Wrapping his arms tighter around her, he smiled as she laughed and kissed him again, one hand resting on the car behind her, supporting her, while her other arm wrapped tighter around his neck, keeping him close to her. Neither of them was ready to say the goodbye that was needed, neither was prepared to leave each other again.
"I've got to go, I've got to go now Rick, otherwise I won't leave at all" she announced in between his kisses, a smile appearing on both their faces as he slipped his hands to her stomach and got onto his knees in the car park, shocking her at his public display of affection as he pressed his lips against her stomach before resting his forehead against it. "What are you doing?" she asked, running her fingers through his hair as he began to whisper something onto her stomach, something she couldn't hear over the sound of the cars in the area. Standing up slowly, he touched her cheek and brought her close to him, his lips slowly moving against hers. "What were you saying to our baby?" she asked gently, desperately wanting to know what he had told her as the two of them smiled at the use of the word our.
"That's a secret between me and our baby which you shall never know Detective" he whispered, his fingers running across her stomach as she sighed at his touch. "You need to go, your worrying about it" he declared, a small nod answering him as she unlocked her car and sighed. "Call me when you get back to New York, call me straight away so I know you're okay" he declared, another nod answering him instead of words. "Can you at least say one word to me before you leave and I can't remember what your voice sounds like?" he asked, her fingers pressing against his lips before she smiled at him.
"I love you Richard Castle and I will see you in two months and you better be prepared to sort the nursery out" she laughed, a smile appearing on his face before he nodded and kissed her gently, lingering longer than before, savouring the taste of her lips against his for the last time for eight weeks. "Do you want to know something?" she whispered into his ear, a small nod answering her as a smile crept onto her face. "If I wasn't six months pregnant and the size of a whale, I would be doing things to you right now in the backseat of this car" she smiled before opening the door and climbing into the vehicle, smile appearing on his face as he stared at her, kneeling quickly.
"Do you know how much I love you Kate?" he asked, running his fingers across her cheek gently, moving a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
"Enough to want to impregnate and marry me" she laughed as he shrugged and kissed her, his hands slipping back to her stomach again. "You need to touch stopping my stomach, baby will not like it once I'm back in New York and there's no daddy to give her constant attention" she declared, the smile growing on both their faces as they thought about their child. "I've got to go now, I'm going to have loads of paperwork to do and you know how much I hate to be behind" she muttered before kissing him once more.
"I love you Kate" he smiled before kissing her. "Call me when you get to New York, the moment you park you call me so I know you're both okay" he ordered, her eyes rolling before she smiled and nodded.
"I love you too, now go and get ready for your day, it's going to be busy and you need to get yourself sorted" Kate whispered as he slowly nodded and moved away, watching as she shut the door and stared at him before waving and starting her car. Waving as she drove away, he watched as she disappeared into the mix of cars, a small sigh leaving his lips before he crept back into the hotel thinking about how he wasn't going to see his favourite pregnant brunette for another two months.
XOXOXOXO
Entering the apartment, she smiled as she immediately saw Esposito and Lanie cuddling on her sofa, Lanie half asleep in his arms as she dropped her case, making the couple jump.
"Kate you're back, we read about you and Castle in the magazine, you've really become the most popular couple around at the moment, you were even on the telly, not for long though it was a sort of a new flash" Lanie laughed, climbing off the sofa quickly to wrap her arms around her friend.
"Where's Alexis?" Kate asked quickly, not wanting to hear about what the press was saying about her but rather wanting to see the teen she'd fallen in love with over the years. Walking up the stairs, she slowly tapped on the door before opening to reveal the red head lying on her bed staring into a text book. Entering the room, she smiled as the teenager looked up and smiled, the text book dropping onto the bed as she ran over and wrapped her arms around Kate's neck. "Have you really missed me that much?" she asked into the teenagers red hair, enjoying having her close again.
"Of course I have it's been odd not having your or dad around, I missed you it's boring without having you here to make me laugh and to watch those films dad doesn't like with" Alexis admitted, refusing to let go of Kate for a while. "How was dad?" she asked.
"He was good, speaking of your father I was supposed to call him when I arrived" she announced, pulling her phone out quickly while dialling his number from memory. A smile covering her face as she heard him answer the phone.
"Richard Castle amazing father, writer and lover, how can I help you?" Rick announced as Kate rolled her eyes before smiling at the teen and creeping out of the room. "You haven't just got out of the car have you Kate? You're in the apartment" he laughed as she entered their bedroom and smiled, sitting herself down on the bed she'd missed.
"I forgot Rick, I'm sorry" she admitted, lying back on the bed while looking at her stomach, her hand running down to stroke her pregnant bump. "I just wanted to get into the apartment and relax, the journey home was horrid it took longer than I thought it would" she sighed, her eyes shutting for a moment.
"I really wish I was there Kate, I would massage your shoulders and run you a very warm and bubbly bath" he whispered causing her to groan as she kept her eyes shut. "God I want to be there so bad" he moaned.
"I want you to be here too Rick, I really want a massage and a bubble bath not ran by myself" she moaned before the door opened and Alexis walked in. "Look I've got to go, baby's hungry and I now really want a bath, I'll talk to you later" she announced before they both whispered goodbye and hung up.
"You're hungry, what do you fancy for dinner?" Alexis asked quickly before Kate smiled and shrugged, walking downstairs with her into the kitchen, the two of them noticing Esposito and Lanie filling in paperwork. "What are you two doing?" she asked as Kate stared at them.
"Making Beckett's paperwork load easier" Esposito explained as they both nodded before Kate and Alexis slipped into the kitchen, smiling at each other as Alexis began to take things out of the kitchen. Watching as Alexis began to prepare food, she gasped as the teenager groaned and clutched her finger in her hand, a red mark covering both the dropped knife and her hand. Quickly walking towards her, Kate grabbed a cloth and took the teen's hands in hers, pressing it against her fingers as she reached over and damped another cloth under the water.
"You're doing too much at one time Alexis, you need to stop thinking of so many things at once" Kate muttered as she began to wipe the small but bloody wound, a smile appearing on Alexis' face as she watched her. Looking up, Kate smiled as she continued to wipe her finger. "What's the matter have I got something on my face?" Kate asked quickly, her hand brushing back the hair that was covering Alexis' face.
"You're going to be an amazing mom Kate, you've already been a better mom to me than my own" Alexis announced, a smile covering Kate's face as she nodded. "My fingers alright thanks but you can help me cook if you like?" she smiled, Kate nodding quickly as she moved her hand away from the teen, smiling at what Alexis had told her, her hand slowly moving to her bump as she thought about her baby not noticing how Alexis was watching the whole thing with a smile on her own face.