned their attention to the blanket. Once it was back in the bag he and his wife headed back to the hut where they went around to the outside shower, rinsing off quickly before drying off again.

"What do you think they're doing right now?" Beckett asked her husband.

Smiling, since he knew what his wife was doing, Castle said, "If they're making dinner, they could be working on it right now."

"It's early," Beckett replied before she walked into the bedroom. She drew on her sundress and told him, "But I get the feeling Julia might end up cooking again. Or helping my dad," she added as it was a Wednesday.

"Either one," Castle said with a smile since their daughter had asked them to let her make dinner once a week for them. They'd allowed her to, helping her when she needed it, and she was becoming more accomplished as a chef. "But she's taking after her mother."

Glancing at her husband, Beckett smiled and then turned her attention to her phone where she was texting her father. She wasn't surprised when he was texting her back immediately and she told her husband, "They're ready. And according to Dad the girls have been waiting."

"They must have something good to tell us about school," Castle commented, walking to the living room with her before he was moving to set up the TV. Once it was ready, he went over to the couch to sit next to her before starting the connection, smiling with her when their middle daughters were waving wildly as soon as they could see them, before their entire family was beginning to speak.

"Happy Birthday to you," the family started to sing, and Beckett was smiling widely since Josie was laughing and crying out to her at the same time. When they finished singing to both herself and Josie before applauding she said, "Thank you guys. I appreciate that."

"How do you feel Mommy?" Eliza asked eagerly.

"Good, happy to see you all," Beckett said.

"And be with Daddy?" Eliza then said.

"That too," Beckett replied, smiling. "And my birthday has been going well though I have a lot more left of it."

"Did you go swimming?" Julia asked then.

"We did," Castle answered, pausing and smiling when the girls waved at him. "Not too much since we slept in today."

"And we needed to eat breakfast and get ready," Beckett added. "But we had fun."

"Why did you come to talk to us?" Eliza asked.

"Because it's getting later for you," Beckett said firmly. "And we have a lot more time to go swimming before we come home. And we'll do that as much as we can."

"And since we've told you all about our day," Castle said. "So far, we want to know all about yours."

"That's gonna take a long time," Julia said.

"It might, but we have a lot of it," Beckett said with a smile. She wasn't surprised when her father and Castle's mother started to talk about Josie's day. Or that it was the same as usual for the baby though she'd been allowed to walk around the grass in the backyard with the dogs around her. "That's fine," she said, knowing the two had been watching their granddaughter closely and had her well bundled up. "And thank you for taking her out."

"You're very welcome," Martha said. "Now I think it's your turn girls," she said to Eliza and Julia.

"You first," the latter said to her little sister.

Eliza nodded and talked about her day at school before she said, "And I had a lot of fun at lunch, playing with my friends. We jumped rope and didn't stop until the bell rang."

"Does that mean you didn't stop until then?" Castle couldn't help asking.

Laughing, Eliza shook her head and said, "I stopped, we took turns 'cause we only had one jump rope. But now it's your turn Jules."

Smiling, Julia turned to the screen of the TV and started to tell their parents all about what she had done that day in her classes. She then talked with Eliza about their dance class, though her sister was mainly commenting on how good she herself was doing since she and Peter were nearly in their second week of practicing their dances for the tribute concert.

"That's not a surprise," Castle said. "You're that good, both you and Peter since of course he's doing a great job too."

"Thanks Dad," Julia said with a smile. "We're doing our best. Are you ready Mom?"

"I will be," Beckett said reassuringly. "But you don't need to worry about that yet."

Julia nodded before she and Eliza were looking at Alexis and Louis who were laughing together shortly after. She wasn't surprised when Alexis couldn't tell them much about her day besides having a few appointments, though Louis did talk about training a few ponies as well as riding some horses down the trails. She then looked back to the TV and said, "We better go."

"Are you making dinner? You already did on Sunday," Beckett said.

Shaking her head, as she smiled at the same time, Julia explained, "I'm going to help Grandpapa and Louis, just help this time."

"Are you gonna go eat lunch?" Eliza asked.

"We will," Castle said. "But you need to eat dinner since you've got school tomorrow. So Happy Birthday Josie."

"Dada!" the baby cried eagerly.

"I love you sweetheart," Castle said. "You too girls."

"Love you Daddy!" "Love you Dad," Eliza, Julia and Alexis were saying.

"Dada!" Josie cried out.

"Thank you, Josie," Castle said after they'd all laughed at her eagerness. He turned to his wife then seeing she was about to speak before their three oldest daughters were suddenly doing so.

"We love you Mom." "Love you Mommy," Alexis and Julia and Eliza said.

"Thank you, girls, I love you too," Beckett said. She and her husband told them goodnight after promising to call them around the same time the next day before their family was telling her Happy Birthday again. When the connection closed, she smiled and said, "I was expecting that, but not them including Josie."

"I knew, the girls told me," Castle said, as he'd been singing with their family. "But they swore me to secrecy."

"Of course," Beckett said in amusement. She stood up with him and said, "I'll take care of lunch." She watched him hesitating and smiled before telling him, "I'll take care of lunch Rick."

Breathing out roughly, Castle nodded and said, "Okay, though I'm not going to budge on dinner."

"I had a feeling," Beckett said before they shared a gentle kiss. "Go out to the deck," she said once they'd parted.

"Now you're ordering me around?" Castle asked.

"Yes, I don't want you hanging around me," Beckett replied though she was smiling.

"What if I leaned against the side of the peninsula?" Castle asked while he followed her over to the kitchen.

"Fine, but stay there," Beckett replied firmly. She turned her attention to the fridge and grabbed what she needed to make sandwiches before she told her husband, "Though you didn't have to, I'm glad you took us to the bakery."

"I had to, I didn't think it'd be great with just fish, we'd get bored," Castle said.

"We're not here for that long," Beckett said. "But like I said, I'm glad you insisted we go." After getting everything ready, she started putting the sandwiches together before she looked at him saying, "Maybe I should have repeated my order."

"What, I'm watching you," Castle replied defensively though he was smiling.

"Yes, but you're staring," Beckett teased him.

"And if I actually left?" Castle asked her after studying her for a moment.

"Then we would need to discuss our marriage," Beckett said. She laughed when her husband took her hand and walked around the peninsula before they kissed. "Now I need you to actually go to the deck," she told him.

"And I'm going gladly," Castle said with a brief nod of his head. He couldn't help himself and kissed her again, making it brief before he got the chips they'd bought in Papeete onto the plates with the sandwiches. He took those plates out to the table on the deck and told his wife, "Are you good?"

"I've got it," Beckett replied, walking out with two glasses filled with fruit juice they'd gotten in the city as well.

"No wine?" Castle asked in surprise.

"Not this meal," Beckett said. She set the glasses down and was about to sit when her husband held out her chair for her. She smiled at him before sitting and saying, "Thank you, but you have to let me know Rick."

"Okay," Castle said when she had stopped there.

"After this we can't swim yet," Beckett replied.

"No, we have to put a little time between eating and swimming," Castle said in complete agreement since he knew what she was talking about already.

"And we have our book," Beckett said.

"You have first pick," Castle said hurriedly before his wife could speak.

Smiling at her husband, Beckett squeezed his hand tenderly before she said, "Alright, but after that we'll choose together." She laughed briefly when he nodded rapidly and leaned over, sharing a brief kiss with him before they began to eat. They'd moved their chairs to face the ocean, and she watched the water with him before they started to talk about their next vacation. "I can tell you're eager," she told him when they had stopped. She was a little startled when her husband used the excuse of wiping his mouth with his napkin to get out of speaking before she said, "What is it?"

"To be honest I wanted to take you to Hawaii, all the islands we can go to," Castle said. "To make better memories with you. Sappy?"

"A little, but I understand Rick," Beckett said, taking his hand and squeezing it tightly. "And I hope we actually will." She smiled when her husband nodded rapidly, and she pulled him to her before they were gently kissing. When they parted shortly after she told her husband, "But for now, I'm glad we're here though I think you knew that already." She watched her husband looking away and pursing his lips, laughing after a moment and urging him to speak before he was doing so while he raised her hand to kiss the back before he did.

"I kind of did," Castle said. "But I'll be happy to swim later."

Beckett tugged her husband's hand so they could lean into each other and gently kiss. When they parted, she said, "Before that…"

"Before that?" Castle asked.

Smiling, Beckett said, "I did see what you have in the kitchen."

"Of course you did," Castle said simply. When she looked at him pointedly, he said, "Did you want to have some?"

"I would like to," Beckett said simply.

"Then we will," Castle said. He couldn't help laughing as his wife rolled her eyes before he said, "Though I'm a little surprised."

"You're the one who bought the box," Beckett said with a smile as he'd gotten a small box of truffles at the bakery.

"Yes, but to be honest I thought they'd be dessert in a couple days," Castle said. "Or tomorrow, who knew."

Beckett laughed and then said, "Finish your lunch, Rick."

Castle leaned over and kissed his wife's cheek before they returned to their food which didn't take long. He stopped her from getting her plate and took it with his to the kitchen, intending to head back for their glasses when he turned to find she was walking inside. "Kate-" he was about to say.

"It's not that difficult to walk Rick," Beckett said simply.

"Are you sure?" Castle asked her.

Startled, Beckett looked at her husband before she realized what he meant, and she smiled while putting the glasses on the counter. "I'm fine, if I need a bath or to take a break I'll tell you," she said.

"Of course, but just a break can't be e-" Castle started to say.

"It is," Beckett said. "Because it gives me a chance to recover."

"Okay," Castle said as he knew she was right. "Then let's start."

Beckett laughed when her husband raced to her; though she wasn't that far away from him; and gathered her in his arms. She was stopping shortly after as he was kissing her, and she responded quickly before they had to stop to catch their breath. "We should," she told him when she could speak without panting too hard. She wasn't surprised when her husband was about to take her over to the bedroom when she stopped him. "The chocolates Rick," she told him when he opened his mouth to speak.

"Right," Castle said, going to the counter. He picked up the box and when he turned back to his wife, he discovered she was gone. Hurrying to the bedroom he said, "How did you do that so fast?"

Looking back at him and smiling Beckett said, "It helps you had to go around the peninsula."

"You planned that," Castle said, since his wife had set the glasses on the opposite side.

"Slightly," Beckett said before she watched her husband toss aside the box before he grabbed her. She reached for him before he could to her, and they were kissing passionately. She felt suddenly stifling in her sundress and tried her best to reach for the tie holding it together though she was clutching at her husband at the same time.

"Here," Castle said, reaching for her dress. Together they managed to loosen the bow she'd made before they were unbuttoning his shirt together quickly. "You're a goddess love," he told her seriously while they were getting it off him.

"Hmm, you're a Sheik," Beckett replied before she was getting out of her sundress. He helped her setting aside her bikini before she helped him with his trunks, watching his erection as it moved as soon as it was unconstrained to rest on his stomach. "Come here," she said before she went to the bed, holding him by the hand.

"You didn't really need to call me," Castle said. He smiled when she gave him a look and he reached down to cup his hand over her ass while she was picking up the box of truffles.

When he took it from her Beckett watched him set aside the box and she climbed onto the bed before her husband joined her. She met him with a kiss, and they were hungrily dueling with their tongues, rubbing around each other for a while before they parted. "Still want to use them?" she asked him. At his nod, she was going to reach for the truffles to get one before he was stopping her quickly and speaking at the same time.

"Would you want to get your position first?" Castle asked her.

Beckett hesitated for a moment before she thought that over and said, "Maybe we should."

"You Kate," Castle said.

Smiling at her husband since he had said that so firmly, Beckett watched him go to the drawer in his nightstand where he'd placed their copy of the Kama Sutra. Taking the tome from him she began to flip through the pages saying idly, "That's a mood killer."

"Not for you," Castle said quickly. He smiled when his wife looked up at him and said, "With what you're looking at."

"I got that," Beckett replied. She turned her attention back to the book, flipping through it again until she paused.

"You have one?" Castle asked quickly. He wasn't surprised when she immediately handed the book to him, and he studied the position. The goddess was on her stomach but raised on her arms, Shiva on top of her from behind. "Are you sure?" he asked.

"I know, but you see the transition," Beckett said as that position ghosted the characters moving to Parvati on her knees on the other side of the two pages.

"I do, and it makes sense," Castle replied, since the goddess was also pleasuring herself with her hand. "But if you pass out?"

"Then I pass out," Beckett said firmly. She wasn't surprised when her husband leaned into her and kissed her roughly. She took that kiss, reaching up and cupping his cheek with her hand before she pulled back and said, "The chocolates?"

Castle hesitated, as he'd been ready to toss the book on top of the box so they could start, before he said, "Then we'll take a break."

"A break?" Beckett said in amusement.

"Yes," Castle said, reaching for one of the liquid filled truffles. He handed it to her while he set the book aside saying, "What would you like to do with it?"

Looking at the chocolate in her hand, Beckett said, "I think this is yours," giving it back to him.