Chapter Three

The dinner party finished earlier than anyone had expected. Because after that initial shock, it was extremely difficult for anyone to know what to say. And they had all lost basically any appetite they may have had. And so Pi and Alexis eventually came up with an excuse to leave, saying they would call after the next ultrasound. The dishes were left on the table as Castle escaped to the bedroom, and a worried Kate followed after.

"Castle?" She asked, as she watched him sit on the bed, elbows on his knees, as if the energy had been drained from him. His face even looked older, as if he had aged a decade in just a few hours. She leaned against the wall, concerned.

"I just can't believe this is happening." His voice sounded drained, saddened, as if he was grieving over the loss of something. She couldn't determine what he was thinking, however she wanted him to share his thoughts with her, to let her in a bit.

"Castle, it's going to be okay. We're going to work this out." Kate uncrossed her arms and walked over to him, placing an arm around his shoulders. And as she said the words, she realized she meant every word. They were all in this together and they were all going to figure it out.

"What is there to work out, Kate?" He said, turning to her, his face reading despair, worry, and longing. Longing for there to actually be a thing to do about this. He wanted grandchildren, but his head kept spinning…it's too soon. She's too young. This means in one way or another Pi is permanently in our lives now. He never expected this to happen, "I just didn't expect our kids to have nieces or nephews that were younger than them."

Kate and Rick had talked babies several times since they had taken care of Cosmo, and had definitely decided that children were in their future. They hadn't decided how many, they just knew that they wanted to be fully settled into their marriage before they tried baby making. That didn't mean that they didn't like to practice, however. But despite all the talks about babies, Castle had never talked about the fact that in not too many years to come, he himself could be a grandfather. "Have you ever watched 19 kids and counting, Castle? That kind of thing happens."

Her attempt to lighten the mood failed. Of course, it was a subtle, very poor attempt, but still, she had tried. She ran a hand through her hair, thinking about what she could say or do to make this better, to help him feel a bit better.

Fortunately, the universe spoke for her, or at least, she thought it did. A call came in, ringing shrilly and interrupting the solemn mood in the room.

One hand on his back, Kate turned into detective in the matter of seconds it took her to see that it was from the precinct and put the phone to her ear. "Beckett?"

She nodded to herself as the voice on the other line talked. Castle just watched as the detective listened, his face still solemn. "Okay, we'll be there in twenty."

She hung up the phone without another word, and looked herself up and down before deciding that the dinner party clothes were professional enough to go to work in. "Body dropped." She grabbed her coat and buttoned it up, "C'mon Castle."

"Maybe I'll just stay. I've got a chapter to finish and-" Castle was really down in the dumps, and he had a feeling that nothing would make him feel better.

"You're coming, Castle, if I have to drag you out of here myself. Sitting around here is only going to drive you crazy." She left a quick, simple kiss on his lips as she grabbed his hand and dragged him up off the bed, grabbing his coat. "C'mon, I'm sure it's a good one."

"Let's hope." Castle muttered.

Little did they know that this was not going to be a very fun case.

AN:Short chapter, I know, I know, I know….I was going to make it long but I'm just sooooooo tired. Anyway, I'm trying to get chapters out quick. I've just been doing a lot of thinking and reading of fanfiction. If You haven't read it already then check out Five Little Monkeys. It's awesome :3

Just so you know, what I've been thinking about is the case that they are going to work on….And the idea I have for it, If I use it it will probably require a trigger warning….I don't know yet though, I'm still thinking about things. So throw ideas at me for the case! And characters and what not! All of your feedback has been really amazing and I read it all, I promise! So throw ideas at me and if I use them you will get credit. Oh, also, if you want to find me more often or whatever, you can find me on tumblr at notalonedarling. Happy New Year, By the way!