Disclaimer: Don't own Castle and characters are most likely OOC. A/N: I posted two chapters today and almost have two more to post. :)
A/N 2: Extremely sorry about the season/month mistake. It's fixed now.
Chapter 5
They walked down the street to the church and headed inside. Kate grabbed her dads arm tightly, leaning her head on his shoulder "You ok? I know we haven't really been here together since mum's funeral."
"I'm fine Katie. I'm just thinking about how amazing you are going to look walking down the same aisle as your mother." Jim kissed her forehead and noticed Rick walking towards them.
"This is so... so... arghhh." Rick said losing his ability to speak.
"The great Richard Castle speechless, that's rarity." Jim joked as Kate poked her fiancé in the ribs.
"Hun, are you sure?" Kate said looking nervous.
Rick walked towards the front of the church, and turned to look back at Jim and Kate standing in the walk way. "Yes Kate. This is it, I can see everyone here. Alexis, Jenny and Lanie walking down moments before you appear in the gorgeous dress I know you'll find with Jim smiling proudly, yet a little reluctant to walk you towards me standing in this exact position smiling like a fool." He trailed of as he became choked up.
Kate walked quickly to him. "I can also see you walking down this aisle with Lex and also any other daughters we have." She whispered in his ear.
"I love you so much." Rick leaned down to kiss her. Kate turned her head so it landed on her cheek; he gave her a questioning look.
"Rick we're in a church. No lewd behaviour until we say I do." Kate smiled leaning up to kiss his cheek.
Jim watched the pair interact for a moment before turning to see Lex sitting in one of the pews trying to avoid drawing attention from anyone. Jim walked over to her, carefully sitting besides her trying not to frighten her.
"Hey Lex, you ok?" Jim asked reaching up to push hair behind her ear. Lex turned to look at him and he noticed the tears brimming in her eyes.
"I just realised how real all this is getting, I mean I can't wait for Kate and you to be officially my family. But I also realised if or when they do have children, they'll have two grandparents, Grams and you. I'm sorry, I'm being immature, I'm jealous of children that don't exist and probably won't for at least a year or more. I'm ok." Lex said forcing a smile on to her face.
Jim sat quietly beside Lex for a few minutes before turning to her again "You know, when Katie first told me about your Dad, I always had a feeling that this was it for her. Rick was going to be her Johanna. The way she talked about him, even before they were together, it made me draw parallels between her and her mother. But the way she talked about you, the pride and the love I saw on her face matched what I felt about her."
Jim stopped, watching Lex interpret and understand the comments before continuing "Katie loves you Lexi, possibly for longer than she loved Rick. The way she talks about you, the way she looks at you, there is absolutely no doubt in mine or anyone else's mind that you are her daughter, which also means I can claim you as my granddaughter and that's exactly what I'm going to do."
Lex stared at him for a second before flinging her arms around his neck. "Thank you Mr. Beckett. I've always wanted a grandfather."
"How about you call me Pop, can't have my grandchildren calling me Mr. Beckett can I?" Jim whispered in her ear. She nodded against his shoulder. He pulled away when he heard footsteps coming up behind them.
"Hey we're just about ready to leave. Is everything alright over here?" Kate asked taking note of their embrace.
Lex nodded "Yeah everything's ok Pop and I were just talking."
Kate's eyebrows rose at her Dad and she waited until Lex has stepped around them heading towards Martha.
"She called you Pop." She stated in slight shock. Jim nodded and smiled. Kate wrapped her arms around his chest. "She called you Pop." She said softly "What happened?"
Jim chuckled softly and held his daughter close. "She was a little upset, worried that if or when you and Rick have kids they'd have two grandparents and she'd still only have Martha. Not that she needs anyone other than Martha being a grandparent. But I'm thinking she didn't want to be left out. She's our daughter and granddaughter, no matter who gave birth to her. She is ours and we're never letting them go."
"No we're not. I appreciate everything you did to cheer her up. I've always know you wanted grandchildren. Now you can stay off our backs about giving you one." Kate joked, kissing his cheek as she pulled out of his arms.
"At least for a little while, though I would love to have a baby grandchild." Jim said walking quickly away from his now shocked daughter.
Kate was still standing were Jim had left her when Rick called out to her. "Kate. Kate you ready? The Father can meet with us now. He's going to go through the availability for us and he want to talk to us about some things."
Kate smiled nervously and walked over and held Ricks arm "I love you." She reached up to kiss his cheek again.
"Love you too KB." Rick pulled her closer and walked with her to the Fathers' office.
They stepped inside a small office no bigger than their office at home. Father Michaels held out his hand to shake Rick's and Kate's hand, before motioning for them to take a seat.
"It's nice to see you again Katherine. It's been a while; I've heard Congratulations are in order." Michaels said sitting the other side of his cluttered desk.
"Thank you. Being back here is better than I thought it would be. I'd forgotten the magic of this place." Kate said softly. "But I'm grateful you had the time to see us this afternoon."
The father nodded. "I guess we should take a look and see when you would like your wedding to take place." Michaels flipped through a few pages of the churches date book getting closer to the days date. "Is there a certain month you would like to see if there is time?"
Kate looked at Rick seeing his smile "We were thinking about maybe a mid autumn or winter."
"Ok so we're looking at October or Novermber? Let's have a look" Michaels flipped to the October pages "We have one day in October it's a Saturday the 20th the whole days free."
Rick looked at Kate nervously "I've um actually got chapters due the Friday before. I don't think it'd be the best time to try and plan a wedding. I'm sorry Hun."
Kate smiled at him and reached out to touch his cheek "Don't apologise, I understand the pressure of time. We'll just look at November."
Michaels flipped to November and nodded "Ok we have two dates both Sundays, the 10th and the 24th."
Both Kate and Rick turned to each other and smiled. "The 24th would be great." Rick said. "It's not too soon and it's winter, we might actually get snow for the photos."
Michaels picked up his pen "So I can definitely write you in. Do you have a preference for morning, afternoon or evening?"
"What about midmorning, about 10 or 10:30." Kate said softly before rambling. "Means we can get married and have pictures taken in the daylight and we can get out to the Hampton house for the reception, so everyone can stay the night and we can avoid the media."
"That sound like an excellent idea. Ok so the Castle nuptials at 10:30." Michaels wrote.
"Um how much will it cost?" Kate asked.
"I'm not going to charge you anything Kate. Consider it a wedding gift." Michaels replied smiling.
Kate looked at the father smiling. "Thank you."
Rick looked at the father and smiled "I would however like to make a donation to either the church or an organisation of your choice in appreciation."
"You really don't need to do that Richard, I'm grateful for the opportunity to be a part of something as joyous as a wedding." Michael's said smiling. Rick conceded and held out his hand.
"Now that that's settled I'm sorry but I have some business to attend to for another couple. You are welcome to come back at any stage between now and your wedding to talk or plan more. Please enjoy your days, between now and your day." Father Michaels stood and led them back out to the church where Martha, Jim and Lex were standing lighting prayer candles.
Kate smiled as she turned to Rick. "Can you believe we now have a date for our wedding?"
Rick shook his head and pulled her towards him. "It's not very long to plan and get everything ready though."
"We'll make it Rick. It's not like it's going to be a media circus. It's just going to be us, our family and our close friends. We'll tell Paula that we'll choose pictures to release to the media the moment they're available to do so." Kate said pulling him towards their family. "We've set the date."
The three members of them turned to Kate and Rick. "Well, don't keep us waiting Katie. When are we having this wedding?"
"November 29th." Kate smiled.
"Perfect. We do however have a lot to do before then. So we better get going." Martha said, moving to hug both Rick and Kate.
"Let's go have dinner and talk over some details." Lex said smiling linking arms with Martha and Jim, walking with them towards the doors.
Next chapter will have M rated content.