A/N: There's a saying here in regards to exams that there's this tree that starts blooming at this time of the year and it's the sign for you to start studying and if you haven't started studying by the times the flowers start to fall, you're screwed. Well, the flowers have started to fall and I'm writing fanfiction… Oh well. Here's a chapter for ya'll and you guys who didn't appreciate me cutting off the smut in the last chapter, you get smut today, yay! So go forth! Read! See you at the end.

"Little to the left."

"No not there."

"You're too close to the window."

"More to the right."

"Perfect."

Castle leaned heavily against the heavy crib he had been pushing around for the past half hour until Kate decided where to position it.

"Pulled a muscle old man?" She teased.

"Ha. Funny." He smirked, standing up right, wiping the sweat off of his forehead.

They had been at this for half the day, redecorating the guest room into the nursery. It had proved to be a difficult task, for Castle at least. He would let Kate lift or push anything and Ryan and Esposito were off on a case, so he had to fly solo.

He grimaced as he felt his joints crack, maybe he was too old for this.

"How are you two going?" He asked, moving over to inspect the painting job Kate and Alexis has busied themselves with.

"Almost done." Alexis responded from her perch on the high ladder.

He bent down beside where Kate was painting little designs on the bottom of the wall.

"You doing okay?" He whispered, aware of the few contractions she had been having.

"I'm fine Castle." She smiled, only to be interrupted by another wave of pain.

"Maybe we should take you to the hospital now, you're only a couple days away from the due date."

She shook her head, "No, I want to finish this."

"Alexis and I can finish this." He suggested.

"Castle, the minute I go into the hospital to have this child, you are not going anywhere." She told him, taking his hand to pull herself up off of the floor.

She stood, placing a hand on her lower back, a move she had taken to doing a lot in the past few months. He watched her intently, waiting to see if she would have another contraction.

"You missed a spot there Alexis." Kate pointed out to Alexis.

"Where?" She asked looking around.

"To your left."

"Got it."

Kate turned towards Castle, feeling his stare on her.

"Castle, you're hovering." She placed a hand on his chest, "I'm okay."

He looked at her for another minute, unconvinced before nodding.

"Yea okay, well let's hurry and get this done."

"Okay, you bring in the rest of the furniture, while I go finish painting that side of the room." She stepped around him, slowly lowering herself to sit cross-legged on the floor and began painting again.

He looked around the room, inspecting their work. They had decided to paint the room purple, it was her favourite colour and purple was always said to inspire imagination which got him sold on the colour. All the furniture had been removed and replaced with suitable furniture for a baby. The crib that had been delivered was placed to the right of the room, by the window, but not too close by Kate's demand. A mobile with various pictures of each member of their family and little stuffed animals hung over the crib. A yellow dresser on the other side of the room, filled with all the clothes purchased on their shopping spree. The clothes that couldn't hold in the drawers hung in the closet to the left of the dresser.

Beside the crib, to the left was the changing table and to the right of the crib, the space where a white rocking chair would go. He imagined they would be spending a lot of their time in that chair when she was born.

A small playpen placed on the other side of the closet in the corner of the room, with a shelf overflowing with books and toys.

Kate had always been inspired by nature, so she took it upon herself to paint pictures of little animals on the bottom of the walls, leaving the rest of the wall bare, to be filled or not with whatever their child showed interest in as they grew.

It was perfect.

He turned his attention to Kate, who hand her left hand protectively wrapped around her stomach as she leaned over to paint. He watched the way she poked her tongue out the side of her mouth, eyes concentrated on the paintings in front of her, determined to get this done before their little one decided to come.

He smiled as walked out of the room to retrieve the last of the furniture. He pulled the rocking chair in from the hall, positioning it where she wanted it go and went to get the last chair.

He was struggling to pull it through the door, when Alexis finally finished her painting job.

"Whoa dad! Be careful, mind you pull something."

Castle stood up, facing his daughter who was trying not to laugh.

"Oh come on, I'm not that old." He pouted.

"Whatever you say big guy." Kate said from the other side of the room, without turning around.

He shot a glare her way while Alexis laughed at him and climbed over the chair to get out the door.

"Okay, we gotta turn this diagonally if it's gonna fit through this door." She said, bending down to lift her side.

Castle followed her directions and lifted the chair, finally pulling it through the door and placing the chair in the corner.

"Aaaand, we're done." He exclaimed.

"Same here." Kate said, reaching out for him to help her up, "And see I'm fine." She smiled, poking him on the nose.

"Got something on your nose there Castle." She smirked, plopping herself down in the chair.

Castle turned to the mirror that was above the changing station, seeing a patch of yellow paint on his nose.

He turned back to Kate with an evil look in his eye.

"Oh boy, with that look, I better get out of here." Alexis said, hurrying out of the room.

"Have I ever told you how beautiful yellow looks with green?" He asked, leaning down, placing his arms on the armrests of the chair on either side of her.

"No… What does that have to do with anything?" She asked, looking confused.

He reached up, brushing his thumb below each of her eyes.

"Because, you're eyes are just so green and beautiful." He whispered, leaning closer to her face, just inches away and she could feel his breath tickling her skin.

Her eyes widened a bit when she realized what he had just one, rubbing her face with her hand, and seeing the evidence of yellow paint.

"You little – "She growled.

"Whoa there, that was just an accident, I'm sorry." He said, running his hands down her arms.

She smiled, knowing exactly what he was doing. She dipped her fingertips in the paint and moved to wrap her arms around him, smearing the paint all over the back of his shirt.

"That's okay." She said into his chest, running her hands down the grey fabric over his chest.

He wrapped a lock of her hair around his finger, moving closer to her face, causing her heart to speed up.

"You look hot with yellow highlights." He whispered in her ear, his hot breath sending shivers down her spine before she realized what he said.

"Castle!" She yelled, pushing him away, inspecting her hair, "Do you know how hard this is gonna be to get out?"

"Do you know how hard this is gonna be to get out?" He asked, pointing to his shirt.

"You can throw that shirt away!"

"It's my favourite shirt!"

"Boohoo for Captain America." She rolled her eyes, reaching for a towel, trying to get the paint out of her hair.

"I'm going to take a shower." She announced, when the towel wasn't working.

"I can help you get that paint off." He suggested, wiggling his eyebrows.

She glared at him, "You don't deserve it." She brushed passed him.

He grinned, he knew she wasn't mad at him and felt satisfied with himself for annoying Kate. He started cleaning up the room, deciding to let her take a shower alone.

"Where's Kate?" Alexis asked from the door.

"Oh she went to take a shower, I kinda got paint all over her." Castle said sheepishly.

"You guys are such kids." Alexis rolled her eyes, "You good here? Jamie called, wants to know if I can go to the movies with her."

Castle nodded, "I got it, you go have fun."

"Thanks dad, I'll be back before 11!"

"Thank you!" He yelled after her as she ran to her room, grabbing her stuff and left the loft.

Castle finished cleaning up the room and spread the crib, placing a stuff elephant inside. He stepped in the middle of the room looking around again. He couldn't wait for their baby girl to be born.

He made his way down the stairs and could still hear the shower going. He decided to make lunch for Kate when she came out of the bathroom, nothing too big as they had a date that night, but she was bound to be hungry.

He fixed her a turkey sandwich with a bowl of fruit and served up her favourite vanilla shake. He served it up on a tray and made his way to his room, placing the tray on the table.

"What's that?" He heard her say behind him.

He turned around and all the air punched out of him by the sight before him.

She was in a purple robe that stopped right above her knees, but it wasn't closed so he could see her body very clearly. His eyes trailed over her swollen belly, made its way up to her face, red and flushed from the hot water. Her face was framed by her wet hair which she was towelling dry, her head tilted to the side.

"Castle?" She called, trying to get his attention, "You okay?"

He cleared his throat, looking into her eyes, "Yea, yea, I just –"He trailed off, eyes roaming down her body.

"You're being creepy." She said, shifting her weight to her other leg.

"You're just so damn beautiful Kate." He whispered in awe.

She drew her eyebrows together, 'What?"

"You, you're – "He stepped up to her, placing his hands on her hips under her robe, thumb brushing the skin there gently, "You're pregnant."

She tilted her head, a smile playing at her lips as she draped the towel around her neck.

"Castle I've been pregnant for just about nine months, where have you been?" She teased.

"I know, you're just ... glowing." He said, his hand moving up under her robe, coming up under her breast, gently brushing his thumb over her.

"What brought this on?" She asked him, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Just seeing you, right now, it's just hitting me. You're pregnant, we made a life. We're gonna be parents, together." He smiled, brushing his nose over hers.

He was already a parent, but she understood what he meant.

"Yea Castle, we did… we are." She whispered.

"I'm terrified." He admitted.

She leaned back to look at him properly, "Isn't that supposed to be my thing? You already have a kid."

"Yea but, this feels different. I lucked out on Alexis." He said, pulling her back into him.

She smiled, "You're gonna be great Castle, we're gonna be great."

He looked down between them where his hand had come to rest on her belly, rubbing soothing circles over the stretched skin. They smiled as they felt their baby kick, she was always highly responsive in the presence of her father, which sometimes made making love a bit… difficult, but still the managed.

He dragged his eyes back up to hers, "Have I told you lately that I love you?"

He watched as her lips turned upwards into a wide smile, the one he did anything to see on her face.

"This morning in fact, but it doesn't hurt to hear again." She rubbed her thumb over his cheek, pushing up on her toes to be almost on eye level with him.

"I love you Kate and our baby, I can't wait for her to be born." He smiled, moving closer to her, his lips brushing over hers.

"Me too Castle, me too." She breathed, closing the distance, crushing his lips with hers.

She smiled as he immediately opened his mouth inviting her in, she dipped her tongue into his mouth, searching him out, groaning when she felt him slightly bite down on her tongue.

His fingers dug into her side, enough pressure to keep her pressed to him, but not enough to bruise. She was suddenly overwhelmed with her desire for him and broke their kiss momentarily to roughly pull his shirt over his head and toss it somewhere over her shoulder.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing herself into him, savouring the taste of him on her tongue, tasting the faint evidence of the coffee he drank earlier and the sweets he could stop eating. She bit down on her lip when he moved down to her neck, attaching his lips to that spot that drove her absolutely insane.

Her eyes rolled back in her head when he bit down on her neck, feeling the heat pool in her centre. She tangled her fingers in his hair and roughly pulled him back to her lips, kissing him with such want, such desperation, such love.

His hands moved over slowly over her skin, leaving her skin tingling everywhere he touched her. He slowly pushed her robe off of her shoulders, pulling her arms away from his neck to allow the robe to fall on the floor and have her completely naked in front of him.

He looked her over, taking in the flushed skin, feeling his pants tighten painfully and hi heart thud in his chest. He met her eyes, hooded, filled with love and lust and want and she was lunging for him again, pulling him against her. She began kissing his chest, slowly swirling her tongue over his nipple, pulling it into her mouth and releasing it with a pop, doing the same to the other.

Her hands gripped his back, her nails digging into his skin as she sucked on his neck. His hands tangled in her hair, keeping her attached to his neck.

A groaned tumbled from his lips as he involuntarily bucked his hips into hers, desperate for some kind of relief.

His hands roamed her body, cupping her breast in one hand, kneading it and flicking his finger over her hardened nipple, taking the other his mouth coming down hot over the other. He sucked her breast into his mouth, sucking roughly, biting down on her nipple until she was crying out, before he swirled is tongue over it, soothing the burn.

"Castle." She breathed, clutching at his back, pulling his closer to her, needing to feel him absolutely everywhere all at once, she needed him now.

She rolled her hips into his, growling when she realized he was still in his pants. She quickly unbuttoned his pants and shoved them down his legs. He stepped out of them, almost stumbling as she shoved her hand down his boxers taking him in her hand. She flicked her thumb over his tip, feeling the slickness there. She moaned and rolled her hips again, she was so close already.

She gripped him tightly and began pumping him, as she bucked into her hand. With her free hand she brought his lips to hers, kissing him hard, swiping her tongue over his and biting down on his lip to suppress the moans that were rising in her.

She whined as she felt his hand leave her breast, he moved to stop her movements in his pants, his breath uneven as he leaned his forehead against hers.

"If you keep that up, this isn't going to last very long." He panted, kissing the side of her mouth.

She pulled her hand from his boxers, shoving it down, freeing him from the confines. She could feel him slick against her stomach as she brought him in for a kiss again. His hands moved lower, tracing delicately over her skin, stopping to caress her stomach, glad their little one wasn't active right now. He continued down, her breath hitched when she felt him moving closer to where she wanted, she desperately rolled her hips, silently begging him to touch her.

"Someone's impatient." He laughed.

She growled and bit down on his lip, pleased as he groaned and bucked his hips into hers.

She shuddered as she finally felt his fingers brush over her, spreading her wetness between her thighs. She parted her legs, making space for him and he flicked over her sensitive nub, she rolled her hips into his hands. She cried out in pleasure, clutching his shoulder as he pushed his finger inside of her, moving slowly.

"More." She panted out, grinding her hips down on him.

He pushed another finger inside of her, groaning at the feel of her wetness smearing all over his hands and he was so close just feeling her losing herself, but he wanted to do this right, he wanted them to lose themselves together, he wanted to be inside her, to feel her.

He withdrew his fingers, swallowing her protests, kissing her harshly, pushing her back into the bathroom, stopping when she was pressed up against the bathroom counter.

"Please." She breathed, trailing her finger over his length.

He loved teasing her, but now wasn't that time, he wanted her desperately and if he didn't get inside of her now, he might just explode from what she was doing to him.

He grabbed her leg and wrapped it around his waist, lifted her up to sit on the counter, before taking himself in her hand, rubbing over her centre, head falling back at the feel of her on him.

She rolled her hips over him, almost sending him over the edge.

With one thrust he slid into her and began moving immediately. He buried himself in her, before slowly pulling out and slamming back into her.

She cried out in pleasure as she dug her nails into his shoulder.

"Faster." She moaned.

He pulled out of her again, almost completely before pushing himself back into her and repeating the motion. Her mouth hung open and her eyes screwed shut as he continued pumping into her, lifting her leg higher to get a better angle.

"Oh God, yes, right there" She groaned, her hands coming down to grip his ass, making him move faster.

She wrapped her other leg around him, digging her heels into him, pulling him deeper inside.

"Kate." He panted as he watched where they were connected, he could feel himself building up to his climax and began moving faster, pressing her into the counter.

"Castle, don't stop, please, oh God, yes" She cried out, biting down on his shoulder. He could feel her tightening around him and knew she was close.

"Oh God, Oh God, Castle." She moaned her head falling back.

"Let go Kate." He growled in her ear.

"I'm gonna – " She said as she exploded around him, digging her nails into his shoulders, body jerking violently around him.

The feel of her tightened around him was all he needed to push him over and he was soon spilling hot and fast into her, his hips moving sloppily in and out of her, riding out his orgasm.

His head fell against her shoulder, kissing her softly, tasting her sweat brought on by their love making.

"That was … "She panted.

"Yea." He agreed.

"I'm gonna need another shower…. If I can walk" She laughed, running her fingers through his hair, unwrapping her legs from around his waist.

He slowly pulled out of her, slowly standing up. His legs felt like absolute jelly.

He stood there for a moment, his head resting against her shoulder as she combed her fingers through his hair as the feeling came back to his legs.

"Come on." He said, moving to pick her up.

He walked them over the tub, turning on the hot water, filling the bath with her favourite cherry scented bubble bath and gently placed her in it.

"Aren't you joining me?" She asked as she saw him moving away from the tub.

"Of course, just setting the atmosphere." He smiled at her as she made his way to the control panel on the wall. He dimmed the lights and put on some soft music.

He walked back over to her and climbed in behind her, pulling her back against him, wrapping his arms around her to rest his hands over hers on her belly. She laced their fingers together and leaned her head back on his shoulder.

"I love you." She whispered.

He smiled, his heart jumping at her words. He said it plenty of times and so did she, but he never could get over hearing her say them.

"I love you too." He answered her, rubbing their hands over their now active child.

"Hey there, it's relaxing time." He spoke to their child.

She laughed, "You're so hot when you do that."

"What?"

"Talk to her, I don't know, it's just hot." She shrugged.

"You just want a reason to tell me I'm hot. I thought I was old." He said, poking at a spot on her belly where he felt a little foot protruding.

"If you were old, I don't think you could have done what we just did without going into cardiac arrest." She teased.

"You just want me for the sex."

"Most definitely." She joked.

They fell silent, enjoying the company of each other and the mellow atmosphere of the room , before he reached over to turn off the water.

He began gently massaging her belly and her back, watching as she slowly nodded off to sleep. He held her there for a while longer, until he felt the water getting cold.

"Kate." He ran a finger up the inside of her thigh, a move he used to wake her up plenty of times.

"Mmm." She mumbled.

"Come on, let's get out of here before we turn into prunes." He whispered.

She leaned up allowing him to step out of the tub and help her out, wrapping her in a fluffy towel before draining the water from the bath.

He heard her stomach growl, "I made us lunch… but then I got distracted."

She laughed, "Take me to the food Mr. Castle."

She followed him out of the bathroom and helped each other get dressed, with a few stolen kisses and gropes.

A while later, they were seated around his kitchen table eating the lunch he had prepared earlier.

"Where's Alexis?" She asked, suddenly remembering her.

"Oh, she went out, said she'd be back around eleven." He told her.

She nodded.

"She's okay with all this right?" Kate asked, biting the inside of her cheek. She had asked him this countless times, even had conversations with her about not wanting her to feel like her dad would love her any less or that he wouldn't have time for her anymore, but she found she still needed the assurance every now and then.

"She's fine Kate, she's excited to get a little sister. Didn't you see how excited she was to help decorate the room or how she and Martha came home that day with bags full of baby stuff?" He started to tell her.

He was so caught up in reassuring her, he didn't realize her mouth drop open and the utter shock that took over her facial features.

"Castle." She choked.

"And I know you think she's going to get jealous, but she's doing okay, I've talked to her and she can't wait either Kate – "

"Castle."

"I heard her the other day on the phone too, talking to her friends, telling them about her baby sister that she couldn't wait to see and give advice to and be the best big sister ever –"

Damn it, he was so dense sometimes, always caught up in his ramblings.

She gripped her belly.

"Castle!" She yelled, getting his attention finally.

"What is it Kate? Are you okay? Is it another contraction?" He asked, finally taking in the expression on her face.

She looked down and looked back up at him, at his waiting expression.

It was time.

"My water just broke."

End A/N: Every time I write one of these, I remember something I wanted to say after I post it, but I hate having to take it down to edit it and put it back up, so I'm hoping I'm not forgetting something this time around. Anyways, we shall welcome baby Caskett in the next chapter… maybe. I've decided I don't want such a cliché name for the baby because of what happened, so I'm not gonna name her Hope or Miracle or those things, I'll more use it for a middle name, but I'd still like a suggestion for a name with meaning, but not so cliché… You feel me? Leave a suggestion, a review, a supernatural exorcism chant, anything, I just like seeing your feels about this story. Please? Thanks!