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Chapter 31
"Rick, wake up babe, come on, you need to eat something." Kate sat beside him and tugged on his shoulder. His face was buried into her pillow. She heard him mumble something incoherent. She chuckled and finally pulled him over to face her, she leaned down so that her face was before his, and said
"Could you at least put some clothes on?"
"Why? Am I tempting you too much?" he wiggled his eyebrows at her.
"Maybe" she teased, with a hand on his chest she leaned in and gave him a kiss on the head and rose to leave. But he caught hold of her wrist, pulling her so she almost fell onto him.
"Why don't you give in to these temptations?"
She hit him playfully. "You're not well, and sex is all you can think about?"
"It's not just sex when it's with you. It's much more." he said sweetly, and she couldn't resist, she leaned down and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips.
"You're too sappy for the morning, now get up and put on some clothes before one of your children walk in here unannounced, I'll bring you breakfast, and then if you're still feeling feverish, I'll call Dr. Peter and get you some meds"
"Alright alright" he said and very lazily got out of bed and put on his shorts and her favorite black v neck t-shirt. He sat back in bed, pulling the covers over his legs, and reached out to find his phone on the bedside table. How long was he out? He wondered.
Kate left the room, and soon after, Avril peeked in through the door.
"Dad, can I come in?"
"Yea, come in sweetheart." He called out, recognizing Avrils voice instantly.
She walked on over to the bed and asked "how are you feeling?"
"Tired, feverish, you?"
Avril looked down at her feet and said "sorry"
Rick laughed and said "come here" she lifted the covers and got in to sit beside her dad and cuddle into his side.
"What are you sorry about?"
"I'm sorry that I hurt you last evening… I didn't mean to make you feel like I didn't need you"
"No no… sweetheart"
"Dad, it's just. I was nervous, I wanted to get everything out and tell him what a horrible dad he's been to me, and I knew he'd have things to say too, and I didn't want you to get worked up about it…"
"I understand..."
"And then mom told me how upset you were that she asked you to let me do this alone, and I felt horrible"'
Castle hugged her closer and kissed her on her head
"I was upset, my ego was hurt. But then later in the night she told me everything you said to him, everything you said about me… and I…"
"Whatever I said was the truth. You're my dad. Not him. I'm proud to have my name linked to yours, not his"
"Are you trying to make your sick father cry?"
She laughed.
"So is your ego feeling better now?"
"It's back to normal." he smiled goofily.
"So you really are sick ha?" she said, raising her hand up to his forehead to check his temperature.
"What? You thought I could fake a fever?"
"No no, Alexis and I were just wondering if this was one of your schemes to get mom to stay at home."
Rick nodded with a smirk. "Ah yes. But your wrong, this fever is not fake. I wish it was. I want to have enough energy right now to give you a grizzly bear hug, but I'm feeling too tired."
"That's alright, I'll give you one instead." and with that, she wrapped her arms around her father and hugged him tight.
Castle couldn't believe how lucky he was to have her. She was beautiful, her heart and soul. She was all grown up, and turning into a beautiful young woman who had just last night given her biological father a piece of her mind, and it made Castle proud.
"Besides, I have more full proof ways of keeping your mom at home, faking a fever is too, boring"
"If you think I'm going to sit around here and listen to your methods of keeping mom at home, you, you're sadly mistaken."
Just then Kate entered the room with a tray in her hand that held coffee and scrambled eggs.
"What are you guys talking about?" Kate asked as she came closer.
"I was just going to tell Avril here about that time when I didn't want you to go to the precinct, and so I handcuffed…"
"Rick!" Kate scolded, and by then Avril had a shocked look on her face and she covered her ears and began singing to herself to block out what her father was saying "lalalalalala" she went on, until she had reached the door and walked out of the room.
Castle sat there laughing.
"I don't know what pleasure you get from teasing her." Kate said.
"She's just so easily teased. I mean what's wrong with knowing a little about your parents' sex life"
"It's creepy! Ewww!" Kate said, as she put the tray down and handed him his coffee. "What would you feel if I told you to think about Martha with a man?"
Castle choked on his coffee and Kate laughed at him.
"Are you trying to kill me? Why would you give me that image?" he said.
"See, now you know what Avril feels like"
"ugghhh" he groaned in frustration "Now my fever's going to take longer to go away" he grumbled.
Suddenly Kate heard the sound of Jamie's cries. She smiled and while walking out the door she said excitedly
"My baby's awake!"
"I've been awake for quite a while" Castle said with a smile
Kate gave him a smirk over her shoulder and walked out.
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