Thank you so much for your lovely reviews and for adding my story to your favorite stories lists.

It was a lot more than I expected when I started this. So I decided to write another chapter earlier than I planned. I hope you'll like it.

And a big Thank you to TappinCastlefan for reading beta. :)

Enjoy! XD

Chapter Two

(some weeks later)

Richard Castle couldn't sleep anymore. The sun was already up and created a chink of light behind the curtains. The woman beside him was still asleep. She lay on her side facing him, a peaceful smile on her lips.

Going back to sleep would be impossible for him. But he didn't want to get up and start his day either. He knew he should be writing. He was late again with his book, which was due next month.

Castle looked at her alarm clock at the bedside table. It was still over an hour until she had to get up. And he wanted her to have as much sleep as possible. Kate was a lot more tired than usual. She tried to hide it, especially at the precinct since no one knew about the pregnancy so far.

A snore drew Castle attention back to her face. She was still sleeping and a smile was on her face. He loved the snoring. It was the cutest noise he had ever heard.

He looked at her stomach and carefully lifted the sheets.

"Hey there Peanut. Does the snore mean you are awake too?" He whispered softly so Kate would not wake up with him talking to the baby again.

"We have to be really quiet. Mommy will be grumpy when we wake her. She really needs her sleep so you can grow and be a healthy little baby in a few months."

"Now that we are both awake, what do you think about a story? Do you know your mommy can speak Russian? We had this case once where I was undercover with some mafiosos. That's cool, right? I was playing Poker with these men, and I tell you I was so good that I won. I promise, when you are diaper free I will show you all of my Poker tricks. And mommy can teach you how to speak Russian."

He laughed at his own idea. Castle had tried to speak in Russian, but failed miserably: "You will rock this world, Peanut."

A look up to Kate told him that she was still asleep. He tried to be as quiet as possible as he spoke again.

"The police would have never solved this case if I hadn't helped. I'm still at the precinct sometimes to help them with a case. Mommy doesn't say this very often but I can be very useful. She doesn't have to say it every time, I can see it. And when you're older I will show you how you get her to roll her eyes at you because that is something that I love about her."

A ringing sound appeared in their bedroom and Kate woke up. With her vision still fuzzy she turned around and tried to grab her cellphone. After several seconds she got it and took the phone.

"Beckett." Her voice was still tired. Castle would have known exactly that she just wake up but she could hide it from the caller.

"Yeah… Hmmm … Yes. … Okay, talk to Lanie and I'll be right there." She hung up and turned back around.

"You have to go?"

Her eyes were closed again as she nodded.

Castle leaned in and gave her a soft kiss to her lips. "Good morning."

This made her smile and she opened her eyes slowly only to see his blue ones shining back at her. That was something she loved a lot. It never mattered how tired she was or how bad a day has been, a look into his eyes made up for a lot of things.

"Good morning. I'm sorry you're awake too. Ryan and Esposito are already at the precinct and I told them to call me anytime if they have something new."

"No worries, I was awake anyway." He smirked and leaned over again to give her another kiss. Then he left the bed. "Go get showered and I'll make you some breakfast."

While Kate took her shower Castle made her some breakfast to go. He knew by now that she wouldn't have enough time to eat at home. With the baby it was now even more important to eat breakfast. So he learned pretty fast just to make her something for her way to work.

When she was done, she came into the kitchen. She looked perfectly professional and not pregnant. Castle gave her the bag with food.

"I could come and help with the case. You know I have really useful insights sometimes."

"No. You know you should be writing. Your publisher won't be very happy if you are late again. And this time it won't be my fault." She tried to hide her grin.

"Ah, she's cool. She knows I have other things to worry about."

Kate's eyes grew wide. "Did you tell her about the baby? We decided to wait before telling everyone."

"No I didn't tell her directly. I just might have mentioned that I won't have time for the next book or publishing tours through the country next year because of the b…" he stopped when he realized that he revealed to much. He tried to smile innocently. When he was lucky it helped to calm Kate a little bit. "Sorry," he added rueful, "Lisa says congratulations by the way."

Kate could only shake her head and roll her eyes. She wasn't mad because he told someone. It was cute that he wanted to be there for the baby when it was time. She loved him even more knowing this fact. And she didn't mind so much because she liked his publisher, she became a friend very quickly.

He didn't know that she also told someone about the baby. There was no way she could have hidden it from Lanie. She didn't know how her friend did that, but she knew Kate was pregnant right after they found out themselves. Maybe it was because she had a medical education or it was because she couldn't stop to smiling for days or to say it with Castle's words: "she couldn't stop glowing."

"Alright, you will write today and I will try to solve my case."

"But,…"

"No back talk!"

"I just wanted to say … don't forget to eat."

She smiled and put her arms around his neck. "I won't, I promise."

His arms came around her waist while they kissed. They enjoyed their embrace for some more seconds before she pulled away. "I have to go. See you tonight." And then she left for work.

Castle wasn't really in the mood for writing today but he had to finish his book. He promised Lisa to be on time this time. He was sitting in his office all day, his legs on the table and his laptop on his legs. He wrote something but he wasn't really happy with it. It just wasn't right.

He had the feeling something was off today. He couldn't concentrate enough.

It was early afternoon when his phone rang. Caller ID told him it was Esposito. Castle knew he never called during a case if this wasn't important. And there was just one important thing that came to his mind why Esposito could call him: Kate.

He took the phone. "Is something wrong?"

His heart rate was faster than usual. He could feel his heart beat speed up with every more second that passed.

You didn't think Gina would still be his publisher, did you? LOL

For the next chapter I have to wait for the new episode. I try to have it done by Wednesday.