Thank you so much for the more reviews, follows and favourites it has made me happy. Writer follows and favourites too, that's pretty incredible.

I've split the third chapter up and made it longer (so if it doesn't flow right I'm sorry). It definitely isn't my best. I did it because I wanted to hold off on the main surprise and I wanted to read more of your guesses AND because nobody got the main surprise right. It will follow through to chapter 5/6 depending on how long 5 ends up being.

If you don't like fluff there's an overload down there, there won't be as much in coming chapters.

Gates is coming BACK, along with more of the gunman's story.

I've written another short story that will be up tomorrow maybe, that's if you want it. It is from another tumblr prompt:

"During the final moments of Bracken's Trial, while waiting for the sentence Beckett, now in the last days of her first pregnancy, has the first contractions. Dismissing them as stress, she endures the pain and discomfort until the sentence is pronounced, before nearly biting Castle's neck off ordering him to take her to the hospital."

The description will be different. I also thought maybe I could do a companion piece which is the reverse of the situation so Castle is trapped, either with or without Espo & Ryan so Beckett is on the outside. If you'd like to read that, review or let me know. So follow me as a writer too :)

Disclaimer: If I did, I wouldn't be paying extortionate tuition fees and applying to do a Masters in Germany.

Chapter 3: Home

When they got back to the loft, they were welcomed by Martha and Alexis, Alexis running to give the detective a crushing hug followed by Martha. Kate told them what she had told Castle earlier but didn't want to talk anymore about it, instead asking of Alexis' day at uni and Martha's unsurprisingly dramatic day at her studio both conversations of which lightened the mood whilst they sat eating pizza.

As Kate excused herself, mumbling something about having a bath the others seemingly decided to retire to their rooms also. Castle found Kate sitting on the bed staring at her feet. Breaking the silence he said "I know I love your body but there are much more attractive parts to look at other than your feet."

As she looked up she gave a hint of a smile. He sat next to her on the bed then picking her up and placing her in between his legs before leaning against the headboard. She manoeuvred herself so that her side was into his chest and her head in the crook of his neck. She played with the buttons on his shirt while she thought of what to say. He kept smoothing her hair over which she was beginning to find annoying, once she had had enough she said whilst batting his hand away "Enough, I'm not a cat" which caused a chuckle from both of them.

He waited for her to speak first but instead she got up and walked towards the bathroom, as she got towards the entrance she turned back to look at him where he was still on the bed "You comin', Castle?"

He jumped up and followed her into their bathroom. He wasn't going to pressure her, having learned the hard way before; mood swings, breakdowns and violence however sometimes she was just like this and all he had to do was wait her out. He knew that she would come to him when she was in a mental state that would let her be open.

She had already got the candles arranged and was in the process of lighting them as he stood there just staring at her. "Stop staring, Castle. I've told you before that it is creepy."

She motioned for him to get in the bath and when he was settled, she got in and sat in between his legs, her back to his chest. She loved to be in the comfort of his arms, she felt safe and they'd frequently joked that he was her big teddy bear after all. She recounted her many memories of them sat together in the bath, whether at her apartment or the loft, it was always a place of peace, quiet and tranquillity that they cherished.

"You know, you're the first person that I have ever shared a bath with. Besides my parents when I was little of course. I'd play with my rubber ducks, splashing water everywhere, it used to drive them mad but they were good times. I loved those ducks; I had a whole family of them. They'd sit on the side until it was playtime with those big grins they have, staring at me but a good stare not like Linus who was just creepy. I just feel so relaxed in here; it's a time for us."

It was then that she realised that she needed to say something else about the event from earlier today. He'd not pushed which is what she needed, space to get things right in her head.

"I've never seen Gates be scared, the look on her face when he had her was just…I got to see a different side of her today. You tend to think that the twelfth is such a safe place, full of cops and all that but how was he able to get in? One thing for sure is that more safety measures will be put in place soon."

"Does this mean that I'm going to get my own badge now?" he replied. As she turned to face him

"We'll see. Anyway I promised you a surprise. So wash up and hop out."

After they were both sat in their pyjamas and on their bed, she kissed him tenderly and whispered "I'll be right back".

When she returned to the room with a medium sized square present box wrapped in sparkly paper, she sat atop his legs facing him,

"I was only going to tell you the first part tonight and wait for the second but after today I'm going to do it all in one."

He hated how she was dragging this out, now he was having to watch her play with a ribbon tied around this box so he nodded as if to encourage her to continue.

"At one point earlier, I honestly never thought I would see you again. We've been in situations like that too many times and I thought that maybe our luck had finally run out." As a tear escaped, he brought his hand up to wipe it away before she gathered herself and continued. "Now I know that you're the writer out of the two of us so if this is really bad you're going to have to forgive me." She put the box down so that it rested on the centre of the bed so that she could take both of his hands in hers.

"Castle, I really should stop calling you that as technically I'm Castle too. So Rick, I love you so much it hurts. When you aren't there I miss you and feel like there's a part of me missing. There's so many things that I love about you that if I listed them all we'd, we would, well you would be in so much pain because I would have sat on your legs too long. So let me start here, I love that you are my husband and would be willing to do anything for me. I love that you can be serious when you need to and act like the, the nine year old on a sugar rush that I know and can't imagine not having in my life.

"I love the way you bring me coffee that has a heart in, I know it takes you six minutes but it isn't the same without it. I love that you are a writer who writes the most incredible and thrilling stories and you make them realistic plus they're inspired by me.

"I love how you are such an amazing son and fantastic father; it is one of the things that attracted me to you at first. There aren't many men who would let their mother live with them or give any child a better childhood than you gave Alexis. I love how you accept my family; you treat my Dad as if he were your father too. He didn't even give you the 'If you hurt her I will kill you' speech because he didn't need to.

"You let Aunt Theresa come to the wedding and then there is my mother, Castle. She's not here but you do your best to fill that gap and if you can't, you get your mother to fill in you. There are things that a girl can't go to her father about. Then you solved her case, I know without you I wouldn't have ever got it solved. I love that you saved me, not just getting me out of harm's way but before you came along I wasn't having any fun. My job was my life, probably still would have been and I would have been on my own, no personal life. You're the first person that I ever let in, you know me better than I know myself. You've made me a better person and a better cop.

"I don't tell you these things enough and I should because I don't want you to ever forget how important you are to me. "

He could see how deep her emotions were running and knew that there was something else that had brought this on. So he tugged on her arms to pull her towards him where he was able to give a passionate kiss. When they broke apart, their foreheads rested against each other where they could just enjoy the moment.

"You know I love you too, and I know how much you love me. Every time I look at you, you give me that dazzling smile and when you wear your rings it reminds me how lucky I am that you're my other half."

She brings their lips back together, she needs to get this surprise out because she's going to cry soon and doesn't want to ruin the moment.

"Right here we go, your surprises. So I need you to just be quiet." He looks at her with a sarcastic face as if he didn't know how to be quiet.

"First one, you know how you've been nagging to go to the Hamptons for a holiday, well I have until a week on Sunday off which means you've got me all to yourself, well apart from the game which you are now coming to by the way."

To say he was happy was an understatement; they hadn't had a holiday in what seemed way too long. She had been working some long and demanding cases while he was trying to catch up on writing. She'd been doing exams too, well on her way to her next promotion. It was only the occasional day or two here and there. While it had been slightly better the last month they were both drained.

"However, we aren't going to the Hamptons. We need to go further than that. So, I got us tickets to Corsica. Sun, sea and sand in the middle of the Mediterranean where there will be no nagging publishers to distract you or murderers that will get me up in the middle of the night."

Content that he had accepted the first surprise, she reached over to the centre of the bed and picked up the box. She sat facing him, still holding it considering what to say next but nothing that came to her mind sounded right so she just said "And secondly, here open it."

I love rubber ducks, it is probably weird to some of you but I am just a big child. I have a set sat on my bath at home as well as a retro portrait at uni. I wanted to post this chapter quickly because I love hearing your reviews. I'm falling in love with this story and it has deviated from my first thoughts which I had on the train. I don't know exactly when this is going to end but your reviews seriously keep it going.

Corsica is an amazing place. I enjoy cycling around the mountains, scuba diving and I drove part of one of the world rally stages. Holy moly, that was incredible at one point I thought I had ditched it but hadn't thankfully. Didn't take Colin McRae's advice "If in doubt, flat out".

From the first A/N, if you want the companion piece let me know because it'll take a while AND include if you want Espo/Ryan to be trapped with Castle. I don't want it to be like Cops & Robbers so will be a bit more tricky.

Any ideas for the name of Gates' husband, I'd like to put him in there too.

Thanks to those of you who are giving me a bit of guidance.

Anyone want to see if my other story is any good before I post it? Or check the other chapters of this story?

If you want to have another guess of the surprise, think of 4x01 and the Nikki Heat series that had been released at that point.

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