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Chapter 23

Kaylee came running in and on seeing her mommy, ran to give her a tight hug.

"Hey mommy!"

"Hey honey! Did you have a nice day?"

"I did. Daddy took us to the park, and I got to play in the jungle gym!"

"That must have been fun!"

"So much fun!" the little girl exclaimed. Castle came walking to them with Jamie in his arms. Kate took him from him and said "And what about you? Did you have a good time at the park?"

Jamie had this wide goofy grin on his face. Kate found it so adorable. She kissed his tiny little nose, and then Jamie gave her a sweet little kiss on the cheek.

Kate then put him down to play with his toys. When she rose back up, Castle was standing right in front of her and it almost startled her.

"What about me?" he asked.

She laughed and put her arms around his neck and said "Okay big guy, how was your day today?"

they heard Alexis laugh from the couch, and Castle simply said "My day was boring. I missed you. But I know a kiss from you will make it all better"

Kate smiled, with her tongue between her teeth, and said "Okay. Close your eyes."

Castle did as he was told. And he anticipated a sweet kiss from his wife. But all he got was a kiss on his nose, just like the one Jamie got. And when he opened his eyes, she was gone. He looked at Alexis, and the girl was laughing her heart out.

"Hey!" he whined and followed behind his wife who was making her way to the kitchen.

"That's not fair"

"What's not fair Castle?"

He was following behind her in the kitchen, every move she made, gathering some ingredients to make herself a sandwich.

"I should get a proper kiss on the lips, not the kind you give our kids"

"But you asked for one just like them"

"No, but... I wanted..." she found his stuttering so cute. So she decided to give in a little.

She turned around to find him standing in her personal space. So she got up on her toes, and placed a soft kiss on his lips. But that's all. She knew it wasn't enough for him.

"That's all?" he asked when she had turned back around to make her sandwich.

"What were you expecting Castle?"

"Kate!" he whined

"You're a grown man Castle. If you want something, just take it, you don't have to ask like the kids"

She knew she was teasing him too much. But she didn't have time to think. The next thing she knew, she was turned around, and her lips had been attacked by her writer man, his hands all over her all at once and those feelings that she had been trying to ignore since morning, all came back, rushing through her veins like the speed of lightening. His lips were hungry for her, his tongue was invading her mouth, and she should have known a challenge like that would be too hard for him to resist.

Hard.

She wanted to feel him. All of him, but the time and place were not right. But the way his hands were roaming her body, the way his lips were controlling her senses and he had just begun grinding into her hips, pressing her lower body against the counter, how could she possibly resist.

"Castle…" she said

And she felt his thigh between her legs, he was giving her what she wanted so badly, an opportunity to find her release. She found herself wanting so much right now. And his kisses were getting wild on her lips, soon they found that spot on her neck that made her melt, that made her weak in the knees

"The kids…"

"I know..." he mumbled against her skin and it made her grind down on his leg, and she was so close. She didn't think she was that needy for him, but looks like an entire day of thinking about it had made her body respond fast to his onslaught of kisses now.

Just when she thought they could get away with it, he pulled away, took a step back, reached behind her to dip his finger in the jam bottle and as if nothing had just happened, he put his finger in his mouth, and said with an absolutely cool and calm face, "Hmmm.. fruity"

And with that he walked away.

Kate couldn't believe it! He just got back at her for teasing him. Only his teasing was far more frustrating. Here she was, panting heavily, her face flushed, her knees weak, and hanging off the edge of what could have been a long awaited release. And he just walked away with a smug look.

She was so going to get back at him for that.

Castle made his way back to the living room, and sat on the couch beside Alexis. He leaned down, and pulled Jamie into his lap and began playing with him.

He held him so that he could stand on his thighs. Jamie threw a punch into his cheek, and Castle pretended to have just received the hardest blow to his face, Jamie laughed and did it again to the other cheek, and each time Castle made a sound of pain, and threw his face in the direction of the punch.

Alexis sitting beside him said "Looks like someone's got his career set out for him?"

Castle laughed and then asked Jamie "Boxing? Is that what you want to do? Cause your sister seems to think you're looking good throwing those punches around."

Jamie saw his mommy entering the living room, and reached out in her direction.

"Mmmm" he mumbled, and Kate came and took him from Castle and plopped herself down on the couch beside Alexis.

"He's going to catch bad guys like his mommy, isn't that right Jamie?" she asked her baby boy, and Jamie smiled.

"Well, with the kind of punches he's throwing, I think he'll make a tough detective"

A pen lying on the coffee table caught the little boy's attention and he began reaching out for it, he was almost jumping out of Kate's hold on him.

"Ah!" Alexis exclaimed "Looks like he just changed his mind."

"Well Castle, looks like he wants to be just like his father after all." Kate said with a beautiful smile, and Castle felt somewhat proud.

Of course they were all just fooling around. Jamie could be whatever he wanted when he grew up, They would let him touch the sky if that's where he wanted to go.

"Where did Kaylee run off too?" Kate asked.

"She's gone upstairs to find her tea-set, I told her I'd like to have tea with her" Alexis said. She loved playing with her younger siblings. They were always so filled with energy and whatever they did was adorable. She loved them to the moon and back.

"So what were you two up to until before we arrived back home?" Rick asked Kate and Alexis.

"Oh Kate was telling me about her boyfriend when she was my age- Brent Edwards" Alexis said and immediately Rick turned around to look at both Kate and Alexis. He had never heard that name before.

"What about him?"

Alexis began to say something but Kate interrupted, knowing how she could use this to tease him.

"Nothing Castle, it's nothing important."

"No, come on, tell me!" he insisted.

Just then Avril entered through the door,

"Hey honey, how was your evening?" Kate asked.

"It was good, what about you guys? What did I miss?"

"We were just talking about mom's high school sweetheart" Alexis chirped in.

"Brent Edwards?" Avril asked, and Kate suddenly found herself trying to recall when she had told Avril about him.

"Okay, how is it that I'm the only one who doesn't know about this guy? High school sweetheart? Kate what is this about? and what's it got to do with Alexis?" Rick asked, sounding desperate.

"Firstly, he was not my high school sweetheart, secondly, there's nothing you need to know about him. It's all in the past." She got up from the couch and said "Avril, want to help me with dinner?"

Avril nodded and went along with her mom. Alexis too got up to go find Kaylee. Jamie crawled up to his dad and tugged on his jeans. Castle brought him up to sit on his lap again and said

"Whoever this guy Brent is, he couldn't have been as impressive as I am could he?" he asked his one year old son. Jamie looked up at his father with serious eyes.

"What, you think that your mommy liked him more than me?" Rick asked him. The little boy could hardly understand a word, but Rick was suddenly feeling this strange emotion running through him. Jealousy.

Who was this guy, and why was Kate avoiding the topic. Was she telling Alexis about him and all his charms? What did Avril know about him?

"I don't know who this Brent Edwards guys is, but I already hate him." Rick said to his son. Jamie smiled and threw a punch in the air.

"yea, you do that to him if we ever have to see who this guy really is okay? Do that for daddy." he told his son.

Kate was smiling to herself in the kitchen while preparing dinner. Castle was jealous as hell. And she knew it would make for an interesting night, once they were behind a locked door in their bedroom. There was nothing hotter than jealous, over-possessive Castle.

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