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: The lyrics in this chapter are from the song Nothing Can Change This Love by Sam Cooke, from his album Mr. Soul.

A/N #2: I was glad getting what I did for the last chapter, so I'll go ahead into my thank yous for that! TORONTOSUN (It was great to see you liked how the last chapter was about Castle and Beckett. And of course, I was very happy you thought it was very good writing!) and

Mb (I wasn't surprised right out of the bat you said Castle and Beckett were making up for the torture they put themselves through waiting for that trip. And I'm glad you noted that being where they were it was easy for them to have romance, relaxation and being alone, where they were definitely helped achieved that! I'm so glad to see that when they're together you can see it's not just sex but making love as you said since it's what I always aim for and what I see for them. And I'm with you, lol, a getaway like that with a loved one would be awesome, lol, I think that's why I write it the way I do. I'm pleased you enjoy them wanting to connect with their family even when they're away alone like that, I do see them needing that still. You're welcome for the first half of the chapter! So nice to read you thought the second half was a wow update again. I had to laugh at you saying you were jealous of fictional characters, but I understand what you mean. I'm not surprised either at you saying Castle and Beckett being hot, sexy and loving are just them being themselves, I completely agree. I'm glad you had good memories of chocolate and strawberries with them using the chocolates they did! No surprise you mentioned Castle and Beckett definitely know how the celebrate vacations, birthdays and anniversaries, lol, I figured Castle would make sure they did them right. You're welcome for the second half of the chapter!).

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

A/N #3: The title of this chapter is the title of a song by Paul McCartney, from his album Egypt Station.

Hand In Hand

Turning her head to look over her shoulder at her husband, Beckett smiled and said, "Are you going to start that at all?"

"I'm debating if I should," Castle told his wife honestly before he was kissing a trail up her back to the side of her shoulder.

"We decided to finish the box," Beckett said, moving to lay on her back. She reached up to her husband and lightly brushed her fingertips against his lower lip before she said, "Or should we wait for after breakfast?"

"Maybe start now," Castle said after thinking about that for a moment. He then grabbed one of the two remaining truffles before he bit at it and let her dip her finger into it as he'd asked her to before they'd started. When she brushed it against his lower lip again, he was quick to lightly capture it in his mouth, sucking on it.

Beckett didn't say a word as her husband was taking his time before he let her go and she said, "What flavor?"

"Something citrusy," Castle replied. "Which way?"

Beckett couldn't help laughing and she said, "That's more your decision."

"Not really, I want you to have a say," Castle said. "Sorry, your front," he started to say as she was looking at him pointedly. "There's more there."

"Pervert," Beckett said in amusement, cupping his cheek with her hand. She looked on then while he proceeded to dip his index finger into the liquid, moaning softly when her husband lightly smoothed it over onto her left nipple. "Rick…" she breathed as he lowered his head to lick it off. She was moaning again while he lapped lightly at her skin once the liquid was gone, and she had to stop him. "You're going to make me come before we even start," she said when he looked up at her.

"Would that be so bad?" Castle said jokingly. He moved to kiss her gently on the lips before he went back to smear her other breast and start licking at it hungrily. After he'd moved over her mounds for a while, he forced himself to stop before he said, "Do you want me to keep going?"

Beckett smiled and then brought her husband up to her before they were kissing tenderly and after they'd parted she said, "If you remember to use the chocolate." She smiled at the way her husband nodded rapidly and she told him, "Pervert."

"At your service," Castle replied before he was kissing her lightly. He moved to her neck, kissing it lovingly before he said, "Were you thinking of making love?"

"Tell me what you thought of Rick," Beckett said in response as she was lightly running her fingers along his lips.

"We lick these off of each other and pleasure one another at the same time," Castle replied.

"You've started," Beckett told him seriously. "You should finish."

"I should," Castle echoed before he kissed his wife sensuously. He lingered a little, until he slowly pulled away from her and then proceeded back to her neck, sucking at it in between his kisses to her skin. When he moved further down, he fixed her aquamarine pendant before kissing around the hollow of her throat. He moved further, heading to her breasts before he was about to repeat the same action there when she stopped him, and he glanced up at her before she started to speak.

"You're not going to drag this out, are you?" Beckett said, running her fingers lightly through his hair. She was surprised when all he did was shake his head before she was pushing him up to her so they could kiss lightly. When he pulled away, she watched him bowing his head and kissing down to her scar. She was holding herself tense as he was lightly brushing his lips to the imperfection on her skin before he proceeded a little lower, her skin almost burning along with the pleasure that was spreading itself quickly through her entire body.

Feeling the way his wife was moving, Castle pulled back and gently pressed the edge of the open truffle against her skin, just below her breasts. Since she was slightly inclined on the pillows they'd left at the top of the bed he was watching the liquid sliding down her skin before he was hurrying to bend his head to meet it before it could go past her stomach. He trailed his tongue up her skin slowly, hearing her cries of pleasure at the sensation of him doing that and he continued until he moved back to her breasts.

Her hand cupping the back of her husband's head, Beckett was gently running her nails over his scalp as he moved around her mounds, kissing gently at them. "You're lying to me," she teased him when he glanced up at her.

Moving up to her, Castle kissed his wife gently while he tried to set the chocolate shell still in his hand on her nightstand. He wasn't sure how exactly he'd managed to do it, but he finally had it down and he reached up to lightly fondle her breasts. When he pulled away eventually, he said, "So you want me to stop?"

"No," Beckett said, pulling her husband to her again. That time they were kissing more intently, and she coaxed his tongue into her mouth before they were tangling together. After they were apart again, she gently caressed his cheek and told him, "But we have a lot to do today you know."

"Yes," Castle replied, kissing her chest lightly. "After we do this-"

"We eat breakfast," Beckett interrupted him.

"And then we wait," Castle said slowly.

"We'll figure it out then, don't worry," Beckett assured him. She took his kiss, not surprised that one was a lot quicker when he was soon after sliding down to her breasts. She relished the feel of his mouth greedily taking her nipple in his mouth and suckling it, holding him tightly to her as he shook his head slowly from time to time before he switched to her other. With him repeating the same actions there, she was trying her best to move around though her husband was pressing his hips to hers. After a while she realized she wasn't just feeling sucking from him, but his grunting. She stopped moving the best she could and told him, "We should hurry, we have one more chocolate remember."

"Right," Castle said, a little startled to recall it. He pushed himself up and then said, "I forgot about it."

"Don't worry," Beckett replied, stopping him. She brushed her lips to his and got out from under him as he'd moved away from her. Going to his nightstand, she grabbed the last truffle and gasped when her husband firmly slapped her ass. "Rick," she said, looking over her shoulder at him.

"Yes?" Castle asked. He smiled when his wife gave him a look before she got up and then went to him. With her throwing her free arm around his neck he was holding onto her tightly and then kissing her back as she crushed her lips against his. He dueled with her tongue but didn't let that last for very long before he was slowly pulling away. "You can start," he told her, nuzzling her lips with his own.

"Thank you," Beckett said with a smile before they kissed again. After they had stopped, she said, "I'm wondering what this is going to be exactly."

Castle was going to urge her to taste it when she bit into it, and he was hurrying to dip his index finger into it while she was watching him. As he raised his digit to her, he watched her bend her head slightly to take it. He tried not to react to her tongue laving his skin, but it was next to impossible, and he was relieved when she pulled away shortly after. "Well," he started to say before he had to pause and clear his throat. "What flavor is it?"

"Papaya," Beckett replied with a smile, catching his arousal in the tone of his voice. When he nodded, she lightly brushed her lips against his before she waited for him to take the position she had been in, laying down but slightly sitting up.

Watching his wife staring at him, considering him, Castle was a little unsure of what was going through her mind. Just when he was about to ask her what she was going to do, she was upending the chocolate as she spoke at the same time.

"Hopefully you won't mind if I go a little faster than you do," Beckett told him.

"Not really," Castle said, having to force the words out since he was heavily aroused at the way she stared at him.

"Good," Beckett said simply, moving to toss the empty shell on her nightstand. Going back to him, she leaned down and lightly kissed around his chest where there wasn't any of the liquid. She smiled when her husband was groaning and she finally decided to take pity on him, lapping at the papaya flavor though she was detouring to his nipples. She licked at them first once she'd reached them, sucking a little and then going back to cleaning him off. She wasn't sure how long it took but the second she was finished her husband was pulling her off him and kissing her hard while he held her tightly to him. She didn't mind, going along with it as he was caressing the small of her back before grasping her ass tightly. Pulling back from him after they'd shared several kisses, she asked him seriously, "Do you just want to fuck?"

"Not yet," Castle said. He was relieved when she nodded in response, and they were kissing again. He carefully pushed her onto her side before he ran his hand down it, relishing in the feel of the curves of her body before he was moving back. "We need to start," he breathed to her.

"We do," Beckett said seriously, not surprised her husband's voice was strained. They shared another kiss, but that one far shorter, and she let him go before he was moving to turn around. "I don't know why you don't let me do that," she told him with a smile.

"It's better," Castle said simply. Before his wife could respond to that, he was raising her leg and leaning into her sex. He pressed a kiss to her clit, groaning at the same time while she was taking his erection from his stomach. He moved back to quickly breathe in reaction to her touch, returning swiftly to her sex before he surrounded her swollen nub with his mouth. Doing his best to suck at her, he had to fight with himself as his wife had lowered her head onto his erection. He couldn't stop groaning, and he felt her cries of pleasure and he wasn't sure how long they would be able to stimulate one another.

Beckett did her best to ignore her pleasure when her husband moved to her entrance, his tongue slipping into her folds, but it was growing more and more difficult. She finally pulled away and gasped out to him, "Rick… I'm… so close already."

"I know," Castle said. "I'll make you come first," he added. "Just… stay like this."

Not surprised he didn't want to waste time with turning back around, Beckett nodded, and they went back to using only their mouths to pleasuring each other. She wasn't sure how they both decided to do that without saying a word, but it was a desperate thought for a distraction. She didn't want to climax yet, enjoying moving her mouth up and down her husband's length. But she couldn't fight her body for very long and she sped up before going to the very tip of him, sucking at it and licking it before her body arched back. "Oh! Rick I'm coming! I need… I…" she was able to say before her cries were replacing her words. She did her best to not move too far away from Castle while her body was writhing in its ecstasy, but she was helpless and only hoped she wasn't hitting him unintentionally.

Holding his wife the best he could, Castle didn't move away though her knee pressed a little hard against his ear. It didn't hurt but he could feel the pressure before he was slowing down when she was. As she finally grew still, he stayed a little longer before he was freezing when she was lowering her mouth around him again. "Kate," he breathed out. It wasn't said to stop her, put in pleasure because it was an amazing feeling after only pressing against the skin of his stomach during her orgasm. He was startled she focused on the tip of him, though he was becoming very pleased as she was slowly lowering her head again. While she pulled back and sped up gradually, he couldn't help letting out a hiss and telling her, "I'm… Kate I'm going to come," before he did so very shortly after. He held her leg to the side of his head, mouth to the side of her knee to stop himself from thrusting into her mouth. He was so focused on that and the way she was making his body feel like it was on fire, that when he slowed down he was gasping for air and managing to say her name at the same time.

Since she was the one able to move, Beckett moved after she'd slowly bobbed her head on her husband again. Pulling back on it she lightly pressed a kiss to the tip of his length and gently pushed him away from her. "You're done?" she asked with a smile, watching her husband flop onto his back while he was breathing roughly a little still. When he nodded in response, she thought he would remain silent but was a little startled after he started to speak a second later.

"I don't really want to move," Castle said.

"Should I?" Beckett asked, pushing herself up.

Shaking his head, Castle started to move, but while he was doing that he was groaning loudly and exaggeratedly, laughing when his wife slapped at his ass once he was laying on his stomach next to her. "What? That took a lot of effort," he said jokingly. He moved to lay on his back and pulled her to him before they were kissing hungrily immediately. When they slowly parted, he said, "Why don't we do that more often?"

Putting her arms down on the bed, Beckett was laying on her stomach saying, "You do remember me mentioning something about fucking right?"

"A quickie?" Castle said while he pulled her to him so he could hold her better.

"Maybe work up to it," Beckett said.

"I can do that," Castle said hurriedly.

Smiling, Beckett pulled her husband down to her before they were kissing one another deeply. They didn't linger and as they were looking at one another again she said, "What would you like to do now?"

"You said breakfast," Castle told her in obvious surprise.

"What if we did something now?" Beckett asked. She wasn't surprised when her husband was pulling her to him, and they were kissing passionately. They rolled a little on the bed, so she was on her back, and she was quick to wrap her legs around him tightly. She moaned as her husband was thrusting against her sex and moving along with him, she felt her stomach and his becoming sticky with what was leaving his member already. "Wait," she gasped out after she broke away from their kiss with a heavy gasp. She was reaching for his erection, lightly rubbing the very tip of her index finger along him to gather the fluid. She licked at it, being as obvious as she could before she looked at her husband.

"Goddess," Castle breathed to her huskily. He leaned into his wife's hand when she was cupping his cheek and kissed at the palm before he turned his attention to grasping himself.

Stopping her husband as swiftly as she could, Beckett brought him down to her before murmuring into his ear. When she related to him what she wanted that bout, she said while he was staring at her once he'd pulled back, "It's not that difficult, and this'll be fast."

"You're misunderstanding me," Castle said seriously. "I want to do that. But you won't be able to move that much."

"I'm aware, and it's what I want," Beckett said.

"It's arousing," Castle stated instead of answering.

"Very," Beckett breathed softly. She brought her husband down to her and they were kissing sensuously before he was grabbing her legs, putting them over his arms. Holding them out he told her seriously, "You have to take care of this."

"I will," Beckett said easily. She gently took his erection off his stomach, drawing it to her entrance. She did her best to shift where she needed to, but her husband was the one moving before she felt the tip of him sink in her. "Oh…" she breathed.

"You can feel that?" Castle asked.

Beckett breathed out in a quasi-laugh before she said, "You've seen yourself. Please stop talking."

Nodding, since he knew she didn't mean that literally, Castle sank the rest of the way inside her sex, groaning while she was crying out. He was watching her as he was doing that, her entrance widening with him coupling with her until they were pressed against each other and couldn't see more than their groins meeting. "Are you okay Kate?" he asked, not surprised she looked startled at that question though she was replying to him shortly after.

"I've taken you just like this for how many years now?" Beckett replied.

"Then I should start?" Castle asked.

"Please," Beckett moaned at the same time she flexed her muscles around her husband a little roughly and he was groaning in response. As her husband was thrusting in her immediately after that, she was crying out, taking in the sensation of him going slowly. She knew he would be speeding up and she clutched at his arms, promising herself she would kiss her husband as deeply as she could before they were moving together since she ached to feel more friction than Castle was already giving her. She was feeling her pleasure rising already and she couldn't stop, telling her husband not to either as they lost themselves in joined, throbbing bodies. How long they were moving, how many times her husband was letting off a slight smack of their bodies meeting she didn't know. She was only aware of what felt like her whole being was exploding and she nearly broke his skin when her nails dug into his arms. Feeling her husband joining her, she had no idea how it happened, but he was able to push her to a second orgasm. She was trying to speak but could only cry out as he rammed inside her, making her entire body and the bed move. She was relieved to find he was climaxing again but was nearly pushed to a third because she could easily fill his release inside her and it was a steady heat more intense than their friction.

Thrusting as hard as he could a final time, Castle gasped out his wife's name before he had to bury his face into her neck. He could feel his throbbing length against her throbbing sex, and he wondered if it was possible for them to reach another peak just with the sensations between them. But he was calming down and soon pulled away, raising his head and saying, "I'm glad you insisted."

Smiling, Beckett gently pushed on the back of her husband's neck before he leaned over to her. They kissed lightly at first before they were deepening it shortly after they'd started and were clutching at each other when they did. When they finally stopped after several of them, she said, "Are we going to end up making love all day today?"

"No, I want to go out into the water with you," Castle said. He brushed his lips to her before he said, "Though we can talk about when that is."

"Maybe after breakfast," Beckett told him with a smile after his stomach began to growl. "Don't worry," she told him. "You've been working hard."

"You should too," Castle said after he'd carefully withdrawn from her body.

"I can't, I work hard you're slipping out of my pussy," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when her husband was pausing in moving to the side of the bed and told him, "How else did you want me to describe that?"

"True, I wouldn't want you to censor yourself," Castle said.

Going over to him and kissing his cheek lovingly, Beckett said, "Don't do that either."

"I won't," Castle replied before they were kissing each other intently. When they parted, he said, "Let's go eat." After his wife nodded, he climbed off the bed before reaching back to her to help her. As soon as she was standing with him, he kissed her lovingly, holding her close. They lingered for a while before finally parting and moving to dress so they could get to their meal.

"Are you ready?" Castle asked, hanging on the end of the floating deck while he watched his wife.

"I'm coming," Beckett said with a smile. "But we really don't have that much time."

"And we're only swimming," Castle said in response. "I just want to do that for a little."

"You don't necessarily need me there," Beckett said. She laughed for a moment when her husband nodded, and she cupped his cheek before moving to slip under the water. It was later in the afternoon; she and Castle having made love together after their breakfast of fruit. They'd been about to dress to head into the ocean, but she had stopped them by touching her husband since he'd only worn his trunks to eat. They had managed to climax twice again, and she was still feeling him though she pushed that thought aide when she resurfaced since they were going to be calling their family shortly.

"Are we just swimming around?" Castle asked his wife.

"I think so," Beckett said before she went under the water. She wasn't surprised to find her husband next to her and when they were up, she was splashing at him before he responded. She cried out when he jumped at her, and they were playing and swimming together until he was stopping her.

"I hear my alarm," Castle said.

"Don't sound so disappointed," Beckett told him with a smile as they were treading the water. "We'll come back out, I wanted to paddleboard you know."

"I do, and I can't wait," Castle said. He was going to mention something he'd thought of, but his wife was swimming back and he hurried to follow her before she was talking to him while he hauled himself up.

"We'll have to hurry," Beckett said. "Since I'm going to insist we wear clothes."

"I thought you would," Castle said. "And I'm fine with that. But could I request something?"

"Okay," Beckett said, thinking he was going to tell her to wear her sundress from the night before. She was planning on telling him no when he was speaking again.

"Do you think we'd have the chance to try something?" Castle asked.

"Are you continuing that or is that your only question?" Beckett quickly told him.

"We could try making love on the board," Castle said.

"No," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when her husband pretended to look disappointed and told him, "I know, but I'm seeing us rocking and falling right off."

"Right into a shark," Castle commented.

Beckett laughed and hugged her husband as they were on the steps to the main deck and she said, "I'm glad you thought of that and not me."

"I had to," Castle replied seriously. He then shared a kiss with her before they were heading up to the outdoor shower where they were rinsing off together. He handed her her towel and said, "Kate."

"Yes?" Beckett replied.

"I was kind of serious," Castle said.

Smiling at him, Beckett replied, "I know love. If we could technically do it I might try it out. But I'd be worried about someone coming by and seeing us." She studied her husband and asked, "Are you thinking of the lagoon?"

"I am," Castle admitted. "But I like staying close here to the hut… the bed."

"At least you're honest," Beckett said with a smile while she reached over to him and cupped his cheek gently.

"I try to be," Castle said, leaning down and kissing her.

After they parted, Beckett walked inside the bedroom and got her sundress she could tie closed, getting it set quickly as she watched her husband pulling on his shirt. "Do you think they'll comment we're wearing the same thing as yesterday?" she asked with a smile.

"I doubt it," Castle said, going to put on his glasses. "They'll hear we were swimming," he told her. "And hopefully accept that."

Beckett was laughing when she got her phone, texting her father to make sure they were ready to talk. "Okay, we can go," she said once he quickly answered her back. She followed her husband out into the living room and let him turn on the connection before their middle daughters were greeting them first.

"Hi Mom, Dad," Julia said.

"Hey Mommy, Daddy!" Eliza exclaimed at the same time.

"Hey girls," Castle said. "Everyone," he added, smiling around at the others.

When they greeted her and Castle, Beckett said the same and then told them, "I'm guessing you want us to tell you what we did the rest of yesterday first?"

Seeing the girls were nodding at the same time, Castle smiled and said, "Actually we want to hear about yours first."

"There isn't that much," Julia said. "We made dinner, ate it, played some UNO and then went to bed."

"Alright," Beckett said, smiling widely as Eliza was nodding her head firmly in agreement with her sister. "After we finished talking to you, we went out snorkeling."

"What'd you see?" Julia asked.

"We saw fish from Finding Nemo, a blue starfish," Castle began. "And the most fun thing ever, a grey shark."

Hearing Eliza let out a short cry, Beckett said quickly, "We swam back to our hut as soon as we saw it."

"Oh," the little girl breathed, lowering her hands from her mouth. "Was it pretty?"

Castle smiled at his wife when she was leaning against him and laughing at their daughter's question, which led him to answer, "It was, the way the sun was shining on it the little we saw of it."

"You didn't see a Lemon Shark?" Alexis asked her father.

"No, no luck this time," Castle replied. "After we did a little more snorkeling once the coast was clear, we got out and got ready for dinner. I made some fish and veggies for your mom, and we ate right against the water."

"It was a good dinner," Beckett said in slight amusement since their daughters were turning to her. "After your dad picked up everything and then brought out my cake, a tiny little cake just for us two that I picked out in Papeete."

"That was good too?" Eliza asked. When both her parents nodded, she smiled and then asked, "What'd you wish for?"

"I can't say sweetie," Beckett told her with a smile. "Or else it won't come true. But yes, your daddy made sure I had candles."

"And after the cake I gave her my gifts," Castle said.

"What'd you think?" Alexis asked.

"Do you all know what he got for me?" Beckett asked.

"He told us about the tote bag," Jim told his daughter.

"Did you like that?" Julia said.

"Of course, I can use that for… many things," Beckett said. "But that's all?"

"He told us about the other present Mommy," Eliza said.

"I showed it to them," Castle told his wife. "Since I wanted Alexis to object if she wanted to."

"I wasn't going to," Alexis replied firmly. She then looked at her mother and asked, "What did you think?"

"It was perfect," Beckett said. "I told you I needed something with you included with your sisters."

"How come you're not wearing it now Mommy?" Eliza asked.

"We were just swimming," Castle answered before his wife could reply. "And I didn't want your mom to end up giving it to the fish."

Since Eliza was giggling, Julia said, "Were you going to wear it when you're home?"

"That's an everyday bracelet," Beckett said. "Since the shamrock isn't too big." She was surprised when Eliza; having stopped laughing at that; frowned and she asked, "What's wrong?"

"What about Daddy?" the little girl asked.

"That's the necklace," Julia told her little sister quickly.

"She's right," Beckett said as her husband was smiling at her. "So don't worry."

"Okay," Eliza said. "What next?"

"Next is you guys," Castle said. "Your days."

"I think we should go first," Louis said to his wife.

"True," Alexis replied with a nod. "I had appointments and paperwork and that was it that I can really tell you."

"I did the same as yesterday," Louis commented. "So there isn't much detail in that. Especially since you all know what I do exactly," he ended with.

"It was the same with Josie," Martha said. "She had her usual schedule though today we were talking to her about her alphabet blocks."

"Thank you for that," Beckett told her mother-in-law. "She's doing well?"

"She is," Jim assured his daughter. "Though I'm sure she does miss you."

"Mama," Josie said then. "Mama more."

"More what sweetie?" Beckett asked with a smile.

"Kiss?" Josie said.

"Okay, who taught her that?" Castle said in mock annoyance while their family was laughing. He smiled seeing Julia and Eliza were looking away from them and said, "How long have you been teaching her?"

"Just yesterday and a little today before school," Eliza said first.

"And she liked this word," Julia said. "But we seriously didn't tell her to tell you now, that was supposed to be once you got home."

"We don't mind," Beckett said. "And we'll kiss you once we get home sweetie."

"Go," Josie giggled before she reached out to the TV screen.

"We'll be home soon," Castle told her.

"Dada soon," Josie said.

"Now," Castle said after he'd nodded rapidly to the baby and made her laugh. "We have two more days to hear about; school this time."

As Eliza was telling them about her day at school, Beckett leaned against her husband watching their three youngest. She wasn't surprised when Josie was soon wriggling when her big sisters finished talking about dance class before she said, "You better put her down Julia."

"Sure," the girl replied, watching the baby walking up to the TV.

"What about your day so far?" Eliza asked.

"We got up and had breakfast," Castle said, waving to Josie before the baby was laughing. "And then headed to the water where we swam until we came here to talk to you."

"We're probably going to paddleboard after this," Beckett added. "And stay in the water."

"Have fun!" Eliza said eagerly.

After they were saying goodbye to their family, Castle watched as Beckett soon closed the connection and said, "I'm glad they didn't mind you weren't wearing the necklace now."

"Luckily we're almost surrounded by the ocean," Beckett said, standing up as he was getting the TV off.

"Is that a hint to me we're going out right now?" Castle asked, going over to her.

"Yes," Beckett said, cupping his face with her hands and pulling him down to her. She was pleased when he was moving rapidly to respond to her, and they kissed tenderly though they lingered. When they stopped, she said, "Are you okay going?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Castle assured her. "Now if we were eating each other's faces off, ramming tongues into each other's throats we'd have a big problem."

"Beautiful imagery," Beckett said, wrinkling her nose.

"I'm a writer," Castle said. He laughed when his wife lightly tugged his ear and then said, "Humor is good."

"It is," Beckett replied before they were hurrying to the bedroom. She took off her dress as her husband removed his shirt and she walked with him to get the boards. She was first, at his insistence and she called back to him while he waited on the main deck, "You're just waiting for me to fall in."

"No, I'm getting you in the water before you can see me falling in," Castle told her hurriedly. He smiled when she gave him a look before he said, "It's a little embarrassing after what we were doing this morning."

Shaking her head, Beckett turned her attention to the board, getting on it on her knees and paddling with her arms before she could use the paddle. When she was out of the way enough, she turned back to the hut to find her husband was getting on his board. "Hey Rick?"

"Yeah," Castle said quickly after he'd gotten on the board.

"We can make dinner together," Beckett told him.

"I thought you were going to ask me that," Castle said in amusement. "And I can't wait."

"Good," Beckett said, splashing at him. She let out a laugh when he started to return that with his oar, and they did that before they were falling into the water at nearly the same time. Resurfacing first she said, "Now you see why we can't make love on these."

"That and other people use them," Castle commented. He laughed when his wife splashed at him and he said, "Again, if things were steady and they were our boards we'd be at it."

"What's with your wording today, Rick?" Beckett asked him teasingly.

"I'm distracted," Castle said immediately.

"By what?" Beckett said in amusement.

"You, you're fucking gorgeous Kate," Castle said seriously.

Biting at her lower lip, Beckett said gently, "Thank you. We should keep going though."

Castle nodded in agreement and then moved to get back on his board while his wife was doing the same onto hers. They stood after and then proceeded to paddle out into the ocean, though they didn't go too far before turning around to go back to the hut. When they were near it, he asked, "Do you want to go along the coast?"

"Not that far," Beckett said.

"My wording?" Castle asked in surprise.

"No," Beckett said. "It just made it sound like you wanted to go way down."

"Then it was my wording," Castle replied.

Sighing Beckett said, "What do you want," pretending to sound frustrated.

"A kiss," Castle said as they were heading south from the hut.

"And?" Beckett asked immediately.

"A hug?" Castle said.

"And?" Beckett replied.

"You don't want to know," Castle said.

"Pervert," Beckett said with a smile. They continued together for a little before they agreed to stop, having gone down for a while, and turned around. When they were near the hut again, she said, "We're stopping?"

"We are… wait, why am I deciding that?" Castle asked.

"Because it's usually me," Beckett replied. She sat on her knees on the board then and said, "It's beautiful."

"It is," Castle said with a nod, sitting and looking out on the water. He looked at her and told her, "I wanted to go snorkeling again."

"Me too," Beckett said. She smiled when her husband nodded and she slipped into the water, swimming to the steps and taking her board and oar to put it back where they were stored on the deck. Once they were both there, she got her snorkeling items before sitting on the small floating deck, watching her husband before he sat next to her.

"What's wrong?" Castle asked, looking at her. He was a little taken aback when she was wrapping her arm around his neck and then kissing him deeply. When they were parting, he murmured, "Seriously love."

"We don't need to do this for long," Beckett said. When her husband kissed her, she was quick to respond and when they stopped, she told her husband, "I love you, Rick."

"I love you too Kate," Castle said, leaning into her to kiss her again. When they stopped, he said, "Mind if I take us out?"

"No," Beckett said. "I wonder if you're going to do something right now," she stated while they got their flippers on together. She glanced at her husband when he didn't say anything at first, thinking she was going to have to goad him when he was replying.

"I'm not going to," Castle said. "Wait, did you mean sexually or anything?"

"Anything involves sexually," Beckett said with a smile. "But no, not that." She leaned over and kissed him lovingly on the lips before she pulled away and said, "We're just going to swim?"

"For now," Castle said.

Beckett smiled to herself, since she had a feeling her husband might be considering demanding something from her, and she put her diving mask on quickly. She pushed off the edge of the dock before her husband followed her and she said, "You're leading."

"Okay," Castle said, looking at the water. "Okay," he repeated before he was putting on his snorkel. They swam at the surface of the water, looking down as he took them northeast from the hut that time. There were reefs there, but not as many as they'd seen the day before. They still saw fish, and they dove together at the same time before going towards the sand along the bottom. He watched his wife gently running her fingers through it before they were heading back up to breathe. "Not much around this way," he said.

"No, but we are swimming too," Beckett replied with a smile.

"What about the beach though love?" Castle asked her. "You wanted to play on it and everything."

"I did," Beckett said. "To be honest I thought we'd be in bed all day today. I thought you'd ask for that."

"I was thinking about demanding something from you," Castle said.

"Oh?" Beckett asked with a slight smile.

"Let's spend lunch and the rest of the afternoon on the beach," Castle said. "Take all the games, the food, snacks…"

Beckett smiled and said, "That would be nice, I think this is our only chance to do that on our own." She was laughing when he was nodding his head rapidly and then said, "What about snorkeling?"

"Sure, I'll demand that too," Castle said after pretending to think that over for a moment. He laughed briefly when she splashed at him and he said, "Let's go back, make lunch together and get ready."

"Should I use my new tote?" Beckett asked him.

Shaking his head Castle said, "I was hoping you'd use… wait. No, use it if you want to, it's your bag."

Leaning over to him Beckett lightly kissed him and said, "I was thinking of using it as a beach tote, I have a bag for trips already."

Kissing her, that time doing so more intently, Castle slowly pulled back and told her, "I honestly forgot about that. So yes, bring it and I'll carry everything else." He was laughing when she splashed him again and he launched himself playfully after her before they were swimming hurriedly back to the hut.

After they'd put their stuff aside to take in another bag, Castle and Beckett dried off before they made sandwiches again in the kitchen. Taking chips, drinks and some of the fruit they hadn't cut, they got several bags ready, leaving with them and the umbrella inside the hut for the beach.

"Are you picking the spot?" Beckett asked her husband once they were on the sand.

"Right here," Castle said, looking at the water and then the sand. They were getting everything set up together and once they could they were sitting back on the blanket.

"Did I ever thank you for bringing me here?" Beckett eventually asked her husband after they'd watched the waves lapping lightly on the sand in front of them.

"You did," Castle replied. "You don't need to again, but I'm glad you've enjoyed it so much." He was startled when she was reaching over to him, her hand on his thigh before she started to speak almost seductively.

"I have," Beckett said, reaching to his arm to tug on it gently and pull her to him. They were kissing deeply, and she was gently parting her lips to him before they were clutching at each other tightly. She gasped, ending the kiss when her husband was pulling her onto his lap, and she smiled at him before she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.

After they'd been kissing for a while, Castle pressed his forehead against his wife's and murmured, "We have to eat."

"I know," Beckett said, gently brushing her lips to his. "But we are here for that reason too."

"Now I kind of see why you wanted to stay by the bed," Castle told her.

Nuzzling her lips against his Beckett told him, "We're not too far from the lagoon." Smiling when her husband tilted his head back, she told him, "Seriously."

"After we eat," Castle said, though he was tempted to take her to the secluded pool. He let her get off him and he went to the bag with their food before handing her the sandwiches to hold before he got out the chips and drinks. They were quiet at first while they started to eat, when he felt a little calmer he said, "I'd like to leave the lagoon for last."

"Before we need to think about dinner?" Beckett asked. When her husband nodded, she smiled and said, "Okay, but don't force yourself to hold back."

"I'm not, I'm just serious about staying here for a little longer," Castle replied. "Playing."

Beckett laughed softly at the way he said that, and she told him, "I wanted to myself, so don't worry. Plus, it's not my birthday anymore."

"I highly doubt I'll stop doing things for you," Castle commented.

"I figured the same," Beckett replied. She smiled at her husband when he studied her and told him, "I don't mind, but enough Rick, finish eating so we can go back into the water."

"Right away?" Castle asked jokingly.

"Sure," Beckett replied. She smiled when he laughed and then told him, "No, we'll… do something."

"You were almost going to say weren't you?" Castle asked teasingly.

"Almost," Beckett agreed, nodding her head.

Castle leaned over and kissed her cheek before they were finishing their food and he put away their trash asking her, "How about we walk?"

"Okay," Beckett said, reaching into her tote bag for her camera. "Do you mind?" She was startled when her husband shook his head and suddenly jogged up the sand and she said, "What…" Trailing off she smiled as she knew why he was doing that, and she followed him though she was walking. When she reached the edge of the water, her husband was coming out from behind the foliage and she said, "Different?"

"I thought you might like it," Castle replied, the hibiscus he'd chosen for her a purplish blue. He reached her and gave her the flower before he watched her tucking it behind her ear. "You needed it," he then said.

Smiling Beckett said, "I should have remembered to grab the one you gave me yesterday."

Shaking his head Castle said, "It's alright, there's plenty here to choose from."

"Would you take me back there?" Beckett said.

"Okay," Castle said. When his wife looked surprised, he said with a smile, "You didn't think I would do that?"

"Not really," Beckett replied.

"I'm not keeping it all to myself," Castle said as he reached for her hand. Once he took it, he threaded his fingers through hers and they were walking together around the side of the lagoon. He led her around some trees and said, "I pick from here."

"It's beautiful," Beckett said, as it appeared there were only hibiscus flowers there. She remembered her camera and started taking pictures of as much as she could before she had to stop. "I'll have to show the girls this," she told her husband.

"I had a feeling you would," Castle said, watching her walking up to him. When she reached him, he was wrapping his arms around her as she put hers about his neck. They were kissing gently and after they'd parted shortly after he murmured, "You look beautiful Kate."

"You're still a Sheik, Rick," Beckett told him before they were kissing again. She wasn't surprised when her husband was a little more forceful, accepting it and holding onto him tighter though she was trying her best to keep her camera in her hand. "Come on," she said once they'd parted. "We have that walk."

"Yeah," Castle said, glad she'd brought him back to what they'd been planning on doing. They headed out from the bushes and trees, going to their things on the beach and walking north from everything. He watched her taking pictures for a while before they stopped and looked out at the ocean together. He was about to ask her if she wanted to go back when she was asking him a question about the water.

"Would you mind if we walked through that?" Beckett asked her husband.

"No," Castle said quickly. "You're not worried about your camera though?"

"Not really," Beckett replied with a smile. "Unless you were planning to splash through it the whole way."

"Not really," Castle deliberately echoed her. They stepped into the water, and he walked a little deeper in, telling his wife, "I feel like working off lunch."

"Go swim back," Beckett told him laughingly.

"Thank you love," Castle said quickly before he was heading in deeper. He proceeded to swim along the coast, catching his wife when he was glancing to his right. He reached their umbrella and blankets first, getting out of the water and waving to her as she was nearing him.

"How was it?" Beckett said once she'd gotten to where he was drying off. She put away her camera and then went to the bag with the different games they could play, getting the paddles and ball. "This one first?" she asked her husband with a smile.

"Okay," Castle said.

"What're you thinking?" Beckett asked in amusement as she was handing him one of the paddles.

"Should we wager?" Castle asked.

"Interesting but what exactly would we?" Beckett said quickly.

"Something for later… you go topless… I go bottomless…" Castle said.

"Get your glasses on," Beckett said in amusement. While he walked away from her, she couldn't help reaching out and slapping his ass lightly with her paddle and smiled when he glanced at her.

Hurrying to get his glasses on, Castle said to his wife while he walked back to her, "You know you're evil right."

"I am, but you would have done the same to me," Beckett replied.

"And then had to pay dearly for that," Castle said easily. When his wife merely smiled at him, he couldn't stop himself, leaning down and kissing her deeply before he tossed down his paddle, made her let go of hers and held her tightly against his body.

Beckett was moaning in pleasure while her husband's tongue was tangling around hers and she tried her best to play against it until he pulled back. "Don't worry," she told her husband quickly as he was panting against her shoulder. "The game isn't going anywhere."

"Or did it? I tossed them way out there," Castle said, looking around.

Smiling while she watched him, Beckett gently turned his face back to her and she said, "It doesn't matter. Come on."

Castle let her lead him into the water after he'd taken off his glasses, having an idea of what was on her mind, but he didn't want to ask so she could lead him. Once they were deep enough, he pulled her to him and was kissing her again, doing so gently as he wasn't exactly sure still what she would want him to do.

Pulling away from her husband after a moment, Beckett murmured to him, "Ba mhaith liom tú a ghlacadh chugam."

Since she had said 'I want you to take me,' Castle asked, "Ar mhiste leat dá n-athróinn é sin?"

Shaking her head, as her husband had asked 'would you mind if I changed that,' Beckett told him, "Ach grá a thabhairt dom," which meant 'just make love to me.' She wasn't surprised when he wrapped his arms around her tighter, crushing his lips to hers eagerly before their tongues were meeting and dueling together. When they were finally apart, she breathed, "Rick," when he took her back towards the beach.

Castle was stopping at the point where he knew they would be able to lay back and he helped his wife doing so before he was laying on top of her, kissing her again. They were doing that for some time before he pulled away from her slowly and told her, "I can't undress you all the way."

"You could…" Beckett said softly. She moved to sit up as he was gently pulling on her hand and told him, "At least this."

Staring at her as she was removing her bikini top, Castle looked around behind him and he reached out to her, stopping her. "I can't risk someone seeing you love," he told her.

Beckett was going to tell her husband he didn't need to worry, but she could see his concern since she had spotted the boat far in the distance and she followed him when he got up. She thought they might be going to the blankets to calm down, but he pulled her past their things, and she smiled seeing their destination. She was going to tease him that he was a pervert, when he looked back at her and began to speak.

"I still want to have you in the water," Castle told her.

"At least it's clear here too," Beckett said as they were stopping at the edge of the lagoon. As soon as they had she was continuing her undressing, getting the top of her bikini off before she was pulling off the bottoms.

Looking on while his wife stepped into the water naked, Castle was spurred to remove his trunks, glad that was all he had since it was difficult enough to remove with his erection. He tried to get into the water as gracefully as he could, but he was splashing and he sighed saying, "I did my best."

"It doesn't matter," Beckett said, reaching for him and kissing him as deeply as she could when he bent his head down to her. Their lips were crushed together, and his tongue was quick to slip into her mouth before they were fighting simultaneously. When he was suddenly moving her back, she was pulling away before he laid her on the slightly inclined edge of the water. She cupped his face with her hands, pulling him back to her for another kiss. While she drew him inside of her, since he had her take his erection, she couldn't help growing extremely eager and wrapped her legs around her husband firmly so they could make love with the clear water encircling them.