Chapter 37
Kate heard the giggles from the hallway before the front door swung open, she stood from the couch, making her to the door to great them as they came in.
"Kate!" the little girl shouted as she ran towards her.
Kate bent down placing her hands under the girls arms and lifting her to her hip gently.
"You really shouldn't be holding her, she's getting too big."
Kate held her hand up towards Rick and without saying a word he shut his mouth and watched as his two girls walked towards the kitchen.
"Daddy doesn't like for you to hold me, Kate." Alexis whispered into Kates ear.
"Yeah, well he isn't the boss of me, and I love holding you and squeezing you," Kate said, giving the girl a tight squeeze and a kiss on the cheek.
"YEAH, DADDY DOESN'T LIKE IT!" Rick said sarcastically, following behind the two.
"Oh shove it, I missed my baby girl. You have fun with gram?"
Kate sat the little girl on the counter next to the microwave, walking towards the oven to check on dinner.
"I had fun, but I really wanted to be with you and my daddy," The little girl said, hanging her head a little bit, "I miss you guys when you make me go to grams."
"Oh Lex, you know you can call any time and we will come get you."
"I know," She said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Well why didn't you call then?" Rick chimed in from across the kitchen.
"Gram said you all were doing something important and that you needed to be alone."
A smile broke across Kate's face as she walked towards the little girl sitting cross-legged on the counter.
"Well your gram was telling the truth, we were doing something important." Kate lifted her hand up to the little girls lap.
"See that ring, it's from your daddy."
Alexis ran her hand over Kate's hand, stopping at the ring and tracing a finger over the diamonds.
"It's very pretty."
"I know, I love it too. You wanna know why it's so special and important?"
Kate looked towards Rick, and he gave her a reassuring nod.
"Yeah."
"It means your daddy and I are gonna get married."
The little girls bright blue eyes shot up to meet Kate's watery eyes.
"Why are you crying Kate? You don't want to marry my daddy?" The little girl said, the worry starting to show on her face.
Kate and Rick both laughed at the same time, Rick making his way closer to the both of them.
"Kate is crying because she is happy," he said as he took her other hand and squeezed it tight, "Right, babe."
Kate wiped the tears from her face and nodded, "Right. I am very happy Lex."
"Does this mean you're gonna be my mom?"
"Well, not your mom, but I'll be your step-mom."
"What does that mean?"
"That means," Kate took a deep breath, "It means that I will always be here for you when you need me, and that I will protect you and take care of you, just like I'm going to do for bug."
"You'll be bugs mom?" The little girl pressed her hand against Kate's stomach. She had recently become very attached to Kate's bump, touching it, or laying her hand over it whenever she got a chance.
"Yeah, I'm bugs mom, and your daddy is also bugs daddy."
"So we have the same dad?"
"Yeah you have the same dad." Kate let out a chuckle. Explaining things to a four, almost five year old was a little hard sometimes.
The little girls eyes began to fill with water, but she put on a brave face, trying not to let her lip tremble as she took in a deep breath.
"Why are you sad Lex? Is it okay that you have the same dad?"
"We get to share a dad, but we don't get to share you too?"
"Hey silly," She tickled her stomach, placing a kiss on her cheek, "I'm not going anywhere, and I'm still gonna love on you and kiss on you just like I do now. Bug isn't going to change that. I love you and your daddy and your baby brother." Kate ran her hand over her stomach.
"My brother?"
"That's the other surprise, bug is a boy."
"I'm gonna have a baby brother, like Lauren?"
"Yup." Rick said, sweeping in and grabbing the girl from the counter.
"What's his name?"
Rick carried her over to the table, placing her in her chair and taking a seat beside her.
"We haven't talked about that yet actually." He answered, looking over at Kate as she pulled dinner from the oven, making her way to the table.
"I think his name should be Elmo."
"Elmo?" Kate shrieked, taking a seat next to Alexis and placing her napkin over her lap. "I think we can do better than Elmo, Lex."
"What do you want to name him?" The little girl asked.
"I really haven't thought about too much." Kate answered.
"Well, I have a list already." Rick jumped in, pulling out his wallet and removing what looked like a credit card receipt with a list of names on the back.
"Let me see that." Kate ripped it from his hands and started reading the list. "Oh, I like these babe, I really like Chandler, and Carter. Ooooh Callum. Wait, why are all these "C" names."
"No specific reason, I just like the C names. They are just suggestions, maybe even middle names."
"Why haven't you shown me this?"
"We haven't talked about names really, until right now, and I'm showing you."
"Okay," She shoved the piece of paper back in his direction, "well if you add any more let me know."
"You don't have any picked out? None?"
"I figured we would look through books together, maybe look online."
"We can do that." He reached over grabbing her hand and pulling it up to his mouth to kiss her knuckles.
"I know," She started to pick at the food on her plate, "Actually, I think I need to go to the bathroom." She stood, walking towards the bathroom.
When she made her way into their bathroom, she stood in front of the mirror, taking a few deep breaths and rubbing her hand over her swollen stomach. She was getting bigger every day, and she loved it. Feeling her son moving around, tucked safely away for the next few months. Part of her just wanted to meet him now, to hold him, and kiss him. The other half of her was terrified, that she was going to mess this up somehow. That she wouldn't be enough, or that she wouldn't know what to do. She was so thankful for Castle, if she didn't have him she would be completely lost.
After using the restroom she made her way back out to the table, kissing him on the cheek before taking her seat.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"Just because."
"Well, thank you."
Her eyes met his and a blush immediately formed over her cheeks.
"No, babe, thank you." She said, and he knew that there was more meaning to her words than just a simple thank you. He would have to ask her about that later, but this wasn't the time or place or she would have said it then.
After dinner, and tucking Alexis into bed, Castle made his way back down to their room. He walked in to Kate sprawled across the middle of the bed, book open and resting on her bump.
"Hey, so what was that about earlier?" he asked.
She closed the book and dropped it onto the mattress next to her.
"I just love you, and I'm thankful for you and everything you do for me, for us."
"Not that I'm complaining, but where is all this coming from?"
He began to take his clothes off, pulling a pair of pajama pants from a drawer.
"Leave those off." She said seductively, "You aren't gonna need them, and it's not coming from anywhere, I just don't feel like I tell you enough how wonderful you are."
"You're pretty wonderful too, babe."
"Thank you." She sat up and pulled her shirt over her head, patting the mattress next to her. "Come sit, the baby is being crazy right now."
"Thata boy, every night before bed."
Rick crawled in from the bottom of the bed, making his way up to her stomach and placing a kiss over her belly button, his hand resting on the top of her bump.
"Oh he really is busy in there."
"Yeah, he has been this way all day. This afternoon he was kicking so hard it really almost took my breath away, I had to lie down for a little bit so he would calm down."
"Did it work?"
"A little, but now he is back at it."
"Is it painful?"
"No, not painful, uncomfortable maybe, but not painful. It's just a really bizarre feeling."
"I can only imagine, I mean there is a human being in there, that is just wild to me. I helped make a baby that is now growing inside of you."
"You did help make him, didn't you?" She teased, playing with his hair.
"I did." He nodded excitedly, crawling up over her to press his mouth against hers.
She moaned into his mouth, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him in closer, opening her mouth to him, allowing him deeper access.
He pulled back off of her, rolling to his back.
"Kate, I don't want you to get mad at me, but I cant do it like this anymore. It's uncomfortable for me, all I think about is the baby, and us putting to much pressure on your stomach."
She laughed, and rolled to her side, looking away from him. Reaching back and grabbing his body, pulling him towards her.
"Okay, well it's probably time for us to change things up then. I read online that spooning is the easiest way to have sex while you're pregnant, and it will still allow us to be close, without any pressure on the baby."
"You read online. So you've been looking up sex positions when you ask to borrow my laptop" he laughed, moving in closer to her and wrapping his arm over her stomach.
He started to kiss up her back, over her shoulder, up her neck and behind her ear, where she liked it most.
"Well sex has been weird for me lately, I mean it's not your fault or mine, it's just happening really fast, the baby is growing and we can't really be as adventurous as we were before."
"Kate, why haven't you said anything before now. If you weren't enjoying yourself then what's the point."
"I know you have needs too, and just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I can neglect those needs."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," he lifted his head, taking a break from the kissing and touching. "Since when are my needs more important than yours. I was under the impression that our sex life was fine, that we were okay, and I thought you were satisfied. I didn't know you were just letting me get my rocks off."
"Rick, stop. It's not like that at all. Our sex life is fine, forget I said anything, I didn't mean it like that anyway."
"What did you mean?"
"I, I just want it to feel like it did before, you know passionate, and special. Now I just feel big and uncomfortable. It's not your fault, if it's anyones it's my own, I should have told you before but I just wanted to try and stick it out, I thought it was just a phase."
"Okay, so what do we need to do to fix it, what can I do to help."
"Well, you could start by laying back down and doing that thing with your tongue, on my neck, that was definitely working."
He leaned back down tracing his tongue up her neck and behind her ear, "Like this."
It sent chills over her body and she pressed hips back into his groin, "Yeah, just like that."
Rick pulled at his own boxers first, kicking them off the end of the bed and then stripping Kate of her underwear as well.
"Don't touch the bra, my boobs hurt really bad."
"How romantic." He teased, receiving an elbow to his stomach.
He laughed it off, continuing to kiss her neck, wrapping his arm around the lower half of her body, his hand making its way between her legs, fingers pressing into her center.
"Oh, the neck thing is working." He said as he ran his fingers through her folds, spreading them and sliding two fingers inside.
"uuuuuuhhhhhhhh." She moaned, a little uncomfortably.
"You okay?"
She nodded, moving her legs to make herself more comfortable and allowing him better access. He slid his fingers in and out of her, running his thumb in circles over her swollen nub.
"Rick" She reached back, grabbing his shaft and pumping her hand over him.
He removed his fingers from her middle, and took himself in his hand, running her juices over his shaft.
'Lean forward a little, babe." He asked and she did, as he pulled her hips back towards himself. She raised her knees up a little, pulling them towards her stomach and he slid in behind her, running his hand over her bare ass before finding her wet lips again and pressing his erection into her. As soon as they connected her moans were loud.
"Rick, go, it feels….. sooo good."
He began to slowly slide in and out of her, wrapping his hand back over her, so his fingers could work on her from the front.
"You sure, everything's okay?"
"Yeah, I'll tell you if it's uncomfortable."
"You said that before and you didn't. Kate, you don't have to be embarrassed or lie just so I don't get embarrassed. We are getting married, and having a baby together, we have to be able to talk to each other about these things."
"I'm talking now, and if you don't shut up and get to moving I'm going to go do it myself."
He got the hint and started moving again, making sure to listen to every moan to know that she was enjoying herself. After a few minutes he got more comfortable, less tense, and as his need built he started to slam into her from the back.
Kate turned her neck back so her mouth could meet his, and their kisses were sloppy but neither of them minded.
"Baby, I'm almost there, you almost there Kate?"
"No, I need," she paused "here, let me get on top, but I need you to sit up to help support me."
"Okay." He pulled himself out of her, sitting up right in the bed as she crawled over him, straddling his lap. She pulled a pillow from the side and put it behind his back, shoving him back into it.
"Just lay back a little and relax." She lifted her body up, placing him at her entrance and sinking back down.
As she sank down over him, her orgasm hit, causing her walls to flutter and pulsate around him. "AHHHHHHH" she screamed as her eyes slammed shut.
"Did you just.."
Her hand came up to cover his mouth, "shhhh."
After her body calmed, she removed her hand and began to move her hips over his.
"You're not done, then?"
"Not even close." She threw her arms over his shoulders and went for his mouth, she loved kissing him during sex, hearing and feeling him moan into her mouth.
"Hey babe, when you're almost there again let me know."
"No, Rick it's your turn, you get there."
"We can do it together."
"Well then hurry up, because I'm almost there again."
He began to thrust his hips up in to hers, and within a minute they were both there, screaming each others name.
I know, I know, I've been bad about updating, but I'm moving in a little over a week and I have so much to get done. I had free time this morning so I finished this chapter up and I'll try to have another up tomorrow.
Thanks for the patience. Hope everyone is still enjoying the story.