I wake up at 6 in the morning. Warner and I are patrolling today. Castle and Kenji are going to the soldiers and going to tell them about the changes that are going to happen. Warner is not supposed to be seen. Today will be his last appearance to the soldiers. He will be working from his office. He plans to rebuild the people's homes and make them have regular jobs. There will be banks and supermarkets and everything we had before the Reestablishment ruined everything. There is still a Reestablishment, but new and improved.

I get out of bed and stretch. I walk to the other side of the bed where Warner is and tap his shoulders and his back, and whisper his name until he wakes up. He is groaning and rubbing at his eyes. "What time is it?" he asks. I'm surprised. He is usually happy to wake up to my face, but not this morning.

"It's 6:30, Aaron. You have to wake up. We both have to get ready."

"For what exactly?"

"You can't be serious." My Aaron. Forgetful. Wow, this is something I never thought I would see. Like ever. But I see his face and I can tell that he is still half asleep. I think about kissing him to wake him up, but I take a better approach. I grab a pillow and smack him the face with it three times before he finally sits up and snatches the pillow back to me.

"What was that for?" he says, almost frustrated. He's looking at me with playful, green eyes.

"You weren't waking up. I had to do something to get you up."

"You couldn't think of anything else, love?" He stands up and walks up to me. "Because I think that was rather rude for a man who is asleep. Couldn't you push me or something?" I can't tell if he is joking or not. His eyes are so tired that it is hard to tell.

"Well, no," I say truthfully, looking into his eyes. "I couldn't."

He's walking towards me more until I'm against the wall. He pins me hands to my sides. "Well," he says, so close to me, "I would be lying if I said I wasn't entertained. I like it when you get defensive. It's so unbearably sexy."

"As much as I want to continue," I say while getting on my tip-toes, "We really have to get ready. If we aren't downstairs by 7:30, Kenji and Castle are going to kill us."

"Maybe you, but they definitely can't kill me."

I roll my eyes. "Whatever. I'm going to go take a shower. You can do whatever you need to in the meantime."

"Or," he is pulling at the straps of my tank top, "We can take a shower together. That will be more fun."

"It certainly will, but we will probably run out of time."

"I promise we'll be quick," he says. "As quick as possible."

"Fine. But –"

He lifts me up and carries me to the bathroom without letting me finish my sentence.

He sits me down on the chair and pulls me in to an intense, hard kiss. He took off my shirt, my pants, and soon I was left naked. He leans back to take a good look at me and smiles this big, bright, beautiful smile. Those dimples. "I have a gift for you."

"A gift?" What an odd time to give somebody a gift but I'll go with it. "What is it?"

"Hold on." He runs out of the bathroom. I'm left on the chair, silent while I wait for him to come back. He comes back a pink box. "Here."

He hands the box to me. On the front it reads, "Pregnancy Test". Oh my god. I nearly forgot that Warner wanted a child. "A pregnancy test?" I ask.

"Yes," he almost looks embarrassed, but his eyes are playful and lingering on my chest. I cover my chest with my hands. "I want to know if you are, you know… pregnant." He kneels down in front of me and holds my hands in his hands as if I am snow globe. If he lets go, I will fall and crack open. He looks up into my eyes. "I want us to be a family. I want us to be the best parents in the whole entire world. I want you to be the mother of all of my children."

"All right. What do I have to do?"

"Well," he says, looking down, "You have to… um… urinate on it."

"Alright," I say, no matter how weird that is, but understandable. "I'll do it. Do you want to watch or…"

"Oh, yeah, of course. I'll leave. Call me when you are done." He leaves the bathroom and it feels like the air has shifted.

"Aaron!" I call him from the bathroom. And he immediately comes in.

"May I see it?" He asks. I nod with a gigantic smile on my face. I saw the results already and I'm sure he will be pleased.

I hand the test to him. He looks at it for a moment and drops it on the floor and pulls me into an intense hug. "This is amazing." He says against my neck. "We are going to be a family." He breaks away from me, looks into my eyes, "I love you."

It's not until then that realize that I'm crying. "I love you, too." And we stood there for eternity.

We are walking outside to patrol. I'm walking with Kenji. Warner is talking to Castle.

"So what's going on with you, princess?" Kenji says to me.

"What do you mean?" Maybe now is the perfect time to share the news. But that would mean that I would have to tell him about Warner and I, but it's also possible that Adam already told him.

Adam. Oh god.

"You probably don't realize that it looks a hell of a lot like you were crying. Your eyes are puffy and red. What happened? If that asshole hurt you, I will –"

"No no," I said. "Warner didn't hurt me," I say. "If I tell you, please don't be mad at me." I am looking straight into his, trying to keep a serious face.

"Well that depends."

"I am so serious, Kenji."

"Okay, tell me."

I take a deep breath and let it all out. "I've been sleeping with Warner." I didn't think that was the first thing I would say but I can't stop my mouth from moving. Kenji stops while walking. He opens his mouth to talk, but I cut him off. "I love him. I really do. This morning, he gave me a pregnancy test and –"

"Wait," Kenji's eyes are wide. I can't tell what he is feeling. "Are you pregnant?"

I nod. "I am. I don't want you tell Adam. Please. We want to tell everybody together."

He looks away. "Wow," he says, "This is all becoming so screwed up."

I was about to give him a nasty remark but Castle calls Kenji. Kenji goes to Castle and they both walk away. It's time.

Warner walks over to me. "Hello."

"Hey." We are both smiling.

"Did you know that Castle used to be a doctor? He delivered babies."

"I had no idea." I said.

"Well, I told him that you are pregnant. He was shocked at first, but he said when the time comes, he is willing to deliver the baby. Is that okay with you, love?"

"Yes, of course. I think I feel better with Castle doing that than some random doctor."

"That makes both of us."

We are walking and talking and everything seemed fine. We could hear Castle's voice boom through the air through the speakers. As we circled around the block, we see two middle-aged people wandering on the street. All of the civilians are supposed to be in the meeting on base. They were all supposed to be escorted there. I looked at Warner, he was looking at them too. We couldn't see their faces clearly from where we were. We walked closer, and they were walking towards us.

Once we got close enough to see their faces, they looked oddly familiar to me. Then I realized,

My mother

My father

Standing right in front of me.