CH42
"You're late dad!" Alexis stands there with her arms crossed tapping her foot.
"I know pumpkin and I'm sorry. I got to writing and finished my book and sent it to Gina. Then I started planning the honeymoon for Kate a I, …. I'm sorry." Rick tries to appease her wrath.
Alexis gets in the car but continues to glare at him. Finally she notices that something is different. "Where are we going dad?" They were going the wrong way.
"We're going to go surprise Kate at her work. Unless you would like to go home instead."
Alexis's mood instantly changes. "We're going to go see Kate? …. Are we there yet?"
"No pumpkin not yet. If the traffic will get out of our way it would be faster." Rick tells her as they sit in heavy traffic.
"Well honk the horn dad, make them move." They'll get out of the way. Her mom was police; they have to get out of the way.
"I'm not sure it works that way pumpkin." Rick has to tell her.
Alexis doesn't sit still until Rick parks the car and takes his hand for the walk to the 12th Precinct.
Once inside and up to the fourth floor Alexis spots Kate and runs for her. "MOM!" And slams into her before she can get out of her chair.
Kate wraps her arms around her. "Hi sweetie, what are you doing here?"
"We're here to surprise you." Alexis tells her.
"Well I'm certainly surprised." Kate looks past her and see Castle walking towards her. Kate is dying to get up and kiss him for all she's worth, but she's sitting in the middle of the bull-pen with countless eyes on her. So she sits there holding onto Alexis.
Rick walks up to here and is dying to kiss her and call her wife, but decides against it. "Hi Kate."
"What are you doing here Castle?" Kate whispers since only Roy and Lanie are the only ones she's told so far.
"I brought you some paperwork for you to read. Is Roy in?" Rick asks since he wants to talk to him a minute.
Kate takes the papers from him. "Yea he's in his office." Kate tells him curious.
Rick leaves her behind and enters Roy's office. Kate sees Roy get up and hug Rick, and then they both sit and start talking.
"What'ya doing mom?" Alexis asks her that takes her attention off Castle.
"I'm trying to get the FBI to do something for me. So far they have said no." Kate tells her.
"Really?" Alexis is amazed. Someone told her mom NO? "I'll ask them for you." Alexis offers.
"I don't think that will work sweetie.." Kate kisses her for the thought.
"Maybe dad or grams can ask them?" Alexis is running out of people to help her with.
Kate sits there looking her in the face. 'Castle told her something. He can order the FBI, CIA and others to do things using Jack! She can ask Castle!'
Kate kisses Alexis again. "You're a genius sweetie!" And Kate kisses her again. "Thank you."
"I love you mom." Alexis tells her as a response.
"I love you too sweetie." And kisses her again.
Rick leaves Roy's office and walks over to Kate with the intent of picking up Alexis and going home. However as soon as he reaches her. "Richard I need a moment of your time." Jack whispers out.
"I'll be right back." Rick tells Kate and Alexis and walks to a more quiet location. "What have you got?"
"There is a man to your left standing near the stairs. He is on a burner phone to either McMaster or Wichita. He is informing him that he believes Kate is married or engaged to be married." Jack informs him.
"He must have spotted the ring she has on. At least I have the mole now. I've got an idea." And Rick walks quickly back over to Kate.
"You want some coffee? Anyone else want coffee?" Rick yells out, pointing out people.
"Castle what are you doing?" Kate whispers.
"I'm going to need a volunteer to help carry all that coffee." Rick calls out. Then points at the mole. "You, you're doing nothing." Rick walks over to him quickly. "Let's go, we need coffee."
And Rick grabs him and drags him to the elevator. "We'll be right back with coffee." Rick calls back to everyone.
Once downstairs Rick walks with his guy down the street and turns a corner. Then walks him over to his car that is parked there and promptly hits him in the stomach, lifts him upright and hits him open fist square in the chest, then grabs him and shoves him down while bringing his knee up to meet his face.
His guy immediately collapses into Rick who holds him up and pulls out his remote to unlock all the doors. Opening the rear door he opens it and drops his guy into the back seat. Rick then runs around to the driver side, starts the car and drives off.
Ten minutes later he stops at an isolated location and parks the car. Getting out he goes around to the rear door and opens it and works to get him out of his car. Then kneels down low and tilts his guy over his shoulder and then stands.
Walking over to a door he opens it and steps in and walks down the hallway he finds himself in. Once in he goes to the third door on the right and opens it. Dumping his guy into the closet he finds there. Making sure he can close the door, Rick backs out, closes the door and turns the key that is in the lock and takes the key with him.
"Jack I need you to clone his burner phone." Rick requests.
"Scanning. …. Scan complete. Cloning complete." Jack tells him.
Rick takes the cell phone apart and breaks it in two and throws it away.
Once back out to his car he gets in and drives back to the 12th precinct. While driving. "Jack dial the operator for me."
"Operator."
Rick gives his cover name and code.
"Name and code confirmed. How may I help you?"
"I need a pick up for item number three at location delta Manhattan."
"Pick up scheduled." And the call ends.
Rick parks at a different location and takes his coffee travel mug with him. Not far from the entrance to the 12th he dumps the coffee in it on the sidewalk.
Once upstairs. "Sorry guys, you're butter finger friend is outside cleaning up all the coffee he dropped. Maybe next time.
Hey pumpkin ready to go home?" Rick asks as he comes up to her and Kate.
Alexis looks at her dad then looks at Kate. "It's ok sweetie, I'll see you when I get home." Kate tells her.
"I love you mom." Alexis tells her before letting go of her.
"I love you too sweetie." Kate tells her. "I need to talk with you tonight Castle." Kate whispers out to him.
"I look forward to talking to you too." Rick arches his eyebrows a couple of times.
Kate just glares at him.
Rick leans in close. "And I love you too." And Kate looses the glare and melts a little instead.
After Rick and Alexis are gone. "I love you too Beckett." Espo coos at her.
Kate glares at him and throws her pen at him. "Get to work Espo or I'll find something for you to do."
"And how did you gain a daughter without being pregnant, or did i miss something?" Ryan teases too.
"Castle already had a daughter from a previous marriage. I simply did it the less painful way." Kate counters.
"And you got married without inviting us?" Espo sounds hurt.
"It was quick but lovely at the same time in Vegas. Not to worry guys there will be a local one later on with friends and family. If you're good i might just invite you." Kate tells him.
"Oh we'll get invited alright." Espo tells her smiling.
"Oh? And just how do you figure that?" Kate was curious.
"I've got one word for you Beckett. LANIE. ... Or is it Castle now?" Espo is grinning.
Kate throws another pen at him. "Get to work you two or you'll be here all night tonight."
Espo smiles while fist bumping his partner, but gets back to work anyway.
Rick makes it back home. "Would you like to go for a swim pumpkin?" Rick gets a smile from Alexis and she runs for her room to change. While Rick is right behind her to his room so he can change.
Meanwhile Kate has picked up the paperwork that Rick left behind. Wondering what he could have left her.
Kate stops breathing the more of it she reads. Soon she is starting to breath in little gasps with her eyes wide open. As she reads and flips from page to page.
When she reaches the end there is a note from Castle that causes her to slap her hand over her mouth and tears start to run down her face.
Kate stops reading and holds the papers tight to her chest. Just when she thought she could never love him more. And she was going on a honeymoon.
It took Kate over an hour to be able to get up and go into her Captains office to ask for the time off for her honeymoon.
"Have a good time Mrs. Castle." Roy tells her.
Kate's heart did a flip hearing her called Mrs. Castle. "Actually it's still Beckett while at work only sir."
"Well don't forget to make the paperwork change for your marital status, and have a good trip Beckett."
"Thank you sir." And Kate heads back to her desk, only to stop to pick up Rick's paperwork and head downstairs. It was time to share with Lanie and go out and celebrate. She would talk with Castle about the FBI when she got home.
"Hey dad all you're doing is floating around. That's boring dad." Alexis groans at him.
"So I'm boring now am I?" Rick questions her.
Alexis nods her head. "Yup boring dad."
"Ok." And Rick moves over to the end of the pool. "I'll race ya."
Alexis is happy she goaded her dad into action. So she moves over to the edge of the pool with him.
"Ready, ….. Set, …." Rick calls out.
"Go." Alexis yells out and takes off.
Alexis swims for all she's worth. She's been getting better at swimming lessons and she's going to beat her dad. She can feel it.
Alexis reaches the other side and doesn't see her dad. "HA, I win." Alexis calls out. Looking around for her dad. Just how much did she beat him by?
"Dad?" Alexis doesn't see him. "DAD?" Alexis yells this time.
Alexis gets out of the pool and starts looking for him. Finding him hiding under his towel over by the door to the pool.
"DAD, you didn't even try!" Alexis stands there with her arms crossed. Mad at him.
Rick lifts up. "Oh you meant race IN the pool. I thought you meant race home." Rick lies.
"DAD?" Alexis's posture is unchanged. She doesn't believe a word.
"Well you know what that means." Rick warns her.
Alexis's look instantly changes to one of fear. She knows that look. "DAD?" As Alexis takes a step back. "Dad?" And Alexis turns to start running.
However she doesn't make it another step.
"Bwahhaa hhaaa." And Rick starts tickling her.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh. …. DAD! …. Laugh, laugh, laugh. ….. DAD!" Alexis is squirming for all she's worth.
"Who won?" Rick asks her.
"I did. …. Laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh.
"Who won?" Rick asks again.
"You did." ….. Laugh, laugh. Rick stops tickling her.
Alexis has to take a minute to get her breath back. "So not fair dad."
"First one home gets ice cream." Rick counters.
Alexis shoves Rick and he falls over the lounge chair he was on and Alexis takes off running.
Alexis has made it to the elevators and is pressing the up button over and over and over again. Finally one shows up. She can see her father running from the pool as she steps into the elevator.
Alexis sees him show up at the door but too far away to stop her so she sticks her tongue out at him as the doors close.
Rick finally makes it thru his front door, having found it unlocked. Which Alexis knows better than to do, but he will let her off this time. And finds her sitting in the living room at the coffee table eating her bowl of ice cream.
Rick grabs a spoon and goes and sits down next to her and moves to put his spoon in her bowl. Alexis however pulls her bowl from him. "NO." And goes back to eating her ice cream.
Rick gets up and sits down on the sofa. "I suppose fair is fair." And sits there and sulks.
Alexis continues to eat her ice cream then scoops up the last spoon full and gets up and offers it to Rick. Who opens his mouth and allows her to feed him.
After eating his one spoon full. "I love you pumpkin."
"I love you too dad."
Kate meanwhile has managed to extract herself from Lanie and zig zags her way outside to get a cab home. Her car still in the parking garage.
Kate zig zags her way to the elevator and presses the button and gets in the first car that shows up and finds herself downstairs. So she presses the button for her floor.
Once at her front door she pulls out her keys and tries to get the key in the lock. Problem was it was the wrong key.
Finally giving up she presses the button. As the door opens she sees Castle standing there.
"Hi Crestle." Kate greets him as thanks for opening the door.
"Well look what the cat dragged home." Rick tells her.
Kate stands there are starts looking around for the cat he's talking about. Not seeing one she steps inside and zig zags her way to the sofa. Leaving Rick to close and lock the door.
Rick goes over to Kate who is now sitting on the sofa. Sort of. Kate looks up. "Hi Crestle." Like she had just seen him for the first time.
"Oh boy, I don't want to be you in the morning." Rick tells her.
Kate looks sad. "You don't want me? We only just got married and you don't want me?" As Kate's tears start.
"Come on Kate let's get you into bed." As Rick moves to lift her up.
Kate swipes her arms at him. "No, you don't want me anymore."
"Kate please let me help you." Rick wonders how he got into this and how he's going to get out. Arguing with a drunk Kate who is now convinced he doesn't want her.
"No go away." Kate waves her arms with new tears starting.
Rick moans. How do you reason with someone who is drunk? If he agrees with her she'll only get more upset. If he tries to correct her she won't believe him. He needs a new plan.
Suddenly he goes down the hallway and comes back with a sleepy Alexis. "What's wrong with mom?"
"She's not feeling well. I want you to help me get her to bed." Rick asks of her.
Alexis moves up to Kate. "Mom?" Alexis looks at her.
Kate looks up. "Lexus!" Kate sounds happy.
"Eeeww, she stinks dad." Alexis is not a big fan of her breath.
"Help me lift her up pumpkin." Rick asks as he starts to lift Kate up.
"Come on mom, bed."
"Bed seetie?" Kate asks.
Rick starts to turn her for his room. "Bed dad." And Alexis pulls towards her room.
Rick relents and takes Kate down to her room and gets her down on Alexis's bed. "I'll be right back pumpkin." And Rick leaves.
He comes back a moment later with pills in one hand and a glass of water in the other. "Kate take these." As he lifts her up.
"No, not want anymore." Kate tells him waving her arm to ward him off.
Rick hands the pill to Alexis. "Here pumpkin, you try."
"Mom open wide." And Alexis moves the pills to her mouth.
"Lexus?" And Kate opens her mouth. And Rick lifts the glass of water for her to drink.
"Help me get her clothes off so we can get her into bed." Rick asks Alexis.
Alexis however starts shoving him out of the room. "I can do it dad. Please dad, let me do it."
Rick goes with the pushing. "You sure pumpkin?"
"Please dad, let me do it." Alexis pleads again.
Rick holds his ground and kneels down. "You really do love her don't you. Are you sure you can handle this?"
"She's mom dad. I can do it. Please?"
Rick kisses her forehead. "You let me know if you need anything pumpkin."