"Love you have to open this door," Castle was saying to the closed bathroom doors as he was leaning on one. "She's banging on the other door and I don't know what to do!"
"Daddy," Julia said in annoyance as she entered the room. "The door was open. I didn't knock Mommy."
The door; next to the one that Castle was leaning against; flew open and he had to hurriedly back up from it as his wife stepped out.
"I'm ready," Beckett said simply, narrowing her eyes at him.
"You look great Mommy, ready for the show," Julia said, glancing at her father and seeing that he seemed stunned. "Daddy!" she said sharply.
"Rick," Beckett said as she went over to the bench that was in front of the bed. "You've seen me in-" she began before she looked up and nearly jumped when she found him in front of her. "This before," she finished, nearly breathing out the words as her husband picked up her leg gently to place the shoe on her foot. "Julia," she then said, recalling their daughter. But when she saw that they were alone she told her husband teasingly, "You scared her off." But the smile on her face soon fell off it as he leaned over, kissing her knee gently though he pushed up the skirt of her dark blue lace dress to reach it. She hadn't been sure what to wear exactly to their dinner and the show but since it was pleasing her husband she decided it was the best choice she could have made though she hadn't worn it in a while.
"Okay, I need to stop," Castle said, almost tearing himself away from his wife when her other shoe was on. But he couldn't keep himself from sliding his hands over her sides and pulling her to him. "Before I do," he murmured in Irish as he could see that their daughters had walked up to the doorway. "You look incredible and I … love you."
"So do I," Beckett told him with a smile before they kissed. She knew already that the girls were behind her so as soon as she was able to she told him, "Promise me that tonight we'll have a chance for something; anything."
"I'm a man of my word," Castle replied, bringing her hand up to his lips to kiss before they shared one more kiss. He let her turn to their daughters and smiled saying, "You both look ready to go."
"I am!" Eliza said, dressed the same as she'd been all day.
"Come on we need to go so we'll say goodbye to you out in the front," Beckett told the little girl as she ushered both of them to the entry.
"You look great Katie," Jim said.
"Good enough for the show," Julia said with a nod before smiling at her mother. "And Grandpapa said I looked nice too."
"Very grownup," Martha added, there in the foyer as well. "But they look wonderful," she said. "All of you."
"Did you decide where you're going to go?" Castle asked after he'd nodded to his mother for the compliment.
"Caesars Palace," Jim said. "We let Eliza pick and she liked the food court when we passed it last night."
"I'm gonna get a sammich," the little girl said proudly.
"Okay but until then?" Beckett said, picking her daughter up to share a kiss with her.
"We'll try out the putting green," Jim answered. "Julia said it was alright as long as we do it again tomorrow."
"I just want to go to the show," Julia confessed before she laughed softly.
"Alright sweetie I love you and I know already you'll listen to them so I won't say anything about that," Beckett said. "Have fun with them and tomorrow morning too."
"I will and I love you too Mommy," Eliza said, hugging her tightly before they shared a kiss. As her mother handed her to Castle she said, "You look pretty Mommy."
"Thank you," Beckett replied with a smile.
"I love you too Daddy, have fun with Jules," Eliza told her father.
"We will, don't worry," Castle assured her. "And like your mom said I hope you have fun tonight too. Love you sweetheart," he said, sharing a kiss with her.
When her sister had been set down on the floor Julia shared a hug with her and she promised her, "I'll tell you all about what I see at the show."
"Thanks and I'll say what I do too," Eliza replied.
After Castle and Beckett had said goodbye to their parents they left the villa, walking with Julia in between them before they went inside the hotel. They went through the atrium until they got to the restaurant and Castle told the hostess how many of them were before they were led to a booth.
"Why don't you sit with Daddy?" Julia asked her mother as she sat down after she had.
"Because I'd like to sit with you," Beckett said, leaning over and kissing her temple. "Look at the menu and see what you want."
Nodding Julia took it from her and she said, "They have shakes."
"I saw too and they're so tempting," Castle said, making the girl giggle. "But we're having a special dessert once the show's over remember."
"Oh yeah," Julia said. "So what should I get Mommy?"
"Get the regular burger with cheese, I'll be getting the same," Beckett told her.
"What're you gonna get Daddy?" Julia asked him.
"I'm going to go a little different, the BLT," Castle said. "Since that's where we are of course."
"Is that's what it's named for?" Julia asked.
"No, the LT is for the chef's name and of course B is for burgers," Castle answered.
Julia wanted to ask something but their waiter came over and they ordered their drinks and food at the same time before they were alone again. "Is this at home?" she asked.
"It is, we never went though since it's a little too much for your sister at the moment," Beckett said. "Since you saw they have no kids menu."
"So it's okay I'm here?" Julia asked with a wide smile.
"Of course, we wouldn't have come without you," Castle said, smiling as his wife hugged their oldest tightly as she was laughing softly at him.
"Your daddy's right, this night was for you you know," Beckett told her with a smile.
"And for you two, for the three of us," Julia quickly told them, looking back and forth between her parents. She hugged her mother back when she hugged her and after they'd parted said, "I'm still excited."
"I'm starting to get that way too but we've got some time until the show," Beckett said. "Tell us what you liked most today."
Julia started to open her mouth to answer before she stopped and then became thoughtful. "I liked everything," she said honestly. "There was a lot of history."
"Luckily your sister didn't mind it," Castle commented.
"She really liked the houses," Julia replied. "Lizzy said she liked them but she liked ours better 'cause we can all fit."
"That's very true," Beckett said with a smile before she took her glass of wine that had been served to them.
"Can I ask what we're gonna do after dinner?" Julia then said as they continued to wait.
"Part of it is a surprise," Beckett told her. "But after that we're going to look at the shops there are past the theater."
"Okay," Julia said. She sighed and said, "I told my friends about how you do that and they said it's mean."
"No we're just trying to let you be surprised," Castle replied, sharing a smile with his wife. "Aren't you?"
"Well I guess I am," Julia said. She spotted their waiter coming up to them and she quickly told her parents, "Thanks."
At that Castle and Beckett smiled at their daughter in response before they then turned their attention to their food. They watched her take a bite of her burger; after Beckett had helped Julia prepare it and get some ketchup for the fries they were sharing together.
"It's really good," Julia said, looking down at the burger with a smile. "Thanks for cutting it."
"You're welcome," Beckett said before she looked across the table at her husband. "Rick, leave some for us," she told him teasingly as he was taking some of their waffle fries.
"Sorry," he told them, trying not to speak with his mouth full. "These are really good too," Castle then said as Julia took one.
"He's right they are, have one Mommy," Julia told her mother. She watched her eat it and smiled before she asked both her parents, "What did you like the best today?"
"I think we're going to have to agree with you," Castle said.
"He's right, we liked everything," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when Julia didn't look satisfied with that and she said, "The garden was nice and I did enjoy seeing all those signs."
"I'll agree but I loved seeing the print shop," Castle said.
"I liked the ceiling in there," Julia said. "I hope my picture came out."
"It should," Beckett said.
"So if I ask about what we're gonna do tomorrow will you say?" Julia asked after they'd eaten for a bit more.
"No," Castle said. "Well there is one place we're going you'll see today."
"Oh… good," Julia said before she giggled. They were quiet again as they ate and she looked at her mother before she said, "Did you like the ghost town except for the jail?"
"I did," Beckett replied. 'They have it set up great."
"Great that they put it," Castle commented. "Since that does speak to this side of the country."
"And it's its history," Julia told them with a smile. "That's important."
"Very," Beckett said with a smile. "Especially to your grandpapa."
Julia laughed as Castle was nodding his head exaggeratedly and soon after they talked about what they'd learned about Vegas from the museums. When they finished eating and her father paid she walked with her mother outside of the restaurant and she let them both lead her over to the casino. She looked at everything they passed since they hadn't gone that way before and she turned ahead when they came around a curve. "The theater," she breathed in joy as she saw a sign that read The Beatles with Cirque du Soleil underneath it, the logo for the show on either side of it. "It looks so cool," she said as the ceiling past the sign was covered with a British flag.
"Did you look at the ground?" Beckett asked her with a smile.
"Oh it changes color!" Julia said, looking down at it and seeing it was doing so from red to blue.
Castle glanced at his wife then but when she shook her head he remained silent until he heard their oldest gasp.
"Oh Mommy, Daddy there's a Beatles store?" Julia asked in absolute joy when she saw it to the right of the changing color walkway.
"There is," Beckett replied. "And before you ask we're going there now." She couldn't help laugh when the little girl jumped next to her and she said, "Calm down or else we won't be able to look around at all."
"Okay," Julia said, squeezing her mother's hand excitedly as they walked. But she suddenly stopped and said, "I don't have my money."
"We're buying for you," Castle said. "Since we're not going to be coming here probably for a while."
Julia breathed out a thank you to her parents and hugged them tightly before she looked ahead of them at the store, seeing all sorts of shirts.
Castle and Beckett let their daughter lead them around the store, telling her before she did that she could get the adult sized shirts to wear when she was older. They weren't surprised when she grabbed a couple before Beckett stopped her.
"Let me see the extra small," she told her as she looked at the sizes. She found one and then held it up to her daughter to check and she smiled saying, "It'll fit you in a year or two."
"Oh good," Julia said, looking at the picture of the logo for the show, the Beatles to the right of it in a row and then what she guessed were people from the show around them. "Pick something too," she then said to her parents. "You like The Beatles too don't you?"
"We could," Castle said to his wife.
"You had your eye on one already?" Beckett asked him in amusement.
"I did," Castle replied before he grabbed a t-shirt that was a light blue with the band in lines as they looked crossing Abbey Road. "What do you think?" he asked his wife.
Beckett didn't say anything, instead held the shirt up to his eyes and she smiled saying, "I think it works."
"That's not why I picked it," Castle told her but he was glad she'd noticed. "What about you?"
"Yeah Mommy," Julia told her. "And that's a great shirt for you Daddy."
"Thanks," Castle said before they followed Beckett together as he took her hand.
"Oh that's a great one Mommy," Julia said, seeing her mother bringing down a white shirt that had the Beatles from the cover of Help! With the text from the movie poster above them.
"She's right," Castle said, taking it from her. "And while it doesn't match your eyes exactly…" he told her teasingly as he held the fabric to her eyes.
"Give me that," Beckett said. "Oh," she then said as she realized he was holding all the shirts.
"Thank you," Castle told her teasingly before he kissed her cheek. "Anything else sweetheart?"
"Can I get this?" Julia asked, pointing to a diary at the back of the store with all the Sgt. Pepper items.
"Of course," Beckett said. "Did you want the other one towards the front? The Abbey Road one?"
"Oh yes, please," Julia replied with a smile before they went to get it. "Thank you," she told her mother when she held it.
"Like we said," Castle said. "We're not going to do this again probably… well maybe when we come here again unless you buy your own stuff."
Julia nodded and she followed her father with her mother to a register before her mother went to the posters. "Mommy-" she began.
"I know you've wanted this one," Beckett said as it was of the Beatles standing in a row later in the band's history. "And a program and we're ready," she told her husband, handing the two items to him to give to the cashier.
"And could you please send these to villa three?" Castle told the woman when he'd paid. "Except for this," he said, handing the program to Julia. Once things were set he then left with his wife and daughter and they went out to the casino again to go to the stores they'd talked about before.
After going through a few of the stores the three soon went back to the theater where a woman asked if they wanted to take a picture at the end of the walkway where there was a silver silhouette of the band jumping in the air. They took one and after they'd gotten a paper for it they went to give their tickets so they could go inside.
"Look there's George and John," Julia said, looking at the pictures of the two Beatles on either side of the logo they were passing.
"We're bringing your sister and grandparents here so we'll try to take a picture there tomorrow," Castle told her before they came to the door they needed. He showed their tickets to the woman in a uniform standing there and they were led down to their row.
"We're close," Julia whispered to her mother.
"Yep, right in the Goldilocks zone," Castle said. When he noticed his wife and their oldest were looking at him as he sat on the seat on the end of their three seats he said, "Not too close and not too far either."
"It looks great," Julia said, looking at the screen that was to their left. She was looking around before her mother touched her arm and when she saw she was holding out the program to her she shook her head. "I don't want to spoil it," she explained when her mother looked surprised.
"Good idea we should leave it for the show," Castle commented, leaning over to look at her since she was on the other side of their daughter.
"How long until it starts?" Julia asked anxiously.
"Not much longer, five minutes," Castle answered since he was wearing his watch.
Julia nodded and looked around excitedly until a performer she could tell came out to them, holding a smoking tea pot. She smiled as he came up to them in the row ahead of them and 'poured' the smoke onto her father's head. She ran her fingers through it and then laughed as he was doing to same to her. "Thank you," she said, still smiling at him.
"Look at this guy," Castle said, looking at Julia as another performer came up on the stage in front of them. When he turned back he jumped as the man threw rose petals at him and after a moment he laughed with Beckett and Julia. "A good start," he said with a smile at them.
Julia was about to ask how long until the beginning of the show when the lights darkened. She couldn't help it and grabbed her mother's hand as they watched a line of performers walk off the stage. The music began and since she had the album for the show she was more than aware it was the song Because. But to her surprise out of the holes in the stage performers were climbing up ropes and she held her breath as they had nothing but their own power to hold on. The song went silent then and each performer, nearer the top, called out and she watched with her mouth open in awe as they slid down out of sight.
Looking over their daughter's head at her husband Beckett saw he was looking at her and she shared a smile with him before a heavy drumbeat began and she looked back to the stage as objects were rising up.
"Liverpool!" Julia said, leaning over to her mother so she could hear. Soon the music went into Get Back and she felt breathless as the beat was going through her she almost felt. After a while when the guitar began she felt tears on her cheeks and the second the screens dropped next to them she was almost full out crying in joy. She felt her mother hugging her with one arm and smiled at her before they looked at the dancers.
As the music went into another song Castle looked at Julia since he realized it was supposed to be the bombing during WWII when the Beatles had been children. But he saw her awe in her expression as she leaned forward and he couldn't help himself, kissing the side of her head before looking back at the stage where the performers were 'destroying' the set until the music slowed down and sounded like sirens before it stopped.
An overweight man spoke, talking about the war being over and the performers began to clean up the items they'd thrown to the floor.
As Eleanor Rigby began Beckett held onto her daughter's hand tightly, looking and seeing she was holding Castle's to her left. She leaned down and kissed the top of her head as they watched the woman she guessed was supposed to be Eleanor walk across the stage with a line of items in wagons behind her.
Julia began to bounce a little when the song I Am the Walrus started and she watched who she knew was the walrus danced on top of a platform before a young woman with pigtails danced with him. She giggled as the girl was yelled at by the overweight man to stop and go to her room and she squeezed her mother's hand. The music then went to screams and she laughed when I Want to Hold Your Hand began and she watched with wide eyes as the dancers began to go around and some looked strange; one girl with multiple cloth legs attached to her skirt.
With the song Drive My Car an actual beetle car appeared on the stage and performers danced on it before it went into the songs What You're Doing and The Word. Castle watched Julia during that time, not surprised in the slightest that she still looked in awe at everything. "Enjoying it?" he asked when the song ended with the car being driven off stage.
"Oh yes," Julia breathed happily as a screen came out in front of them. She wondered what it was for when soon the silhouette of a crossing appeared in white on it and she knew it was Abbey Road. A second later her mouth dropped open as silhouettes in black appeared and the Beatles' voices spoke. She looked at her parents and saw their surprise as well before she looked back to make sure she didn't miss anything. The band was trying to cross the street but had problems with the sounds of cars racing by until finally John crossed and they played with that until they crossed in a row. She applauded with the audience and said, "That was good."
Beckett only had a chance to nod when the next song began and she looked at Castle before Julia murmured that it was the song Sun King played backwards. It went into the next song after some screens had dropped down around the theater and she watched a man appear on the stage and four women with harnesses on them. She glanced at her daughter when the man began to grab the women before they would 'fly' away then come back to him. But Julia seemed to be enthralled with the performance so she didn't worry about what she'd think of it and enjoyed it herself along with the song, Something, since it was one of her favorites. She turned her head after a bit and then saw that her husband was looking at her, smiling at her. She bit her lower lip and smiled at him before they turned their attention to the stage since the song was finishing.
Seeing all the circus related characters that came out for the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite Julia felt like she was nearly on the edge of her seat, watching everything she could as elements from the song Helter Skelter played towards the end. Things went dark and then the song Help! began and her mouth was open again as she watched four skaters; dressed in striped tops; went up and down half pipes with a hill in between them. They skated all at once and even switched pipes after a time, making her applaud as loudly as she could when everyone else was doing the same. "This is so good!" she whispered quickly to her mother as the guitar from Blackbird performed.
"Look," Beckett whispered back to her, nodding to the stage.
Turning her head Julia smiled at the sight of a performer dressed as a blackbird coming down until he hit the stage. She laughed at the interaction between it and a character that had come onto the stage until suddenly the bird was flying away before the beginning of the song Yesterday. She looked on, breathless at the performance of that song which was mostly about heartbreak until the screens came down again. "It's Paul," she gasped, pointing to the screen at their left.
"It is," Castle said before he quickly fell silent. The silhouettes in white of each band member on each screen began to move and their voices were outtakes from the band's actual recordings and he wasn't surprised to hear Julia laugh. Hearing Beckett doing the same he smiled over at her but his attention went back to the stage as characters were around a piano, the middle filled with some kind of liquid.
Beckett wasn't surprised when Julia oohed at the sight of the bubbles the characters were making with the song Strawberry Fields Forever. She was impressed herself as they continued through the rest of the song and soon after the song Within You Without You began and on a bed where four boys were other characters pulled out a sheet that employees took out over the audience.
"Yellow Submarine!" Julia said as she pointed to the projection that went past them. At the very end of the song the sheet came up and suddenly the bed in the middle went down and the sheet came off of them, leaving her to laugh. She clapped with her parents and the rest of the audience as the stage went dark and a man with a ladder with two wheels attached to it, jumping in the fog on the stage. Shortly after the girl called Lucy came down and she couldn't help let out a little ah sound as the song became Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, her eyes staying on the girl as she flew around the room with the man's help with the ladder.
Beckett ran her hand over her daughter's hair when the theater went dark again and the next song began to stutter almost as strobes flashed around them. She smiled as Julia cried out in joy at the song Octopus's Garden and she had to admit there was a reason to be awed as the girl was when performers dropped from the ceiling in glowing costumes that bounced with them and made them look like anemones.
Hearing Julia singing along with the song Castle resisted the urge to hug her, instead squeezing her hand tightly for a moment before he watched the performance with his wife and daughter. When an African man in plaid overalls undone on one side stepped out to the middle of the stage and began to call out in another language and dance, stomping his yellow rubber boot clad feet onto the floor he looked at Julia again. He tried not to laugh as she was staring very closely at the moves the man was making. He then realized she might try to use something like that the next time she danced the Flamenco and he was suddenly glad he and Beckett had brought her with them as the song Lady Madonna played and other performers came up on the stage, dancing with the man including a pregnant woman.
"Is she-" Julia began.
"Oh no," Beckett whispered. "She wouldn't be able to dance if she was." She smiled as Julia nodded but kept her gaze on the stage and she watched as well until the song ended. Next was Here Comes the Sun and she was startled to smell incense as a man who looked Indian started to dance while light that looked like candles were in half circles around women sitting in the lotus position. And in the middle was a light of lit glass balls at the ends of each spike coming out from the center of it. She watched Julia scoot forward again on her seat, letting go of hers and Castle's hands, trying to move her own as the man was.
Julia was a little saddened when that song ended but her ears perked up hearing the song Come Together and four women and four men began to dance together. Her mouth dropped open as they then came into a circle at the end and the men held up the women before they spun around, the women's legs flying out. She knew that move from a dance that Derek had done on Dancing With the Stars and she turned to look at her parents who both nodded to her with smiles on their faces. The song slipped into Revolution and she watched the performers use trampolines to jump onto a British phone booth in the middle of the stage, clapping her hands with the beat of the song. As the song became Back in the USSR she smiled at her mother, knowing how much she liked that one, but not for long as she wanted to continue to watch them perform.
The next song was a slow version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Beckett found herself very moved as a woman began to dance to the song, feeling Julia taking her hand. She smiled at her and Castle who she saw was looking over at her and then nodded to the stage as the next song began. That one set her to outright crying though she tried to stop it; it being A Day in the Life; but it was more because of the performance of a mother saying goodbye to one of the four boy performers who was obviously supposed to be her son. And when the woman was 'hit' by pieces of a beetle held by performers that soon separated and were spun she realized it was supposed to be John Lennon's mother Julia. She held her daughter's hand with both of hers before she looked at Julia as she kissed her cheek since she could reach it. She mouthed the words I love you to her daughter and cupped her cheek when she did the same back to her.
Castle wished he could hug them both but the song was ending and hearing the opening lyrics of Hey Jude start he instead checked Julia to make sure that she would cheer up hearing it. At her smile and then Beckett's he was relieved, clapping with them both to the beat of the song before Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band started and he then recognized it as the reprise. He applauded with the others and stood as Julia was first to do so and they watched the performers dancing around the stage and the rose petals falling to the floor.
Julia remained standing as the last song; which she knew it was from the soundtrack to the show; All You Need is Love played, applauding the performers as they walked around the outside of the stage. Seeing that some of them were doing so she gave them the peace sign back and laughed slightly when they waved to her and she waved with her other hand, making her look up at her parents to see they were doing the same as her. When the song had begun she'd seen the screens come down and show pictures of John, Paul, George and Ringo and she pointed out the one of Paul to her mother. Then near the end of the song she saw the screen was showing different clips from the Beatles until it stopped completely and red streamers shot out, making her laugh and applaud even louder before the stage cleared and the lights came back on.
"So how-" Beckett started to say before Julia was suddenly throwing herself at her. She hugged her tightly and watched her go to Castle to do the same.
"Want to get out of here?" he asked his daughter.
"Yeah," Julia said, knowing it was likely late and she still wanted to see have that special dessert. She was surprised when her father knelt in front of her and she climbed up onto his back before they set off, Beckett having to move some streamers for them that he got caught on. The second they were outside and after her parents bought their picture they'd taken walking in she hugged them together saying, "Thank you so much, that was the best thing ever!"
Sharing a smile with his wife at the exuberance in their daughter's voice Castle said, "So I guess it was a good idea to bring you." At her nod he laughed and said, "You're welcome."
"Very welcome, I think we enjoyed it too though so we all had fun," Beckett added as she and her husband took her hands. "Now though should we get you to bed?"
"No!" Julia cried out.
"Come on, we'll go right now," Castle said before he and Beckett took her out of the hotel. They walked down the Strip to Caesars Palace and the Serendipity that was on the street outside that hotel. He asked for a table outside and after they'd ordered two of their frozen hot chocolates he said, "Good surprise?"
"The best, thanks," Julia said. "I can't wait to tell Lizzy, Gram and Grandpapa about this. And show them the store!"
"And what you bought," Beckett said with a smile.
"Oh yeah! I hope they don't peek at the bag," Julia replied. They got their drinks then and she and her mother shared one before they began to go over the show, talking about everything they'd noticed during it as they soon finished their desserts. She was a little sad when they were done but she left with them without protest, going back to the Mirage and the villa where she knew she was going to be put to bed. But she didn't mind, satisfied from her night and starting to feel her fatigue as she wrapped her arms around her mother while they went back down the sidewalk to their hotel.
Taking the chips that he had won Castle looked at his wife and asked her, "Want to play again?"
Waving her hand Beckett told him, "I'm fine."
Hearing the sound of the cards shuffling Castle looked to the dealer and said, "I'm heading out." He picked up the chips he'd won and then left the high roller area with his wife to cash in the chips. After he had the money he took her hand and said, "So you want to dispute it?"
"No," Beckett replied, rolling her eyes as she wasn't surprised he wasn't letting go of her comment years ago about being his lucky charm. "I just want to get back to the villa." She had expected her husband to protest but when he remained silent she glanced at him. She quickly spotted the determined expression on his face and she squeezed his hand holding hers before they made their way outside and over to the villa. When they stepped inside she wasn't surprised to see the two bedroom doors to their left closed and she murmured, "What do you want to do now?"
Castle didn't reply, instead taking her outside to the pool where he toed off his shoes and took off his socks before rolling up the bottoms of his pants to join Beckett sitting on the edge. "This was a nice night," he commented after they'd been sitting in silence for a while.
"It was," Beckett replied with a smile as his hand wrapped around her waist. He pulled her against him and she allowed him, looking towards him and saying, "I'm surprised we could get Julia to sleep."
"There was a lot for her," Castle said with a nod since he did agree with her. He looked over at the doors to the bedrooms and smiled saying, "But they're all asleep now so they'll get enough rest for tomorrow."
"So you want to do the same?" Beckett asked him teasingly. She wasn't surprised when he shook his head but was when he suddenly cupped her cheek and kissed her. She nearly melted into him as he was rough and she did her best to respond to him but as soon as she was she held onto him by the back of his neck. She gasped a little when he moved to her neck; since her hair was up in a bun; and tilted her head back to allow him better access before his tongue flicked out. "Rick," she couldn't help moan as his hand suddenly moved from her back to her knee.
Pulling back slightly Castle blew on her skin that was moist from his mouth and he rubbed the tip of his nose against her before saying, "Should we go?"
"Not, not yet," Beckett said, stammering slightly before his lips covered hers. She responded to him at the same time and after they were both kissing each other she shivered as his hand was sliding up her thigh. "Wait," she gasped as she felt him going up far immediately. "Now we need to go," she said, panting slightly.
"Yeah," Castle breathed out before he then forced himself to let her go, watching her stand up. He picked up his shoes and grabbed hers as well before they walked briskly inside the villa and he locked the door behind them. He let her lead the way over to their bedroom and he tossed aside the shoes before locking that door as well. He hurried to his wife as she sat down on the couch and he managed a, "Thank you," before he sat as well and wrapped his arms around her and then kissed her passionately.
Beckett moaned and slid her hands up the back of Castle's neck while they were literally attacking one another with their lips and tongues. His hand was back on her leg and she jerked slightly against him as he then moved his hand very close to the edge of her panties and when they'd parted she told him in a slightly husky tone, "Help me get these off."
Nodding Castle waited for her to stand before he helped her as she'd asked, pulling off the blue lace that nearly matched the color of her dress. "You're so beautiful," he told her seriously.
Smiling as she moved to sit again Beckett was a bit startled when her husband held her by the waist and he leaned down, flicking his tongue out to her clit as soon as she held the skirt of her dress out of his way. She cried out and nearly staggered against him but then he supported her and she looked at him as he moved away. "Come here," she said, making him stand up as she pulled his hand. Once he was she took him around to his side of the bed and she smiled saying, "The doors."
Castle wondered for a second what she was talking about before he looked over at them and saw they were uncovered. He started to move over to them when he felt himself being stopped and he glanced at her before he kissed her as she wanted and they groaned together the second their lips met. Finally they parted and he nearly tore off the curtains in his haste to get the glass covered. As soon as he'd completed that he virtually ran back to her though she wasn't that far away. He was about to hold her when she stopped him and took off the dark blue tie he'd worn to the show, holding her gaze with his eyes until it was off and on the floor. He leaned down and kissed her deeply while they were working on getting his jacket off and down to the floor as well. As soon as his arms were freed from it he pulled away regretfully from her but then laid her down on her back and he pushed up her skirt as he lay on her. It was up just enough for him to be cradled between her legs and he realized they weren't exactly ready yet.
Sitting up as her husband pulled away Beckett was relieved that zippers were easier to open and once her dress was down around her waist she then helped him with his trousers before reaching into them, careful with his erection. His groan of pleasure was in her ear as she stroked him and she turned her head so their lips would touch as she whispered to him, "Fuck me my love."
"Not yet," Castle murmured lovingly. He moved so he was lying on his back but laughed shortly when she stopped him from doing so fully and he cupped her cheek to pull her to him for a kiss. It was deep but very brief and when they parted he helped her on top of him saying, "Do you still want your dress?"
Beckett smiled at him and then lowered herself onto him before they were coupled fully. "I do but it doesn't have to stay on the whole time," she commented as she then started to unbutton his shirt. She didn't move until it was off of him and tossed aside, leaning down and kissing him deeply before they began to move at the same time. She cried out softly while he groaned, as he was rigid within her, and wrapped her arms tightly about his neck to try and use it for support. They were busy moving together for a while, fast and rough making their hips smack together a little hollowly, but soon they were kissing one another deeply and she felt her husband's hands running around her body as much as he could before he stopped and made her do the same.
"Here," Castle said, helping her off of him though she was already moving away. He watched her; before he could stand next to the bed with her; push her dress off of her hips and once she was naked he held her against his body, kissing her as hard as he could. He was tempted to stay there for some time, just feeling her against him, but she was moving away to get back on the bed. "Not like that," he told her quickly as he held her by her waist. He took her to the bench in front of the bed and sat down before he held her hips as she lowered herself onto him.
"The-" Beckett started to say before he was kissing her. When they parted she could read his request for her to trust him so he moved again and she groaned in joy as he was still hard. She ran her hands over the back of his head repeatedly, trying to use that to anchor her again though somehow it brought him to her breasts. She wasn't sure how that happened but didn't complain as he was kissing over her mounds. Her nipples; already taut with her desire; seemed to harden even more as he was kissing around them, lips brushing her skin. She cried out softly while he soon took her left between his lips and clutched at him tightly while he suckled at her, his tongue rubbing her skin a little roughly before he calmed down. "Please…" she gasped before he then moved over to her other breast.
As he was taking it joyously Castle wasn't very sure how he wasn't passing out from everything he was feeling. She was very tight around him which led to their friction in their movements becoming strong that in turn raced around his body wildly in the form of pleasure. He tried to keep up the pace she had but soon slowed down before he stopped, breathing hard as she did the same. "Sorry but…" he said.
Beckett was startled as he looked away from her and would have been hurt had she not followed his gaze. She bit her lower lip for a moment as she saw that he was looking at the desk in their room and she immediately got off of him. "Get a towel," she told him as he stood. "Also take those off," she added, smirking at him.
With a nod Castle did what she'd requested second first, walking over to the bathroom naked and feeling her gaze on him for a bit. As soon as he turned around he saw she was leaning back against the desk, facing him, and he nearly gulped before stepping up to her. "I still think you're beautiful," he told her huskily before he set the towel on the edge of the desk.
"And you're amazing," Beckett replied before getting up on the towel. She parted her legs to him as soon as he stepped up to her and they both groaned again when he sank within her. "Don't leave me again," she told him as she leaned back on her hands.
"I won't," Castle promised seriously before he proceeded to thrust. He felt a thrill of pleasure at her cry of delight and he moved harder, hoping the desk could withstand him as his speed picked up rapidly. He could hear himself panting heavily between the slap of their hips and he leaned over, trying to kiss her though he couldn't reach her. "Love, sit up," he begged. It took a moment but she was then reaching up, wrapping her arms around his neck and he couldn't stop himself, kissing her frantically as his hands ran around her back. He wasn't sure how long they were busy doing that but when they'd stopped after a number of kisses his lips were swollen and his entire body was throbbing at his unreached peak. "Kate," he breathed.
"I know I…" Beckett began to say. But she couldn't finish that and instead kissed her husband roughly before his tongue slipped into her mouth and she raked her nails over his scalp before he moved away. Her lips were throbbing from the force of their kiss before she was tensing her back as he took her breasts again. But as opposed to the time before his lips were just brushing against her skin until he was at her neck. One of his hands suddenly came up to the back of her head and her hair soon fell from its bun around her shoulders. She took her husband's lips as he kissed her and she felt the last of her control slip away from her. She tensed up for a moment and then cried out as the ecstasy from her orgasm took over her body. She was clutching at her husband tightly, crying out his name repeatedly before he shortly joined her and they were thrusting wildly together. When the last of her pleasure was soon spent she had to put her hand behind her to support herself as she felt him continuing to thrust.
With a last move Castle groaned his wife's name loudly and he lay against her slightly before he realized he might hurt her. Though he wasn't quite recovered he picked her up off the desk, carrying her to the bed where he laid her down. He was going to move onto the bed before he found himself falling into his wife's arms and he laughed though they were soon kissing and he pulled away saying, "That wasn't enough?"
"Is it ever?" Beckett replied with a smile. She looked on then as he began to kiss his way over her body, starting over her shoulders before he went down to her breasts. When he curled his tongue around her right nipple she held onto him tighter before she watched him pull away. As he blew gently onto her skin she gasped out his name and then said, "Touch me, please!"
At her begging tone Castle raised his head and kissed her but he kept it very gentle until he looked down her body so he could watch as he began to rub at her clit. As she moaned and arched her back he kissed her again; quickly once more; and then said, "I already fucked you."
"That doesn't mean you have to stop!" Beckett told him quickly, gasping every so often as he was rubbing against her clit still.
"So you want me again?" Castle asked. He was able to see her furiously nodding and he smiled briefly before he moved to lie directly on top of her again. As they kissed; leaning into each other; he felt her began to move her hips against him and he grunted in response before she then moved away and pressed her hands to his chest. "What's wrong?" he asked in surprise though gasping in the middle of that as she was moving still so his length was rubbing against her.
"Nothing, it's just too much," Beckett said. "You… oh!" she started to say before he suddenly moved until he was ramming within her. She had no idea how exactly he'd been able to do that but finally he was coupled with her fully and she was almost limp at the sensation of him entering her body. Sighing she said, "What do you want me to do?"
Knowing that she meant what he wanted her to do with her arms and legs Castle brushed his lips against hers and told her, "Whatever you want." He breathed a little harder as her legs wrapped tightly around his waist and he said, "I love you," seriously while they stared into each other's eyes.
"I love you too," Beckett said with a slight smile before he was lowering his head to hers. They kissed hungrily until they slowly parted some time later and she felt him going down to her neck. She moaned as he kissed along her racing pulse and very soon after he began to slowly thrust. Since she had her arms and legs wrapped around him she was able to move with him though it took her a little more time to be able to meet his pace even though it was so slow. She ran her hand over the back of his neck repeatedly, gasping when he pulled her hand to his lips so he could kiss at it, making her groan in pleasure as he was as gentle as he was against her body.
Castle wanted to speak, to tell his wife how he fell about her but he found he couldn't do it, moving within her harder. He made sure that he didn't suddenly burst into a rapid speed and instead just gradually thrust faster. He watched her closely as she cried out in pleasure and he leaned down, rubbing his nose against hers before her lips moved to take his. He took the chance to again speed up but it was measured as before and he groaned with her as the friction between them was building. "I think…" he found himself able to say. "I'm not going to want to stop… this…"
"Neither do I," Beckett gasped as he seemed to attack the junction of her shoulder and neck. "You're… tomorrow morning," she managed to say before she let out a heavy moan as he was sucking her skin. She cried out his name repeatedly, not aware she was doing so until finally he stopped and she was panting heavily. A whimper escaped her lips as he stopped but it was covered when he kissed her and she was quick to respond to him. He ceased his movement and though she didn't want to follow him she had to as the weight of his hips was on her own. Sighing she said when they'd parted, "I was serious."
"I hope so," Castle said before he kissed her heavily once more. When they'd stopped at the same time he said, "This'll… be good."
Beckett was a little confused as to what he was talking about but she had no chance to ask him as he was moving once more. She thought she might have an idea when she then realized he was going very hard and fast. With her legs as high as they were around him she felt him deep and she moaned as that with the friction was working to make her feel a little out of control. She ran her hands all around his shoulders and his back, he wasn't close enough then for them to kiss so at some point her fingers brushed against his lips. When she felt at one point that he was kissing them she forced her eyes open to look at him and as she watched he kissed her thumb firmly before she forced herself up onto her elbows so they could kiss one another again.
Nearly devouring her mouth Castle forgot about his intention to make his wife climax until finally she was tilting her head back and he dove down to her neck as he could reach it. He kissed around her wildly before she tilted her head up to him with one hand and he let her kiss him before he took over, pushing her tongue back inside her mouth. They flicked against each other and after a few seconds of that he pulled away and panting against her neck asked her, "Do you want me to stop?"
"No," Beckett moaned deeply as his lips trailed over her jaw gently. When he raised his head she then murmured to him, "I'm so close."
"Then come for me love, I want to feel you… need to feel you," Castle told her firmly. He watched as she arched her back and felt in her movements she was close. He didn't stop moving though tried his best to continue to watch her as he was mesmerized by the undulations of her form. "Come Kate," he outright commanded her. "Come now."
The words in Irish and how forceful her husband was speaking was more than enough for Beckett and she broke in pure bliss, crying out his name repeatedly. She was writhing against her husband's body unable to stop, not wanting to stop, as she was almost gorging in a way on what she was feeling all through her form from head to toe. But she was a bit taken away from that when Castle was suddenly orgasming with her and she was nearly bursting in her second one. She had no idea how exactly he had made that happen as she'd still been in the throes of her first high.
Feeling his wife as the cries of his name from her went up in pitch a bit before Castle tried to hold back but finally her name escaped him as he expressed his joy in her. A bit later she was slowing down and he tried to do the same himself but his body was in full control and he himself didn't cease thrusting until he was almost collapsing on her, still saying her name repeatedly.
Gently stroking his hair Beckett said softly, "You only came once."
"I know," Castle replied. "Not that that matters," he then said. "All around I think we both had a fantastic time."
"We did," Beckett said with a smile before he kissed her then. They were hungry and passionate until finally they parted to breathe and she smiled again as he reluctantly moved away from her. She got onto her side as soon as he was lying on his back and she pressed close to him before she rested her cheek on his shoulder.
"I noticed you were crying when the bit about John's mom was being performed," Castle murmured, stroking her hair.
"I went through the same thing," Beckett said softly as he turned his head to kiss her forehead. "With my mother and I was just grateful that I'm still here for Julia."
"You are," Castle told her firmly, looking down into her eyes as he pulled away enough to do so. "And she's glad I know that you are," he added. "She does love you."
"Hmm, I love her too," Beckett replied softly.
"You're a great mother love," Castle told her seriously. "She's a lucky girl."
Nodding to that Beckett reached up and gently placed her hand on the center of his chest and she said, "I wanted to make her happy."
"You did," Castle assured her. He was going to say more when she pressed her hand down a little harder on his chest. "What?"
"We did," Beckett replied.
"Which means we're the best parents for her," Castle commented. He watched her smile and then kissed her tenderly before he said, "Don't doubt yourself love."
Raising her eyes Beckett said, "I'm not going to stop doing what I can for her."
"I realized but still don't try to prove you've been the better mother," Castle said.
Sighing Beckett shook her head and said, "Only Julia can say and she can't recall."
Castle knew she was right and kept quiet though he wanted to reiterate what he'd said. But he was silent and they were lying together so long he almost thought she'd fallen asleep. But as he pushed himself up she moved and he said, "You're not tired?"
"Not really," Beckett said. She met him for yet another kiss and when they'd parted she told him, "Are you?"
"I was about to convince myself I was but I can change my mind," Castle said. "If you want me to of course."
Beckett studied him and whispered against his lips, "We never tried the tub."
"You're right, a little remiss of us," Castle said before he then kissed her hard. "Come on," he then said as he pulled her with him off the bed.
The two made it to the threshold of the bathroom before they were stopping and kissing one another deeply. They did that a few more times before they finally separated and remained so, smiling at one another. They then closed the doors and went to the bathtub, ready to let go of their control over their rising desire and lose themselves in each other wholly once more.
