February 12, 2021

Hello from England Diary!

I'm here at White Mount and I'm lucky I get the chance to write in you. It's not too, too late so Mom and Dad are letting me write in their room before I need to go to bed in the nursery. (Did I mention I don't care that I'm in there? We're just staying for a little bit and it's cool to see since that room has always been the nursery so Erin's family has been kids in there forever; even her mum.)

And I guess I should say the biggest news when we got here. When we reached the stairs up to the front door Brennan, Clara and Erin were there but there were also two extra people. They were Erin's new little brother and sister! Brennan and Clara adopted them from Adare in Ireland and then brought them here. They're really brother and sister and now they have a big brother and sister. Louis and Erin love them and I think Arthur and Ella (her full name is Helene which is pretty) love the two of them so it's really nice they're gonna be so close.

Julia paused then and dipped her pen into her ink bottle before she looked at her mother sitting on an armchair in front of the fire. "Are you surprised I brought ink?" she asked after calling to her.

"A little," Becket said with a smile. "But I know how much you love writing with that."

Julia laughed softly and said, "It's fun to get to use. But why did you let us play music chairs? I thought they only played that at Christmas."

"To get you thirteen kids who flew today tired," Castle said, having walked into the room in time to hear that. "You're still on Hamptons time so we needed you to be ready to go to sleep."

"I don't need to go do I?" Julia asked in concern.

"No, keep writing if you're not finished yet," Beckett urged her.

"Thanks," Julia said quickly. She turned back to the desk and was about to start another paragraph before she hesitated and her father got her attention.

"Another question?" Castle asked.

"I was wondering, how long do I need to stay in the nursery when we come here?" Julia said with a slight frown.

"I'm surprised you haven't asked sooner," Beckett said as her husband looked to her to answer. "We've talked to Brennan and Clara about that and they say whenever you outgrow the beds there you can have your own room."

"Lizzy and Josa too when they're older?" Julia asked in surprise.

"We said the same thing when we asked them," Castle replied. "But they reminded us that Alexis is staying with Louis when she's here so they can give us three more rooms."

"I don't know Julia," Beckett said when she saw the frown on the girl's face. "How long their relationship will last but for now that's what we'll do."

Nodding her head Julia said, "I don't get to pick my room do I?"

"We didn't pick ours," Castle explained to her. "That was the two of them; so let them pick one for you." He then smiled at his wife and said, "I think I know which one they'll give her."

"Me too," Beckett said. She saw the slightly confused expression on the girl's face and told her, "The azure blue room across the hall and one door down."

"Really?" Julia asked with a smile as she had loved that room since she'd seen it.

"Yes," Beckett replied. "I think they could tell you liked that one when we took a tour of the unoccupied rooms around here."

"Then does that mean Lizzy and Josa will be here on this side too?" Julia asked.

Nodding Beckett said, "Most likely. Keep writing though, now you're really going to run out of time."

Julia was quickly doing so and once she was sure her pen still had ink she started a new paragraph and started to write as fast as she could.

I was just talking to Mom and Dad and they said when I get too tall for all the beds in the nursery I get to have my own room. I might get the one I like the best, the azure room… I think I will get that one since it's empty right now though Skye and Mary are on this side of the house too. But it'll be a nice room and I hope I can stay with whoever I get married to.

Peter and Clive have never been here; or their mom and dad; and we had a lot of fun showing them a little of the house before we were playing musical chairs. And about their parents, their mom and dad are starting to date now. It was funny since as soon as Isaac said they were Skye said it was about time. I hope they date for a while; I don't know about them getting married but if they did Peter and Clive would be brothers… I did talk to them a little about that but they don't really want to since they think it might jinx their parents' relationship. I guess that means they want them to stay together. I did watch them and Genevieve smiled a lot at Isaac so I guess they're happy.

I should have said first about London and landing at the airport but it went so fast. But it was so nice to get to see Mom and Dad, they were gone for what felt like forever. I can't wait for tomorrow and to get to see the photoshoot they're going to do. I hope we get to see that though!

After dinner we got to see the O'Dells perform and also Ringo, Paul didn't since he's going to play with them tomorrow (I asked him if they would play the song they recorded and he said he would think about it, I hope so since I want to hear it all the way through!). It was a fun performance and I danced with the other kids, there's a lot of us, sixteen and thirteen of us played musical chairs so that was great!

I think that's it now diary and Mom is starting to stand up from her chair so I better go. But I'll do my best to write again before we head back home after the ball!

Setting her pen aside Julia blew gently on the ink on the page of her diary before she closed the book and told her mother, "I'm finished. Can I still leave this here?"

"Are you sure?" Castle asked. "We're not going to read it but… well I guess it's a better idea to leave it here," he said, looking at his wife.

"It is," Beckett said with a smile as she watched Julia putting her things away in one of the desk's drawers. "And he's right, we won't read it."

"Are you going to sleep right now?" Julia asked, getting up from the table.

"Not right now exactly," Castle replied with a smile. "But soon since we need to be rested for tomorrow."

"We will be," Beckett said, squeezing her shoulder as she wasn't surprised when the girl looked uncertain. She held her hand as they went over to the nursery, finding that Mari was sitting up in her bed above the one Dani was already asleep in. "Did your parents say goodnight to you already?" she asked.

Nodding Mari said, "They just went to their room; they told me."

"Okay, well Julia's going to bed now so I think you should go ahead and lay back down," Beckett told her with a smile.

Making a playful face Mari did so before she said, "You sound like my mom."

"Of course," Castle said, speaking quietly as they were. "That's what moms do."

Taking the robe that Julia had been wearing, Beckett set it on the armchair that was next to the bunk bed and moved out of the way of her husband.

Sharing a kiss with her Castle said, "I love you Julia and I'm really happy that you're here."

"Me too," Julia replied with a smile. She hugged her father tightly once he was sitting next to her and said, "I love you Dad."

"Sweet dreams sweetheart," Castle told her, squeezing her. He smiled as she laughed softly and he let her go to look at her before saying, "You look more grown up."

"Dad," Julia said in slight embarrassment. "I did not," she replied.

"A little," Beckett said, watching the two hugging again with a slight smile. She sat once her husband had gotten off the bed and shared and embrace with her before she leaned back. "I agree with your dad, that I am glad you're here."

Julia nodded and then shared a kiss with her mother before she said, "I love you Mom, and I can't wait for tomorrow and the ball."

Smiling Beckett said, "Neither can I." She hugged Julia one more time before she said, "Okay, really time for you to sleep."

Sighing, though she didn't put much effort behind it, Julia climbed onto the top bed and laid on her back before she said, "When can I have the same bedtime as Eve and Jake?"

"When you're their age," Beckett said simply; having heard that question before. Julia had been tucked in and she then said, "Goodnight sweetie."

"Night," Castle added.

"Night Mom, Dad, see you in the morning," Julia replied. She squeezed her mother's hand after she'd doing the same to her before she was watching them leaving. When they'd stepped out of the large room she whispered, "Night Mari." She smiled when there was no response and finally closed her eyes, trying not to think of the next day so she could fall asleep quicker.

"Feel better?" Beckett asked her husband with a smile.

Shrugging Castle said, "It was a standard shower."

"Pervert," Beckett said, rolling her eyes though she was smiling at the same time. "It would have still been a standard shower if I'd gone with you."

"I stand by what I said," Castle replied, running his fingers through his hair before he climbed onto the bed. "Are we going to sleep?"

"Not yet," Beckett replied, turning off her phone and setting it aside. "It's not that late and I'm sure I'll sleep alright."

"Okay, then what did you want to do?" Castle asked her as he reached over to gently caress her hair.

Beckett smiled and shared a brief kiss with him before she told him, "Tell me something."

"Sure," Castle said immediately. "A-"

"That memory of your fortieth birthday," Beckett interrupted him.

"Oh… sure," Castle said. "You wouldn't want me to tell you with the girls?"

"I'd like to hear first before we do that," Beckett replied.

Castle was going to comment before he paused and said, "We did make love that night." When she smiled he said, "Okay, it's up to you if I say anything about that," studying her before she answered him.

"Let's see what happens," Beckett said simply, nodding to him.

Castle nodded once before he said, "Once we'd finished we got ready before we went downstairs to the girls' rooms."

"Where are they?" Kate said after walking out from Josephine's room.

"I-" Rick started to say before he paused as the sound of a pan echoed from the kitchen. He smiled before he said, "There they are." He was a bit startled when his wife suddenly hurried down the hall to the stairs and he was quick to follow her before they were in the dining room.

"Girls," Kate said once she saw their daughters. She smiled when the four looked at her she said, "This is a surprise for me too."

"We didn't want you to have to work Ma," Julia said first, smiling at her sisters.

"Then it's a double gift for me," Rick replied with a smile. "Since I don't want your ma to do that either."

"I'll start setting the table," Kate said, going to the cabinet before her second youngest was cutting her off. "Alexandra!" she said, putting her hands on her hips as the girl was reaching up to the dishes there.

"I'm surprised," Beckett said, squeezing her husband arm.

"At what? Oh, their ages," Castle said, quickly realizing what she meant. "Seventeen, almost twelve, almost eleven and already nine by then."

"So she was tall enough to do that," Beckett said musingly.

"I get the feeling they were tall… or she was anyways," Castle replied. He looked at his wife and then said, "Keep going?" At her nod he couldn't help himself and he leaned over, kissing her lightly before he was pulling her onto his lap.

"Are you sure you should do that?" Beckett asked him though she'd gone willingly.

"I'll be fine," Castle said. "So we ate the breakfast they'd made, eggs, bacon and pancakes. They were good cooks but not quite as good as you."

"Kiss ass," Beckett replied. When her husband nodded she couldn't help laughing softly and pressed a kiss to his temple. "Then what did we do?"

"We left to go out to the car where we piled in and then headed into the city," Castle replied.

"What're you doing girls," Kate said, looking into the backseat where the three oldest were.

"Just talking Ma," Elizabeth replied with a smile.

"Hmm, don't stick your heads out of the windows while we go across the bridge," Kate said after studying them.

"We won't Ma," Julia said.

Turning back to the windshield Kate said, "What will we do today Rick?"

"I'm not sure, let's see what the others feel like doing," he said, speaking a little distractedly as he was paying close attention to the traffic. He drove them into the city and made his way over to Alamo Square. "I'm not surprised," Rick commented when he saw that Fleur was outside with Johanna.

"Don't run girls," Kate said as the three were racing out of the back. She got out herself as Josephine was scrambling to get out and watched her going up in a rush after her big sisters. She smiled and then said to her husband, "They're enjoying your plans as well."

"I know, thank goodness," Rick replied before he took her arm and tucked it through his.

"We're only going up the stairs," Kate commented.

"Of course," Rick replied.

"Smooth," Beckett told her husband with a smile.

"I had to," Castle said, shrugging. He leaned into her palm as she had cupped his cheek and then said, "We met up with everyone and then headed out to the zoo."

"You decided to go to zoo on your birthday?" Beckett asked him in surprise.

"I did," Castle said. "Why not? It was something fun to do and you enjoyed it too. Plus they did work on it during the Depression earlier that decade so we liked seeing the new exhibits." When she nodded he wrapped both his arms around her to hold her closer before he continued.

"Are we going to go see the sea lions?" Josephine asked her parents eagerly.

"We will," Kate assured her. "But we'll be going to that eventually." She wasn't surprised when her youngest breathed out a huff and she squeezed her shoulder before telling her, "We're going through the entire zoo honey."

"But those are my favorites," Josephine replied.

"Mine too but we need to see everything we can," Kate told her.

"Are you having fun Da?" Elizabeth asked her father since she was walking with him.

"I am," Rick replied. He then looked down at her and said, "I hope you are too."

"It's swell," Elizabeth said seriously. "And you get to have presents tonight."

"The most important part," Rick said with a smile at his wife as she was slightly shaking her head.

The group walked into the aviary and they wandered around admiring the different birds in cages.

"Strange how much they love these," Patrick was saying as their daughters were standing in front of the cage with peacocks inside.

"Don't we have some feathers at home?" Mary asked.

"True," Patrick said, inclining his head slightly. "Though they belong to the entire family."

"Says the man who picked them out," Rose said jokingly to him in Irish.

"Let's keep going," Kate told them. "We'll never finish and Ma will be furious with us if we don't make it in time for dinner."

"I wish she would have come for lunch," Rose told her twin before they were walking again to the next bird.

"She wants to make a good dinner," Patrick commented as they were walking behind the five girls.

"I told her she didn't need to," Rick said with a slight frown.

"You know how Ma is," Kate said, squeezing his arm. "And it's not just for you but for us all."

"I still tried to convince her," Rick said.

"I know, and it was swell of you to try but Ma will feed her family," Kate replied.

"Are we helping her once we're home?" Patrick asked.

"If you want to set the table then you're welcome to," Rose said. "She'll chase you out unless it's peeling potatoes."

"Or cutting onions," Mary added, smiling at her sweetheart.

"Very true," Kate said in agreement. "But we'll see once we're home."

"That's not to say that we never helped in the kitchen," Castle told his wife.

"I know," Beckett said with a nod. "With four of us in there it was more crowded than she liked." She shared a brief kiss with her husband before she asked, "The zoo again?"

Shaking his head Castle told her, "I'm going to skip ahead to the house… well, the park where Patrick and I were with all the girls to watch them while they played." He waited for a moment as she cuddled closer against him and rubbed her upper arm before starting with him and his brother in law in that life running after their younger daughters.

"Give that back!" Rick was calling in a stern tone though he was only joking. "I'll burn every last hair off my head without it!"

Laughing Alexandra stopped running suddenly and she was crying out as she and her father were falling to the grass and rolling once.

"Alexandra," Rick said worriedly once they'd stopped. "Are you alright honey?"

Still laughing, the girl nodded and said, "That was fun, can we do that again?"

"Your ma will have my head," Rick replied. "And my hairs. Wait… your stockings?"

Moving her legs quickly Alexandra frowned when she saw the grass stains on her left leg and said, "Ma's gonna be sore."

"I'll tell her it was my fault," Rick said, having her stand up.

"But it was my fault, I shouldn't have taken your hat," Alexandra protested.

"Don't worry," a voice said suddenly behind the two, making them jump. "It doesn't matter how it happened, you'll just need to scrub a bit more when it's laundry day," Kate told them.

"I will Ma," Alexandra said, speaking swiftly as she was relieved her mother wasn't mad.

"Is dinner ready?" Rick asked his wife.

"It is, I was sent out to get you all," Kate answered. She slipped her arm through his as he held it out to her and smiled watching him calling to their daughters.

As soon as they were walking back to the house Rick reached up to squeeze her hand before their other three daughters were coming to them with Patrick and Fleur. He turned his attention to them as well though his thoughts were going back to his wife before they were entering the home to continue his birthday celebration.

"After that it was the usual," Castle told his wife.

"Gifts?" Beckett asked him.

"Books mainly," Castle replied. "Though you did give me a new shirt you'd sewn yourself for the summer and a new hat which I guess I needed."

"I bothered you about that hat," Beckett said with a smile. She then said, "And I had made your cake of course as you said. But we didn't stay."

"No," Castle said though he knew she was aware of that already. "We let the girls stay the night with their cousin and family but you and I drove back, since we could with the bridge of course. And…"

Smiling again, since she knew why her husband had trailed off, Beckett pressed her cheek to his before she said, "You can keep going."

"You're sure," Castle said, not making that a question since he had a feeling she was already.

"Very," Beckett replied firmly. She pulled away to look at her husband and said, "If we need to we can do something."

"Manually or…" Castle started to say, feeling his excitement rising.

"Manually," Beckett said with a nod. She saw her husband was opening his mouth before he stopped and she squeezed his shoulder before she said, "What?"

"It doesn't matter," Castle replied, shaking his head.

"Maybe you should tell me and let me decide with you if it does," Beckett told him.

Since her tone was very firm, Castle said, "What if we undressed right now?"

"And do something?" Beckett asked him pointedly, running her nails over his scalp gently so he wouldn't think that she was mad.

"Maybe," Castle replied quickly, trying not to become too affected by her touch though it was a losing battle. "But you have to let me know if you want anything."

Smiling, since she knew her husband was telling her he did already Beckett leaned over and kissed him gently telling him, "I will."

Breathing out hard Castle nodded and let her go so she could get up and moving to the side of the bed he was reaching for her shirt. He pulled it up before she took care of it and he started sliding her pants and panties off her hips before she'd tossed the dark blue fabric aside.

"Pervert," Beckett told him, smiling.

"Of course I am," Castle said, standing up once she was naked and had started to tug on his shirt. He pulled it off and was freezing as she was running her hands over his chest while he stood straight. "Kate," he said warningly as he gently took her hands.

"I didn't suggest this," Beckett teased him with a smile.

"Vixen," Castle breathed, gathering her in his arms and kissing her deeply on the lips. He felt her responding and holding onto him tightly before they slowly parted and he said, "We really need to stop."

"We will, come on," Beckett replied before she pulled him to the bed. She got on it first but then waited for him to lay down before she was doing so herself, pressed against his side. "Go ahead."

"We were together that morning," Castle said. "But since you weren't waking me up it was a lot more fun at the start for me."

Beckett glanced up at him before she said, "For me too."

Castle kissed the top of her head before he said, "Amazingly once we got back to the house we managed to go up our room without knocking over furniture or forgetting to lock the door to the lean-to on the way."

Waiting for her husband to toe off his shoes Kate smiled when he kicked them aside before he hurried over to her. She wrapped her arms around him before she felt his hands gripping tightly at her back. She nearly shivered and ended the kiss as she could easily feel how tightly he was holding onto her and when they slowly pulled away she murmured, "You'd like to be with me again?"

"Yes," Rick said, breathing a little heavily still. He moved to pick her up in his arms and carried her to the bed before setting her down. He'd intended to start undressing her but was kissing her, their tongues quick to meet in her mouth before they were rubbing against each other. He wasn't sure how long they were doing that before they were slowly parting and he whispered, "I love you."

"I love you too," Kate replied before she reached down to the belt that was around her waist. That spurred her husband to move and they were undressing one another before they seemed to tumble on the bed. Their kiss then was rough and they were holding onto one another for a moment before their hands were running around one another wherever they could go. Eventually he was pulling away and she thought he would move to enter her when he moved away from her. "Where-" she started to say.

"It's still my birthday," Rick said, getting up and going to her armoire.

"It is," Kate replied, a smile on her face while she watched him. She knew what he was getting already and once he had the book she sat up fully from leaning on her elbows and told him, "It's your choice."

Flipping through the pages of I Modi, Rick finally stopped once he was back at the bed and he handed it to her so she could see. Before she could say anything he was getting back on the mattress, running his hand over her hair that she'd loosened while they were divesting themselves of their clothes. He had no idea how long he was doing that but soon she reached up and took his hand which made him think it'd been a while.

"I think you don't want to get started," Kate told him teasingly.

"Oh I do," Rick said earnestly. He wasn't surprised when she gave him back the book and they studied the illustration of the god and goddess before he tossed it to his nightstand. Turning to his wife he moved to lay where she'd been though he laid back propped up by pillows before she was taking his length in hand. As she lowered herself on him he groaned and waited for her to continue until they were fully coupled. "Kate," he breathed, staring at her while she was resting her hands on his chest.

Castle found he couldn't continue as his wife had moved around until they were kissing passionately. He ran his hand over her hip before she was pulling away and he murmured against her lips, "I could continue."

"That might be too much," Beckett said with a smile. She then grew serious and said, "What will we do now?"

Castle knew that he had the opportunity to beg her to make love but he found he couldn't really do that to her. He moved to lay next to her before he was reaching for her and gently cupping his hand over her sex. He stared into her eyes and seeing she had a look of anticipation on her face he was carefully moving his index finger. While she was shifting in response he was doing his best to move his middle finger around her entrance. He wasn't surprised she was moaning as soon as he was slipping through the slick skin. He leaned over the best he could and kissed her, enjoying it while he could as he had to lay back as he'd been before. Rubbing his fingers around her sex he used his left hand to cup her right breast, quickly going to her nipple once he'd felt the mound against his palm.

"Rick," Beckett breathed out, reaching up to his hand and covering it with her own. She was moving in reaction to his touch and her hand soon moved to hold onto his right arm before she felt him slowing down. "Don't-" she began, thinking that he was going to stop.

"Ba mhaith liom tú a bhlaiseadh," Castle said honestly, telling her he wanted to taste her.

"Gealltanas dom go ligfidh tú dom blas a chur ort," Beckett moaned softly, begging him as she had told him the phrase 'promise me you'll let me taste you.'

"You will," Castle breathed before he was moving to kiss her again. When they parted after some time he was holding her a little closer to him and he moved his right hand so he could slip his first two fingers within her. He loved watching the way her back arched and hearing her soft gasp he leaned down, kissing her lightly before moving his fingers. His heart was pounding at the way her body moved and he could feel her against him, skin rubbing against his. He had to focus fully on her as he knew it wouldn't take long for him to be pushed too hard and doing so he realized she was starting to change a bit in her movements.

"I… Rick," Beckett gasped when her husband then began to rub her clit with the first two fingers of his left hand. She was doing her best to move up into his hands though she couldn't exactly use her hips for leverage. She would have used her feet as well but she had her legs tangled with his and didn't want to move them. When he suddenly moved away from her she was breathing roughly as she tried to handle the abrupt absence of sensation.

Castle had been about to slide down his wife's body to finish pleasuring her but he couldn't stop himself and he leaned over, kissing her hard. Feeling her tongue snaking out into his mouth he was overjoyed and he moved to tangle his around her. They were dueling playfully until they had to breathe and he nuzzled her lips with his own before he moved in between her legs.

When she could feel her husband's lips surrounding her clit, Beckett let out a short cry before her back was arching. She was recovering in time to realize he was gently sucking on her and she bit her lower lip. She wanted to beg him to make her climax but she was breathing harder and harder until he was moving again. Her eyes rolled into her head as his tongue was slipping past her folds and she broke the second he was beginning to slide it back and forth. She called his name once and she was soon clutching at the sheet underneath her tightly, doing her best to withstand what her husband was doing to her.

Remaining in between her legs, Castle only moved once he was sure she had recovered from her pleasure and he had gotten all he could from her, pushing himself up to take her in his arms. He was startled when he suddenly found himself on his back but that was lost when she was grasping his erection in her hand. "Love," he groaned in pleasure as she was soon sliding her fingers up and down around him. He closed his eyes tightly as the sensations were taking him over rapidly and he wasn't sure he'd last that long, telling her that.

"Don't worry," Beckett said. "As long as you don't stop me then you can last however long you want." She leaned up and as best she could kissed at his jaw before she shifted enough to slide her arm underneath his neck to better move her hand to his chest. When she was lightly playing with his left nipple she watched him eagerly as he was clenching his teeth together before she glanced at his hand at his side that was clutching the bed. His knuckles were already white and she murmured, "Close?"

"Yes," Castle groaned. He was relieved for a moment when she stopped and he said, "That can't be for long," before he looked at her. He expected her to start again but she began to speak and his attention was focused on her as she did so.

"It doesn't matter if it isn't that long," Beckett told her husband firmly. "But you won't regret this."

"I know," Castle said seriously. He wasn't surprised when they seemed to fall into a kiss and were doing so passionately before she pulled away first. He was breathing even harder when she started to kiss around his jaw before she went further down to his neck. Swallowing hard as she sucked against his pulse he reached up to her and was about to try and stop her before she moved away when. "Kate," he groaned in frustration.

"Don't worry," Beckett said soothingly. She was looking over his body and as he was gripping her arm she moved to help him. She was leaning down and kissing at his chest, staying away from his nipples for a bit before she moved and flicked her tongue against the right one.

"Fuck," Castle swore at the explosion of pleasure running through him at her stimulation. "Kate you're going to kill me."

"Why would I do that?" Beckett asked simply before she smirked and then moved back to him. She wrapped her lips around his nipple and started to suck, feeling her husband moving underneath her in reaction. She did that for a while before moving to his other, repeating the same actions there until she moved again. Sliding her lips down she didn't stop until she reached where his erection was still resting on his stomach. Taking it into her hand she lowered her lips to kiss the very tip of him and she did it a second time as he had hissed in pleasure in reaction.

Castle was tempted to tell his wife that he was close, but she was lowering her mouth and he wasn't sure how he wasn't gasping for air at the sight of her. When she moved away once raising her head he said, "You… what…" before he cut himself off and pressed himself back on the bed as she was kissing underneath his length. When she moved back to his member there was slight relief but he was soon focusing on the feeling of her mouth and he was losing a battle with his own body. "Kate," he breathed out finally. "I'm going to… come," he just barely managed to hiss out to her before he broke. He was holding onto her head and trying to remember not to hurt her while he did his best to not thrust too much against her.

Beckett didn't move until well after her husband had stopped moving, gently flicking her tongue against his erection before she forced herself up. "We can do this again tomorrow," she said, settling next to him before he was wrapping his arms around her tightly.

"Are you saying that thinking I need it?" Castle asked her.

"Partially," Beckett said.

"Then leave it open to tomorrow?" Castle suggested. "We'll have a lot to do."

"Alright," Beckett said. They were quiet for a moment before she was watching her husband as he got up and then reached down to the end of the bed. She helped him with the covers and once they were set over them both she said, "I love you Rick."

"I love you too Kate," Castle replied. He had her in his arms again and said, "And I'm so glad you enjoy doing that to me."

Smiling at the way he worded that, Beckett pressed a kiss to his collarbone and said, "I love you doing it for me too." She moved her head to look up at him and said, "And I mean that, both now and then."

Rubbing his hand up and down her arm Castle couldn't help saying, "More than just the last life."

Sighing Beckett said, "I guess."

Nodding, and not wanting to push her any more than that, Castle said, "We should get some sleep?" He felt her nod and then told her, "It was a great birthday."

"It was," Beckett replied with a smile, cuddling a little closer against him. "We were together off and on all night."

"A lot of that," Castle said, expecting her to tell him that he was a pervert. When she merely nodded he breathed out and he said, "When could we do that again?"

"I'm not sure," Beckett said honestly. "We could try and head to the B&B again and do that there."

"I guess," Castle replied. "I'd like to do it in our room."

"I know what you mean," Beckett told him. "We'll try when we can."

"That would be great," Castle said since there was nothing else he could really say. He leaned down to her and they kissed tenderly before he murmured, "Good night my love."

"Night Rick," Beckett said with a smile before they were kissing again. Since that one was a little more sensuous she could feel her husband's lips on hers when they finally parted. She pressed her cheek to his shoulder and closed her eyes, both silent as they couldn't forget their photoshoot the next day. But she couldn't help recalling their night he'd been telling her about and she knew Castle was as well while they were soon falling asleep.

Crying out her husband's name as she broke, Kate was sliding her nails over his back while he was thrusting wildly within her. Another cry left her as he was joining her and she cursed the protection he was wearing as she couldn't feel much more than his movements. It was a brief thought and she spent the rest of her orgasm holding onto her husband with her arms and legs wrapped around him. When they had both stopped moving she felt limp but she never let go of him until he pushed himself up and her hands moved from his back to his shoulders.

"You're a Sheba," Rick told his wife earnestly. He leaned down and kissed her hungrily, their tongues meeting very shortly after in her mouth and tasting her he could feel his arousal again. "I don't want to stop love," he said seriously once they had parted.

"Hmm," Kate sighed in joy as she ran her hands up and down his arms. "I don't either, but I'm feeling mighty thirsty."

Withdrawing carefully from his wife, Rick didn't speak until he was back with her on the bed after detouring swiftly into the bathroom and he told her, "It's a long walk down to the kitchen."

"Would you want me to keep you company?" Kate replied. At the rapid nodding of her husband's head she smiled and sat up so she could kiss him briefly on the lips. "Let me get my clothes," she told him.

Rick was disappointed, hoping she'd go relatively undressed, and he pulled on his boxers before he looked to his wife seeing that she was wearing her robe. Since he quickly discerned her nipples were straining against the cerulean blue silk he was swallowing to distract himself and he took her hand before they headed down the steps outside their room. They made it as far as the dining room before he couldn't help himself and he turned to her, pushing her gently against the wall before they were kissing wildly.

Feeling her husband's hands all over her body, Kate was moaning into his mouth at the same time they were dueling with their tongues. When they slowly parted after sharing several more kisses, she breathed as she reached for the tie of her robe, "You have to take me Rick, now."

"I don't have…" he started to say as their protection was hidden in their bedroom upstairs. But his wife was fishing into his boxers and drawing his erection out which led Rick to grab her. He took her hard and as fast as he could at the same time they were kissing and when they stopped he breathed out roughly and helped her get down as he said, "What if you have another baby?"

"I won't," Kate said, though she wasn't exactly sure of that. She brushed her lips to his and said, "I'm nearly to my last change, as Ma calls it," tying her robe closed while he was fixing himself.

"You're young yet Kate," Rick said with a frown.

"You're sweet my love," she told him, brushing her lips to his gently. "But it's inevitable. And remember when I reach then there'll be no need for anymore French letters."

Inclining his head once Rick said, "Come, we'll need that water now." He wasn't surprised when she was nodding and he led her into the kitchen where he got them a glass of water. It took him a little longer to do that than it should have, his wife wrapping her arms around him from behind and kissing at his back. He was lucky to get water into the glass he'd grabbed before they were nearly racing back to their room and he stopped her with his embrace on her side of the bed.

Kate was about to ask her husband what was wrong but he was soon laying her down on the bed, without her robe and his boxers, and they were kissing hungrily while his length slid smoothly inside her. They made love slowly at first before they were a little furious and she was lost to her husband until they broke. Though she didn't want to she fell asleep with Rick pressed close to her, thinking it would be the end of their night. But they were waking up nearly a half hour later, coupling again to her joy and his obvious delight. She found they were soon repeating that cycle since they had the house to themselves and when they made love for the last time she whispered to him, wrapped up tightly in his arms, "I love you Rick, I'll never stop."

"Nor will I," Rick replied. "And I love you Kate, I'm crazy about you." He smiled when she did and they were soon kissing again, hugging tightly before they lay in their slowly lightening room.

As dawn was approaching Rick and Kate fell asleep, heavily sated from their activities and feeling an intense amount of bliss between them while they regained their strength for more when they awoke.