AN: This chapter comes to you a lot soon than I would have thought, I had a fit of inspiration the other day, so I started writing, and this was the end product… a little bit of Caskett loving.

Shout out to all those who review, apologies for not replying, I had a lot on my plate last week. I was reading Heat Rises (anyone else read it yet? What'd think?), dealing with end of school year stuff (which included formal last Friday) and studying for exams….. Barely know how I found time to write this even.

Anyway, I'm rambling…

-Enjoy :D

Disclaimer the characters that you recognise are not mine, I just like to have fun with them.

Chapter 12

It was the Monday before Christmas, the Captain had given Kate and her team the following two weeks off, and Kate had finally convinced Rick to let her go shopping by herself, well sort of. She was shopping with Lanie, trying to find a present for a Rick but she had no idea what to get him, she was just hoping something would take her fancy for his bigger present.

Kate already knew what she was getting to fill his stocking with, silly things she knew he would like, also things that had better not be opened in the presence of his daughter. She also needed to find a small tree for his bedside table.

After a couple of hours shopping, and still no closer to finding a present for Rick, Kate and Lanie sat down for lunch. Kate's feet were killing; if she had any choice in the matter she would never be this far pregnant at Christmas again.

"Come on Lanie," Kate said to her friend after they had finished their lunch. "I need to find something for Rick."

After a couple more hours of shopping Kate was no closer to finding a present for Rick and she was starting to get frustrated. She had never had this kind of trouble finding a present for someone, but then she had never been pregnant and shopping for a present for the father of her children before.

They were walking through shops that Lanie could have sworn they had already been in that day but she daren't say anything to her friend, she didn't want to be on the end of a hormonal Kate. So they continued on and Lanie didn't complain.

Kate had been on her feet most of the day and at 2 o'clock she just wanted to give up, then finally she saw it. She was just telling Lanie that it was the last shop they were going into that day, no matter what. She was walking through the shop dejectedly when she saw it. It was as if the clouds parted and a ray of sun light shone down on it. It was perfect; Rick would love it, but it was expensive. Though she consoled herself with the fact that she was no longer spending her pay-checks on much since she had moved in with Rick.

She selected the item, took it up to the counter and paid for it. She then pulled out her phone to call for her driver; it was time to head home.

-!-!-!-

When she arrived back at the loft Kate managed to get Rick's present past him, up to their room and into her gun safe before he even knew that she was home. She was proud of herself; she knew he would like it. She suddenly recalled that he had been pining over the very item for the past five or six weeks, and even more recently in the week that had just past.

Kate had just locked her safe, and was struggling to stand up, when Rick wondered into their room.

"Kate." He exclaimed. "You're home. When did you get home? Did you find everything? Did you get me a present?" Rick asked in a torrent of words, holding his hand out to help her.

"Slowdown, Rick" Kate said, taking his hand to steady herself. "Yes, I'm home, I've only be back for about five minutes, and I didn't tell you because I was hiding your presents, and if you try and find them I will shoot you." She glared. "So yes, I did find everything and get you a present, and a tree." Kate paused slightly before asking, "Did you find me a present?"

"Of course I've got you a present," He told her. "I've had it for weeks." He said then noticed the unpacked bags. "What's in there?" He asked.

Kate walked over to the bags, rummaged in them for a minute and pulled something out. She walked over to Rick, as gracefully as she could with one hand behind her back. "Decorations." Was all she said, pulling the hand from behind her back above their heads, revealing the sprig of mistletoe that was in it, and leaning in for a kiss.

Rick responded eagerly, wrapping his arms around her and leading her back to their bed. He gently lowered her down, lying down to the side of her, kissing her the entire time. Somewhere along the way she had dropped the mistletoe and started to unbutton his shirt. Rick slowly ran his hands under her top and over her growing belly, and pulled her top up the rest of the way and over her head.

Kate had just push Rick gently onto his back and straddle his legs when two things happened simultaneously; the first being that one, or both, of the children started kicking madly, the second being that the front door of the loft slammed. Kate and Rick were shocked out of there heated moment by a voice, yelling.

"Dad?" They heard Alexis call. "Kate? Are you guys home?"

"We are Pumpkin." Rick called, gently helping Kate off his lap and buttoning his shirt back up, while Kate put hers back on. "We're in our room."

"Is it safe?" Alexis asked, her voice closer than it was before.

"Yes, sweetie, it is." Kate called back squatting to pickup the mistletoe off of the floor. She was just standing as a knock was heard on the door.

"Come in," Kate said, and continued when the door opened. "I was just showing your father the decorations I got today." She finished, holding up the mistletoe in her hand.

"Ew, ew, ew." Alexis squealed. "At least keep it G rated while I'm here."

"What are you doing here?" Rick asked his daughter. "It's Monday and it not yet three."

"Uh, Dad," Alexis replied. "It is the week before Christmas. No school. Duh."

"Oh yeah." Rick replied, and that was that, they left the master bedroom to start decorating the loft.

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Three hours later the loft was looking quite the sight. They had decorated the loft and it was a success. Well Rick had decorated the loft, Alexis had decorated the tree and Kate had supervised. But it was now well after dinnertime and Kate was hungry, though she couldn't decide between Chinese and pizza, so Rick ordered both.

They had a fairly easy meal, other than Rick and Alexis having to contain themselves when Kate put sweet and sour pork on her cheese pizza. They had learnt months earlier not to comment on the way Kate ate her food, as she got very touchy about those sorts of things.

After finishing dinner, watching The Santa Clause, and promising that they would watch the other two in the following nights, Rick and Kate made their way, slowly, up the stairs to their room.

When she had changed into one of Rick's shirts, Kate waddled over to the bed, where Rick was already sitting, with a lone piece of mistletoe in her hand. She carefully crawled across the bed to rick and playfully dangled it above his head until he looked up.

"You remember what happened earlier," Rick said. "Don't you?"

"Yes," She responded coyly. "And I would like it to happen again, only I would like to finish it this time. No interruptions." Kate finished, her lips only a hairsbreadth away from his.

"Have I ever told you how much I love you?" Rick asked her, gently brushing his lips against hers.

"Maybe once or twice." She replied before kissing him soundly and straddling his lap. She brought her hands to the side of his face and started to run them through his hair. Kate felt Rick run his hands down over her belly and started to unbutton the shirt that she wore.

Kate's hands left Ricks hair as he pushed the shirt down her arms and his hands sought out, found, and gently caressed her overly sensitive breasts. Kate's hands found the hem of Rick's t-shirt and started slowly pushing it upward. His hands left his breasts, and their lips parted for long enough for her to pull his t-shirt off, and discard it somewhere.

Her lips quickly found his again as her hands sought to become reacquainted with his chest. Their lips didn't stay together long as Rick started to trail his down her neck, while his hands continued to caress her breasts.

Kate was soon moaning heavily and her hands travelled downward, dipping inside Rick's boxers. His lips suddenly left their place at the top of her breasts, his head fell back to the headboard and he let out a moan. As Kate started pushing his boxers down his legs, Rick's hands moved down her body, over her belly and found that all that was between them was his boxers. He squirmed to move his boxers further down his legs and kicked them off his feet.

Kate raised herself onto her knees and took his shaft into her hand, pumping it twice before lowering herself onto it. Both let out hearty moans and Kate started to move her body above Rick's. His left hand made its way to her hip, and his right started roaming across her belly, the hand on her hip helping her movements until she started moaning his name.

"Rick," She moaned. "Please.."

Rick's right hand moved downward from her belly to her most sensitive area. His fingers brushed over her and she screamed out his name. he followed not far behind her, pressing his mouth to hers.

After coming down from their communal high, Kate slide out of Ricks lap and snuggled down into the bed on her side. Rick soon followed and wrapped his arms around her from behind. The pair fell into a peaceful slumber.

-!-!-!-

Down the hall Alexis took the headphone out of her ear for the fourth time in ten minutes and she heard nothing. She knew she would finally be able to turn her music off and get some sleep.

AN: So the next chapter is Christmas…. Should be fun. Let me know what you think.. :D