Wow, I woke up to quite a few alerts this morning so I guess you guys are intrigued. So I hope that i'm doing this at least some justice for now I'll probably have the next part up earlier tomorrow. As always thanks for reading this :)

Disclaimer: Still not mine.

When they finally separated gasping for air, she looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back at her before tilting his head slightly.

"We may have one small problem."

She look worried at him. "What's that?"

"Alexis won't be leaving until later and so unless you want to camp out in my room for a while, which I have no problem with. Which will also mean you being late for work causing Ryan and Esposito to wonder I think we should tell her."

"Maybe they won't notice." She said hopefully.

"They have been trained by the best detective I know, if they don't notice I'd be worried." He smirked at her before moving across the room. He bent down and picked up the black panties that had been carelessly thrown on the floor.

He smirked and turned towards her. "You want to know something funny?" He asked. He waited a moment before continuing. "I don't even remember taking these off of you."

She walked over to him and grabbed the panties from his hand, she picked up all her clothes and started walking to the bathroom. "Can I use your shower?" she asked him while trying not to meet his eyes.

He walked over to her and made her look at him. "Only if we can share." Before she could give him an answer he picked her up. She dropped her clothes and let out a little squeal.

"Castle! Put me down!"

"Hush you'll wake the neighbours."

Later that morning….

She was sat at the breakfast bar waiting for Castle to bring her some coffee along with the pancakes he was currently making. She smiled as she remembered the meaning behind pancakes, and she was sure Castle was this time thanking her for last night. She giggled remembering parts of last night again before she could lose herself to much her thoughts were cut off by Alexis's squealing. She was stood at the top of the stairs smiling down at Kate.

"I knew it, I knew it, I knew it."

She heard Castle from where he was standing. "Told you." He said chuckling.

Alexis came down the stairs and hugged Kate "I'm so happy for you guys."

Castle placed a plate in front of Kate along with her mug of coffee and placed a kiss on top of her head. He then wrapped his arm around Alexis' shoulder and kissed the top of her head. "Want breakfast before you leave?"

She gave a slight nod of head. "Sure."

"So now that you know Alexis, can you not tell your grandmother or anyone for that matter we want to tell them when we are ready" Rick was saying.

She gave a slight nod looking confused before turning to Kate. "Okay. But why?"

Kate got up and walked over to her "We just want to be able to tell them in our own time. I mean they will probably figure it out for themselves but, we want to be able to enjoy this before anyone knows." she offered a small hopeful smile.

Alexis smiled wildly again " Of course I completely understand." she said "I'm just so happy for you guys!"

Kate looked at both Alexis stood next to her and Castle coming to sit next to her. She was starting to feel like she finally had a family after all these years without one.

Making a quick stop at her apartment to change clothes, Kate walked into the bullpen and looked around to see if anyone was around. She spotted Ryan already at his desk, she went and sat at her own.

"Morning Beckett."

"Morning Ryan." She replied.

"You're running a little late today." He asked noticing the time.

"Yeah, my alarm didn't go off this morning." She said acting as if it was nothing. Ryan eyed her suspiciously and then nodded his head a little.

"Sure thing Beckett."

Esposito walked in from the break room and smiled at Beckett.

"Morning."

She replied to him before turning on her computer. Esposito sat in his chair and turned to Ryan. "I don't know about you but something sure seems different with Beckett today."

"I was thinking the exact same thing." Ryan said.

They sat staring at her for a few more minutes before she turned to them. "Do you guys not have anything to do?"

"Sorry…yeah…" They both turned to the work on their desks. "Right, work."

She rolled her eyes at them before turning to her computer screen again.