Kate walked into Emilie's room to find her daughter being toweled off by Alexis with an adorable brown bear character towel. She fondly remembered how excited Emilie had been when Alexis brought it home for her one day. Despite the vast age difference, the bond forged between the sisters was stronger than ever and they absolutely adored each other. Little giggles broke Kate's trend of thought as Alexis started to tickle her little sister.

"Okay Emmy, you're all clean now so it's time to get dressed with mommy," Alexis stated. "She's all yours Kate."

"Thanks so much Lex. I really needed the head start on my make up," Kate said.

"No problem. There's nothing more fun than splashing around with my little munchkin," Alexis said giving Emilie a quick kiss before leaving to go get ready.

"We make big splashes mommy!" chimed in Emilie.

"Did you now; well that sounds like so much fun," Kate said, chuckling to herself. "Okay my splashy bear cub," she continued, "We've got to get all dressed up for daddy's party and so does Lex so let's get things moving."

"I get my new dress now mommy?" asked Emilie.

"Yes you do sweetheart. You're excited aren't you?" said Kate.

Kate opened one end of the giant closet in her daughter's bedroom where she stashed both their dresses after their shopping spree. She knew how excited Castle was for tonight and she just wanted to make it as special as possible for him. Looking back on all that they had been through in a little over the last decade, she couldn't help but think that he absolutely deserved a special night to be surrounded by excitement, happiness and the most importantly, the people he loved the most.

As she laid out both of the dresses on the bed and looked at them, her feminine side could not help but blaze within her at the simplistic elegance of the clothing. With this dress, and Castle on her arm, it was more than impossible for her not to feel like the luckiest and most beautiful woman in the entire world.

Putting a beautiful red ribbon in Emilie's hair was almost the final touch for Rick Castle's gorgeous girls. Emilie sat next to Kate on a rectangular stool in front of the vanity in the bedroom and stared intently at her mother with eyes as blue as the Caribbean Sea. Kate held lipstick in her hand, an intense shade of deep red and reapplied them to her already red lips as the final touch. When she was finished, she replaced the lid and turned to face her daughter, noticing the intense focus in her almost three-year-old eyes. She smiled to herself filled with amusement, remembering fondly her own fascination with her mother's make-up as a child.

"How do I look baby bear?" Kate asked her daughter earnestly.

"Just like a princess, mommy!" she said with a grin.

"You are just the sweetest little girl, aren't you?" stated Kate, her eyes filled with love.

Emilie simply stood up on the stool, placing her hands on to Kate's shoulders for balance. She raised her hands to lay them on Kate's cheeks and suddenly pressed them together, making her mother seem almost like a chipmunk. She then leaned in and gave her mommy a kiss and with resounding giggles and a barely audible I love you, proceeded to sit back down and slide off the stool.

Making her way toward the door she shouted, "Let's go mommy. Let's go!"

"Okay. Okay. I'm coming," Kate said with a loving smile.

She gathered her clutch purse and dropped her lipstick in it and then got up and proceeded to walk behind Emilie out the door. At the top of the staircase, she held Emilie's hand in hers and they both proceeded cautiously; Emilie with the ambling gracefulness of a toddler and Kate with the responsibility of managing said toddler in six-inch heels. As they descended the staircase to enter the living room, she found Alexis waiting there looking stunning as ever with her auburn curls cascading halfway down her back and in the form fitting dark green dress they picked out together to accentuate her bright and beautiful eyes.

Standing right behind her, wearing a grin that stretched from ear to ear, stood her husband, enthralled by the beautiful, not to mention adorable picture before him. Both Kate and Emilie wore black dresses, highlighted with red and silver assets. Kate wore a long, plain black dress that hugged her waist tight and gently flowed out around her legs and ankles. A slit ran up her left leg until her lower thigh was just about visible. The sweetheart neckline and off-the-shoulder sleeves exquisitely defined her chest and her overall silhouette and height were enhanced. She added red stilettos that were as striking as her red lipstick and topped it off with a silver clutch to match her silver earrings that she bought.

Meanwhile, Emilie was the poster child for perfection in her black dress that had a narrow, lace bodice that lowered to meet a waistline crafted of silver jewels and flowed into a gently pleated, knee length skirt with just the right amount of fluff to it. Kate had pulled her hair into a high ponytail and adorned the beautiful locks with the silken red ribbon. Emilie had red shoes to match her mother's and even lips tinged with red after kissing her mommy. Kate smiled at Castle and looked down at the miniature replica of herself who could hardly contain her excitement.

For a long time, she never believed that a life like this was possible for someone like her but as she looked around the room at her husband and daughters, her heart had no choice but to believe in the happiness that saturated the room. Castle took a deep breath and looked around the room, beaming at his three girls. He could not possibly be happier in this moment, even if he had written it in like in one of his novels and he knew that nothing could bring him down from the cloud he was floating on tonight.