Madness and Mayhem Times Four
On one of the days while Johanna Martha and the twins were on their suspension from school; it was just Beckett and the kids. It was clear that the kids were going crazy and that Beckett had her hands full. Castle was out promoting his Derrick Storm graphic novels and the latest Nikki Heat book. One of Castle's stops was at one of the local television networks.
"Daddy is going to be tv soon!" the kids exclaimed.
"I know."
"Can we watch it?"
"Sure."
As Beckett put the tv on and put the tv on the channel that the program Castle was going to be on. Beckett noticed that the host was a woman and she briefly remembered the time that Castle was interviewed by Kristina Coterra.
"We're here with world famous mystery macabre writer; Richard Castle." the host said.
The camera panned over from the host to Castle.
"It's good to have you here." the host said.
"It's good to be back." Castle said.
"Last time you were here; you had just finished Deadly Heat and a Derrick Storm Graphic novel. What has happened since then?"
"Since then I've gotten married again, expanded the Castle family, married my oldest daughter off and did some more writing."
"Now my notes here say that you married Detective Kate Beckett; your inspiration for Nikki Heat."
"Captain." Beckett said.
"Captain."Castle said.
"Do you guys practice this when we're not around?"
Ryan's line from the time when they were solving the Sarah Cutler murder replayed in Beckett's mind at that moment.
The kids laughed when they noticed that their parents corrected the tv show host at the same time.
"Sorry. How old are the kids; all of them."
"Alexis is twenty - eight, Johanna Martha is eight, Katherine Mae and Jackson James will be seven and James Royce will be six."
"Well that's a big age difference between Alexis and her younger siblings."
"It really doesn't come up that much."
"If it's not too forward; you look good for having five children. And from what I've seen your wife looks phenomenal for having five children."
Clearly this particular host was new and she didn't get the memo like her colleagues had.
"Actually; Alexis is Kate's daughter by marriage. Alexis' mother is Meredith Castle; my first ex-wife. Kate gave birth to Johanna Martha, the twins and JR."
The interview continued on for a bit longer. Once it was over Castle said his goodbyes and returned home to the kids being extremely rowdy. Beckett looked like she was at her wits' end.