"Dad, Mom," Alexis said, walking into the restaurant and seeing them in the entrance of the restaurant. She hurried to them, hugging them tightly at the same time while they did the same to her. "Is Patrick okay?" she asked when they let go of each other.

"We'll explain to everyone at dinner," Castle said before turning his attention to his daughter's fiancé. He shook his hand and then said, "And we're glad that we can."

"You didn't think you would solve the case?" Louis asked as he shared a quick hug with Beckett.

"It was touch and go really," she said. "Let's go though, our table is ready." Beckett and her husband led the couple through the restaurant and once they were at the table she watched with a smile as Julia and Eliza jumped up to greet their sister.

When they were sitting down again, Eliza said, "Guess what 'lexis?"

"What?" the young woman said with a smile as she was watching her bouncing slightly in her chair before their mother stopped her. Alexis was surprised when Eliza looked at Beckett before her mother was giving her her phone. She saw it was a video and pressed play, watching with her fiancé as Josie was speaking. "Oh, she finally said it," she told the others with a smile as she looked up at them.

"She did," Beckett said.

"It was a nice welcome home gift," Castle said. He smiled at his wife when she was rolling her eyes and took her hand before he said, "Should we talk about school and work?"

"Let's stop there," Beckett said, squeezing his hand. "We need to order before we think of doing that." She smiled when he made a face, knowing he was reluctantly letting her go and she turned to her menu since her father was helping Eliza with hers. When they had ordered she said to her second youngest, "You never want to try anything else?"

"Nah-uh, I love the gyros," Eliza replied, smiling at her. "Are you mad?"

"No, just very glad to be home," Beckett said with a soft laugh before she kissed the top of her head. "Now tell us about school."

"No, no, tell us about the case," Julia said, pleased when her little sister nodded.

"We did tell you about it," Castle said. "But we can tell you about Patrick."

When her husband looked at her Beckett told the others first that Darnley was fine before she moved into telling them about the money he had gotten from his grandfather and mother. Telling them about the Nkosi-Darnleys plan to move next door to their home, she wasn't surprised when Eliza was the first to speak and ask about the move.

"Are they gonna come here soon?" the little girl said hopefully.

"They're going to try to get here the week before we leave for San Francisco," Castle answered as he was looking at his wife.

Beckett couldn't respond to that yet as their appetizer of dolmades was served, and they started to eat the stuffed grapevine leaves. She finally spoke and said, "Thank you Rick, but if you're wondering they're going to come with us."

"They are?" Julia asked with a smile.

"They want to, they did want to," Beckett said, smiling back at her. "They just couldn't go because Patrick couldn't take time off."

"Now he has all the time off in the world!" Eliza said with wide eyes.

Castle had to wait to calm down before he spoke; all of them laughing together at the little girl's tone; and he said, "He does right now, he will have a business soon."

"I want to see him making stuff," Eliza said.

"One day you will," Beckett assured her. "But since he doesn't have that set up, he does have a lot of free time."

"Trevor?" Martha asked.

"The same schedule he's had, depending on any incidents or accidents," Castle answered. "But they're coming all four days we are."

"What about planning?" Julia asked.

"It'll be the same, we just need to tell Patrick and Trevor about where we want to take them," Beckett assured her, smiling at her.

"What about where everyone is going to sleep?" Alexis asked. "Now there are six more people?"

"Bethany and Joseph decided to stay here in the Hamptons… if they're here by then," Castle said. "They should be, but we'll see if Hector's serious about moving that fast." He then turned to his and Beckett's oldest and said, "They asked if you minded they're moving in."

Shaking her head immediately Alexis told him, "I like the Victorian, Queen Anne, design better than the Craftsman. It's too… well, it doesn't look like a log cabin but…"

"Too woodsy?" Louis suggested to help his fiancée.

"A little more than I like," Alexis said with a nod.

"Patrick told me they want to paint it white with a color trim," Beckett said. "They don't like the wood painted the color it is."

"Good," Louis commented before they were laughing again.

"I still wonder about the sleeping arrangements," Martha said, to bring the conversation back to it.

With their food being served, Castle and Beckett couldn't explain his idea but once they'd eaten for a little they did so before Jim was speaking with his brow slightly furrowed.

"Would they be alright with it?" he said.

"We'll pay for their board," Beckett said. "But this is just an idea, we need to talk to Rebecca and David about it too of course. She then smiled and said, "But we didn't tell you the other idea we had."

"It was my suggestion, but you might have figured that out," Castle said, smiling himself. "I told Kate we should extend the guesthouse down along the side of the house. Two bedrooms with bathrooms since there are so many more of us here and we don't all live in the area."

"I like that," Alexis said, smiling as she saw her little sisters were nodding while Josie was smiling back at her.

"Mama!" the baby said exuberantly.

"That means she likes the idea too," Julia commented before they were laughing together.

"How long would that take?" Martha asked.

"We'll start it after Memorial Day," Beckett said. "We've talked with a company already and they'll work over the summer, it'll be ready at Christmas."

"That brings us to something we talked about on our flight here," Castle said, looking around the table.

"How many will you invite?" Jim said.

"Just the McDouglases and Darnleys," Beckett said.

"I knew already," Eliza said, raising her hand in the air.

Smiling, Beckett squeezed her arm gently and then said, "I'm not surprised. But what do you guys think?"

"If they're okay with it then we are," Julia said, nodding her head.

"We'll tell them once we're in Mill Valley," Castle said.

Since the girls were eager to talk about what to show their friends, Beckett was amused they knew where Keo and Maddy would be going once they were there. She wanted to comment about that, but they were finishing and were eating the cookies they were given as part of their meal before paying and walking out of the restaurant to their cars. She was holding Eliza's hand and said, "You're going to have a very big sleepover."

"Yep," the little girl replied with a smile. Eliza hugged her mother and said, "I can't wait for Maddy to be our neighbors."

"I'm really happy that you are," Beckett said, running her hand over the back of her head. "You don't mind she's three?"

"Nope, she's my friend," Eliza said firmly. She then pursed her lips and asked, "Who's gonna be Keo's?"

"He'll be friends with all of you," Beckett assured her. She smiled as Eliza seemed to consider that before she nodded and then climbed into the backseat of the car they had reached. She closed the door before she turned to her husband and saw he was standing close to her. She was about to ask what he was doing when he suddenly spoke while he cupped her cheek in his hand.

"We'll need to go but…" Castle started to say before he leaned into his wife and kissed her lovingly. When they had parted, he said, "Not good enough but-"

"Good enough for now," Beckett interrupted him with a smile. She embraced him momentarily before they were getting into the car, holding his arm while they made their way home with their three youngest daughters.

May 13th, 2021

Hello again Evangeline! I'm writing this write before I go to bed, so I'll try to hurry but I have a couple things to write about first.

Everything from this morning when I got up (well, I should say I had the most beautiful dream about my crush. We were kissing but it was very gentle, and it was so sweet though I know it wasn't real… maybe someday?) to when we came back home after our class. Mom and Dad came home not too long after that and it was the best thing seeing them again though they weren't gone for too long. But the best part of that was that Josa spoke for the first time! Mom was holding her, and she just suddenly said Mama, so it was great what Lizzy and I were teaching her worked! We were teaching her to say Dada a little bit tonight, but Mom and Dad said it might take her a little bit longer to say that. We don't care though, now we can teach her words and how to speak (and now she just needs to start walking too!).

There wasn't really much after that until we went to dinner, that we had at the Greek place Mom and Dad picked. The food was really good of course but the more important thing was what they told us. Patrick is fine now though he still has those stitches and staples in his knee, but he'll recover all the way. The other thing was that his mom died (Mom explained to us she didn't really like him anymore after he came out to them, so they weren't close anymore) and she had to leave him some money that her dad, Patrick's grandfather left for him. And stocks… I think that's what Mom and Dad said, and he'll get money from the company that I think makes different parts for cars, I think tires but other stuff too. Oh, and for trains and planes and military stuff so it should be in business for a while. And because they'll keep getting money; and because it's a lot of it too; Patrick and Trevor decided to move here to the Hamptons. And the best part is, they're moving next door!

The house that Dad and Mom wanted to get for 'lexis and Louis is going to be Patrick and Trevor's and they're moving here with Maddy, Keo, Bethany and Joseph. I can't wait for that since Lizzy will have her friend there. And I know, there's no kids my age in their family but I really am happy for Lizzy. And for Mom too of course since her best friend is finally going to be close. I'm really surprised but Mom said they're going to move fast, but they didn't have that much anyways so I guess that helps. But they have money to buy new stuff now! Anyways, they're going to try and move in before Memorial Day and that means the best news, they get to come with us to Mill Valley! I can tell Mom is super excited since I don't think Patrick's been to San Francisco before… oh!

Julia stopped there and jumped up from her desk, about to run out to find her parents before she nearly ran into her father coming up to her doorway. "Oh good," she said with a smile.

"Are you thinking of our schedule?" Castle asked her.

Nodding rapidly Julia then said, "Something else came to my mind."

"Somewhere to see in San Francisco?" Beckett asked, coming up behind her husband. "Rick," she then said, slightly warningly as her husband had wrapped his arm around her waist immediately.

"No, we need to go to the bed to sit," Castle said quickly, glancing at Julia as she was giggling softly.

"Go sweetie," Beckett said, glancing at their second youngest. She and her husband walked in her room before they were sitting on the bed, that time her husband holding her hand before she said, "Well?"

"I was wondering, would Patrick and Trevor… Skye and Mary too," Julia was saying in a rush. "Would they want to see Castro?"

"We'll tell them, but they might want to stick with our plans," Beckett replied.

"Have you told Patrick and Trevor about our schedule?" Julia asked.

"Not yet, but I will soon," Beckett told her. "Did you finish your entry?"

Julia was about to speak before she hesitated and then said, "No, but I don't have too, too much." She went back to her desk and sat down before she read her last sentence. She paused for a moment to decide what she wanted to say before she was getting ink in her pen again and writing a new paragraph.

I paused there since I needed to talk to Mom and Dad about my idea I had. Well, I don't think it was an idea but I asked them if Patrick, Trevor, Skye and Mary would want to go to Castro in San Francisco. But Mom said they would probably just want to stick to our schedule, and I'd write it down if I hadn't done that already. So our plans are set though we're going to have four extra people (Trevor's parents are going to stay here in the Hamptons to get used to their new home).

Since there are going to be more of us, we've been wondering how we're going to sleep. So I think I have how everyone is going to bed, let me write it down in a list so I'll keep better track of it (and 'cause I like writing lists like this).

Julia smiled at the smiley face she'd drawn before using the end parenthesis and then turned her attention to the list, starting with the third floor.

Third floor bedroom- Mom and Dad of course since it's the Master Bedroom. Have I mentioned how cool that room is since the bed frame is the same one Mom gave birth to my sisters in? And I slept there with them the second or third night I remember now since I was scared at the new house and not as tired as that first night. But I got used to it and loved it as much as the one on Alamo Square.

Second Floor- 'lexis and Louis are together in her room. Because they're engaged it makes sense they're gonna stay alone together.

Me in my room with Mari and we're going to share it while we're there with Marie and Kath on an air mattress which will be fun. Mom tried to make me promise that we wouldn't talk all night, but I told her I wasn't sure if I could promise but I'll really try, we all will!

Lizzy will be in her room and share her bed with Maddy and Dani (it was going to be just Dani but Maddy's coming too) and there'll be an air mattress for Fleur, Ivy and Iris. She's excited though Mom and Dad told her they really needed to not talk; we'll see if all those little girls can sleep!

Josa will have her crib of course but Gram will take the bed that's there already and Grandpapa said he'll be just fine in an air mattress we'll take since he's too tall for the trundle bed which Keo is going to take. No sleepovers there but I bet you anything Josa will be just fine with them with her. (I just remembered now we have to teach her to say our names and Gram and Grandpapa too, hopefully she'll learn it easy!)

First Floor- Patrick and Trevor are in what used to be Grandmama's room, Mom said they feel bad, but Grandpapa texted them and they know he's fine with it. (there's something with that but I'm going to tell you after my list Evangeline).

Guest House- Skye and Mary, Mom and Dad say they're really eager to go see that since I know they remember it from our past life, and I hope it's just like they remember it!

It's a lot of people in the house but it's going to feel like old times I bet, especially with our old Westinghouse and Victrola. But now we'll have newer memories, and we might have a bigger house… guest house I mean. Mom and Dad told us at dinner that they want to extend the guest house down the side of the house since there's plenty of room for it. They explained it as rooms with a bathroom each, one story so it's going to stretch out but if it fits us all, that's fine! Now I forgot some people, Mari and Dani's parents, but there's a reason for that. Dad got the idea to ask the people in the house right across the street to let them stay there but we don't know if that'll work. I hope so or else we'll have to rearrange people… or have more air mattresses!

I can't wait for that trip, luckily it's only two weeks left today until it and I'm definitely counting down!

But with all of that I'm just happy that Mom and Dad are back. Everything feels normal again and though I am happy Mom and Dad were together to kiss I like them back to make us all feel safe (Lizzy told me the same before she went to bed which didn't surprise me). And now I'm finished with everything for today and it's time to spend a little more time with Mom and Dad until it's time for bed, thank goodness it's almost the weekend and I can spend it with them!

Finishing up her entry, Julia put her things away before she was going to her mother and hugging her tightly saying, "You had a nice time not working on the case, right?"

"We did," Beckett assured her, embracing her back.

"And we're still in love, don't worry," Castle said.

Julia giggled softly as she saw her mother was rolling her eyes and said, "I hope so."

"He's right, we are," Beckett said, reaching over to her husband and just barely pinching his ear lobe. "But that's enough about us, what about you sweetie? Anything you want to talk to us about?"

"Not really," Julia replied, thinking that over before she paused.

"Then there is something," Castle said gently as he and his wife were watching their daughter. He expected her to deny it before she was suddenly talking and rapidly as Beckett held onto her tightly at her obvious uncertainty.

"Natalie talked to me today," Julia said.

"What did she say?" Beckett asked, having a feeling that she knew already.

"She talked to me about having a crush on me," Julia replied, sighing. "I wish people wouldn't… just who I have a crush on already."

"Take it as a good sign," Castle commented. "You're a nice person and people like you."

Julia could feel herself blushing and said, "She told me I was pretty."

"Tell us what she said sweetie," Beckett told her gently.

Nodding her head, Julia did so as she recalled what had happened at lunch after she had eaten with her friends.

"Julia, hey," Natalie called to her. "Could I talk to you?"

"Okay," she replied, turning towards her. "What's wrong?" Julia asked, watching her approaching.

"I just wanted to talk," Natalie replied before she stopped her at the start of the field. "Is that okay?"

"Sure," Julia said wondering why her friend needed to ask that.

"I know that Mari told you I have a crush on you," Natalie said, blushing deeply. When Julia nodded slowly, she said, "I… what do you think?"

"You're a great friend," she replied, feeling bad for having to let her down. "And you're really nice and it's so fun to play with you but… I have a crush on someone myself."

"Oh," Natalie replied, looking disappointed.

"I'm so sorry-" Julia started to say.

"No, I kinda knew already that you were going to say that," Natalie said, smiling a little at her. "But I couldn't help it, you're really funny and pretty too."

"Thank you," Julia said a little shyly. "But what did you already know I was going to say?"

"That you have a crush," Natalie replied.

"You guessed?" Julia replied as she was speaking slowly.

"No," Natalie said, unable to help laughing softly though she was still disappointed. "You can tell, if you watch… well if someone watched you, you can tell that you like someone."

"Yeah," Julia said, blushing a little before she smiled. "So we're still friends, right? I'd love to play with you still… and hang out since we're getting older."

Laughing outright Natalie nodded before they were hugging one another briefly before she saw the way her friend was looking at her as they let each other go. "What?" she asked in surprise.

Smiling Julia said, "I was going to say, I kinda thought you liked Tristan." Her eyes widened slightly in surprise when her friend was blushing deeply. "Him too?"

"I know, I'm weird but-" Natalie started to say.

"No, don't say that," Julia interrupted her. "You might like boys and girls or you just gotta figure it out and you like boys only."

"That's true," Natalie said. "But you are super nice."

"Thanks," Julia said, laughing softly in her embarrassment.

"You're welcome," Natalie said simply before they were laughing together and then hurrying after their friends. "I know who it is," she said suddenly.

Stopping abruptly, Julia said, "No you don't."

"I do, I won't say anything," Natalie replied.

"Then… who do you think it is?" Julia asked. She was relieved when Dawn was calling to them and they smiled at each other before they ran across the grass to them.

"I hope that was the right thing to say," Julia told her parents. "It's basically the same thing I said to Marie; except for the cousins part; I just didn't want her to be hurt. And I really think she likes Tristan more."

"You said the right thing," Beckett said firmly. "And she talked to you and kept playing after lunch, right?"

"Yeah, and while we were still in class," Julia said. "But… I mean she said I was nice but really?"

"Yeah, really," Castle said. "You shouldn't be so surprised sweetheart, you're a wonderful girl."

Seeing the way their daughter's cheeks flushed fully, Beckett pulled her to her so she could wrap her arm around her. "He is right, and we've told you before that you're growing up. The kids at school are going to know that."

Shrugging her shoulders, Julia couldn't help smiling at her parents' surprised expressions and said, "I just want my crush to feel that way about me."

"Do you think Natalie knew who it was?" Castle asked.

Julia hesitated in responding before she said, "I don't know, maybe, but I think she might have just guessed Eva or Peter."

"Peter?" Castle and Beckett said at the exact same time.

Laughing as her parents looked at each other in surprise, Julia nodded and said, "Yeah, even though I told everyone we're just friends. And Eva's already Dawn's sweetheart so they're not my crushes."

"Could we play Twenty Questions and figure it out?" Castle asked jokingly.

Though their daughter was rolling her eyes, Beckett knew she didn't mind the question as she was smiling at the same time. "I don't think we have enough time to really do that," she said, smiling as Julia kissed her cheek in thanks.

"Does that mean I need to go to bed right now?" the girl asked. When her mother nodded Julia went to her father and hugged him tightly saying, "Thanks for what you said Dad."

"You're welcome, and I'm being honest, not just because you're my ceann beag," Castle told her.

"Dad," Julia said before she was hugging him a second time. "I love you Dad," she told him once they had parted.

"I love you too sweetheart," Castle said. "And I can't wait to take you to school tomorrow; and this weekend with you."

"I said the same thing in my diary," Julia replied with a wide smile. "About the weekend. Is there anything we could do?"

"We'll see," Beckett said, watching with a smile as the two were sharing a kiss. She took Julia into her arms and they embraced tightly for a while before they parted, and she raised her hand to smooth her hair back a little. "I love you sweetie, and I hope your crush feels the same about you too," she said.

"Really?" Julia asked softly.

"Though we might not like you growing up, you are and I see myself in you," Beckett told her. "I wanted to find someone to be with and as I got older; to love."

"Dad," Julia said immediately.

Beckett smiled at that and told her, "Yes, but I didn't know it was him. And I hope you'll find someone to be happy with too when you're older."

"Me too," Julia replied. She hugged her mother one last time before she said, "I love you Mom, I'm so glad you guys are home."

"We are too," Castle said reassuringly as his wife and their daughter were sharing a kiss. He stood up while Beckett did and they watched Julia kissing Macca and JoJo goodnight before she turned to them, surprised when she mentioned the house next door before he realized she'd been waiting to ask it for a while that night.

"Are they going to do a lot to it?" Julia asked though she was climbing into bed at the same time so her mother wouldn't say anything.

"Besides the outside," Beckett began, holding the covers up for her. "The walls inside and a little bit of the kitchen. But other than that, we'll have to see once they see the house itself."

"Are you excited?" Julia asked her mother with a smile as she was sitting up.

"I am," Beckett replied. "But we have a lot more to do before they get here."

"I think she means writing Dad," Julia told him.

"Oh, I know," Castle replied, making a face before his wife turned to him and he quickly returned his face to its regular expression.

"I know already you don't mind," Beckett told her husband with a smile. When he merely smiled at her she laughed and then pushed him slightly on the shoulder. She then turned back to their daughter and said, "Now you need to go to sleep Julia."

"I know," the girl replied with a sigh. Julia laid down and said, "Sorry, but I'm excited for this weekend."

"You want to go riding?" Beckett asked with a smile.

"Yeah, but I still can't ride Lottie?" Julia asked in return.

"Not yet but we'll get there eventually," Beckett told her. "And there are other horses you can ride okay?"

"That's true, I just hope she'll be ready to ride," Julia said.

Hearing her absent tone, Castle said, "Uh-oh love, something else is going on."

Julia gave her father a mock glare before she said, "I'm kinda… sorta thinking of changing Lottie's name."

"Oh?" Beckett asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Yeah… I just like the name Charlotte better for… a kid," Julia said slowly.

"That's fine, what did you want to call her instead?" Beckett said.

"Queenie," Julia said firmly.

"I like it," Castle said immediately.

"I do too, it seems to fit her," Beckett replied with a smile, pushing her daughter's hair over her left shoulder. "And now you can save Charlotte for something else."

"Thanks," Julia replied. "We'll tell Charlie if we go Saturday?" she asked.

"We will," Beckett said, kissing her cheek. "But for now you need to go to sleep."

"I am," Julia replied, laying down then before her mother was covering her. She said goodnight to them before she settled back to start falling asleep which she did once her parents turned the lights off. She closed her eyes and brought her dream from the day before to lull her to sleep, though she couldn't help smiling as she thought of being with her crush.

Standing in the hallway, Castle and Beckett were watching their second oldest before they went together to their bedroom. She went to one of the armchairs and sat while her husband was lighting the fire though he set it low.

"What do you think?" Castle asked his wife as he sat next to his wife.

"About what?" Beckett asked with a smile while she was watching him.

"So many people telling Julia they have a crush on her," Castle replied.

"So many?" Beckett asked him with a slight smile. "Only two have told her and Natalie might just be questioning right now."

"Any boys have a crush on you?" Castle said.

"Do you really want to know?" Beckett asked in amusement.

"Yes," Castle said. "It's different from the number of men you've been with before."

"Had sex with," Beckett told him. When he motioned with his hand she smiled and then said, "Okay, to be honest I only knew of one."

"That's it?" Castle asked in surprise. "I find that hard to believe."

"That I knew of," Beckett replied. "But I don't really care Rick, I was young and now it doesn't matter."

"Yeah, I was only talking about when you were younger," Castle said. He laughed when his wife was lightly punching his shoulder and he took her hand, kissing the palm of it. "To be honest though-" he began.

"You're glad it was just the one boy," Beckett interrupted him. When he nodded, she smiled and said, "I'm not surprised, but thank you for the positive possessiveness."

Laughing, Castle said, "At least you're calling it positive," feeling her squeezing his hand. He brought hers up to his lips so he could kiss it again and then told her, "I love you Kate."

"I love you too Rick," Beckett said with a smile back at him. "Should we go ahead and get ready for bed?"

"When we just sat down?" Castle asked her.

"You want to just sit?" Beckett replied, making sure he could hear her surprise though she was feigning it. "Come here," she told him before she stood up and then pulled on his hand so he would get out of his chair. She wasn't surprised when he followed her, and they went together over to their bed where she turned around to face him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "Just a little something," to explain what she knew he was wondering.

"Anything you want," Castle told her seriously before their lips met shortly after. They kissed sensuously at first before they seemed to deepen it at the same time, their grip on each other becoming tighter. They didn't stop until they had to breathe normally, and he said, "I love you, goddess," breathing harshly as he needed to recover but he wanted to tell her that. They kissed roughly, nearly tearing at each other's clothes until they were coming off and he realized what they were risking doing with that.

"Hold on," Beckett said with a smile as her husband's fingers were having a little trouble with the clasp of her bra on her back. She made him stop and said, "I know, but I might be able to take that off faster," as he appeared to be very frustrated.

Shaking his head quickly, Castle reached to his wife's back again and opened the clasp before he said as he let her take off the light blue bra, "I'm surprised."

"So am I," Beckett said. When her husband looked at her, she shook her head before taking off the rest of her clothes. Once they were discarded and she was bare she went to the bed, taking the covers down from the top before she sat in the middle. She watched her husband take off his jeans and when his boxers were last to go she then told him, "I don't really know why I'm not tired."

"It wasn't that long of a flight," Castle said as he got on the bed with her. He reached for her hair, running his fingers through it before he said, "And we don't have to do that much."

"So we can just go to sleep?" Beckett asked.

"Well… I did lock the door when I closed it…" Castle said, pretending to speak as slowly as he could. He then smiled as she rolled her eyes and he leaned over to her, kissing her tenderly before he said, "I think just a little something."

"A little," Beckett asked, glancing down in between them.

"Yes," Castle said as he was aware that he was fully erect by then. He kissed her again before she could say anything, and they were tangling their tongues together shortly after. Once they'd slipped into a second kiss, he laid her down on her back before he was moving to her.

"Rick," Beckett gasped as her husband slid to her collarbone, kissing at it while his right hand had come up to her breasts and was taking turns fondling them. At the same time, he'd moved to suck at her neck and she was holding onto the back of his head as her nails lightly raked along his scalp. When his head moved down to replace his hand she had to let go of his head as his suckling at her nipples was too much for her not to hurt him with her touch. She held on to the bed on either side of her before her husband was moving down her body and she watched him kiss her mound as her legs were still squeezed together.

"Please love," Castle breathed to her, looking up to her. When his wife cupped his cheek, he pressed a kiss to her palm and then went to her sex as she had spread her legs for him. With her doing that slowly he knew she was teasing him but didn't care, playfully nipping at her inner right thigh before he told her, "You'll pay for that."

Smiling, as she was well aware her husband didn't mean it, Beckett told him, "Then you will when I'm working on you after."

Swearing briefly, Castle moved up her body suddenly, cupping her sex with his hand while they were kissing each other. He couldn't resist and moved his index finger against her clit, feeling her groaning against his mouth and jerking her body at the same time. Eventually they parted and he moved his first two fingers lower on her, slipping them inside of her as she let out a soft moan of pleasure. "Good?" he asked her.

"Oh… it is," Beckett breathed out before she sighed in delight while her husband was moving her fingers back and forth. She was holding onto him, her fingertips digging into his skin before he kissed her again. They were kissing deeply though she felt him slowly withdrawing his fingers from her before she said, "You're going to stop?"

"No," Castle replied before he kissed her and moved back down her body. When he reached her sex he was quick to start stimulating her clit first, getting her legs over his shoulders before he was pleasuring her eagerly there for a while. He listened to her cries of joy until he knew he needed to move and he did so, going to her folds. He let his tongue run around them for a while until he was slipping it inside of her. Tasting her arousal he was feeling his tongue literally throb before he moved it back and forth until he knew she was about to climax. He didn't hesitate or stop, continuing until she was doing so and he held her tightly as she was writhing her voice was crying out in her ecstasy. He could feel his length throbbing at the taste of her continuing and he wasn't sure how he wasn't orgasming himself. Eventually she was stopping and still above him, though he didn't move and lapped at her folds lovingly until he pulled away slowly.

Beckett shivered in joy as he was gently kissing her sex and she said, "You're going to make me come again."

"I wouldn't mind doing that," Castle said, pushing himself up to her.

Breathing out hard Beckett then said, "I don't want to just yet."

"You-" Castle started to say before his wife was forcing him onto his back. He watched her with wide eyes before he closed them tightly as her hand was curled around him firmly. "You… Kate…" he groaned as she slid back and forth.

"Want me to stop?" Beckett asked teasingly. "Completely?" She couldn't help laughing briefly as her husband was groaning and she kissed his jaw a few times. She then moved around to get on top of him though she had to let him go to do so. He was watching her and she felt her heart pound a little faster at how dark his blue eyes had gotten before she was moving. She got to his chest and kissed around it for a while before going to his nipples, nipping lightly at them as she delighted at his groans before she used her tongue over both them and his skin. Hearing her husband's groan of pleasure, she stayed there for a little longer until she moved down, reaching his erection shortly after since it had been on his stomach for some time. She picked it up and then pressed a kiss to the tip of it; thinking of him doing the same to her clit; before she moved to slide her mouth down around him. She then began pleasuring him, bobbing her head up and down and paying very close attention to Castle to make sure she knew when he was close. That happened quickly, as she was also using her hand to fondle him beneath his length. She wasn't moving until well after he had calmed down and she pulled away before she gasped as he was grabbing her.

Kissing his wife as hard as he could, Castle was holding her tightly to his body and he didn't think he would be able to stop though she did that for him. "Too much?" he asked in slight confusion as he watched her.

"No," Beckett replied, smiling. She brushed her lips to his before telling him, "I needed to catch my breath."

"Oh… sorry," Castle said, realizing that she would have been.

"It's okay," Beckett said, smiling at him before she sat up. She knew her husband was watching her, so she spent some time pushing her hair back over her shoulders and running her fingers through it a few times. When he suddenly shot up next to her she smirked at him and asked, "Okay?"

"No," Castle said, grabbing her and kissing her hungrily. He felt her going along with it and didn't care, since he knew she had teased him deliberately. He moved her onto her back eventually, parting from her for only a moment before his lips were back on her. At that point they were moving to couple and he felt his eyes nearly rolling back into his head. Once he felt her hips against his he withdrew from her carefully and then moved, doing that twice more before she whispered into his ear that she wanted him to fuck her.

Their lovemaking intense, Castle and Beckett were nearly lost in one another though it didn't last. Their arousal had grown quickly with their kissing before they were together and they were orgasming close to each other and calling out the other's name. When everything had calmed down for them, Castle was slowly withdrawing from his wife before he moved off the bed.

"How can you walk?" Beckett asked as he was turning off the fireplace and coming back to her. She had pulled the bed sheet from the bottom while he was walking and was covering her breasts with it, smiling as he was looking pointedly at them.

"I'm not answering until I can see you," Castle said teasingly. He hissed when his wife gently pinched his nipple, and he took her hand before laying her on her back. They were suddenly starting to wrestle, and he felt a thrill at her laughter as they were rolling around on the bed trying to keep the other pinned to the mattress when they were on top. That lasted for a little before he had her below him and said, "Give?"

"I don't know," Beckett said, looking at their bodies. "I liked doing that."

"Do you want to make love again Kate?" Castle asked her seriously.

"I…" Beckett began before her husband was kissing her suddenly. She was returning the kiss before they were slowly parting, and she was about to beg him to take her roughly again when he was speaking abruptly as he buried his face into her neck.

"I can't stop love," Castle told her.

"I can feel that," Beckett said with a smile before he was withdrawing from her. She bit her lower lip in her disappointment and sat up as he was doing so, watching while he was running his hand through his hair. "It's not a bad thing," she commented, smiling at him as he turned to her.

"Yeah… but I feel like it's all I've been doing," Castle replied.

Shaking her head Beckett said, "At my direction."

"Okay," Castle said, smiling himself as she leaned her head back and laughed. He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to him for another kiss, which became passionate very quickly. When they finally stopped themselves after a few more he leaned his forehead against hers and said, "Sorry I questioned that but I'm just making sure-"

Covering his mouth gently with her hand Beckett told him, "I'm glad we're even but you assume with that." She smiled when he was nodding rapidly and said, "Okay, we're good now though."

"Yesss," Castle started to say before he was ending on a hiss as she was cupping underneath his erection. "Kate…" he said warningly before she was smirking at him. When he felt her hands literally starting to fondle him, he fell back on the bed, pulling her down on top of him. "I had to make an executive decision," he said when he'd flipped her around onto her back.

"Good," Beckett replied firmly, her voice a little distorted as they were moving together to get him inside of her again. "You should do it more often."

"It's arousing?" Castle asked, studying her closely to see if she was serious. When she nodded, he knew she was and he moved immediately, ramming into her as hard as he could until their hips slammed together. He was groaning as she was letting out a heavy cry of pleasure and when they were still he said, "I'll do it way more."

"Fuck me lover," Beckett breathed to him before she was crying out in joy while her husband was suddenly thrusting. He was doing so immediately, and she was holding onto him tightly, her arms and legs wrapped around him as she was doing her best to move in unison with him. When they were close to climaxing, she was startled when he suddenly slowed down; making her think he'd stop; but he was just going slowly. She was being driven literally crazy feeling her husband so definitively though they'd been together already. She raked her nails down his back before something made her snap, the tightly coiled tension of her body releasing and making her back arch while she was calling her husband's name. She knew he would respond quickly as her body was milking at him to draw in his release and she nearly orgasmed a second time when he obliged. They were a little lost to their bodies' natural reaction she knew, but she was very aware of how intense the ecstasy was since it literally resonated through her. When they had finally stopped, she was holding her husband lightly, caressing his hair before he was moving his face away from her shoulder.

"I made a good decision," Castle commented as he moved to lay down next to her.

"Pervert," Beckett said in amusement as she was laying against his side.

"Which you love," Castle pointed out.

Laughing softly, Beckett said, "And yet you're so concerned about me."

Though he knew she was speaking jokingly, Castle said, "I have to be, I really need to make sure I'm the best for you."

"That… makes you sound very full of yourself," Beckett started to say slowly. "But it's sweet." She wasn't surprised when her husband pulled her to him, and they were kissing. She was a little startled to find it was a very gentle and tender kiss and she wasn't sure what was in his mind as she was finding herself very aroused. Luckily it seemed her husband was thinking the same himself as he turned her onto her back and she could feel him pressing into her, his erection still rigid. "Rick," she breathed to him when he pulled away from her slightly to look at her. "I want you," she told him.

"I need you Kate," Castle said huskily. He kissed her again and when they parted told her, "I'm going to make love to you, worship you like you deserve… goddess."

Beckett pulled him to her, and they were kissing yet again before they parted so they could couple yet again. "Rick, I love you," she told him, her voice distorted with her pleasure from him sliding through her sex slowly.

"I love you too Kate," Castle told her seriously before they were kissing again. He waited to start their lovemaking once they had parted and when he did, they were both groaning in their pleasure.

Both Castle and Beckett wondered in the back of their minds when they would be forced to stop from exhaustion but didn't let it impede them. Since they knew they wouldn't be slaking their satiety any time soon they lost themselves in each other, letting the night go on with them coupled and their pleasure shared in every second of their intimacy together.