Chapter 5: Chapter 5
A/N: Thanks guys for your reviews on the last chapter and wendykw, yes I like your theory "We can chalk it up to technical glitch in the ultrasound machine. My updates are so irregular, I swear. Welp, here's another chapter, hope you like it. Oh! And this story has been upgraded to a "M" rating...
"Ugh! I hate this!" She exclaimed, throwing a shirt down on his bed, "I'm not going." She huffed as she folded her arms across her chest and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"What do you mean you're not going?" He asked, slightly panicked.
"I have nothing to wear! Nothing fits! I hate this!" She yelled, feeling frustrated.
Her head pounded and she just wanted to curl up in the cool satin sheets and fall asleep, but she couldn't. Not only because they had planned to meet with her father today to tell him the news, (He had been out of range for 6 months and she hadn't gotten the chance to tell him he was going to be a grandparent yet.) but also because this little miracle that was growing inside of her has decided to take up capoeira inside of her. She couldn't hold anything down, she couldn't sleep for more than an hour at a time and everything hurt and to top it all off, she was a hormonal mess. One minute she was incredibly aroused and climbing on Castle as he tried to write, the next she was sobbing uncontrollably because she felt unattractive and the next she was furious, throwing everything in her reach around the room.
Castle had taken precautions and hid every breakable item away from her, not so much in fear for his life (though that was there too) but in fear of her and their baby's life. They had one scare already and he wasn't ready for another one.
His mother and Alexis were making great efforts to stay out of the house, to leave her to direct her emotional roller coaster at Castle.
Castle came up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders, she immediately shrugged him off.
"Don't touch me." She snapped.
"Kate, what –"He drew his hands back as if he was burned.
"I don't want to be touched right now Castle!" She yelled as she stormed off into the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. He heard the water tap turn on and he knew it was only to drown out the sound of her crying.
Deciding to risk being a victim of hurricane Kate, he made his way to the bathroom and pulled the door open. He saw her curled in on herself, as much as her swollen stomach would allow, crying.
"Kate." He reached for her.
"Go away Castle." She sniffed.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel horrible. I feel like an alien has taken over my body. I can't wear my clothes, I can't feel my feet, my boobs have grown a size bigger, and nothing fits. I'm hideous. Don't even look at me." She sobbed.
He crouched down beside her and took her in his arms, surprisingly, she did not put up a fight.
"I know how we can fix this."
"How?"
"We'll go get you some new clothes, so you can feel comfortable. As much as I like seeing you wearing my clothes, I know you'd feel better in your own." He ran his fingers through her hair as her crying ceased.
"Yea… That might be a good idea. Can we go now? Since we have to meet my father in 3 hours?" She asked, wiping her tears.
"Of course." He stood, pulling her up with him and reaching over to turn the pipe off.
"And Kate, you know you don't have to hide your tears from me." He told her seriously.
"I know, I figured I was hideous enough without the smeared make-up all over my face." She shrugged.
He grabbed her waist and pulled her against his body. "Kate, you are beautiful to me." He told her.
"You say that a lot." She looked down.
"Because you always seem to forget and I take pleasure in reminding you. You're beautiful Kate, so beautiful." He ran his thumb across her bare stomach, "And I will never stop saying it to you."
She felt her face get red, "Thanks Castle, but … I still feel like a whale."
"The sexiest whale I have ever seen." He dipped his head to the crook in her neck and placed tender kisses there.
She tilted her head back, allowing him more access to her skin, which he took advantage of, sucking on her skin, leaving marks. He drew back, his breath ragged and leaned his head against hers.
"If we didn't have places to be, I'd show you just how beautiful I think you are." He rasped, his voice low and husky, making her hot and bothered.
"I'm going to hold you to that." She kissed him, "Let's go find me some clothes."
An hour and a half later, they stumbled through the door of the loft, hands full of shopping bags. The day had been... hectic and the poor store clerk that had to witness her meltdown of a dress she wanted not being in her size, he really felt it for him. She had locked herself in a changing room, refusing to come out because some obnoxious teenager told her the shirts she was looking at was "not for pregnant whale women." He spent the next 15 minutes trying to get her out.
She picked the wrong moment to decide she wanted Castle to make love to her, in the middle of the food court. He didn't know how he did it, but he managed to restrain himself and her and hurriedly finished their shopping, when she felt satisfied with her purchases.
She was feeling less frustrated by the time they returned home, but her feet ached and her back protested. She placed a hand on her lower back as she wobbled over to the couch and plopped herself down.
"Who knew shopping could be so tiring?" She closed her eyes and rested her head on the back of the couch.
Castle took the bags their room and returned to find her stripped of her pants and the shirt she stole from him unbuttoned, rubbing her belly, her face pained.
"Kate, you okay?" He asked, concerned.
She looked up at him, grimacing, trying to breathe. "Yea, she's just …. Doing acrobatics inside of me, no big deal or anything." She told him with a hint of sarcasm.
"If that child is not incredibly flexible when she comes out, I won't know what to make of this." He said, placing his hands on her belly, trying to calm their energetic child.
"Come on, a nice hot shower will relax her." He took her hand and led her to the bathroom, turning on the shower and letting the steam cloud the room. Already, she felt a bit better.
After removing their clothes, they stepped into the warm mist that was spraying down from the shower head. She reached for her shampoo, which Castle took.
"Let me." He uncapped the cherry scented shampoo and squirted some into his hand, closing it and setting it aside. He massaged her scalp, working in the shampoo into her long hair. Her head fell back against his shoulders and she let her eyes close, enjoying the way he was massaging her scalp. He turned her around and placed her under the shower to wash the foam out of her hair, running his hands through her hair, making sure he got it all out before reaching for her conditioner and lathering hair with that, pinning it up and letting it settle for a while as she usually did.
He pulled her out of the direct spray of the shower against his chest. She placed open mouthed kissed along his collarbone and chest. When she looked back at him, his eyes were dark, filled with lust, desire and love. She estimated they had about an hour left, they had to make this quick, because she wanted him. Now.
She turned her body and pressed her back up against the cool tiled wall of the shower, pulling him with her and she crashed her lips to his, catching the surprised moan that tumbled from his lips.
"Kate, we have to meet your father soon." He breathed, ghosting his lips across her jawline.
"Make it quick, we've got time and I don't think I can sit and have a dinner with my father when all I can think about is how you feel inside of me." She leaned forward to suck on his neck, biting down and then sticking her tongue out to soothe the burn. She moaned as his hips jerked into hers involuntarily and she felt him hard for her already.
His hands trailed down her shoulders, to her side and down to her thighs. Her breathing stuttered as he shoved his fingers between her folds, slick with her and the water from the shower. She let her head fall back against the wall and but her lip to hold back a moan that was forming in the back of her throat.
His fingers rubbed over her, sending waves of pleasure through her, from her head to her toes and she rolled her hips down against him, feeling impatient.
"Castle, I need you inside of me now." She growled, grabbing him and guiding him to her entrance. Without a pause he pushed in, not stopping until he was completely inside of her. She wrapped her leg around his waist as her mouth felt open as she took him in. He paused for a moment, to let her get used to the intrusion. He needed to move soon, the tightening of her muscles alone was going to send him over the edge soon.
She rolled her hips against him, groaning and clawing her nails down his back and down to his ass, grabbing it and pushing him into her roughly.
He gasped and picked up her other leg, she wrapped it around his waist and hooked her ankles behind his back, with only him and the wall holding her up.
The steam of the shower adding to the atmosphere as he pulled back and slammed into her over and over again. She screamed out, her sounds drowned out by the heavy pour of the shower and she bit down on his shoulder and he rolled his hips at another angle, deeper, harder, faster.
Her breath came out in ragged pants as she begged for more and he gave her. Their wet skin, slick with sweat, slapped against each other, creating the perfect friction. He bowed his head and took a swollen nipple into his mouth, teasing, sucking and biting, making her scream out in pleasure. She buried her hands in his hair and roughly yanked his head back, exposing his neck which she immediately latched on to.
He moaned as he rocked his hips harder into her and she bit down on his neck. She was close, he could feel the heat burning in her and her muscles contracting around him. Her eyes slammed shut and she screamed out his name, biting down on him as she came, her fluids gushing out of her around him. The height of her climax and the hoarse rasp of her voice as she screamed out pushed him over and he exploded into her, his hot fluid dripping from her and they rode each other until they came down from their high.
Gently, he pulled out of her and she hissed at the loss of contact. He pressed a gentle kiss to her lips and set her feet down on the floor, ensuring she could stand before he let her go.
"You're amazing Kate." He breathed over her lips, her body shuddering as his hot breath ghosted over her face.
"You're not so bad yourself Castle." She sighed, resting her head against his shoulder, kissing his chest.
"As much as I would like to go for round two, we have a dinner to attend." He reminded her, turning her back under the spray of water to wash the conditioner out of her hair.
"Let's get cleaned up."
Somehow, they had managed to be ready and waiting at the restaurant in half hour. She had put on a blue dress, which complimented his eyes. It fit her perfectly, flaring off beneath her breasts to accommodate her belly.
They made their way to their table to wait on her father who came shortly after. The table had been blocking her belly, so he did not notice anything.
"Katie, hi." He greeted as he took a seat.
"Hi dad." She smiled.
"Rick." Her father nodded to Castle, who returned the greeting.
"I'm so glad we finally got to catch up, I feel like there's so much I've missed." He sighed, looking at her knowingly.
Deciding not to beat around the bush, she came right out with it.
"Dad, you're going to be a grandfather." She told him.
His face broke out into a huge grin immediately, "Katie really?" He asked.
She nodded, laughing, "Really, in about four months."
"You're five months pregnant? I should have known, you're glowing!" He smiled, leaning across the table to grab her hand.
"Katie, I'm so happy for you and you too Rick. Your mother would be proud." He beamed.
She smiled sadly, at the thought of her mother, she couldn't help thinking she should be here for this. Sensing her sadness, Castle pressed a kiss to the side of her head, comforting her.
She smiled up at him and proceeding to inform her father about everything, from how she found out, to the scare they had gotten last month, to her emotional roller coaster.
He laughed, "Your mother was a wreck when she was pregnant with you, she wouldn't even let me sleep in the same bed as her."
"Well, Kate loves to cuddle, so she could never do without me." Castle informed her father smugly. She nudged him in the ribs.
"What it's true?" He pouted.
She smiled at his childishness and turned her attention back to her father who was beaming. Until the child inside of her decided to tap dance on her bladder, her face contorted in pain.
"Acrobatics?" Castle guessed, while her father looked on worried.
"Tap dancing." She groaned.
She could not wait to have this baby.
End A/N: Well? How'd it go? Leave me a review? … Now I'm about to get a bit personal, feel free to skip over this. I just really want to thank you for your positive reviews and follows and favourites, you guys have no idea how happy getting a notification for any of my stories makes me. Usually, I just feel very useless and all those depressing this, but you guys make me feel like someone appreciates something I like to do, even though I'm not as good as others people still enjoy it and it just makes me feel … less useless. And I love getting reviews, but at the same time I feel afraid to read them, because I get demotivated and discouraged pretty easily. But I love getting them, so just, really, thank you very much.
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