"Do you think Mommy is gonna wear a new dress?" Eliza asked her sister.
"I dunno," Julia said thoughtfully as she picked Keo up when the baby grabbed her leg. "Maybe…"
"What?" Mari asked as she was with them.
"No, I'm just thinking I don't remember that she had a lot of dresses when she was pregnant before," Julia said. She shrugged and then said, "I guess we'll see when they come downstairs- ow!"
"He didn't do that to Mommy," Eliza said, trying not to giggle as the baby had tugged on her sister's hair.
"Yeah… ouch Keo," Julia said, making a face at him before he could cry at her taking his hand from her hair. When he laughed she hugged him a little and then looked at Mari who stayed with her while Eliza had taken Maddy away to look out the windows. "What?" she asked her friend.
"Are you practicing for the baby?" Mari asked with a smile.
"Yeah," Julia admitted with a smile. "I want to help more than I did with Lizzy; 'cause I'm older now."
"Cool, I tried to when Dani was born but I was too little still," Mari said, holding her arms out to Keo.
"You can help with my sister when you come over," Julia offered.
"Yeah but… she's gonna be your sister," Mari replied slowly. "But I'll carry her."
"Good idea," Castle said, walking into the room then with Beckett.
"Mommy!" Eliza cried.
"Yes sweetie?" Beckett asked as she walked over to her.
"You look pretty," Eliza said as Castle was picking up Maddy.
"Thank you," Beckett said before she glanced over at Julia and Mari. "What's so funny?" she asked as they were both obviously fighting laughter.
"We were talking about if you were gonna wear another dress or not," Julia explained.
"I don't need too many dresses and in a month, I won't be able to fit in this anymore," Beckett replied as she was wearing the same dress she had Christmas night.
"I remember those days," Rebecca said wryly as she came into the room with her husband and Jim.
"Must be frustrating," Darnley said as he walked in last with his husband. "Having to buy clothes through the entire thing."
"It's needed," Rebecca replied with a shrug.
"And temporary and we need to go," Beckett said as her husband was looking at his watch. She wasn't surprised when the girls immediately went to the door and she walked with her husband out to the foyer where they got their coats on before they made their way to the cars in the garage and outside.
Driving them to the restaurant Castle said, "It's insanely quiet."
"Since we have the car I agree," Beckett said, glancing at him. "But it won't be when we come back." She saw the smile that slightly quirked his lips and asked, "What?"
"No, I'm just thinking of the fact we won't be able to take Mari with us after the baby is born," Castle said. "You don't want a bigger car, right?" he asked quickly.
"No," Beckett told him as fast. "And you're right… I guess we'll need to figure out how to take friends around since I'm sure it'll happen again." When he parked she was about to step out when he grabbed her arm to stop her and she watched him go around.
"Don't say it," Castle told her in Irish.
"Say what? I wasn't about to speak," Beckett said with a slight smile. "But thank you."
"You're welcome," Castle said, looking over at the Foster's car where their oldest was getting out of the back with Mari. He glanced to the Darnley-Nkosi car where Eliza was stepping out and said, "I forgot about Dani."
"I didn't," Beckett said, walking with him up to the entrance of the restaurant. "We should have brought you here when it was still summer," she said to Darnley who was coming over to them with everyone else.
"It's still nice," he reassured her. "And you'll have a lot of kids at the house tonight."
"Which we'd thought of already," Beckett replied. "Do you honestly think I'd kick your family out to a hotel?"
"Just checking," Darnley replied before he turned at someone calling Castle and Beckett's names.
"Thanks so much for coming," Beckett said, going straight to Lily. "We didn't think you'd bother."
"We almost didn't," Lily replied with a smile since she and her husband had changed their minds at the last minute. "How're you doing?"
"Good," Beckett said with a smile as she knew already her friend would ask that. She let her go and watched her greet her husband before she turned to Brad and hugged him quickly.
"I'm really happy to see you," he said after he and Beckett let go of each other.
"But you want to know when I'm going to stop," she said with a smile.
"I… kind of do," Brad said, quickly shaking Castle's hand.
"Probably in three months," Beckett replied. When she saw her husband was looking at her she sighed and said, "Two and a half; we walked about that Rick."
"We did but I'm still going to put my foot down about it," Castle said. "Just because I love you," he added hurriedly. "And the baby," he was quick to add when she opened her mouth to speak again.
Sighing Beckett nodded and then said, "Alright but let me decide."
"Sure, I'm just…" Castle started to say before he excused himself.
Beckett reached over and squeezed his arm before he got away from them and let him go before she turned to Lily and they began to talk before they were being seated as Castle had been talking to the host in the entrance while they'd been talking.
After her husband sat in his seat; once he'd helped her to hers; Beckett asked, "Did you bring your glasses?"
Castle didn't answer verbally, just took them from his jacket pocket showing them to her before he slipped them on. "I didn't want you to read the menu for me," he told her.
"Of course," Beckett said with a smile. She looked over at Julia and Eliza; who were sitting on the other side of her; and said, "Do you know what you want?"
"Yeah, Grandpapa is helping Lizzy," Julia answered, glancing at her little sister. "What're you gonna get?"
"Probably the stew," Castle commented. When his wife turned her head to look at him he said, "That's not me reading your mind, I know already."
"I have to agree," Darnley said, reading the item on the menu.
"Am I that predictable?" Beckett said, looking between them as Julia was laughing softly next to her.
"No," Darnley said, giving Keo another Cheerio to eat. "But if you spend time with a person you know what they like to eat."
"How do you know the stew is something she likes?" Rebecca asked as she and everyone else were listening to them.
"When it was winter we'd go to an Irish pub a lot," Darnley began. "And she would either get the Irish stew or the bacon and cabbage dish. You said your mom made the latter right?"
"Yes, but it wasn't bacon, it was ham," Beckett replied. "And yes, I am getting the stew." She looked at the others as they were talking to each other again and then turned back to her husband and friend. "Remember that first time I had the dish with you?" she directed to Darnley.
"Oh, I know," he replied. He looked at Castle and said, "I'd never seen that type of bacon, so I was freaking out it wasn't cooked."
Laughing slightly Castle said, "I don't blame you. She had you try it didn't she?"
"I did," Beckett answered. "And he got his own the next time we went."
"Were you really into your Irish-ness then?" Castle asked.
Shaking her head Beckett said, "I told you I just knew I was mostly Irish." She had to pause so they could order and as soon as they had she continued with, "But my interest in it at that point was…" She searched for the right word to describe what she wanted to say before she said softly, "Distracted."
Nodding, as he knew she was thinking about her mother's murder, Castle said, "You've thrown yourself into that now."
"Yes," Beckett said with a soft laugh.
Darnley had to take Keo out of the high chair next to him as the baby was fidgeting and he handed him over to Castle. "He kept looking at you while we were talking," he told the man.
"Good eye," Castle said. "But since you're a cop I'm sure you knew to do that already." He smiled when the man bowed his head and watched him talking to his wife about their practices at interrogation while he was keeping Keo amused by playing with his fingers.
"Preparing yourself?" Beckett asked with a smile when Darnley turned back to his husband.
"Reminding myself? Though we did this with Dani so it's still fresh," Castle replied as Keo was reaching for her. He motioned the baby to her and when she nodded he handed him over, watching as she settled Keo on her lap.
"Hopefully he'll want to come back over here when the food comes," Darnley said in amusement while he watched his friend tickling his son's neck. When there was no reply from either Castle or Beckett he glanced at the former and smiled at the expression on the man's face. Castle was watching his wife and he couldn't help but smile even wider at the way he was looking at Beckett so tenderly. He felt a hand touch his arm and looking to the side to his husband he looked past him at his direction to Lily.
"He'll get like that when she holds the girls still," the woman whispered to him.
"Does he?" Eliza asked since she and her sister could hear.
Looking over at their father Julia smiled at the expression on his face and said, "I think so."
"Why?" Eliza asked, looking at her sister and then grandfather.
"I think he likes seeing your mother when she's… your mother," Jim said, watching his daughter himself. He smiled seeing that she was playfully pinching Keo's chin; which the baby was loving as evidenced by his laughter; and he could understand why his son in law enjoyed seeing her like that.
"Love they're watching us," Castle murmured to her.
"I think they're watching you," Beckett said, getting ready to hand Keo over to Darnley who'd walked around the table to her.
"Dinner is almost here so I need to get him back to his seat," he explained.
As soon as Darnley walked past him Castle reached for his wife's hand and squeezed it tightly before he had to let her go since their food was in fact being served. "A quick toast," he told everyone as he picked up his glass of sparkling apple cider he was drinking since Beckett was as well. "To 2020, our families, our friends and to those of us who are married; our relationships."
Tapping her glass against Julia's and Eliza's, Beckett reached around to her father before doing the same with him. She then turned to Castle and after they tapped their glasses she leaned over and shared a brief kiss with him. They then turned their attention to their food, family and friends as they all began to eat their New Year's Eve meal laughing and discussing their plans for that night and ringing in the next year.
"Kate, think I can ask you something over here?" Darnley asked his friend.
"Sure," Beckett said, following him over to hers and her husband's office.
"I'm wondering about something you might want to slap me for," Darnley said once they were in the room.
Smiling Beckett said, "Ask and let me decide for you."
"You're not really… gaining weight," Darnley said, saying the last two words swiftly.
Beckett, still smiling, told him, "I am but… not a whole lot."
"She's right," Castle replied, smiling as the two looked at him. "I was worried her last pregnancy as she didn't really gain that much weight. She lost some at the very start which scared me."
"I thought you didn't have morning sickness," Darnley told her.
"I didn't, my appetite wasn't really normal until about… three months in?" Beckett asked her husband.
"Maybe two and a half," Castle said, nodding his head.
"But it wasn't that bad this time around," Beckett said.
"No but you carry the weight more in your stomach," Castle said, going to one of the bookshelves. He searched the photo books there until he found what he was looking for and pulled one out. Flipping through it he walked back to the two and said, "Here."
Taking it Darnley's eye widened as he saw the picture was of his friend and said, "She didn't weigh that much you said."
"No but look at the rest of her body," Castle pointed out.
"That's what I saw first… no wonder your back hurt," Darnley told her.
"Mommy, Daddy?" Julia asked as she appeared at the doorway.
"Is Eliza asleep?" Beckett asked with a smile.
"Yep," Julia said. "She fell asleep right now and Grandpapa is carrying her at the bottom of the stairs."
"Did everyone else say goodnight to her?" Castle asked as he took Beckett's hand and walked out into the hall.
"We just touched her shoulder," Julia answered. "Really careful so she wouldn't wake up."
"Okay," Beckett said, watching as Darnley gently pressed his fingertips to Eliza's shoulder before stepping away and going back into the family room.
"Do you want to tuck her in?" Castle asked his wife.
"No, you can go ahead and do that Dad," Beckett told her father as she could tell just by looking at him that he wanted to. She leaned over and pressed a kiss to the back of her youngest's head murmuring, "I love you Eliza, sweet dreams."
"Night sweetheart, I love you too," Castle said. "Thank you, Jim," he told his father in law.
Beckett's father nodded before he left them and headed upstairs to the little girl's room who was already ready to go to bed.
"Kate?" Castle asked, cupping his hand underneath her elbow.
"Yeah, sorry I was thinking," Beckett said with a slight smile. She then studied him and asked, "What?"
"Do you think we could play some chess later tonight?" Castle asked her, keeping his voice down though they were alone in the hall.
"No," Beckett said shortly. When her husband looked at her in surprise she expected it, so she then told him, "I would rather play poker; it's faster."
"I love you," Castle said earnestly.
"I love you too," Beckett replied with a smile. She was going to lean over to him to kiss him before she heard footsteps coming over to the doorway of the family room. "How long do we have left love?" she asked her husband.
"An hour and a half… Eliza stayed up for a while," Castle replied after he'd checked the time.
"Are you gonna come over here with us?" Julia asked her parents as she went to where they were standing.
"Sure, what are you playing?" Beckett asked her.
"UNO," Julia said. "I told Mari how we did that Christmas night and she wanted to play it too."
"Sounds like fun, hopefully it'll keep you two awake," Beckett said.
Castle wanted to comment that he didn't think it would, but Julia was saying firmly that it would, so he kept quiet. He then walked to the couch, following his wife before they sat down together, and he began to shuffle the cards as they waited for Jim to return to them. As soon as Beckett's father was back he began to deal quickly and said, "Someone needs to keep an eye on the time."
"The TV is on," Mari pointed out to them.
"Then someone tell us when they switch," Castle replied.
"I think we'll be able to see it love," Beckett pointed out to him since they were facing the TV.
"True," Castle replied with a nod. "Go ahead love," he told his wife quickly.
Beckett smiled at him and then set down her first card before they went around to everyone though Julia and Mari were the only kids there as by then Keo and Maddy were asleep as well. She thought the two girls would be falling asleep but around the middle of the game; after leaning against her husband; she was suddenly jerking awake. "Oh… sorry," she said, frowning.
"We did a lot today," Castle said, studying her closely.
"I'm fine," Beckett said quickly. "But you're right we did do a lot today. Was I asleep for long?"
"Just a couple seconds," Darnley replied.
"Maybe you should take a nap?" Nkosi suggested.
"No because then I won't be able to sleep later," Beckett replied. "Is there anymore tea?"
"I can get some," Castle replied. He looked at the cards in the middle of the coffee table and said, "After this game."
Beckett went back to watching the girls while they continued to play before she looked over at them and saw that they had disappeared. "Where-" she began.
"They're lying on the dogs," Castle said, having craned his neck to see them.
Standing up Beckett looked over at the two on the floor and said, "I guess they're comfortable… Can someone get them blankets?"
"I have one," Darnley said, coming over to them and laying the fleece blanket up to their shoulders. "Are we continuing the game?"
"Why don't we scrap it and I can get my wife some tea," Castle replied. When the others agreed he and Beckett walked over to the kitchen and he waited for her to sit at the island before he started on the tea. After the kettle was full and on the stove he went around to her, seeing that she was touching her stomach. "Okay?" he asked carefully.
"Yes, I'm just thinking about what Patrick said," Beckett said. "And he's right, I haven't gained much weight."
"Which Dr. Hargrove let us know was alright," Castle said slowly.
"Yes, but it looks very strange," Beckett replied. "Looking at that picture again."
"I've seen women like that," Castle told her. When she glanced at him questioningly he said, "Two when Alexis was still in elementary school at parent-teacher conferences. I would see them picking her up about… a month after their baby was born and it was if they'd never had a child." He studied her and said, "Don't slap me but do you want to gain weight?"
Beckett couldn't help laugh a little before she said, "Patrick said the same thing when he asked me about me not gaining weight. But no, I think I'm thinking of women I've seen very obviously gaining weight and it scares me this is what my body's doing."
"She's moving," Castle said, smiling as his wife's hand rested on her abdomen again. When she nodded he said, as he placed his hand next to hers, "She heard what you were saying; she wants to reassure her mother."
"I guess so," Beckett said a bit laughingly before she moved his hand to where she could feel the baby was. She wanted to kiss him but the sound of the kettle beginning to whistle interrupted them and with a sigh she said, "Second time that's happened."
"I know," Castle replied. "And that reminds me; you're tired so maybe we shouldn't-" he started to say as he got the tea leaves into the kettle.
"No," Beckett interrupted him. "I'll be fine now just give me some tea; strong tea."
"How did you know I'm not making chamomile?" Castle asked as she got off her chair and walked over to him.
"A guess, plus that would have put me right to sleep," Beckett said. She took the mug he handed her and took a whiff of the tea saying, "Plus I get the feeling when we do kiss you want it to be a more pleasant experience."
"Interesting theory; how are you going to back that up?" Castle asked her jokingly.
"I won't," Beckett said simply before she walked away from him saying, "I want to check on the girls."
"I'll be right over," Castle replied, smiling as he watched her go.
"There's more tea coming," Beckett said with a smile as the three men watching the girls looked at her as she came into the family room. She sat down and then said, "Hmm, first time the men outnumber the women here. And I'm counting JoJo as well."
"Interesting idea but what does that have to do with anything?" Darnley asked.
"Just something I noticed," Beckett answered with a shrug before she took another sip. "They haven't moved?"
"No, mint tea?" Darnley asked.
"Peppermint," Castle corrected as he walked in. He set down the tray with the kettle and mugs before he poured everyone some tea. Sitting down next to his wife he looked at the screen of the TV, which was still on, and said, "This is one of our quieter New Year's Eves."
"Remember the one we had on our own after we got engaged?" Beckett reminded him.
"We were by ourselves in the loft," Castle told Darnley and Nkosi.
"You were here with Julia?" the latter asked Jim.
Seeing his daughter wincing just slightly Jim told the man, "I haven't celebrated Christmas for some time. Last year was my first time since 1998."
"I… I am sorry," Nkosi said in consternation.
"It's alright," Jim replied.
"May I ask why you decided to celebrate last year?" Darnley asked since he had been wondering for some time what about 2018 had made his friend's father celebrate Christmas again.
"It was around Thanksgiving and I had come out here to see the girls," Jim said first. "And they were getting excited about Christmas already, but they would begin to shy away from speaking about it in front of me. That's when I realized what I was doing to them by not being here and… I'm here." He smiled over at his granddaughter and said, "I'm glad I decided to do that now."
"We've thought of next year too," Castle said. "And that should be interesting."
"Sure you're not going to get another dog," Darnley said to Beckett as they all watched Macca stretching underneath Julia which was waking her up.
"No but I know Rick is thinking of it," Beckett said. "Never mind that Alexis isn't here that often anymore."
"Does it need to be for Alexis?" Jim said.
"Oh, not you too," Beckett said in a mock annoyed tone of voice. She smiled at her father and then said, "We'll think about it next year."
"Is it twelve now Mommy?" Julia asked sleepily as she sat up and rubbed her eyes briefly.
"Ten minutes sweetie, good morning," Beckett told her with a smile as she walked over to her.
"Morning," Julia sighed as she climbed up on the couch with Mari joining her. "Now what?"
"Now we wait for the New Year," Castle replied, taking the mute off the TV.
"Mommy?" Julia asked her.
"Yes?" Beckett asked, gently smoothing her hair down.
"Can we get a doggie? I like having two stay with me; like a sleepover," Julia said.
"Sorry love," Castle said when his wife looked at him. "And maybe Julia, we need to see."
"I hope it's a big dog," Julia said, smiling down at Macca and JoJo who were sitting in front of her.
"Kate," Castle said. When she made a questioning sound he continued saying, "What if we get a different dog for the baby? When the baby's close to being born?"
"I noticed too," Beckett replied.
"He's bonded with her?" Darnley asked. When his friend nodded he smiled and said, "She's like you then."
"Rita's close to her too but I think it was unspoken that she would be Eliza's dog," Castle said.
"If we wait that long for another dog we have time to decide," Beckett said as there were two minutes left until the New Year.
"Of course," Castle said before they were all turning their attention to the screen. When they began to count down together he wrapped his arm around Beckett tightly before they reached midnight exactly. "Happy New Year," he told her with a smile.
"Happy New Year," Beckett replied, leaning into him so they could share a kiss. It was quick, and she was soon turning to Julia, kissing the top of her head and telling her the same before she repeated that with Mari and then moved to do the same with her father.
"Happy 2020," Darnley said as he embraced Beckett tightly. "And happy five months."
Laughing Beckett kissed his cheek as he did so to her at the same time before they parted, and she said, "Thank you, Happy New Year Patrick."
"They're asleep," Jim said as they finished wishing each other a Happy New Year and he'd turned to the girls.
"Going to let them stay on the couch?" Darnley asked as Macca and JoJo were there on either side of the girls.
"It won't take us long to drink these," Beckett said, taking the glass of sparkling apple cider her husband was giving her. They tapped their glasses together with everyone else and then drank as they watched the celebrations continuing in the city, the scene of fireworks making her lean over to Castle to whisper into his ear in Irish. When he looked at her with slightly widened eyes she smiled before she finished her drink so they could get their daughter and Mari upstairs to bed and they could go to their room after saying goodnight to everyone else.
"Are you sure you're wearing enough?" Castle asked his wife as she sat down with him on the bed.
"Of course," Beckett replied as she'd taken the time to change. She smiled and said, "It's not every day that you tell me to put more clothes on."
Shrugging Castle said, "I noticed your feet."
"You noticed nothing," Beckett said, taking on an Irish accent. When he looked up at her from the deck of cards he was shuffling she told him, "Really, you didn't."
"Okay," Castle said simply, dealing out their cards. He set down five and then turned over five in between them before he said, "Do you want to do something in between each hand?"
"No," Beckett replied. "Well, not our whole… truth or dare thing we usually do."
"Then what instead?" Castle asked.
A smile spread across her face before Beckett told him, "Something very simple; I'll show you."
"Sure," Castle replied, breathing out heavily before he set down his cards and she did so right after.
"Interesting start," Beckett said with a smile.
"For you? Sure," Castle said, pretending to grumble as he toed off his shoes. "Can I wait on the socks?"
"Yes, I can tell it's cold," Beckett replied. When she saw her husband was trying to look at her breasts she said, "You'll see eventually."
"It's the eventually I don't like," Castle said as she was dealing their cards. When she just rolled her eyes he smiled and then quickly looked at his hand, only taking out one card before he nearly jumped up in joy at the sight of what he had. He kept himself calm though and then quickly set them down when he saw his wife was looking at him.
"You told," Beckett said, standing up.
"Yes, but it doesn't matter since we're not playing for chips," Castle said, watching her untying her robe. "Wait, what happened with the-"
Beckett tried her best not to laugh at the way her husband's voice ended up sounding like he was being strangled and told him, "I couldn't really see myself in that… what did you call it?"
"It was a cami-knicker," Castle said as he'd told her about seeing her wearing that in his dream. "And I'm not surprised, plus it was matronly even on you, but you've got the best part of what you were wearing there."
"Pervert," Beckett said teasingly though she was smiling as he was staring at her legs. She'd managed to find some garters and was also wearing stockings to attach them to, but only those. "They feel a little weird," she commented.
"I can imagine they would," Castle said, studying them closely. He then said, "Was this for me?"
"Partially, I just wanted to see what would happen if I did that," Beckett replied, watching him stand up.
"So…" Castle said slowly, studying her closely. "You weren't intending to let that last for long were you?"
"I was going to try to win but that wasn't really going to happen," Beckett replied with a smile as she wasn't wearing much else besides the stockings and garters, her kimono robe over that. "It was more luck of course," she said. When he stepped close to her she told him, placing her hand on his chest, "Rick? Paper cuts."
"Paper… oh," Castle said before he realized she was talking about the cards. He rushed to get them off and at the same time got rid of his socks as well. With everything ready he turned to his wife to grab her when she was launching herself at him. He groaned as her lips crushed against his and he held onto her as tightly as he could before he realized his hands on her back were on the fabric of the kimono.
Beckett was breaking off the kiss with a gasp as her husband pulled away from her and tugged on the back of her robe which trapped her arms. "Wait… don't," she said, not sure why the sensation set off her fear response and made her tone panicked.
"Oh god, I'm sorry love," Castle told her as he realized what he'd done. He helped her out of her kimono and said, "I was… wanted to feel your back," as he set the robe on one of the armchairs.
"I could tell," Beckett said reassuringly. "I'm fine," she said to him with a slight smile.
"Do you want to continue?" Castle asked, watching her closely.
"Can we… take these off me?" Beckett asked, looking down at the stockings and garters. "I'm sorry," she said.
Shaking his head Castle quickly worked to help her with him and he smiled slightly saying, "I think I helped you with these afterward; in my dream."
"Most likely; I assume you were a quick learner then," Beckett teased him, feeling a little better at his gentle touch as they were getting her stockings off together. "Can you…?"
"Help me?" Castle asked her. When she nodded he waited for her to stand and then started to get himself undressed with her help. Once everything was off he then said, "I'll let you decide what we do next."
Taking his hand Beckett pulled him over to the bed where she waited for him to sit in the middle before she followed him and then sat down on his lap. She was surprised when he merely held her and said, "No?"
"Not yet," Castle replied, gently rubbing her back. He then said, "Have you thought about how you want to do things after we… prepare?"
"I have, and I'll tell you but right now I'd like to see how you want to prepare," Beckett replied easily.
Breathing out heavily Castle nodded, and he leaned over, crushing his lips to hers as he knew from her tone what she wanted. He was relieved when she responded to him earnestly and they were involved in each other for a long time. When they parted he prepared himself to lean over and kiss her again when she stopped him, and he looked at her questioningly to see what she wanted before she began to speak and told him what exactly.
"Here," Beckett said, making him lay down with her. They were on their sides and as soon as he was set she leaned over and kissed him, starting out gently. When they parted she wasn't surprised when he came back to her, kissing her harder, and they were soon tangling their bodies as well as their tongues. She could feel his erection against her stomach and she reached down in between them so she could slip it between her legs. She felt his grunt as he exhaled a good deal of air against her shoulder. "No, not yet," she told him quickly when she could feel him preparing to enter her. She held him parallel against her folds and without a word he began to jerk his hips against her.
Castle watched his wife closely as he was thrusting against her, using that as a distraction to try not to orgasm too soon since he was going through a lot of pleasure. He loved the way her pleasure was evident on her face and he realized he was rubbing against her clit and he was going to ask if she wanted to come when he realized he had his answer in the way she was holding onto him. So he moved a little harder, knowing he was going to get himself off as well but he already knew what he wanted to do when that happened.
Beckett let herself cry out unabashedly, not caring about how she sounded, as he was stimulating her very well. There was a part of her that wanted to have him just move into her finally but she couldn't do it, enjoying what he was doing to her too much. She kissed him again after they had been moving together for a while and caressed his tongue with her own as it was inside her mouth. After they'd slowly parted she stroked his face and whispered to him, "I'm already…"
"Don't worry, I am too," Castle said, slightly groaning as he was dealing with his own pleasure.
Watching him Beckett leaned up to him and whispered into his ear, "Fháil taobh istigh orm."
Shuddering heavily Castle had to move a little to get inside his wife as she'd told him to do in Irish. He finally got himself into the right position and sank within her, groaning heavily as she parted her legs and was crying out. When he thrust once he wasn't surprised when they both seemed to explode, and he did the best he could to focus on his wife as she was undulating underneath him. He was a little surprised when he wasn't orgasming a second time as she was forcibly taking every bit of his release and the sensation made him literally dizzy. Finally, they both calmed down and he breathed heavily telling her, "I was going to pleasure you."
"Hmm you did," Beckett said simply. She opened her eyes and looked at him with a smile saying, "You'll have to do that now."
"I was going to use my mouth," Castle told her.
"Oh… well," Beckett started to say before she paused. She waited for him to gently withdraw from her and sighed saying, "We'll have to change the sheets."
"I know," Castle replied. "That's partially you you know."
"I know," Beckett said with a smile. "And thank you."
"Even though it's not really going to do anything?" Castle asked, helping her sit up.
"It doesn't every time," Beckett said simply. She then leaned over and kissed him hungrily as he held onto her tightly before they gently curled their tongues together. She could taste him and knew that he was doing the same before he moved away to begin nipping at her neck though it wasn't fully exposed. She caressed his hair and told him, "This is working a little."
"Just a little?" Castle asked as he pulled away from her.
"Yes," Beckett said simply.
"Then what's going to make that fully?" Castle said as he watched her closely.
"Hmm, come here," Beckett told him before she lay down on the bed on her back. She was relieved when he followed her quickly and lay on his side against her so she had easy access to his hand. She placed it down at her sex and let it go, an unspoken command for him to do whatever he'd like.
Understanding that immediately Castle was quick to touch her, cupping the mound that was at the apex of her legs before he murmured to her, "You feel so soft."
"And likely wet," Beckett said in embarrassment though she was being affected already by the way he was touching her.
"Yes, but we already talked about that," Castle told her, kissing her temple gently before he moved his fingers a little bit while he watched her closely so he could see her reaction.
Beckett gasped slightly at the feel of her husband's hands searching out very obviously for her clit and she reached up for him to hold onto to his shoulder before he moved down to her entrance. She nearly froze as he fingered her folds and she shuddered before telling him, "You're going to kill me," as the pleasure was a warmth that began to make its way over her entire body.
"Trust me I won't," Castle said with a smile since he'd said that before to her many times. He leaned down and kissed her before he said, "You have to let me know when it's getting to be too much."
"No," Beckett said simply. "When I want you to stop."
With the way her tone of voice was so firm; and still tinged with pleasure; Castle moved to kiss her gently on the lips before she reached down and grabbed his hand as he was rubbing her clit. When he pulled away from her he asked, "That was enough?"
"It will be," Beckett said, making him lay on his back. As soon as he was she got up on him, straddling him before she took his erection in her hands. "Are you going to be okay with just this?" she asked him.
At first Castle couldn't reply as he was trying to recover from the way her hands felt on him repeatedly and he was groaning heavily in pleasure. But finally, he could recuperate some and he told her, "Yeah… I'm getting tired myself and… we still… fuck love… have guests."
Beckett was smiling at the way he was grunting and interrupting himself, but she was too focused on what she was doing to really comment on it. She watched him carefully to make sure that she didn't push him too far over the edge but finally she let go of him, though only with one hand. Lowering herself on his erection that he helped her hold onto she leaned over the second he was fully inside of her. Her hands on his shoulders she thrust but very briefly since her aim was to make sure he could feel her stomach against his and that she could rub her clit against him. His heavy hiss let her know she had done the first and the second she could feel she was accomplishing which made her moan heavily.
Watching his wife above him Castle grabbed her and then moved her around so she was on her back. As soon as she was there he was kissing her while she pressed herself up by her elbows. Their tongues were tangling, and they moved together as her legs hooked in between both of his. He was going to ask her if she wanted him to do anything different in his thrusting but decided he knew what he could do. He was very slow and careful, making her dig her nails into his arms that she could reach, and then hard and as deep as he could get, that time making her cry out his name in joy. He leaned down and gently kissed her at first, her tongue flicking against his lips made him quickly respond and they were fighting eagerly.
With the way they were working together Beckett wasn't sure exactly how long things were going to last. When her husband suddenly stopped she nearly laughed before she managed to gasp out to him, "I was thinking about that."
Castle leaned down and kissed her gently saying, "Hard to stop though."
"I know, the friction is incredible," Beckett sighed, pushing herself up onto her hands then as he was doing his best to tuck some pillows behind her. When they were set she lay back against them and sighed in joy saying, "Now I can do this."
Before Castle could ask what that was exactly she was raking her nails down his back and making him shudder hard against her. He then felt her grasp his ass and he hissed saying, "You were thinking about this?"
"You do the same to me," Beckett said in amusement. She then drew him to her lips and they were kissing, a little desperately at first before they calmed down enough to rub their tongues repeatedly against one another. Finally, they stopped and pulled away and she whispered something in Irish to him quickly.
"Do you know what that's going to do?" Castle asked, surprised at her request. When she merely looked at him he breathed out hard and said, "Okay." And with that he then moved to get out of her before he leaned down to her breasts as she'd asked him to do. He began to hungrily suckle at her mounds, groaning in his pleasure while she cried out and held onto him. He could feel her starting to move against him and he groaned in pleasure since she was also doing so against his erection. He moved in between each breast after some time working at one until he moved his hand down to her sex. The second he touched her clit he was a little stunned when she nearly screamed his name and started to thrust her hips against him as she orgasmed. He was pleased to know he could do that to her so quickly though he was aware it was also because they'd been fucking before then. He watched her closely as she slowly calmed down and he was about to lie next to her when he paused.
"What?" Beckett asked, feeling him stop before she opened her eyes. She gasped as he dove down and a second later his mouth was at her clit, kissing at it wildly. Since she was hypersensitive she was crying out and clutching at his head. When his tongue came into play her back was arching and she called, "Fuck me again love I need to feel you!" When her husband moved back up to her she was ready for him, but it was no less pleasurable feeling him ram into her. Her nails were raking over his back wildly as they were moving together hard and she hoped she would be able to reach her climax before he did as already the friction between them was making her body literally ache with how much it was throbbing.
Castle was going through the same himself, but he didn't stop, only slowed down a little as he wanted things to be more deliberate again. He was nearly gasping for air as he could feel every inch of his wife's sex tight around him, clutching at him almost. It was pleasurable and almost too much for him to take since he'd been aching while he'd pleasured her by taking her breasts. When she reached for him he initiated their next kiss and she let his tongue into her mouth before they were alternately rolling and caressing at each other. He was groaning against her lips a few times before he then moved to kiss at her neck.
Beckett didn't allow him to do that for very long before she pulled him back to her lips and while they were kissing she was moving her legs so they were up around his waist. After a few thrusts with them there she moved to dig her heels into his ass, following the rhythm that he had set up. She gasped when he moved even harder and she was raking her nails around his shoulders before she realized he had managed to push her enough so she was poised at the edge. She wavered for an instant but when he moved his hips in just a slightly different angle she was lost. Her body tensed up briefly before she was crying out his name, nearly screaming it, and she proceeded to chant it repeatedly. She had her nails digging into his skin and she nearly cut into it when he orgasmed himself with a short yell of her name. She had no chance to match the pace he was going at in his obvious joy and she almost felt as if she was going to pass out as her own ecstasy was intense. But finally, she stopped and just felt her husband moving before he groaned her name a final time and almost collapsed on top of her.
"Oh god Kate," Castle said when he had recovered enough to lay down next to her. "I don't want to stop."
"Neither do I," Beckett said, rolling onto her side to lie against him. "But you were right earlier; we need to get some sleep."
"Then one more," Castle replied, begging outright as he looked down at her.
"Alright," Beckett said with a sigh. When her husband kissed her, she was quick to respond to him before they parted. "You know I was thinking we could already."
"I don't regret saying what I did," Castle said, rubbing her shoulder tenderly. "Or how I said it either."
"Hmm, I'd like to wait just a little," Beckett told him. "It's a little soon."
"Especially for you," Castle told her, turning his head. He kissed her deeply and when they slowly parted said, "Got you off before I expected to."
"Don't be too cocky, you know they're extremely sensitive right now," Beckett said.
"I do," Castle said, reaching down to gently cup her left breast with his hand. When she gave a soft moan, he moved his fingers gently and circled her nipple with his thumb before he stopped. "Sorry," he said as he hadn't meant to let that go for so long.
"Don't worry, I enjoyed it," Beckett assured him. She was a bit startled at first when he let go of her and almost dove down but she realized what he was doing as he made her lay on her back.
"Happy five months," Castle said to the baby, rubbing his wife's stomach. "Another four to go but we're very anxious still I hope you know. And we still love you already. I love you little one."
Beckett smiled at his words before he pressed a few kisses along her abdomen and she pulled him up to her as he moved to do so at the same time. When he was lying next to her she kissed him deeply and held onto him tightly before he moved so she was on top of him. That only lasted a second and they were sitting up together before something came to mind and she said, "Hold on."
Castle moved to the edge of the bed, watching her get her stockings from before, and he said in a slightly strangled tone of voice, "You don't need to put on the garters."
"I wasn't going to," Beckett said with a smile before she slipped them on as she set her legs on the bed next to her husband while he stared at her. "Now," she said when she had finished. "Come here and take me lover," pulling him on the bed after her as hard as she could.
Doing his best not to land too hard on her once they were on the bed Castle moved to slip inside of her and they began to make love passionately though it soon became rough as they agreed wordlessly on having a quickie that time. Their orgasms were intense, and he wasn't surprised when his wife passed out as he'd made sure he was hitting her g-spot. He couldn't stop himself from losing himself as she was out but when she woke up shortly after he was taking her lips after she crushed them against his.
"Thank you, I needed that," Beckett breathed out with a sigh. When she looked at her husband she was a little startled to see the expression on his face. "What is it?" she asked in slight concern.
"No, you said that to me at some point in our past life," Castle said, pulling the covers over them before he held her tightly to him. "I think our first time after our last baby," he told her as he pressed his hand to her abdomen.
"Then that would make sense," Beckett said with a smile. She studied him and said, "You know if that was a past life I would like to see it myself."
"I don't blame you," Castle replied before he leaned down and kissed her deeply. As they held onto each other he could feel his arousal rising again but did his best to ignore it since they were pulling away carefully from each other eventually. "I love you Kate," he told her. "I can't wait for this year."
"Neither can I," Beckett said with a smile, kissing him gently. "I love you too Rick."
Looking at each other Castle and Beckett finally threw themselves at each other and they held onto one another desperately while they began to kiss. They slipped into their lovemaking easily, neither of them able to stop themselves.
"I'm so glad you're back love," Beckett moaned as her husband kissed at her neck.
"Me too, let me love you Kate," Castle said eagerly.
"Yes," Beckett sighed.
They began to move harder after that, her words reminding them to take advantage of the fact that they were together. So they were rough, just wanting to feel, and it was no surprise when they could feel the pleasure rising in them. Kissing, caressing and holding on tightly to one another they lost themselves in each other completely. They enjoyed the feel of one another and took every second they had thinking again they were back with each other and at the same time they had another year to look forward to; beginning it precisely as they wanted to together.