Wedding Plans

Saturday morning breaks.

The sun is streaming through the windows onto the bed. What was before, his bed. Now their bed. The sun is warming Kate Beckett or more correctly Kate Castle. That warmth inside that she told Lanie about. That warmth he provides inside of her. She rolls over looking to his side of the bed expecting the warmth to be coming from him and not the morning sun rise. She sees that her lover, her man, her husband, her Richard has gotten up before her. She can smell the aroma of fresh coffee coming from the kitchen.

She puts on a robe and walks barefoot thru the living room into the kitchen. She sneaks up behind him and places her arms around his waist and lays her head on his back between his shoulder blades.

"Good morning beautiful" Castle says as he reaches down and takes one of her hands and intertwines his fingers into hers.

"Good morning yourself, Castle" she mumbles without raising her head from his back

"Did you sleep well?" he asks knowing full well that her sleep has been better since they got married. He had previously noticed that her sleep was sometimes less than restful. She could not have been getting complete rest at night.

"Yes. It is nice to be able to sleep late sometimes. I never did this before. Sleep late that is"

"I know. You have been an early riser ever since I met you. My bad habits must be rubbing off on you a little"

"Corrupting me is a more accurate description" she giggles

"I am so glad I have been able to get you out of your shell along with getting you out of you clothes and start corrupting you. Even if just a little bit" then he turns around not letting her remove her arms

She looks up to him. "Stop that! Anyway isn't your mother here?"

"No she left a message that she and some friends went up to the Hamptons and will not be back until Monday afternoon. So we have the entire loft to ourselves."

"Well, we do have a lot things we need to do this weekend"

"Things? What Things? My plan for this weekend is to celebrate our marriage in each and every room in the house"

"Oh really writer boy. So you think you are up for a little Nikki Heat action are you?"

"It really is getting hot in here. Isn't it?"

"Not as hot as it is going to be. Shall we start here in the living room?"

After some other fun activities and then breakfast, Kate walks up to Rick as he is finishing loading the dishwasher. Castle turns around "And what were the other things you said that we must do other than lay around in each others arms all day?"

"Rick. I need to get more of my stuff and bring it here. Clothes, personal items, special things. You know some of my boxes?"

"Oh, you are bringing your kinky boxes?

"Maybe"

Castle tries to pull Kate back into a kiss. She pulls away from Castle's grip and takes her cup of coffee and walks over to the couch and sits down. Rick follows and joins her back in the living room.

"Kate, I know I totally messed your plans up for what you wanted in the way of a big wedding"

Looking out the windows, "No. Not really. Well, maybe a little. I don't really know Castle. I can honestly say I never thought much about what my wedding might or might not contain. I will tell you it never included Las Vegas" then looking up to his eyes "and up until I fell in love with you, Richard Castle was not the man I thought would ask me to be his wife".

Castle is always looking for an excuse to kiss his wife and this moment would not be missed. He leans over to her face and gently kisses her lips. "Kate. I said we would have a wedding to exceed any expectation you might have had. So. What do you want? Hamptons? St .John's Cathedral? Paris? London? Moscow? Whatever you want"

"Richard Castle. We are already married. Right? It is legal, isn't it?" She decides to drag him along for a minute "Or did you hire a fake minister to marry us and now I am living with you in sin? Or did you really get me drunk and now you have pictures of me dancing naked somewhere as blackmail?"

"NO! No! Kate, I found him on the 'hire a preacher' web site. You know they can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. And I promise those pictures are for my eyes only"

That comment earns Castle a poke. Kate smiles back to Castle "Rick I am good with the marriage. But I think we do have some family and friends that wanted to see a real ceremony. And especially a ceremony that they can attend and be a part of. They have been a part of our lives from the beginning. Long before we became a couple. In fact they were our biggest fans in trying to put us together I know a least one person who wants to be part of my transition from single to married. My dad".

"I totally understand. If my daughter did not include me, I know how I would feel. I need to apologize to him for dragging his daughter away from a real wedding."

"Castle, my dad is not upset. In fact he is happy you took me away from my past and stayed with me thru all those things"

Kate pauses for a moment "Rick, I am so sorry I pushed you away for so long. I know you had hopes for us several years ago. If it hadn't been for my issues, we would have been here long before now".

"Hey, let's get off the negative stuff and back to planning. You want to do it in the Hamptons? Everyone can come up. We have room at our place there. We invite all of them. Lanie can be your maid of honor. You dad can give you away"

Kate adds"Alexis will be an attendant. Your problem is since you don't have a brother, who will be your best man?"

"I have both Ryan and Esposito I could ask. But either one I choose the other would be hurt. This one I have to think about. Wait. I have an idea. Let me have Alexis be my 'Best Woman' That way I don't have to choose between the boys"

"Perfect. So are you telling me that we are going to spend our day off planning a wedding instead of the loft initiation party?"

Castle answers in more of a question "Yes?" much to his dismay

"Great" Kate laughs as she gets up and goes for her phone. She calls her best friend "Lanie! You want to help me plan a wedding? Yes a wedding. Who's wedding?" Kate looks over to Castle "My wedding! Castle and I are getting married. Yes of course we are already married but this one will be a ceremony at the Hamptons with you, my dad, and the boys. Everybody"