"That's a good song," Julia said. "Can I put that on my list?"
"I'll do it," Castle said, grabbing her tablet and opening the document she had. "Calico Skies, and your list is getting pretty long."
"I know sweetie, the reception would have to be about three hours for us to dance to everything," Beckett said with a smile, seeing the list of songs had gotten to three pages.
"Alexis has to see it too and say if it's good too," Julia said, nodding firmly. She sighed and said, "I'm not sleepy Mommy."
"I know, but we want to rest a little before we get changed for dinner," Beckett said, rubbing her back. It was late afternoon and they were on hers and Castle's bed, relaxing until they had to get ready to go.
"Can I ask something? A important question," Julia said seriously.
"How important?" Castle asked.
"Very, very important," Julia said.
Trying not to smile, Beckett said, "Go ahead sweetie."
"Kay," Julia said before taking a deep breath. "Can we get a puppy?"
"I knew that was going to be asked at some point today," Castle said to his fiancée. "It's because of Mari's dog huh?"
Nodding, Julia said, "It was a good doggy, Mari said she was a good girl and that she likes to sleep in her bed with her. I want a puppy like that."
"I wish we could get one sweetie," Beckett said. "But we're not really home that much remember? Also, I think I would want to get a dog if we had a home. I hate to think of a dog cooped up in an apartment; even a lap dog."
"We do have a home," Julia pointed out. "Here."
Looking at her, Castle then asked, "Do you want to live here instead of the city sweetheart?"
Julia pursed her lips at the question, and wouldn't answer, looking down at her tablet which she was holding by then.
"You do?" Beckett said, a little surprised to realize that. "Is it just because we could get a dog?"
"I like my room here," Julia said shyly. "But I like home too, both of them!"
A little appreciative to their daughter for bringing up the subject, Beckett turned to her fiancé and said, "She actually brings up a good point. When we're married, I have to wonder what we'll do when we move in with you."
"Yeah, that's something I've thought of too," Castle said with a slight nod. "I don't want to make her move in to Alexis' room; I want her to have her own."
"So we'd need to find a new apartment," Beckett said simply.
"For us, yes," Castle replied.
"Us who, the three of us or us, Alexis and your mom?" Beckett asked.
"Three of us, but it would be nice to get extra rooms for them to stay in if they want," Castle said. "But I would leave the loft for them."
"You think they'd want to stay? And your mom would essentially be alone since Alexis is still in college," Beckett said, a little surprised; though not entirely so; at his idea.
"I think so, Mother loves the loft, she never really left of course," Castle said. "Despite my trying to help her to do so. What do you think though?"
"As much as I would love to get a place like the one you're describing, do you think you'd be able to find one that wasn't ridiculously expensive?" Beckett asked.
"Well, there's always a brownstone," Castle said slowly.
"I was thinking about that too," Beckett said, following his gaze to their daughter before she slightly shook her head. "But again, would we be able to afford one?"
"I've looked at those," Castle said. "On the West Side, and, I think we could buy one."
"We'll need to see," Beckett said. "Maybe once we have a better idea of the date."
"Why don't we just move here? I have a room, and so do Alexis and Martha," Julia said, having been listening to them.
"I have to work in the city still," Beckett said with a smile. "And that's a really long commute for me."
"Don't worry though, we'll have a home when your mom and I get married, we just need to figure out where," Castle said, ruffling her hair. "And we will, we promise."
"Then can we get a puppy?" Julia begged them.
"That we'll need to see about too," Castle told her. He leaned over and said to his fiancée since she was looking at him questioningly, "I'm not saying we'll get a dog, I'm saying we'll see how things go."
"Thank you," Beckett said before they kissed slowly. They didn't really linger, as she knew that it was time for them to get ready. "I'll send her out to you."
"We can get your bubbles out before your mom is ready," Castle said to Julia as they got off the bed and Beckett picked their daughter up.
"I forgot about those," Julia said with a smile before she motioned to him with her hand. When he was close she kissed his cheek before he returned the gesture. She giggled slightly when he kissed her mother's lips, and said, "I'll come outside right?"
"I'll be waiting," Castle assured her before watching them go.
"Are you gonna surprise Castle?" Julia was asking her mother once they were in her bathroom.
"Most likely, since he hasn't seen my dress yet," Beckett said, filling the tub with water. "Sweetie, I want to ask you something now," she said.
"Kay," Julia said, looking up at her.
"Does it bother you when Castle and I kiss?" Beckett asked.
"No," Julia said, shaking her head vehemently. "I'm not supposed to look am I?"
"You don't have to, but you don't have to be embarrassed," Beckett replied as she set the little girl into the water. "We just want you to know that's what parents do when they're in love."
"I know, Celia's mommy and daddy do that," Julia said. She then asked, "Why did you ask now Mommy?"
"I keep forgetting to ask," Beckett replied. She then started to wash Julia's hair, and said, "Tonight we'll look for more shells okay?"
"Really, at night?" Julia asked enthusiastically. When her mother nodded in confirmation she chattered excitedly through the rest of her bath and then while her mother was changing her until she was ready. "Can I go outside now?" she asked.
"Go, but don't run around in the grass okay," Beckett said, leading her to the top of the stairs.
"I won't," Julia said seriously before she went down.
Smiling as she watched her daughter hurry out the open door to the back, Beckett turned and went to get changed herself, hurrying as she hated being the last one ready.
"Hey, you look great sweetheart," Castle said as Julia went down the stairs. He picked her up then as she stood on the last one and kissed her cheek.
"So I look grown up?" she asked him before he set her down.
"Just enough," Castle said, running his hand over the back of her hair that was in a French braid.
"When do we call Alexis?" Julia asked as she watched him grab the bottle of bubbles that was on the top step.
"Later, before eight," Castle replied, watching as she blew out a few bubbles. "Watch your dress," he reminded her.
Nodding, Julia continued, until she spun with the wand in her hand a little while later, and saw her mother standing just past the doorway to the house. "Mommy," she said eagerly, more to get Castle's attention than anything else.
"You were right sweetie," Beckett said, looking at Castle and seeing his expression.
"Right about what," he said as he waited for Julia to go up the steps first.
"That I would surprise you, and I keep doing that. Any particular reason?" Beckett asked as he walked up to her while their daughter went into the house.
"Just a natural reaction," Castle said with a shrug as he took her in his arms and kissed her deeply. He kept it quick, and took her hand as they walked into the house noting she'd taken off her ring.
"Can we walk?" Julia asked when they reached her.
"Not today, tomorrow we'll walk to that stand near the beach," Castle said. He watched them leave the house ahead of him, shaking his head before he locked the door. Driving them to the restaurant he said, "There are some fireworks at nine, if you want her to stay up that late."
"Can I?" Julia asked a little breathlessly.
"Yes, I was anticipating there'd be legitimate fireworks, it's why I suggested we rest earlier," Beckett said.
"Oh," Julia said. "Thank you Mommy, Castle," she said quickly, a wide smile on her face.
At the restaurant, Castle went to valet parking, as he could see the regular parking was already filled, though it was only a little after six. He got out in a hurry to stop the attendant from opening Beckett's door, doing that himself as he tried to block her from the young man.
"I don't think that's going to work," Beckett said with a smile as she squeezed his arm. "You need to get her." She watched as he went to the back to get Julia out of her car seat, knowing the valet was looking over at her, but she paid no attention. While the dinner was slightly informal, she had taken care with her dress, a recent purchase for the summer. Julia had been with her on that shopping trip; as she usually went shopping for herself after shopping for the little girl; and had been the first to see the draped dress with a high corded sash in black. She couldn't help smile as she remembered Julia's insistence that navy blue would be better, even telling her how she should wear her hair with the just barely knee length dress. She had a feeling her daughter did that to make sure Castle remembered that he loved her, but she couldn't help but appreciate the results as he took her hand to go up to the restaurant once their daughter was out of the car.
Inside, Julia waited with her mother as Castle went to check on their table, turning back and forth to see her skirt belling out around her. She looked up at her mother and then around the restaurant, seeing some of the people waiting were watching her with a smile. She blushed a little and leaned against Beckett before they started to walk, needing to hurry to keep up.
"Here you go," Castle said, picking Julia up to get her onto her booster seat. "Okay?" he asked, making sure the skirt of her dress was set.
Nodding, Julia smoothed it down, smiling at the light blue fabric as she remembered Castle saying she'd look perfect in it. She turned to her mother as she and Castle talked to the waiter, and once the man was gone asked, "Can I get what I got before?"
"You can," Beckett said. "Just be careful you don't spill on your dress."
Nodding, Julia leaned over then and began to color in the coloring book she'd been given, idly listening to her mother and Castle discussing the next day before something he said caught her attention and made her look up.
"I don't know," Beckett said. "It might be too hot to go for a hike."
"Okay, then I'll let you know now that Rebecca and David invited us to sail on their boat again," Castle said.
"Why mention a hike?" Beckett said, shaking her head though she was smiling.
"To mislead you. But they invited us and I said yes," Castle said. "I took the initiative of agreeing to it."
"You're lucky I'd like to do that again," Beckett replied.
"Me too," Julia said quickly. "Are we just going to sail up and back like we did?"
"We might stop at that one beach again, the water's pretty calm. Hopefully we'll have it to ourselves, but I can't guarantee that," Castle replied.
"And we can get more shells?" Julia asked eagerly.
"We can," Beckett said, since she was looking at her as well as Castle. "And Mari will be there too so she can help you with that."
"Are we gonna see dolphins too?" Julia said then.
"That I'm not sure about," Castle said, since his fiancée was looking at him. "But still, it should be pretty fun."
Nodding her head, Julia then asked if they could look for flowers when they stopped. Sharing a look, Castle and Beckett guessed she was ready to go on their trip the next day, and they followed the line of conversation until they'd finished eating, heading out to the car together as Julia eagerly told them about the colors of flowers she was hoping to see.
Watching her daughter digging her feet into the sand, Beckett had to smile as every time Paul McCartney sang the lyric, don't wanna be kicked around no more, Julia would kick the sand. "Think that's what he meant by kicking sweetie?" she asked as the little girl walked back up to her.
"No," she answered, shaking her head as she leaned against her mother's knees. "But I wanted to kick." She sighed and then said, "Is it time to call yet?"
"Not yet," Castle said, joining them at the chairs. He looked at Beckett's phone; where the music was playing; and said, "Should have known she'd want to listen to this one. Sure you don't want coffee?"
"I'm okay," Beckett said simply. "I'm not particularly thirsty," she said as he handed their daughter the glass of milk he'd been getting for her. "How does your knee feel?" she asked.
"Good," Julia said after setting the glass down. "Look, I can jump still," she said, demonstrating. "And it doesn't hurt my knee."
"Looks like she has a lot of energy," Castle commented, watching.
"With the fireworks we just watched? Of course she does; do you want to go down to the water?" Beckett asked.
"Yeah! Please?" Julia exclaimed, and then asked. She smiled as Castle picked her up to set her on his lap, pulling off her shoes before Beckett took her to help her with her tights. When they were off, she wriggled her toes and moved them in the grass as she watched her mother take off her heels. "Now?"
"Now," Castle said, standing up since his shoes and socks were off. He glanced at his fiancée's bare feet, but shook himself as they each took one of their daughter's hands and walked down to the breaking waves. After squealing over the temperature of the water, he was surprised when Julia grew quiet, looking up. "Okay sweetheart?" he asked.
"I remember the show we watched, about the stars and the planets," Julia said. "You don't see them so good in the city."
"You're right," Beckett said as she and Castle followed her gaze up. "You should see them at Grandpapa's cabin."
"You still haven't gone there?" Castle asked in surprise.
"Not yet, but we'll go next month," Beckett said. "Oh, and you're invited as well."
"I thought it was going to be the Becketts only," Castle said, glancing at Julia; not surprised she was still watching the sky.
"My dad said you'll be part of the family," Beckett said with a slight shrug.
"So do you want me to go?" Castle asked pointedly.
"I do!" Julia said, having heard that and turning to him to throw her arms around him. "And Mommy too, she's just being funny."
Smiling as she hadn't been to surprised their daughter had been able to tell, Beckett said, "She's right, I do want you to go. You've never been up there. And I'd like you to see it. Maybe in the winter you and I could take a short weekend trip together."
"That would be nice, we could get some skiing done, learn to snowboard…" Castle said before he trailed off. As he'd spoke, Julia had let go of his hand and he went over to his fiancée; whom their daughter had let go of as well; and wrapped an arm around her waist.
"Really, you want to try?" Beckett asked, since the last time they'd gone skiing together she'd been unable to get him to even look at a snowboard.
"Why not? I get the feeling if we go on ski trips like I used to go with Alexis more frequently when she was younger you'll want Julia to learn," Castle said.
"Is that like surfing on snow?" Julia asked eagerly.
"It is," he replied. "And your mom knows how to do it really well. Better than I can."
"That's because you never tried it out," Beckett said simply. "And-" she started to say when the alarm on his phone went off.
"Now can we call them?" Julia asked impatiently, knowing that was to remind him to call Alexis and Martha. She cried out when he picked her up abruptly instead of answering, and carried her to the house as Beckett followed. It took longer to get to the TV in the family room, as they had to clean their feet. But finally she was standing in front of the screen as Alexis and Martha appeared. "Hi!" she cried, jumping up and down and waving a little wildly at them.
"Hello darling." "Hey Jules," Martha and then Alexis said, both of them smiling at the little girl's enthusiasm.
"How's San Diego Alexis, Mother?" Castle asked.
"Hello to you both," Martha said first. "And it's gorgeous here again, the weather is phenomenal. You should have joined us."
"If I could have gotten a week off we would have," Beckett said.
"So you'd force me to go back to San Francisco while you guys are still here in San Diego?" Alexis asked with a smile.
"Of course," Castle said seriously before he broke into a smile.
"How's your hotel?" Beckett asked.
"Amazing, look at the view," Alexis said before the screen shook and the three were looking outside the hotel.
"It's pretty! And you're on the ocean?" Julia asked.
"Close, it's San Diego Bay, but it's beautiful," Alexis replied.
"And Tijuana?" Castle said.
"Very fun, we got you a few little souvenirs here and there kiddo," Martha said, looking at Julia.
"I can't wait to see," the little girl said quickly.
"What're you doing now? Clubbing?" Castle asked.
"No," Alexis laughed as Martha rolled her eyes at that. "We're heading to Horton Plaza, for a movie."
"Okay, then be safe, and we'll talk to you tomorrow of course, at this same time," Castle said.
"And have fun in Old Town tomorrow," Beckett said.
"Oh we will, we will," Martha replied. "Have fun yourselves, and good night."
"We'll talk to you tomorrow Julia, okay?" Alexis said, looking at the little girl.
"Kay, but when do you come back?" Julia said.
"I'll be back Tuesday," Martha reminded her.
"And I'll be back next month. See you tomorrow Jules, bye," Alexis said.
"I'll see you too darling, goodnight," Martha said.
As Julia was saying goodnight in response, Castle quickly started to say, "Wait, Alexis, you still haven't…" trailing off when the screen went blank. "She still won't tell me when she's coming home," he said to his fiancée.
"I know, but maybe she's planning a surprise," Beckett pointed out.
"Maybe," Castle said, not sounding too sure of that. He sighed and sat down on the couch next to her, wrapping his arm around her as she leaned against him. He relished the fact that she had become more expressive with him since the four seasons killings, but their daughter was soon leaning against his knees and he pushed the emotion away before he lost control of it. "So what do we do now?" he said idly as he looked at his watch.
"I think we can watch one thing, but it needs to be short," Beckett said, holding his arm up to look up at his watch too.
"Cosmos? Please?" Julia begged. "I wanna see the stars again."
"That's fine," Beckett said quickly, knowing Castle was looking at her. "But I could use that coffee right about now."
"Coming up," he said simply as they stood at almost the same time. He leaned down a little and kissed her slowly, but quickly before nearly tearing himself away from her. "Anything for her?"
"I think she's fine," Beckett said with a smile as they looked at their daughter at the same time to see her shaking her head. She watched Castle walk away and sat back down, taking Julia into her arms, hugging her tightly. "Having fun sweetie?" she asked, smoothing some stray hairs away from her forehead.
"Yeah, but I miss Alexis," Julia sighed deeply.
"I know, but she'll be back, and soon, her finals are only in a couple weeks," Beckett assured her, kissing her forehead.
"Ooh, I hope she does good so she can come home," Julia said seriously. "I'm glad I don't have to take big tests like that."
"Be glad for the time you have sweetheart," Castle said, coming in then. He handed a mug to Beckett, letting his fingers trail along hers as he let go, and then sat back down saying, "Are we ready for the cosmos?"
"Yeah, let's see the calendar again!" Julia said eagerly, jumping up and down again. She giggled as the two pulled her to them for a second time that day, kissing her cheeks before they helped her onto the couch to watch the show with them, that same sense of joy and being protected sticking with her as they looked at the TV.
"I think we should bring her back a lot," Castle was saying quietly. "Especially in the summer when she doesn't have school to tire her out this much."
"You make a good point," Beckett said. "But we'll see how things go. There's a lot we still have to do."
Nodding as he knew what she meant, Castle took her hand with his free one and squeezed it as they entered Julia's bedroom. Looking around the room as Beckett changed their daughter into pajamas, he commented, "I think her plans will work out."
"I don't blame her for wanting to bring the beach into her room," Beckett commented with a smile at that. "Or wanting to change the layout so her bed will be right against the window."
"Neither am I," Castle said, going over since she was finished. He leaned over and brushed his lips across the little girl's forehead murmuring, "Sweet dreams Julia, I love you."
"I love you too, sweet dreams," Beckett whispered as she leaned over to kiss their daughter. She took Castle's hand then as they left, letting him close the lights and door before she let him lead the way down to the family room. "So you want to watch something else?" she asked, unsure if she wanted to wait longer before they headed up to their room.
"Not really," Castle said simply before he sat on the couch with her.
"Then you want to talk?" Beckett asked, a little confused as to what he wanted.
"Actually I was hoping to have a rematch," Castle said.
"Go get the board," Beckett said, shaking her head though she was smiling. She watched him go to the chess board that was on one of the shelves around the TV and said, "I've beaten you before you know."
"Oh I know, but I was thinking about making the stakes a little more… interesting," Castle said.
"Do we need to play this in our room?" Beckett asked, thinking he wanted them to strip for each piece lost.
"No, because neither of us is wearing enough for that to go on for too long," Castle replied, knowing what she meant. "What I'm thinking, is every time one of us captures a piece, whatever it is, we can kiss the other. And I'm not talking about a prissy little kiss on the lips-"
"Prissy?" Beckett asked, giving him a look.
"That's what I said," Castle said seriously. "You'll see what I mean."
"And you assume I'll lose a piece first," Beckett stated instead of asking.
Castle didn't answer that, merely getting up and pulling up an ottoman on the other side of the coffee table. He waited for her to make her move, and as he'd said, he was able to capture one of her pawns first.
"We're sitting on either side of a table, so it might have to be…" Beckett started to say before she trailed off. He'd grabbed her hand, pulling her around to sit on his lap. Before she could say anything, he had his arms around in her a rough embrace, kissing her hard. She had already known what he'd meant by them kissing at each piece lost, so it hadn't been a shock how roughly he was taking her lips. But it was then he slid his hand under her skirt, squeezing once at her thigh. "Okay, so… you're sure you still want to play the game?" she asked, pulling away from him in the surprise that had caused.
"Your move," Castle said simply, though not without a sharp exhale of air as she got off his lap to walk around the table again. He wondered for a moment if he was going to regret the suggestion when Beckett took one of his pawns two moves later. "Should I sit on your lap?" he asked jokingly as she got up to go around to him.
"No," was all that Beckett said in response to that, kissing him without sitting on his lap. She wasn't too surprised when he grabbed her, pulling her to him and forcing her to straddle him. That kiss was very deep, though not as rough as it had been before, but it didn't matter as she knew he was enjoying it as much as she had.
When his fiancée had pulled away, Castle watched as she made him take off his jacket before going back around to sit. He had to take a minute to think of his next move, but was unable to keep her from taking his knight. "I'm-" he started to say before she kissed him hard after nearly striding around the table to drop down onto his lap. Luckily it didn't hurt that much, the kiss doing a lot to distract him. He kept her from getting up again when they finally forced themselves apart, and looking at the board, moved around to take her bishop. "This is taking too long," he groaned before he literally devoured her lips with his own.
Responding to him as fervently as he was kissing her, Beckett ran her hands up and down the back of his neck before letting her right fingers trail along the back of his head. She felt him shuddering as she scraped against his scalp, and she breathed in deeply in joy as they pulled apart. "You know we can stop," she said, biting her lower lip as they watched his hand pushing up her skirt as it trailed along her thigh.
"I know, but I don't want to yet," Castle said as he pulled his hand away but made no move to try and fix her dress.
"So what will the winner get?" Beckett asked as she made her move then.
"We'll figure it out later," Castle said, grunting under his breath suddenly as Beckett squirmed slightly against his lap. "Which is not going to happen if you keep that up."
"Make your move," Beckett said simply. She looked on as his slightly shaking hand moved his queen in front of her king and he simply said, "Check." Tossing her hair back over her right shoulder, she debated her move, and then moved her knight to try to get his queen. When he took her bishop then, she waited for him to claim his reward, but was startled when he just stared at her for a while. "What?" she asked, wondering what he was thinking.
Sitting up a little and making her do the same, Castle pulled down the zipper of her dress enough to take her right breast with his mouth, sucking at it momentarily before she pulled him back. "What?" he asked in protest.
"That's… that's not a kiss," Beckett said, her voice a little distorted.
"Then this is," Castle said, grabbing her and dipping her down as he crushed her lips. He felt her momentarily shift to get more comfortable, responding to him hurriedly before he slid his tongue into her mouth.
Beckett had no idea how long they were kissing, only that she needed to breathe badly. Parting, she caressed his cheeks as he let her sit back up, and she nuzzled his lips with her own before she pulled back fully. Turning to the board, she made a sloppy move with her queen, not even caring where it went as she was more than ready to finish the game. "Checkmate," she said simply as she watched Castle knock her king to the board. She was just able to see his topple after the white piece before he was kissing her, holding her tightly against him as he did so. They took their time, since the game was over, and they hurriedly stood before their lips met again. "You can claim your prize," she told him when they parted to breathe.
"No prize, and no claiming," Castle said. "I just want you need this as much as I do; to need me as much as I have to have you Kate."
Shivering at the tone of his voice, Beckett slipped into his arms, but he didn't kiss her, instead stroking her hair as they stared into each other's eyes. "If I needed you anymore than I do right now, we would probably never step a foot out of bed," she told him. "But I think we can attempt to see how long we can keep up with one another tonight," she said with a smile before she grabbed his hand, pulling him after her to the stairs up to their room, the chess game and his jacket remnants of their prelude to the rest of their night together.
Pulling Beckett to him next to the bed, Castle kissed her deeply before she could do anything, holding her tightly to him. Once they had parted he pressed his forehead against hers and said, "I think I know what I want for my reward."
"Reward?" Beckett said, pulling away to look at him.
"Prize?" Castle said next with a shrug. "That's what you said, but I'm not claiming something."
"Okay, then what is it exactly?" Beckett asked. She wasn't too surprised when he didn't answer that, and instead turned her around. Feeling the zipper being pulled down, she shivered slightly as his fingers were of course brushing along her skin being exposed. She closed her eyes tightly as his lips suddenly pressed to the top of her spine, and he was trailing down it until he got as far as he could. "So that's it?" she asked when he pulled away and helped her get her arms out of the top of the dress.
"Not even close," Castle said as he let her turn back around once she was fully naked. Together they worked over his clothes, getting them off and trying not to go so fast they damaged anything. When they had finished, he gathered her into his arms and kissed her again, that time very roughly. He was waiting to see if it was too much, wanting to make sure she was okay with that. When she didn't try to change how he was kissing her, he pulled away from her and pulled her by the arm to the bed.
Beckett was a little surprised when Castle lay down before she could, but quickly realized what exactly he wanted when he pulled on her hand once he was laying down. "I half expected something else in demand from you," she said, delaying slightly.
"Another night," Castle said simply, pulling on her hand harder. Once she was straddling his head, he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her down to his face.
Jerking a little at the first touch of his tongue on her clit; unable to help it since she hadn't been able to see it; Beckett leaned over the top of the bedstead, settling with her arms on it as she knew she was going to have to try and fight with herself to make things last. And that began almost immediately, as Castle brought his fingers to replace his mouth. That slid down to her folds, and she was biting hard on her lower lip before giving up and vocalizing her pleasure as he rubbed his tongue around her. Each sweep of it was a heady jolt that shot through her, making her feel as if she were literally burning. Clutching at the bedstead though there wasn't much to actually hold on to, she tried not to start moving, not sure if he wanted that; though she desperately wanted to.
Though he wasn't looking at her, Castle seemed to sense her dilemma and hurriedly squeezed her ass with both hands. The action worked, as she immediately started to move with a noise that was a mix of being startled and also relief. He grunted a little as he wasn't unaffected himself by what he was doing. He knew the biggest reaction he was getting was from tasting her, shuddering as he was struck by the thought that it wasn't a fantasy he had made up. Even though he and Beckett had been together for some time, he still had the odd sensation their time together, making love in any way, was all in his mind; a dream or fantasy he could control. But she suddenly sucked in a deep breath, the noise seeming to explode in the silent room, and he was brought back to reality. His imagination was good, but not so much it could recreate the sounds she could make. He suddenly switched his hand and mouth, realizing he was being very much affected at that moment, and needed a distraction desperately.
Trying to look down to see what her fiancé was doing, Beckett wasn't able to see much more than his skin, as it was covered in shadows. But she knew it was him, he was grunting slightly as he went back down to her entrance to replace his fingers with his mouth. She could feel herself tensing up, knowing she was getting close as his mouth and tongue were working, and his fingers were busy against her clit. She let herself relax a little; enough to let her climax come onto her if it needed to; but before it could get to that point where she lost control, he was pulling away, leaving her literally aching as she started to turn around to him.
Kissing her hard to silence any kind of protest, Castle slipped his tongue past her lips, not surprised when she fought back. He knew she was irritated at his stopping, but once they pulled away for some much needed gasps of air, he nuzzled her lips and murmured, "Turn back around."
A little surprised by that, Beckett immediately did as he asked, feeling his hand over the front of her body and making her shiver at his touch. It was sending off a trail of fire that wound through her before settling to where her need was the greatest. She had no idea how long he was caressing her, but finally he had pulled his hand away and was making her lay over the top of the bedstead.
Very carefully, Castle slid into her, wanting to make her guess what he was going to do. He was holding off his groan until he stopped, feeling her hips pressed back against his. Leaning over her, he placed his hands on either side of her body, and he began to thrust. As before he moved slowly, deliberately, partially to throw her off; as she was moving in time with him already; but also to make sure he himself didn't push himself to the edge before he could bring her with him. Wanting to take his time, he slowly built up speed, doing that as unhurriedly as he could as he kept his eye on his fiancée, hoping she was enjoying it as much as he was though he was having a hard time telling with her silent at the moment. "Wait," he said before slightly grunting as she suddenly got up, making him sit up as well. "Is this because… because of what I did?"
Not answering that, Beckett reached back and cupped his cheek with her hand, bringing him to her lips. She took over as soon as he responded; that being a kind of pay back for his stopping so abruptly. But as they worked together to move faster, she took his hands and put them over her breasts, biting at her lower lip as he immediately squeezed them. She was a little startled when he then wrapped his arms fully around her and held her to him as they started to thrust rapidly against one another. Closing her eyes tightly, she could feel herself losing control, having been too close to the edge when he'd pulled away from her. A part of her wanted to stop while the other half of her was pushing further away from having control, and she became a little lost as Castle ran his hands from her breasts to the junction of her legs.
Feeling his fiancée tensing up as he gently slid his fingers over her clit; Castle began to stroke at her. He watched her the best he could with the position they were in, and could just see her face, the pleasure masking it as she clutched at his arm tightly. He moved down to her shoulder, brushing his lips across it before nibbling a little here and there as she let him know her pleasure vocally. Shuddering at the sound of her moans and gasps, he rubbed a little harder in between her legs before he suddenly reached up, grabbing her hand that had been holding his arm. "Together," he whispered against the back of her ear. As he guided her fingers, he nipped at the shell of her ear, not surprised to get a hard forward jerk as a reaction. He used his free hand to grasp her hip, feeling her moving against him hard. He made her move harder then, and when he trailed his lips over her neck, he could taste the slight sheen of sweat that was spreading over her skin. "I love you," he whispered as he pressed his head against hers.
"I love you… Castle, please!" Beckett said, unaware that she was begging him with her tone. But she was so far over the edge she'd been trying to make him be where she was at that moment. Luckily he was, and as she cried out her ecstasy she felt him with her, almost grasping her body for dear life as they didn't stop moving with one another until they seemed to just freeze. She felt a little like she was boneless, as Castle helped her lay on her back before he pressed up close against her side, holding her in his arms. "You made up for it," she said simply when she felt she could talk again.
"Good," Castle said. "But I didn't do that to tease you; I just needed you that badly I couldn't wait." He smiled when she rolled her eyes, and he leaned down, meeting her lips for a slow, sensuous kiss. When they parted he said, "Though, you know if you want to pay me back you can go ahead and do that."
"Of course," Beckett said, shaking her head. But after they'd laid in silence a few more minutes, she was getting up. "No, you can stay there," she said quickly to his starting to get up. Pushing on his shoulder she leaned down and kissed him, feeling his fingers tangle through her hair before he pulled he back a little. "You have your reward, now it's time for mine," she said with a smile as he kissed at her jaw.
"I don't know, it didn't seem like a big enough reward," Castle murmured, unwilling to let her go.
"For winning a game of chess?" Beckett said wryly.
"That and being an awesome fian-ow!" Castle said, laughing as she pinched his side hard, making him lay down. "You know, if I wasn't around to-"
"I can manage that on my own Castle," Beckett said, having straddled him as he'd spoke.
"Can I watch?" Castle asked immediately and readily.
"Not now, maybe tomorrow," Beckett said. "But for now…"
"Yeah, you're in… a pretty good position," Castle said, looking down at where her legs were gripping his sides. "Just, a few more inches back…" he said before she slapped at his hand. "Damn it, why not?"
"Because you had your reasons for doing what you did," Beckett said simply. "Now I have mine. Come here." She wasn't surprised when he looked startled at the rough commanding tone of her voice, and smiled as he rushed to sit up. Once he had, she led him to her breasts, letting him take one with his mouth. She allowed herself a little time to enjoy his lips around her nipple, sucking slowly at it as she stroked the back of his head. When she felt enough time had passed she leaned down and whispered into his ear, "I just got an idea."
As she told him, Castle pulled back so he could look at her saying, "You want to do that?"
"What, will anyone see us?" Beckett asked.
"I… no, but there might be people walking on the beach," Castle pointed out to her. "We could do it with the lights off."
"Okay," Beckett said easily. She smiled when he looked at her in surprise and said, "I'm not kidding. Come on." She slid off him and the bed before slipping her feet into her heels from earlier that night, turning as he turned off the lights. When he reached her she wrapped her arms around him tightly and kissed him passionately as he responded in time. Taking his hand, she pulled him to the windows closest to the bed and covered his right hand that was on her hip. Leaning over a little as he stood behind her she sucked in a deep breath of air as he entered her slowly, closing her eyes tightly until he had stopped.
"Are you okay?" Castle asked, sliding his hand up to cover her abdomen and hold her there. At her nod he thrust against her once, groaning as she let out a heavy moan, and with that he set up a pace before she suddenly spoke; her words quickly grabbing his attention.
"I need to you to fuck me Rick," Beckett groaned heavily as his pace was nowhere near enough for her. She was relieved when he started to move faster right away, and she soon felt his lips on the back of her right shoulder, kissing her here and there. She bit at her lower lip a few times; in time with each of his kisses; before he was sliding his hands up against her stomach to her breasts. Her own hands were clutching at the window in front of her, not really able to hold onto anything, just using what she could for support as she tried to quickly follow him when he changed the angle of his hips. It was just enough to make her stop abruptly, and she was surprised when he quickly moved away from her.
"I was close?" Castle asked, panting a little from his exertions as he helped her almost stumble as he was to the bed.
"Close? You were right at it," Beckett breathed out as she watched his lips drift over the top of her foot once he'd taken off her heel. She shivered as he did the exact same with her other bare foot, brushing his lips over her toes before she pulled on his arms. She wasn't really sure how to explain how they got there, but she was on top of him again, though that time she didn't stop him as they began to move together, with her guiding him back to their previous rhythm before they'd moved to the bed. When he began to move her a little awkwardly by the waist she looked at him and asked, "Wh-What are you doing?"
"Let me…" Castle started to say before he tried to get her off of him. When she slapped at his hands he tried to do the same thing again, but she suddenly clenched herself around him tightly, and he was jerking forward, grabbing onto her as tightly as he could. "I want to-" he started to say in a kind of groan as he was feeling a great deal of pleasure moving inside of her.
Kissing him roughly, Beckett could feel her lips starting to swell up against Castle's as their tongues worked together until they needed to breathe. "You don't have to," she said simply.
"I have to," Castle said as he trailed his lips slowly down the side of her neck. He was a little taken aback when she stopped moving then, and he hurried to help her onto her hands and knees. "I haven't done it in a while," he said for extra explanation as he stroked her back.
"The other, uh!" Beckett started to say before he cut her off by entering her yet again. "The other night. Castle if you stop again," she warned him. But she wasn't able to say what she would do to him, as he started to move, fulfilling her request from when they'd been at the windows. She was quick to move with him, and they were soon at the same pace, their hips slapping audibly in the room together. She felt his hands on her arms, and she slid down to her elbows before he made his next thrust and she was suddenly rigid on the bed.
Quickly pulling back, Castle knew he'd found what he was seeking, and changed his angle just enough to render his fiancée tense again. He wasn't being unaffected either, as her reaction seemed to be through her whole body, especially where she was surrounding him. He leaned over enough so he could kiss her back, whatever he could reach, feeling her moans through her skin. He moved a few more times, and he could see her hands holding the sheet under her so tightly her knuckles were white.
Crying out; unsure if she was actually screaming; Beckett pressed her cheek to the cool, crisp linen, the fire of her skin only going out at that point before becoming hot as well. She felt completely dazed and wasn't sure how long she was like that, only aware of when Castle joined her as he groaned her name long and loudly against her shoulder. She was brought to a second climax very shortly after that, and knew that she must have passed out, as her body was literally thrumming with ecstasy. But she'd never be able to say how long she was out; only knowing her fiancé was coming down from his orgasm as her body seemed to go limp. She felt his hands on her, helping her lay on her back; and if she'd felt boneless before, it was nothing compared to that moment. "So… I think you found it," she said, her hand a little weak caressing his cheek as he looked down at her.
"Good thing, would have been really mad if I hadn't," Castle said before he laid down, pressing his cheek above her breasts.
"So you've had your… prize or reward," Beckett said teasingly as she stroked his hair, feeling a lot stronger. "And I've had mine which was a surprise."
"You want to stop?" Castle asked as he raised his head then and went closer to her.
"Oh not by a long shot," Beckett said, shaking her head. She reached in between them and ran her fingertips over his chest, watching his skin quiver in reaction to her touch. "I don't think you're ready to either," she commented as he suddenly got on top of her.
"Not really," Castle said simply before they kissed each other hungrily. It was a flurry of quick caresses and deliberate touches to arouse one another before he was sliding inside of her for a third time, groaning heavily. He had the same reaction every time; whether or not he expressed it vocally; and had to wonder if there was a chance he'd ever get used to her or get tired of her. But as they began to make love to each other, he knew it'd take a very long time for that to happen; if it ever did.
Beckett wasn't sure that time how long they took, because Castle was working over her upper body, taking her lips and touching her so many different ways she wasn't sure how she wasn't numb to each new brush of his skin against hers. But finally they climaxed very close in time to each other, and a while after were lying back on the bed, breathing heavily as they regained their strength. She was laying on his outstretched arm as their left hands held each other, and she became a little drowsy before he spoke, making her raise her head slightly.
"So was it worth it to come here?" Castle asked.
Smiling, Beckett nodded and said, "Especially since we have Julia."
"That's a great point," Castle murmured, turning his head to press a kiss to the side of her head. He reached over to her with his free hand suddenly, starting to stoke from just below in between her breasts to her abdomen. He could hear her breathing becoming deeper, and he licked his lower lip, slightly shocked that he could feel himself growing aroused yet again.
"Remember what I said before?" Beckett asked. She was surprised when Castle didn't answer, and instead rolled onto her before she started to laugh. He was tickling her sides, and she tried to grab his wrists to get him to stop before he took her wrists.
Placing her hands above her head, Castle watched her closely and leaned down to brush a kiss across her lips before he got up. He knew his fiancée was watching him as he went to the fireplace, turning the flames on very low since it wasn't so much the heat he wanted, but the muted light. The light on his nightstand he'd turned back on as they'd gone from windows to bed, so everything was darker than they were used to.
"Wait," Beckett said as he went to her nightstand. "This is enough now."
"Are you sure?" Castle asked though he was starting to climb up on the mattress with her as he'd spoken.
"Very sure," Beckett said, meeting his lips for a deep kiss before they slowly parted. Sighing she said, "I worry this might get monotonous for you."
"I was thinking that earlier, but in a different context," Castle said before he explained what he'd been thinking as they'd been making love earlier. "Hard to be the same when we're not staying the exact same every single time. It's hard to get used to you that way because you feel different every time."
"We tend to use the same positions," Beckett said. She then paused and asked, "Is this why you've been so avid about trying to find my g-spot?"
"I read online about it and… yeah, pretty much," Castle started to say before he trailed off and decided to just answer her directly.
"Well, your research has paid off immensely," Beckett said, lying back with her arms raised above her head as he watched her.
"Yes," Castle said simply, staring into her eyes as he went to her.
"What?" Beckett asked, knowing it wasn't an agreement to what she'd said.
"That you and I can keep up with one another," Castle replied before he kissed her hard. He kept it deep, and sank his tongue into her mouth before drawing her back into his. When they parted to breathe he whispered into her ear, "There is one thing though."
"And that's what exactly?" Beckett asked.
"I don't think my technique is exactly right," Castle said, waiting a little impatiently for her reaction.
"No, it's not," Beckett said, taking his hand and kissing his fingertips before brushing hers across his lips. "Practice makes perfect you know they always say."
"They do, and I'm ecstatic that they do," Castle said before he descended her body, trailing his lips until he reached the apex of her legs.
The two spent a little more time together, exploring what they could do inside the room until they were too exhausted to do much else than collapse on the bed. They exchanged a passionate kiss before a breathlessly whispered I love you to one another that was almost drowned out by the sound of the ocean outside the windows they'd been at one more time before then. They fell asleep with Beckett's back pressed against Castle's chest, everything fading so much so that even the sounds of the waves rolling and breaking on shore outside never reached them as they took the chance of the peace and quiet of a deep, sated sleep with each other.