Leaning over, Beckett kissed her husband's shoulder before she said, "You're incredible yourself. But what should we do right now?"

"Oh no," Castle said quickly as he turned back around. "I'll be fine but we should really get dressed. I need it as a distraction." He paused and then asked, "You too?"

Beckett merely nodded before she smiled when her husband did and closed her eyes as he leaned down to her. Their kiss was tender and quick and when she was looking at him again she told him, "Let's get dressed. I really don't want to hear it from Skye."

Laughing shortly, and getting a better grip on himself, Castle said, "I know, but I get the feeling the band will comment about her and Mary."

"Maybe," Beckett replied before they were walking over to the closet. They changed silently since they were in a hurry and were soon ready to leave before she went to him. "Tonight?" she asked him.

"I'd love to," Castle said seriously. He took her hand then and brought it up to his lips, kissing the back of it before they shared another brief kiss. They paused then, looking at one another when they were pulling apart, before he leaned over and kissed her again. He kissed her sensuously and lingered for as long as he dared before they parted and he walked with her to the door. "I kept forgetting to ask you," he said once they were in the hall. "What about Stella?"

"She wasn't sure when she'd be able to come yet," Beckett replied since she'd talked to the designer back in London. "But I can ask Paul if he knows yet."

Castle nodded before they came to the bottom of the stairs and once they were, he saw that Clara was at the front door. "How long were we taking a shower?" he said.

"Not that long," Beckett said in amusement before she turned to her cousin's wife. "Brennan?"

"Here," the man himself said, coming down the stairs. "Is Erin back?"

"Nearly," Clara said, closing the door. She smiled as Arthur grabbed her hair and was about to tell her husband to take their youngest son when Beckett spoke first.

"I'll take him," she said. "If he would like me to," Beckett added. She was holding her arms out to the boy and was about to take him when she heard nails on the floor.

"I was going to ask about Cian," Castle said as the Portuguese Water Dog was running into the entry.

"She's back," Clara said with a smile, glancing outside one of the windows next to the door. "He must have heard the car."

"I guess he's trained to be around the horses by now," Castle said as he and Beckett watched the couple take Arthur outside to greet their oldest daughter.

"Probably," Beckett said.

"But I never saw him in the stable," Castle said. "With a stable hand?"

"I think so, if he spends a lot of time with Brennan while Erin's at school," Beckett said before she turned to the doorway with a smile.

"Hullo Kate, Rick," Erin said as she reached them.

"Hey, how was school?" Castle said first while the girl was hugging his wife.

"Really good, how're my cousins?" Erin asked, hugging him.

"They can't wait to see you and Cian again," Beckett said before they walked into the foyer more.

"Me too," Erin replied. "Did you tell them about my brother and sister?"

"No, we were wondering if we could introduce them via Skype," Beckett said to her cousin as he was closing and locking the door.

"Oh sure," Brennan replied. "I'm surprised, I thought you might want to wait for them to arrive."

"You should, it's fun to surprise everyone," Erin said.

"Okay," Beckett said. She then recalled what she and Castle had been talking about before and asked her cousin, "Does Alexis know about Arthur and Helene?"

"No, Louis decided to keep it secret as well before you came here," Clara said.

Frowning Brennan then asked the couple, "She wouldn't be upset about that would she?"

"No," Castle said, not surprised when Alexis looked at him. "She'd understand it was something between the family. But he has met them via a screen at least right?"

"He has, I think Arthur will love him once he comes home," Clara began. "He's taken to him during our Skype conversations already."

"Helene will love him too," Erin said. "Are you going to go swimming?" she then asked her parents.

"We are," Clara said first.

"You should know that everyone else is here," Brennan began, looking at his daughter. "Including Paul and Nancy."

"Oh cool," Erin said with a smile. "I'll go get dressed?"

"Have you any homework lass?" Brennan asked.

"Yes," Erin said hesitantly. She then smiled and said, "But it's just some reading; I'll do it after dinner I promise."

"Okay, go ahead love," Clara told her, watching her go with a smile.

"Is she going to be at the dinner?" Beckett asked after Erin had disappeared into a hall.

"No, she'll eat in the nursery," Brennan said. He saw the look his cousin and her husband shared and was about to explain why when Castle spoke first.

"Does she want to?" he asked

"She does, she's been to a few of these kinds of dinners already and she thought they were very boring," Clara said. "She prefers to eat upstairs. And of course Arthur and Helene will eat with her."

"You're forgetting too, we eat later than the kids," Brennan said.

"He's right, we'll sit with them while they're eating," Clara told the others. "And then eventually go up to tuck them in."

"Are they swimming now?" Beckett asked.

"We've taken Helene but not for long," Clara answered. "She seems to enjoy it."

"Arthur too," Brennan said, taking the baby from his wife. He kissed Arthur's cheek and then said, "We'll wait for Erin, you can head on into the pool."

"What about Helene?" Castle asked.

"Oh…" Clara said.

"I can get her for you," Beckett told her.

Shaking her head Clara said, "I can, I'll be right back."

"Go on," Brennan said, nodding his head in the direction of the pool.

Beckett took her husband's hand and gently tugged it before they were walking over to the room, meeting Skye, Mary and the rest of the band on the way.

"Hey," the investigator said with a smile. "I had a hard time letting her go."

"She seemed fascinated with her," Mary commented. "Though it might be because she was speaking in Irish to her."

"That could be," Beckett said with a smile as her cousin and his wife had mentioned wanting to speak Irish to the children to teach them since Louis and Erin knew it. She then said, "We were going to wait for them."

"I know, we thought the same," Raj said.

"It'd be unfair to start," Gabriel then said. "It is their pool."

"I agree," Castle said as they were entering the indoor pool. "But you realize that they wouldn't want us thinking that."

"Still," Raj, Barry and Mary said at the same time.

Laughing together the group was starting to set their items set on the lounge chairs they picked out and once they were ready they sat down to wait for the family.

"You didn't go in yet?" Brennan asked in feigned surprise. He smiled as some of the others were laughing before he said, "We thought you might wait for us."

"We're guests," Jackie said.

"It doesn't matter," Clara said as her husband had opened his mouth to speak then. "We should swim before the children need their dinner."

"You still don't want to join us?" Brennan asked their daughter.

Beckett couldn't help laughing slightly as Erin was shaking her head rapidly before she said, "I don't really blame you. There won't be any other kids there."

"I can't wait for the ball, everyone will be here," the girl said with a wide smile.

Castle went with his wife into the pool, the first of them to do so, and they walked for a bit before they stopped at the beginning of the deep end. He looked at her, about to ask her about the slide when she took his arm and answered his question.

"You can go on that first," Beckett told him with a smile.

"Oh, I didn't want to," Castle said hurriedly. "I thought we'd go together; you'd be first."

"He's a gentleman," Barry said with a smile, passing them as he was swimming.

"He is," Beckett said.

"Thank you," Castle commented when his wife turned to him. He did his best not to laugh when she rolled her eyes and they began to swim towards the other end of the pool before they turned back.

"Can I go to the slide now?" Erin was asking her mother as Castle and Beckett were walking up to the stairs.

"Of course, just make sure you let everyone know you're going on it," Clara said.

"I think she's first," Castle told his wife once the girl was outside the pool and walking to the other end.

Beckett didn't respond to that, smiling, before they watched her pushing herself down the slide and into the water. "Are any of you going to try?" she then asked the other members of the band.

"I will," Jackie said.

"She loves water slides," Gabriel commented with a smile, looking on while his wife was walking around the pool.

"When's the last time you've been to Raging Waters?" Skye asked him.

"A while," Jackie called out to them from the slide's ladder.

"Time to go back," Skye commented.

"It's only February grá," Mary said with a sigh.

"Question," Brennan said as he came up the steps with Arthur on his hip. "What's Raging Waters?"

"Water park," Skye said immediately and with a smile. "East from us but we go there as well as the one at Knott's sometimes."

"More than the one at Knott's," Mary gently corrected her wife. "We usually go to the theme park part of it than Soak City; Knott's water park," she said, ending in an aside for the others.

"Did you go when you were in LA?" Clara asked Castle and Beckett.

"We didn't have the chance," Beckett said first.

"Plus it was getting cooler at the end of our time there," Castle said.

"They were closed by then," Skye said. "And they don't open until May… but we could figure something out."

"We should take the three to Soak City too," Mary told her wife.

"We will," Skye said before they were stepping out of the pool.

"That reminds me, what about parks here?" Castle asked Brennan and Clara.

"You'll have heard of Alton Towers," the latter said.

"I have," Skye called.

"Have you been?" Clara asked.

"Not for years," Skye said. "Bit north though."

"Still," Clara replied before they were laughing.

Beckett smiled at the interaction before she was slightly startled when her husband began speaking rapidly next to her.

"What about Thorpe Park?" Castle said.

"Of course, it's close," Clara said. "I've been going since I was a child."

"When did it open?" Jackie asked, swimming up to them.

"1979," Brennan said. "But yeah, we've been often since it's close enough though we need to go back."

"And you enjoy the roller coasters?" Skye asked.

"I do, nothing too crazy," Clara replied. "Which means I don't enjoy Colossus but…"

"Colossus?" Mary asked in confusion.

Smiling Skye said, "You wouldn't enjoy it grá, ten inversions." She paused and then said, "Since you mentioned Alton Towers you wouldn't like The Smiler either."

"Dare I ask how many inversions that one has?" Raj said.

"Fourteen," Skye said. She smiled when both her wife and the pianist shuddered and said, "Exactly; just me and Barry going."

Beckett turned with the others as Jackie and Gabriel started loudly clearing their throats and she glanced back at Skye when the investigator laughed.

"And you two as well, I forgot," Skye replied. She then turned to the others and said, "We've gone to Magic Mountain together many times since the band formed."

"How is that park?" Brennan asked.

"We didn't have the chance to go to that one either," Beckett said as her husband was looking at her. "But I guess we should."

"Julia would probably like it," Castle told his wife. "And the parks here too."

"We'll try and go," Beckett said with a smile as she knew what he meant by that.

"Tell them the story about when Louis went on Colossus for the first time Mum, Da," Erin said then.

"Oh, we don't need to," Brennan said, smiling at her. "Everyone's having fun swimming of course."

"I wouldn't mind hearing," Castle said.

When some of the others said the same Clara said to her husband, "We might as well."

"Should I start?" Brennan asked since she was looking at him pointedly. When she smiled and shifted Helene on her lap he turned to their guests and said, "It was after I'd proposed to Clare and we decided to go with Louis to Thorpe Park to settle into being a family."

"Though the two of them had been living with me for six months by then," Clara said.

"It was a way of being more… official," Brennan commented. He then said, "We'd gone on a few of the rides but right before lunch we decided to go on Colossus though of course Clara didn't want to join us."

"They went on together," Clara took over since she needed to. "And I watched them, really hoping they'd be okay since Louis was tall enough but I was afraid since he was just barely thirteen. I stayed near the exit to wait for them which took a little time since there had been a line, before I could see them."

"Oh no," Clara said when she saw the pair. "Is he going to be sick?"

"He may," Brennan said. "I should never have let you go Louis," he told his son, his voice gruff.

"It's okay Da," Louis said miserably.

"I'm going to run and get him a soda that will help," Brennan told his fiancée. "Watch him?"

"Of course," Clara said, going to the boy and wrapping her arm around him. When Brennan had left them he said, "Let's find a seat for you while we wait." Once she had found a bench she had him sit and joined him before he looked at her. "Are you going to be sick?" she asked worriedly.

"No, I'm alright," Louis said. "Thanks for staying with me… I'm sorry if I throw up."

"It's okay," Clara replied, squeezing his shoulder.

"Here," Brennan said as he returned to the two. "Drink slowly lad," he told his son. "And we might want to wait about going on roller coasters again… and not this one again." He shared a brief smile with Clara when the boy sighed before he said, "Maybe when you're older, but for the rest of the day we'll take it easy."

"But we can still go on rides?" Louis asked.

"Of course, in a bit," Brennan said. He glanced at his fiancée and then said, "I think we should let Clara pick out something."

"Sure," Louis said.

Clara smiled and said, "What would you two say to a race on Depth Charge?"

"Oh cool!" Louis said.

Clara and Brennan laughed together before they talked about some of the rides they'd allow the teenager to go on, since Louis was asking. They were soon getting up from the bench, heading over to the water slide so they could continue their day together.

"Luckily he didn't get sick again, but it was a nice moment for the two of them," Brennan said.

"We were closer after that," Clara said.

"Was he afraid you'd hurt Brennan?" Beckett asked.

"Not really," Clara replied. "But he wasn't sure where he'd fit once we got married. He knew we would have children; Bren told him that we'd talked about it. But he wasn't sure if he'd really be accepted and I made sure that I treated him like my son… but not fully."

"Since he was a teen by then," Brennan commented. "But everything got worked out and he's eager to meet his new brother and sister."

"We can take them," Beckett said then, smiling at the way the two were smiling at one another.

"Are you sure?" Clara asked.

"Yes, I'd love to spend time with Helene," Beckett said, going up the steps to her. She took the baby, who smiled and gurgled a bit, before she watched her husband taking Arthur. While he was swimming with the boy, she looked down at Helene and saw the baby was staring at her. She smiled and gently tickled her neck before she leaned down and kissed her forehead, suddenly missing Josie greatly.

"Kate," Castle said, coming over to them with Arthur on his hip. He was about to ask if she was alright when his wife was smiling at him and telling him how she was first.

"I'm fine," Beckett said reassuringly. "I just miss them."

"It's really hard not to right now," Castle said as he was nodding in agreement before he heard someone swimming up to them.

"They couldn't come with you?" Erin asked them as she smiled at her little brother, holding his hands.

"They have school too remember," Castle replied, handing her the baby. "But we did think about doing it."

"Also," Beckett began. "They missed the beginning of the school year."

"Yeah, but I'd have someone to play with once I got home from my school," Erin said before she looked over with them at her parents; her father laughing briefly.

"Sorry lass," Brennan said at the way she wrinkled her nose. "But I get the feeling you would have mentioned the fact they weren't at school so you wouldn't have to go either."

When the girl shrugged Clara said, "She has been looking forward to them coming over."

"Have you ever thought of moving to the States?" Castle said then.

"Have you ever thought of moving to the UK?" Brennan said immediately.

"Touché," Castle said with a nod. "Just wondering."

"I can't really leave… oh," Clara started to say before something came to her. "You mean for us to use this as a vacation home."

"Something like that," Castle said before he saw the way his wife was looking at him. "It was just a random thought love."

"Still, a little weird," Beckett replied though she couldn't help smiling.

"There is something else I'm wondering about," Castle said as he was looking around. "Where are Paul and Nancy? And Stella?"

"I could text… never mind," Skye, having swim up to them started to say as she began climbing out of the water. "Where've you been?" she asked jokingly as the singer and his wife entered the room.

"Ended up needing to take two calls," Paul replied. "One from my agent and the other from Stella. She won't be able to come until either Thursday or Friday; she's having some trouble with a few fabrics for her summer collection."

"She's welcome to come any time," Brennan said quickly.

"She's still allowed to do the photo shoot right?" Skye asked.

"Of course," Clara answered firmly before her husband could say anything. She then smiled and said, "Hopefully the greenhouse will be good enough."

"She's seen the pictures," Paul said. "And Stella wants to get things just right so I assure you she'll approve of it in person." He looked with the others as Skye suddenly laughed and he said, "What's the joke?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," the investigator replied. "Like father like daughter," Skye continued with.

"I suppose," Paul said before he and the investigator were laughing together.

"Could I hold Helene?" Nancy said to Clara.

"You don't need to ask," the woman said, watching as Beckett gave the baby to Nancy. Clara smiled when Helene didn't cry and said, "She's very calm."

"She is," the singer's wife said, smiling at the baby. "Are you going to call her a nickname at all?"

"It's funny," Brennan said as he was holding Arthur on his back on the water. "We did talk about that for both of the kids."

"We almost weren't because we don't have any for Louis or Erin," Clara said. "But we are thinking about calling Helene, Ella."

"It works," Beckett said.

"I like it," Erin said. "And I think it fits her."

"She thought of it," Brennan said, ruffling his daughter's hair. "Go on to the slide lass, you're losing all your time for it."

"Are you going to have the kids meet your guests tonight," Beckett said.

Shaking his head Brennan said, "They've seen the kids before already."

"So they'll stay upstairs in the nursery," Clara said. "And before you ask," she added with a smile. "Arthur and… Ella have their own rooms but they use it as a…"

"We call it a playroom," Beckett supplied.

"That's true, but with the beds already there I don't know if it works for the room here," Clara said thoughtfully.

"It is your house," Barry commented. "You can call it anything you'd like."

"We'll still say nursery," Brennan said. "Since it's been called that for ages. Now if you don't mind I'm going to go for a swim."

"Do you think he's quoting my song?" Paul commented as Clara went with him.

"You spoke it," Skye said in a mock stern tone of voice. "Didn't sing it."

"Ah but I was going for a swim," Paul said, pointing at her.

Everyone started to laugh before they were turning their attention to the pool again as they didn't have much time left before they would need to get ready for dinner.

Smiling as her husband was kissing her hand, Beckett said, "Are you finished?"

"Do you want me to be?" Castle asked her interestedly.

"Yes," Beckett said. She couldn't help laughing at how startled her husband appeared and she cupped his face with her hands before they kissed. They had an hour until the meal was going to start but she and her husband weren't taking a shower just yet. Inside their room she'd been walking over to the bathroom when he'd stopped her and had started kissing her hand. "Don't worry," she said after they'd parted. "I enjoyed that but we don't have a lot of time."

"Again," Castle commented.

"Again," Beckett echoed with a smile. She made him bend down to her so they could brush their lips together before she murmured, "We never did make it to the bed."

"No," Castle said simply as he was suddenly finding it hard to breathe. He shook himself of that though and gathered her up into his arms, carrying her over to the bed. Since it was still made they had to spend a bit turning it down for them before he said, "Not the most erotic thing."

"No but…" Beckett said simply before she was reaching for the bottom of her sundress. She pulled it off easily and discarded it to the side before she untied her bikini top. Her breasts revealed, she wasn't surprised when her husband stepped up to her and cupped them with his hands. She was going to tease him about that when he was suddenly asking her a question in such a husky tone that she felt her nipples ache against his palms.

"Will you take those off on the bed?" Castle asked.

"Really?" Beckett asked with a slight frown.

"What?" Castle said, startled at that reaction and lowering his hands.

Beckett then smiled to reassure him and she explained, "It's erotic?"

"Extremely," Castle replied, his voice becoming strained.

Smiling again, Beckett pulled him down to her before they kissed and deeply. She took control in that, rolling her tongue around his before they were very slowly parting when they needed to breathe. She moved away from him then, getting on top of the bed before laying down in the middle of it before she waited for him to join her. When he was next to her on his knees she was reaching for her bikini bottoms and pulled them off her legs. She smiled when her husband took them and tossed them aside before she was reaching for him and pulling him to her just before he kissed her.

Since he didn't want to put any of his weight on his wife, Castle was using his hands to hold him above her before he was moving. "I hope this is what you'd like," he told her, getting in between her legs as she spread them the second he'd shifted.

"Of course, it was what I wanted on the bed," Beckett replied with a smirk.

"What about touching?" Castle asked suddenly.

A smile appearing on her face, Becket said, "I think we can do a little. If you're allowing me to do the same for you."

"You can," Castle said rapidly.

Beckett bit at her lower lip before she was stopping that to cry out her pleasure as he was rubbing over her clit. "Oh… Oh! Rick… you can't do that for too long," she warned him.

"I won't," Castle said, only doing that two more times before he stopped.

"Thank you," Beckett said, hoping her husband knew she meant her being able to touch him.

Castle was letting out a heavy groan of joy as she was curling her hand around his erection, gently tugging on it before she was twisting it. "Kate," nearly exploded from his mouth before her thumb was rubbing around the tip of him.

"Hmm… I should have gotten to do this longer in the shower," Beckett commented, looking at him so she could see what her thumb was spreading over his skin.

"I know but… not now," Castle gasped out. "Please-" he started to say before she let go of him. "Thank you," he breathed in joy. But she brought her digit up to her mouth and he was shuddering as she licked her skin deliberately so he could see her tongue doing it. He swore in Irish before he said, "I'm so glad you want me to fuck you."

"Hmm, you're assuming," Beckett said with a smile as her husband was touching her hip as he tried lowering his hips down to hers.

"No, I know what you want," Castle said firmly, staring into her eyes. "Because it's the exact same thing that I want. Help me love," he told her as he could see she was becoming more and more aroused.

"Wait," Beckett said, beckoning him down to her. She was more than a little pleased when he went down to her, kissing her hard as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She let her hands; as they were dueling wildly; go down to his back and she ran them over to feel his muscles though he wasn't moving that much. She was still enjoying the feel though she was disappointed when he pulled away. She knew she needed to tell him she wanted more but he was speaking before she could.

"We need to get up," Castle told her. He wasn't surprised when his wife was quickly doing so and he moved with her. They kissed deeply before they did anything else and he was running his hand over her hair gently while the other arm was wrapped around her.

"This isn't what I wanted," Beckett said with a smile biting at her lower lip for a moment. She wasn't surprised when her husband kissed her again at that and she was quick to respond to him. When they finally stopped she was about to tell him what she did want when he was suddenly grabbing her and pulling her on his lap as he sat down. "You never asked me," she said, unable to help laughing a little.

"I don't think I needed to," Castle said as he'd reached up and cupped her left breast with his hand carefully.

"No," Beckett breathed in pleasure as he was soon rubbing his thumb around her nipple.

Castle lowered his head and proceeded to kiss around the mound before he paused for a moment when he felt his wife's fingers against his scalp shortly after. He pushed himself back to her, sucking gently at her skin where he could before he pulled away. He cupped her breasts with both his hands and said, "Would you want to direct me in any way?"

"I think you can manage," Beckett said in amusement though she couldn't smile for very long as he was gently massaging her mounds. She reached for his hands and stopped him before she said, "More than that?"

"Are you sure?" Castle asked her as they abruptly became serious. When she only nodded he didn't say anything else, leaning over and brushing a kiss over each of her breasts before he leaned down to kiss around them. He went back and forth between them until he moved to capture her right nipple with his lips. Suckling at her breasts he was running his hands around her back, going everywhere he could and eventually going down to her ass before he pulled back.

Running her fingers through his hair and then cupping his face with her hands, Beckett leaned down and then brushed a kiss to his lips before she moved to his ear. "Fuck me lover," she whispered into it.

Tensing up completely, Castle couldn't figure out if he did that because she was nibbling his lobe or because of her words. He quickly threw out any need to worry about it as he soon knew it was both and he wanted to do what she'd asked desperately. He helped her onto her back before he was laying on top of her again and they kissed before they were both working to get him inside of her. As soon as her hands were moved away, he was sliding into her slowly, wanting a contrast to how he'd be moving in a short amount of time. After their hips were pressed together he murmured her name before they were kissing and sensuously while he was making his first thrusts. He wasn't surprised when Beckett pulled away from him and he was swift to thrust harder.

For some time Castle and Beckett were focused on moving together though she couldn't match her husband's speed fully. But it didn't hurt the pleasure they were feeling and they didn't stop until they had reached a pair of nearly simultaneous orgasms, calling out into the room.

First to calm down, Beckett held her husband as close to her as she could before she felt his last few thrusts. Feeling his breath against her neck she couldn't help smiling and said, "I wish I could do that myself for you."

"Oh no," Castle said seriously. "I love getting to do that." He raised his head though he wasn't sure if he had the strength yet, but he wanted to look at her as he said, "I'm so glad you enjoy that too."

"Of course," Beckett said simply as she was smiling before that fell off her face as he proceeded to kiss along her jaw. When he moved to her lips she reached up to him and then pressed them against his before whispering, "I wish we could love."

"Tonight?" Castle asked hopefully.

"Hmm, tonight," Beckett replied with a nod before they were suddenly kissing.

Castle was relieved she was responding to him though he reminded himself repeatedly to not go too far with that before he was pulling away. "Let me…" he began to say before he withdrew from her carefully. Once they were apart he let her get off the bed first and then followed her over to the bathroom where they went straight into the shower.

"I hope," Beckett said as she was watching her husband turn on the water. "We'll be able to get out of here in a short amount of time."

"Sure, but does that mean absolutely no touching?" Castle asked as he stepped up to her.

Beckett smiled and then wrapped her arms around his neck before she said, "Do you really think we could do that?"

"Not really," Castle replied quickly, putting his arms around her waist. He then pulled her against him before they kissed and as he'd done before he was careful not to make it too intense. Once they'd parted he nuzzled his lips against hers and told her, "I love doing that too."

"Me too, but you don't have to flatter me to continue," Beckett told him with a slight smile. She took her husband's next kiss and she initiated their third before she had to stop him.

"Yeah," Castle said slightly breathlessly. "Too much." He let her go carefully before they began with washing their hair though he was helping his wife. After they had finished he was then quick to grab a washcloth for her and lather it up with soap before he washed her body. He went down to her sex and paused before glancing up at her and asking, "Do you want me to?"

"It's fine," Beckett said simply. "Keep going though." She had to fight a smile at Castle's speed before she said, "Thank you for not making that any dirtier."

"Oh… there are so many places I can go with that," he told her with a smile as he knelt and began washing from her knees down to her feet. "Though I wonder should take that to mean you meant dirty as in-"

"Stop," Beckett said, unable to help speaking laughingly. "Thank you for no smart-ass remarks."

"I'm glad to do it," Castle said, standing up. As he watched her standing under the water to rinse off he made a slight face and said, "That did make sense."

"It did," Beckett said with a smile before she took the washcloth he was handing to her. She washed him in turn before they were standing under the water to kiss again and once they'd stopped she said, "We need to go."

"Yeah," Castle said quickly though he had to tear himself away from her. He turned off the water before he went to the door to step out and grab a towel so he could dry himself off as she watched in the doorway.

"You look like you might start a fire," Beckett told him teasingly.

"Or set off an explosion," Castle said quickly as he was wrapping the towel around his waist.

"And there's the smart-ass remark," Beckett said while he walked back to her.

"I had to put that in somewhere," Castle said easily when he reached her and then began to dry her off. "You'd think I was sick," he told her, smiling up at her.

Beckett was smiling as she lightly pinched his earlobe and she waited for him to finish before she was wrapping her towel around herself. "You're right," she said as she wrapped her arms around him. "I would but I'm reassured now."

"Oh good," Castle said immediately. He stared into her eyes for a moment before he said seriously, "I love you Kate."

"I love you too Rick," Beckett replied before she was taking her husband's kiss. She was responding to him quickly and they were soon rolling their tongues around each other for a while before they parted and she moved so she could cup his face in her hands. "But we can't be late to this dinner," she said seriously.

"I'm just remembering tonight," Castle replied easily.

"Good," Beckett replied easily before they were kissing again. That time though they were doing so for a far shorter time and when they were apart she smiled and said, "I may have to reward you later."

"I really hope you do," Castle said seriously.

"Pervert," Beckett said easily. She smiled when her husband laughed and they embraced tightly for a moment before they were sharing a kiss. That one was brief and they let go of each other before going to the closet where they started to change. She dressed in her underclothes without realizing her husband was watching her but paused as she glanced at him and saw his gaze on her. "Rick?" she asked.

"Sorry, just wondering what you were planning on wearing," Castle replied quickly.

"Are you sure?" Beckett asked.

"Yes," Castle said firmly. "But it was nice to get to see that set." He smiled when she sighed, but then said, "I was wondering."

"Alright," Beckett said. "But you do realize you'll see what it is once I'm finished getting dressed."

"I'm going," Castle said, turning his attention to his clothes. He put on a shirt, trousers and blazer but left off a tie as the dinner wasn't that formal. When he'd finished he turned to his wife and saw she was tucking in her white blouse into her grey trousers before she grabbed a grey fitted blazer. "What if I'd worn grey too?" he asked as they went together to the bathroom.

Smirking at him in the mirror at the sinks Beckett said, "Then you'd be naked. I'm aware of what you have already Rick."

"You look beautiful," Castle said, reaching for her shoulders and gripping them for a moment. He just held them then as he leaned over, kissing the side of her head before he told her, "I hope we're sitting together."

Beckett laughed and turned to him before she said, "We will, we just need to get there." When he finally went over to his sink she turned her attention to drying her hair as quickly as she could before she brushed it and then put it back into a bun.

"Your mom's comb?" Castle asked her.

"No, not for this," Beckett said easily. She then smiled as he was leaning against the counter and said, "What?"

"Are you wearing lipstick?" Castle said since she had moved to her makeup.

"No, but," Beckett began quickly as he was stepping towards her. "I will be wearing lip gloss and I'm not taking it with me."

Letting out a frustrated sigh Castle said, "Alright, then what about right now?"

"Yes, but please take it easy," Beckett said a little sternly. She wasn't surprised when he merely nodded and they were soon wrapped up in each other's arms and kissing hungrily as they knew they weren't going to have many chances for more until they were back in their bedroom.

"Okay," Castle said after they'd exchanged another kiss. "We… tell me what to do because I really can't stop."

"Come on," Beckett said before she took his hand. "Oh, don't worry though," she said as she glanced back at him. "I feel the same too. You just distracted me."

Castle nodded and they got their shoes before he suddenly laughed just as he was slipping his foot into his first shoe.

"What?" Beckett asked.

"No, just thinking of what Skye said about a case," Castle said. "We've been here for a while now, so I don't think it's going to happen."

"I doubt there was any chance in the first place," Beckett said wryly. "Though you do understand why she said that."

"It's why I laughed," Castle said with a shrug. He stood up as he'd finished with his shoes and said, "At least there you-" before abruptly stopping as she was hurrying into the bathroom. He smiled as he followed her and said in the doorway, "How did you forget."

"Someone distracted me a little too much," Beckett said teasingly though she knew he wasn't expecting an answer. She put on her lip gloss before she told him, "We're nearly late, this is on so do not kiss me," walking to where he was waiting. She was about to walk past him when he was suddenly grabbing her hand and she smiled as she watched him kissing the back of it. "We'll make up for it later, let's go," she said.

Smiling as well, since he knew his wife hadn't minded that, Castle nodded and held her hand before they were walking out of their room. They headed to the staircase and he entwined their fingers as they made their way down to meet everyone else for the meal.