Sorry it's been so long my lovelies.

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"Mama! Look!" Kate's eyes fluttered open as she sat up and saw her little blue eyed baby looking up at her. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and sat up. Once she did, she noticed there was a breakfast tray sitting on the bed. It was empty, but she heard clattering in the kitchen, letting her know that Rick was probably setting everything up. Her suspicions were confirmed when he walked in with a smaller tray with pancakes on them, along with bacon and three cups.

"Ugh, Lex you were supposed to wait for me to get everything set up!" He whined and they both laughed at his pout. He placed the food on top of the breakfast tray and then grabbed Alexis. The girl giggled as they both slipped in bed with Kate and began eating. Alexis babbled to them and they smiled down at her. They had no idea what she was saying other then "Ma" "Daddy" and "juice", but enjoyed listening to her anyway.

She definitely got her story telling abilities from her Dad. She talked animatedly and her eyes displayed how serious or surprising or funny something was supposed to be. Much like Kate, she talked with her hands and like making finger puppets and doing motions, making her story come alive. They were glad for that because they could almost follow along.

Once they're breakfast was done, Rick cleaned up the tray while Alexis finished her story for Kate. He rinsed up the dishes and brought Alexis an outfit for the day. Kate had off of work and they planned to spend a full day with Alexis. When he entered their room, he chuckled to himself. They had gone back to sleep and Kate was snuggled in the middle of the bed with Alexis tucked into her. Rick looked at the clock and noticed it was only 7 am. He climbed into bed and snuggled up with them, then set the alarm for ten o'clock.

Once they had woken back up, Kate and Alexis took a bath together while Rick set up an extravagant pillow fort. They spent their entire day lounging around and watching movies. When Alexis fell asleep, Rick and Kate began planning for her birthday party. Neither of them could believe that their little girl was turning one. Sometimes she seemed older than that, but most times, she was still the tiny 3 month old that brought them together.

"Okay, so we have a location, decorations, the cake, gifts, now all we need is to send out invitations." Kate said, checking things of her list.

"Alright, well, we have to invite Andy and Audrey from across the hall." He wrote their names down.

"Andy and Audrey, the twins she met at the park?" He adds her suggestion. "Also, the kids from the play center downtown."

"Yeah." He wrote down all the names and handed it to her. She looked it over and scribbled one out then handed it back.

"Why is Devon excluded?"

"Because, Castle, the kid is a brat. He pulls her hair, dumps his milk on her, and he's the only four year old in her class. He's a bully." Rick look surprised at how much Kate knew about this boy. She shrugged. "She's getting better at storytelling." She says and he smiles at that.

"Yeah, but I still don't think it's be right to just not invite him."

"What if I told you his Dad always hits on me?" She says and watches as his eyes widen. He takes the list and scribbles Devon's name out totally until he makes a hole in the paper.

"Devon who?" He says and she giggles.

"Oh, also, your Mom called. She said she wants to stop by the party." Kate says as she fills out invitations. She looks up when his pen falls to the floor and he springs up and begins pacing. "What's wrong?"

"How the hell did she get our number? What did you tell her? Oh, God, Kate please tell me you didn't tell her where we lived."

She stutters out a response. "I- I did, but I figured it'd be okay, I mean she's your mom. Alexis is her granddaughter-"

"NO! She's not apart of her life, of our life. She made her choice a long time ago to leave and she can't just expect to waltz back in like nothing ever changed!" He shouted and notice Kate flinch away. He sighed deeply and dropped onto the couch. She sat beside him and rubbed his back slowly.

"Babe, talk to me. What's wrong?"

She'll have to find out sooner or later he tells himself and begins speaking. "My mother was the one who set Meredith and I up. She was over the moon when she found out we were getting married and having Alexis. My life sucked as soon as I proposed to her, but my mother never saw the bad in Meredith. When she died, my mother blamed me. She said if I had done my duty as a man, as a husband, she never would have left and she'd still be alive." Kate's heart broke at every word he uttered and she started to feel some resentment for the woman. How dare she make him feel this way? She was his mother, he needed her and she only made things worse.

"Rick, none of that matters anymore. She missed out on a life with a wonderful son and granddaughter and no matter what happens," she looks into his eyes "I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere." He smiles and kisses her. She kisses him and pours out the feelings that she has for him. Before anything goes too far, there is a knock on the door. Rick leaves her on the couch and with a slightly foggy brain, he answers the door, only to have his heart crushed in two nanoseconds.

"Hello Richard."

"Hello Mother."

Holy shizzle, even I didn't see that coming! Lol

Hope this was good enough for you guys

Love Always, XOXOX