You thought that it would be that simple? Nope, here is what would have been the second half of chapter 3 if you lovely people hadn't been so incredibly fantastic.

Sorry, I meant to post this earlier but I was watching the FA Cup semi-final after I'd seen my team score a last minute equaliser.

Chapter 5 is done just grammatically checking it now. It was so hard to write but I love how it has turned out and hope you guys love it too.

My other story It Is Only Just Beginning will be up when I've got some more reviews for Lockdown

Bio: All she can think is that it is taking so long, believing that all the times that she's been at a sentencing hearing before it hasn't taken this long but there's the two major differences this time, it is Bracken and she's in labour.

Disclaimer: I own some shoes that Kate Beckett should own, 6 inch heel black wedge with gold and silver decorative spikes. My shoe collection is just a fraction of hers. My feet are big which makes it hard to find shoes that fit. Plus I don't have the budget. There's a pic on my Twitter.

Be warned, scroll down SLOWLY. I mean VERY SLOWLY.

Chapter 4: Surprise

Previously:

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."

He takes the box that she's handing to him, confused to as what's inside. He lifts it to his ear and shakes it. He doesn't usually do this, ordinarily ripping off all the paper immediately. No, this one is special, it's not an occasion gift or a 'just because' gift there's something else behind it. He's got a couple of ideas but her facial expression is giving nothing away.

"Oh for God's sake, just open it." Wow he didn't expect her to be impatient about it. He's doing as she said now, taking off the ribbon and the paper. Putting the rubbush to one side he then goes back to lift the lid up. Before he takes the lid completely off he looks up at her and she's biting her lip. Wishing that she wouldn't do that, but oh no she's now looking at him sternly with an impending look. Once the lid is fully off, he looks down to another little box. This one however, is quite official looking.

She's now looking at him hopefully, wondering if it has finally clicked. Nope, how come he's being so slow now? The anticipation is building inside her so much that she now shuffles up his legs to be closer to him. Damn, now he's looking at her, that wasn't the plan. Before he can make a comment, he decides that he's better off getting on with it.

He notices a scroll of paper tucked in at the topside of the box. Lifting the piece of paper out and placing the box to his side he unrolls it hoping that it will make everything clearer. Delicately removing the red ribbon tied around it, he unrolls it but doesn't need to read it all. Four words that jump out at him, that change so much.

Katherine Houghton Beckett, Lieutenant.

He looks to her for confirmation, her face says it all. The biting of the lip, the smile breaking free means that she did it. She passed her exams and got the job. Returning his attention to the smaller box, having a good idea what it is he goes to lift the lid and sees just what he hoped; her new badge that says Lieutenant. Carefully placing her certificate on the bed he then puts a hand on each side of her head and pulls her to him giving a deep sweet kiss. Kneeling further up, she puts her arms around his neck as further support.

He breaks the kiss to look up at her, "So Lieutenant Beckett, when did you find out?"

Taking her badge back from his hands to look down at it before replying, "Confirmed, Yesterday. Badge and certificate received today."

"Well, I think we are going to have to get a new frame for this certificate. Maybe one from Corsica?"

"Maybe some more shells too. Although not too many, we won't have that amount of weight."

"There should be plenty of weight left, how many bikinis do you need to take? We're going for six days so six bikinis. They're not heavy and don't take a huge amount of room. I can't see the problem" The comment earns him a playful smack on the arm.

"I need more than just bikinis, Rick. What about clothes, or you know," whispering softly in his ear "sexy lingerie"

"Well, urm, yeh there's room for that too." She can't even be mad at him, so she just looks at him in awe and that smile on his face that makes her happy too.

"I'm so immensely proud of you, making Lieutenant so soon. I thought you were just going for Sergeant?"

"Yeh, I was but they offered me Lieutenant and apparently I should have been Sergeant already."

"Well I don't mind what your rank is, you're my wife and I will love you no matter what."

What this man did to her, she just couldn't understand it. She wanted to kiss his face off, his beautiful, beautiful face. As she went to kiss him again she caught sight of her certificate on the bed, having a moment of clarity she stopped and reached over to pick it up and roll it up but just as she was about to put the ribbon around it she stopped and looked at her husband who had been watching her since he didn't get his kiss. "I need your finger." Placing the rolled up certificate in one of his hands and position his finger in the right place so she could get the bow just right, she tied the ribbon. As she was tying it, she sped up so to make sure when he removed his finger the paper didn't unroll too much.

"Oww, that hurt. Quit abusing me woman."

"Baby, and don't call me woman,"

After she had put both items that identified her as Lieutenant Beckett back in the box on Castle's bedside table, she shuffled up his legs as much as she could to be as close to him as possible, chest to chest with knees either side of his hips. She rested her head in the crook of his neck and snuck her arms around her middle. Content to just sit there listening to his heartbeat. As he put his arms around her she somehow managed to snuggle even closer to him

After a while, he unknowingly started playing with the ends of her hair, as he moved up towards her head he began to stroking her fringe back and didn't seem to stop. She found it calming at first but he surely must have some sort of memory right? "I told you earlier I'm not a cat."

"Does that mean we can get a dog?"

"As much as I would love to stay like this for hours, I'm falling asleep and this certainly is not the most comfortable position" She still didn't have much inclination to move, truth was she was comfortable. Her back might not agree in the morning though.

"You didn't answer my question." She finally made herself move, instantly regretting so and missing his warmth, instead turning to lie on the bed while keeping hold of his arm so she could wrap it around her. They were so close that their noses touched, she manoeuvred her legs so that they tangled with his.

"Night night, Babe. Love you"

He could see that she was as good as asleep when she finished her sentence so he leant forward to press a small kiss to her hairline. He curled his arms tighter around her and whispered "I love you too, Lieutenant."

"Here's your wine." He said. "Are they all asleep?"

"Thanks, yes all sound asleep and safe."

"Vic, love" He gently spoke searching for his wife's eyes "We've got to talk."

End A/N

Oh yeh, Gates is back with MR Gates.

Seriously, isn't it about time Kate got an in house promotion? Over here every couple or three years she could get a promotion. She's been lead detective for more than 6 years…

I had her keep her maiden name for work, she's built her career on Beckett and is an independent woman who is more than capable of holding her own. I think that she'll just use Kate Castle for non-professional purposes or when she sees fit.

The "She wanted to kiss his face off, his beautiful beautiful face" was taken from two ideas, first Stana's line from season 4's bloopers "I want to f*ck his brains out" and Nathan's quote at Paley centre. "...Eat my beautiful, beautiful face."

There's a white box there, yep can you see it? How about a few words? Pretty please with sprinkles on top?

THANK YOU :)

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