This fic takes place in the future the events of Veritas accrued (so if you haven't seen I yet there will be spoilers). Castle and Beckett are married but the season finale is not part of this the wedding will be mentioned but it will be the way I image their wedding. Everything else is as is on the show.
Disclaimer: Me own Castle yeah right! If I did Nathan, Stana and I would be bffs and there would so be a Caskett baby on the way. Andrew Marlow is the lucky owner of Castle, lucky bastard lol. How ever I do own all 5 seasons of Castle on DVD, all 5 Nikki Heat books, a calendar and a t-shirt!
Chapter 6: Hamptons Bound
Castle put the last of the bags in the car he helping Kate into the front passenger seat while Martha, Alexis, and Jim got in the back. "Okay so. I spoke with Esposito, he Ryan and the girls will meet us up there and Gates said it would be better if she stayed in the city to keep an eye on things she said she might drive up and spend an afternoon with you girls" he told Kate as he got in the driver's seat.
Kate just nods as she looked out the window watching the loft, watching their home, disappear from sight. Her hazel eyes soon filled with tears, she let out a soft sob.
"Hey it's okay Kate" Castle reaches over with his free hand lacing her fingers with his
"N...No its not we had to leave th...the only place that ever felt like home to me" she cried "Martha had to close h…her acting school, d…dad had to give his open c…cases to someone else an...and Alexis sh…she's leaving her friends i..its all my fault Rick I…I'm ruining your family" she cries softly looking at her lap.
"Oh darling you aren't ruining this family you hold us together" Martha leaned forward as best she can with the seat belt rubbing her daughter's shoulder.
"Ho…How do I do that" Kate whispered
"You got my son and I out of that bank heist alive, you put protocol aside to help find my granddaughter" she took a breath "and when you walked into that book party years ago you made my son smile again you gave him hope, friendship and finally love you my dear are the best thing to happen to this family"
"Gram is right you've been like a mom to me even before you started dating my dad you listen to me and give me advice on school, clothes, boys, and sex" Alexis chimed in
"Sex!" Castle nearly choked gripping the steering wheel "my baby girl doesn't need advise on sex because she's never having sex"
"Dad I'm an adult if I want to have sex I can and maybe I already have" Alexis shrugs
Castle groans as images of his little girl rolling around in bed with Pi pop into his head "that fruit loving bastard" he mumbles under his breath.
Jim laughs "Welcome to my world son" he says "I know my Katie is a grown woman but she will always be my baby girl and now my baby is pregnant" he pauses " I love you son and I'm glad Katie has you but the images in my head of you rolling around naked with my daughter" he shutters
"Eww granddad those are images I don't want to thing about" Alexis squeals grossed out.
"You think that's bad Jim imagine actually seeing the image its every mother's dream to come home and find her son and his fiancée on the kitchen counter" Martha let out a dramatic groan for effect.
"Seriously dad! The counter! Ewww we put food on there" Alexis groaned.
"Hey in our defense mother you were suppose to be gone all night and can we please stop taking about sex!" Castle groans again. He turned slightly when he heard a giggle from the passenger seat. He smiled happy to hear her laugh "And just what is so funny Mrs. Castle" he asks
"I was thinking about that night when your mom walked in you panicked more than I did you banged my head and almost dropped me then you spent twenty minutes trying to put on your pants before you realized they were mine" Kate giggles again.
Castle's cheeks reddened as his family cracked up in the back seat but he didn't really mind because his wife was laughing instead of crying.
"Don't worry son it happens to the best of us Johanna's mother walked in on us once it was actually the night Katie was conceived" Jim chuckled
"Oh eww dad I don't need to hear about you and mom and the night I was conceived" Kate whines
"Oh darling its no big deal Richard knows all about the night he was conceived" Martha pats her shoulder
"Yeah and I really wish I didn't" Castle groans
"Dad promise me you will never tell me about the night you and Meredith conceived me" Alexis cringes "and mom don't let him tell my baby sister or brother about the night they were conceived" she added
"For the last time can we stop talking about sex" Castle groans again "We still have few hours on the road I beg someone to change the subject."
"Hey I have an idea lets stop and grab something to eat" Alexis suggested.
"That's a great idea pumpkin Kate probably hasn't ate much today" Castle smiles pulling into the parking lot of a diner outside the city limits.
"I'm really not that hungry" Kate says as they head inside the diner and a waitress seats them in a booth.
"You should try to eat something sweet heart its not just you anymore" Martha smiles.
Kate's hand automatically went to her stomach her mother in law was right she had another little person to think about.
Castle smiled when he saw her put her hand on her stomach "I can't wait until you start showing" he kissed her.
Kate smiled and grabbed his hand putting it on her stomach with hers. For the first time since hearing the news of Bracken's release she felt happy and she felt safe. All she ever needed was at that table and meeting them in them in the Hamptons. It was time for her to be strong, to not let the demon of her past destroy her again. She refused to let herself fall down that rabbit hole again, she refused to rebuild the walls Castle spent years taking down.
"Hey you okay" Castle whispered
Kate blinked not realizing she'd been lost in her thoughts "I'm fine" she replied
"You sure? You're so quiet and you haven't touched your burger" he asked
"Yeah I promise I'm fine Rick" she smiled looking at the people who surrounded her. She was better than okay. For the first time in 15 years she was whole again and she was loved. She owed it all to a pushy writer that wouldn't take no for an answer.
Castle smiled and took a bite of his cheeseburger. It wasn't over but it soon would be. He would make sure of it.
Chapter 7: Putting A Plan In Motion…Everyone meets I Hamptons the girls have fun while the boys plot to take down Bracken once and for all.
Author's Note: Hello Casket lovers not sure about this chapter is was a little filler lol so please be nice. Thanls! And Casket hugs!