Richard Castle sat alone in his empty loft. Martha was out at play rehearsal, and Alexis was out sleeping at her friends house. Castle dialed Esposito's number.

"Hey 'Sito!" Castle said excitedly when he picked up, "What's up Castle?" He replied, "I'm just kind of bored, so I called you."

"Don't you have a book you should be writing?" Esposito replied both knowing he should be writing.

"I know, but it's kind of lonely around here with everyone gone. You know?" He replied sadly, "Listen bro, I'm out to dinner with Lanie right now out Capital Grille. I'll come by tomorrow night. I have to go because this dinner is gonna cost me a fortune, and I'm sacrificing my phone bill. I'll talk to you later." Esposito said about to hang up.

"Wait!" Castle yelled, "What?" He replied annoyed, "What do I do now?" Castle asked worried in the most non-serious way, "I don't know bro, invite Jenny over or something. She might need someone to talk to. Bye!" Esposito said and hung up leaving Castle.

A half hour later of playing with his little spy tank, Castle decided to call Jenny to stop by. Castle took out his phone, and dialed her number.

"Hello?" She said, "Hey Jenny, it's me, Rick. I was wondering if you wanted to come over for a little bit?" Castle asked casually, "Uh, sure. I'll be there in twenty." Jenny replied not prepared to take Sarah Grace anywhere, but didn't want to leave Castle hanging.

"Ok, cool. See you then." Castle replied and he cleaned up the loft before she came.

"So, how do you think Beckett and Ryan are doing?" Lanie asked biting into her fresh lobster. "They know what they're doing. They're smart." He reassured her.

"How long will they be gone for?" She replied wanting to know more, "Until it's over, or their covers get busted. Which won't happen." Esposito said taking a sip of red wine.

"I just hope they get back ok. Not like last time with Beckett, or Ryan almost having to kill someone."

"He wouldn't of done it. Hell, he didn't do it. He pointed the gun to Bobby S, and that was that." Javi made his point clear, "But what if they make him do it again? "

"Come on Lanie. He's stronger than that. He's smarter than that." Esposito replied raising his voice defensively.

"Ok, ok. Calm down. I'm sorry. I Didn't mean to make you all upset." She said helpless. "No, it's not your fault." Javier replied feeling bad.

"I'm honestly worrying so much about them right now. I can't stop thinking about them." Esposito confessed.

"Javier, it's ok to worry. That's what friends do. We worry about each other." Lanie said with a sad smile. "Thanks." He replied and they stared off into each other's eyes.

"Hey! Come on in!" Castle said welcoming in Jenny and her daughter. "Sorry that I'm a tad bit late. Didn't expect to be going anywhere tonight." Jenny said, "Oh you're fine."

"How's my little niece doing?" He added picking up Sarah Grace and throwing her up in the air. She landed back into his arms with a giggle. "She's been doing great. Sadly, her teething stage is coming along very soon and it's gonna suck for all of us."

"That's the worst part." Castle agreed, "I still remember Alexis teething. Dark times." Castle added with a grin and a flashback.

At around 10:00, Sarah Grace fell asleep in the crib that Castle had left over from when they had to take care of "Cosmo" during the case.

"You can stay over if you want. I have a guest room." He informed her pouring a second glass of Red wine for Jenny and himself.

"I'm sure you do. You're crazy rich." She said with a grin, "You know, everyone thinks I'm James Patterson and Steven King rich, but I'm nowhere near them. It just comes with being a writer." He replied warmly.

"Then maybe I should get Kevin to become a writer." Jenny replied and the two laughed picturing him as a writer.

"He wants another in about a year or so. It's already going to cost us so much money in school funds. I don't know how he thinks we could afford another baby." She added with a sigh.

"Ya, I heard. Ryan was really stressing about it last week. He finally told his about his security job at Man-Hattan". He said with a tiny grin. "It hasn't done much. He told me he's gonna quit it because it's not bringing in enough. I might get a part time job too."

"What do you work as again?" Castle asked forgetting for the millionth time. "I'm a nurse, but a few people, including Kev, want me to transfer to paramedic." She replied.

"That's great!" He said happy for her, "Thanks, but I don't think I'm going to take it. It's a pretty dangerous job. Kevin already has that part covered." Jenny replied thinking about what it would be like if she and Kevin had both tuff jobs, and what it would mean for their family.

Alright guys! I have chapter 5 already started on so I should be good to go! The reason why I started it was because I'm entering an International Writing competition, and I need to work on that. Thanks for reading and tell me what you think!