Entering the precinct a few weeks later, she smiled as she found her desk the way she'd left it, Ryan and Esposito out on a scene as she sat herself down and sighed. It was her first time back at work since she'd had the accident and therefore had Johanna. Hearing the lift open and the familiar sound of Ryan and Esposito debating over something, she smiled, sitting up properly as they turned the corner and laughed.
"Beckett your back" Ryan smiled, Esposito smiling as well as she stood up and nodded, her arms crossing as she tried to cover the baby weight she was still in the process of losing. "How's everything with Johanna?" he asked, Kate sighing as she pulled out her phone and showed them a picture of Johanna on the beach with Rick, dressed completely in pink as Rick smiled down at the little girl in his arms. It was Kate's favourite photo of her fiancée and daughter and she loved how perfect everything seemed when she looked at it. Hearing the lift open again, the three of them turned around to see Lanie standing there, her arms crossed as she stared at the brunette detective.
"Katherine Beckett, your first day back at work and you don't come and see me first, instead you wait for these two. Where's the loyalty in that?" Lanie announced, Kate biting her lip as she smiled at the ME who walked over and sat down in Esposito's chair, the man rolling his eyes as he walked off to get a coffee, Ryan quickly following him. "So show me pictures" Lanie ordered, Kate rolling her eyes as she passed Lanie her phone and watched as the ME stared over every photo, the smile growing on her face each time. "She's beautiful Kate, you're so lucky" Lanie smiled as she looked up at the content detective.
"She's exhausting but she's perfect, I wouldn't change her for the world" Kate smiled, thinking about the small child she'd left for the first time since her birth. "I miss her already" she added, her eyes shutting for a moment, Lanie watching her in amusement, the smile growing on her face as she continued to look down at the photos, stopping at one in particular.
"Now this is a nice photo" Lanie commented, Kate opening her eyes as Lanie turned the phone around to show one of Kate and Rick asleep on the bed, Rick's arms wrapped around Kate as Johanna remained fast asleep on his chest. "Little family" Lanie laughed as Kate took the phone from her and sighed as she stared at the little family.
"Here's the whole family" she smiled, switching to another photo to show Lanie as she continued to smile at the images of the happy group. "God I miss them already and I've only been gone half an hour, Rick was asleep when I left" she sighed before relaxing. "Anyway I better get on with work, I have paperwork to catch up on" she announced as Lanie nodded and climbed out of Esposito's chair, the men quickly walking out of the office as they watched Lanie disappear into the lift.
"You're not going to have a chair soon Esposito, it's just going to be Lanie's seat" Ryan laughed as the man glared at him, Kate laughing as she watched him in confusion. "Lanie has been up here a lot more now, she's been stealing his chair" he explained, Kate raising her eyebrows quickly as Esposito quickly sat down.
"So it must be pretty serious now then" Kate commented, Javier shrugging gently as she smiled at him. "Anyway case, fill me in" she smiled, the two men nodding as they walked towards the board, Kate listening in as they filled her in quickly, not missing any detail out.
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"Who's that? Is it mommy?" Rick asked as he watched the door open, Johanna on his lap as Kate snuck into the apartment and groaned, walking towards them slowly. Collapsing onto the couch, she sighed before moving closer and pressing her lips against his, Rick smiling as she laid back, her knees resting up before she took Johanna from him and rested her against her knees, staring at the small child who was looking at her making random noises, the smile growing on Kate's face.
"I missed you so much today" she commented, pressing a kiss against her daughters head, her eyes shutting quickly to stop herself from crying. "I kept looking at our holiday photos with Lanie throughout the day, the ones of you and me and daddy and I kept thinking about how much I missed you, how much I wanted to have you right here" she whispered as she moved away from her daughter and stared at Rick who was watching her.
"Look why don't you go upstairs and give Johanna a bath, I'll make dinner?" he smiled, Kate nodding quickly as she held the small girl in her arms and stood up, smiling down at the man who was still sat down, her lips slowly pressing against his as he smiled at her. "I'm not using to seeing you in work clothes again, I forgot how hot it was" he laughed, the smile covering his face as she slowly moved away from him and walked towards the stairs. "Oh and Alexis wants your help, she's got a party tomorrow and she's stressing about clothes and apparently I can't give decent advice anymore now there's a half decent female in her life" he announced as Kate nodded, the smile growing on her face.
"Okay" Kate smiled before disappearing out of sight, Rick smiling as he realised how strange it was not to have her around all day anymore, the sound of the bath running making him smile as he slipped off the sofa, knowing that Kate would hate him if he didn't have any food prepared when she got back downstairs.
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Knocking on the door gently, Kate smiled as she entered Alexis' room to see the teenager throwing clothes onto bed, holding each one up before she put it back into the wardrobe or throwing it onto the bed behind her, Kate shaking her head as she held a newly clean Johanna in her arms. Shutting the door, she laughed as Alexis turned and groaned, falling onto the bed. Walking over, Kate sighed as she sat beside the teenager and looked at her quickly.
"Is there a boy involved?" she asked quickly, Alexis nodding slowly as Kate sighed, a smile appearing on her face as Alexis groaned again. "Do you like him?" she asked, Alexis nodding again as Kate sighed, standing quickly as she stared at the teenager. "Come on you, we're going to have a chat but I need to put this one to bed" she explained, Alexis nodding as she walked out of the room with Kate, watching as she put Johanna down in the cot at the end of the bed and smiled at her, rather jealous of how much love Johanna had from her mother while Alexis had barely half of that from her own. "Sit" Kate smiled, Alexis slowly sitting on their bed, Kate joining her quickly. "Right tell me everything" she smiled.
"He's clever, really clever and he's really sweet. He invited me to this party and it's a really dress up one and I have nothing to wear. This is why I hate it when people just invite me the day before, I have problems finding something to wear" she sighed, Kate nodding as she reached across and touched the teenagers hand.
"I have something" she whispered, walking towards the wardrobe quickly to search for the outfit she'd put in there a while ago. "I bought it for myself but it's too small and in the end I never wore it but I think it would suit you" she smiled, finding the green dress and taking it out, Alexis standing as she stared at it. Walking towards her, she slowly passed it to her, holding it up against the teenager who stared at it in the mirror. "You can say no, I know it's not something you'd choose" she admitted, Alexis quickly shaking her head as she took hold of it.
"Kate its perfect" she smiled as the brunette laughed, seeing the excitement grow on the red heads face. "Can I try it on?" she asked, Kate nodding quickly before Rick shouted from downstairs about dinner, Alexis groaning quickly.
"Tell you what, why don't you wait till tomorrow and try it on then? I'll even do your hair for you if you want?" Kate suggested as Alexis smiled and wrapped her arms around the brunette, Kate smiling as she shut her eyes for a moment, holding the girl who she believed was like a daughter to her, enjoying the comfort of having her in her arms. "Come on dinner, your dad will start getting annoyed if we don't get down there" she laughed, leading the teen towards the door, leaving the green dress on the bed.
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"So did you and Alexis find something for her to wear?" he asked as Kate walked out of the en-suite dressed in her red pyjamas, a smile covering her face as she quickly nodded and walked over to the cot at the end of their bed, smiling down at their sleeping daughter who was once again dressed all in pink.
"I had a lovely chat with her, anyway you need to sort Jo's nursery out Rick, you've been promising to do it since I had her and also you need to stop dressing her completely in pink" she moaned, staring down at her daughter before turning to look at the man who was lying in bed staring at her.
"I will and what were you talking to Alexis about, you were in there for ages?" he asked, Kate smiling as she remembered the conversation she had with Alexis.
"Clothes and boys mainly" she quickly commented, Rick's eyebrows rising as she walked over. Kissing him gently, she smiled before climbing into bed next to him, laughing as he remained silent. "Rick she has a crush on the boy who invited her to the party and by the sounds of it he's really sweet and she really likes him so don't ruin it for her" she warned, looking up at him quickly. "Rick, I'm not going a police check, I'm not following them to make sure there not doing anything they shouldn't be, I trust Alexis and so should you she sighed as he slowly nodded.
"I do trust her, its just boys I don't trust because I was there age once, I know what they want" he explained, Kate rolling her eyes before kissing him gently, her body moving close to his as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Rick, I love how protective you are but trust her, she's a clever girl and she knows how to say no if its goes too far and anyway, you should be happy for her. She's honestly going to look stunning tomorrow she's a beautiful young woman" she explained as Rick sighed, the sound of Johanna crying causing them both to groan. "My turn" she declared, crawling across the bed to their screaming daughter who she slowly lifted into her arms, rocking her gently as Rick watched, smiling at her as she continued to hold their daughter at the end of the bed.