Mom

She had never done this before. No one that she was with, since her mother died, was special enough to meet her mother. A few met her dad, Will did, but they never met her mother. She thought that maybe they would think that this was silly, and even though she still felt that, she knew that Castle would never think that this was silly. She had told him about how she thought her mother would be here to help her pick out flowers, see her in her wedding dress, and that she would have loved Castle.

Well, a few days after she said that she had an idea...this idea. She was taking Castle to her mother's grave to meet her mother. She didn't tell him where they were going. She just told him that she wanted him to meet someone special to her. She had a feeling he knew what that meant, but he didn't say anything. He just said that he wanted to go and was looking forward to meeting this said person. If he didn't know then, he knew when she made the turn into the cemetery.

She drove to where her mother's grave was located and parked on the side. She turned off the car and didn't look over to Castle. She knew that if she did, she would give him the whole, "I know this is silly," speech and she didn't want that. She just unbuckled and got out of the car. By the time she got over to his side, he was out of the car and she led the way to her mother's grave. She stopped when they got there. She was silent for a bit, before she took Castle's hand in hers.

"Castle, I'd like you to meet someone special to me. This Johanna, my mom. Mom, I'd like you to introduce you to my fiance, who is also someone special to me, Rick Castle. Yea, mom, one of your favorites."

He smiled. "I'm one of her favorites?!"

She smiled softly. "You were. I told you that she would have loved you. Castle, I've never brought anyone here to meet my mom before. No one meant enough to me for me to introduce them to her without me thinking that they would laugh at me. Not till you."

He wrapped his arm around her shoulder before he spoke to Johanna. "Well, Johanna, I definitely would have loved you too. I love your daughter more than anything and I can't thank you enough for bringing her into this world. I don't know what I would have done if your daughter didn't show up at my book launch party and question me about a murder. She is truly the most extraordinary woman I have ever met. I wish you were here in person, so you could join us when we say I do, but I know you'll be there in spirit. I know she wants you here too and I know she misses you every single day. I do wish I could have met you, but some day I have a feeling I will. Until then, I promise to take care of your daughter, to make sure that she's loved, to remind her to smile, to laugh, to love. I promise to keep her safe, to make sure that she's happy, and that she's well taken care of. I know she's going to do the same for me."

She leaned in to press a kiss to his cheek. "I will, Castle."

He smiled. "Shh, Beckett. I'm not done talking to your mom yet." He turned his attention back to her mother's grave site. "I also promise to make sure that when the day comes, when Kate and I have kids of our own, that we'll bring them here to meet their grandmother. I know Kate might be hesitant, but I'll make sure that you meet them."

"Them?"

He looked at her. "I was thinking two."

"Two kids?"

"Yea, maybe a boy and a girl, even though I know we can't control that."

"We'll stick to getting married first and then we'll figure out when it's a good time to have a kid."

"I'll hold you to that, Katherine Beckett."

She smiled before she turned her attention to her mom's grave. "I do miss you mom, but having Castle in my life has made things...well kind of like it was when you were alive. I smile like I used to and love like I used to. I let him in and my life got a little more fun again. Like Castle, I wish you were here to see us get married and help with the wedding, but you'll be there. Dad is doing good. He might not admit it, but he's excited for the wedding. He likes Castle and Castle likes him...even though Castle really doesn't have a choice cause he has to like dad." She looked over to him and smirked. "I love you, mom, and don't worry...all those things that Castle promised you I'm going to promise too...even bringing the kids here to meet you."

"See, you said kids."

She rolled her eyes. "This doesn't mean we're having more than one."

"The more you deny it, the more kids we'll have."

She gave him a look that said, "What kind of logic is that?!", but she saw that he was trying to hold back a laugh. "You're not funny, Castle."

They felt a breeze pass them by and he smiled. "I think your mom thinks I'm funny."

"No, she doesn't."

"Your dad thinks I'm funny."

"That's because you babble all the time."

"It's not my fault I get nervous around him."

They felt another breeze pass them by. "I guess mom agrees with that too." She looked at her mother's grave once more. "We'll be back soon, mom. I love you."

"I love you too, mom."

Kate smiled and they felt another breeze pass them before they started walking back to the car. He let her out of his embrace, that way she could walk to the driver's side. When she got into the car, he took her hand in hers.

"Thank you for bringing me here. It means a lot to me that you let me meet your mom."

She gave him a smile before she leaned over and pressed a kiss to his lips. "Thank you for meeting her and not thinking that talking to a grave stone was silly."

"Definitely not silly. We should come back here either before or after our wedding, let her hear our vows, show her some pictures."

She pressed another kiss to his lips. "I love you."

"I love you too...but lets get out of here because if we kiss anymore in this graveyard, we might be in our own horror movie."

She rolled her eyes before she started the car. She looked over, one last time, at her mom's grave. They'd be back and even though she wasn't looking forward to telling their kids what happened to her mother, she was looking forward to showing her mom just how much she learned from her. She would be just as amazing of a mom as her mother was and she couldn't wait for her to see that.