Why
Castle and Beckett were holding off when it came to picking James Royce up from Martha's. They wanted to hear what JM, Kat and JJ had to say about the fight at school.
"Sit down you three."
The kids did as their parents had instructed them to. They sat down on three of the kitchen island counter stools.
The kids had no idea what their parents were going to say or what they were going to do.
"What were you three thinking?"
The kids explained themselves. Castle and Beckett had grounded the kids for fighting in school.
After that Castle started to make his pasta carbonara dish for dinner that night. Beckett went across the hall to retrieve their son from Martha. While she wait for her son; Beckett told Martha what happened with the older three kids and their school.
Seconds later James Royce and Beckett were back home. From the looks of it Castle was putting the finishing touches on dinner.
The kids washed up before dinner. Castle dished the food as Beckett set the plates full of pasta carbonara at the places where they all sat. After that she got the kids their juice while Castle got theirs; a glass of wine for both of them.
Beckett decided that she would take some time off while JM, Kat and JJ were on their suspension from school. Castle would need all the help he could get with all four kids at home.
While her parents and her siblings were having dinner together at home that night; Jake and Alexis were enjoying a romantic dinner at NOBU restaurant. In a few days; Alexis and Jake would be heading back down to Jake's parents' house for their anniversary party.