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April-the April Fools baby

When Kate arrived at school on the first April she was almost not surprised to see Castle there, talking to Kevin and Javier, wearing a Jester hat with bells.

Almost.

She walked up to where they were talking on the carpet and flicked one of Castle's bells. "What's with the hat?" she asked with a slight grin.

Castle smiled widely. "It's my birthday!" he announced.

Kate nodded. "Yeah, I know. Your mom invited us to your party this Saturday, remember? But that still doesn't explain the hat."

"Well, you see," Castle said, in his story voice, "Mom said that when I was born she used to call me her little April Fool, and when I was three she got me this hat so I would really be her April Fool. Get it? Because it's a Jester's hat!"

"And you're a fool?" Kate said with a smirk. "Yeah, I get it, Jingles."

"Ha ha, very funny," Castle deadpanned. He stuck his tongue out at her and she returned the motion.

"Mr. Castle, Miss Beckett, put those tongues back in your mouths before they are cut off," Montgomery warned, jokingly.

Castle and Kate obeyed. Castle turned back to Javi.

"So you got anything planned for April Fool's Day?" he asked, having heard Javi's stories about years past.

Javi grinned. "Yup!" he said. "I already got my Mama today. I put a fake spider on her chest while she was sleeping; you should have heard her screamin'!" Javi bent over in laughter.

"That's nothing!" Kevin said. "Lindsey, Megan, and I dragged Molly into the shower this morning and turned the cold water on her! She screamed so loud that she lost her voice!"

"This morning my mom got me pretty good," Castle supplied. "She made me a big breakfast for my birthday and while I was eating my pancakes she blew a blow horn and I fell over!" This made the boys fall over laughing and Kate began giggling. When they were settled down, all eyes turned to Kate for her story.

Kate shrugged. "I'm not into that whole pranking thing; it's kind of silly."

"Ka-ate!" Castle groaned. "That's the whole point! Nobody pranks anybody else to be serious!" He said "serious" as if it were a bad word. "You and I are gonna play a huge prank today!" He decided.

"On who?" Kate asked.

"Uh…Jenny?" Castle suggested.

"Don't even think about it!" Kevin said. "You're not goin' anywhere near Jenny! You got it?"

"Fine," Castle huffed. "Lanie then." Javier's death glare told him to pick somebody else. "Perlmutter?"

"That's better."

"Okay."

The boys spoke simultaneously. Nobody really liked Sidney Perlmutter; he was a know-it-all snob.

"So what's the prank, Castle?" Kate asked. Castle was surprised she was going along with this since she'd expressed her dislike for pranks. He said as much and Kate responded, "Yeah, well, Sidney ripped apart my Barbie last year because he said he was dissecting it. Mom tried for three hours to fix it but it was no use. So I've decided this might be the best way to exact my revenge."

Castle's eyes widened. "Wow….Kate Beckett has a dark side."

"I have a lot more sides to me than you know, Castle," Kate deadpanned. "So, what's your plan?"

Castle looked at Javi and Kevin before motioning Kate to follow him. Once they were about twenty or so feet away, he whispered his plan in her ear. Kate's smile widened as she listened.

Sidney was sitting in his seat, doing the math assignment when the first part of the plan started.

Castle started shooting spit wads at the back of his head and every time Sidney turned around he acted like he was concentrated on his work. The third time he turned his head, Kate was walking up to the front to hand in her assignment and while his head was turned, she quickly shot one straight into his ear, successfully getting it lodged. She stashed the straw before either Sidney or Montgomery could see her and made her way back to her seat. Perlmutter stood and walked to the front of the class to seek the teacher's aide, while Castle stood and slipped a whoopee cushion onto his seat as he walked up to drop off his own paper. He quickly returned to his desk as three other students stood up and Perlmutter walked back to his seat, the spit wad successfully removed.

When he sat down on the whoopee cushion, it made a loud farting noise, which made several children giggle and Sidney blush. Castle and Kate high-fived under the table.

"Very funny," Sidney grumbled as he threw the prank into the trash. Montgomery hid his smile as he chastised the class.

Then it was time for lunch.

As they filed out, Castle snuck up behind Sidney and gently stuck a 'Kick Me' sign to his back, running away before he turned around.

For all of lunch, Perlmutter was kicked and he had no idea why. Meanwhile, Castle and Kate watched and laughed hysterically.

After lunch, the last part of their plan was to take place during their break. Castle had Kate write a love letter from Claire Monet, a little redhead in their class, to Sidney, confessing her love for him. The letter told him to come over to her and kiss her on the cheek if her liked her back. Claire was admittedly the prettiest girl in their class and it was no secret that Sidney thought so, as well. When he read the letter, he beamed and raced over to Claire, immediately kissing her cheek.

Claire, who had not, in fact, written the letter, was shocked and angered, slapping Sidney across the cheek and walking away. Sidney just stood there, perplexed, giving Castle enough time to slip another note onto his desk.

When Sidney read that, it only had six words on it, but they shocked and angered Sidney to no end:

"April Fools from the April Fool!"

Sorry it's so very short but I'm tired and need sleep! REVIEWS!