Disclaimer: Still own nothing Castle related.

There was a guest comment about Jim and Martha not being at the reveal, I couldn't reply directly to that person. To answer your question; I considered it, but ultimately wanted to have an opportunity for Rick to tell his mother, and I didn't feel like Jim fit in at Ricks Mother's Day.

There was another guest comment about it being unfair for Kate to keep the pregnancy a secret when he proposed. I kind of feel like I explained that with her being swept up in the emotion of believing they were about to break up, only to have him propose. It became an afterthought to tell him at that point, which yes, might be a mistake on her part, but ultimately I think it played out nicely. I might be a bit biased though.


Alexis coughed pointedly, causing Rick to let go of Kate.

He smiled at Alexis, "you're going to be a big sister, how crazy is that?"

Alexis couldn't help but smile at her father, "well it's about time, I'm old enough to have kids myself."

"Say what now," Rick had glanced at the green overall, when his head shot up again to leer at his daughter.

Alexis continued, obviously for the sole purpose of messing with her father. "Yeah, dad, I'm almost the same age as you were when you had me."

"Stop it with your truth and logic," he shook his head, "you are a little girl with pigtails. Besides, I'm way, way too young to be a grandfather!"

"it's a scary when both of you are right." Kate said with a laugh, knowing that Alexis was just teasing her father. "Alexis is technically old enough, but we are also way, way too young to be grandparents. How about we start with the little peanut, then see in a year or ten!"

"Ten sounds good, fifteen sounds better," Rick said, mostly to himself, obviously not finding the humor in the conversation – even with the two women in his life in stiches.

"So how far along are you?" Alexis said, just as she managed to catch her breath.

"Well, I have my suspicions on when little peanut came to be," Kate was subconsciously running her fingers up and down her, as of yet nonexistent, bump. "I do have a doctor's appointment on Friday, then we will know for sure, the expected due date and if we are lucky we might hear the heartbeat."

The look of pure love in Ricks eyes gave her butterflies.

"Kate," Alexis had become very serious, "thank you for including me today."

"Of course, bud," Kate looked over at Alexis, "wouldn't want it any other way."

Alexis smiled and stood up to hug Kate, "I really am very happy that you are part of the family."

Kate could feel her eyes fill, and quickly blinked away the tears that were threatening to fall.

Alexis walked away, leaving the parents-to-be to talk and plan for the future.

"I figured that we could tell our parents after the appointment, as soon as we have the due date in fact," Kate said as she sat down again, "I know normally people wait until the first trimester is over …"

"I'm pretty sure that we will not be able to resist talking about the baby for an entire month," Rick interjected, earning him a thankful smile from Kate. "A baby," Rick sighed, sounding utterly content.

"But only family for now, I don't want to tell anyone else." Kate was sure this would not go over too well.

"Kate, we need to tell Gates, you can't be out in the field anymore. You might get hurt, both of you!" He looked almost desperate, trying to make her understand the risk her job entailed.

"I can ride the desk without telling everyone, and going to a crime scene isn't so bad, neither is interrogation." Kate tried to be diplomatic, "if I promise to stay away from fights and arrests, will you let me go to work?"

"Well, if you promise to always wear your Kevlar," he said, still worried, "I'll think about it!"

"Babe, it's not like you won't be standing right next to me," she smiled and put her hand on his arm, "I know you will keep us safe."

Changing the subject Rick asked, "what time is our appointment?"

"It's at 10:30," her smile warmer now, "I checked your calendar before making the appointment, so you can definitely make it."

"Thank you," he took his arm and wrapped it around her waist and held her close.

"Always." She leaned into his chest and closed her eyes, she really was exhausted.

Well this went better than expected, now we just need to make the big decisions.

"Rick?"

"Kate?"

"I think I have to tell DC that I can't make it." She sighed deeply, she had really wanted that job.

"I'm sorry, well not sorry, more elated." Rick mused, "well selfishly of course, I want you all to myself, and it seems that's what I'll get."

She had to smile at that.

"Rick?"

"Kate?" His tone now amused.

"Do we want a shotgun wedding, or a teeny tiny ring-bearer/flower-girl?" Kate's voice made it obvious that she was very close to falling asleep.

"How about we talk about it tomorrow," Rick chuckled, "besides there won't be any weddings in space before you start to show, so maybe our tiny person will be the youngest in space."

He could hear her breathing had changed and she was obviously asleep.

That was one very weird dream. Tiny person in space, what was he talking about? There was no way he believed she would get married in space was there?

"Rick?" Kate said as she got up.

"Kate?" He groaned as he stretched and then yawned.

"We are not getting married in space," she deadpanned, "it's not gonna happen, babe."

Friday came along very fast, and they were getting ready for the doctor's appointment. Martha was back from LA and it was getting harder by the day to keep their little secret.

"I'm so glad we can tell her soon," Rick said, "I've been wanting to tell everyone I meet, random strangers and I can't even come home and talk to my mother about it."

Kate laughed, "well, we'll have the grandparents-to-be over for brunch on Sunday anyways, want to tell them then?"

"And wait two whole days?" Rick was not having it, "no, I already invited them to have dinner with us tonight. This will be out in the open, then and only then can we start getting the nursery ready."

"Rick? Wouldn't it be more prudent to move me in to the loft before the unborn child that isn't due until close to the end of the year?" Kate couldn't help but laugh at his expression.

"Right, you don't really live here yet, we need to fix this." He pulled out his phone and walked into his study.

"Hello, I need to order a moving service, Richard Castle" Rick began. "yes, I need to have my fiancé's stuff packed up and moved over to our apartment."

Our apartment, sounds like a dream. But shouldn't we be the ones moving all of the stuff?

He was listening with a very concentrated look on his face, she couldn't help letting out a small laugh. He was having all of her stuff moved here, today. He made all the arrangements and had her stuff put in temporary storage in the basement.

"It's all taken care of, you just need to change your address and we are set." Rick exclaimed proudly.

"Someone was maybe a little bit overly excited at the idea of me moving in." She couldn't help but laugh at how proud he looked. "Thank you," she gave him a soft kiss, "I'm excited too, but if we don't leave right now, we're going to be late for our appointment."

"Right, let's go,"


So, as per usual, I would like to thank you for reading, following, reviewing and favoriting (sounds wrong somehow). This weekend has been great, and I hope to be able to update during the week. Fair warning, I won't really have a day of to write until Thursday, but I will try to add at least a chapter or two before then.

I hope you are still enjoying this little story of mine and that you are excited about Jim and Martha finding out.